View Full Version : Arcade Games You Can Play For 2 Hours on 1 Quarter
Darth Sensei
10-28-2003, 08:55 AM
What arcade games can/could you play for at least 2 hours on 1 quarter?
I'll start.
Asteroids- I could easily play that game indefinitely.
Pac-Man- I've been through the 9th Key and beyond.
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SpasticFuctard
10-28-2003, 09:23 AM
Gauntlet. I played for 9 hours on a dollar. When it was all said and done, that is the day that I look back on a realize that it was the day I consigned any prayer of being well liked or socially accepted to the flames.
SpasticFuctard needs poon badly!
IntvGene
10-28-2003, 10:18 AM
Mat Mania / Exciting Hour for sure...
Some puzzle games I can last a long time, but I don't know if I can last two hours.
Retsudo
10-28-2003, 11:04 AM
I dont know about now, but I could stay on Defender Stargate for about 2 hours.
Darth Sensei
10-28-2003, 12:11 PM
Oh, I forgot Super Mario Brothers. I can prolly last more than 2 hours on that. Especially if you add in that level 5 loop.
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Gunstarhero
10-28-2003, 12:19 PM
Dragons Lair, I can play this indefinitely, as it never changes difficulty. Once you win, it just starts you over..and on and on...
Also, I was very proficient at Mat Mania and Mat Mania Challenge, I've lasted over 2 hours on that before. I could go over an Hour on The Main Event as well.
Arcade Antics
10-28-2003, 12:27 PM
Dragons Lair, I can play this indefinitely, as it never changes difficulty. Once you win, it just starts you over..and on and on...
It does? Is there a dipswitch setting to that effect? All the machines I've seen and played end the game when you rescue Daphne.
Ed Oscuro
10-28-2003, 02:17 PM
Konami's Aliens (1990; Japanese release at the very least). If you walk to the right a bit, you can actually make the screen scroll backwards a little--and that wipes the "Hurry!" off the screen for a good fifteen-thirty seconds :D
I believe you can use that trick to stay in a certain area indefinitely.
Edit: At the very beginning of the game (at least), standing still is a bad idea...three flying alien heads came and sat right on top of me for three hits. Ow. You can shoot them but it doesn't seem to do any damage, and they'll hit you first anyways.
Slipdeath
10-28-2003, 02:40 PM
marvel vs capcom, i faced like 50 people withouth losing
NE146
10-28-2003, 02:44 PM
Dragons Lair, I can play this indefinitely, as it never changes difficulty. Once you win, it just starts you over..and on and on...
It does? Is there a dipswitch setting to that effect? All the machines I've seen and played end the game when you rescue Daphne.
Yes, there are a couple of dipswitch settings to the game (including a very annoying "pay to play" feature :o ). I'm 98% sure there is a continue play after finishing the game option as well. It does get harder though I believe (as in the timing needs to be more precise).
As for me.. Hmmm! Despite my arcade l33tn3ss and m4d sk1llz ;), I can barely think of ANY arcade game I can last a full 2 hours in. I know a couple of Pacman patterns all through the 9th key.. so I'm pretty sure I can do that if I really tried. Ditto for Ms.Pac.. I can play a while (esp on the fast setting that's the norm these days). But the one machiine I can play almost forever, is definitely the original SPACE INVADERS. I can't last half as long in Space Invaders part 2/Deluxe however. It's much harder. I'm also good in Donkey Kong.. but I don't know if it's a full 2 hours worth good know what I'm saying? :o
SpasticFuctard
10-28-2003, 02:50 PM
marvel vs capcom, i faced like 50 people withouth losing
Jeeze, I hadn't even though of those... Yeah, I can play Mortal Kombat I & II for a few hours depending on if the 12 year old asian kid decides to come over and beat the pants off me for steppin'.
SF
ubersaurus
10-28-2003, 02:59 PM
Depending on where I'm playin, I could last on a few fighters.
Outside of that though, I really don't know. I've seen guys at the arcade go for about 2, 3 hours at a time on Section Z. It's ridiculous.
Balloon Fight
10-28-2003, 03:36 PM
marvel vs capcom, i faced like 50 people withouth losing
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for me. I always go to tournaments for this game, so i get my practice. I can last 2-3 hours depending on whos playing.
Bubble Bobble i can also usually last long if i concentrate like hell.
hamburgler
10-28-2003, 05:13 PM
Metal slug 1-3,Puzzle bobble,Pac man, Galaga,Galaxian,and ms pacman. :D Ms pacman took me a little bit more then what I first said and took about 4 hours to actually beat the game with one quarter. :embarrassed:
Gunstarhero
10-28-2003, 05:16 PM
Dragons Lair, I can play this indefinitely, as it never changes difficulty. Once you win, it just starts you over..and on and on...
It does? Is there a dipswitch setting to that effect? All the machines I've seen and played end the game when you rescue Daphne.
Well, I never thought about the dip switch settings, I just thought that's the way it was! Hmm..NE146 says it does have this option, so I must have been lucky at my local arcade back then to have this setting. All I know is I had to voluntarily quit the game if I wanted it to end.
Gunstarhero
10-28-2003, 05:18 PM
Metal slug :D
How do you accomplish this? It only takes me 30 minutes to go from start to finish on this game. Does it have a dip setting for looping, like Dragons Lair has(that I just found out)?
hamburgler
10-28-2003, 05:22 PM
No cheats, No cheat related codes. Just one quarter it took me to complete the game in the arcade. It took me about 1-2 hours to beat each Metal slug. And believe me, it was not easy to do at all.
Balloon Fight
10-28-2003, 05:52 PM
Im so stupid, i forgot to mention Galaxian, which i own at home. Now i have 3 to my list. :D
Flack
10-28-2003, 08:37 PM
I can beat Double Dragon, Yie-Ar Kung-Fu, Kung-Fu Master and Shinobi on one quarter ... but I don't think any of them would last 2 hours.
ApolloBoy
10-28-2003, 09:36 PM
I played 19XX for about an hour or so.
punkoffgirl
10-28-2003, 10:39 PM
Gauntlet. I played for 9 hours on a dollar. When it was all said and done, that is the day that I look back on a realize that it was the day I consigned any prayer of being well liked or socially accepted to the flames.
SpasticFuctard needs poon badly!
I agree! Um.. with the part about Gauntlet. I know nothing of your poon-needage.
Darth Sensei
10-29-2003, 09:19 AM
Metal slug 1-3,Puzzle bobble,Pac man, Galaga,Galaxian,and ms pacman. :D
I can understand most people being able to play Pac Man for 2 hours given all the patterns, but if I'm not mistaken patterns didn't work on Ms. Pac Man. How the heck can you play that for 2 hours on 1 quarter?
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Aswald
10-29-2003, 09:44 AM
Two games come immediately to mind:
Galaga. I knew the cheat to disarm the enemies. :D
Space Invaders. Actually, after you plugged in your quarter, if you smacked the side of the machine, it would give you an extra 50 games! Hey, you said two hours or more on one quarter, you didn't say how... LOL
Darth Sensei
10-29-2003, 09:53 AM
Galaga. I knew the cheat to disarm the enemies.
What cheat was this?
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Aswald
10-29-2003, 10:03 AM
On the first screen, you shoot all of the enemies except for the one in the lowest-leftmost corner. You let him fly around for 20 to 30 minutes, until he stops shooting. Let him fly by at least 6 or 7 more times, then shoot him. For the rest of the game, none of the enemies will be able to shoot.
Some machines were reprogrammed to prevent this.
Crusin Exotica---too easy of a game, come in first and you get a free race. Can do this over and over and over.
Darth Sensei
10-31-2003, 04:08 PM
On the first screen, you shoot all of the enemies except for the one in the lowest-leftmost corner. You let him fly around for 20 to 30 minutes, until he stops shooting. Let him fly by at least 6 or 7 more times, then shoot him. For the rest of the game, none of the enemies will be able to shoot.
Some machines were reprogrammed to prevent this.
I'll have to try that on Mame. Thanks. :D
NE146
11-01-2003, 01:58 PM
Oh if cheats are allowed then yeah:
Galaga: I learned that no firing shot from Joystik.. made the games too long though LOL
Mr. Do. I knew of the 255 life trick by watching someone do it back in the day. Who knows how the hell they learned it but it indeed worked. 255 lives in Mr. Do! Woohoo! :D 2 hour games came easily :P
Darth Sensei
11-01-2003, 02:51 PM
Oh if cheats are allowed then yeah:
Galaga: I learned that no firing shot from Joystik.. made the games too long though LOL
Mr. Do. I knew of the 255 life trick by watching someone do it back in the day. Who knows how the hell they learned it but it indeed worked. 255 lives in Mr. Do! Woohoo! :D 2 hour games came easily :P
Alright, once again, I have to ask. What's that trick?
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