Which games do you have more of...verticals or horizontals?

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Which games do you have more of...verticals or horizontals?

The other day I looked around and found a pattern in the games I own. I have way more vertical games than I do horizontal games. I would've thought I'd have more horizontals, but the opposite is true.

Verticals:
Pengo
Dig Dug
GORF
Arkanoid 2: Revenge of DOH
Pac-Man (hack)...soon to be a Ms. Pac
Assault

Horizontals:
R-Type

(I'm not counting Arcade Legends b/c it's not a dedicated game and plays both)
 
Vertical:

DK, Centipede, Tempest, Atari Football.

Horizontal:

Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Omega Race.

Close to 50/50
 
VERTICAL:
Tempest
Double Donkey Kong Plus
Vertical MAME
Cocktail MAME
Multipede
Multi-Pac

HORIZONTAL:
Multi-Williams
Punch Out
Super Punch Out
Race Drivin'
Asteroids Deluxe
Atari System I (Indiana Jones, Marble Madness, Roadblaster)
Atari System II (Paperboy, Championship Sprint)
Taito Multigame
Neo-Geo
Capcom Anthology
Golden Tee Complete / Silver Strike Bowling
Pole Position I & II
Wizard of Wor
Horizontal MAME

6 Vertical
14 Horizontal
 
Um...

Here in the apartment:

H - Joust CT
H - Popeye CT
H - Vs. SMB
V - Karate Champ
H - Moon Patrol
H - JAMMA Cab
V - Carnival
V - Frogger
V - Gyruss
V - Q*Bert
H - Lethal Enforcers
H - Robotron
V - Tempest

So:

Horizontal - 7
Vertical - 6

Now, add storage into it and:

H - Rampage World Tour
V - Super Breakout
V - Space Invaders
H - Vs. Hogan's Alley
V - Donkey Kong Junior
H - Pole Position II
V - Kangaroo
H - Silent Scope E/X
H - Peter Packrat
H - 10-Yd Fight
H - Area 51: Site 4
V - Gyruss
H - Asteroids
H - PGA Tour Championship III
H - Shinobi
H - Star Trek Voyager
V - Tempest

Which would give me a total of:

Horizontal - 18
Vertical - 12
 
Hors:
Vs. Excitebike
Rampage
Joust
MAME Cab
Championship Sprint

Vert:
Donkey Kong
Space Invaders (I think...?)
Tron

5 to 3, Hors win! :D
 
In the House:

Vertical:
Icade 48n1 (in a Galaga)
MakeTrax
Sinistar

Horizontal:
Battlezone
Bubble Bobble
Karnov
Robocop
Robocop
Joust
Joust
The Simpsons
Great 1000 Mile Rally
Robotron
MultiWilliams
Bubbles
SmashTV
Gauntlet DL
Mystic Marathon
Mystic Marathon
Xybots

Projects:

Vertical:
Ms PacMan
Centipede
Centipede
Time Pilot

Horizontal:
Joust CT
Joust
Defender
Joust
Plus more in the Storage Unit

It looks like I am vertically challenged....:D

ken
 
5 games, all horizontal. Have had some Horizontals in the past though; Major Havoc, Stargate, Tank II, Depthcharge, Final Fight, Fighter's History, F1 Super Battle, Top Speed, Rampage. There might be more, I can't remember. All gone now, though.
 
Moon Patrol, Championship Sprint and my JAMMA cab are all Horizontal.

Only Vertical is Frogger.
 
19 horizontals in my collection. I would argue that most classics are not vertical games.

For example, almost all the classic vectors are horizontal. I started typing a list then I realized it would be easier to just list the verticals.

Quantum
Tempest
Tac/Scan
Sundance
Cosmic Chasm
Barrier

Think of all the Williams games that were horizontal, also System 1 games, DOT, Pole Position, Mario Bros, most Exidy games, and tons of B+W games as well.
 
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