URGENT REQUEST to all arcade people!

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Kathy finally put this together while I was working today. Looks and works great! I got to 100,000 on Galaga my first try before killing all my guys intentionally so that I didn't burn dinner.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

Are ya gonna give ole Mappy a chance??

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I did! Half of the games are total shit I would never play twice. Mappy made the other half!

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

That makes an old mall cop happy and brings a tear to the eye.

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Look at this fucking selection, though. I know everyone here already knows, but god damn:

Ms. Pac-Man: One of the five best arcade games of all time.
Galaga: One of the five best arcade games of all time.
Dig Dug: A beloved classic. I think. I was never a huge fan, but it's fine.
Mappy: Heyyy, good ol' Mappy.
Rolling Thunder: Was a hit in the arcade. Haven't tried it yet to remember how it works.
Dig Dug II: Never played it. I'm guessing it's not that good, since you never hear about it?
The Tower of Druaga: I tried it once. Maybe the worst arcade game of all time? Am I judging it too quickly?
Rompers: A very bad take on Pac-Man. VERY bad.
Rally-X: I think I kinda liked this one when I played it before. We'll see.
Galaxian: Important, and way, WAY harder than the games that proceeded it. Nice to have.
Galaga '88: Joust 2 to Galaga's Joust. Subtraction by addition. Still, like Joust 2, fun every once in a while.
Pac-Mania: The very worst Pac-Man game that I could possibly even think of if I was trying to make one.

I guess it's not as horrible a collection as I felt it was at the beginning of this post, but I just got done playing Pac-Mania, Rompers and the Tower of Druaga. That'd leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth.

Anyway, Ms. Pac and Galaga are the whole point, and I am happy to be able to sit at a cocktail machine and play them for real.

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Rolling Thunder seems like an odd addition. Cool game but odd to throw it in this package.

I actually like Pac-Mania.. but probably only because I have memories of it first arriving at Putt-Putt. It's a cool game.. but shit man, Super Pac-Man is better in a lot of respects.

Galaga 88 I've played a lot of on TurboGrafx/PC-Engine. Very cool game. Even features the ruins of Bostonian in later levels; where you promptly died.

I also never played any of the gamed from DD2 to Rally X much either. Also, ICJ is much more of a Mappy man than me. I just couldn't get into the game like I could say Elevator Action.

It's a fun little thing you got to mess around with. Once you tire of the existing titles you can probably put whatever you want within reason on this setup.

I can't even rib you for playing arcade games on an LCD. I've probably spent more time repairing CRTs in my adult life than playing on them

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I think the chances I play anything other than Galaga and Ms. Pac on it after this week are in the 1-2% range. And that's fine. None of the other games I would want would work on it due to the limited control scheme. Asteroids with a joystick? ROBOTRON WITH ONLY ONE JOYSTICK??!!

Madness.