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Arcade Poll: What game did you love that nobody else ever seems to remember?

Posted by Cuzzin Todd (aka cuzzintodd) Nov 6 '08, 11:58

Pengo

You were a penguin who pushed ice blocks around a maze, using them to clear exits and smash enemies against the wall to squish them.

Responses:

Death Race. Sea Wolf. -- nm - VMan Nov 6, 12:16
Lunar Lander and this weird little game where you were a space ship protecting a few triangles on a screen that other ships tried to come and take - pmb Nov 6, 12:14
I'm sure everyone played, but : Battlezone - oblique Nov 6, 12:13
WrestleFest -- nm - Shaun Nov 6, 12:12 2
- That was one of my B2 picks! Great game. Whither, Earthquake? -- nm - emoticripple Nov 6, 12:15 1
  - The Royal Rumble mode was the best. -- nm - Shaun Nov 6, 12:18
track and field cheating with my pocket comb. food fight. chopper command. elevator action. star trek. xeno something with the aliens. -- nm - Redmond Nov 6, 12:11
oh yeah, Karateka and also The Legend Of Kang (sp?) -- nm - zork Nov 6, 12:10
Atari Football (the arcade version with the trackball) (nm) - Brian Nov 6, 12:08
Oooo, also Gladiator -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 12:07
Bard's Tale. -- nm - Subversive Nov 6, 12:06 4
- ah, Bard's Tale. I had graph paper maps and everything for that -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:07 3
  - Heh - me and my brother used to "map" out games ourselves. We had notebooks full of stuff. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 6, 12:10 2
    - I remember making little tombstones on the map for where notable characters died. Did this for Wizardry too -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:11 1
      - Oh! Wizardry! Loved that one too! -- nm - Subversive Nov 6, 12:15
holy crap! i was going to post Pengo before i saw you im. -- nm - Redmond Nov 6, 12:06
I suppose this isn't the poll for me, because I recognize every game posted so far. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 12:06 1
- I recognize none at all. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 12:08
f-114. marble madness. jambo safari.... - x Nov 6, 12:06 3
- I *loved* marble madness. I bought mercury madness for the Wii because it reminded me of that -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:07 2
  - yeah, but you need the trackball to really get the feel...nm - x Nov 6, 12:10 1
    - the Wiimote makes the game very fun (tilting the table and such) -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:11
Oh, I also used to love one with the clown on the unicycle with a pin on his head where ballons dropped down and you had to pop them. - JaxSean Nov 6, 12:06
M.U.L.E. -- nm - Scorpion Nov 6, 12:06
Splatterhouse -- nm - zork Nov 6, 12:03
Journey (the band) video game, Zaxxon, Xevious, Rolling Thunder, Contra, Space Tactics, and.... - HdnAgnda Nov 6, 12:03 5
- Zaxxon! -- nm - zork Nov 6, 12:06
- Xevious was the other game I spent a lot of quarters on at Showbiz. Third would probably be Spy Hunter. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 12:05 2
  - Xevious is one of my person favorites. In my opinion, it's the reason MAME was invented. -- nm - Mop Nov 6, 12:07 1
    - We have that one one of those little hand-held plug into the TV systems. My son loves to play that -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:14
- Ooh, Contra was great. My answer is Metal Slug, except that I think it's still around -- nm - con_carne Nov 6, 12:05
Gorf. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 12:03 1
- Heh. I remember Gorf. Cool. -- nm - HdnAgnda Nov 6, 12:04
On the computer: Lode Runner -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:03 10
- Lode Runner, SpyHunter, Captain Goodnight, and Snoops or something where you snuck into houses in the dark. -- nm - Max Nov 6, 12:05 3
  - There was another one I played alot called Karateka or something like that -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:06 2
    - *SQUAWK! SQUAWK!* -- nm - Karateka attack bird Nov 6, 12:07
    - That was probably one of first legitamate games I bought on my Commodore 64. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 12:07
- space taxi, spy hunter, spy vs spy ... -- nm - Beryllium Nov 6, 12:05
- I bet 80% of STers had some version of Lode Runner at some point in their lives. - JaxSean Nov 6, 12:03 4
  - But the *original* Lode Runner on an Apple II? :) -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:04 1
    - Sure. and on the Commodore. And on IBM, Atari, tons of stuff. -- nm - JaxSean Nov 6, 12:08
  - I cleared it on Apple ][ and PC -- nm - zork Nov 6, 12:04 1
    - *high five* -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:05
Moon Patrol -- nm - CQ with a gravy boat Nov 6, 12:02
Gladiator -- nm - David Nov 6, 12:02 1
- Ooh, it's a wikipedia page now! -- (link) - David Nov 6, 12:04
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- Toobin' -- nm - znufrii -- least fighty poster Nov 6, 12:02
Dig-Dug. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Nov 6, 12:00 1
- also Max's favorite -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 12:00
at home, river raid. loved river raid! -- nm - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 12:00 2
- my "at home" favourite was Pitfall. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 12:00 1
  - *loved* Pitfall. -- nm - kare, late to the game Nov 6, 12:08
Mille Bornes -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 12:00 1
- oh, arcade. -- nm - loosilu Nov 6, 12:03
heh. Burgertime or Tapper -- nm - oblique Nov 6, 11:59
Gauntlet. (nm) - con carne SI Nov 6, 11:58
Hard Drivin' -- nm - Max Nov 6, 11:58 1
- Heard of it, didn't like it. -- nm - Will Hunting Nov 6, 11:59
*gasp* i loved Pengo! i totally forgot about it till you posted this, but i did love it. - Andie Nov 6, 11:58 3
- Sweet! You may be the first person to EVER remember it! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Nov 6, 12:00 2
  - i'll have to bring it up to my friend Leanne, i bet she's forgotten it to. -- nm - Andie Nov 6, 12:01
  - I remember Pengu. I loved the little dances he did between levels -- nm - zork Nov 6, 12:01

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