Favorite old game

[xilman]

Originally Posted by mart_r

There are times when I think I live on another planet... the only overlap from all games mentioned in this thread and the ones I've played in the 90s is Pacman,

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"Asteroids" also had about the same effect at the beginning. So these were my favorite at least for some time in the past.

I was an Asteroids fan back in the day.

[mart_r]

Originally Posted by xilman

I was an Asteroids fan back in the day.

Yay! A fan of a game that I was playing
And there I was expecting that nobody knows about the games I talked about.
I just checked YouTube for videos on "Bouncy cars" - man, those people seem to have a notion of fun different than mine. Then again, I don't know how I would have reacted being as old as I am now...

[paulunderwood]

I was a great fan of Phoenix. Our local pub had it on an Arcade machine. I remember getting a pint and a stack of the old bigger 10p coins and playing this game.



Here is an online version https://www.y8.com/games/phoenix_arcade

[xilman]

Originally Posted by mart_r

Yay! A fan of a game that I was playing
And there I was expecting that nobody knows about the games I talked about.

You might be surprised at how many boring old farts there are around this place.

Space Invaders, Galaxian, Battlezone, Pacman, Breakout ...

I've even played Pong, though not on an arcade machine.

[retina]

Originally Posted by xilman

I've even played Pong, though not on an arcade machine.

I spent a few wasted seconds playing the silly ping pong game through the television when it came out. It had to be connected to the antenna input and switched to a fixed channel.

But I wouldn't go so far as to call it a favourite old game.

There is a working model on display at the London Science Museum right now, if anyone wants to try it.

[pinhodecarlos]

Originally Posted by retina

There is a working model on display at the London Science Museum right now, if anyone wants to try it.

Missed this one...we made a mistake of visiting the museum during half-term. On my visit day it was full of kids, long queues.

[storm5510]

Around 1980, a tabletop version of Ms. Pacman. A local watering hole I went to had one. At least a person could sit down. I was never very good at it, but the pretty blonde bartender was.