Computer games which deserve an original dedicated arcade?

[Tyrem]

Holy fuck. As much as I like the idea they butchered a Wizard of Wor for this?!

Probably not.
Archon it's a mix of action and strategy.
It's a real "chess battle" (..perhaps it's ispired the PC game..) in arcade style.
..I spend many afternoon when I was child in first '80, to try to win a game against C64.... really hard I remember..
 

i played Archon for decades back then when I had my Atari XL as a kid. But this cab is a butchered Wizard of Wor for sure.

[biasini]

Great game Archon! 
Others with gameplay similar to arcade, are Barbarian and IK+

[Franzy21]

I forgot Barbarian.
It'd be awesome!!!

[Frame]

But this cab is a butchered Wizard of Wor for sure.

..okey, Tyrem you win  .

But, my personal ans to : "Computer games which deserve an original dedicated arcade?" remain : ARCHON

As (..other great game for '80 Home Computer..) "Boulderdash", first borned like a Home Computer Game.. a unique strategy (as chess style...not too close to Arcade gamestyle..) game,
but never ported in the "coin machine world"..

I'd like very much a ARCHON porting, to play it with the powerfull of Arcade's performance (..the time past and now play the C=64 game it's more for nostalgia than satisfaction..):
.. for me ARCHON deserve it.

For completeness, (ideally) I say, the PC Game (..so '90 game) that deserve a original arcade is "The Lost Vikings"... but I prefer to stay in the '80...so: ARCHON

[Tyrem]

As (..other great game for '80 Home Computer..) "Boulderdash", first borned like a Home Computer Game.. a unique strategy (as chess style...not too close to Arcade gamestyle..) game,
but never ported in the "coin machine world"..

Actually there was a Boulder Dash arcade cabinet from Exidy. But that was a bit like the NeoGeo-cabs I guess. Still cool cab.
http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade/Advert/big/Boulder_Dash_-_1984_-_Exidy.jpg

[Andreas_AUT]

Boulderdash, Archon and Barbarian, such sweet memories from C64 times :-)

I dont remember the name, but there was a helicopter game from birdview where you had to refuel and fight enemy stations and clear islands or so.

[Frame]

As (..other great game for '80 Home Computer..) "Boulderdash", first borned like a Home Computer Game.. a unique strategy (as chess style...not too close to Arcade gamestyle..) game,
but never ported in the "coin machine world"..

Actually there was a Boulder Dash arcade cabinet from Exidy. But that was a bit like the NeoGeo-cabs I guess. Still cool cab.

Yes, I konw..

<<.."a unique strategy (as chess style...not too close to Arcade gamestyle..) game, but never ported in the "coin machine world" >>  it's refer to Archon.. Italians sentences use the "tacit subject"..sorry...


  

[Tyrem]

ah sorry. got that wrong, mate.

[level42]

Boulderdash, Archon and Barbarian, such sweet memories from C64 times :-)

I dont remember the name, but there was a helicopter game from birdview where you had to refuel and fight enemy stations and clear islands or so.

Two of those were originally designed for the A8

Sadly Barbarian never made it to the A8....but I did play it a lot on the ST....must admit I was quite shocked the first time I chopped a head off..... but how the little monster kicked away the head made me LOL 

[level42]

As (..other great game for '80 Home Computer..) "Boulderdash", first borned like a Home Computer Game.. a unique strategy (as chess style...not too close to Arcade gamestyle..) game,
but never ported in the "coin machine world"..

Actually there was a Boulder Dash arcade cabinet from Exidy. But that was a bit like the NeoGeo-cabs I guess. Still cool cab.
http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Arcade/Advert/big/Boulder_Dash_-_1984_-_Exidy.jpg

That _is_ the Atari 8 bit version in a cab..... like Flip & Flop.....and maybe there were more....can't remember.

[biasini]

I dont remember the name, but there was a helicopter game from birdview where you had to refuel and fight enemy stations and clear islands or so.

Desert Strike?




For Exidy and Boulderdash, there is an interesting story here:

http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.it/2013/08/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of-exidy.html

[Luigi]

I've always dreamed of a cab with Artillery Duel from the C64.

You know, the game with two cannons in the mountains and you have to enter the power for the shot, considering obstacles between the two cannons like mountains, trees etc. and the wind.



I thought you could have a lever on top of the controlpanel to select 1 from let's say 5 different amounts of gun powder for your shot. (similiar to the lever on Missile-X for the 3 different distances) You have to load a cannonball, maybe by rolling a trackball. And you have to adjust the angle by turning a wheel at the front of the cab. Like the ones used on the big cannons. Finally you push a big red button and the cannon fires towards your opponent.


Of course you're limited in both, cannon balls and gun powder. If you run out, you can just watch until you're destroyed by your opponent or until he ran out of gun powder or cannon balls as well. The amount of damage would then tell who won this round or it would simply be a draw and no one won.


This could be a cab with only one set of controls for alternate gameplay or with two sets so both players can play at the same time. This would be a hell of a race

[ajhippel]

I've always dreamed of a cab with Artillery Duel from the C64.

oh how i loved this game! played it with a friend a few months ago...it was a great fun!

btw: you gave me an idea: this game could be added to a wizard of wor savekit because the astrocade is the only hardware with bitmap graphics (supported by the CPU) and sounds (supported by the cpu) - on all the other pcbs, you have to swap gfx-roms as well...

[Luigi]

Great....so I only need to find a WoW-cab to butcher   

[Tyrem]

Great....so I only need to find a WoW-cab to butcher   

hm. i think it would fit on the normal wow savekit. so no need to butcher one.