FabSwingers.com forum: Arcade games....

By *abio OP Man
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Not the ones you play on your consoles... but the ones we use to play at the arcades or when the fairs come thru...

Did you have a favourite or was there a game you just happen to be really good at....

Racing games were my thing... so super Monaco gp, operation wolf, .... was bloody brilliant even if I don’t mind saying myself at track and field, and outrun! Found the outrun soundtrack on Spotify and now playing it whilst tootling around at 30.... lol like my inner 13-14 yr old coming out!!

So did you have your favourite big arcade games?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Track and Field strengthened my wrist and made me the man I am today.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

daytona usa and power drift

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By *heekychapieMan
over a year ago

Bromley

"Not the ones you play on your consoles... but the ones we use to play at the arcades or when the fairs come thru...

Did you have a favourite or was there a game you just happen to be really good at....

So did you have your favourite big arcade games? "

Operation wolf, blast from the past. Loved that game!!

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

I got a few emulators of my faves , Phoenix, missile command , Galaxians, defender , uridium.... also had an origional table top super mario

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

Missile Command.

I can feel that big track ball under my fingers now!

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

1942

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

Xevious, arkanoid, scramble, lunar rescue, defender, frogger

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Double Dragon

Final fight

Street Fighter two

Golden Axe

Used to love all that stuff. Operation Wolf was the bomb.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We love arcades and visit them often.

Our favourite game at the moment is Halo.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Packman, Space Invaders and Donkey Kong were my faves.

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By *atricia ParnelWoman
over a year ago

In a town full of colours

Packman and the 2p pushing machine

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Operation wolf, blast from the past. Loved that game!! "

Sorry but you are finished.

Here.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Afterburner,

Operation Wolf

R-Type

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

Kung Fu fighter was great

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Packman and the 2p pushing machine "

Oh yes we love the 2p machine too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haven't played any arcade games. Would love to go to a Dave and Busters.

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By *heekychapieMan
over a year ago

Bromley

"Packman and the 2p pushing machine

Oh yes we love the 2p machine too. "

Hey Lorna, Andy here, how ya doing?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

House of the Dead or Time Crisis

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Galaxcian or Gorf

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By *iaisonseekerMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

The 360 degree Afterburner cabinet was class. Loved Outrun too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sega outrun!

Theres a bar in nottingham i love going too that is full of arcade machines. They have a sega outrun machine

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By *orbidden eastMan
over a year ago

london dodging electric scooters

It’s got to be Samurai showdown and world heroes on the Neo Geo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Time Crisis every day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Space Harrier, deluxe cabinet with the hydraulics of course

Built a bartop running RetroPi and loaded it up with a bunch of games.

I can also recommend Arcade Club in Bury, they have a whole floor of 70s 80s and 90s arcade games

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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

There was a huge arcade in the middle of Leicester Square where they had an outrun machine you could play in a proper Jaguar soft top.... it was madness

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spy Hunter, especially the sit in cabinet game, still love the Peter Gunn theme and the car going through the boathouse to go onto the water

Fantastic memories of going on holiday mid 80’s

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By *axxter177Man
over a year ago

Norwich

R-Type all day long. 10 pence and 35 minutes later a happy boy. Never did complete the arcade version. Lol

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South

I loved playing Tekken.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Star Wars at the fair or Yarmouth

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Kung Fu fighter was great"

Kung Fu master!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Track and Field strengthened my wrist and made me the man I am today. "
Jesus still remember the thumb pain!!

Loved golden axe!! On the arcade and sega master system both enjoyable

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By *inkyRebelMan
over a year ago

Swindon

Used to love Time crisis

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South

"I loved playing Tekken. "

Actually, not sure if I’m thinking of Street fighter?

It was a fighting game anyway

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Asteroids.

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By *aulaxd500TV/TS
over a year ago

Wigan

Sega rally

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

R-type: always difficult

G-Loc and the other cockpit flight sims

Apache 3

These I would have in a man cave.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I loved playing Tekken.

Actually, not sure if I’m thinking of Street fighter?

It was a fighting game anyway

"
ooooo had streetfighter 2 for the SNES my dad got it from curry’s/Dixon’s one of them then later got the turbo version that was the mental at the time! Final fight was a old arcade classic too

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By *an4funMan
over a year ago

london

Defender. Simple but ahead of it's time

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Star Wars at the fair or Yarmouth "

Is that the original Death Star run?

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By *eardyBikerMan
over a year ago

nr stonehaven

"Operation wolf, blast from the past. Loved that game!!

Sorry but you are finished.

Here. "

You have been mortally wounded.....game over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Star Wars at the fair or Yarmouth

Is that the original Death Star run?"

Yes that one it out run

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By *ll of a QuiverCouple
over a year ago

Douglas

Chase HQ

Super Hang on

Bombjack

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By *uper SaiyanMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Any of the million rail shooters like Time Crisis or Area 51.

If it needed shooting, im your man

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chase HQ

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wonder boy.... then 1942 and the 2p machines ..... and air hockey xxxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Simpsons

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Space invaders

Ping pong

Atari

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

"Wonder boy.... then 1942 and the 2p machines ..... and air hockey xxxx"

Not many would remember wonder boy. What about ghosts and goblins???

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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Ooh just also throwing out paperboy.... and the World Cup football game with the rollerball....

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

Operation Wolf - I was a sucker for that Uzi and sank too much money into it and subsequent gun games.

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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago

West Wales and Cardiff

Phoenix

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Daley thompsons decathlon. The 100 metre sprint was a fecker

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

I used to love Phoenix when I was a kid. Where I used to work had an arcade console in a breakout area which had original version on it. That led to a few trips down memory lane.

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

"There was a huge arcade in the middle of Leicester Square where they had an outrun machine you could play in a proper Jaguar soft top.... it was madness "

The Trocadero Centre. That place used to have everything, still remember the Pepsi Max drop ride they had in the middle

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By *asterandGenieCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

Point blank

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Stuff like Final Fight, Rolling Thunder etc.. highlight of a trip to the seaside as a kid going to the amusement arcade, good memories

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Double Dragon alter the Beast and golden axe

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By *den-Valley-coupleCouple
over a year ago

Cumbria

Nearly forgot about Lethal in Forcer

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By *utterypopcornCouple
over a year ago

oxford

Hunchback

Jungle run

Mr Do!

Tapper

Defender

Love them all

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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago

Peterborough

"Star Wars at the fair or Yarmouth

Is that the original Death Star run?"

1 Are you familiar with Starwing/Starfox franchise From the SNES console, home of the Arwing? This is bordering on copyright infringement anda massive nod and wink to that Star Wars arcade game. Lylat wars even has the voice that sounds like Spock.

Been there done that, OWN the t-shirts and Arwing!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing better than a real Pinball machine in an arcade

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Time crisis was my go to, I’d hate to think how many quid coins I pumped into that one

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Paperboy

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By *heLaserGuyMan
over a year ago

Coventry

Gauntlet was a big hit, dragons lair too.

Phoenix was my fave

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By *asilyled1Man
over a year ago

ogmore valley

Good thread Fabio,some of these games bring back good memories

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By *ootballFlowerCouple
over a year ago

Ollerton

Double Dragon - I once managed to complete that game on a single 10p!!!

To date my greatest gaming achievement!

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Galaga

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

TMNT was the one

Also got a 4 player hyperspin cab with full mame romset

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By *tephTV67TV/TS
over a year ago

Cheshire

I lived in Brighton for awhile in the 90s and I was often in the arcades playing a few games. My favourite was Operation Wolf I actually got to the end of the game, admittedly it cost me a bit of money

the one and only time I managed it ...

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By *aughty_tonyMan
over a year ago

King's Lynn

Metal Slug was one I used to play alot at a local Laser Quest, sadly the place has shut down and become fancy fashion stores

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gauntlet

Chase hq

Double dragon

Teenage ninja turtles

Moonwalker Michal Jackson

Operation thunderbolt

Mortal Kombat

House of the dead

Smash TV

Rampage

Some of my old favourites

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By *aughty_tonyMan
over a year ago

King's Lynn

"Gauntlet

Chase hq

Double dragon

Teenage ninja turtles

Moonwalker Michal Jackson

Operation thunderbolt

Mortal Kombat

House of the dead

Smash TV

Rampage

Some of my old favourites "

Yes a few there i had forgotten, thanks for the memory flash

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

Space Invaders

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"R-Type all day long. 10 pence and 35 minutes later a happy boy. Never did complete the arcade version. Lol"

There's a new version coming out at long last at the end of the month!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Time Crisis

Virtua Fighter

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Simpsons

Street Fighter 2

After Burner

Metal Slug

Silent Scope

Star Wars Arcade

I loved arcades. There's an arcade pub in Glasgow I'd like to visit post restrictions.

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By *abio OP Man
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"Gauntlet

Chase hq

Double dragon

Teenage ninja turtles

Moonwalker Michal Jackson

Operation thunderbolt

Mortal Kombat

House of the dead

Smash TV

Rampage

Some of my old favourites "

See... i was a contrary one where i was not bad at operation wolf but cack at operation thunderbolt.... bad at double dragon, average at street fighter, but a beast at mortal Kombat!

Oooh.. mention for NBA Jam as well.... lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Gauntlet

Chase hq

Double dragon

Teenage ninja turtles

Moonwalker Michal Jackson

Operation thunderbolt

Mortal Kombat

House of the dead

Smash TV

Rampage

Some of my old favourites

See... i was a contrary one where i was not bad at operation wolf but cack at operation thunderbolt.... bad at double dragon, average at street fighter, but a beast at mortal Kombat!

Oooh.. mention for NBA Jam as well.... lol"

I am too young for the arcade good times

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