# What was your favorite old arcade game? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 17, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786 "2000-08-17T21:23:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/21 "2000-08-17T22:16:58Z")
> [@](#): > > And please help me. I loved a game in which you were a paint roller and had to outline blocks within a larger block. Once you outlined them, they would be colored in. I can’t remember much else about it. Does anyone remember this game, and more importantly, what its name is? I’m not spekking it right, but I think it was pronounced “Quix”. I was pretty good at it. I loved playing Galaga, Tetris, Spy Hunter, and Disks Of Tron. I totally kicked ass at Elevator Action. ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/22 "2000-08-17T22:21:42Z")
Quix was a similar concept (there were actually a couple other games that used the same “cordon off a box” concept) but it wasn’t the one that Monster was refering to. I used to have it for the Atari 800 XL. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/23 "2000-08-17T22:27:06Z")
Thanks guys for your help. Qix is the game where you free-form draw your lines. The paint roller one has pre-defined lines you traced. Does that help any? ---
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/24 "2000-08-17T22:27:35Z")
Tron was good, but my all time favorite is Discs of Tron. The environmental version just rocks. And the sequel to sinistar, Blasteroids. That was fun. ---
**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/25 "2000-08-17T22:27:57Z")
\*\* Asteroids!!! \*\* Recently, I found a place with the original arcade machine–sounds, bright white lights, and all. I blew all the money I borught for food on that machine instead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/26 "2000-08-17T22:32:14Z")
My favorite was the old Frogger. The second favorite would have to be Q-Bert. I just loved the sound he made when he jumped to a new square. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/27 "2000-08-17T22:33:34Z")
[I found it!!](http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/amidar.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/28 "2000-08-17T22:34:25Z")
Two others I forgot to mention: The original Star Wars game (The one with the vector graphics). Hearing Han Solo tell you your proton torpedo shot was “One in a million, kid!”, then watching the Death Star blow up…too damn cool. Tempest: I can’t believe I forgot to mention this one, esp. since it was already mentioned about three times in this thread! I loved the way Tempest gave you a fireworks display after your game was over; the higher your score, the more elaborate your fireworks show was. Most games, PC, console, or arcade, simply don’t have that much class. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/29 "2000-08-17T22:46:52Z")
My all-time favorite had to be **Crazy Climber**. I loved that game. I could kick all my friends patooties at it. My second favorite was **Mappy**. I also enjoyed **Moon Patrol** and **Time Pilot**. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/30 "2000-08-17T22:50:40Z")
I would also like to say that games from the 80’s _kick the ass_ of today’s games. Today, it’s all about graphics and special moves that you only know by buying cheat books. Back then it was all about GAMEPLAY. Think of the greatest video game of them all, PacMan. It was incredibly simeple in concept, and only one joystick for control! But it ate quarters like crazy. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/31 "2000-08-17T22:59:33Z")
Galaga QBert Tempest Off topic a bit: But the best game of all – circa who knows when is the old game of Skee Ball. You can still find Skee Ball at a local arcade that has games from 50+ years ago and of course, Chucky Cheese. The secret is banking the ball. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/32 "2000-08-17T23:14:08Z")
Monster, I think that was Amidar. ( is that what you found? too lazy to follow the link:)) This game called Reactor kicked ass, particularly if the sound was CRANKED! It was like a pulse. I’ve played it on M.A.M.E., but the mouse isn’t as good as a trackball. I love these old games! BLOCKOUT was fantastic. 3D Tetris, and I could play for 1/2 an hour on a quarter. Oddly, I wasn’t that good at Tetris. **SIGH** Think I’m gonna fire up M.A.M.E. now… ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/33 "2000-08-17T23:54:55Z")
**Volfiev** (probably misspelled). Also, **Elevator Action**. ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/34 "2000-08-18T00:02:36Z")
Xevious, Karate Champ, Ikari Warriors, Gladiator, Gunfight, Frontline, Venture, Phoenix, Some racing game where you ran over zombies, Mousetrap, Dragon’s lair. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/35 "2000-08-18T00:05:37Z")
Galaga. But only when I’m at the Union Bar & Grill in Athens, OH, and drunk on Schlitz. I absolutely despise video games any other way. Mostly because I’m the only person I know who has never beaten Super Mario Bros. It’s a bit of sore point. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/36 "2000-08-18T00:12:35Z")
A few others I remembered from the old days: Super Konami Basketball Marble Madness Zoo Keeper (only saw it in once, you had to wall in a load of zoo animals) Food Fight (the best!) I also loved Time Pilot and Phoenix. Wow, this thread really took me back. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/37 "2000-08-18T00:52:31Z")
It had that “Chicken! Come back and fight like a robot!” voice. Very corny yet cool. That game had a built in “cheat diode”. If you were doing to well a bouncing head named “Oscar” would bounce all over the screen until it hit you and wiped you out! Very unfair! Very dismal graphics, yet a very compelling game! **RUNNERS UP** _Moon Patrol_ Only saw this game in one place, the entry way of a Super Value grocery store. I’d actually volunteer to go shopping with my ma just for the chance to play this. _Punch Out_ (the original, not the Mike Tyson version) This game had personality, with all it’s different characters. _Jokers Wild Pinball_ best Pinball game of the '80s! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@The\_Raven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/38 "2000-08-18T01:09:35Z")
For many years I had the song for Frogger stuck in my head. Its mostly from when my dad was addicted to Q\*bert, so he’d sit me on the nearby Frogger tabletop style machine to keep me busy. We eventually got an Atari and learned the wonders of Space Invaders, Tennis, and so on. And now he wonders why he can never get my brothers and I off the machines… ---
**Author:** ![poohpah\_chalupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/91b2a8/32.png) [@poohpah\_chalupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poohpah_chalupa)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/39 "2000-08-18T01:14:22Z")
A buddy of mine and I used to play that domed hockey game (like the one in the beer commercials) every day, every break, every lunch when we both worked in a mall… **every day, man** …how many hookers could we have bought with those quarters. A pinball game called _Black-Out_. And, yeah, Tempest rocked. There was also this trivia game that another friend of mine and I shorted out. Literally. After playing for an extended period of time, the screen started going haywire and blacking out (I don’t think that was part of the game). ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2000, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786/40 "2000-08-18T01:25:17Z")
Just to name a few… [ul][li]Sinistar[/li][li]Defender[/li][li]Satan’s Hollow[/li][li]Asteroid[/li][li]Robotron 2084[/li][li]Tron[/li][li]Galaga[/li][li]Qix[/li]Frogger[/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favorite-old-arcade-game/29786.md?page=3)