/vr/ - Retro Games

Robotron 2084

Joust Williams

That's gotta be Galaga for me
I was always disappointed when places had Galaxian instead of Galaga...
As a kid I always thought it was a cheap rip off of Galaga.

Rally X!

Is Spartan X pass the cutoff point? Yes, I know its Kung-Fu Master everywhere else, but fuck you, Spartan X just sounds cooler.

Mappy. That game's just too much fun, I enjoy playing the Famicom version once in a while.

>>1334243
Early 80s ends after 1984 so I'd say so.

I was shocked to learn that Kung Fu was called Spartan X in Japan and was based on a Jackie Chan movie.

>>1334205
Absolute classic. If you haven't played this on a CRT with proper dual stick controls you should do so at soon as possible.

Sinistar.

Why can't there be more blazingly fast physics-based shmups?

Galaga no contest.

>>1334212
>>1334301
these

Either Donkey Kong or Zoo Keeper.

>>1334291
>shmups
Kelly?

Three way tie: Phoenix, Robotron 2084 or Defender

>>1334350
Pardon?

It's a 2D shooting game where you control a spaceship. I know "shmup" probably isn't the right term for it, but can you think of a better genre name for free-flying spaceship games like Asteroids and Spacewar?

>>1334379
They're often called arena shmups.

>>1334379
Kelly Apicary.
How about astrolike?

>>1334192
God tier vector games aside I'd say Joust, mainly because of the two play co-op/competitive options

Burgertime or Jungle Hunt.

Burgertime is the best. Maybe Joust....

>>1334379
games like sinistar are called astroshumps or arena shumps or whatever related to have a gameplay similar to asteroids,its just a secondary type of shumps

Also,one of the best early arcade games will be Spess invaders,imo

>>1334192
Ms. PacMan is my favorite video game of all time

Star Force. Almost feels like cheating to mention this considering it barely even feels like an early 80's game.

>>1334192
The youth room in my church had a Pacman Jr. and 1942. I freakin' loved those.

Yie Ar Kung Fu. The original button masher.
I kind of knew joystick & button combinations performed specific strikes, but I just wailed on the buttons whenever I played.

Super Breakout
Paperboy
Joust
Sprint 8 (Pictured)
Atari Football

>>1335214
I almost forgot:
Star Wars
Tapper (Pictured)
Kung Fu
Punch-Out!!
Popeye
Mario Bros.

My favorite games in the arcades were Bubble Bobble which is more mid 80's I guess. Early 80's, Galaga hands down. That shit is just addictive!

>>1335214

But three of those are from the 70s

>>1334258

Well I don't know about any Jackie Chan movies, but it's obviously inspired by The Game of Death, the movie Bruce Lee was making when he died.

Which, by the way, is the best thing Lee ever did, and is also very video game-like. Highly recommend anyone watch the existing footage.

Motherfuckin Jailbreak!

Hard as shit but fun. I used to go to this summer camp and they had it in the clubhouse, this kid gary who went there had some kind of rainman-esque videogame capabilities and beat the game like 3x through on 1 life, he was like 12 and used to make this weird computery sound when he walked in the door somewhere that we went on trips that had tons of arcades, like roller rinks and shit, it think he was calling to his people to tell them that he had arrived. I wish I knew him now, he'd be ultimate to bro-op with.

The only arcade game with a body count. For real men only.

I enjoy Frenzy as well.