alot of these titles are definite blasts from the past. I go all the way back to the Atari 2600. My favorite game for that was Tank. But all time faves? In no particular order:
Space Invaders
Galaxian
Galaga
Xevious
Time Pilot
Crystal Castles
All the Pole Positions
All the Shinobis
All the Contras (especially Super C)
Space Harrier
Altered Beast
Loved pinball as a kid for those on Long Island Nunleys was great.
I was able to find a 1986 Tomcat pinball and 1987 high speed recently so been playing them again in the basement. My kids and nieces and nephews love it brings back memories of watching them play by standing around the game
Nintendo and Atari i refurbished and the kids are playing techno ball, carnival frogged donkey Kong.
They don’t get as much play as pinball but fun to watch them. Hopefully the 4th of July weekend when the family is together again we can do mini 80 game tournament.
I'll second that, although I was in my 30's when it came out.
It's actually very rare I play these types of games, but I did have Skyrim and I got totally sucked in. Unfathomable amounts of time would pass while I played that game.
very many as a teen is high school. N64 was big in Jr high ; duck hunt mario bros. Even first couple of years in college. Early 20 s with Madden was huge with many players gathering around to play ...roommates parties etc.
oh wait NBA Jam and Redline and Simpsons pinball games
As a teen, the game pickings were a little slim compared to my 20's and certainly now.
PC - Ultima series, Wizardry, Interactive Fiction - both Infocom and Scott Adams. MS Flight Simulator. Any and all platformers.
Home console - All 2600 Atari. Later Intellivision esp. B-17, and Hockey. We used to be able to rent cartridges from the library.
Arcade - All of the classics, but esp. Marble Madness, Track and field, Super Sprint, Gyruss, tail end of my teens was Road Blasters, XY Bots, 720 and Hard Drivin. If I had back all the money I spent on those last three, I could buy a new laptop.
RE: Arcade games we have similar tastes. I still official world world records on 2 of the ones you mentioned.
...SNES/Genesis and the early days of PS1 and N64 for me as well as dragging out the NES occasionally:
- Early Madden years on Genesis
- Final Fantasy IV (II in US), VI (III in US)
- Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Twisted Metal
- Castlevania IV
- Mario 64
- Wave Race
- Mario Kart 64
- For NES I'd still drag out Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, Tecmo Super Bowl, Metal Gear, SMB2 and Mega Man 2&3.
Favorite arcade game was The Main Event which was a wrestling game by Konami with knock off characters very closely resembling WWF stars. Game play was far in advance of anything that was available at the time. The was a box in the foyer of the Ames in my town within bike riding distance and we spent god knows how much $ on it.
Perfect Dark
FF 7
Parasite Eve
FF 9
Tenchu
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Diablo 1&2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Metal Gear Solid
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
WCW/NWO Revenge
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
WWF No Mercy
Any All Star Baseball on N64
was in my late teens - early 20s at the time but I loved the X-Men and Simpsons arcade games. Blew so much money trying to finish both. Honorable mention to the WWF arcade games. They were fun too. Especially Royal Rumble
Double Dragon, Battle Toads, Street Fighter, Mortal Combat,
And speaking of Spy hunter and Outrun ; anyone remember pre covid there was a bar on Essex street that had those games and many others like a full 80s style arcade
Someone ought to create some sort of overlay that reintroduces you to the controls and mechanics of a game you haven't played in months. I was way into Witcher 3 for a bit, took a long break, and now I can't really remember how to play it.
the usual suspects so I'll throw out some random games that were fun both at home and in the arcade:
Final Fight, Pit Fighter, Ninja Turtles (playing with 3 friends was a blast), Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Terminator 2, WWF Wrestlefest.
Someone ought to create some sort of overlay that reintroduces you to the controls and mechanics of a game you haven't played in months. I was way into Witcher 3 for a bit, took a long break, and now I can't really remember how to play it.
I'd just dive right in but there's a bunch on YouTube. Witcher 3 is one of the best games ever made. Witcher 3 - ( New Window )
I totally knew back then that there was just some guy with a finger on the joystick button and he hit it each time some kid said PIX.
I never got on myself, not for lack of trying, but nonetheless my sisters and I would all call out "PIX PIX PIX PIXPIXPIXPIX"
Space Invaders
Galaxian
Galaga
Xevious
Time Pilot
Crystal Castles
All the Pole Positions
All the Shinobis
All the Contras (especially Super C)
Space Harrier
Altered Beast
I was able to find a 1986 Tomcat pinball and 1987 high speed recently so been playing them again in the basement. My kids and nieces and nephews love it brings back memories of watching them play by standing around the game
Nintendo and Atari i refurbished and the kids are playing techno ball, carnival frogged donkey Kong.
They don’t get as much play as pinball but fun to watch them. Hopefully the 4th of July weekend when the family is together again we can do mini 80 game tournament.
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Morrowind
Best game of all time.
I'll second that, although I was in my 30's when it came out.
It's actually very rare I play these types of games, but I did have Skyrim and I got totally sucked in. Unfathomable amounts of time would pass while I played that game.
PC - Ultima series, Wizardry, Interactive Fiction - both Infocom and Scott Adams. MS Flight Simulator. Any and all platformers.
Home console - All 2600 Atari. Later Intellivision esp. B-17, and Hockey. We used to be able to rent cartridges from the library.
Arcade - All of the classics, but esp. Marble Madness, Track and field, Super Sprint, Gyruss, tail end of my teens was Road Blasters, XY Bots, 720 and Hard Drivin. If I had back all the money I spent on those last three, I could buy a new laptop.
RE: Arcade games we have similar tastes. I still official world world records on 2 of the ones you mentioned.
- Early Madden years on Genesis
- Final Fantasy IV (II in US), VI (III in US)
- Zelda: A Link to the Past
- Twisted Metal
- Castlevania IV
- Mario 64
- Wave Race
- Mario Kart 64
- For NES I'd still drag out Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, Tecmo Super Bowl, Metal Gear, SMB2 and Mega Man 2&3.
Favorite arcade game was The Main Event which was a wrestling game by Konami with knock off characters very closely resembling WWF stars. Game play was far in advance of anything that was available at the time. The was a box in the foyer of the Ames in my town within bike riding distance and we spent god knows how much $ on it.
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RBI Baseball
NBA Jam
Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat
Doom
In the guilty pleasure category, Ecco the Dolphin and MJ Moonwalker were more fun than they're usually given credit for.
From a bit earlier in childhood:
Tecmo Bowl
Ice Hockey
Blades of Steel
Baseball Stars
Little League Baseball
Zelda
Contra
Rampage
Metroid
Good choices. I’ll add Top Gun and Jaws to the NES list.
It made RPGs “cool”. Easily one of the most important games ever made.
Great call, loved Micro League baseball for a few years!
Teenage years:
metal gear solid.
Jedi knight
Earlier:
Maniac mansion
FF 7
Parasite Eve
FF 9
Tenchu
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Diablo 1&2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Metal Gear Solid
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
WCW/NWO Revenge
WWF Wrestlemania 2000
WWF No Mercy
Any All Star Baseball on N64
The best Space combat simulator at the time.
It was during the Star Wars time
Knights of Kyrnn
etc
oh man was Battle Toads hard as hell to beat.
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hockey(the one with the skinny, fat and medium guy)
the super speed code for NES hockey took a great game and made it even more enjoyable.
Thats the one with no goalies and the puck just bounces off the boards non stop, right?
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Wrestle Mania, Tecmo Bowl, RBI Baseball, Castlevania, Contra
oh man was Battle Toads hard as hell to beat.
The fucking chasm level with the jetski things and launch ramps... it was absolutely impossible. I have no idea how anyone ever got past that.
The game was awesome, too. I just kept hitting the same brick wall and could never beat it. Lol.
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Wrestle Mania, Tecmo Bowl, RBI Baseball, Castlevania, Contra
oh man was Battle Toads hard as hell to beat.
Yes! But Game genie said otherwise, lol. 2 player was damn near impossible.
Seam pass to Morris is uncoverable. You're welcome.
I was crazy for both of those games.
Final Fight, Pit Fighter, Ninja Turtles (playing with 3 friends was a blast), Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Terminator 2, WWF Wrestlefest.
Final Fight! I LOVED that game.
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I'd just dive right in but there's a bunch on YouTube. Witcher 3 is one of the best games ever made.
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and Centipede.
+2
Great game. Just explore and get stronger and learn the combat.