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My two faves were Tron and Paper Boy...I used to play these every day :D

FYI there is a 20th Anniversary of Tron being released on dvd!! Woooooo Hoooooooo!! Get out your lightcycles ;)
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I used to play PaperBoy all the time... so long as it was the same game we are talking about. Some of my other favourites are Barbarian (a forerunner to Tekken and Street Fighter), Pipe Mania, and many many others (I've got thousands somewhere, I just gotta find them)

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Space Invaders
Asteroids
Missile Command
Pac-Man (and Ms. Pac-Man, too)
Centipede
Donkey Kong
Frogger
Berzerk
Tempest
Defender

The list goes on and on.  Honorable mention goes to Stratovox, the first talking video game.  You were to save astronauts.  At the end of each round, every time you saved an astronaut , the game would go in a monotone voice, "Lucky! Lucky! Lucky!…"
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Wow! These were also my favorites crazydon! Others include:

Pitfall
Street Racer

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Pole Position, and one other that I can't remember the name to, but it was another car race one.  I loved sitting in the booth pretending like I was really driving.  Great Games ;D
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Over here in England, Pole Position was voted something like the seventh best game of the last century. Having played it so many times, I have to agree with a) the good reception it got when it was released (I wasn't even born when it was released - 1982 - but I've got a copy of it) and b) the fact that it has clearly remained so popular for so many years.

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1)In the early levels you got a warning "don't shoot the food!" if you accidentally destroyed it.
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I can't remember the name either, but that was hilarious! When you *did* accidentally shoot a food block, the game complained in a slightly insulted voice - "You shot a food!"  ;D

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This one was "Gauntlet" or "Guantlet II"  Both basically the same thing.

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Over here in England, Pole Position was voted something like the seventh best game of the last century. Having played it so many times, I have to agree with a) the good reception it got when it was released (I wasn't even born when it was released - 1982 - but I've got a copy of it) and b) the fact that it has clearly remained so popular for so many years.
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It is really a fun game.  My brain kicked in last night and I remembered the name to the other game  Turbo.  My two favorite games. ;D

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Please help me remember this game:

It was a space game back in 1983-84.  This big alien head would come on the screen and say "prepare for battle".  When you finished a level you could choose different parts to add on to your spaceship.  I cant really remember much more and I cant find anyone who remembers it.End Quote

Wasn't that SINISTAR?

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I remember playing Popeye in 1985 or 1986.
That was such a fun especially when I had Popeye eat the spinach and catching all the hearts at the same time and after that he'd punch Brutus away like a "WHOOOSH".remember that game??
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I remember it JO.  My buddy had it on his Coleco.

In an earlier post you mentioned an olympic game.  Was it Track and Field?  That game was cool.  I preferred the buttons to the trackball for that one.

Anyone remember the videogame game show on TBS - Starcade?  Parent & child teams would compete on the games to win prizes...

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Also, did anyone ever play Journey on Coleco?  I think you had to rescue the band members of Journey before they got abducted by a UFO or something.  I remember there was a Journey song playing during the game.  No one remembers this one either!
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I remember it.  Apparently, just like E.T. The Extra Terrestrial for Atari, this game just bombed despite all the hype about it.  They had an arcade version of Journey also.

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All I remember was enjoying/playing Duck Hunt & Mario Bros. at my relatives' house. They were great for a while.
(around the late 1980's/very early '90's)
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Other than Duck Hunt, which other Nintendo games used the Zapper?

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I really miss those days of scrounging for quarters.  

1. GORF
2. DEFENDER
3. VENTURE
4. BATTLEZONE
5. TRON

Please help me remember this game:

It was a space game back in 1983-84.  This big alien head would come on the screen and say "prepare for battle".  
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Great game.  It is called Space Fury.  My brother actually has one.  Here is a pic to help refresh your memory http://www.rhinoslair.com/pages/SpaceFury1.jpg

This is my kind of topic.  I think my top 3 are
Tempest
Tron
Galaga

I actually collect these things.  you can check them out on my website at www.krakboi.com

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Great game.  It is called Space Fury.  My brother actually has one.  Here is a pic to help refresh your memory http://www.rhinoslair.com/pages/SpaceFury1.jpg

This is my kind of topic.  I think my top 3 are
Tempest
Tron
Galaga

I actually collect these things.  you can check them out on my website at www.krakboi.com
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OMG Krackboi I have not seen or heard of that one since the 80s! Wow talk about flashbacks! next I will be hearing "you will not escape" from berzerk! LOL I think that spacefury and Berzerk were the first 2 talking games.

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OMG Krackboi I have not seen or heard of that one since the 80s! Wow talk about flashbacks! next I will be hearing "you will not escape" from berzerk! LOL I think that spacefury and Berzerk were the first 2 talking games.
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It is  because the sega vector games (star trek, space fury, tac/scan, etc.) are unreliable.  The monitors have been known to catch fire even,  :o

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That was Nick Arcade. You can watch it if you have Digital Cable or a satellite dish. It's on Nick GAS.

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I had an emulator with many of my favorite Coleco games (I am biased towards Colecovision)...but my stupid computer got screwed up and I lost it with the games...and now I can't find the emulator (I can't even remember the name of it). Anyone know of a good one out there?
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Try this link HurrMark, its the virtual coleco simulator

http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/coleco.htm

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As a kid I always had to play Frogger.I loved that game. My best friend had a miniature aracade game of it.Looked like an arcade machine but its was tiny.I wonder if you can still get those?
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Yup.  They show up on ebay.  Most of mine are from thrift stores and flea markets.  http://www.krakboi.com/arcades/tabletops1.JPG

we had the pac-man one when we were little.  http://www.rhinoslair.com/pages/mikekevin.jpg

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Yup.  They show up on ebay.  Most of mine are from thrift stores and flea markets.  http://www.krakboi.com/arcades/tabletops1.JPG

we had the pac-man one when we were little.  http://www.rhinoslair.com/pages/mikekevin.jpg
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I had the first pacman, the one that looked more like a tabletop (bar type where you could actually use the glass top as a table) version of the game. I cant remember who made it tho, Coleco made the ones that you have, Krakboi?

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Try this link HurrMark, its the virtual coleco simulator

http://www.tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/coleco.htm
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Thanks...appreciate it! :-)

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I had the first pacman, the one that looked more like a tabletop (bar type where you could actually use the glass top as a table) version of the game. I cant remember who made it tho, Coleco made the ones that you have, Krakboi?
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Yeah, coleco made the ones pictured there.  Did yours look like the one here to the left (above the Defender)?  http://www.krakboi.com/arcades/Game&Watches.jpgThat one is a Pac-Man 2 and it is made by Entex.

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Yeah, coleco made the ones pictured there.  Did yours look like the one here to the left (above the Defender)?  http://www.krakboi.com/arcades/Game&Watches.jpgThat one is a Pac-Man 2 and it is made by Entex.
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I remember having one of those.Super Mario Brothers.Back in the early 80's.

Howard  ;D

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Yeah, coleco made the ones pictured there.  Did yours look like the one here to the left (above the Defender)?  http://www.krakboi.com/arcades/Game&Watches.jpgThat one is a Pac-Man 2 and it is made by Entex.
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Yep that looks like it! Those came out before the coleco versions though, however the coleco versions were better

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I remember having one of those.Super Mario Brothers.Back in the early 80's.

Howard  ;D
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lucky, i never had one as a kid.  i guess that is why i have to buy them now.  

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I used to play PaperBoy all the time... so long as it was the same game we are talking about. Some of my other favourites are Barbarian (a forerunner to Tekken and Street Fighter), Pipe Mania, and many many others (I've got thousands somewhere, I just gotta find them)
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the paperboy is probly the best game ever invented.......................................................... ::)

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the paperboy is probly the best game ever invented.......................................................... ::)
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Paperboy rocked...I liked it much better in the arcade than on Nintendo, though

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Paperboy rocked...I liked it much better in the arcade than on Nintendo, though
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so true.  you can't reproduce those controls on a home console.  

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I'm sure his topic has been done before but I'll give it a shot.  My favorite game of all time was "I ROBOT" -- one of the first truly 3D arcade games.  It seemed to have endless levels and it even had a doodle mode for de-stressing.  http://www.mameworld.net/shrines/irobot/irobot.html

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;) ;)

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just caught a great show on G4 (the video game networ).  It was called Icons, the Rise and Fall of the Arcade Game Industry (or something like that).  
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Interesting Krakboi, is it digital cable only?

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Pac Man, of course. And then a later one... I can't remember the name of it, but it featured Dirk the Daring. Dragon Quest, maybe?  ???
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just caught a great show on G4 (the video game networ).  It was called Icons, the Rise and Fall of the Arcade Game Industry (or something like that).  
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G4? I have never heard of it? is it only available through sattelite television? is there a website for it? (the documentary sounds amazing!)

Jessica

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Yes!!  www.G4tv.com

I watch Starcade everynight.  http://www.jmpc.com/Starcade/starframe.htm

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GALAGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Space Invaders
Pac-Man (and Ms. Pac-Man, too)
Donkey Kong
Frogger
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I had three favorites, but for the life of me, I cannot remember their real names.  I'll describe them, so if anyone can help with the real names I'd really appreciate it.

2) We called this the MinMay game because one of the characters looked like MinMay from Robotech.  Again, up to four people could play at the same time. You had to shoot these insect-looking things, find a key, and use the key to get to the next level.  The door was always guarded by a really large insect-thing called the "boss".  Every level started out with a voice shouting "Destroy The Boss!"End Quote

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I just listed 30 Atari Cartridges on ebay....LOL
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I'm sure his topic has been done before but I'll give it a shot.  My favorite game of all time was "I ROBOT" -- one of the first truly 3D arcade games.  It seemed to have endless levels and it even had a doodle mode for de-stressing.  http://www.mameworld.net/shrines/irobot/irobot.html

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