Ideal arcade room?
 

A short visit to the local bowling alley left my friend and I depressed and withered in a profound way. We've all seen ourselves in dingy, run-down, half-assed arcades in the past, right? You know the kind -- where half the machines don't work and the ones that do break down after only a few quarters are pumped in? The sorry state of affairs at this particular bowling alley (where the floor made a funny squeaking sound and the girl working at the counter seemed a pay-cut away from suicide) made me realise that the abuse and neglect of classic arcade machines should be outlawed.

Amid the devastation, I counted that roughly half the machines were either not working properly or completely non-functional. Only one side of the Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 console was in working order, the Ms. Pac-Man cabinet was suffering from some serious screen problems, the Air Hockey table could only manage to register one player's score and not the other...And, to top it all off, they had apparently taken a run-down Super Street Fighter II cabinet (complete with dirt, grime and cigarette burns) and hardwired it to play Marvel vs. Capcom. Ugh...

In any event, I began dreaming about my ideal arcade -- a magical place where all the machines work, the lights are appropriately dimmed and a nice Bon Jovi song plays on the loudspeaker forevermore. And as for arcades, well, there would only be room for the best of the best...

Super Battletoads
The Simpsons
Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
Street Fighter II: Turbo
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
Super Street Fighter II Turbo

Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Paperboy
Terminator II: Judgment Day
Bubble Bobble
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TMNT: Turtles in Time
Mario Bros.
Lucky and Wild


I might add more when they come to mind. What arcade games would you see in your ideal arcade?

My Ideal arcade would have every game. The good, the bad, the ugly, whatever. Can't have 'em all? Don't look at me! I'm just a simpleton.
ACK! The light! It burns! *Burrow*

Cool topic! I would want everything you mentioned Ecto Jedi, with these added:

1. Alien VS Predator the arcade game
2. Jurassic Park arcade game, where you have the gun controllers and shoot the 3-D dinosaurs. It was very fun, and the graphics were good if I remember correctly.
3. Air Hockey table
4. Laser Tag room
5. Go Carts outside

I'd add Sonic 1 to your list Ecto Jedi. Only thing I'd change is there would be no Bon Jovi playing;)

Add Smash TV, Tekken 1-5, and Soul Calibur 1-3 to the list.:)

And a whack a gator machine with the mallet.

I'll pretend I didn't hear that. :lol:


Oh, and I suppose no gameroom could be complete without a few of the classics thrown in for good measure...

Pong
Asteroids
Defender
Joust

And here are a few more of my personal favourites...

KLAX
Toobin'
Arch Rivals
Hit the Ice
Rampage


That, and a few vending machines. Gaming and candy bars go together like cookies and creme. :D

That reminds me of an editorial I wrote a while back.

http://wii.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=6369

I won't be happy until I own a Super Mario Bros Arcade cabinet.

Mmmm.... Candy bars.:) Drink machines too, we must have Pepsi (or Coke, which ever you prefer). Oh, and how about a claw machine with plush toys? They could all be video game character plushies.

Pinball machines would be cool too.

A snack bar would be very good. Ice Cream, hamburgers, tacos, pizzas, milkshakes....:)

Hmmm. This is a good thread. Nice one, Ecto. The ones I would personally like to have are...

Original Star Wars Arcade
Any DDR
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, Shadow over Mystara
Silent Scope 2
Metal Slug 3
Time Crisis 2
Captain America & The Avengers (Iron Man FTW!)
Marvel vs Capcom
Rampage World Wour
Star Wars Trilogy

I'm sure I could come up with more, but I love these ones the most.

Dude,
X-Men
Avengers
Bucky O'Hare
Marvel Vs Capcom
Marvel Vs Capcom 2
Star Wars Trilogy
Die Hard (First game with the inmovie action thing, ala RE4)
TMNT
TMNT In Time
Simpsons

I agree about the soft drinks 100%, but I'm getting really annoyed of pop in cans and bottles. I know I'm not the only one who, once in a while, gets an insidiously mysterious craving for some good ol' fountain pop. :D Moreover, I'm not a very big fan of claw games, but I agree -- a claw machine with plushies actually worth getting would be a nice addition.


Again, I've never been a big pinball player, but a nice Terminator II pinball machine would be nice. Oh, and one of those Williams Star Wars Episode I video pinball consoles I remember reading about.

Well, ain't nothing wrong with 'dat -- unfortunately, though, most of the machines would probably get covered with pizza sauce and all sorts of goopy sh*t. Still, there's always something to be said about scarfing down a nice slice of pizza while laying the smack down on Street Fighter II. :)

Skee Ball!!!!

Both TMNT games
Alien Vs Predator arcade
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Super Mario Bros
Double Dragon 1 & 2 (Anyone who has played the NES versions and liked them will LOVE these, though definitely not 3)
Simpsons
Raiden DX
Aero Fighters 3
Superman
Area 51 (the original)
Classic Rampage
Marvel vs. Capcom 2

There was also one fun game I played back in the day but I don't know the name of it. Instead of a life bar you had HP and it was basically just a normal side scrolling fighting game. Anyone who can identify it I'd appreciate it

Great thread idea. Here are mine (in no particular order, and probably missing some):

4-slot Neo Geo MVS (with King of Fighters 98, Puzzle Bobble 2, Art of Fighting 3, and Metal Slug (any version))
Guitar Freaks, Pop'n Music, and DDR, all kept up to date with the latest releases
Mortal Kombat II
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Tekken 2
Tekken Tag Tournament
Soul Calibur
Bubble Bobble
Donkey Kong
Mr. Do!
Mappy
Sinistar
Police Trainer
Point Blank
Final Fight
The Punisher
Batman Forever (ST-V)
Puyo Puyo 2
Initial D
Skee Ball

Perhaps these would fit in nicely as well...

Rampart
Marble Madness
Street Fighter: The Movie
Killer Instinct 1 and 2
Alien 3: The Gun
OutRun
Centipede
Galaga
Spy Hunter
Star Wars Episode 1 Racer

Oh, and anyone know the name of that monster truck racing game (similar to Championship Sprint in graphics and gameplay) that had steering wheels for control, with room for three players?

Nice thread. Here's what I'd like to see:

-Mortal Kombat 2
-Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
-Street Fighter Alpha 2 and 3
-Soul Calibur
-Jurassic Park Pinball
-DDR Extreme
-Top Skater
-Frogger
-The Punisher
-Point Blank
-Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move 4
-Tekken Tag Tournament
-Crazy Taxi
-A few of those claw games with prizes

Dude, Crazy Taxi! So amazing in the arcade, so lame elsewhere. I remember playing at the arcade until that Offspring song was tattooed to my brain for a month.

Yah-Yah-Yah-Yah-Yah!

Nothing like watching the priest bail out on the asphalt at 60Mph while flying off the cliff under the helicoptor. Wonderful arcade game.

Oh wow I can't believe I didn't think of crazy taxi, thats the game I play the most when I go to an arcade.

They've got Crazy Taxi in the arcade in my college:D If no one's said it yet, Time Crisis would be cool too. Pretty easy game but still great.

If I could have one game in an arcade that I don't think actually has an arcade version it'd be Guitar Hero with two guitar controllers.

Guitar Hero would be awesome in an arcade, but they'd need to heavyweight those controllers, they'd probably get destroyed in an arcade.

Midway's 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge. Awesome game.

Although I haven't played Guitar Hero, I'm a big fan of Guitar Freaks. GF has had an arcade version since 1998, so an arcade version of GH could definitely work.

Krang, you should totally play Guitar Hero. It blows Guitar Freaks out of the water.

It does look fun from what I've seen, so I'll try it out eventually. I'm not so sure about it topping the Guitar Freaks series, though, especially considering Guitar Freaks V and the upcoming Guitar Freaks Masterpiece Silver. ;)

We should have it limited to 10 or so

1)Super Mario Bros
2)Donkey Kong
3)Street Fighter 3 Zero Upper
4)Marvel vs Capcom 2
5)Asteroids
6)NBA Jam
7)Time Crisis 3 (or Point Blank)
8)Mario Kart
9)Guitar Freaks
10)That Virtual Boxing game, I forget what it's called

Speaking of Mario Kart, I remember hearing awhile back that Mario Kart was coming to the arcade soon. Has there been any updates on that?

Here's mine...

Final Fight
TMNT: The Arcade Game
Skee Ball
Air Hockey
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Time Crisis 2
Donkey Kong
Mario Bros
Dig Dug
Mercs
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
House of the Dead
F-Zero AX
Cruisin' USA

That's all I can think of right now.

it's been out... played it in a canadian arcade at pacific mall in toronto. can't say i liked the controls much, but whatever i'm a huge mario wanker.

Man, I've never seen it. I want to try it!

I happened to stumble upon this very cabinet during a recent trip to Halifax. I believe it's called Off Road, if my memory serves me correctly. Mystery solved!

Played it, hated it. Too simplistic, bad course design, and dumbed down items to an extreme. Stick with Konno and crew's Mario Kart DS.

Still, I want to try it.

Back to the Future pinball. It's a damn shame they couldn't get Michael J. Fox's likeness on the cabinet, though. :roll:

I've always loved Virtual On. I couldn't have a room without Virtual On.

Or DDR.

Or X-Men and the TMNT game.

AND FIGHTMANIA!

WATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!

Here are some more classic titles worth mentioning. :)

1942
1943
Punch-Out!!
Super Punch-Out!!
Pole Position
Pole Position II
Nintendo PlayChoice

And just for curiosity's sake, let's throw one of these in the corner...
Professor Pac-Man

Hopefully my living room in my new house.

I currently have The Simpsons and TMNT 4 player cabinets.
Plus Turtles In Time, X-Men, Vendetta, Bucky O Hare, PCB's.

Including slot machines and pinball machines.

Plus My wide screen TV with my Nes, Snes, Megadrive, MegaCD, PSone, PS2, XBox, Master System, Xbox360, GameGear, Gameboy Advance, Gameboy DS, N64, NeoGeo CD, NeoGeo AES, NeoGeo Pocket Colour, Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Gamecube and I won't even start with the games.

Then all I need is a Pool table.

Even got a bunch of Neon Signs, will have to put them up too.

Should be nice.

When Its all done I'll post some pics.

Please do -- it sounds fantastic.

Oh yeah, foosball. Just tried it for the very first time a few days ago, and I can see myself totally getting into it with a bunch of friends.

Oh! And I can't believe I neglected to mention this one -- an air-hockey table. Unequivocally the most fun piece of equipment at an arcade that doesn't have a graphics board. :D

If i could have a little arcade in my home, it would have to have:

Aliens vs Predator Arcade Game
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Captain America and the Avengers
X-men
Double Dragon

Other games i wouldnt mind owning would be

Time Crisis 2
Time Crisis 3
Star Wars Trilogy
Jurassic Park

Maybe one or two pinball games, like the Star Wars Episode 1 pinball and World Cup 94.

Good thread, ive actually looked into buying an arcade game the past year, but the local ones didnt have any of the above mentioned must haves. Ive found some over the internet, but right now i dont have the money to have any shipped out my way.