Best Arcade Games

Pole Position Baby!

[Los Feliz Slim]

I was a big Karate Champ fan.

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Number One is clearly Ms. Pacman. After that, it's all personal preference. I can never think of all the games I love, but lately, I've been nostalgic for X-Men/Simpsons/TMNT.

I was planning on making a similar thread to this, as I'm planning to build myself a MAME cabinet similar to this that'll be able to play whatever the hell game my little heart desires. Thanks a lot, Astroglide - you've officially killed what little free time I have.

So far, off the top of my head in about 3 seconds, my MAME cabinet will include:
Ms. Pac Man
Pac Man
Galaga
Donkey Kong
Joust
Tank
TMNT
X-Men
Simpsons
1942
1943
Viper II
Street Fighter (all versions)
Mortal Kombat (all versions)
NBA JAM

Maybe *maybe* a few shooter games
Duck Hunt
Time Cop or similar
One of those sniper games

I probably won't want to pay for a steering wheel, but a wheel+pedals can be added on later if I have the desire for games like Pole Position.


I need to figure out what games I want so I can plan for all the right controls. I'll probably put a bunch of old NES/SNES, etc. games on there as well, provided they'd play well arcade style. There really is no limit. The KLOV is a great resource, but when there are 13000+ games listed, that's a lot to sift through.

[Cancer Merchant]

Add Spy Hunter to the list.

[Miggo]

Burgertime.

[dstraff1]

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

I also missed Donkey Kong Jr (among many others).

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Oh yeah, and Q-bert.

[WLVRYN]

Patrick -

I'm sure since you are "sciencing rockets" you are much smarter than me for these types of things, but take a look at this web page and let me know what you think. Seems much easier than building one from scratch and wont take away from wifey/p*ker/dog time. Then again, if you really enjoy sciencing rockets, maybe this is cheating.