Just read another thread about Road Rash and it got me thinking of an old Commodore 64 game called 'Racing Destruction Set'. Loved it. You got to design your own track with either pavement, dirt, or ice for the surface, there were oil slicks and you got to choose your vehicle too. Everything from a 4x4 truck to a dirt-bike to a Nascar to an F1 race-car...
Good times...
Oh, and the video game 'RAMPAGE'... many $$$ worth of quarters spent on that one. 'Joust' too... That is until the local video game hang-out (Putt-Putt Golf & Games in Farmington, MI) got the 'Hard-Drivin' game... Got kicked out of there once for 'abusing the game'. I was powershifting the video-game.... [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Ok, enough about me.... NEXT!
My stepfather and I used to play River Raid on the Atari 2600 back in the 80's... I wish I had him and the game back
Excite-Bike!!!
(And T&C Surf Design gets an honorable mention.)
I am lucky I live close to this place:
http://www.joystixamusements.com/ (http://www.joystixamusements.com/)
... which rules on one level just because it exists as a vintage videogame showroom. It transcends normal ruling by opening up twice a month for "Pac Man Fever" - you pay $15 to get an armband to play his entire stock of vintage (and some modern) video games to your inner 80s child's content. If I have failed to mention this up to this point, let me be clear - it rules.
I think I am fulfilling a wish I am pretty sure I made in 1984 ever time I go there - something like "when I'm big, I will rent out an entire arcade, and make the machines so I don't have to put in quarters..." etc.
I use to have a bunch of classic arcade games in my house. I sold most of them.
I still have the old X Y Monitor Star Wars [thumbsup]
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2577780159_05466b578c.jpg?v=0)
One word...
TEMPEST
Quote from: ROBsS4R on June 06, 2009, 02:52:25 AM
I use to have a bunch of classic arcade games in my house. I sold most of them.
I still have the old X Y Monitor Star Wars [thumbsup]
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2577780159_05466b578c.jpg?v=0)
OMFG! That was my end all be all for existance in junior high! I played that game more than I went to school!
Quote from: alfisti on June 06, 2009, 06:02:41 AM
One word...
TEMPEST
Absolutely.
[thumbsup]
Asteroids
Stargate
Millipede
Time Pilot
Later, Xenophobe <-- loved that game for some reason
Man, I loved video games when I was a kid. Oh wait, I'm still a kid.
I used to spend hours (and $$) playing games in one of the sketchiest arcades in Honolulu. [laugh]
For some reason if the games didn't smell like cigarette butts, and have burn marks all over, it didn't feel right.
Quote from: tlloyd66 on June 05, 2009, 11:12:23 PM
My stepfather and I used to play River Raid on the Atari 2600 back in the 80's... I wish I had him and the game back
+1 to River Raid. [thumbsup]
I do regret selling them
I had 3 Pinballs, Indiana Jones, Jurrasic Park, Star Trek the Next Generation.
In regards to games I had Tempest, Gauntlet, Pacman, Toobin, Dig Dug, Space Ace, A Neo Geo 4 slot cabinet with like 50 plus games, some cocktail cabinets etc.
That Tempest I had was near perfect.... Sigh why did I ever sell it =(
1942
& Galaga was one of my faves as well.
Quote from: Duck-Stew on June 05, 2009, 09:53:16 PM
Just read another thread about Road Rash and it got me thinking of an old Commodore 64 game called 'Racing Destruction Set'. Loved it. You got to design your own track with either pavement, dirt, or ice for the surface, there were oil slicks and you got to choose your vehicle too. Everything from a 4x4 truck to a dirt-bike to a Nascar to an F1 race-car...
There was something similar for DOS. I don't remember the name, but you could build all of these super-epic loop-de-loops and stuff. The graphics were typical awful early-3D, but it was way cool.
Quote from: tlloyd66 on June 05, 2009, 11:12:23 PM
My stepfather and I used to play River Raid on the Atari 2600 back in the 80's... I wish I had him and the game back
River Raid is probably my favorite 2600 game. I still have the cartridge, and a few 2600s from which I can probably make one that works...
In any case, Atari 2600 emulation is very mature, and you can download a complete library of 2600 games from BitTorrent pretty easily, if you want to play it without the hardware hassle.
Quote from: ROBsS4R on June 06, 2009, 02:52:25 AMI still have the old X Y Monitor Star Wars [thumbsup]
That's awesome. I love those old vector-based games.
Quote from: ROBsS4R on June 06, 2009, 11:28:40 AMIn regards to games I had Tempest, Gauntlet, Pacman, Toobin, Dig Dug, Space Ace, A Neo Geo 4 slot cabinet with like 50 plus games, some cocktail cabinets etc.
Damn, that must've been like selling children. :-\ (Maybe harder?)
Did you have any of the Metal Slug games for the Neo Geo?
Someday I'm going to put together the MAME cabinet I've been thinking about for years. Drool.
Yeah I think selling children would be easier on me ;D
I had a few of the Metal Slug games.
I have made a few Mame cabinet so if and when you decide to make one you can email me and I can tell you about what I did. You can go the all PC route way which in my opinion the games don't look as good or go with a Jpac and a real arcade monitor with some graphics cards.
is there no love for spyhunter?
boo.
Quote from: Duck-Stew on June 05, 2009, 09:53:16 PM
Just read another thread about Road Rash and it got me thinking of an old Commodore 64 game called 'Racing Destruction Set'. Loved it. You got to design your own track with either pavement, dirt, or ice for the surface, there were oil slicks and you got to choose your vehicle too. Everything from a 4x4 truck to a dirt-bike to a Nascar to an F1 race-car...
Good times...
Oh, and the video game 'RAMPAGE'... many $$$ worth of quarters spent on that one. 'Joust' too... That is until the local video game hang-out (Putt-Putt Golf & Games in Farmington, MI) got the 'Hard-Drivin' game... Got kicked out of there once for 'abusing the game'. I was powershifting the video-game.... [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Ok, enough about me.... NEXT!
If I could find a good working example of " Hard Drivin' " I think I'd loose my mind. +10 to the tenth power on the Adrenalin factor. [thumbsup] Dolph
I occasionally played Asteroids, PacMan, Galaga in the arcade when I was a kid. At home we had a Heathkit computer so I wrote my own games for the most part. (Need a geek smiley :-\)
Quote from: ROBsS4R on June 06, 2009, 07:31:51 PM
Yeah I think selling children would be easier on me ;D
I had a few of the Metal Slug games.
Nice. That was a fun series.
Quote from: ROBsS4R on June 06, 2009, 07:31:51 PMI have made a few Mame cabinet so if and when you decide to make one you can email me and I can tell you about what I did. You can go the all PC route way which in my opinion the games don't look as good or go with a Jpac and a real arcade monitor with some graphics cards.
Back when I first started looking into this, large, high-quality CRTs were easily available. Maybe not the most authentic look, but very usable. Now that CRTs are gone and an LCD would be horrible for such duty, the arcade monitor seems to be the best plan. In a quick look around the internets, it seems that things have gotten a lot easier over the years, with video cards that can handle arcade monitors easily, and arcade monitors that don't have to be hacked to work with a computer. The JPAC looks pretty brilliant, as well. Interesting.
Quote from: somegirl on June 06, 2009, 09:44:28 PM
I occasionally played Asteroids, PacMan, Galaga in the arcade when I was a kid.
The great things about those three games, and a lot of the games of that era in general is that they're still a
lot of fun. Games seem to have lost that quality along the way at some point.
I blew two weeks' worth of allowance in one afternoon when Sega's Afterburner showed up in the local arcade...
Quote from: Duck-Stew on June 05, 2009, 09:53:16 PM
Just read another thread about Road Rash and it got me thinking of an old Commodore 64 game called 'Racing Destruction Set'. Loved it. You got to design your own track with either pavement, dirt, or ice for the surface, there were oil slicks and you got to choose your vehicle too. Everything from a 4x4 truck to a dirt-bike to a Nascar to an F1 race-car...
Sounds a lot like a game I used to have back in the days of DOS. It was called "Stunt Driver" Make your own track with all kinds of different elements. It had an F1 car, an LM-200, a couple rally cars, a few of the supercars of the day and the like. It was awesome.
I have an emulator on my computer so I can still play Super Mario Bros and Zelda too!
JM
My favorite from the college days was Xybots. I'd love to have one of those in the basement.
Quote from: Super T.I.B on June 06, 2009, 02:33:13 PM
1942
& Galaga was one of my faves as well.
i prefered '43.
awesome games.
Does anyone remember the bombing game?
I loved this game and cannot find it on any of the emulators?
it was a coin-op and you flew from left to right in a little WWII plane and dropped bombs on a big ass ship below
any one remember?
edit: I've been drinking
Quote from: Mother on June 08, 2009, 11:33:22 AM
Does anyone remember the bombing game?
I loved this game and cannot find it on any of the emulators?
it was a coin-op and you flew from left to right in a little WWII plane and dropped bombs on a big ass ship below
any one remember?
edit: I've been drinking
The B-17 one?
Quote from: Fresh Pants on June 08, 2009, 12:04:10 PM
The B-17 one?
I dunno
All I know is that you bombed this big battleship that was the full length of the bottom of the screen
and every hit it removed a block of ship until you hit water
and then it sank...i think
Quote from: the_Journeyman on June 08, 2009, 04:23:15 AM
Sounds a lot like a game I used to have back in the days of DOS. It was called "Stunt Driver" Make your own track with all kinds of different elements. It had an F1 car, an LM-200, a couple rally cars, a few of the supercars of the day and the like. It was awesome.
Ah, not only did I find
that one (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/1050/Stunt+Driver.html) available for download, but I found the one I posted about earlier:
Stunts (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/73/Stunts.html). It runs well under the DOSBox emulator. Nifty.
Quote from: Mother on June 08, 2009, 11:33:22 AM
Does anyone remember the bombing game?
I loved this game and cannot find it on any of the emulators?
it was a coin-op and you flew from left to right in a little WWII plane and dropped bombs on a big ass ship below
Kind of sounds like
Canyon Bomber (http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=903) for the 2600, except, as you'd guess from the title, you're bombing a canyon (for some reason) instead of a ship.
Stew, I knew you grew up in the Detroit area, but Farmington?
That's where I grew up. I went to that putt putt all the time. Got grounded once for walking down there without telling anyone.
Quote from: A.duc.H.duc. on June 08, 2009, 02:41:32 PM
Stew, I knew you grew up in the Detroit area, but Farmington?
That's where I grew up. I went to that putt putt all the time. Got grounded once for walking down there without telling anyone.
Yup... Farm-town, MI. [roll] I didn't get grounded for riding my bike down there w/o telling anyone but I did get a STERN talking to and my bike taken away for a week...
Oh shit.
I just 'Googled' Racing Destruction Set and found a version that will play on a PC. make the beast with two backs....there goes whatever free-time I had left. [roll]
This time though...I'll be drunk when I'm racing! [laugh]
LHX Attack Helicopter ( back in the DOS days. That hooked me up to computer's around 90 )
Quote from: x136 on June 08, 2009, 01:16:11 PM
Kind of sounds like Canyon Bomber (http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareID=903) for the 2600, except, as you'd guess from the title, you're bombing a canyon (for some reason) instead of a ship.
very same concept but upgraded to 8 bit i think
All this classic gamin' talk made me dig up a MAME emulator for my Mac.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, MAME is an arcade ROM emulator for PC/Mac which basically enables you to play an arcade perfect (okay, sort of) version of the original games. Tricky part these days, is finding the ROM files. Since they're not exactly legal unless you own the actual hardware.
Quote from: Fresh Pants on June 09, 2009, 08:53:50 AMTricky part these days, is finding the ROM files. Since they're not exactly legal unless you own the actual hardware.
A few years ago, I downloaded what at the time was a "complete set" of MAME ROMs from BitTorrent. Something like 16 GBs worth. I think it took two or three weeks to get the whole thing.
Turns out there was one part of the RAR archive missing, which left the whole thing unusable. [roll]
Quote from: x136 on June 09, 2009, 10:34:47 AM
A few years ago, I downloaded what at the time was a "complete set" of MAME ROMs from BitTorrent. Something like 16 GBs worth. I think it took two or three weeks to get the whole thing.
Turns out there was one part of the RAR archive missing, which left the whole thing unusable. [roll]
SUCKY!
Quote from: ab on June 08, 2009, 05:59:25 PM
LHX Attack Helicopter ( back in the DOS days. That hooked me up to computer's around 90 )
dude the manual to that was thick.... you needed a degree to play those games ;D
I had a Texas Instruments keyboard w/ a cartridge slot that hooked to my TV. It had this great game that was called Tombstone or something I loved!
JM
Dragons Lair & Space ACE [thumbsup]
Also Zaxxon was [bacon]
some i liked that havent been mentioned
Space Wars (dear lord im old)
Ripoff
Crossbow
Disks of Tron
anybody remember the old submarine game where you looked through the periscope? 8)
Silent Service II? I LOVED that game. No telling how many hours I spent playing it. I've got the floppy disks here on my desk, but one of the disks went bad.
JM
Quote from: JEFF_H on June 10, 2009, 10:25:23 AM
some i liked that havent been mentioned
Space Wars (dear lord im old)
Ripoff
Crossbow
Disks of Tron
anybody remember the old submarine game where you looked through the periscope? 8)
I remember the sub game.
Which reminds me of Battlezone. Loved it.
Also loved Assault and the music associated with it (several years later).
I like the two stick tank controls and they way you could pop the tank up and shoot a long distance mortar type round.
Pong anyone?!? [laugh]
Quote from: Fresh Pants on June 10, 2009, 10:38:23 AM
I remember the sub game.
Which reminds me of Battlezone. Loved it.
Also loved Assault and the music associated with it (several years later).
I like the two stick tank controls and they way you could pop the tank up and shoot a long distance mortar type round.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/ele/1215241014.html (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/ele/1215241014.html)
Not sure if you're remotely close though.
Quote from: Duck-Stew on June 10, 2009, 11:10:48 AM
Pong anyone?!? [laugh]
I'll see your pong, and raise you a Zork.
wait...
viiideoooo gaaaames.... dang it!