@yakkoTDI Wow, that is amazingly more video games that I expected had ever existed. And some go back into the 1800’s!
(although the list includes vending machines, slot machines, and other vaguely-related stuff, so that may be inflating the numbers a bit)
Thanks for the link. Now I need to find some way to absorb all the new data.
@hchavers@werehatrack i think it’s Ellen’s cousin Eddie through marriage, but he would piss his pants and forget who he was for half an hour or so every time Catherine revved up the microwave.
Also, should you ever find yourself in suburban Chicagoland come on by to the self proclaimed ‘largest video arcade’ in the US. https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/
$20/chump lets you through the door and give you free play of any machine that’s running
What’s the cutoff for “classic” in 2023? Because there are a LOT of old arcade games that just weren’t prolific during the big boom of the late 90’s.
Early 80’s games, when maybe one came out a month? Stuff like Berserk and Warlords get overlooked under Missile Command and Asteroids and Death Race, then eventually Q*Bert and Marble Madness and Pengo and Pole Position. (Personally I liked barebones Qix and Elevator Action.)
When games began to have a budget (Monkey Punch, Dragon’s Lair budget) and technology grew (raster effects in Tempest grew into Star Wars grew into near-VR games like Battletech or Jurassic Park), the market began getting flooded with several games a month. Not to say that’s a bad thing, but with that kind of volume, some nice games just get completely overlooked or weren’t widely localized or didn’t get a home port (or were impossible to emulate). Super Ninja Baseball Bat Men was just no competition for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Mystic Warriors was overshadowed by the Simpsons; Dragon Breed was less heard of than Darius; King of Dragons is just a primitive Dungeons & Dragons; Gate of Doom was a Gauntlet knockoff; who remembers Galaxy Force when Space Harrier was around; Avenging Spirit is a pre-Kirby antique; Willow wasn’t even that big of a movie; Dynamite Duke was no Operation Wolf/Time Crisis/he’s not Duke Nukem; and where are my home ports of Cadilacs & Dinosaurs or Predator? (Though some experiments were probably best left alone like Dark Edge.)
Is Tech Romancer (1998) a classic now? It received a Dreamcast port, which in PlayStation terms, means it’s from the PS2 era… which is 25 years old at this point.
Ok. I just need to set this straight. I am a child of the 70’s/80’s and grew up begging my dad for quarters. I’m a big dork so I have all the things. I have an Atari 2600 running on a 65" curved 4K Samsung TV. Who ever said Combat earlier I award you 6 internet points. Had you gone with Adventure, you would have doubled that.
That being said, I have an arcade machine that can play each and every coin-op game I grew up with and raised my daughter on that. I really thought she’d be a Ms. Pac Man kid, but in solo mode, she can go for hours on Moon Patrol.
But to answer the original question, Elevator Action is our favorite two player game. And often overlooked. And I can almost always kick my daughters butt at it.
@brennyn@capnjb they ported EA:R to home consoles, and adapted it for portables as Elevator Action EX (localized in North America using the license from Dexter’s Laboratory: Robot Rampage)
Time Pilot.
@yakkoTDI Don’t forget about the Killer List Of Videogames (KLOV).
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_list.php?letter=A&type=Videogame
@yakkoTDI Wow, that is amazingly more video games that I expected had ever existed. And some go back into the 1800’s!
(although the list includes vending machines, slot machines, and other vaguely-related stuff, so that may be inflating the numbers a bit)
Thanks for the link. Now I need to find some way to absorb all the new data.
Bad Dudes or Rastan, for sure.
Karate Champ was my best, since it could be won with strategy and just not button pushing.
Track & Field was my second best, since it was won with just fast button pushing.
Starship Atari
Paperboy
/image paperboy video game
/youtube Atari combat
/image Atari paddle controller
Bubble bobble, fun for all!
@Georget5145 That’s going to be an earworm
Burger Boss
Breakout. But maybe it isn’t overlooked.
Cloak & Dagger (Atari, 1984)
@brennyn Good old Agent X!
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7353
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_%26_Dagger_(1984_film)
Who can forget Asteroids?
@hchavers not cousin Eddie. Can’t even sit on the toilet some days.
@hchavers @warpedrotors If that’s Todd’s cousin Eddie, he has trouble sitting on anything without falling over.
@hchavers @werehatrack i think it’s Ellen’s cousin Eddie through marriage, but he would piss his pants and forget who he was for half an hour or so every time Catherine revved up the microwave.
@hchavers @warpedrotors @werehatrack To figure out whose Cousin Eddie it is ask him if he thinks Vicki is the best at French kissing.
Dig Dug!
Also, should you ever find yourself in suburban Chicagoland come on by to the self proclaimed ‘largest video arcade’ in the US. https://www.gallopingghostarcade.com/
$20/chump lets you through the door and give you free play of any machine that’s running
@onae I find that the games are easier to play when they’re standing still.
Tempest!!
@Fuzzalini Yes indeed
Frogger?
What’s the cutoff for “classic” in 2023? Because there are a LOT of old arcade games that just weren’t prolific during the big boom of the late 90’s.
Early 80’s games, when maybe one came out a month? Stuff like Berserk and Warlords get overlooked under Missile Command and Asteroids and Death Race, then eventually Q*Bert and Marble Madness and Pengo and Pole Position. (Personally I liked barebones Qix and Elevator Action.)
When games began to have a budget (Monkey Punch, Dragon’s Lair budget) and technology grew (raster effects in Tempest grew into Star Wars grew into near-VR games like Battletech or Jurassic Park), the market began getting flooded with several games a month. Not to say that’s a bad thing, but with that kind of volume, some nice games just get completely overlooked or weren’t widely localized or didn’t get a home port (or were impossible to emulate). Super Ninja Baseball Bat Men was just no competition for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Mystic Warriors was overshadowed by the Simpsons; Dragon Breed was less heard of than Darius; King of Dragons is just a primitive Dungeons & Dragons; Gate of Doom was a Gauntlet knockoff; who remembers Galaxy Force when Space Harrier was around; Avenging Spirit is a pre-Kirby antique; Willow wasn’t even that big of a movie; Dynamite Duke was no Operation Wolf/Time Crisis/he’s not Duke Nukem; and where are my home ports of Cadilacs & Dinosaurs or Predator? (Though some experiments were probably best left alone like Dark Edge.)
Is Tech Romancer (1998) a classic now? It received a Dreamcast port, which in PlayStation terms, means it’s from the PS2 era… which is 25 years old at this point.
@pakopako I had completely forgotten Qix.
The OG.
Rampart “surround castles to stay alive!”
@Parsnipjunkie I only saw this once and never got the chance to play it. Thanks for the reminder.
Ok. I just need to set this straight. I am a child of the 70’s/80’s and grew up begging my dad for quarters. I’m a big dork so I have all the things. I have an Atari 2600 running on a 65" curved 4K Samsung TV. Who ever said Combat earlier I award you 6 internet points. Had you gone with Adventure, you would have doubled that.
That being said, I have an arcade machine that can play each and every coin-op game I grew up with and raised my daughter on that. I really thought she’d be a Ms. Pac Man kid, but in solo mode, she can go for hours on Moon Patrol.
But to answer the original question, Elevator Action is our favorite two player game. And often overlooked. And I can almost always kick my daughters butt at it.
@capnjb If you haven’t already check out the even more overlooked sequel to Elevator Action, Elevator Action Returns.
@brennyn @capnjb they ported EA:R to home consoles, and adapted it for portables as Elevator Action EX (localized in North America using the license from Dexter’s Laboratory: Robot Rampage)
Defender.
