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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!  |
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over a year ago
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"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now! "
Outrun ... almost as good as After-Burner!
How many control pads or joy sticks did you ruin playing track and field !
*wiggles laptop from side to side* |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!
Outrun ... almost as good as After-Burner!
How many control pads or joy sticks did you ruin playing track and field !
*wiggles laptop from side to side*"
IN A SPIN OFF THREAD ..how big were your blisters after playing track and field  lol |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
South West London / Surrey |
My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game )
Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.
There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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didnt play much arcade games but remember having a go on my brother spectrum ZX back when the games were on cassetes i think
console gaming was my thang. only games i remember playing in the arcade was ghosts n goblins which was so fucking hard 
eventually got it on the NES and clocked it  |
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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago
Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria |
Not an arcade game, but PONG was my first introduction to computer games....I was quite a dab hand at Pacman and Space Invaders but that was about the sum total of my gaming - much preferred to be down the beach or up the park....then when I discovered boys - well let's just say I weaned those feckers off their Ataris too  |
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"Back when arcade games were fun and you didnt need a science degree to play the feckers..  used to love.Galaxian
Defender &
Phoenix"
I loved Phoenix. There was trick you could do where if you shot the aliens in a certain order you would get 200,000 points.
Outrun was a classic
Moon Cresta was a classic.
Space invaders was a classic.
Pacman was a classic.
Frogger was a classic.
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
The classics where we lived were street fighter, outrun, afterburner, and operation wolf... Then we got in "guest" games in so we could try them out..
I once played outrun in a proper rigged up Ferrari testarosa... I almost cried after... |
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More than a few great arcade games already mentioned. I spent far too much time and money in arcades as a kid so picking a favourite game is impossible.
Loved all these though.
Hang on
Chase HQ
Outrun
Space Harrier
Track & Field
Pac man
R-Type
Mortal Kombat
Double Dragon
There is more, just cant think of them at the min. N |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"More than a few great arcade games already mentioned. I spent far too much time and money in arcades as a kid so picking a favourite game is impossible.
Loved all these though.
Hang on
Chase HQ
Outrun
Space Harrier
Track & Field
Pac man
R-Type
Mortal Kombat
Double Dragon
There is more, just cant think of them at the min. N"
r-type 
double dragon = fucking EPIC retro gaming  |
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"More than a few great arcade games already mentioned. I spent far too much time and money in arcades as a kid so picking a favourite game is impossible.
Loved all these though.
Hang on
Chase HQ
Outrun
Space Harrier
Track & Field
Pac man
R-Type
Mortal Kombat
Double Dragon
There is more, just cant think of them at the min. N
r-type
double dragon = fucking EPIC retro gaming "
Glad someone else knows R-Type
A few other faves were
Dragons Lair
Mr Do
Rainbow Islands
Rolling Thunder
New Zealand Story |
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"did any one know how to do the 2p trick to get free credits "
What was that one?
I know one where you would take the electric igniter bit from a cigarette lighter. You would use that to spark the metal plate on the arcade machine machine. Obviously making sure you was not touching the machine as you sparked it. The machine would then go haywire for a while and then give you loads of free credits. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now! "
Was Outrun the driving game that started with a voice-over stating: "Let's GOOO Mr Driver!"
I did like that one... but wasn't a kid by the time things got that sophisticated!!! |
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"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!
Outrun ... almost as good as After-Burner!
How many control pads or joy sticks did you ruin playing track and field !
*wiggles laptop from side to side*IN A SPIN OFF THREAD ..how big were your blisters after playing track and field lol"
nevermind blisters, that was the LAST time people didnt look at you funny for having one arm more muscular than the other lol |
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"My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game )
Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.
There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called. "
was that not called GAUNTLET?
loved playing night gunner on the speccy (rear gunner in a superfortress bomber.) awesome! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"did any one know how to do the 2p trick to get free credits
that worked on defender....you flicked the 2p up via the refund slot "
thats the one lol worked on pac man and phoenix too |
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Wow this has brought some memories back.
In the arcades loved operation wolf,outrun,spy catcher, starwas xwing.
And the spectrum ones too after they had loaded up or did load up after the trippy noise and multicoloured acid screen as they loaded up for an hour.
Chucky egg 2,manic minor all the key board bashing sports ones.
Still play some of them now online on emulator sites. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Wow this has brought some memories back.
In the arcades loved operation wolf,outrun,spy catcher, starwas xwing.
And the spectrum ones too after they had loaded up or did load up after the trippy noise and multicoloured acid screen as they loaded up for an hour.
Chucky egg 2,manic minor all the key board bashing sports ones.
Still play some of them now online on emulator sites. "
lol yeah sounded like a Fax machine on drugs |
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By *hoco DMan
over a year ago
Clapham |
"My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game )
Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.
There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called. "
Think the name of the game your talking about is called gauntlet or gauntlet 2........ I always be at me mates house play that game......... But my all time favourite has to be street fighter 2..... Did you know that alot of these retro games you can get on the ipad....... Still play street fighter 2 on my way to work |
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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago
South West London / Surrey |
"My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game )
Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.
There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called. Think the name of the game your talking about is called gauntlet or gauntlet 2........ I always be at me mates house play that game......... "
Yes that's the one....loved that game! |
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