@Moose Assuming it’s a typical JAMMA board, I’m sure you can just buy a replacement for cheap? Edit: nevermind, I see they are like $650 Vintage stuff isn’t cheap, damn!
@jsh139 It’s a Midway 8080 board, which is actually two boards stuck together, that apparently had a bunch of different model numbers that may or may not make a difference, but are all hard to find online anyway. I’m taking it into an arcade repair shop that thankfully still exists, I’m really hoping I’m lucky and it’s just a capacitor that is broken, but I have a feeling it’s just way too corroded.
I was never able to figure out the mechanics as a kid. You could hop to some squares, sometimes, which was sometimes good or bad … that was about as far as I got.
Tetris is not, strictly speaking, a classic arcade game, and certainly not first wave classic like the others in this poll. It appears that, even when it was in the arcades, it was there in the late 80s – looks like 1988.
@stinks Was Tetris even in the arcades? It’s a home console game. Ah, yes, Commodor 64 and IBM PC. I had the PC one, admitting my age. I was a kid at the time though…
I wish I hadn’t sold my Mortal Kombat machine. It was an original 1992 MK1 dedicated 25" cabinet. Had MK2 and Killer Instinct PCBs that I would swap out. It was getting expensive to maintain, and it took up a lot of space. I’m sure it would be worth a pretty penny today.
Stargate.
Not super simple, but still a great old coin-operated arcade game from the old days. Not really playable on Mame though as it needs to full slate of controls.
I played multiple tokens worth of Burger Time on Friday. It was fantastic.
@ChadP There are still arcades where the games take tokens? Old skool! Most, if not all, around here have moved over to the dumb swipe cards.
I’ve spent the last week or so trying to clean up this old
Deluxe Space Invaders cocktail table.
Storage has not been good to it.
The screen has the score labels burned in which I think is kinda neat
Unfortunately the PCB still needs work.
@Moose Assuming it’s a typical JAMMA board, I’m sure you can just buy a replacement for cheap? Edit: nevermind, I see they are like $650
Vintage stuff isn’t cheap, damn!
@jsh139 It’s a Midway 8080 board, which is actually two boards stuck together, that apparently had a bunch of different model numbers that may or may not make a difference, but are all hard to find online anyway. I’m taking it into an arcade repair shop that thankfully still exists, I’m really hoping I’m lucky and it’s just a capacitor that is broken, but I have a feeling it’s just way too corroded.
@Moose Yeah, that looks really gross. Can’t hurt to try and clean it.
Major Havoc was pretty addictive and fun (but also in the second wave of games not one of the original super easy ones)
I truly hope that we end this poll with zero votes for Q*bert. That game is hard!
I was never able to figure out the mechanics as a kid. You could hop to some squares, sometimes, which was sometimes good or bad … that was about as far as I got.
foiled!
@dave I downloaded it for my PS4 a couple of weeks ago. My coordination has deteriorated in the last 30 odd years.
The original: Space War!
Tetris is not, strictly speaking, a classic arcade game, and certainly not first wave classic like the others in this poll. It appears that, even when it was in the arcades, it was there in the late 80s – looks like 1988.
Space Invaders is 1978. Asteroids is 1979. Frogger is 1981. Even Q*bert and Burger Time are 1982.
Apples and oranges, Holmes. Why not throw in Tamagotchis next time? :sigh:
Though I do have that danged Tetris music stuck in my head now.
Korobeiniki!
@stinks Was Tetris even in the arcades? It’s a home console game. Ah, yes, Commodor 64 and IBM PC. I had the PC one, admitting my age. I was a kid at the time though…
@Fuzzalini @stinks I thought it hit the mass market as a GameBoy game.
@Fuzzalini Yep, it was in the arcade in the late 80s. Check that last link:
https://retro-video-gaming.com/2015/04/13/atari-tetris-arcade-from-1988/
/image Yars’ Revenge
Missile Command was one of my favs, but never got to play it on Atari…a bit before my time.
I wish I hadn’t sold my Mortal Kombat machine. It was an original 1992 MK1 dedicated 25" cabinet. Had MK2 and Killer Instinct PCBs that I would swap out. It was getting expensive to maintain, and it took up a lot of space. I’m sure it would be worth a pretty penny today.
Hours spent in front of Galaxian
@Milyvan1 Galaga was my bane…
Pong.
Tempest… best 80’s arcade game ever!!!
I guess Ms Pacman.
Stargate.
Not super simple, but still a great old coin-operated arcade game from the old days. Not really playable on Mame though as it needs to full slate of controls.
@dude I only know the TV shows so I looked it up. 2nd generation Defender sounds pretty fun!
Also found a download link:
https://www.old-games.com/download/2893/stargate
@jml326