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Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME

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    IanDaemon @tpo1990
    last edited by 8 May 2020, 21:50

    @tpo1990 Those are some great titles.

    • I recently put Tapper on my cocktail cabinet and, although I find it a stressful game, it's great to have the "Budweiser" licensed version on my arcade cocktail (tabletop) cabinet.
    • Robotron: 2084 is a classic. I'm really glad I got that game working with two joysticks.
    • I bought the first "Arcade1Up" cabinet and it includes Rampage, Joust, and Gauntlet! (It also has Defender, but I find the original control scheme tough to use.)
    • 5 Favorite Arcade Games in MAME
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      Impman66
      last edited by 9 May 2020, 11:37

      A lot of my favourite games were on the Atari and Amiga, ported from original arcade games. So in no particular order;

      Donkey Kong
      Pac-Man
      Tempest
      Bubble Bobble
      Rainbow Islands

      Remember playing Tempest in the arcade, not having a clue on what I was doing (just spinning the spinner and firing - the equivalent of button mashing) yet managed to get the highest score :-)

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        tpo1990 @IanDaemon
        last edited by 11 May 2020, 05:14

        @IanDaemon Yes I feel that any arcade owner should at least have those classic titles. Defender is a cool game although I'm not a big fan of it. I also find it hard to use the control scheme.

        You could easily mention more than five great arcade games but those are the one that comes to my mind.

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          pjft
          last edited by 29 Jun 2020, 23:30

          Well, if necro-ing is allowed here, here are some of mine:

          • Final Fight
          • DoDonPachi
          • Elevator Action 2 (does the Rolling Thunder thing with a lot of style)
          • Bubble Bobble
          • OutRun

          If I only had 5 games on my setup, these would very likely be the ones. I love several of the ones that have been mentioned so far, and I left a handful out of the list, but I'm happy with this one.

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            Great_Snake
            last edited by 30 Jun 2020, 19:10

            Off topic, how do you add a topic to a post? I'm trying to ask a question and I can't add a topic, so I can't post.

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              Impman66 @Great_Snake
              last edited by 30 Jun 2020, 19:18

              @Great_Snake said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

              Off topic, how do you add a topic to a post? I'm trying to ask a question and I can't add a topic, so I can't post.

              If you click on the "in tray icon (the first one after the joystick. it shows unread topics, and you should see new topic there. You have to give it a category (help, projects) and assign soe tags in order to post.

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                Great_Snake @Impman66
                last edited by Great_Snake 30 Jun 2020, 19:25

                @Impman66 I appreciate the reply, and I see the tags, but still have no idea how to add a topic to my post.
                edit: Just got it, lol only took me half an hour.

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                  Rion
                  last edited by Rion 30 Jun 2020, 19:46

                  Final Fight "Loosely based on the movie Streets Of Fire (1984)"
                  Raiden DX
                  Gun.Smoke
                  Robotron 2084
                  Metal Slug X

                  FBNeo rom filtering
                  Mame2003 Arcade Bezels
                  Fba Arcade Bezels
                  Fba NeoGeo Bezels

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                    Clyde @Rion
                    last edited by 30 Jun 2020, 20:33

                    @Rion said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                    The Metal Slug series

                    Hey, no cheating! The topic clearly says "games", no series. ๐Ÿ˜œ

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                      Rion @Clyde
                      last edited by 30 Jun 2020, 22:39

                      @Clyde said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                      @Rion said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                      The Metal Slug series

                      Hey, no cheating! The topic clearly says "games", no series. ๐Ÿ˜œ

                      Opps. ๐Ÿ˜œ

                      FBNeo rom filtering
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                        Ashpool
                        last edited by 30 Jun 2020, 23:02

                        Really Tough, there are at least a dozen games that are on par with the following list of mine

                        • Phoenix
                        • Mappy
                        • Elevator Action
                        • Donkey Kong 3
                        • Hyper Sports

                        And nowadays (thanks to the lockdown situation of late) that my Daughter really loves to play 'em CoOp, i am inclined to switch 4/5 with (as 1/2):

                        • Bubble Bobble
                        • Bubble Bobble II (Bubble Symphony)
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                          james.milroy
                          last edited by 21 Jul 2020, 20:47

                          @IanDaemon Thought I'd add my tuppence worth:

                          In the arcade back in the day I'd play in no particular order:

                          Robotron
                          Gauntlet
                          Salamander
                          Star Wars
                          Outrun

                          On my bartop under mame I play:

                          Robotron
                          Nemesis/Gradius
                          R-Type
                          Salamander
                          Star Wars (on a dedicated cabinet with a yoke!)

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                            AdamBeGood @IanDaemon
                            last edited by 31 Jul 2020, 15:49

                            @IanDaemon said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                            @langest You can find out a little more here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/franchise/1588-dodonpachi
                            I really enjoy danmaku/bullet hell arcade games and CAVE makes some of the best. Psikyo is my other favorite for arcade shmups. A whole lot of CAVE games (and danmaku games in general) were released on Xbox over the years.

                            I've discovered Cave since I've had my Pi. Really love their games. I've got most of them running well now, Ibara is the only one that is a bit slow still but it is playable all the same.

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                              IanDaemon @AdamBeGood
                              last edited by 12 Aug 2020, 14:23

                              @AdamBeGood said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                              I've got most of them running well now, Ibara is the only one that is a bit slow still but it is playable all the same.

                              I could get working well:
                              DonPachi
                              DoDonPachi
                              ESP Ra.De.
                              Dangun Feveron / Fever S.O.S.
                              Guwange
                              Progear: Storm of Progear
                              DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
                              Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
                              Espgaluda

                              I could NOT get working well:
                              Mushihimesama
                              Ibara
                              Espgaluda II
                              Ibara Kuro: Black Label
                              Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara
                              Mushihimesama Futari
                              Muchi Muchi Pork!
                              Deathsmiles
                              Deathsmiles Mega Black Label
                              DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu
                              DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver 1.5
                              Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas
                              DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label
                              DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou

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                                AdamBeGood @IanDaemon
                                last edited by AdamBeGood 13 Aug 2020, 05:25

                                @IanDaemon If you install Mame2016 from source now you can underclock the games, which does give a performance boost (depending on how perfect you want things to be of course, but they become playable to a degree for sure). This was talked about here : retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/26807/deathsmiles-on-lr-mame2015-any-performance-tips

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                                  hooperre @sirhenrythe5th
                                  last edited by 13 Aug 2020, 12:16

                                  @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                                  • DoDonPachi (best SHMUP ever (imo))
                                  • Jackal / Top-Gunner (TopDown-Shooter with Jeep. Very playable)
                                  • Paperboy
                                  • Samurai Shodown II
                                  • Galaga ยด88

                                  How does Jackal compare to the NES version? I had that as a kid and didn't realize it was an arcade game.

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                                    sirhenrythe5th @hooperre
                                    last edited by sirhenrythe5th 13 Aug 2020, 13:15

                                    @hooperre and i did not know that there is a NES-Version :)
                                    So i cannot compare it, but i recommend to give the Arcade-Version a try, it is a great game IMO! I has got that special flow that makes you play it again and again ;)

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                                      IanDaemon
                                      last edited by IanDaemon 13 Aug 2020, 13:46

                                      @hooperre I thought Jackal was just an NES game. Maybe Nintendo of America pushed it or the arcade cabinets weren't released here?

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                                        hooperre @IanDaemon
                                        last edited by 13 Aug 2020, 15:23

                                        @IanDaemon

                                        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackal_(video_game)#Ports

                                        Interesting.

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                                          IanDaemon
                                          last edited by 1 Sept 2020, 00:16

                                          Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

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