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[IHatedSega]

I figured out I need to downgrade to xvidia 258 to get MAME to work on my XP, so now Im gonna take a big leap into arcade emulation.

So what are you guys' favorite arcade games? Specifically the ones that can run on MAME32 on a Windows XP. And I have Kawaks so cps 1&2 and of course NEO GEO are already taken care of.

Thank you in advance.

[sneekyweezel]

Here's a few:
Dragon Breed
Vigilante
Double Dragon 2
Splatterhouse
Golden Axe 2
Street Fighter 2 The World Warrior
Wardner
Ghosts And Goblins
Crime Fighters
Rush N' Attack(Green Beret)
Super Contra
Final Fight

Happy playing! =D

[kedawa]

Just speaking of CPS/MVS games...
All the fighting games!
If that's not really your thing...

Blue's Journey
Willow
Ghouls'n'Ghosts
Alien vs Predator
Progear
U.N. Squadron
D&D Tower of Doom
D&D Tower over Mystara
Metal Slug 1, X, and 3
Neo Turf Masters
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

[Detonator]

1. Gravitar (Atari) Simply the best arcade game ever with incredible depth. 100% skill and tactics,
2. Xevious (Namco) Mother of all vertical shooter games.
3. Star Wars (Atari) (I actually played over 30 million in the arcade version. This game screams playability and requires actual pilot skills. It's much, much harder without the yoke but I've managed to play 2.9 mil with the mouse.)
4. Stargate (Williams) I prefer this over the original Defender.
5. Space Duel (This what Asteroids Deluxe should have been. 4 cool modes... I prefer the linked ship)
6. Battle Zone (Atari) I doubt this requires any explanation. A legend.
7. Empire Strikes Back (Atari) Hugely underrated sequel. Very addictive. Includes a similar buy-in that Tempest has... it's not actually buy-in but you need skills to advance in later levels.)
8. Pole Position (Namco) This is the only game of the mentioned that really shows its age.... but it's still the first ever decent driving arcade game. I remember how amazing it was when it first came out... the whole arcade just stared in in awe. Those were the days...
9. Space Ace (Cinematronics) Maybe not a great game but it deserves mention because it was actually a decent interactive adventure... MUCH better than Dragon's Lair actually... without those annoying black screen clicks... and back then this laserdisc system was sci-fi. I think DL and Space Ace were revolutionary because they put 2000's graphics to a 80's technology. Not sure if this is fully emulated in MAME though... but I have the original DVDs.
10.Raiden Fighters (Seibu Kaihatsu) This is probably the best modern shooter series... I absolutely love it... fast, furious... like Xevious on steroids.

Honorable mentions:

Tempest, Track & Field, Defender, Robotron, Asteroids, Marble Madness, Bomb Jack, Mr Do, Mr Do's Castle, Zookeeper, Phozon, Puzzle Bobble, Money Puzzle Enchanger, Bal Cube, Indiana Jones, Galaga, Major Havoc, Quantum, I Robot, Black Widow, Centipede, Wiz Warz, Liberator, Missile Command.

[jammajup]

Plenty of good games to be found on Mame and it is great fun exploring the huge amount of games you never heard of or rediscovering the games you had forgotten about.I prefer some of the more older games,I will try and make my list as short as possible.

Rastan
Battlezone
Frogger
Pacman & MsPacman
Rygar
Salamander
Pengo
Karnov
G-Darius
Ladybug
Eyes
Berzerk
Ghouls `n Ghosts

NEOGEO
Metal Slug series
Pulstar
Blazing Star
Aerofighers 2 / Sonic Wings 2
Top Hunter

[RhetroAktive]

Here are some of mine:

Rastan (Awesome Soundtrack)
Pacman / Mrs. Pacman
X-Men
Metal Slug Series
Rolling Thunder
Killer Instinct
Double Dragon
Joust
Street Fighter II
Street Fighter Alpha Series
Ultimate MK 3
Galaga

[Neb6]

1. Gravitar (Atari) Simply the best arcade game ever with incredible depth. 100% skill and tactics,
2. Xevious (Namco) Mother of all vertical shooter games.
3. Star Wars (Atari) (I actually played over 30 million in the arcade version. This game screams playability and requires actual pilot skills. It's much, much harder without the yoke but I've managed to play 2.9 mil with the mouse.)
4. Stargate (Williams) I prefer this over the original Defender.
5. Space Duel (This what Asteroids Deluxe should have been. 4 cool modes... I prefer the linked ship)
6. Battle Zone (Atari) I doubt this requires any explanation. A legend.
7. Empire Strikes Back (Atari) Hugely underrated sequel. Very addictive. Includes a similar buy-in that Tempest has... it's not actually buy-in but you need skills to advance in later levels.)
8. Pole Position (Namco) This is the only game of the mentioned that really shows its age.... but it's still the first ever decent driving arcade game. I remember how amazing it was when it first came out... the whole arcade just stared in in awe. Those were the days...
9. Space Ace (Cinematronics) Maybe not a great game but it deserves mention because it was actually a decent interactive adventure... MUCH better than Dragon's Lair actually... without those annoying black screen clicks... and back then this laserdisc system was sci-fi. I think DL and Space Ace were revolutionary because they put 2000's graphics to a 80's technology. Not sure if this is fully emulated in MAME though... but I have the original DVDs.
10.Raiden Fighters (Seibu Kaihatsu) This is probably the best modern shooter series... I absolutely love it... fast, furious... like Xevious on steroids.

Honorable mentions:

Tempest, Track & Field, Defender, Robotron, Asteroids, Marble Madness, Bomb Jack, Mr Do, Mr Do's Castle, Zookeeper, Phozon, Puzzle Bobble, Money Puzzle Enchanger, Bal Cube, Indiana Jones, Galaga, Major Havoc, Quantum, I Robot, Black Widow, Centipede, Wiz Warz, Liberator, Missile Command.

Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.

These are indeed some of the greatest arcade games of all time.

And if you run the vector ones under MAME, a Gamma and Intensity setting of 1.7 seems to work really well. As for resolution, well... sky's the limit