tazinib1 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Remember Joust? Loved that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) I pity kids who missed out on board games. Board games.... far better than video games IMO. Except this little prick had marked his Stratego pieces. Edited December 26, 2011 by Rovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ts Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Missile Command was the best game ever ... I still play from time to time, as I have one of the actual ~4 foot tall arcade editions in my den ... a Christmas gift from Mrs. ts years ago. In retrospect I have to think that she viewed getting the game as less of a gift for me and more as an investment on her part to keep me home & away from the local bar where I had learned to play MC to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Az mentioned dig dug. That was my favorite. I had patterns where I could kill every thing on the board with one rock. What about the hand held football game with the dots ? I also loved kaboom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Board games.... far better than video games IMO. Except this little prick had marked his Stratego pieces. we got our 6 yr old the ATM Monopoly and Sorry! He likes them both. It's in his genetics to love games, he cannot resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 One of my favorite childhood memories is from an early or mid-eighties birthday party. My dad rented out the local Aladdin's Castle after hours. I got to have a bunch of friends come and play unlimited games for a couple of hours. It was amazing as a kid and pretty cool to look back on as an adult. A few years ago my wife rented out the local arcade for me for a birthday party. That was also cool. It was great to have my son run around and play games. I still take him to the arcade to play some old school pinball. The feel of a pinball game is hard to replicate on a screen. With the machines being as temperamental as they are, it's also something I wouldn't want a basement full of... maybe I would. Punch Out, Gorf, Ring King, Donkey Kong Jr., and just about any pinball game were a few of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilly Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Asteroids was my favorite arcade game. I loved the feel of how you could control the ship's speed and location. When all the newer games were coming out, and the kids were packed up at the Tempest, Dig-Dug and Defender machines, good old Asteroids was always waiting for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Great thread......the ones that I remember spending lots of quarters on: Pac-Man Donkey Kong Dig Dug High Speed (Best Pinball game EVAH !!!) Paper Boy Karate Champ Punch Out Super Punch Out Ah, the memories.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Somebody finish this sentence Stop the humanoids...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 Mostly I remember Battlezone Ripoff Defender Gorf Breakout Track n field (forget name) Mixed in with some pinball here n there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 (edited) as far as pinball games go, Adam's Family was a good one. That would be the one I would buy. Edited December 28, 2011 by Scooby's Hubby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggity Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Twilight Zone was my favorite pinball game. Had the magnetized board on the top left that would freak out and never worked right. We had a Malibu Grand Prix about 5 minutes from my house growing up. Spent a LOT of time there... Some of my fav's Return of the Jedi Area 51 The Simpsons X-Men Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Black Tiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 I liked the ones that had the "multi ball" option with several balls knockin around in there at once. Ones that had 2/3 tiers were pretty cool too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furd Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 I liked the ones that had the "multi ball" option with several balls knockin around in there at once. Ones that had 2/3 tiers were pretty cool too. Haunted House. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Somebody finish this sentence Stop the humanoids...... stop the intruders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTed46 Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 nba jam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egret Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 nba jam Ipad version is pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 stop the intruders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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