What game did you put all you quarters into as a kid?

[80sGamer]

what was the one game that you just had to play and sit there for hours playing it at the local arcades? I liked Galaga.

[Blitzwing256]

my sister

[pacmanhat]

Mortal Kombat II owned my soul for a very, very long time.

[googlefest1]

cobra command
afterburner (sit down 2 axis version)

[incubus421]

Mortal Kombat II
Street Fighter II

there were a couple others...cant remember the titles right now.

One was a fighter game like Ninja turtles, one of the main characters was a white rabbit with a tied back mask and a cape.
The other was a horizontal scrolling shooter in a western setting, and the characters you were, was bulls dressed as cowboys.
If anyone can recall these titles please post and let me know.

[keiblerfan69]

I played a lot of Area 51.

[ccc---]

Vanguard
Galaga
Wonderboy (not as a kid, but when I was in the army LOL )

[Bloodreign]

Mortal Kombat II
Street Fighter II

there were a couple others...cant remember the titles right now.

One was a fighter game like Ninja turtles, one of the main characters was a white rabbit with a tied back mask and a cape.
The other was a horizontal scrolling shooter in a western setting, and the characters you were, was bulls dressed as cowboys.
If anyone can recall these titles please post and let me know.

Bucky O'Hare is the first, Wild Cowboys of Moo Mesa is the second, both Konami arcade titles.

[The Manimal]

the simpsons
double dragon
street fighter ii
tmnt


later on..
killer instinct
nba jam
college slam
wrestlemania: the arcade game

[Tan]

6 player xmen got a huge chunk
f-15 strike eagle
race drivin
operation wolf
t2 judgement day
star trek tng pinball
legendary wings
sprint (Kee Games 1 player)

[Trebuken]

Ms. Pac Man...
Gauntlet...
Kicker...
Yie Are Kung Fu...
Mr. Do...
Time Pilot...

Those are my 'as a kid' games...

Later,
Trebuken

[mr_nihilism]

Galaga
Ms. Pac-Man
1942

[CosmicMonkey]

Final Fight and Double Dragon 2.

[grimbal]

In the 80's:
Galaga
Star Wars
Spy Hunter

In the 90's
Alien vs Predator
Any light gun game

[Vinnysdad]

The Simpsons
Altered Beast
Spy Hunter

[Pantechnicon]

I'm going to try to answer this as literally as I can, meaning games I played so much they caused me to suffer unplanned cash shortages.

Under 18:
Tempest
Star Castle
Shinobi

Over 18:
Galaga
vs. Duck Hunt
Starblade Alpha

[aaronpetrosky]

Double Dragon it seemed like it was everywhere. Arcades, Hills, Big Wheel, Roller Skating rinks, pizza places.

[incubus421]

Bucky O'Hare is the first, Wild Cowboys of Moo Mesa is the second, both Konami arcade titles.

Man, thanks a lot for helping me out with those game titles. I'm searching em up like crazy now. You have reconnected me with a part of my past haha....thanks again

[SlayerX]

One was a fighter game like Ninja turtles, one of the main characters was a white rabbit with a tied back mask and a cape.


Bucky O'Hare is the first

Wasn't Bucky O'Hare green though? The description sounds like him, minus the fact that he was green, not white... *shrug*

The only game I played alot of as a kid in arcades was The Simpsons. I played alot of other games, but mainly it was The Simpsons... still haven't beaten that game... :P

[MegaDrive20XX]

TMNT, plugged in 5 dollars worth of quarters and went to town...2nd game to ever make me do that, Mortal Kombat II

[smork]

Tempest
Star Wars
Moon Patrol
Track and Field
Galaga
Gauntlet
SF II (when older, obviously)

[kirin jensen]

Space Firebird (I wants me that game)
Asteroids
Berzerk
Wizard of Wor
Tempest

[studvicious]

Afterburner (either the sit-down or stand-up, I loved them equal.)
Street Fighter II
Mortal Kombat
NBA Jam
Any game that involved shooting, namely Area 51, House Of The Dead, Time Crisis, Operation Wolf.. you get the idea. :)

That's all that I can think of right now.

[InsaneDavid]

Aero Fighters 3 / Sonic Wings 3
Air Combat 22
Alpine Racer
Carrier Airwing
Cyber Troopers VirtualOn
Daytona USA - to this day (can't believe no one has mentioned this yet)
RadMobile
Sega Super GT / SCUD Race - to this day
StarBlade (all time favorite arcade game)
T-Mek
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles In Time
Virtua Racing

[GrandAmChandler]

Rampage, Pole Position (Sit down), and pinball machines were my favorite to begin with.

Later on the Playchoice 10 had many of my quarters.

[Retsudo]

There was only 1 game I played in the arcades back in the day. Defender: Stargate. And I didnt use many quarters. I was so good at it, I could stay on the game for about 2 hours on 1 Quarter.

[Saabmeister]

Three games:

Hydro Thunder (once spent like $10 unlocking everything on the arcade machine)
Street Fighter II
Lucky & WIld

[Tron 2.0]

SMB
Tron
Gauntlet
Contra
The Goonies
Paperboy
720
Bad Dudes
Pac-Man
Shootout!
Arkanoid
Spy Hunter

[Nez]

Simpsons arcade this this was everywere when I was really young.

Ultra 64 racers: Cruzin Rush games like that.

Die Hard Arcade.

[sabre2922]

first and foremost Streetfighter 2 champion edition and.......KILLER INSTINCT
another chance to show yet another KI pic oh yeeeeeaaah lol
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/weblogs/upload/50/29820136440dc099c34e7.jpg

also:

Galaga

Mario Bros. the original not super

Dayeeetona! when i could afford it lol

Golden Axe

Ms.Pacman

Rtype

Mortal Kombat 2

[Michiganfan2]

Time Pilot
Asteroids
Defender

[Dire 51]

Time Pilot, Galaga and Dig Dug.

[incubus421]

Wasn't Bucky O'Hare green though? The description sounds like him, minus the fact that he was green, not white... *shrug*

Heh, yea, you're right, he is green. My memory was a little off. It happens. :)

[airraid]

AfterBurner II, Altered Beast

[FantasiaWHT]

LOTS of the first Turtles arcade game
X-men
1942
Castlevania every week at the bowling alley
Adams Family Pinball every week at the bowling alley

[johno590]

I used to go to the arcades alot, my favorite was TMNT, ALWAYS played that...

And I used to play another one alot too, it was like a football game with cave men. Don't remember the name of it though.

[NiNtEnDoNuT1983]

TMNT: Arcade game and Simpsons

god the memories playing these games in the arcade by the crib..


hehe

[80sGamer]

Tron, Pac Man, Pac Man Jr., Mr DO! Centipede, Sinistar, Blaster, Tapper Just to name a few.

[Hammy]

bt(before tekken):
outrun, super hangon, afterburner, bubble bobble, enduro racer, mortal kombat 1 (got pcb) paperboy, alien 3, world cup 90 (got pcb), sf2 (got pcb), salamander (got pcb) and playchoice (got a playchoice cab)

at(after tekken):
tekken series (got the boards!)
time crisis 1 (got the cab)
virtua fighter series (got a vf2 cab)
midnight run (looking for this)
sega touring cars
sega rally
soul edge (got the board)

most of the games i loved back in the day i've got now, sadly some of the older stuff is very hard to find in decent nick for a decent price.

[pseudonym]

Raiden I and II
Snow Bros.
Bubble Bobble
Final Fight
Mortal Kombat 2
Mr. Do
Dig Dug
Arkanoid
Ms. Pac-Man

[ryborg]

As a guy growing up in a hockey town, I played a TON of Hit the Ice. The Simpsons, TMNT and Punch-Out!! also have thousands of my quarters.
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[fishsandwich]

damned Popeye and Vanguard and Congo Bongo

[fishsandwich]

whoops forgot Ms. Pac Man and Qbert

[Dire 51]

And I used to play another one alot too, it was like a football game with cave men. Don't remember the name of it though.

Sounds to me like it might have been Pigskin 621 A.D. (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=P&game_id=9012).

[cyberfluxor]

I thought they had a Coin-OP topic like this in the Arcade section.

But anyways, I said before it would have to be Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade or Simpsons. I can spend a quarter on BAM2 and sit for a good 30 minutes or more. Simpsons just sucks my money up but is a great action game.

Edit: Found it in the classic forum.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2422&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[stevec1636]

ah the memory of being at the bowling alley or Nathans for hours playing.

Rastan
World Series Baseball
Mortal Kombat 2
Dragon's Lair
Blades of Steel

way too much money went into all these. If i had it back i would have enough money of buy them all.

[Griking]

Track & Field
Spy Hunter
Mr Do
Punch Out & Super Punch Out

[Rejinx]

NBA Jam
Time Killer
Gauntlet
Rocky and Bullwinkle pinball (this is the first pinball michine I played with an LED sceen on it, it ruled.)

[cracked8ball]

3way tie between Simpsons, TMNT, and SMB

[FullCircle]

"Wise fwom your gwave"



oh, and Pole Position.

[RetroYoungen]

Tempest
Pac-Man
Galaga
Dance Dance Revolution
Killer Instinct Gold

And believe it or not, Time Killers. I would go to the local water slides a couple days a week, and most of the time I would be in the tiny, tiny arcade, the only one in there, popping quarter after quarter into that ugly machine.

[Yoshukai]

X-Men
TMNT
Aero Fighters 2
King of Fighters '97

[DaveD]

I used to spend hours and hours learning and playing Asteroids.
Berzerk sucked up a lot of quarters as well.
I also remember taking a roll of quarters into a restaurant/bar thinking it would be enough to finally get to the end(?) of SuperCobra, alas it was not enough, and I remember frantically trying to get more quarters from an inattentive waitress and finally all my progress got lost as the timer ran down.....those were the days.....

[briskbc]

1942
Joust
Rygar

There were so many. I probably put some arcade owners kid through college.

[Xexyz]

There's only two arcade games that I truly spent a fortune on in the past. They were X-Men: The Arcade Game and The Simpsons Arcade Game. Damn you Konami!

[retroman]

i was 11 and hooked on TMNT The Arcade Game in 1990....Still love it today...Great game....

[zektor]

I believe the first game I ever stuck a quarter into was Asteroids. I didn't go to arcades for awhile (considered VERY bad places by my folks!) but re-entered in the mid/late eighties. Played Spy Hunter alot, Chase HQ, APB, Space Harrier, Outrun, Altered Beast, In The Hunt, and many others. I really loved the arcade. Still do!

[zerohero]

Mortal Kombat II owned my soul for a very, very long time.

For me it was Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter II.

Let me add Soul Calibur 2 to that list. Me and my friends would go to the arcade after school everyday almost and compete. Loved it.

[MeatPopsicle]

Black Tiger (I think that was the name of it)
Mariner
Galaga
Baby Pac Man - combo video game and pinball machine

[NinjaJoey23]

I used to live across the street from a Pizza Hut that had a Ms. Pacman machine. I'd only let myself use one quarter every day, for several months. I always had the high score on that one.

Also, Marvel vs. Capcom and X-Men vs. Street Fighter.

[diskoboy]

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man
Crazy Climber
Donkey Kong
Time Pilot
Galaga
Vanguard
Wizard of Wor
Frogger
and Robotron

I'm now a proud parent of two of those games (Mr. Pac and Galaga).

As a teen, I was spending $10 a day on Twilight Zone pinball when it came out.

[soundwave]

Double Dragon
Street Fighter 2
720
Knights of the Round
The Simpsons
Ninja Warriors
X-Men
Aliens

and I faintly remember another side scroller I think it was called "Gladiator" you would encounter enemies and flying bats as you made your way through a castle, but I remember you could knock off individual pieces of armor before you made a killing blow.

[Slate]

I don't remember playing any type of videogame or arcade game before 1994, and then i didn't play them much.

But, about 5 or 6 years ago, I found Lucky & Wild and played that one a LOT. Then they got rid of the machine and i haven't seen a Lucky & Wild arcade machine since, other than on Ebay.

[Mr. Wardner]

Pyros (Wardner)
SFII
Karate Champ

I don't even want to know how much money I've put into both those games growing up...