Actual Arcade Thread

Vaxkiller · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Mon May 03, 2021 2:15 am

Went to an arcade this weekend, first time in years!

What are some of your favorite machines?

Vaxkiller · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Mon May 03, 2021 2:19 am

I'm a pinball nerd. I own a few machines, some are broken still and I need to find some time to repair them (its been many years....)

I got to play TMNT 4 player arcade machine this weekend for probably the first time in over 25 years! lol! Was fun to play with kids/nephews/nieces

Played twilight zone once, one of the top ten pins IMO.

Vaxkiller · Post Post #3 (isolation #2) » Mon May 03, 2021 2:50 am

In post 2, Isis wrote:I like the simpsons

Yea, that was a classic too! Pumped alot of quarters/tokens into that game as a kid.

Vaxkiller · Post Post #6 (isolation #3) » Mon May 03, 2021 8:55 am

In post 4, MURDERCAT wrote:Nfl blitz is still great

Oh ya, that was a blast! I didnt really like football games, but that one was fun! I liked NBA jam too (as long as cheats were enabled)

In post 5, Ythan wrote:The Ocean Hunter was always my favorite.

I've never played this game, looks neat tho!

Vaxkiller · Post Post #9 (isolation #4) » Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:08 am

In post 7, Gamma Emerald wrote:I went to an arcade earlier this year as a reward for good grades during spring break
I probably could have gone regardless but I got a ride + admission paid for by my parents

What did you play?

Vaxkiller · Post Post #10 (isolation #5) » Fri Jun 04, 2021 8:10 am

In post 8, Iprobablysuck wrote:i have a small obsession with retro arcade games

pac-man for life

Any particular version of pac man? I'd like to get my hands on one of those sit down pac man games that are a table. Reminds me I need to get Q-bert running again.

Vaxkiller · Post Post #17 (isolation #6) » Thu Jun 10, 2021 1:51 am

Lol! Never played this game.

In my experience data east is mostly middle of the road in quality. I wouldn't be too surprised to hear that game has a couple cool features that are fun to do, but everything as a whole is just kinda "ok"

I have a Jurassic park pinball game made by Data East. There is a plast T-Rex that eats the ball sometimes and the machines shakes when the Trex is active. It also has 6 ball multiball!

Buuuuut... the game has terrible progression, the angles on the shots you have to make are awful. 6 Ball multiball doesnt work on the playfield layout. Still fun tho, just not the best.

Vaxkiller · Post Post #19 (isolation #7) » Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:57 am

Wow! That story was a wild ride! I can remember checking pinball machines for credits too as a kid!

Adams Family is one of the best pins out there. It's easy to understand, but still has depth to it with the game progression, and parts of that progression do get difficult, but not too difficult to make it not fun. I'm not an "Adams Family show/movie fan, but the theme is very well done on this machine, incorporating most of the characters in thier own mini game for the machine.

Solid 9 outta 10.

Really cool to hear you had such a long game! Even if some of the details aren't entirely accurate... its more about the good memory! Fun to think about!