Category Archives: Coin-Op
#95: Defender
Format: Coin-Op/Amiga Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Released: 1980/1994 Developer: Williams/Ratsoft Sadly, I’ve never played the original Defender arcade machine, although with the current growth of the retro game scene, it’s surely only a matter of time before I come across … Continue reading
#94: Ms. Pac-Man
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Maze Released: 1981 Developer: Bally/Midway / General Computer Corporation In 2005 I waved goodbye to Blighty (UK) and set sail (boarded a plane) for the new world (Vancouver, Canada). There I was going to make my fortune … Continue reading
#66: Emergency Call Ambulance
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Racing Released: 1999 Developer: Sega Failing to complete a level in most arcade racing games results in little more than the inconvenience of having to insert another credit. But failing to complete the first level of Emergency … Continue reading
#58: Star Wars Arcade
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Space Combat Simulator Released: 1993 Developer: Sega For a long time I thought I’d just imagined this game. Whenever I asked people whether they’d played Star Wars Arcade, they always thought I meant the 1983 version, then … Continue reading
Filed under 1993, Coin-Op, Sega, Space Combat Simulator
#56: Out Run
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Racing Released: 1986 Developer: Sega (AM2) Back in the very first post on this blog, I said that all racing games before about the mid-nineties were “pretty rubbish”. I stand by that comment, but with two obvious … Continue reading
#44: Dog Walking
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Miscellaneous Released: 2001 Developer: Sega As I’ve said before, this list isn’t just about the best games ever made – it’s also a chance to honour games that might not have won any awards but that nonetheless … Continue reading
Filed under 2001, Coin-Op, Miscellaneous, Sega
#32: Killer Instinct
Format: Super NES/Coin-Op Genre: Fighting Released: 1994 Developer: Rare Killer Instinct was fantastically naff really. The character designs were generally uninspired and the graphics had an odd sheen to them that made it look like everything had been sprayed with … Continue reading
#28: 1942
Format: Coin-Op Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Released: 1984 Developer: Capcom Every time we went to holiday parks or the seaside when I was a kid, I would beg to be taken to the arcade. I think at first my mum … Continue reading
Filed under 1984, Capcom, Coin-Op, Shoot 'Em Up
