Best OLd School Games...where did your $$$ go?

Ok Ok I don't expect this thread too last too long, but I think a quick thread during times where people may have a little more time off could be nostalgic for some of us

I used to collect cool drink bottles, sell "pet rocks" & wash cars before I hit the big time of selling newspapers as a paper boy in the early 80's. A lot of that money went on computer games & pinnies. The typical 20c per shot kind. But I'd like to see this thread expand out from the Pinball Parlours -> Arcades -> Consoles/PC Gaming

Its not for everyone, but there are few who have not enjoyed at least one of the genres

I've been an electronic gamer since a good friend got an Atari 2600 in 1979 & local shops typically deli's & food outlets had them out for people to play while they waited for their food to be cooked. Sadly I can't think of a place within 20k that has one now, I think a lot have been snapped up by enthusiasts like my uncle who used to repair them for Time Zone. I enjoy popping into arcades in Tokyo & Lippo Mall Bali to sit in a car type game with steering wheel & throttle (no break required haha).

But anyway, my faves...

Loved playing this at Ballcatta Rollerdrome (Perth Roller Skating Rink)

Simple graphics, epic sound


LOved the music, I fully mastered this game. Was stoked to see it come to the Commodore 64


Bought a Commodore 64 after hard saving my paperboy money. So many good games, loved this one


Skipping ahead a ton of games to another console. One of my fave games on the Sega Megadrive apart from Sonic & GhostGoblins


Skipping a ton of Playstation 1 games also to an epic PC game. Just too many awesome games to play these days & thats why I have to cut short lol not that it is...but yeah love being able to exercise the body with surfing & exercise the mind with games. Pretty much the ultimate to 2 extremes imo...vegging out to what they wanna tell you on tv is no comparison imo...

I was unbeatable I remember owning a intelevision console...it was the ducks at the time,the controller was its demise lol

Atari river raid,

James bond goldeneye and mariokart nintendo 64 best ever

I used to like wonderboy on the arcade, and mortal kombat3.
on another point there was an auction about a month ago with heaps of arcade games, the reserves for all of them were 1500/2000 theyhad nba jam and i nearly went for that. There is a fella who sells the oldsit down table ones for a few grand with 48 games. He is in the quokka sometimes

Double dragon, Bubble bobble , Gauntlet, outrun . threw heaps of coin into them all at the arcade in the mid/late 80's
still into it but its PC gaming these days, enjoy the strategy and sim stuff, some multiplayer too.
Enjoying a Australian produced ocean survival game at the minute , Stranded Deep.

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Hell yeah, classic games mentioned. Had some great times playing them

Couple more,
pew pew lol

Always wanted the table top version of this when I was younger

Wasn't hugely into them - but I remember one Gaming arcade in Hay Street west end , had probably the best Asian Food Hall I've eaten to this day included , there were a couple of popular ones 1943 , Donkey Kong , Cabal or something like that had a big laughing skull on the pay up screen , others I can sort of still remember the music but not the names.

haha 720 I forgot about that game, I spent a ton of time on it. The conversion to C64 was a bonus but I think it was really pushing the boundaries of the huge 64k processor. The arcade version was epic, but a real coin stealer haha...not like double dragon where a mate & I would elbow our way too victory with one 20c pretty much every time.

I remember that place Pup, enjoyed many a selection of good food in there...Cabal was one of the best C64 games ever, one of the last games I ever played in 1991