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]

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]

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?? :D

[MikeVic]

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]

Well, of course you had the high score on it.. no one played that one. Were you good at Amidar too?? :D
Damn, cartman got served. Good job, Mustang! :)

[cthomer5000]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

- 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]

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]

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]

Also add Karate Champ to my list...
Was that the one with two joysticks but no buttons?

[MikeVic]

- 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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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!

[SirFozzie]

DDR (all-in-one box)
PacMan
NBA Jam/Blitz two pack
USA v USsR Bubble Hockey
Starwars Vector sit in model

[Franklinnoble]

What was the baseball game that used to spit out baseball cards as prizes for scoring home runs and stuff?

[MikeVic]

What was the baseball game that used to spit out baseball cards as prizes for scoring home runs and stuff?

That's what I wanna know. It's on my list in the initial post. :)

[Coffee Warlord]

NBA Jam
Golden Tee
Afterburner 2
Doctor Who Pinball
Air Hockey.
And..this one old pvp helicopter game that rocked.

[General Mike]

I forgot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[panerd]

World Cup Soccer Pinball
Journey
Any version of golden tee

I have a couple of friends with air hockey and foozball tables and they get old really fast. So do most video games. I think you need either pinball or some sort of sports game to make it worth the investment. Journey is a great memory, but that could end up sucking after about 5 minutes.

[Groundhog]

NBA Jam
Midnight Resistance
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
X-Men
Air Hockey
Metal Slug

These were the games that consumned most of my teen years.

[Logan]

My ideal home arcade would include a big screen plasma, at least 2 leather recliners, and sweet surround sound.

That's pretty much all I care about.

[Glengoyne]

Cyberball the four player model
Frogger

That is pretty much all I'd need.

Ohh maybe Elevator Action(favorite from the college Arcade) or one of the racing games where you sit down and drive.

[Rich1033]

Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road is all I need.

[TroyF]

Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road is all I need.


I was just getting ready to type that one. Great choice.

I also liked that World Series baseball game with the little pull lever.

I'll add in:

Spy Hunter
NFL Blitz/NBA Jam double pack
Contra

[MikeVic]

The 1994 World Cup pinball game was awesome. I also liked that Offroad game with the very small trucks, and steering wheels on the machine. I was pretty good at it.

[BrianD]

Also add Karate Champ to my list...

This one is a must...along with:
Tron
Discs of Tron
Donkey Kong
Gyruss
Elevator Action

[BrianD]

Double Dragon!

I once beat Double Dragon on one quarter using nothing but the elbow punch. The game lost a little of its shine after that.

[Craptacular]

I told my wife that when we got a house, I wanted three games in my basement:

Gauntlet
A.P.B.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

I'm batting .000 right now. :(

The next additions would be the USSR / USA hockey game, Track & Field, Super Off Road, skeeball, and a downhill ski game where you actually stood on skis and slid left and right (can't remember the name, but we used to always play it at a bar).

I've gone to one of the video game auctions in Milwaukee. My wife let me go to check one out, but not buy anything. They actually did have a working APB, but the accelerator tended to stick. Who needs brakes anyway?

[Grammaticus]

Oh yeah, I forgot about:

Donkey Kong
Crazy Climber
Tempest

[jbmagic]

Track & Field
10 Yard Fight
Punch Out
Pole Position
Mortal Kombat
Missle Command
Dig Dug
Time Pilot
Q-Bert
Jungle Hunt
Burger Time
Robotron 2084
Zaxxon
Dragon Lair
Donkey Kong Jr
Defender
Vanguard
10 Yards
Mario Brothers
Centipede
Millipede
Galaga
Ms. Pacman
Astroids
Food Fight

[Izulde]

Gauntlet was one of the ones I'd seriously thought about adding in, especially one of the newer versions, but then I realized with as much room as Derby Owner's Club would take up in this moderately sized room, I might only have space for one more game and that my friend, is Golden Axe hands down. :D

I remember my elementary years being consumed by this game, especially on vacations to the Dells. Finally, one night the babysitter who always sat for me whenever we were at the Dells and my parents were out for the evening (she was this incredibly hot blonde girl who was the hotel owner's daughter) said, "Why don't we just keep playing until we beat this game?"

And we did. It didn't take us all that much money as by that time, both of us were pretty damn good at it. The final boss is what took up most of our money because he was one tough badass.

That was a sweet, sweet feeling beating that game. And the different animals you could ride and the spells you could cast made the game a hell of a lot of fun. For some reason I always took the dwarf. She always took the Amazon.