Your favorite "Old School" video game

Superman=#54 · 07-23-2003, 02:21 PM

Personally my favorite was Street Fighter I and II Turbo. Every kid from the block would go to my best friend's house and we would have Street Fighter tournaments.

I always like the green guy, forgot what his name was. It was cool when you shocked people by biting them. Its a good thing Marv Alberts did not have that power!

Leonidas · 07-23-2003, 02:24 PM

Galaga

MrBug708 · 07-23-2003, 02:25 PM

Tecmo Super Bowl 3, Final Edition

Super Bases Loaded 2

Sunset Riders

Secret of Mana

RPI-Fan · 07-23-2003, 02:26 PM

Super Tennis, Uniracers, and Super Bases Loaded 2.

VPI97 · 07-23-2003, 02:28 PM

10 Yard Fight

Ben E Lou · 07-23-2003, 02:28 PM

Intellivision Baseball. Hands down.

Craptacular · 07-23-2003, 02:29 PM

I used to play these arcade games religiously:

A.P.B. - "I sure could use a donut"
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Gauntlet (the original) - "Valkyrie shot the food!"

I'm going to attempt to get at least 1 or 2 of these at auction after we move in to our house.

ScottVib · 07-23-2003, 02:29 PM

Pitfall

Anrhydeddu · 07-23-2003, 02:30 PM

Galaga

cmp · 07-23-2003, 02:31 PM

Tecmo Super Bowl

SplitPersonality1 · 07-23-2003, 02:40 PM

My favorites:

Asteroids
Donkey Kong
Elevator Action
Missle Command - caused many a sore wrist (damn Trac-ball)
:sigh: Ms. Pac-Man - and yes I caught lots of crap for playing it
Defender
Pole Position - "Prepare to Qualify"
Spyhunter
Track & Field
Mr. Do
Dig Dug
Sinistar - "I hunger"

lots and lots of wasted quarters

[edited] Your favorite "Old School" video game:

Oops. If I had to pick just one, it would be Mr. Do. So stupid, yet so blasted addicting.

Blade · 07-23-2003, 02:41 PM

I was absolutely hooked on an Intellivision game named Utopia...that was the beginning of my love for Civilization type games!

Fritz · 07-23-2003, 02:42 PM

John Galt · 07-23-2003, 02:45 PM

Arch Rivals

Celeval · 07-23-2003, 02:48 PM

Galaga
Baseball Stars
Bard's Tale

Ben E Lou · 07-23-2003, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MrBug708
Tecmo Super Bowl 3, Final Edition

That's OLD SCHOOL to you??? Youngster.

33sherman · 07-23-2003, 02:52 PM

Does anyone remember a 'cartoon' game(like Dragon's Lair, Space Ace) called Cliifhanger? I think it was based on a French cartoon. I think I put twenty dollars into it in one day. I haven't seen the game since probably 1985.

condors · 07-23-2003, 02:54 PM

for old school have to go with atari 2600 combat

EagleFan · 07-23-2003, 02:54 PM

Intellivision Baseball
Atari Track n Field
Pitfall

Head to Head Baseball, if you want to go with the handheld electronic games.

Neuqua · 07-23-2003, 02:56 PM

I loved Streets of Rage and also the Ninja Turtle games.

Coffee Warlord · 07-23-2003, 03:06 PM

Old School: Tecmo Super Bowl

Older School: Contra

"Holy Shit I'm Old" School: Missile Command

Grego · 07-23-2003, 03:08 PM

Asteroids, without a doubt.

Ben E Lou · 07-23-2003, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by EagleFan
Head to Head Baseball, if you want to go with the handheld electronic games.

Oooh! Forgot about those. My brother and I had MANY fierce battles in H2H Football.

MrBug708 · 07-23-2003, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SkyDog
That's OLD SCHOOL to you??? Youngster.

Seeing as how it's the only one I liked, ya

Easy Mac · 07-23-2003, 03:15 PM

Baseball Simulator 1.000
Tecmo Super Bowl
Duck Hunt
Movie Mogul (Original w/ Sisey Spacek and Peter O'Toole)
Castlevania
Wolfenstein 3D

Subby · 07-23-2003, 03:18 PM

My favorite arcade game was Tempest. I am trying to decide if there has ever been a cooler game made since then...

No.

JAG · 07-23-2003, 03:21 PM

Tough choices, but let's give some mention to Gauntlet (Warrior, is about to die), Adventure on the Atari 2600, RBI Baseball on Nintendo (favorite Nintendo game of all time), Empire and Empire Deluxe (still playing ED), Madden '92 or so, Double Dragon in the arcade, and finally Missle Command for the 2600.

Speaking of which, about a month ago I played Missle Command in the arcade for the first time in umpteen years. I got schooled...I can't believe how much I suck now at it.

Oh, if anyone can recall a kung fu type game where you eventually had to fight Bruce Lee and would fight people called Star (she threw throwing stars at you), Pole (swung a big pole at you), etc..., remind me the name of that game. That was a fun one too.

cthomer5000 · 07-23-2003, 03:24 PM

Tecmo Super Bowl

B.C.'s Quest For Tires

digamma · 07-23-2003, 03:29 PM

Baseball on the 2600. 3 on 3 game mode.

Blade · 07-23-2003, 03:32 PM

Does anyone remember an old computer game called Twilight 2000? I loved the character creation for it, but I could never find it again...which made me think that it never existed and was only in my mind!

Coffee Warlord · 07-23-2003, 03:34 PM

Yep. It was based on the pen and paper RPG of the same name, actually. Brutal game.

grdawg · 07-23-2003, 03:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JAG
Oh, if anyone can recall a kung fu type game where you eventually had to fight Bruce Lee and would fight people called Star (she threw throwing stars at you), Pole (swung a big pole at you), etc..., remind me the name of that game. That was a fun one too.

Wasn't that called Kung Fu Champion or something to that affect? I loved that game.

Sublime · 07-23-2003, 03:37 PM

Mike Tyson's Punchout!

thesloppy · 07-23-2003, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JAG

Oh, if anyone can recall a kung fu type game where you eventually had to fight Bruce Lee and would fight people called Star (she threw throwing stars at you), Pole (swung a big pole at you), etc..., remind me the name of that game. That was a fun one too.

YIE AR KUNG-FU

MJ4H · 07-23-2003, 03:38 PM

no its yie ar kung fu. that game rules

my old school faves:

gyruss
baseball stars
ghosts and goblins
and sure, yie ar kung fu

EDIT: THESLOPPY BEAT ME TO IT

and with a bit more punch, too

SplitPersonality1 · 07-23-2003, 03:42 PM

Gyruss and Tempest - forgot about those. Anybody ever make it to Earth (in Gyruss). The furthest I ever got was Mars. That was a very long game and the fact that I had to pee probably contributed to my demise.

It's tough to play a videogame when you really have to go.

thesloppy · 07-23-2003, 03:43 PM

Bad-example · 07-23-2003, 03:52 PM

Baseball Stars
Contra

JAG · 07-23-2003, 03:56 PM

Thanks, Yie Ar Kung Fu...hm, guess I never looked at the name as it doesn't sound familiar.

Fun fun game though.

Blade · 07-23-2003, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Coffee Warlord
Yep. It was based on the pen and paper RPG of the same name, actually. Brutal game.

Heh, I don't think I actually managed to play much of the game itself...the character creation was too much fun!

Plus, I didn't have a computer at that time, so I could only goof around with it at a friend's place.

Buzzbee · 07-23-2003, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SplitPersonality1
My favorites:

Asteroids
Donkey Kong
Elevator Action
Missle Command - caused many a sore wrist (damn Trac-ball)
:sigh: Ms. Pac-Man - and yes I caught lots of crap for playing it
Defender
Pole Position - "Prepare to Qualify"
Spyhunter
Track & Field
Mr. Do
Dig Dug
Sinistar - "I hunger"

lots and lots of wasted quarters

[edited] Your favorite "Old School" video game:

Oops. If I had to pick just one, it would be Mr. Do. So stupid, yet so blasted addicting.

I think you were me when I was young. Maybe I am your other personality. That list is eerily similar to mine.

Subtractions from Split's list:
Sinistar
Mr. Do
Spyhunter
Elevator Action

Additions to SPlit's list:
Turbo
TRON
Centipede
Space Invaders

Craptacular · 07-23-2003, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SkyDog
Intellivision Baseball. Hands down.

Our house was robbed when we were on vacation up nort der hey in da woods when I was young. They took a camera, a wheelbarrow, a few miscellaneous things ... and my Intellivision with the Baseball game in it.

Quote:

Originally posted by EagleFan and ScottVib
Pitfall

That game kicked ass.

I should also give a nomination for Winter Games and Summer Games I/II on the Commodore. I never had one, but I was always at my friend's house playing those games.

The_herd · 07-23-2003, 05:44 PM

Tecmo Super Bowl-1st pro football game on NES to have real players and keep stats.

RBI Baseball-a true classic, nothing more fun than playing Mets vs. Red Sox.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!-still have memories of staying up late during summer break trying to get past Sandman and Super Macho Man to get to Tyson.

ice4277 · 07-23-2003, 06:02 PM

After Burner
Rampage
Some baseball game that I played when I was about five but don't remember the name
A hockey game that was basically one on one plus a goalie, I think the name may have been Hat-trick?
Any of the Epyx games for the C-64
The original Hardball!
4th and Inches
Commando

And the list could keep going...

sabotai · 07-23-2003, 06:17 PM

4th and Inches
Mail Order Monsters
Summer Games I & II
Shogun

The C64 was so awesome...

33sherman · 07-23-2003, 06:43 PM

(C64)

Micro League Baseball
(with gm/stat disk so I didn't have to keep stats in a notebook)

QuikSand · 07-23-2003, 06:55 PM

My list of quarter-op games is a long one - never had any really deep love affairs, but I did know where to find certain games around the towns near me (a bar here, a bowling alley there, at the mall, etc)

Asteroids Deluxe -liked the shields better than hyperspace
Star Castle - with the colored film on the screen over the vector graphics - gold!
Omega Race - I still play this on an emulator from time to time
Gorf - I loved the idea of a multi-staged game
Galaga - everything I wanted Galaxian to be, and more
Robotron 2004 - two-joystick action, but remarkably intuitive to control
Gauntlet - loved the voice-overs, spent a lot of $ on this in college
Joust - imaginative concept, well-defined game

Those are some that come to mind. I'd probably rate Galaga as my all-time favorite, though.

fflix · 07-23-2003, 06:58 PM

contra, double dragon 1 & 2, double dribble, blades of steel, basewars, starcontrol

BreizhManu · 07-23-2003, 07:01 PM

Pirates (C64)

Marmel · 07-23-2003, 07:07 PM

Arkanoid
Donkey Kong
Paperboy
Terminator 2 pinball (a bit more recent)
Kid Niki

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SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	My favorites: Asteroids Donkey Kong Elevator Action Missle Command - caused many a sore wrist (damn Trac-ball) :sigh: Ms. Pac-Man - and yes I caught lots of crap for playing it Defender Pole Position - "Prepare to Qualify" Spyhunter Track & Field Mr. Do Dig Dug Sinistar - "I hunger" lots and lots of wasted quarters [edited] Your favorite "Old School" video game: Oops. If I had to pick just one, it would be Mr. Do. So stupid, yet so blasted addicting. Last edited by SplitPersonality1 : 07-23-2003 at 02:42 PM.

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condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	for old school have to go with atari 2600 combat

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MJ4H Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hog Country	no its yie ar kung fu. that game rules my old school faves: gyruss baseball stars ghosts and goblins and sure, yie ar kung fu EDIT: THESLOPPY BEAT ME TO IT and with a bit more punch, too Last edited by MJ4H : 07-23-2003 at 03:39 PM.

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