rainman154
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I can see DDR being a good game, but not on the ALL TIME LIST of Top 10. Definitely in the top 30 of all time.
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I can see DDR being a good game, but not on the ALL TIME LIST of Top 10. Definitely in the top 30 of all time.
I think the list is a good snapshot of arcade history. The only one I wonder about is Virtua Fighter, but I do remember the graphics being way beyond other games at the time. I don't personally like some of the games as much as some not on the list, but I think the list is valid. I have never talked to anyone that didn't remember playing Outrun at a pizza joint at some point. I don't care for basketball, but NBA Jam is just fun. Golden Tee has been popular and making money for over a decade; I think most of the games we all like the most fall way short of that. DDR has to be ranked as one of the best; it is the most played game at every arcade I have been to since it came out. Yeah, I think that list is actually better than most.
CHALLENGER
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Not only is the list wack. The pics they chose were just as bad.
LOL submit this list to the "TOP 10 WORST TOP 10 LISTS!"
Almost didn't make it past SF with all those damn ads.
LOL submit this list to the "TOP 10 WORST TOP 10 LISTS!"
Almost didn't make it past SF with all those damn ads.
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several things.
nba jam is not a stupid game. it's pretty fun to play.
i don't think space invaders should be on the list. it may have been a big thing in that it really sold the atari 2600, and was popular when it came out, but it's overall a boring game, in my opinion.
street fighter, come on. if it's going to be a fighting game, it should be mortal kombat.
nba jam is not a stupid game. it's pretty fun to play.
i don't think space invaders should be on the list. it may have been a big thing in that it really sold the atari 2600, and was popular when it came out, but it's overall a boring game, in my opinion.
street fighter, come on. if it's going to be a fighting game, it should be mortal kombat.
that street fighter II looks like its made out of paper, that cant possibly be a real cab???
http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/490streetfigherii.jpg
http://timenerdworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/490streetfigherii.jpg
CHALLENGER
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that or a terrible restoration job.
Magog
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Street Fighter II was ahead of Mortal Kombat and really was the rebirth of arcades. Crowds, I remember arcades had 5 and 6 of these and maybe 10 other games.
NBA Jam I can see being on there.
DDR is one of the more popular games now, and of the last decade.
Golden Tee led a resurgence back into the bars. No self respecting bar exists without a golden tee machine. It has to be the top earner of the last 10 years.
All of the others I can see...except
Outrun...I mean really are you serious? If you have to have a driver, Cruisin' would fit better here.
Virtua Fighter, I can see the case made for it but Mortal Kombat belongs more, not only for earning power, but its place in history as controversial, and violent...and bring fatalities to gaming something many other games have copied.
Asteroids...The case can be made but I think it is lost in a sea of other classics...I would put Galaga or Galaxian in its place. It fits better, and Galaga if I am not mistaken was the most produced game of that era.
nah its paper, cant believe noone caught that!!!
http://paperart.deviantart.com/art/Street-Fighter-2-Game-Cabinet-137958138
zfcamaro
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I think the list is supposed to be a combo of a successful game as well as being a game that created an impact or that everyone knows. For example Street Fighter 2. Won't be on everyone's list here on the forum but that was all anybody talked about for 2 years in my school. The magazine came out with all the moves, people would memorize them etc.
Everyone knows Asteroids, everyone knows Donkey Kong, I think Ms Pac covers the Pac Man nod.
NBA Jam.....Tell me a time you could go into an Arcade in the 90s and not hear "He's on FIRE!!!!!!"
Not a collectors list, but games everyone will recognize. Sometimes you have to appeal to your audience of readers and those are games everybody knows.
Everyone knows Asteroids, everyone knows Donkey Kong, I think Ms Pac covers the Pac Man nod.
NBA Jam.....Tell me a time you could go into an Arcade in the 90s and not hear "He's on FIRE!!!!!!"
Not a collectors list, but games everyone will recognize. Sometimes you have to appeal to your audience of readers and those are games everybody knows.
pookdolie
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http://www.answers.com/topic/asteroids-game-5
Also, I don't think a "lost game" would be the inspiration for an upcoming major motion picture from Universal after a four-studio bidding war for the rights some thirty years after it hit its peak.
Virtua Fighter set the standard for polygon based arcade games IMHO. Sega started the whole revolution and deserves much credit for that.
NBA Jam doesn't belong there. I think the list picked games that were very influential to the industry as a whole.
NBA Jam doesn't belong there. I think the list picked games that were very influential to the industry as a whole.
pookdolie
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Atari started that revolution. Games like I, Robot, S.T.U.N. Runner, and Hard Drivin'.
Sega started it in the fighting realm.
The list seems to be more of an arcade technology milestone timeline than anything else.
I remember reading an article about the development of the Playstation that said all major arcade developers saw Virtual Fighter when it was released and went straight to Sony and and told them "we need your new system to do this." I think they were all scared because nothing else out in 1993 could match the tech that Sega had with VF (and Virtua Racing to a lesser extent).
I question Outrun though. I love the game, and own it, but Space Harrier and Hang-On were the first of this style. And where is I-Robot?
Pretty weak list. And what was the converted SFII, a Gyruss??? Ugly conversion.
I remember reading an article about the development of the Playstation that said all major arcade developers saw Virtual Fighter when it was released and went straight to Sony and and told them "we need your new system to do this." I think they were all scared because nothing else out in 1993 could match the tech that Sega had with VF (and Virtua Racing to a lesser extent).
I question Outrun though. I love the game, and own it, but Space Harrier and Hang-On were the first of this style. And where is I-Robot?
Pretty weak list. And what was the converted SFII, a Gyruss??? Ugly conversion.
They were the first, doesn't mean they started it
Sega is the reason 3D polygon based games went the way they did. The games you mentioned, although cool, didn't set any records. Look at the gap in time between those titles.
amr
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Replace Virtua and Outrun with Galaga and Dragon's Lair
pookdolie
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They were the first, doesn't mean they started it
Actually, yeah - that's exactly what it means.
There wouldn't have been polygon-based games in the early 90s without Atari making money off of them from mid-80s - 1990. Sega or anyone else wouldn't have jumped into the fray.I think the rise of the fighting genre is the reason 3D polygon games went the way they did. Sega put out the first good product in that regard; Virtua Fighter set the standard for the polygon-based fighter genre.
Actually, yeah - that's exactly what it means.
My definition is a bit different. The company that starts something is not always the first to sell the technology, its the first to change the market direction because of the quality of their product.
For example MP3 players have been around for a long time and the iPod was not the first but they sure did start the market for music players.
pookdolie
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Okay. But, by that definition, it would still be Atari. They helped change the market direction towards the 3D polygon game at a time when 2D sprites ruled.
Sega wouldn't have bothered to make a polygon-based fighter if Atari hadn't had earnings success with the technology previously. They would've made a 2D fighter like SFII or Mortal Kombat.
The only one that really bugs me is Virtua Fighter. I think the others, including Out Run, were important to arcades. I've often heard of people talking about Yu Suzuki and games like Out Run where he made cabs with tons of motion and that bringing something new to the table.
gozer5454
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OK, so I tracked down my copy.
Out of the top 50 games of all time here's where his list ranked on mine:
NBA JAM: 44
Outrun: 32
Golden Tee: 28
DDR: 22
Ms.Pacman: 15
Asteroids: 12
Space Invaders: 9
Street Fighter II: 3
Donkey Kong: numero uno
Virtua Fighter: WTF? one of the 10 best? The guy making the list was on crack. The game was a forerunner in the fighting genre, no doubt about it. But in the top 10? hell no. Not even in the top 50!
I would put it for sure in the top 100 (perhaps the top 75), because it did have its place in history. It spurred the growth of all other 3D fighters (most notably Tekken series). In fact, I assumed some people would cry foul so hard without it being on my top 50 list, so I included it in the end thoughts/ wrap up page.
Out of the top 50 games of all time here's where his list ranked on mine:
NBA JAM: 44
Outrun: 32
Golden Tee: 28
DDR: 22
Ms.Pacman: 15
Asteroids: 12
Space Invaders: 9
Street Fighter II: 3
Donkey Kong: numero uno
Virtua Fighter: WTF? one of the 10 best? The guy making the list was on crack. The game was a forerunner in the fighting genre, no doubt about it. But in the top 10? hell no. Not even in the top 50!
I would put it for sure in the top 100 (perhaps the top 75), because it did have its place in history. It spurred the growth of all other 3D fighters (most notably Tekken series). In fact, I assumed some people would cry foul so hard without it being on my top 50 list, so I included it in the end thoughts/ wrap up page.
