Thread: Early Gaming Memories

My first arcade game (outside of excitebike and mario at the sit-down arcade box at Pizza Hut) was the X-men arcade game, which still holds up today as one of the best arcade games EVAR!!!

Originally Posted by Mr. E

My first arcade game (outside of excitebike and mario at the sit-down arcade box at Pizza Hut) was the X-men arcade game, which still holds up today as one of the best arcade games EVAR!!!

We had a sweet arcade in the Chuck E. Cheese in my city, so I'd play The Simpsons, TMNT, and TMNT: Turtles in Time there. For my Street Fighter II fix, I'd have to go on shopping trips with my dad to this one mall. The convenience store outside my apartment had Golden Axe, which I loved as a kid. Unfortunately, the only X-Men arcade machine we had was in downtown Toronto, which wasn't that far, so I'd go play that often as well.

Originally Posted by Nermy2k

We had a sweet arcade in the Chuck E. Cheese in my city, so I'd play The Simpsons, TMNT, and TMNT: Turtles in Time there. For my Street Fighter II fix, I'd have to go on shopping trips with my dad to this one mall. The convenience store outside my apartment had Golden Axe, which I loved as a kid. Unfortunately, the only X-Men arcade machine we had was in downtown Toronto, which wasn't that far, so I'd go play that often as well.

Oh yeah, Chuck E. Cheese. I faintly remember the arcade, but my parents were too cheap and I was too active to take advantage of it. The old one in Chesterfield had a play area set up behind the stage, where parents could eat and watch their kids from afar. The old Toys 'R Us was in front of the place. Chuck E. Cheese became Showbiz before moving, then everything else within a few miles of Cloverleaf Mall died out. Sadly enough, most of the arcade games have been replaced by those damned ticket-producing machines. I took my daughter there for her birthday and had to wait 30 minutes just to get in. Previous experience has me no longer eating there, and giving up all hopes of locating the kids when I want to leave. Yeah, Chuck E. Cheese in the as a kid in the Eighties was great. As a parent in the 2000s it is a nightmare. But that is the topic of another thread.

Back on topic. NARC, the anti-drug campaign arcade game that was remade a few years ago and then made into a movie. I mentioned it once already, but did not mention how much fun I had playing it when I could find it (a local Dairy Queen and an arcade in Ocean City each had a machine). Unfortunately, the NES game did not live up to its standards, though I still recall it being tolerable. I never did play the Simpsons game, only Bart vs the Mutants.

Originally Posted by gabetar

Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros, etc.

You must be quite young, or have a terrible long-term memory.