Classic arcade games

[SDragon]

Who doesn't love to reminesce about the days when video games had those hyper-realistic 8-bit graphics?

Although the definition of "classic" may vary, I'm kind of interested in seeing what games other people loved while growing up.  As it is, I live near one of the largest classic arcades in America (possibly even the largest), and I still have my Sega Genesis, so I can still enjoy a ton of classic games.


My personal favorites:

Excitebike
Mortal Kombat
Atari Star Wars
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Super Mario Bros. (I- III)
Pinball (many machines, ranging from Addams Family to Playboy)

Most likely many more that I can't think of at the moment, too. Anybody else?

[Hibou]

Megaman 1 all the way to Megaman X3.

Oh, and don't forget Rocket Knight Adventures and Streets of Rage.

[Ishmayl-Retired]

NINTENDO:

Megaman 1 - 5
Super Mario 1 - 3
Dragon Warrior 1 - 3
Zelda
Final Fantasy
Jaws
Track and Field (with the running pad)

[Poseptune]

Track and Field (with the running pad)

If real life people ran as fast as you could make that guy run, they would have a heart attack at the finish line. Those were the days. I still have mine. :)

[Ravenspath]

Sonic was fantastic. And Shadowrun on the Genesis was a great game! Played it many many times. Wish I still had Genesis just for that game.

Okay, and now I will show how old I am.

River Raid on the atari
Adventure on the atari

[SDragon]

There was a Shadowrun game for Genesis?!

Must....
Avoid.....
E-Bay......

[Hibou]

Don't tell me no one's played Rocket Knight Adventures for the Genesis!

EDIT: I believe there's a sequel or something to it for the SNES called Sparkster... but the Sparkster game is a fair bit different from RKA.

[Gwaihir Windlord]

I love Rocket Knight Adventures!

Other favorites are Doom, Doom 2: Hell on Earth, Panzer General, Sonic the Hedgehog (2, 3 and Spinball, never played 1), Super Street Fighters, a bunch of other Genesis games that I forget, Super Mario World, Super Smash Bros, Kirby's Dreamland, Pacman.

[Higgs Boson]

Sonic and Zelda!!!!!!

[DeeL]

I ruled at Space Invaders.  F***ing ruled.

[SDragon]

Ms. Pacman:

Proof that you could make a new hit game by changing one minor detail of an existing hit game. Tetris designers apparently took note.

[Ravenspath]

There was a Shadowrun game for Genesis?!

Must....
Avoid.....
E-Bay......

Yeah it was awesome. You ran around the streets doing missions and then when you found a terminal you could jack in and cruise the net. You bought various programs to hack, defeat ice, download files, etc. It was so flipping cool. It was one of the few video games I actually finished.

 This page talks about it.

[SDragon]

There was a Shadowrun game for Genesis?!

Must....
Avoid.....
E-Bay......

Yeah it was awesome. You ran around the streets doing missions and then when you found a terminal you could jack in and cruise the net. You bought various programs to hack, defeat ice, download files, etc. It was so flipping cool. It was one of the few video games I actually finished.

 This page talks about it.

That really does sound awesome! Are you trying to get me to spend money I don't have?


And yes, I see that page talks about it. Starting right in the fifth post :p

[khyron1144]

Megaman 3
Super Mario Brothers 3
Dragon Warrior

(Super Nintendo version of) Sim City

Ms. Pacman:

Proof that you could make a new hit game by changing one minor detail of an existing hit game. Tetris designers apparently took note.

It's worth noting that Pac Man kept running the same maze over and over again, while Ms. Pac Man intoroduced the concept of new mazes on different levels to the franchise, or at least that's what I think I remember my dad telling me.

[SDragon]

Pac Man, if I remember correctly, did have multiple mazes, although more levels then mazes.

The most innovative aspect of Pac Man, for it's time, was that it actually had a limited number of levels (I believe 500), whereas the games before it simply continued to increase in difficulty, with no set end.