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My best memories are of killer instinct. I was the king of that in my arcade! I would play winner stays on all day long with just my initial buy in credit. I had all of the highest scores.
I eventually bought and restored one to play in my garage but sadly sold it after my divorce.
Other favourites were Super Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat II, Sega Rally and Time Crisis.
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I was (and still am!) a huge fan of Capcom’s, classic Beat ‘em ups; King Of Dragons, Final Fight, Knights Of The Realm, Cadillacs And Dinosaurs etc.
The soundtracks were also always bloody brilliant! 😃😃 |
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"I was (and still am!) a huge fan of Capcom’s, classic Beat ‘em ups; King Of Dragons, Final Fight, Knights Of The Realm, Cadillacs And Dinosaurs etc.
The soundtracks were also always bloody brilliant! 😃😃"
Same. Although I preferred SNK's King Of Fighters art style |
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By *ltmeeMan 4 weeks ago
Everywhere & Nowhere Baby |
Arcade wise I spent a LOT on Streetfighter 2 and it's various versions.
Loved arcade games on the C64 though. Double Dragon, Ye Har Kung Fu, Turrican, Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, New Zealand Story, Chase HQ... |
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By *abioMan 4 weeks ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"Ahhhh, let’s wax nostalgic….
What were your personal favourite arcade games good folks? 😃"
God where do I start…. My career started off on track and field, and hyper sports… drifted into wrestle war, tried the shoot em up like operation wolf but wasn’t really my jam
Tried street fighter… tried enduroracer (quite good at that) tried after burner ( not very good at that)
Other than that… it was all racing games for me… pole position.. then super Monaco Grand Prix… then Daytona, but in the east end I was known as the “king of outrun” 
Greatest ever arcade moment was at the huge arcade in the trocadero in Leicester Square… after being “retired” for 5 years I see an outrun machine.. but not any old machine. Fully kitted out machine with a full sized 2 door Ferrari testarosa … and a huge crowd watching anyone watching making a poor show
Now my version of what happened next is that I didn’t want to ruin my legacy, but my mates egged me on to do it “one last time” truth is I couldn’t get in quick enough
The next bit is a blur
Now the cocky bit of me next apparently shouted if any girl wanted to jump in the front seat.. and one did… bloke explained gears brakes accelerator…
Chose my music… musical sound shower
Next 8 minutes were a thing of beauty … that many people watching!
Completed it…. Bloke operating the machine said I was the first person to complete it that day.. and 2nd fastest time ever (1 second outside quickest ever)
Mates said I should go for the record… I just said to myself friends I am “retired”
Got the cute girls number… went to Hagen daas in Leicester Square to have an ice cream celebration!!!  |
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By *zeroMan 4 weeks ago
Glasgow |
"I was (and still am!) a huge fan of Capcom’s, classic Beat ‘em ups; King Of Dragons, Final Fight, Knights Of The Realm, Cadillacs And Dinosaurs etc.
The soundtracks were also always bloody brilliant! 😃😃"
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs! That one was brill. I had a little arcade collection on my phone for a while. I remember it had that and King of Fighters 98 on it. Can't remember the rest. |
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"Ahhhh, let’s wax nostalgic….
What were your personal favourite arcade games good folks? 😃
God where do I start…. My career started off on track and field, and hyper sports… drifted into wrestle war, tried the shoot em up like operation wolf but wasn’t really my jam
Tried street fighter… tried enduroracer (quite good at that) tried after burner ( not very good at that)
Other than that… it was all racing games for me… pole position.. then super Monaco Grand Prix… then Daytona, but in the east end I was known as the “king of outrun”
Greatest ever arcade moment was at the huge arcade in the trocadero in Leicester Square… after being “retired” for 5 years I see an outrun machine.. but not any old machine. Fully kitted out machine with a full sized 2 door Ferrari testarosa … and a huge crowd watching anyone watching making a poor show
Now my version of what happened next is that I didn’t want to ruin my legacy, but my mates egged me on to do it “one last time” truth is I couldn’t get in quick enough
The next bit is a blur
Now the cocky bit of me next apparently shouted if any girl wanted to jump in the front seat.. and one did… bloke explained gears brakes accelerator…
Chose my music… musical sound shower
Next 8 minutes were a thing of beauty … that many people watching!
Completed it…. Bloke operating the machine said I was the first person to complete it that day.. and 2nd fastest time ever (1 second outside quickest ever)
Mates said I should go for the record… I just said to myself friends I am “retired”
Got the cute girls number… went to Hagen daas in Leicester Square to have an ice cream celebration!!! "
😂😂 Now that’s a happy ending! 👍🏻
I loved the Trocadero; whole floors devoted to different genres - it was blooming awesome!
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Another early Capcom classic: Commando.
Damn! - The amount of coins I put into that was almost frightening!
Shooting and blowing up dudes all over the screen to that delightfully upbeat and jolly music 🥰🥰
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Loving in a seaside town most of my youth was spent hanging out in the arcades. Used to love Spy Hunter and Gauntlet then the game changed with sit down versions of Outrun and Afterburner. They were just next level. Seem to remember spending an awful amount of money when Operstion Wolf and Dragon's Lair came out too. |
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What about the ridiculously hard dungeons and dragons game, they had one at the Airport Bowl, next to the Ariel Hotel on the perimeter road Heathrow.
From memory it was mega expensive compared to other games and cost 50p a go, generally speaking games lasted about 15 seconds and was impossible to play.
Fucking game |
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"Ahhhh, let’s wax nostalgic….
What were your personal favourite arcade games good folks? 😃
God where do I start…. My career started off on track and field, and hyper sports… drifted into wrestle war, tried the shoot em up like operation wolf but wasn’t really my jam
Tried street fighter… tried enduroracer (quite good at that) tried after burner ( not very good at that)
Other than that… it was all racing games for me… pole position.. then super Monaco Grand Prix… then Daytona, but in the east end I was known as the “king of outrun”
Greatest ever arcade moment was at the huge arcade in the trocadero in Leicester Square… after being “retired” for 5 years I see an outrun machine.. but not any old machine. Fully kitted out machine with a full sized 2 door Ferrari testarosa … and a huge crowd watching anyone watching making a poor show
Now my version of what happened next is that I didn’t want to ruin my legacy, but my mates egged me on to do it “one last time” truth is I couldn’t get in quick enough
The next bit is a blur
Now the cocky bit of me next apparently shouted if any girl wanted to jump in the front seat.. and one did… bloke explained gears brakes accelerator…
Chose my music… musical sound shower
Next 8 minutes were a thing of beauty … that many people watching!
Completed it…. Bloke operating the machine said I was the first person to complete it that day.. and 2nd fastest time ever (1 second outside quickest ever)
Mates said I should go for the record… I just said to myself friends I am “retired”
Got the cute girls number… went to Hagen daas in Leicester Square to have an ice cream celebration!!!
😂😂 Now that’s a happy ending! 👍🏻
I loved the Trocadero; whole floors devoted to different genres - it was blooming awesome!
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Another one here who spent many hours in the Trocadero.
Loved it  |
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"What about the ridiculously hard dungeons and dragons game, they had one at the Airport Bowl, next to the Ariel Hotel on the perimeter road Heathrow.
From memory it was mega expensive compared to other games and cost 50p a go, generally speaking games lasted about 15 seconds and was impossible to play.
Fucking game "
Talking of which, do you remember the ludicrously hard, Ghosts and Goblins?
Legend has it that after forking out all of one’s hard earned coins in order to reach the end (not as though I got anywhere near said goal) a message comes up saying that it was all an illusion and you’re sent back to the start(!!!)
Only upon the second completion (and having to likely remortgage one’s house in order finance it) does one get the actual ending 😵💫😵💫😵💫 |
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Do you all remember some of the sly tactics the game designers utilised in order to keep you pumping coins into their machines also?
Final Fight for instance, in which when one ‘dies’, it flicks to a scene depicting one’s chosen character strapped to a load of dynamite and desperately trying to blow out the fuse, giving you only ten seconds to dump in some more cash in order to save them from said perilous fate 😱 That was brilliant! 👍🏻 |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 4 weeks ago
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Final Fight, Street Fighter 2, Marvel Vs Capcom. Capcom were the kings of arcade fighters, side scroller or 1v1
Gradius/Nemesis, Salamander and Twinbee. Konami were to shooters what Capcom were to fighting. Didn't like Konami's fighting games though. People used to and still do wax lyrical about their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, but I thought it was kinda dull and the combat felt "spongy" if that makes sense
A lot of the classic arcade games I've played as an adult using emulators (MAME), as I was too young to go to arcades in the 80s |
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The stand-up arcade game of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was pretty awesome, as the the one of Return of the Jedi.
Let's not forget After Burner, complete with gyro-controlled cockpit! Was there anyone who didn't have Danger Zone by Kenny Loggins blasting through their Walkman whilst playing it??? |
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We had the home game of Pong back in the day… yes I’m that old.. the squash was a pain as the square ball would change direction if it went through the paddle in front of
I do recall seeing my first ever space invaders machine at the Norbreck in Blackpool , spent all my time and money on that thing
Then Galaxian which was in the sport centre over the road from my school
Aahhh memories |
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Some classics mentioned here…
What it’s worth, I loved Outrun, Golden Axe, Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Bubble Bobble (I think it was?), 1942
The excitement going into the local pubs/working mens etc and they had changed the games on the machine |
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"Gaunlet, class multiplayer game.
Can't remember the name of it but there was a football game with a roller ball controller... plenty of blisters on the palm of my hand with that one."
I remember that.. super soccer maybe .. had the usual cheat of getting to the wing and crossing for a guaranteed goal…. They had one with a massive screen at an arcade in Manchester |
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For me.. Street Fighter 2 or Marvel vs Street Fighter is a firm fave.
Also quite like Aliens.. when you play as a side scrolling Sigourney Weaver.. did anyone remember that? Or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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"Gaunlet, class multiplayer game.
Can't remember the name of it but there was a football game with a roller ball controller... plenty of blisters on the palm of my hand with that one.
I remember that.. super soccer maybe .. had the usual cheat of getting to the wing and crossing for a guaranteed goal…. They had one with a massive screen at an arcade in Manchester "
Been googling it and think it was called World Cup.
Definitely remember the crossing it from the wing to score. |
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Starblade 4 player sitdown: precuror to the Starfox Franchise
R-type: looks great, bloody hard to not crah
Apache 3: let's blow up the Stanlow refinery, shall we?
G:loc sit down
Starwars sit down.
I think there's a theme going on here.  |
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Gauntlet.
Or Spy Hunter.
I remember coming back from Glasgow once after doing some work there on an early Sat morning. I had to drive home, but was in no hurry. I stopped at every service station on the way back, to play Spyhunter in the arcades. I got home on the Sunday |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS 4 weeks ago
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Most of the games being mentioned I never played at the arcade, but usually the decidedly ropey (or rarely excellent) home computer versions.
By the time I was old enough to go to arcades, they were very much in decline.
A few I played in the only town centre arcade that was still going by the mid 90's were Virtua Striker, Virtua Cop, Marvel Vs Capcom and I recall some weird isometric Sonic the Hedgehog game that used a trackball to control it. |
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