Which 2 of these classics would you keep?

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Which 2 of these classic machines would you keep? What if you could only keep one? Which one would it be? Are the fan bases for these 4 pretty strong, or does 1 edge the other 3 out? 4 classic Non-Atari games, yet 4 classic game mfrs nonetheless. I stared at this pic for a good long while and honestly couldn't make a choice if I had to. What would you do if you could only keep one or two of them? (hypothetically speaking)
 
Berzerk & Q*Bert. If one only: Q*Bert.

Galaxian - Meh... good for it's "classic" status, but that's about it. The game play is OK, but certainly nothing to write home about.

Moon Patrol - Good game... but not as good as Berzerk or Q*Bert... though the Williams cab with it's stenciled art gives it a boost... but not quite enough to topple Berzerk.

I want a Q*Bert... maybe one day.
 
If I could keep 1, Q*Bert is the easy choice. A 2nd is tougher, though I give Moon Patrol the nod over Berzerk. No time for Glaxian Dr. Jones...
 
Berzerk and Galaxian...that Galaxian cab looks in great cosmetic shape.
 
Tough call... but for me it would be the Galaxian and Berzerk that would go.

Having the same problem right now myself. Want to bring in another and it is tough to decide what will go. For me my Berzerk is on the top of my chop list.
 
If Berzerk had the bat joystick I would keep that with the Qbert but since it does not I would keep Qbert with the MP.
 
If only one then q bert for sure. Beyond that it's a tough call. Bezerk is some what desirable and sought after by collectors but personally I never cared for the game so I guess for me that's an easy choice to sell. So between moon patrol and galaxian I would probably have to keep moon patrol. My reasoning on this is simply that I have enough games in my collection like galaxian that I could probably live without it. Although i don't own a moon patrol i would like to. It was the game i most remember playing at the roller rink BITD. Now if I only owned those four games then I really am not sure weather i would keep moon patrol or galaxian. Probably galaxian as I've always loved that style of shooter.
 
Tough call... but for me it would be the Galaxian and Berzerk that would go.

Having the same problem right now myself. Want to bring in another and it is tough to decide what will go. For me my Berzerk is on the top of my chop list.

Ouch. Berzerk was my Must-Have game since I started, Q*Bert was my "I hated it when I was younger, love it to death now" game. Galaxian is a classic, and I always liked it, but I guess I could let it go if I had to. I think I may feel the same about Moon Patrol if I didn't have a nearly perfect restored example of the game. I guess Q*Bert would top my list, Berzerk second, Moon Patrol 3rd and Galaxian a close 4th.
 
my order from best to worst -

QBERT - great artwork, cool look, classic game.... hard to emulate this game (esp with that diagonal joystick)
BERZERK - also, not sure how this game emulates ?? (awesome artwork, classic game)
MOON PATROL - can be played in mame, also on the arcadeshop multi board.
GALAXIAN - can be played on 60-1, AS board, namco greatest hits.
 
Berzerk & Q*Bert. If one only: Q*Bert.

Galaxian - Meh... good for it's "classic" status, but that's about it. The game play is OK, but certainly nothing to write home about.

Moon Patrol - Good game... but not as good as Berzerk or Q*Bert... though the Williams cab with it's stenciled art gives it a boost... but not quite enough to topple Berzerk.

I want a Q*Bert... maybe one day.

Great game. Which one looks better in the dark?

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I would definitely keep Berzerk. One of my favorites for sure.
It would be a tough call for the other choice, but I'm leaning towards Q*bert.
 
Great game. Which one looks better in the dark?

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in that pic qbert and moon patrol look best because they have better light on them. I assume that's from other games in the room though and has nothing to do with the two games as they would stand on their own. Galaxian has a cool blue glow to the marquee. Once again i assume this is from other lighting in the room. Also the white cab makes it a bit more visible in the dark room. Actually if i recall correctly that style of williams cab does allow light from the marquee area to shown down on the cp area which is nice in a dark environment.
 
If Berzerk had the bat joystick I would keep that with the Qbert but since it does not I would keep Qbert with the MP.

That's a good point. -1 for no bat joystick for me, too.
 
Q*Bert looks awesomely clean and is a cool game, so I'd keep that one. I prefer Galaga over Galaxian and it's pretty common, so I think I'd drop that one. Berzerk is cool, but as a game I prefer Moon Patrol.

So Q*Bert and Moon Patrol personally. If not Moon Patrol, then keep Berzerk.
 
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