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    Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME

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    • IanDaemon
      IanDaemon last edited by

      The admins may feel this thread is redundant, but I'm just stirring the pot and keeping people talking about games. My intent is to generate interest in emulation and build a healthy community through opinionated conversation.

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      • VictimRLSH
        VictimRLSH last edited by

        The Speed Rumbler
        Bosconian
        Tempest
        Robotron
        Elevator Action

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        • VictimRLSH
          VictimRLSH @langest last edited by

          @langest I love Bubble Bobble too, but I feel the NES version is much more of an improvement on the arcade so I didn't put it on my arcade list.

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          • UDb23
            UDb23 last edited by

            Golden Age favorites:
            City Connection (JP version)
            Pengo
            Missile Command
            Vanguard
            Arkanoid

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            • Dipkid
              Dipkid last edited by Dipkid

              Of the top of my head, Five favourite games I played in the wild/ games I remember the most from summer vaccations and the smoky shady backroom at the local videorental:

              Metal Slug
              Street Fighter 2
              Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (sit down candy cab style)
              Samurai Shodown
              After Burner II

              And yes, these are prob the games I still play the most..

              (A rarer game tip I didnt play IRL is Night Slashers (J). Its awesome.)

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              • sirhenrythe5th
                sirhenrythe5th @Dipkid last edited by

                • DoDonPachi (best SHMUP ever (imo))
                • Jackal / Top-Gunner (TopDown-Shooter with Jeep. Very playable)
                • Paperboy
                • Samurai Shodown II
                • Galaga ´88
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                • langest
                  langest @VictimRLSH last edited by

                  @VictimRLSH said in Five favorite MAME arcade games.:

                  Bubble Bobble

                  Not bubble bobble. Puzzle bobble, also known as bust-a-move.

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                  • IanDaemon
                    IanDaemon @Dipkid last edited by IanDaemon

                    @Dipkid Have you gotten Night Slashers to run well on the Pi? Just curious. It's a cool game that runs in MAME, but on my Pi setup it's "stutter-y". (I can't remember if it's isolated to the video or audio...or if it's both.) Should I be overclocking? I'm not sure if it's worth it. I don't want to do damage to the board with overheating.

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                    • arcadez2003
                      arcadez2003 last edited by

                      Paperboy
                      Bubble Bobble
                      Shinobi
                      Flying Shark
                      Night Slashers

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                      • arcadez2003
                        arcadez2003 @IanDaemon last edited by arcadez2003

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

                        @Dipkid Have you gotten Night Slashers to run well on the Pi? Just curious. It's a cool game that runs in MAME, but on my Pi setup it's "stuttery". (I can't remember if it's isolated to the video or audio...or if it's both.) Should I be overclocking? I'm not sure if it's worth it. I don't want to do damage to the board with overheating.

                        We now support Night Slashers in MAME2003+ and i have it on good authority it runs pretty good due to the older driver having speedups present to boost up
                        the games performance, one of my faves this game jump stomping an enemy midair driving em into the ground then kicking their head off never gets old :)

                        EDIT i forgot i added the same speedups for the DECO32 games to the Final Burn Neo core a while back so you might wanna try Night Slashers in that emulator also.

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                        • lilbud
                          lilbud last edited by

                          Puzzle Bobble / Bust a Move
                          Metal Slug
                          Windjammers
                          Frenzy
                          Phoenix

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                          • IanDaemon
                            IanDaemon last edited by IanDaemon

                            The local "Giant Eagle" (grocery) had a Rolling Thunder upright in the late 80s/early 90s and the local "Pizza Hut" (restaurant) had a Pac-Man cocktail cabinet. (Those two are burned into my memory although not personal favorites. They're good, but didn't make the list.)

                            City Connection is fun. (And I hate that cat.)
                            Robotron 2084 is a classic and awesome with a twin stick set-up.
                            All the Metal Slug games are fun even with the one-hit kills.

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                            • VictimRLSH
                              VictimRLSH @IanDaemon last edited by

                              @IanDaemon Have you played the NES version of Rolling Thunder? That is another game that was much improved on the NES. The pacing is much more exciting than the arcade version and you still get the awesome soundtrack.

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                              • IanDaemon
                                IanDaemon @VictimRLSH last edited by

                                @VictimRLSH I have not. I've played the arcades versions of RT and RT2. Now I have to take a look at the NES version.

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                                • backstander
                                  backstander last edited by backstander

                                  Probably my most played arcade games on actual arcade hardware from back in the day:

                                  Tron
                                  Mortal Kombat 1-3
                                  Final Fight
                                  Street Fighter II
                                  Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin'

                                  My favorite MAME games to play on RetroPie with my friends (I like co-op beat 'em up's!):

                                  Final Fight
                                  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
                                  Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
                                  The Simpsons
                                  Captain Commando

                                  One of the rarest arcade games I've ever played would have to be Time Traveler:

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                                  • Dipkid
                                    Dipkid @IanDaemon last edited by

                                    @IanDaemon on my pi 3s it runs good on lr-mame2010, one of the Japanese roms, since its not censored. 👍

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                                    • IanDaemon
                                      IanDaemon @Dipkid last edited by IanDaemon

                                      @Dipkid "Won't somebody think of the children." XD

                                      I remember seeing Time Traveler in the arcade at the "Monroeville Mall" back in the day. (southwest Pennsylvania, kinda northeast U.S.) That was pure magic to see in person as a kid.

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                                      • grant2258
                                        grant2258 Banned last edited by grant2258

                                        wonder boy
                                        Rygar
                                        Shinobi
                                        P.O.W ( prisoners of war)
                                        karnov or tiger road I lean more towards tiger road though to be honest

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                                        • Thorr69
                                          Thorr69 @backstander last edited by

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

                                          One of the rarest arcade games I've ever played would have to be [Time Traveler]

                                          Before it closed, a local arcade had Holoseum which was a street fighter style fighting game that used the same holographic hardware as Time Traveler. I can still hear some of the sounds in my head ("Drunk monkey!").

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                                          • IanDaemon
                                            IanDaemon @langest last edited by IanDaemon

                                            @langest

                                            Espgaluda
                                            espgal.zip with LR-FBNEO

                                            DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
                                            ddpdoja.zip with LR-FBALPHA2012

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