Favorite 80's Video/Arcade game

[fob]

Starcastle!!

Star Castle was the first arcade video game that featured on screen enemies attacking the player with an experimental form of Artificial Intelligence. It also tried to appear more advanced than it really was in terms of graphics, as it used several color overlays on the screen to make objects different colors. This actually looked good in dark arcades and game rooms but was much too obvious in locations with more lighting

Ahh, good ole 80's "technology"

[SaveElmer]

1. Here you go

1. Galaga
2. Tempest

[southpaw]

2. Scramble

remember that one?

[Ricdude]

4. Soundtrack by Queen

IIRC, the soundtrack was the Flight of the Hawkmen theme from Flash Gordon. Classics, both.

[southpaw]

13. I think that was Vanguard...

[Ricdude]

23. You're right

I'll go sit in the corner now.

Although in my defense, the two games are quite similar (I used to play both of them a lot), and it's been almost 20 years since I've seen either one...

[Rabrrrrrr]

12. That was such an amazing game

I loved that game! If I could, that's one of a few that I'd like to buy the actual system.

What fun I had playing that game!

[DEM FAN]

3. Frogger. I Could Whip Anybody At Frogger.

;-)

[gulfcoastliberal]

5. Lunar Lander

Damn that was frustrating

[Loonman]

6. Tron

I could kick ass on that game. Even with 5 lightcycles.

[trotsky]

7. Donkey Kong

My favorite.

[NightTrain]

32. Absolutely!

As a 16-year-old, I about went broke from pumping quarters into the Donkey Kong machine at my local Cumberland Farms store!

[Ricdude]

8. Too many to mention

Donkey Kong. and DK Jr. - playability like few others.
Dig Dug - back in the days of high tech 8 bit tech.
Tempest - Jane, stop this crazy thing!
Arkanoid - Breakout on Crack.
Sprint - race with three of your best friends.
Gauntlet - Valkyrie is about to die!

And this is in post-lunch wish-I-could-nap stupor...

[myrna minx]

11. Donky Kong...I forgot about that one. I loved that game.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[ChoralScholar]

35. Gauntlet..... hehe I loved that game

"Red Warrior Shot The Food"

<sigh> stupid warrior!

[myrna minx]

9. Joust and Spy Hunter . n/t

[camero]

39. Joust here too

Wicked game. Just wicked and fun. :)

[Faygo Kid]

10. Burger Time: Intellivision

I bought Intellivision. I bought Beta, not VHS. Need I say more? Still, Burger Time was a lot of fun; my Mom (God rest her soul) loved that game, and was damned good at it.

[fob]

18. Please post any pending technology purchases here before

you buy them please!

just kidding.

[Faygo Kid]

20. Hah! Thanks. You are so right.

At least I avoided the Yugo, Pacer and Renault Alliance.

[Pithlet]

19. Intellivision was cool.

Although it sucked that everyone else had Atari, so you couldn't join in game swapping. But I always thought Intellivision games were more fun.

Snafu was one of my favorites.

[AngryYoungMan]

14. Dragon's Lair!

Ahead of its time. Used a laserdisc to show real motion video. Fun as hell.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Oh wow! Gauntlet! I'm cruising around that website you showed,

and now remember Gauntlet! Another really cool game.

[fob]

16. Yeah, that sites pretty cool. Somewhere I have a Starcastle

download that is a perfect dupe. I gotta find that disk!!

Excellent choices by all so far.

Joust, I totally forgot about that one!

[LuCifer]

17. DIG DUG!

Ah how many hours I wasted on that great game!!!

Lu

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[Papa]

21. Star Castle rocked! I still love that game

It was one of the first video games I played, it was at the drugstore. Another favorite of mine was called "Save New York"

There was this other game that I can't remember the title at the moment, but it was a table top game, the goal was to protect fuel cells that were located in the middle of the screen. Enemy ships would try and haul your fuel cells away, and you would blast 'em before the left the playing field. Very simplistic graphics, but tons of fun.

[fob]

22. Starcastle, did, in fact, ROCK!

I don't know the fuel tank game you speak of, but for some reason your post reminded of the penultimate 80's video game - JOURNEY!

[soleft]

24. Centipede - I hated those spiders but the snail was cool

[AngryAmish]

25. Tempest

The rest of you are wrong. Deal with it.

[alittlelark]

38. Tempest, hands down

made it to the invisible levels a few times!
That Game ROCKS.

[EstimatedProphet]

40. Absolutely

Tempest was the best! It was like hooking yourself up to lightning...

[darkstar]

48. Pssst, Estimated Prophet. I got a secret for ya:

"My time's coming any day..."

:toast:

[EstimatedProphet]

49. Awwww...

shall we go,
you and I
While we can?
Through
the transitive nightfall
of diamonds

[screwfacecapone]

26. beat em up

DOuble dragon and final fight, right near the end of the decade.

[Spirochete]

27. After fighting off a terrible Pac Man addiction

I was reluctant to play any other arcade games more than just occasionally. However, I did like playing the Pole Position game, where you sit inside the enclosure and drive.

[Goldberg]

28. I thought only "Pong" was out in the 80s...

but I forgot about Atari. Atari owns! I'd say "Pacman" is the best game from the '80s. Donkey Kong in a very close second.

[Columbia]

29. gauntlet

[cryfordawn]

30. Circus (Atari 2600)

We would laugh so hard while playing that game. My sides burst every time. Also would have to say was addicted to space invaders.

[MrSlayer]

31. Stargate: Defender part II

7 buttons to work with, inviso, smart bombs, hyperspace, warping, the Yablean Dogfight and you when you got the high score you had 25 letters to taunt your friends with. Great game.

[porkrind]

33. Did you know you can play them all on your PC? (or mac, linux, etc.)

Do a web search for "MAME". It's a free (as in beer) arcade game ROM emulator, so you can play the original arcade game software. It's great!

My favorites:

Smash TV
Galaga
1941
Black Tiger
Gals Panic
R-Type

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

34. Asteroids, asteroids, asteroids...

Still so classic and beautiful... So peaceful dodging and destroying a huge screen full of rocks once you start to get good...

[Pax Argent]

36. Want to play Starcastle at home w/ vector graphics?

Look into getting a Vectrex System. It is a portable video game system from 1983 that comes with its own built-in vector graphics monitor. Star Castle is just over-the-top cool on this system.

[The Zanti Regent]

37. Pengo

I remember little Pengo had to kick cubes of ice to smash bug eggs.

and there was another game with a clown running back and forth on a unicycle catching balls. Pac Man was in the game too and if the clown caught him, he ate all the balls. can't remember the title.

[Touchdown]

41. Early 80's, Tempest...late 80's, R-Type

Tempest was so fast and frenetic, it didn't matter that a quarter lasted only 3 minutes at the most.

R-Type is just the best shooter ever made, hands down.

[SPQR]

42. Galaga

and Crazy Climber. I think I'm the only person ever to play Crazy Climber.

[GhostThatWalks]

45. just to say

the sequal really sux

[bubba_fett]

43. Sinistar

I HUNGER!

[Az]

44. MAME

You can replay these games on your pc. Just look up MAME.

[phillybri]

46. Legend of Zelda...

Does that make me a geek?

[jeffrey_X]

47. Spyhunter

The "sit down" version.

[mvd]

50. Pac-man

It was everywhere and I thought it was worth the hype.

[FDRrocks]

51. Gauntlet

[Shananigans]

52. Miss Pac Man!

[bobthedrummer]

53. Tempest!

The only one I was any good at, but I'm a pinball wizard.

[Duncan Grant]

54. 2nd that Tempest, b-the-d.

I thought I was the only one who remembered it! Great minds think alike. :7