/vr/ - Retro Games

Sega. It's not a very interesting answer, but it's true.

Sega or SNK. Capcom is a good shout too

I have a soft spot for Namco myself. Taito is pretty underrated in my opnion.

>>8533994
ATARI and this >>8534019

>>8533994
Sega and Namco are legends

>>8533994
In the 3D era Sega. Late 2D era probably Capcom.

Top class beat em up Tekken 3
Top class racer Ridge Racer
Top class shooter Point Blank

>>8534072
Gay retard.

>>8534076
Shit-for-brains homo.

>>8533994
SNK

I find segas catalogue to be boring and somewhat gay. Technos and Konami are neck and neck for 80s shit, Capcom ruled the 90s, and Namco was consistently the best from '79 to '09.

Midway

>>8533994
Bally Midway

>>8534119
You are my brother.

Sega
Taito
Namco
SNK
Konami
Capcom
If you saw those names, you were going to be in for a good time

>>8534021
I feel like they kind of lost their touch after the mid 80s, besides Rush.

>>8534072
>Tekken 3
>beat em up
back to where you came from

>>8534131
Based. Allow me to continue in that vein:
>Fabtek (I like greentext it's not ironic)
>Romstar
>Data East
>Williams

>>8534139
You must be a zoomer or ESL. Either way this isn't the board for you.

Sega NEVER had a big Arcade hit that sold as well as Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Street Fighter. NAMCO and CAPCOM ate the KINGS. These games sold 5x to 10x more cabinets than Virtua Fighter. Tongue my anus with your Sega shit

>>8534168
But Service Games is the oldest company that isn't Nintendo and SEGA had tons of electro-mechanical games.
tl;dr yer a fag

>>8534139
It was a Bringbong thing.
>>8534168
Pretty sure there was an Outrun cabinet in every corner of the world.

>>8534143
>Romstar
They were really more of a distributor for smaller arcade developers than didn't have their own U.S. branches.

>>8534174
>They were really more of a distributor for smaller arcade developers than didn't have their own U.S. branches.
Yeah yeah and you can say the same for the list you gave too, you know. Yes, they sometimes farmed things out, but you are correct.
The point is that when you saw "Romstar" with its great logo and cool name, you knew you were in for a good time. Sky Shark is a good one that was "made" by them. I think they did the cabinets, man.

>>8533994
SNK

>>8534168
You can have an ultra-hit. Or you can have several big hits, which is also meritorious Sega is more in the second category.

>>8534143
>>Williams
If we're looking at pinball, then yeah, Williams was pretty fucking based

>>8534225
>If we're looking at pinball, then yeah,
Yes. Legendary even. But now that you mention it, Defender is way up there.

>>8534168
>Sega NEVER had a big Arcade hit that sold as well as Pac-Man, Space Invaders, Street Fighter.
Are we forgetting that Daytona was a thing?

>>8534008
/thread
in both overall sales and audience popularity

>>8534210
>NBA Jam and MK absolutely mogging Sega
fuckin kek. Midway bros we can't stop winning. Sega chumps on suicide watch

>>8534204
This.
Capcom and SNK were the two big ones for a long fucking time.
What you like/don't like is subjective, but both of them were the best arcade game producers ever.

>>8534259
>overall sales
>audience
Check again. Cope, seethe, etc. Your head cannon means jack shit >>8534210

>>8533994
Despite all the shitflinging over Sega, Konami, Namco, Taito, etc. We can all agree apart from a single game (not even developed by them) Nintendo's arcade presence is basically irrelevant.

What is it about Sega that attract so much salt anyway? They made some fun games, even if they fucked up their console division.

>best bumps
technos
>best run n guns
SNK
>best fightan
capcom tied with SNK
>best racers
atari
>best shmups
taito
>best puzzler
taito
>best golden age era
namco
>best modern era
namco

>>8534303
Hi zoomer

Midway so prolific and popular Lou Reed wrote a song about their games

>>8534313
Donkey Kong fever? No. Pac-Man fever. Nintendoculture? No. Protoculture.

>>8534263
Only in the US. If we take into account worldwide gross it's another story.

>>8534359
>posting edited wiki screenshots
extreme cope
sega bros...

>>8534168
OutRun and Daytona are two of the highest grossing arcade cabinets ever made. SegaBros can’t stop winning

>>8534365
Did Nakayama fuck your mom or something? Jesus calm down

>>8534387
>u-u-ur mom!!!
Fuckin KEK. Log out of your browser son, you lost this one. Midway CHADS win again

Namco and Capcom

>>8533994
Namco easily.

>>8534506
>>8534510
What's the deal with "Namcot" as opposed to Namco?

>>8534117
>Namco was consistently the best from '79 to '09
might be Namco as the best of all time then.
From Pacman to Soul Calibur they really had some of the best in their respective genres

>>8534008
This. It's really not up for debate.
Namco is second for me.

>>8534585
Namcot was a division used exclusively for console games for a while.

>>8534610
thank you!

>>8534204
As much as I love SNK they really didn't have much to their name outside of fighters.
No driving cabs, no gun cabs. Very forgettable beat 'em ups, shmups, and puzzle games too.

But they are always will be the king of fighters (pun in intended)

>>8534614
>no gun cabs.
They made Mechanized Attack and two Beast Busters.

>>8533994
Sega. Hands down.

>>8534119
Early Midway, yes. Late midway, no.

>>8534705
>Late midway, no.
The hell is wrong with a lineup of NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Hydro Thunder, Cruisn USA, and WrestleMania?

>>8534748
Sports games are for normies, Cruisin’ USA is a shitty version of Daytona and Wrestling is for fags. Easy

>>8534008
This.
The Naomi and board right before that were so good it's not even a contest.

Basically for me:
Sega
Capcom
SNK
Nacmo

It's Sega and Capcom.

Followed by Namco, Taito and Atari.

>>8534943
Hydro Thunder alone is reason enough

>>8533994
Capcom

>Pac-Man
>Galaga
>Dig-Dug
>Devious
>Mappy
>Druaga
>Metal Hawk
>Splatter House
>Star Blade
>Ridge Racer
>TEKKEN
Namco wins hands down, ez pz. Was any other company even trying?

>>8535603
>>Druaga
What? That game sucks and is slow as sloths fucking.

>>8535638
Zoomzoom keep moving

>>8535895
it's a terrible game, sonny boy.

>>8535638
It’s not a masterpiece but it’s an important and influential game regardless

>>8536034
I can accept that.

>>8534168
are you maybe forgetting about fucking Daytona USA?

Williams made Robotron 2084, therefore my answer is Williams

>>8536056
Double grip based

>>8536049
It can't compete.
Not even a fraction of the revenue generated, or cabinets sold compared to the Big Three. Pac-Man, Invaders, SF2 are in an entirely different realm that will never be seen again

Before the 3d and fighting game era Irem was one of the best

>>8534145
You got exposed, no need to further embarass yourself.

>>8533994
>best arcade games
1. Capcom
2. Snk
3. Sega
4. Taito
5. Data fucking east

I'm giving it to Namco for Galaga, Mappy, Dig Dug, Pac-Land and Point Blank.

>>8535638
>he didn't get the boots on floor 2
lol
The game is great. I bet you couldn't figure out how to use the sword properly either, huh?
I figured this stuff out when I was 4. Try attempting to learn a game before you piss yourself next time.

>>8534303
>Nintendo's arcade presence is basically irrelevant.
it was never relevant. even more so when people discovered that all of nintendo's popular arcade games were programmed and engineered by outside contractors, because nintendo had no programmers and no computer hardware specialists.

>>8536525
Swap Taito and SNK around and I agree.

>>8536525
what games did taito and data east make? Can't imagine them being better than Namco's catalogue