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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Topic: Arcade FirePosted: October 01 2023 at 07:55 |
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For those who love blasting aliens in a good old-fashioned arcade shoot 'em up!
 What are your Top 10 favourite arcade games?  I'll start with GALAXIANS, which has always been one of my favourites.  Play Galaxians online:- http://arcadespot.com/game/galaxian/ Current high score:- 16040 (Level 6)  Remember, you score twice as many points for hitting an alien Charger (those that swoop down on you) as opposed to hitting an alien Convoy (which just move from side to side).  I'll keep you all updated.
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Posted: October 01 2023 at 08:25 |
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Other than computer chess, Ihaven't played an arcade game since the 1982--and I don't think I can come up with ten, but, here goes:
ChessMaster Missile Command Centipede Ms. Pac Man Pong Space Invaders Pac Man That's it! Those are the only arcade games (including computer games) I've ever played (and I mostly just watched). I must have been living in an alternate reality--an alternate alternate reality!  |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 01 2023 at 08:48 |
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When I'm not zapping aliens or boardgaming, I love these original Sony Playstation One games (circa. 1995) (with no plans to upgrade to a later Playstation):-
Ace Combat 3 Army Men 3D Army Men Land Sea & Air Colin McRae Rally Colony Wars - Red Sun Driver Driver 2 FIFA - Road to World Cup '98 Gran Turismo Gran Turismo 2 Gunship Hyper Tennis The Italian Job Monte Carlo Games Compendium PGA Tour '96 Railroad Tycoon II Risk (most recent game bought from Amazon last month for £10) Scrabble Soviet Strike Sports Superbike (currently playing) Virtual Kasparov The Weakest Link Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Second Edition
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mellotronwave
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Posted: October 01 2023 at 09:58 |
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Arcade Fire : Neon Bible
Arcade Fire : The suburbs Arcade Fire : Funeral  
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Psychedelic Paul
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I've heard of the band but I've never heard any of their music.
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Posted: October 01 2023 at 10:12 |
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The three albums deserve an attentive ear or even two
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Posted: October 01 2023 at 10:14 |
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If you explain me how to upload videos i'll select a track of each to your attention
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Psychedelic Paul
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Not bad but not the kind of music I'd want to rush out and buy, so Keep the Car Running because I'm heading home to listen to Karda Estra. Now that really IS my kind of music. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 01 2023 at 11:05 |
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My various gaming systems over the years with approximate dates in chronological order:-
1977-1979: Sportel Tennis (the first bat and ball game for the TV) 1979-1981: Atari 2600 1981-1983: Mattel Intellivision 1983-1989: Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K 1989-1995: Commodore Amiga 512K (half a megabyte considered to be HUGE at the time)  1995- Now: Sony Playstation One 2010- Now: Acer Aspire Laptop (using right now to type this message)
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I've not played a legitimate video game in aeons, but when I was kid, I really loved these 10+2.
Ataxx Battle Zone *Chopper Command (Activision) Dig Dug Frogger Galaga Missile Command Moon Patrol *Pitfall! (Activision) Star Castle Tempest Zaxxon (I was terrible at this!)
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I, too, had an Atari 2600, followed by Mattel Intellivision; about the same years you did. Prior to that I remember having a Coleco Telstar 6040 which had Pong (or something like it). Oddly enough, I never pursued any gaming systems after Intellivision, instead going the software route on PCs starting in the 1990s. During that later period I tended to play things like SimCity and Sid Meier's Civilization. On the Atari I remember liking Asteroids and Super Breakout. I can't really remember the games I played on the Intellivision. I think one was Motocross, and there was another that was a track and field type game. That was a long time ago.
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i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
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ASTEROIDS An arcade game that's so addictive you could get haemorrhoids from spending too long sitting down zapping asteroids.
Play Asteroids online:- http://freeasteroids.org/ Arrow keys rotate left and right; Up arrow key for thrust; Space bar to fire. Current high score:- 23960
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MOON CRESTA
Hey space cadets! Here's another arcade favourite of mine, mainly due to Moon Cresta's unique docking procedure, where docking successfully with the next stage of the ship gives you twice as much firepower and where each docked stage of the ship represents one of the player's three lives. Cats have nine lives, but arcade players generally manage with just the three. Play Moon Cresta online:- http://www.retrogames.cc/arcade-games/moon-cresta-gremlin.html Current high score: still working on it.
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MOON LANDER
Attention all budding lunar module pilots! Here's your chance to re-enact the historic Apollo 11 Moon landing in July 1969, and no matter whether you're cool, calm and collected like Neil Armstrong, or fiery-tempered like Buzz Aldrin, it takes nerves of steel to safely land the lunar module with only limited fuel remaining. Are you up for the challenge? Use the arrow keys to rotate left and right and the forward arrow key to fire the thruster. Good luck! Play Moon Lander online:- http://www.moonlander.seb.ly/ Current high score: only 600
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I was really big into Ms. Pacman and also liked Frogger and a few others but I haven't played video games in decades.
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I've never really grown out of playing video games. My 28-year-old Playstation is almost half my age now and I've currently been going full throttle with Sports Superbike - although it's not nearly so much fun when you come off your bike and another biker runs into you. Ouch!  |
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Galaga was my favourite….
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From the arcade shoot-'em-ups I've featured here so far, Asteroids is by far the most addictive, although it has the worst graphics, even by 1980's standards.
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