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Blinger1
30-12-2009, 03:19 AM
Hey everyone,

I'm looking into building an arcade cabinet (it'll be like the minimame (http://www.minimame.com/)cabinet) but I need some good old school games to play. The cabinet will have (haven't decided whether it is 1 or 2 players yet) atleast 1 joystick and 6 buttons per person.

So I will need some suggestions for games, I was thinking of having these emulators: NES, SNES, Neo Geo, MAME, Sega Mega Drive, Turbo Grafx 16 and Atari so a bit of everything really. I may even include GBA roms as well if I want to play those.

P.S, I am serious about this.

+rep to all ideas.

Black_Apalachi
30-12-2009, 04:55 AM
what are you making an arcade machine?

Blinger1
30-12-2009, 04:56 AM
Yes... But it'll also have other emulators...

PaulMacC
30-12-2009, 04:59 AM
NES
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros II
Super Mario Bros III
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda II
Battletoads
Double Dragon
Contra
Final Fantasy
Megaman 1-5
Punch Out!
Metroid

SNES
Super Mario All Stars (Inc. World)
Final Fantasy II (4 in Japan at the time)
Final Fantasy III (6 in Japan at the time)
Chrono Trigger
Super Mario Kart
Super Contra
Earthworm Jim
F-Zero
Megaman 6-8
Super Punch Out!
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Megaman X
Super Metroid
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Castlevania IV

MegaDrive
Sonic 1-3
Sonic & Knuckles
Toejam & Earl
Ristar
Streets of Rage 1-3
Golden Axe
Phantasy Star II
Comix Zone
Gunstar Heroes
Vectorman I and II

Blinger1
30-12-2009, 07:01 AM
Thanks Paul. I've +repped you :)

Hiro
30-12-2009, 05:17 PM
SNES:
Star Fox

Mega Drive:
Road Rash

Jam
31-12-2009, 01:43 AM
Donkey Kong & Pac-Man.

FlyingJesus
31-12-2009, 01:50 AM
The biggest problem is "old school" doesn't by any means correlate with "good" :P There are really only a few that are still fun to play for more than the 5 minutes of nostalgia.

Mario games and Kirby games if you can be bothered can still be fun, there's a version of one of the Marios that's sped up 50% or something like that - my friend bought a load of ancient consoles and games and managed to get hold of that version, and it's more fun because it doesn't plod along so much as a lot of others do. That's for NES/SNES anyway, and get Duck Hunt if you get a gun for it because that can be a laugh.
For the others I only really know Megadrive, for which you will want Micro Machines (hell yeah) and Streets of Rage 2&3. 1 is kinda crap imo and you don't need to know the story of it for the others really. Earthworm Jim can be good as a platformer and comes on a few of the consoles as far as I know, I had it on Megadrive.

crazed
31-12-2009, 02:00 AM
NES
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros II
Super Mario Bros III
Kirby's Adventure
Legend of Zelda
Legend of Zelda II
Battletoads
Double Dragon
Contra
Final Fantasy
Megaman 1-6
Punch Out!
Metroid

SNES
Super Mario All Stars (Inc. World)
Final Fantasy II (4 in Japan at the time)
Final Fantasy III (6 in Japan at the time)
Chrono Trigger
Super Mario Kart
Super Contra
Earthworm Jim
F-Zero
Megaman 6-8
Super Punch Out!
Donkey Kong Country 1-3
Megaman X
Super Metroid
Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Castlevania IV

MegaDrive
Sonic 1-3
Sonic & Knuckles
Toejam & Earl
Ristar
Streets of Rage 1-3
Golden Axe
Phantasy Star II
Comix Zone
Gunstar Heroes
Vectorman I and II

Sums it all up really.

Oh wait, Duck hunt for nes, I loved that game, um, excitebike, donkey kong, ice climber, pac man,

Blinger1
31-12-2009, 02:04 AM
Thank you everyone, i've downloaded Pauls suggestions, and I'll get duckhunt, pacman (i think i have one already?) and a few of the others you guys suggested.

+rep :)

Hiro
31-12-2009, 03:46 PM
Yars' Revenge for the Atari. LOVED that game.
Asterix
Summer Games
Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle
Donkey Kong

Technologic
31-12-2009, 04:06 PM
You gotta have Micro Machines on the NES! Its such an awesome game

Hiro
31-12-2009, 06:11 PM
You gotta have Micro Machines on the NES! Its such an awesome game

And the Sega Mega Drive :D

Blinger1
01-01-2010, 10:44 PM
Hmm, robot wars.. Was that the game based on the TV that u had to control little robots in a ring and crush the other one? If so, what console was it on?

Hiro
02-01-2010, 02:31 PM
Hmm, robot wars.. Was that the game based on the TV that u had to control little robots in a ring and crush the other one? If so, what console was it on?

Xbox, PS2 and PC

Full name of the game: Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction

Judge Judy
02-01-2010, 04:49 PM
Xbox, PS2 and PC

Full name of the game: Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction
There's also one for Gameboy Advance 'cause I remember having it (though I can't remember the full title :()

Hiro
02-01-2010, 05:16 PM
There's also one for Gameboy Advance 'cause I remember having it (though I can't remember the full title :()

Yeah, I used to have that XD

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