Does anyone remember the arcade game, "Jungle King" ?
I'm almost positive that was the name...(Early 80s)
It was one of my favorites... the first round you swung on vines avoiding alligators under you... (you had to time the swinging of the vines just right or you would fall) 2nd round - you ran up these rocky hills and you had to time it just right to jump over rolling boulders coming at you... 3rd round.. I seem to remember these headhunters with spears dropping the girl that you are supposed to try to save into a boiling pot... (I never saved her, as you can tell)

I also liked "Golden Axe" (late 80's)
You got to choose whether you wanted to be the strong guy, the tough woman, or the little wizard elf... and you had different magic powers with each one.. The man used "boulder" magic, the woman used "fire" magic, and the elf used "lightening" magic... and the guy at the end you had to beat was named "Death Adder" He was awesome! I did beat that game a few times... using the 2 player option... I needed some help.. and lots of quarters so I could keep continuing where I left off!

Of course, Frogger was a favorite for some time, and The Goonies video game was cool. Ms Pac Man, (which I have been frequenting the arcade section of this message board often to play)

and does anyone remember SUPER Pac Man? You chomped hamburgers the first round.. and you ate Spuer Pac Pellets that made you BIG! Other rounds followed with different types of food... I never really saw that arcade game in many places.. my local skating rink had it for a while.

Pole Position was kinda fun because you always had to "Prepare to Qualify".. but 90s racing games were much cooler... (4X4 Off Road was awesome)

Tron was kind of lame.. but I always played it http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

Double Dragon was cool for a while, too! I got real good at using the elbow move.. which always knocked them out quickly...(I always needed a partner to finish that game, too, and lots of quarters)

I was an arcade game junkie in the 80s... anyone else?
Refresh my memory on some cool games!

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Oh man...I loved all those http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif A few more of note: Black Tiger (kinda medieval), Punch Out, Hogan's Alley, Altered Beast...there's tons!

I remember that jungle game too...I have the atari version called "Jungle Hunt"

By the way....you can get all those original arcade games and play them right on your PC for free! No hardware required! A beautiful thing called ROM emulation http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif If you need more info on that, let me know...

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Hmm. Jungle King.. Could you mean Donkey Kong? Or maybe even Pitfall? Golden Axe I never played. But I DO remember it being REALLY popular! Frogger! I never got into it until my Atari and Commodore 64! Yeah, I loved that game! The Goonies - no.. I never played that.. Ms. Pac-Man. Well, I didn't play a lot of it back then but I DID however play A LOT of Pac-Man! I used to get to the keys! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif Oh, and I'm glad to see that somebody plays our arcade games here! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif I never played Super Pac-Man.. I don't think I played Tron until the Commodore 64. Even now, I don't really remember it... Double Dragon. Nope! But I was a Kung-Fu Master addict!

Yes! I was an arcade junkie in the 80s! I played A LOT of Gyruss! Almost every day.. I turned it over a few times before retiring... I played Spy Hunter very often.. Star Wars was cool. Galaga was very cool! Before those games there was Space Invaders, Galaxian, Berzerk!, Astroids, Wizard of Id.. I can't think of anymore right now but there were a tun! I have them all on a CD of roms nowadays. They even say "Insert Coin"! I love that stuff! Roemello has 'em too, I believe... Maybe I'll have to send you the CD, Tinajo. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Jungle Hunt! That's it! Haha. Roemello beat me to it. We started our message at like the same time! hehe

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Yep... Thanks Roemello!! It was Jungle Hunt!! Not Jungle King... it didn't sound right when I said it, but I knew you could help me out!

I did like Pitfall as well on the Atari, but Arcade games were my big thing

No probs http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//wink.gif I definitely preferred the arcades too, but when you ran out of money...Atari and later Nintendo came in handy http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

I gotta post some more tomorrow if I remember...I was suppose to go to bed about a half hour ago...gotta get up early tomorrow....Statistics class http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//CRYING2.gif

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Hey guys! I'll have to get a PC to play those arcade games.
This is a cool site: http://www.classicgaming.com Check out their SpyHunter review in "Past Games of the Week"- they got pictures of the control panel and the steering wheel! SpyHunter is likely my favorite memory of arcade games.

Anyone ever play Legendary Kung Fu Masters? Aka: Yie Ar Kung Fu? My cousin once got through the entire game, when it resets. I never got pass Tonfun myself!

Isn't Kung Fu Masters the one with the baby ninja looking guys? Pretty sure I finished that on the Nintendo version...

Brainstorm a few more memorable games....Asteroids, Galaga, Joust, Defender, Tempest, Rastan...

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Hopefully one of you can help me...I am trying to think of the name of a game I played alot...but since I am over 30 now, my Sometimers is kicking in. The game was like a breakout with a wall of "bricks" that you had to remove by hitting them with a ball. Some of the bricks were different colors and had special features like....turning the ball into 3, making your paddle longer etc......someone mentioned berzerk, I don't think that is it, but like I said I have completely drawn a blank.
Thanks, Trish

Trish.. no idea... does sound somewhat familiar.. but I can't help ya on that one. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//frown.gif

I did like Donkey Kong 3 (arcade)
And I was pretty good at Kung Fu Master as well!

I also liked the arcade version of Super Mario Brothers... (before Nintendo was out and nothing like the Nintendo version)... you could play 2 players, (be either Mario or Luigi) and you had to hit the platform just under the enemies (sidesteppers, fireflies, turtles) and flip them over, and then run up to the top of the platform and kick them off...
Then there was the big POW button that you could hit to flip them over.. and I always waited until player 2 was getting ready to kick one off and I'd hit the POW so that the enemy would flip back over and kill my opponent.... he he he very sneaky....

I liked Galaga and Gauntlet too!

Still thinking of more .....

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To answer Trish's question...I believe that was Arkanoid! another great game http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

That Mario game is actually a Nintendo game as well...it's called just "Mario Bros." instead of "Super Mario Bros." They actually did make it for the console system too eventually.

Gauntlet...I remember that one too. One day the arcade game at the mall was opened up, so me and a couple friends got to play for free for a long ass time by jiggling the little coin handle inside http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif Ah...those were the days http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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Rastan- thats that Conan type game right? Oh that one was PERFECT for a mall or movie house. People talk alot about what made the game so good- my opinion was the sprite size and dimensions, the speed and timing of the main character with his sword (countered by his slow jumping. all timing factors helped make it work) and the wizzy crystalline sound effects' admixture to the subtle background music. Most of all you got to play as Conan slaying lizard men. Where's my PhD? Why don't people publish fanzines anymore damn internet!

Hey there was a game where you played as a bi-plane, it was one or two players. One version was a table top sit-down and it was located at the late great pizza place near here. The eye blowing thing was- the background would change as your plane lifted up into the clouds to blast enemies, or when it would dive to blast them between buildings. They just don't innovate anymore!

Never have I seen such in-depth insight into a game http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif Rastan is pretty fun though...I got that bad boy for my ROM emulator http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif Insert coin? bah! I'll just press 5 on my keyboard and play for free! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

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I would buy a PC just to play that mystery bi-plane shooter. But really Roem- without the cigarette burns over the game screen, the smell of millions of greasy pizzas, the brilliant glare of the sun through the storefront, and the sounds of cash registers, muzak and shouting Italians, can you REALLY call it an "emulation"? No. No i believe some things demand priceless authenticity.

True...I got a sound sampler though, so if I really wanted to, I could emulate the entire atmosphere (minus the crowds of people, cigarette burns, and greasy pizza smells http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif) http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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You COULDN'T, or do you simply refuse to? http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//00hmph.gif
Well, you have given us all something to ponder.
What about pinball games!
My favorites include the barbarian themed ones, the playboy one (apparently designed with children in mind since my quarters lasted so long) and does anyone recall one where you had to make poker hands on the backboard for points? Now THAT was cool. Pinball is so underrated.

Pinball kicked ass for sure http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif I don't remember the names of 'em, but I did play them every now and then. One that I really loved (although I believe it came out in the early 90's) was Terminator 2 http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

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I've played Terminator 2. I also played a Star Wars pinball game which I only needed about a dollar for hours of play. I got so good at it that I could hit just about anything I wanted at any time. I don't know why I was so good at this particular one.. Not sure.. But it was fun!

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time won't forget what you meant to me

There is no faking or simulation in pinball- you are doing real things with real objects! There are electronic components to be sure, and they add a great deal of excitement and depth to the overall experience- but twisting and turning ramps, inclines and metal on metal and rubber, targets you can knock down, ect.- these things are not simulated. It's really a crying shame that pinball is not what arcades center around anymore- they were phased out by videogames but now no one is playing much of those videogames, and companies like Atari constantly cancel the release of truely innovative videogames to the arcades, like "Freeze" (which was like tetris with fish, animated player characters, and a theme where you had to melt certain fish or have them thrown over at your opponnent) and things that would have been classics that were never produced- can you imagine if Frogger was never released? Well there are many Froggers that will remain unreleased, and of course lost and forgotten in dusty warehouses. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//00angry.gif
So at least pinball should be given the credit it's due. Maybe that will save the arcade industry- but to be honest if you've been in one lately you can understand why normal people tend not to bother!
I am trying to think of how nuclear weapons can be applied as a solution to this conumdrum- maybe if we brainstorm.

Actually, when I go into a gameroom these days - I see nothing cool at all. Nothing. Not one game I want to play. I think they should just stick the old games back in there and be done with it. If you want to play a new game, you don't go further than your PC or Playstation type of console...

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thoughts of you just memories
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time won't forget what you meant to me

I just went to the most amazing site for 80s arcade games... Go to the site and click on "Killer List of Video Games" and its A-Z lists of all of our favorites!
Even gives you desciptions of the games in full detail! I am hooked on that site already!
http://www.vaps.org/



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Hey.. while I was checking out that site.. I noticed that the game that I had mentioned a while back on page 1 of this topic.. Jungle Hunt.. remember I called it Jungle King at first? Well, it turns out that they are exactly the same game... same graphics and everything but it was released with both names...

It mentions it under the description... I wondered how I came up with both names.....

http://www.klov.com/J/Jungle_Hunt.html

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I also found out that there were alot of Pac-Man's out there.. including my all time favorite Super Pac-Man!

Pac-Man
Ms. Pac-Man
Super Pac-Man
Pac-Man Plus
Baby Pac-Man
Professor Pac-Man
Jr. Pac-Man
Pac & Pal
Pac-Land
Pac-Mania
Pac-Man V R
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Okay... last bit of info that I thought was cool... Skee-ball (you know, you roll the ball up the ramp and it goes into different holes with points on them...) It was origionally releases in 1909 and the alleys were 36 feet long... Man that game has been around a long time... I still see a Skee-Ball machine every once in a while!

Big fan of that one

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That is a pretty nifty site...shows the actual machines and everything http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif Now that you mentioned Jungle Hunt/King, I just HAD to go download the game http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

Skee ball rules! About 15-20 minutes from where I live there's this kick ass little amusement park type place. There's two big arcades...one has regular games, the other has skee-ball, Bingo (the one where you roll the balls into the holes), one of the basketball game thingys, and one of those bowling games where you slide a metal puck into the plastic pins http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif If you score high enough in those, you get tickets to redeem for little trinkets and such http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//tongue.gif

Haven't been there in years, but it was the absolute funnest place to go to in the 80's http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif They used to have rides too...don't know if they still do or not.

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That IS a cool site.. Hey Roem, where do you download your games lately? Ever since davesclassicgames or whatever went down (or stopped allowing downloads of roms) I haven't been able to get any.

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My favorite Roms site went down too...I used to use Emulation Excitement (emux.com). I found another site last night with a good sized collection of ROMS for MAME at: http://www.mame.dk/

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The Vaps site is awesome! Too bad I can't play ROMs- that is one of the first things I"m going to do when I get a PC! (besides downloading illegal 526-bit encryption programs- just kidding!)
I want to try Rush'N Attack, Rastan, etc. It's reason enough to get a PC! But these games at least deserve a decent joystick. I heard most PC joysticks were a little junkie, and mostly flight controllers or joypads. Oh well http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

Thanks for the link, Roem.. I will check that out.. As for PC joysticks, I've never got them to work right for some reason. Maybe my systems are too complex? I don't know...

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I just downloaded that Super Pac-man game Tina was talking about with the burgers and getting bigger....awesome!! I highly suggest downloading this bad boy...very addictive http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

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I went out and bought a computer game today for my 6 1/2 year old daughter and she's HOOKED...FROGGER! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif She's pretty darn good! I remember playing that game in junior high!

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Hey there.
I loved Space Invaders, and Frogger. My absolute fav. was Q-bert. In some of the machines, when Q-bert fell off the board, there would be a klunk in the bottom of the machine.
Does anyone remember this game that you played like you were in the olympics? One game you would run a race, in another you did the discus throw. There were other competitions, but those are the ones I remember.

Yeah, Space Invaders was awesome! Frogger was cool. Q-Bert was great! No, I've never played the arcade game with the klunk! That sounds cool! hehe Only in the 80s! The olympics game - I only played those on my Commodore 64. Not sure which one you're talking about. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//confused.gif

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Tina, did you know that you can play some of these games right on your pc? The actual roms can be loaded on an emulator program and many of the coin operated games can be played and look and sound like the original thing because it actually is the original game itself! It's kinda cool. One of the more popular game emulators is MAME (multi arcade machine emulator). You'll have to search for this on the web. Downloading the roms may not be technically legal unless you happen to own the actual arcade game, although i've heard they're quite abundant on the web. Also, there's an emulator for the Atari 2600 and SuperNintendo (that I've tried anyway) and they're great! There's an emulator for about every old game system. Something worthwhile to check out. Trish, I think that breakout game you were referring to is probably the 2600 Super Breakout. Great game. It was just like breakout but you had moving walls if you wanted and more complex boards, some that would move toward you. You can download that one as well for Stella, a decent Atari emulator! ;-)

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We covered all that in previous posts http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif BTW, If anyone out there ever needs top quality links to roms, emus, etc., I got the best sites in my little arsenal of favorites http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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I can't believe nobody remembered my favorite game from the 80's....Dragon's Lair! I blew so many hours and quarters on that game it's a crime! I never killed the dragon either! Always made it to the lair, but the dragon would always kick my ass! I hear that the trilogy (DL I & II and Space Ace) are coming out for Playstation 2. Hmmm...another reason to buy the PS2!

Wasn't that the game that was on laser-disc and played like a cartoon? If that's the one I'm thinking of, that one definitely ruled!!

I still think PS2 is garbage, but if they make Dragon's Lair the way it was in the arcade, it'd be a sight to see, that's for sure http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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I think the Olympic game is Track and Field-- just buttons you have to hit really fast, no joystick. as for MAME-- can't say enough about it! Get it, play it, love it. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif Got the whole collection here in an arcade cabinet for the TRUE 80's feel. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

Murph

An arcade cabinet? Can we see a picture? That sounds really cool!

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I think the Olympic game is Track and Field-- just buttons you have to hit really fast, no joystick.
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Thank you soo much. It has been bothering me for days.

My fave arcade game of the 80's was Rampage,because when I was in Aladdin's Castle,I played Rampage and scored 262,035 points until someone ate my character alive on Saturday,June 13,1987 the day I made Aladdin's Castle #1 arcade in Chicago.

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I was always a Centipede and Millipede player myself. Of course, other ones like Pac-Man, Galaga, and I liked that one called Spy Hunter.

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for awhile. I would like to say Hi to shakey, rommello,Tianjo, and Pagan, ect... I read some ,I mean alot of posts now i can actually write one.who here likes Zelda. that game was the best in the world. I still have it but it doesnt work that well.anyone else have any zelda experinces?

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Now that this message is posted Mr.Fibble is very cross.

Hey, back at ya' DanAria. Nice to meet you. Yup! I think you'll find that there are several Zelda lovers here. I know that both Roemello an I are huge fans. He actually has a part of his web site dedicated to Zelda. Check it out at this link: http://spiffyentertainment.8m.com/Zelda/zelda.html

Later.

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If I'm here and your here doesn't that make it our time?

cool site. for the longest time i sat and read about golden ask the aim party, and other stuff, its nice to finnaly meet you, if you have an aol name post it and we could talk.

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Now that this message is posted Mr.Fibble is very cross.

My AIM name is shakey3. Though, what with working nights, I am generally out and about when most normal folks are sleeping.

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If I'm here and your here doesn't that make it our time?

If you want to get in on our planned AIM parties, go to the '80's Theme Parties' forum and check out the topic on AIM <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Double Dragon 1 & 2 kicked Ass
Rastan Is One Of The Best Games Ever
The Journey video Game Escape, Just Cause It Was Based On One Of The Greatest Rock Bands Ever
The First Street Fighter Which Was A Hell of alot Harder Then The Rest Of Them
TMNT Was A Great Game
Hard Drivin Was The Game That Got me Hooked To racing Games
and Final Fight Was Kick Ass Too

I love tetris, robocop, and super mario bros. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> <img src="eek.gif" border="0">

Actually, on the Jungle King/Hunt topic, the graphics were SLIGHTLY different. In "King" - your character was a Tarzan looking guy, the "Hunt" it looked like Mr. Livingston. They might have been put out by two different companies, you saw that a lot in the 80s with video games.


Anyway, my top 5 80s Video Games:
1. Bump N' Jump - The key to this was knowing that crashing NO enemy cars in a round got you 50,000 bonus points. Thats more difficult than it sounds.
2. Venture - Simple, but playable.
3. Moon Patrol
4. Star Wars
5. Atari Football

You are correct about the Jungle King/Hunt topic... I noticed that too..

Roemello... I am ready for some more games.... what was a good site to downlaod from? I have forgotten since you sent me Golden Axe...

I forget...haven't downloaded any in a while...I do however have a decent sized collection, so I might have a few you may want <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> I can even send them to ya over the new chat system next time we meet in there <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

Hold on, scratch that....I just found out today that the #1 MAME ROM download spot is back up and running!!

Head over to: http://www.mame.dk/ <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"><img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Favorite video games:

Demon Attack
Kaboom---kinda stupid but still fun
Centipede
Mario Bros.

Just played Jungle Hunt last night...still fun <img src="tongue.gif" border="0">

Dig Dug and Galaga were my two favorite games of the 80's.

Sarasunshine my favorite was Centipede too! That game was addictive. I skipped school once to defend my top score (Castanza anyone LOL)

My two favorite games of the 80s were laserdisc games : Dragon's Lair & Space Ace.

Both those games are available in DVD versions that you can play with your DVD remote.

Are you serious? Dragon's Lair on DVD? Now just to be positive before I go looking for this...is it DVD-ROM or a regular DVD for a standard player?

Go ahead and order them, Roem. They play as regular DVD's on a standard player. They do retail for $35, but they should be the exact LD versions.

Dragon's Lair 1 & 2 and Space Ace are out now.

They are available through DVD Express (http://www.dvdexpress.com)