# Arcade Games **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 24, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396 "2000-05-24T13:52:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/21 "2000-05-24T17:39:11Z")
- Sinistar - Defender - Satan’s Hollow - Asteroid - Robotron 2084 - Tron - Galaga - Qix - Frogger ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/22 "2000-05-24T19:01:17Z")
Everybody sing ! Mem’ries… -Olympic Decathlon -The old baseball games where a metal ball rolled down and you hit it with a plastic bat, kind of like pinball -Pac Man (each level had a pattern, learn and remember the pattern and you could not lose) -Space Invaders -Galaga -8 Ball pinball machine The real appeal of video games was getting into “the zone”. No one existed but you. The universe was the machine. There was no sound, the mind was blank. All movements were unconcious, seemingly instinctual, and always right. A gamer in the zone was unbeatable. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/23 "2000-05-24T19:18:08Z")
\*\*-strider -final fight -knights of the round -magic sword -super sprint god bless mame. as for recent, i really dig **silent scope.** ---
**Author:** ![Sledman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Sledman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sledman)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/24 "2000-05-24T19:48:33Z")
Xevious 1941 Vanguard Rampage – Just fun destroying buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Thing\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/25 "2000-05-24T19:48:51Z")
Major Havoc. I wish I could find one now. Also Vanguard and Berzerk. John ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/26 "2000-05-24T19:56:39Z")
MAME is amazing. It is the single reason I finally went out and bought a computer. Rather than reiterate people’s lists which already include most of the games I have loved, I’ll try and expand upon them: Turtles Venture Track and Field Hypersports Ladybug I, Robot Jungle Hunt Donkey Kong (surprised no one mentioned it) along with DK Jr. and DK 3 Crossbow Mousetrap Popeye And many others too numerous to mention… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/27 "2000-05-24T20:02:10Z")
MAME? Clue me in. Another old, if obscure, favorite: The Three Stooges (move around Moe, Larry, or Curly, slap each other and/or not-so-innocent bystanders, throw pies- best part, it could be played with three people, each controlling a Stooge) ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/28 "2000-05-24T20:12:07Z")
**mame** is an arcade emulator for use on your PC. it essentially makes your computer behave like an arcade engine, thus allowing you to play arcade games at home. **mame** is probably the most popular arcade emulator around, as the selection of ROMs (games) seems to be the highest. you can download **mame** and other emulators, even console emulators, from sites such as [www.emux.com](http://www.emux.com) and [www.n64stud.com](http://www.n64stud.com). ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/29 "2000-05-24T20:26:26Z")
MAME is an emulator. Used in conjunction with the actual ROM files in any given arcade machine which are “dumped” from it’s circuit board with a device to a user’s hard drive, it reproduces the game on the computer, in most cases, exactly as the game played in the arcade. The Three Stooges is supported, along with over 2,000 other games covering everything from Pac-Man to Mortal Kombat. Check out [http://www.vintagegaming.com](http://www.vintagegaming.com) or [http://www.mame.net](http://www.mame.net) for the emulator itself, but you’ll also need the ROM files, which have a legality (or illegality for that matter.) akin to mp3’s, so you’ll have to hunt around the net for awhile to find them. Try a search for “MAME ROMS”. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/30 "2000-05-24T20:27:57Z")
Yea, John, the ‘ROMS’ are the actual code from the old machines. Because your average 'puter today is 100 time as powerful as the old games, you can play them on it. It is EXACTLY like the original game.( controlers, obviously, may be different) In addition to the above links, check [here](http://www.classicgaming.com/) or do a search on ‘MAME’ ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/31 "2000-05-24T20:31:30Z")
Defender Pac-man (Any of them) Spy Hunter Arkanoid Joust Donkey Kong And my personal favorite…POLE POSITION! I remember spending many happy days in hotels playing this one. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/32 "2000-05-24T20:37:45Z")
Defender Pac-man (Any of them) Spy Hunter Arkanoid Joust Donkey Kong And my personal favorite…POLE POSITION! I remember spending many happy days in hotels playing this one. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/33 "2000-05-24T20:39:38Z")
You can find some stuff on MAME on my site: [http://come.to/thecrackhouse](http://come.to/thecrackhouse) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/34 "2000-05-24T20:49:47Z")
Hey, thanks, folks. I learn something new every day. Like how to relive my youth! Way cool! BTW, Mojo- I tried to click through on your games-link, and it kept saying “page not found”. Is that a problem with my browser? (I read your readme, I swear!) ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/35 "2000-05-24T21:27:00Z")
The files on Tripod are accessable- it will take you to a Tripod page where you can download the file- there’s just an intermediary step. With the files on Yahoo/Geocities, those can’t be linked to from the outside (and I can’t access the editing for my old page so I can’t make changes) so you may be able to access by going to [http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/8461/](http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/8461/) and clicking on the games link. Please E-mail me if you have questions or further problems. ---
**Author:** ![Corixidae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@Corixidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corixidae)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/36 "2000-05-24T22:01:51Z")
I’m surprised no one has mentioned **R-Type** yet – one of my all-time faves, and the version out now for PlayStation is a very faithful rendition. And it allows for cheats so you can actually get pretty far even though you’re rusty for not playing it in years… I, Robot Defender Galaga Donkey Kong Xevious Arkanoid Nemesis (although maybe that was Game Boy only…?) ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/37 "2000-05-24T22:27:06Z")
I remember how exciting it was when I first located MAME on the internet. I thought, “ **This** is why God created the Internet!” I spent hours cruising the web downloading ROM after ROM after ROM after ROM. (My fave? Yi-ar Kung-Fu!) But then I realized that all those disclaimers on the ROM sites must exist for a reason. I certainly don’t want to tell anyone what to do, but realize that those ROM’s are _licensed_ pieces of software and you probably don’t have the right to use them. MAME (and MacMAME and all the other emulators) co-exist in the same shady universe as Napster… they allow you to do something that is, according to the letter of the law, **illegal**. Of course, I rationalized that, since I was unable to get my arcage-game fix anywhere else nowadays, it was OK. But, after a while, my concience got to me and I stopped. I don’t really care what any of you do… I just thought that the unbridled enthusiasm for MAME in this thread could use a little guilt. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/38 "2000-05-24T23:51:43Z")
While technicaly you are correct, If find the arguement a LOT less compelling re ROMS than MP3s. If you play Defender, Pac-Man, Berzerk etc… at home, You are not takeing ONE CENT out of the pockets of Williams, Midway, Stern, et al. These games are completely obsolete. Those companies are not still manufacturing them and MAME is therefore not competition. To be 100% correct, you can play the ROMS all you want, as long as you download them each time and delete them when finished. Napster is a bit different in that you can make the arguement that someone is being harmed by MP3 use a lot more credible. It’s illegal for your SO to go down on you in NC too. Going to abstain from oral sex whikle you are in that state? I bet not. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/39 "2000-05-25T08:56:25Z")
NBA Jam (and the various successors) NHL On Ice (I think that was the title) Vs. Baseball Vs. RBI Battlezone Some older stuff–there was an old submarine game, with a steering wheel, and you’d push a large button on the right side to fire torpedoes. You’d play against another player, with on two screens that faced away from each other, and each sub would become visible for periods of time (this was in the late seventies or early eighties). I know I’m not describing it well, and I have no idea what it was called. There was a really old gunfighter game (back in the days of pong). Each gunfighter could move around in his half of the screen, and he’d have six bullets. A covered wagon would move up and down vertically along the center of the screen, and would provide cover. I don’t remember what this was called either. Also, I loved air hockey and that stupid but incredibly fun “rod hockey game” that you see featured on the beer commercials (the one with the claymation like effects). I was VERY good at both of these. On the other hand, I sucked at most of the other games, particularly pinball and those damned “rollerball” games (I kept getting my palm caught trying to roll that ball too fast). I also was very fond of the Intellivision games: Sea Battle, Utopia, Boxing, Baseball, etc. In reading this post, it’s painfully clear I’m older than most of you… ---
**Author:** ![Koffing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Koffing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koffing)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2000, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396/40 "2000-05-25T09:31:23Z")
DRY wrote: > [@](#): > > \*\* > There was a really old gunfighter game (back in the days of pong). Each gunfighter could move around in his half of the screen, and he’d have six bullets. A covered wagon would move up and down vertically along the center of the screen, and would provide cover. I don’t remember what this was called either. > \*\* Boot Hill. > [@](#): > > \*\* > I also was very fond of the Intellivision games: Sea Battle, Utopia, Boxing, Baseball, etc. > \*\* Did you have Shark! Shark!? That game ruled. \*\* > [@](#): > > In reading this post, it’s painfully clear I’m older than most of you. > \*\* Remember Night Driver? That was a good old game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arcade-games/20396.md?page=3)