What is you Ideal Home Arcade?

[MikeVic]

I'm curious as to what people would put in a home arcade, if they could afford one.

So, the scenario is:
You've just bought a new house, and have thought that it would be cool to have an Arcade Room. You can put a few of your favourite arcade games in the room, but it's not a gigantic room. I'm not setting any sort of minimums or maximums on the number of arcade machines you can put in the room, but keep it reasonable please.


As for my choices... right now I would put in:

• The Simpsons
• X-Men (the one where you can have a bunch of people playing)
• Raiden 2 (or some sort of similar shooter)
• WWF Wrestlefest
• That baseball pinball game with ramps that come up in certain situations, and you can win cards... I loved that game
• House of the Dead

[KevinNU7]

Air Hockey

[General Mike]

That;s a great list. One game I'd add is the NFL Blitz/NBA Showdown all in 1 set with the huge screen. Also SF Rush 2049.

[condors]

i would have to have defender, missile command, and spy hunter

[Mustang]

1. Joust
2. Galaga
3. Dragon's Lair
4. Cyberball

[Schmidty]

1. Journey the game (No joke)
2. Tron
3. Killer Instinct 2
4. That golf game with the ball
5. Rygar (sentimental choice)

I'm forgetting some, but I'll add them if I think of them,

[Izulde]

1. Derby Owner's Club (the 4-seat one so I can squeeze in another game)
2. Golden Axe

[DanGarion]

An modded xbox with mame, nes, snes, n64 emulators.

[Arctus]

Gauntlet

[vex]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

X-Men (the one where you can have a bunch of people playing)

I've only mentioned this game to my wife about a 1000 times. It will be mine one of these days.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Mustang nailed the ultimate arcade game. You can't have an arcade without Cyberball. YOU JUST CAN'T.

[Wolfpack]

Gyruss
Pac-Man
Cruisin' USA
Time Crisis (the original where half the fun was keeping up your accuracy percentages)
NFL Blitz/NBA Jam (updated to present teams, of course)
Ninja Gaiden

[cartman]

South Park pinball machine
The OLD Atari football game with the trackball on each end
Kangaroo (most probably don't remember this, it was Atari's answer to Donkey Kong. I played the hell out of that game at the arcade. In fact, I had the nationwide high score on it for a month. I'll have to dig out the old copy of Electonic Games magazine)
A Red White and Blue vegas slot machine
USA vs. USSR bubble dome hockey game
Two skeeball lanes

[Samdari]

High Speed Pinball
Cyberball

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by cartman

Kangaroo (most probably don't remember this, it was Atari's answer to Donkey Kong. I played the hell out of that game at the arcade. In fact, I had the nationwide high score on it for a month. I'll have to dig out the old copy of Electonic Games magazine)

Well, of course you had the high score on it.. no one played that one. Were you good at Amidar too??

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by cartman

USA vs. USSR bubble dome hockey game

Ah! The Canada vs. USSR bubble home game would be cool too!

[Franklinnoble]

NBA Jam - the original, when Charles Barkley and Dan Majerle were on the Suns
Star Wars (the old-school sit-inside-and-shoot-the-Asteroid-esque-Death-Star model)
Black Knight (old pinball game - must have played it a billion times at the Wisp Ski Resort in Deep Creek Lake, Maryland. My brothers and I were very competitive on that).
AfterBurner II

I'd also go for an air hockey table and maybe a skee-ball lane.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by Mustang

Well, of course you had the high score on it.. no one played that one. Were you good at Amidar too??

Damn, cartman got served. Good job, Mustang!

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by KevinNU7

Air Hockey

this would be a definite #1 on the list.

Street Fighter 2 (turbo edition, i guess) would also have to be in there.

[Subby]

Tempest
Donkey Kong
Defender
Pac-Man
Air Hockey Table
Good pinball machine
Keg-o-rator

[Chubby]

Simpsons pinball machine
Star Wars Triology w/seat
NBA Jam
Gauntlet
Pole Position II

[Schmidty]

I'm really suprised that I'm the only one who said Tron.

[sovereignstar]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
NBA Jam
Tekken 3
Final Fight

Edit: Yeah, and the USA vs. USSR bubble dome hockey game that cartman mentioned

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Schmidty

I'm really suprised that I'm the only one who said Tron.

Same here. I think I've played Tron more than any other arcade game. It was great, though I think I only ever got to "Level 4" once. The difficulty curve on that game was insane. First level, painfully easy. Second level, a bit trickier, but still quite doable. Level Three? Near insanely difficult. Level Four? Forget it.

[Celeval]

Gauntlet
Galaga
Ms. Pac Man (wife's favorite)
Star Wars (the original blow-up-the-death-star version with the vector graphics)

[Terps]

WWF Wrestlefest
NBA Jam
Gauntlet
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Simpsons

[dawgfan]

- Cyberball Tournament Edition (the multiplayer one)
- NBA Showtime/NFL Blitz combo
- Battle Zone
- I can't think of the name, but there was a baseball arcade game in the late '80's that featured spring-mounted joystick for batting (pull back and release at the right time) and a side-mounted joystick for pitching (pull back for velocity, angle it for the amount and direction of curve)
- Addams Family pinball machine
- at least four flatscreen TV's with individual Xbox360's networked together for mulitplayer goodness
- a Wii when it comes out with many classic Nintendo games downloaded from their online service
- air hockey table
- classic foosball table

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

I can't think of the name, but there was a baseball arcade game in the late '80's that featured spring-mounted joystick for batting (pull back and release at the right time) and a side-mounted joystick for pitching (pull back for velocity, angle it for the amount and direction of curve)

Extra Innings?

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Extra Innings?

Could be - I don't remember the name, just the physical setup of the game. I thought the joystick thing worked really well, especially the pitching portion.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

Could be - I don't remember the name, just the physical setup of the game. I thought the joystick thing worked really well, especially the pitching portion.

Sounds like Bottom of the Ninth to me.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Dola

Do you remember this baseball game ever saying in a really creepy voice, "TIME IS RUNNING OUT" when your game time was about to elapse? If so, that was Bottom of the Ninth.

[LastWhiteSoxFanStanding]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

- Cyberball Tournament Edition (the multiplayer one)

- I can't think of the name, but there was a baseball arcade game in the late '80's that featured spring-mounted joystick for batting (pull back and release at the right time) and a side-mounted joystick for pitching (pull back for velocity, angle it for the amount and direction of curve)

- classic foosball table

Sounds like world series baseball to me. Here is the link with the description.

A baseball game that offered many more play options than previous video baseball games. The game used analog joysticks for precise control of swings and pitches.

hxxp://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10486&letter=W

[Pumpy Tudors]

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

Sounds like world series baseball to me. Here is the link with the description.

A baseball game that offered many more play options than previous video baseball games. The game used analog joysticks for precise control of swings and pitches.

hxxp://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10486&letter=W

Ah, I kinda remember World Series Baseball. I don't remember the analog joysticks being spring-mounted like dawgfan mentioned, but I could be wrong.

Another question for dawgfan about this game: Were the "joysticks" actually about as thin as a paper clip? Just small little silver metal pieces, rather than a whole joystick?

[Suburban Rhythm]

Bubble hockey is a must!

Spy Hunter, so I can hear the song over and over again.


Zaxxon and Dig Dug and Rampage.

[Mustang]

Wonder if it was the same baseball game I was trying to remember. There were 2 modes - HR Derby and regular game. .25 cents usually bought you 2 innings and the game kept track of your stats so, you could come back, log back on and start playing again....

[Miller Time]

Double Dragon!

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

Could be - I don't remember the name, just the physical setup of the game. I thought the joystick thing worked really well, especially the pitching portion.

ESPNZone in Times Square, NYC has this exact game. too lazy to confirm, but i remember loving that swingable joystick and the MLB rosters (from like the early-to-mid 90's).

[Maple Leafs]

Ring King -- I miss making the guys spin around with a roundhouse
Wrestlefest -- that game was just awesome
TWA Wrestling -- The one with Koko Savege and The Piranha
World Series Baseball -- "Thank you, very much!"
Cyberball -- Naturally
Blades of Steel -- That damn trackball made my hands bleed

Two with names I can't remember:

- The baseball game that had real MLB players and the all-star rosters from like 1991. The AL had Cecil Fielder and Canseco.

- The one-on-one hockey game with the blue guy vs the red guy.

[Suburban Rhythm]

Also add Karate Champ to my list...

[spleen1015]

X-Men without a doubt and Ring King.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Suburban Rhythm

Also add Karate Champ to my list...

Was that the one with two joysticks but no buttons?

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

- The one-on-one hockey game with the blue guy vs the red guy.

This made me think of Hit the Ice: Open Ice Challenge or something like that. I played that a lot as a kid, but I don't know if it'll hold up today for me.

[Grammaticus]

Asteroids
Defender
Wizards of Whor
Galaxia
Centipede
Vanguard
Track & Field
And Yes………TRON

[Suburban Rhythm]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Was that the one with two joysticks but no buttons?

That's the one

http://coinop.org/g.aspx/100088/Karate_Champ.html

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by MikeVic

This made me think of Hit the Ice: Open Ice Challenge or something like that. I played that a lot as a kid, but I don't know if it'll hold up today for me.

I think that was a two-on-two, NBA Jam type game. I remember playing it in college. You're apparently a lot younger than me.

Now that I think back, I think the one I'm thinking of was called Hat Trick. It was cool because the players left little lines in the ice.

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

I think that was a two-on-two, NBA Jam type game. I remember playing it in college. You're apparently a lot younger than me.

I wasn't 5 or 6 or anything... but before junior high for sure.

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

TWA Wrestling -- The one with Koko Savege and The Piranha

According to the site linked above, this was actually called Mat Mania. Who knew?

[Bad-example]

Gauntlet (Elf needs food!)
Galaga
Cyberball
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Millipede
R-Type
Air Hockey
Pinball machines...lots of them.

I would probably spend more time pinballing than playing all the others combined.

[Bad-example]

Dola

*&$%&@$#...I forgot Qbert!

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by LastWhiteSoxFanStanding

Sounds like world series baseball to me. Here is the link with the description.

A baseball game that offered many more play options than previous video baseball games. The game used analog joysticks for precise control of swings and pitches.

hxxp://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10486&letter=W

That's the one - thanks!