List your "grails"

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What games do you consider your holy grails?

Mine, off the top of my head:

- Vindicators I & II
- Marble Madness
- Tempest
- Atomic Punk
- Xybots
- Indiana Jones
- Donkey Kong JR
- Teeter Torture
- Tumble Pop
- Bump 'n' Jump
- Baby Pacman
- VS Castlevania
- Assault
- Turbo (got one!)
 
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Galaga
Contra
Playchoice-10 (single or dual monitor)
TMNT
Mortal Kombat
Mario Bros.(Wide Body)

For now.....
 
you know, it's hard to say anymore. i'm just looking for all the pieces of my arcade puzzle to find me at the right time and fit into place.
 
star wars
star castles
omega race
mario bros widebody i actually had one, it was the first game i ever bought. have regretted selling it everyday since it left my garage 10 years ago.
 
Grails

When I started collecting again, I had 20 games on my want list. I have them all now plus a ton more. The 3 most important to me to own at the time were Looping, Kickman and Galaga. I have no grails left to acquire sadly.
 
funny thing is I have most of them:
great swordsman
tron
major havoc
space duel
mario bros (have all the parts, need to finish the conversion)
hyper sports (need to either get a track and field board or full game)


I also love my:
pole position
congo bongo

when I have more room I will get plenty more games hopefully
 
Well I live in a high rise condo and BARELY have room for the one game I have. I'd say it was my grail.

BUDWEISER TAPPER

In the future, when my kids are grown and move out I plan on expanding our home pub into another room with a small games room. I figure I can get two more games. Right now I would like them to be...

DONKEY KONG
DOUBLE DRAGON
 
Tailgunner
Star Castle
Tempest
Star Wars
Missile Command


I'm sure this list will change... Except tailgunner, which will always be at the top.
 
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Asteroids
Missile Command
Star Wars
Black Knight 2000 (pinball)


Would love to add those (along with many many others) to my collection.
 
Every game I own is a grail except for:

-Space Invaders (impulse, good price, "I want a cocktail and the Space Invaders song is stuck in my head" buy)

and

-Donkey Kong Jr. (Free)

Only grails left are... well, I don't really have any others, actually. I'm pretty happy with my collection. Sure, there are more games I would like, but all the ones that really matter to me, I have.
 
By Grail - i define that as the game that holds the finest memories for me....and held up as timeless, enough to dedicate precious floor space to.

Since I frequented arcades as much as i could growing up, many games fit that category. But the two that i Love, and remember the most, are Star wars and, coming tomorrow, a Frontline. I will never forget seeing / playing those games for the first time, and 25+ years later, are as good as the day i first saw them. SW speaks for itself. For me, that game is genius for its time. And Frontline, well that game has this charm that never wears off. Of course, others dont feel the same.

There are two others that i liked a lot that i will probably never bring in - Gladiator and Monsterbash (sega). I loved those games but they havent held up.
 
Tempest
Battlezone
Star Wars

And, since I have the those, everything else are "nice to haves, but no big deal".


ArcadeMaze!
 
Donkey Kong.

The rest are awesome, don't get me wrong... And there a many more that I really want, but DK has had a place in my heart for a long, long time.
 
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