What was the big name arcade game when you were in high school?

[freshbreath]

in my era I think hysteria reached a peak with "Street Fighter 2"

 

[freshbreath]

I coded my own arcade games in high school.

on what, a commodore? from one of those magazines?

anyway I'm specifically talking about arcade game units in pizza shops, etc.
before home gaming took complete control

 

[Geoff]

F'ck, I think that it was pin ball ?

 

[great bear]

Billiards.

 

[PHNINE]

I grew up in Cali, and there use to be these huge arcades that were loaded with games. It was a common hang out spot after school. There are far too many memroable games to name. Here is a few:

- Street Fighter 2
- Mortal Kombat
- Daytona
- X-Men
- Samuari Warriors
- Time Cruiser
- Lethal Enforcer

Fuck that brings back memories.

 

[freshbreath]

I hope someone eventually says "cow tipping"

 

[freshbreath]

- X-Men

the big side-scroller with the 4 sets of controls? fuck, that game was awesome!

 

[great bear]

I hope someone eventually says "cow tipping"

Cow tipping is not a game it is a sport.

 

[lenharper]

Missle Command
Defender
Galaga

 

[Esco!]

Cow tipping is not a game it is a sport.

So is bear hunting

 

[Morgan Ellis]

Ms. Pac Man, cuz I'm a chick....

 

[The Lurker]

Actually it was a home pong clone that had pong and "hockey" that was around '75-'76.

For a real arcade game it was some lame poker pinball game. My buddy actually bought one and restored it. Still can't remember the name though.

 

[goalie000]

F'ck, I think that it was pin ball ?

I Know it was Pin Ball, damn I feel old.

 

[anon1]

Space Invaders

 

[Svend]

crokinole

 

[jimmyt]

seriously, pac-man and pong.......yes, I'm old, what of it??

 

[la venganza]

Cow patty bingo…. Mortal Kombat, Operation Wolf (I would spend all of my money during lunch shooting fucker’s with this game LOL), Contra, Golden Axe, Robocop, WWF Superstars and X-Men: The Arcade Game, to name a few!

 

[El Wanko]

games!

for me it was xevious and pole position, with karate champ not far behind....

 

[la venganza]

Karate champ, now there was a fun game!! Wow that brings back some memories.

I remember when there used to be arcades all over the place. Now I only see them at movie theatres.

 

[PHNINE]

It did progress from the arcade to Net Cafe's, where you would game on PC's. Like I remember throwing countless hours away to the original versions of CounterStrike, GhostRecon, and Age of Empire. Those LAN battles in the internet cafes were brutal. I remember everyone would go smoke a joint first then stumble into one of these places after school and stay until night. PC gaming really killed the arcade world, but playing arcade games once in a while is still fun. Video games are video games after all...