Author Topic: Favourite overall arcade game series or arcade games? (Read 9834 times)

Tharthan · « **on:** June 06, 2015, 07:43:41 pm »

What is/are/were your favourite arcade game series (either one series or multiple series) and/or your favourite arcade games?

Isao Kronos · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2015, 08:56:04 pm »

metal slug, no contest at all on that one

M-Tee · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:48:49 am »

Elevator Action Returns.

It does everything that an Arcade game should.

geishaboy · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:52:26 am »

Quote from: Isao Kronos on June 06, 2015, 08:56:04 pm

metal slug, no contest at all on that one

Metal Slug for the win.

I also love me some King of Fighters.

Isao Kronos · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2015, 01:06:14 am »

KoF falls in that place where I prefer like, 98 UM and 2002 UM. I actually own 13 but can't run it on my toaster.

Turambar · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2015, 01:49:58 am »

I love the beat 'em ups.
Try these if you haven't.
The King of Dragons
Alien VS Predator
The Simpsons
X-Men
Killer Instinct

tryphon · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2015, 01:59:05 am »

Shinobi
Makaimura
Street Fighter (from 2)

M-Tee · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2015, 02:34:49 am »

Quote from: Isao Kronos on June 07, 2015, 01:06:14 am

KoF falls in that place where I prefer like, 98 UM and 2002 UM. I actually own 13 but can't run it on my toaster.

I think my KOF list is something like this: 98 > 99 > 97 > MI-2 > XI > '03 > MI-1 > '01 >'02. I haven't played 94-96 enough to make a judgment on them. 97 has the heaviest presence in my local arcades, so its ranking is probably based more on availability than anything, and I've never actually seen a XII or XIII machine. However, I think '01 and '02 were both pretty hideous and find no pleasure in them.

KaioShin · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2015, 03:45:06 am »

I'm not a huge arcade gamer, but everytime I do open up Mame for whatever reason I end up playing NeoGeo games pretty much exlusively. They have the perfect balance between presentation and playability. Newer stuff emulated on Mame is usually butt ugly early 3D and I was never a fan of Street Fighter so SF3 doesn't get me to ignore NeoGeo either.

My favourite is Garou - Mark of the Wolves.

Gideon Zhi · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2015, 04:55:41 am »

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.

No, seriously. I bust this out at parties and everyone ends up in tears they're laughing so hard. Michael saves children, makes funny noises, turns into a robot after touching a monkey, uses dance bombs, and fights phallic mechs that have pelvic thrusts for attacks. It's great.

Spooniest · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2015, 10:46:29 am »

I'm gonna be boring and say Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior, in all its totally unbalanced glory.

I just can't help but get pumped when I'm bustin' out combos on the thing.

Tharthan · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:51:36 pm »

Quote from: Gideon Zhi on June 07, 2015, 04:55:41 am

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.

No, seriously. I bust this out at parties and everyone ends up in tears they're laughing so hard. Michael saves children, makes funny noises, turns into a robot after touching a monkey, uses dance bombs, and fights phallic mechs that have pelvic thrusts for attacks. It's great.

It is a lovely game. Whether just for kicks or otherwise.

I played through it just for kicks once, and I was suprised that it was actually not too shabby a game. I had much worse expectations going into it, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Quote from: Spooniest on June 07, 2015, 10:46:29 am

I'm gonna be boring and say Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior, in all its totally unbalanced glory.

I just can't help but get pumped when I'm bustin' out combos on the thing.

Hey, no biggie. It's a classic!

I grew up with the SNES version. To this day I have never played the arcade version.

Are there any benefits (whether subjectively or objectively) to the arcade original?

Spooniest · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2015, 03:23:00 pm »

Bigger sprites, more fluid animation, better music. Bout it really.

SC · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2015, 04:03:02 pm »

All of Metal Slug series.
Street Fighter III: The Third Strike.
Street Fighter Zero 3.

Though there's probably some more whose name I cannot currently remember.

tryphon · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2015, 05:14:31 pm »

Quote from: Gideon Zhi on June 07, 2015, 04:55:41 am

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.

Piotyr · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:07:41 pm »

Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun! Someone comes and beats up your friend at the start of each stage and it is your job to beat them up in revenge! Then he gets stabbed with an icepick... Yeah dunno why he didn't end up in the hospital but after the final battle he comes up and shakes your hand so hes fine and dandy I guess?

FallenAngel2387 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 08, 2015, 10:01:01 am »

Quote from: Turambar on June 07, 2015, 01:49:58 am

I love the beat 'em ups.
Try these if you haven't.
The King of Dragons
Alien VS Predator
The Simpsons
X-Men
Killer Instinct

Hmm... one of those isn't quite like the others.

If I'm going to recommend beat 'em ups to anyone, they'd be:
Night Slashers
Guardians/Denjin Makai II
Undercover Cops(Alpha Renewal)
Dungeon magic
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
Violent Storm(here's a Konami recommendation)
Battle Circuit (and one form Capcom)
Armored Warriors (and another from Capcom)
Warriors of Fate(one more from Capcom)
Maybe the stuff from IGS as well(Knights of Valour series, Oriental Legends series, and The Gladiator/Road of Sword/Shen Jian)

Turambar · « **Reply #17 on:** June 08, 2015, 10:16:11 am »

Quote from: FallenAngel2387 on June 08, 2015, 10:01:01 am

Hmm... one of those isn't quite like the others.

I didn't mean to suggest that Killer Instinct was a beat 'em up.
My post was meant to mean "I like beat 'em ups, and by the way here is my list of recommendations as per the topic."

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Try these if you haven't.
The King of Dragons
Alien VS Predator
The Simpsons
X-Men
Killer Instinct

As you can see, I love the beat 'em ups!

Quote from: FallenAngel2387 on June 08, 2015, 10:01:01 am

If I'm going to recommend beat 'em ups to anyone, they'd be:
Night Slashers
Guardians/Denjin Makai II
Undercover Cops(Alpha Renewal)
Dungeon magic
Ninja Baseball Bat Man
Violent Storm(here's a Konami recommendation)
Battle Circuit (and one form Capcom)
Armored Warriors (and another from Capcom)
Warriors of Fate(one more from Capcom)
Maybe the stuff from IGS as well(Knights of Valour series, Oriental Legends series, and The Gladiator/Road of Sword/Shen Jian)

Haven't tried some of these, I just might do that.

FallenAngel2387 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2015, 03:02:55 pm »

Yeah, hope you don't take it as an attack or something, but as a beat 'em up fan myself, I get sick of seeing the same old nostalgia games considered the best. Sometimes you really gotta step outside your comfort zone with an open mind, and in my opinion the best come from the developers you don't expect.

The Denjin Makai series(includes Ghost Chaser Densei, something of a port of the first Denjin Makai on the Super Fami) for example, is by WinkySoft, of the Robot Wars series.

Ninja Baseball Bat Man and Undercover Cops(also ported to the Super Fami) are by Irem, who's beat 'em up input you'd most associate with Kung Fu/Spartan X and Vigilante.

Night Slashers is by Data East, who you'd think of Bad Dudes/Two Crude Dudes when it comes to beat 'em ups.

Dungeon Magic is by Taito... You do not want to play the majority of their beat 'em up input... Another good one by them though, is Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III, never left Japan, plays similarly to Golden Axe(still worth checking out if you're not into GA).

M-Tee · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2015, 11:42:04 pm »

Those are some great suggestions.

[urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFn3NTvQpCQ]Warriors of Fate[/url] was in one of the arcades I used to frequent. Sadly, about 2/3 of the arcades that were open here five years ago have closed, and I think that was one of them.

Warrior Blade looks great as well. Two monitors wide. Would love to see that in an actual arcade.