For a brief moment, Track and Field was the biggest game in the arcade. There were always people waiting to play it and gamers would try different techniques to maximize the speed they could hit the buttons. I think a comb and pencil combination was used by some? I know that plastic guards were placed around the buttons to try to prevent the use of such makeshift devices. I recommend playing on an actual arcade machine so you can the authentic experience and really hammer those buttons!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I have! I've also played Street Fighter in the arcade with the punch buttons! :P

@queenboy1000

7 ай бұрын

That has to be my no1 retro game, I loved it but my fingers were so soar afterwards 😅, other favourite titles include defender, moon cresta, scramble, phoenix and Kung fu master, awesome games, great video!

@edcurtis2572

7 ай бұрын

I didnt eat lunch through most of junior high because of that game!

@jameslutterbaugh4752

Ай бұрын

I encountered one that used a rollerball instead of buttons. Unless you brought along a belt sander, you couldn't reach warp speeds.

4:03 There has technically been a new Elevator Action port in recent years, Returns S-Tribute, which has some nice bells and whistles to make Elevator Action Returns Saturn a bit more of a solid time.

@Fortefyre

12 күн бұрын

Ooh! I do love Saturn games!

A friend and I would go play Track & Field any chance we got. The local 7/11 had one, and if we had a spare quarter, we were there w/ our trusty #2 pencils. In case you aren't aware of that particular hack, the #2 pencil was used to mash the run buttons @ super speed in order to break records. I still play it the same way on emulators using arcade controls.

Track and field...that most certainly is a blast from the past

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Straight up time machine into carpal tunnel lmao

Excellent list! I freaking love HOTD but one my favorite on rail arcade shooters is still Area 51!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Good choice!

Definitely going to try Tower of Doom!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Shadow of Mystara is a little "better" looking, but still worth checking out!

D&D: Tower of Doom and Shadows of Mystara were just incredible games. I remember the first time I saw them in the arcades. I was immediately enamored by them. I also remember thinking...these have to release on a 32-bit platform! As I had both the Playstation and Saturn I actually thought I had a pretty good chance of that happening. Especially when you look at Guardian Heroes I thought it was a Saturn lock and I was right but... Unfortunately, while they both released for the Saturn they were kept in Japan. However, there is actually a happy ending ending to this story albeit it took forever to happen. Both D&D games were released via XBLA in one package and can be played on every Xbox platform from the Xbox 360 all the way through the Series X! I have them downloaded to my Series X SSD right now (as well as Guardian Heroes). Welcome to the D&D World!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

You're going to hate me, but I'm a Pathfinder guy 😭

@Sinn0100

7 ай бұрын

@@Fortefyre No! You stop it now, you. ;)

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

😂​@@Sinn0100

@retrogaminghippie3720

7 ай бұрын

I was wondering about the Saturn as I had never heard of it on the Saturn in America. I am a D&D guy but never played this in the arcade. I play the old C64 D&D gold box games. Great stuff

Have you done an episode of coin sucking arcade games? I can only imagine how many quarters Double Dragon, Ikari Warriors, Gauntlet swallowed over the years

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Not yet, but I will add it! I can already make it RIGHT now lmao.

@fourwingsweepa1705

7 ай бұрын

Double Dragon isn't a money muncher

*"These are not the best games of all time"* [immediately shows three of the best games of all time] 1942 and the two D&D games still hold up in 2024 as if though they were just released. Timeless classics.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Haha it's just Alpha Roll footage.

Concerning medical issues caused by arcade games: There was a certain soccer game in the 80's, I played the 2 player version which was table-shaped, where you controlled your player by a trackball: Faster rotation means faster running. After about 20 minutes I had severe blisters on my thumb.. And there was this crazy vertical shump where you had to hammer the button like in track and field to build up your spaceship's weapon power - and you were not allowed to ever slow down. Anyone remember that?

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

That sounds like fresh hell lmao

@nicolajohnson1887

7 ай бұрын

One of the world cup football games was pretty bad for that, I think it was kick off.

I used to love Pooyan on the C64

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Pooyan is oddly satisfying!

Nice list! But Strider 2 was also an arcade game, though one I believe only was in Japan. My friends and I still consider it to be the greatest arcade platformer of all time.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Oh nice!

Excellent watch. Liked and subscribed good luck to your channel. I like this idea of just showing some games that a re cool rather than the usual Top 10. I've been around for a long time (born in 1972) and was a big fan of Goemon on the NES and Super Nintendo but I learned something today I didn't know about the Japan only arcade game. Cheers!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel! I'm glad to have you here! Definitely check out the arcade Goemon title if you can!

If you haven’t played Cadash I highly recommend it, one of my favorite arcade games, also the Raiden series.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I'll have to check it out. My friend just beat it the other day!

Donkey Kong,PacMan,Galga,Spy Hunter,Gradius,Burger Time.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

all great choices!

I noticed most of the big name games were left off this one. Also, don’t forget to check out X-Men ‘97 in 2 days. I’m interested to see how faithful it will be to the original cartoon.

@Fortefyre

4 ай бұрын

We will see!

Decent list, may I add Rally X? Simple, fun.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely!

Well put together video... I'm totally looking forward to checking out Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, something new to me!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I've played many, I'll try to write down more so you can check out even more awesome arcade games!

For part 2 of the video, you should check out the following arcade games: Dead or Alive (original) (1996) Shock Troopers: 2nd Squad (1998) Daytona USA (1994) Rival Schools: United by Fate (1997) X-Men: Children of the Atom (1994) Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike (1999) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Arcade) (1993) Dead or Alive 2 (1999) OutRun (1987) Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (2000)

@Fortefyre

Ай бұрын

Part 2 is available :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5Ot1K6jmbnLo5M.html

Capcom has always been a rock solid developer.

@Fortefyre

4 ай бұрын

I comfortably can say that this is 100% true.

Tekken Tag Tournament, Soul Calibur, and Soul Calibur 2 are very good on arcade. They were made even better on home consoles (with Tekken Tag Tournament still looking really good outside arcades). Also, Ace Combat didn't truly begin until Ace Combat 2 outside the arcades (it began life on the arcades).

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

You taught me something today! I had NO clue Air Combat was originally an arcade game!

@Theshark15z

7 ай бұрын

Tekken tag tournament reused the same game engine that 3 had to save time and money but when it was released on PS2, the beefed up the graphics.

Retro gaming hippie approves! Great production and insight! I never saw that elevator action in the arcades. I loved the first one. Great gameplay. I also recommend trying bonanza bros. On sega genesis. Very similar gameplay

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

So that Elevator Action game was ONLY released in Japan, I did the research after the fact. It is however available on MAME and through Antstream!

Huh, I had no idea that Goemon had its start in the arcade, though I guess it being Japan exclusive might have had something to do with that.

@Fortefyre

6 ай бұрын

Indeed it did! It's exciting!

Elevator Action Deluxe was released on PlayStation Network on August 31, 2011.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Might be worth checking out!

You should check out "The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy" from Data East, but it's a more Indiana Jones type of action game. A real shame this game never got a console port of any kind, not even a Saturn port or something. I guess it was way too ambitious for the usual 16-bit consoles of the time. It was released in 1990, so even a Genesis port would have been extremely butchered with all the animation techniques used that the consoles from the time couldn't do. And i'm guessing the Saturn or PS1 could have done it, but it was way too late for a port, and the game didn't really caught on back then. G-Mode/Marvelous: we need a Data East collection, and that MUST include "The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy" among other must-play titles!

Gotta check out that Goemon arcade game.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

It's astonishingly approachable and fun.

Time Pilot 84 is sooooo good! I alway feel like I’m one of the very few people that have ever played it.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

It is!

A great game in the arcade was Tumblepop, developed by Data East.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Tumbelpop is incredibly fun, magical drop is as well. I know that it's a different genre, but I love it.

1942 was amazing for its time.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

So good!

Dyna Gear is an amazing game you should check out.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I'll have to check it out!

There are a multitude out that are worthwhile to play. Some others I'll mention include the Daytona USA/Sega Racing Classic series (including the HD remaster), Virtua Racing (with Switch and Deluxe 32X being the best ports), Mortal Kombat 2 & Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (with Trilogy unfortunately not on arcade), Darkstalkers 3, Tekken 3 & 5, Samurai Shodown 1 & 2, Final Fight (with Sega CD arguably being the best version), TMNT: The Arcade Game, Alien vs Predator, Twinbee Yahho!, R-Type 1 & 2 (with 3 not being on arcade), Time Crisis series, Rastan 1 & Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode 3 (ironic how a change in genre made Rastan 3 better than Ratsan 2), Sunset Riders, Terminator 2: Judgement Day... X-Men (1992), X-Men: Children of the Atom, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, Star Wars: Battle Pod, F-Zero AX, Galaxy Force 2, After Burner 2 & After Burner: Climax, Out Run, OutRunners, Out Run 2, Fighting Vipers, Virtua Fighter 3 & 5, Sega Rally & Rally 2, and Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

All are such good games! I'll get to them eventually!

@DancesRainyStreets

7 ай бұрын

Mostly all great games, but you forgot Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, Burning Force, Steel Gunner 2, The Outfoxies, Ghouls 'N Ghosts, The Punisher, Armored Warriors, Osman, Metal Slug 3, Fatal Fury 3, Pulstar, Windjammers, Street Slam, Boogie Wings, Chelnov, Space Harrier, Super Hang-On, Daytona USA 2, Scud Race, Time Crisis, Qix, Light Bringer, Salamander, Monster Maulers, Violent Storm, Gunforce 2, Lunar Lander, Berzerk, Donkey Kong, Galaga and still loads of others left to mention!

@tidepoolclipper8657

7 ай бұрын

@@DancesRainyStreets He briefly mentioned Salamander/Life Force in the NES games you should try video. The NES version is my favorite, but Salamander for the Turbografix 16 has some of the best remixes for the game. Also, did you know Japan had their own Life Force conversion for the arcade release?

@DancesRainyStreets

7 ай бұрын

@@tidepoolclipper8657 Yeah, it went from Salamander in Japan to Life Force in the US and then went back to Japan again with the US name, is what i've heard.

Except for 1942 Track And Field and House Of The Dead I have never heard of any of these games I was so bad at House Of The Dead I was dead five minutes after I started playing

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Give them a shake!

Pu-Li-Ru-La...you're welcome.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Noted! Thank you for taking the time to comment!

@Marc_Araujo

7 ай бұрын

@@Fortefyre It's the craziest beat-em-up ever...so Japanese.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

@Marc_Araujo ohhh that's the one with random legs coming out of the wall in the Japanese version lmao. I played it a LOOOOONG time ago. Such an interesting art style!

Space Harrier was so...different.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

It was VERY different!

What?! No The Simpsons arcade game?! 😂

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Haven't played it on twitch lol

Good list! Played them all of course, except Track and Field, but that's by choice. Not really into these types of games, (except California Games on the Lynx :D for some reason) I'd have added Sinistar, Robotron, etc. but then it wouldn't be a list of 10. ;)

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I LOVE Sinistar, it's tattooed on me lmao.

@DrJ3RK8

7 ай бұрын

Nice!! I have T-Shirts of the Sinistar that I wear frequently, but you know, I may need a tattoo :) Or just one that says “Run Coward!” 😂

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

"Beware, I live"

The Capcom DND games are good

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

They really are!

The OG.. Double Dragon

@tidepoolclipper8657

7 ай бұрын

Double Dragon Advance improves upon the original arcade release.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I've only played the NES version.

@user-or6yn8pm3c

7 ай бұрын

@@Fortefyre The NES version was ok it wasn't as good as the arcade. The NES Double Dragon 2 was a much better game.

House of the Dead I'm so ready to set up Emu Vr just to play house of the Dead Maybe ill get my moneys worth vs what I spent lol

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

You could do that OR you could get the windows version. The one big thing I noticed from the abandonware windows version is that they yanked the "White" flashing that happens in the arcade version of HOTD, and honestly if you're going in VR, you might want to consider that lmao.

No way I could narrow it out to just 10

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Same here, there's no way I could either. So I just put out a general 10, there will be more!

@TheDaggerman30

7 ай бұрын

@@Fortefyre But man. Your list and mine are pretty close! I am doing a list as we speak!

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

@@TheDaggerman30 Would you like a link to my list? Lol. I have a running compendium of 64 consoles, and 500+ franchises

@TheDaggerman30

7 ай бұрын

@@Fortefyre Of course I would man!!

Lol @ "Five bucks worth for 10 games" I recall a time when you could get 20 games for $5.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Let's go back to that token economy, please!

i played most of the games that werent japan only

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

There are definitely some gems out there across the world :)

10:09 Konami game about Mario?

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I'm confused lol.

I prefer 1943. The sound when shooting in 1942 is just not pleasant to my ears

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

I'd prefer 1943 IF you didn't have the "existence is pain" style of life remaining. That low "fuel" song haunts me in my dreams!

House of the Dead is the number 1 lightgun series ever

@rickybobbyracing9106

7 ай бұрын

Wrong :D Its Carnevil

Never play a Micronics port.

@Fortefyre

7 ай бұрын

Facts. But I do enjoy 1942!