[algore]

[Atticus]

I liked Tron. The machine was in a bar and for the life of me I can’t remember whether it was local or while I was away at college.

[pnz1]

Centipede, Tetris, and DigDug.

[Ruger1099]

River Raid

[EEGator]

Worst arcade game:

Dragon’s Lair (50 cents to essentially watch yourself die...)

[FreedomPoster]

Space Wars. This was a predecessor to Asteroids (the ships were controlled the same), only it was a 2-player, PvP game.

https://oldgamesdownload.com/space-wars/

Later, my favorites were Missile Command, Defender, and Joust.

[LilFarmer]

Centipede

[38special]

Joust was pretty cool

[PROCON]

Frogger of course, I had the high score!

[No.6]

Too many to name in the video game category, except I never cared for the ‘memorize and execute pattern’ games like Pac-Man and Qbert (or the laserdisc games for same reason, but Dragon’s Lair was at least fun to watch.)

Most are better in emulation, especially the console compilation of play-alikes. The exceptions are the ones with specialized controllers (e.g. Star Wars, Marble Madness)

On the pinball front, Addams Family tops my list.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Add to the list Pitfall.

[dfwgator]

Rusty: Hey, ya' got Pac Man?
Cousin Dale: No.
Rusty: Ya' got Space Invaders?
Cousin Dale: Nope.
Rusty: Ya' got Asteroids?
Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.

[ealgeone]

Asteroids. I could be retired if I had the money I put into that game.

[Tijeras_Slim]

In the early 80’s I made high score on a Galaga game at an arcade in Ocean City MD. When I went back in 2007 it was still there. I was more surprised that the game worked.

[Vermont Lt]

Pinball Wizard.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Death Race (1976)

[AnglePark]

Galaga was my favorite, but I enjoyed a lot of them.

Had to pick up Arcade1UP’s Bandai Namco Legacy arcade cabinet. It’s pretty awesome — Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug and a lot more classics. Brings back a lot of great memories.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

REAL pinball with electromechanical bumpers, flippers, the spring-loaded knob you pull back, solenoids, relays, flashing incandescent lights, mechanical scorekeepers, and bells. And Tilt for when you got too, uh, boisterous.

NO electronic noises of any kind.

Those were the days.

I can’t remember the name of a single game, though.

[BlueLancer]

[ConservativeMind]

Targ
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targ_(video_game)

Battlezone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlezone_(1980_video_game)

Asteroids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game)

Pac-man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man

Donkey Kong
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donkey_Kong

And some really cool 3D helicopter game I can’t remember and can’t seem to find on the Internet.