Favourite arcade video game(s)/pin(s) from the 1980s...

In this thread, post the names of your favourite coin-op arcade video games & pinball machines from the 1980s.

Mine are (in no particular order):


VIDEO GAMES
Tempest (Atari)
Looping (Venture Line)
Star Trek (Sega)
Dragon's Lair (Cinematronics)
Mach 3 (Mylstar)
Death Race 2000 (Exidy)
Omega Race (Midway)
Afterburner II (Sega)
Roadblasters (Atari)
Exerion (Jaleco)
Pole Position (Atari)
Turbo (Sega)
Mr. Do!'s Castle (Universal)
Star Wars (Atari)
Stargate (Williams)
Astro Blaster (Gremlin/Sega)

PINBALL MACHINES
F-14 Tomcat (Williams)
Flight 2000 (Stern)

Fireball (Bally, I think)

OK, it predates the '80s. Still the best! IMHO.

-RDH

Zaxxon

Ohhh Tempest. I was actually a pinball freak in those days. I loved all those Bally, Data East, Williams, Gottlieb, ummmmmmm My brother would drop me off at the arcade and I'd be on the pinball machines allllll night.


Some titles would be nice, eh? My all time favorite pinball game is Comet. That started the whole genre of pinball games with ramps everywhere. *sigh* The age of arcades is about dead because kids have their console systems at home. Also, if there is an arcade open, the damn games cost a a buck or two to play. AND most of these new game places use a charge card to play. I need my tokens!

Star Wars and Tailgunner II

Centipede . I loved Defender but sucked at it.

ATARI (computer games):
Star Raiders
Space Invaders
Centipede
Missile Command
Frogger
PacMan

Centipede. It was the only one I got even remotely good at. If memory serves me right, sometimes I could rack up a couple of hundred grand which still is not even remotely close to what the real players got. I know some games like Pac Man are all about memorizing patterns.

Tron
Track and Field
Mr. Do's Castle

Ah man.. I haven't thought about those in a long time

OH, Galaga...

Gordon aka:skillet

I loved the 1942 videogame

here is the link to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942_(video_game)


Pablo

Tempest was a blast, as was the sequel to Defender, called StarGate.

Edit: I forgot about Tail Gunner and Tron! Loved those as well.

i have the 1942 game on NES if i remember correctly. i always loved "twin cobra."

I was always a pinball man,

Some of my favorites where, Banzai Run, Bad Cats, Whirlwind, Gataway, Fish Tales, Whitewater, Addams Family.

Over the years I have bought and sold a few home pins, currently I still have a Whitewater and Fish Tales.

Defender was one of my all time faves.


CFU

Most of my favorites were played on my Commodore Vic-20, or my buddy's Commodore 64.

Frogger
Pacman
Omega Race
Donkey Kong
Pole Position
Bruce Lee
Exploding Fists
Space Taxi

I'm sure I've forgotten some I used to love playing.

Great thread!!!

Galaxian, with the very similar playing Galaga and Phoenix coming in second and third.

EDIT: Sorry, just realised you said "From the 80's"...

Mr. Do!
Double Dragon
Xenophobia(still one of the best mulitplayer coin-ops evah!)
Street Fighter 2(I've spent more money and time with this series than should be allowed by law)
Mortal Kombat II
Vigilante
Shinobi
Spider-Man the Videogame (this one, with Black Cat) http://www.ggdb.com/Collectors/ViewMemberImage.aspx?mid=1109&iid=331
Killer Instinct (Mah-mah-mah-Monster Combo!!)
Strider- one of my favorite coin-ops. Great music,too.
The Marvel Vs. Capcom series
Snow Brothers
And the slew of Neo-Geo games: Sengoku, Magician Lord, The Samuri Showdown series.
Phew, thanks for making me flashback there, Craig. I know I'll be thinking of more as the night goes on!

Video games:
Galaga
Tron
Star Wars


Pinball:
Pinbot

Was there an 80's game called llamatron? I remember that one being good - you had to use 2 joysticks at once.

Arakaniod was good aswell with it's knob... Missile command had a ball...

Turrican 2, another vote for 1942, and street fighter 2.

Sega Rally was also great, but probably 90's and not 80's.