What's your all-time favorite arcade game of the 80's??

[ravalox]

Seeing the MAME pic of Vanguard put me in a reminiscent mood.

For me, it's a tough decision between Track & Field and PacLand. I'll go with Track & Field, as I was quite often ranked within the top 20 at the arcades.

Another good question would be who still regularly visits arcades. I stopped around the late 80's when the majority of games turned into the fighting/combat type and required a constant flow of quarters.

[J1NG]

Spyhunter and Star Wars (Vector Game), my own personal favourites.

Stopped going after 1993. Had plenty of computers to play around with by then.

J1NG, Qui-Gon J1NG

[ZokesPro]

Galaga!!!!

[Indiana]

Too many to reduce them to only one.
Commando
the Who dares wins series
Gyruss
Ghosts'n'Goblins

(...to be continued...)

[Dogbert]

Bubble Bobble (Taito), Altered Beast (Sega), Rampage, Gauntlet (Atari), Double Dragon

Then came the more sofisticated stuff like Street Fighter etc.
I spent so much money in the arcades when I was a teenager...

Now with my Dreamcast I'm all happy

[ravalox]

Originally posted by Dogbert
Bubble Bobble (Taito), Altered Beast (Sega), Rampage, Gauntlet (Atari), Double Dragon

Ahhh, Gauntlet. Yes, I remember a friend's marathon plays of four hours or more on several occasions. I always knew where to find him, and more often than not be asked to fill in so he could go out to smoke a cigarette.

[Reverend Maynard]

Originally posted by Dogbert
Bubble Bobble (Taito)

Second best game ever made. My mom and I used to play that game for hours and hours at a time on the original NIntendo. It was #1 on my favorites list until '96 or so.


:Edit: for terrible spelling mistakes.

[thop]

bubble bobble and commando.

[Taz]

Final Lap

[SitFlyer]

Space Duel

[Tempest]

I can't remember the name but the one where you move this claw-like ship in differently shaped well-like 3D thingys and these meanies come at you and you have to, like, zap them to get points

[Taz]

Er isn't that Tempest

[UtwigMU]

Renegede (Spectrum)

[Tempest]

Originally posted by Taz
Er isn't that Tempest

Yes it's me, it's written right there on the left damnit. Now instead of posting self evident crap like that you could try actually helping me by finding out the name of the game I described

[trk2]

Tecmo Bowl, there is no other competition.