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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Out run or afterburner. Especially the afterburner they had in sega world that was built inside a gyroscope so as you rolled the plane you were turned upside down. |
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over a year ago
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Sega's Space Harrier, the one you sat in and it moved. Also loved the Skiing of Jet Ski ones you stood on. 
If I win the lottery jackpot I'm getting myself a games room and buying them all |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I was a spectrum geek so for me it was things like jet-pac, jet set willy, ant attack, manic miner, chuckie egg, spy vs spy and also have flat fingers thanks to Daley thompsons decathlon |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Carnival. The one with the ducks quacking, the pipes and the bonus bears between each screen. Cute.
Asteroids was a good one for when the lights in the pub were turned down/off. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If you're talking 'The Best' then surely that would be the original arcade wire framed Star Wars machines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWM9BF8fJSU"
Oh happy days, spent in the sit-down version pretending you were actually in an X-Wing. |
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"Chuckie Egg! Spent a whole holiday once as a kid playing one that I think was called Wonder Boy in a Greek cafe. Never found it at home for the Commodore 64 though.  "
C64? Mmmmmm posh totty!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol "
I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!
Would love to play it now and see what it's like. |
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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago
Birmingham |
OMG has this thread got me thinking. I feel that if I was to give a favourite I would be dissing the others.... Mmmm
I gotta admit I did play a lot of PAC MAN and ASTEROIDS in our local shopping center. That was before things like OUT RUN had come out. Have to say I lost a lot of money in the OUT RUN game.
I could not do it. Can not give a favourite as I loooooove the old retro games.... Dare I say it but to be honest some of the old retro games were more fun then some of the games today. I guess you had to live the era.... it was also linked with a fun time I had with friends who joined me playing the games.
Slightly off topic tho . . . loved pinball too. Not really a vid game tho... |
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"Pac man"
I was completely rubbish at PacMan but pretty good at Centipede and could crash the machine when playing the game where you had to direct a train along tracks, picking up carriages, whilst avoiding the rogue engines/track changers.
Can we include pinball, as well?
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By (user no longer on site)
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At the arcades for me it was: wwe main event, 720, afterburner, star wars (wire frame one), altered beast, wonderboy, Bubble Bobble. At home..rambo, bombjack, Jet Pack Willy (Spectrum).
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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago
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"At the arcades for me it was: wwe main event, 720, afterburner, star wars (wire frame one), altered beast, wonderboy, Bubble Bobble. At home..rambo, bombjack, Jet Pack Willy (Spectrum).
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Oh you went there..... Spectrum... Was the OP question regarding arcade as in going to an arcade or can spectrum be included.... Loved my speccy |
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"I was a spectrum geek so for me it was things like jet-pac, jet set willy, ant attack, manic miner, chuckie egg, spy vs spy and also have flat fingers thanks to Daley thompsons decathlon"
Daley thompsons decathlon gave me a massive blister in palm of my hand I couldnt wank for weeks hahaha |
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over a year ago
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Can't decide between 'Tempest' (which I was rubbish at) or 'Battlezone' (which I got pretty good at)
There was something about the simple but effective vector graphics that just seemed futuristic at the time! |
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"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol
I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!
Would love to play it now and see what it's like."
i had it on the ps1 and it was still tough lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol
I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!
Would love to play it now and see what it's like.
i had it on the ps1 and it was still tough lol"
It was on ps1? Don't remember that.
I remember Maximo on ps2.
Ah I wanna play it now |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ghost and goblins for me. Wow that game was tough lol
I loved that game on the Mega Drive but my god was it unforgiving!
Would love to play it now and see what it's like.
i had it on the ps1 and it was still tough lol
It was on ps1? Don't remember that.
I remember Maximo on ps2.
Ah I wanna play it now "
yeah it was on the disk capcom classics |
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Don't know the name of it, but it started with two rows of eggs, then they hatched and birds swooped at you, then eventually you had to shoot the shit out of a big round ship until you cut a hole through to the center and blew it up.  |
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"Don't know the name of it, but it started with two rows of eggs, then they hatched and birds swooped at you, then eventually you had to shoot the shit out of a big round ship until you cut a hole through to the center and blew it up. "
That'll be Phoenix yeah loved that game too ... And the music |
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Does anyone remember tennis on atari..
Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.
Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading |
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"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..
Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.
Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading"
Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere |
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Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid? |
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"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid? "
Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? |
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for arcade games for me and still is
played air hockey the most in arcades that i own a smaller version now to play at home instead
others that i played
outrun
mortal kombat had sore fingers for that one
teken
starwars
as goes for chuckie egg still addicted to that game and still play it nowadays
as goes for the old games i had to have them and play them on pc
spectrum favorate was knightlore and underworld |
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You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe |
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"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?
Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle?"
You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe |
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"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?
Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe"
That's the one.
There was a Fox game too. Can't remember the name.
God I feel old. |
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"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?
Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe
That's the one.
There was a Fox game too. Can't remember the name.
God I feel old."
fox game don't ring any bells it most be the old age kicking in me ....you remember shadow dancer and shanobi (spelling mite be wrong  ) |
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"Got a mega drive with some games streets of rage an some others don't play it if you won't it let me no don't won't any money .You remember mega master system and Alex the kid?
Wasn't there a part where you got to ride a bicycle? You on about Alex the kid? Yh you had to ride bike I think you had to buy with the coins you collect.Feel like playing a master system now gona get one now there's a place that sells them about £30 and am sure you remember golden axe
That's the one.
There was a Fox game too. Can't remember the name.
God I feel old."
Would the fox game be psycho fox?
Faves here were Chase HQ, Outrun, Hang On, NARC, Dig Dug and 10 yard fight. |
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By *itSamCouple
over a year ago
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Anyone heard of a Panasonic 3DO.
I had one. Amazing how many people not heard of them. . .
If you google daedalus encounter 3do it is an interactive movie. 4 disks big and you control the movie. The only reason I bought one.
Loved little computer people on the cbm64
3d death chase on spec
Attic attacks on spec.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..
Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.
Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere "
I think the one with the gun was a spectrum+, +2 (which had the built in tape deck) or +3 (built in disk drive) which were actually Amstrad after Al the beard bought the company. |
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By *itSamCouple
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"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..
Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.
Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere
I think the one with the gun was a spectrum+, +2 (which had the built in tape deck) or +3 (built in disk drive) which were actually Amstrad after Al the beard bought the company."
+2 with tape deck was grey and +3 was blak with a 3" drive (i got one of each lol) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Does anyone remember tennis on atari..
Kids today!! Dont know what theyre missing.
Also had a sinclair spectrum..played pirates..loved the noise it made loading Sinclair spectrum the black colour one ? And it came with a James bond game and gun ? Still got one at home it in the shed somewhere
I think the one with the gun was a spectrum+, +2 (which had the built in tape deck) or +3 (built in disk drive) which were actually Amstrad after Al the beard bought the company."
The tapes use take abt 5,10 min to load remember sitting there waiting for the game to load with a 10p lucky bag in my hand the good old days.Still think the commerdore 64 was better kick start the motorbike game |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Pac man, mortal kombat.  and street fighter"
in our neighbourhood you were either a mortal kombat person... or a street fight person......
I was never really a fight game person... I was too busy playing all the driving games or shoot em ups... and the odd game of NBA JAM.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Binatone tennis with the square ball and the dials that controlled the line up and down the tv screen.....now that is old school "
thats what i meant ...but i called it Atari !! x |
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