What was the best "kit only" game?

[Black Matrix]

+1 Rastan for raster
+1 ESB for vector.

 

[mc300baud]

what's with all the arguing? osver finished the thread in post #2 with Bubble Bobble. sheesh.

 

[sonnyburnett]

Personal Opinion - SHINOBI

Reality - Arkanoid

I Fully agree, nicely put

 

[gutsman004]

Best kit - NOT Arkanoid
Most prevalent kit- definitely Arkanoid

Seriously,how many Arkanoids do you see on CL? Way too many!
Ebay as well.

 

[1badv6]

I'm going to kick it old school

Pac Plus

 

[mrbill2084]

I'm going to kick it old school

Pac Plus

not kit only.. Plus if you want to go there, might as well bust out ms pac.. Quite a pacs had a sex change over the years..

 

[Rrcade]

Shuuz, the beer round is priceless

 

[1badv6]

not kit only.. Plus if you want to go there, might as well bust out ms pac.. Quite a pacs had a sex change over the years..

Never seen a dedicated Pac Plus. Even when I worked in the arcades in the 80's the distributors didn't have anything but the kit and I've only seen it as a kit. Have any pics of what the dedicated cab looks like? Always thought the Pac plus got the short end of the stick as far as artwork.

 

[RetroHacker]

I'm going to have to go with Gunsmoke. That really is a great game. 1943 is right up there too. Arkanoid is probably a close third. I actually really like that game.

-Ian

 

[mrbill2084]

Never seen a dedicated Pac Plus. Even when I worked in the arcades in the 80's the distributors didn't have anything but the kit and I've only seen it as a kit. Have any pics of what the dedicated cab looks like? Always thought the Pac plus got the short end of the stick as far as artwork.

your right, I always confuse pac plus with super pac.

 

[Schusler]

While I love to say Empire Strikes Back as mine, love Star Wars. The game to me kinda falls apart the last couple stages. It's not the game's fault for following the movie but avoiding the asteroids stage seems kind of "blah!"

Another one I thought of and used to play heavily was Taito Renegade.....

 

[shawnbo42]

+1 for Arkanoid...seems they're everywhere. We have 3 or 4 in the company. One used to be a Super Zaxxon, one is a cocktail, got an older Dynamo cab, and I forget what the other one is. Also, I see them all over CL, and at auctions too.

 

[Spyridon]

Remember, this thread is asking for the "best" kit, not the one that sold the most.

(I still go with Arkanoid)