Worst 1980s arcade games

[seafoam1 2,799]

That football game that had the X's vs. the O's and cost like 50 cents to play it for like a minute. Sure, it was 5 game clock units, but that was stupid. You got like one drive in and then it was going to cut you off if you didn't keep feeding it your quarters.

I think it was one of those first 50 cent games and it didn't even extend based upon how well you played. I guess they justified it was a 2 person game. Stupid.

[Mike Honcho 5,093]

Was that the one with the rollerball controller?  That thing by itself was dangerous and caused many blood blisters to my hands back in the day. 

[seafoam1 2,799]

1 minute ago, Mike Honcho said:

Was that the one with the rollerball controller---that thing by itself was dangerous.  Caused many blood blisters. 

Yes it was. Was that early tech for video games? I think maybe it was.

[BeenHereBefore 1,453]

Yea that one did suck.

 

[MDC 7,121]

 

[edjr 6,578]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

Was that the one with the rollerball controller?  That thing by itself was dangerous and caused many blood blisters to my hands back in the day. 

I got so many blisters from the Olympic game with the roller. OUCH!

[BunnysBastatrds 2,310]

Street Fighter 

Burger Time 

 

[Gepetto 1,288]

E.T. is the answer.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

Dragons Lair. I hated and loved that game passionately 

[patweisers44 815]

There was a game where you slid beer mugs down the bar ot something dumb like that.

[Bier Meister 1,657]

Didn’t like tempest nor qbert 

[Mark Davis 339]

As a small kid I actually liked the old Atari X and O football game.  There weren't many sports games out when it was released in the early 80's.  There was a 2nd version of it that allowed 2 or 4 players and had punt as a play.  If you chose punt for your defensive play it was almost impossible for your opponent to complete a pass against you and often would be intercepted.

Hated Dragon's Lair too, took more than one token and was hard to begin with.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,310]

Scramble 

[supermike80 1,799]

Hated tempest, paperboy, qbert, joust, digdug

[Mike Honcho 5,093]

11 hours ago, RaiderHaters Revenge said:

Dragons Lair. I hated and loved that game passionately 

If you have an Xbox, you can go the online store and buy it for a few bucks.  It felt very good to finally beat that damn game---though I still haven't managed to do it on a single play yet.  

[wiffleball 4,788]

6 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Hated tempest, paperboy, qbert, joust, digdug

Wow. It's a good thing we never dated.

[MDC 7,121]

16 hours ago, patweisers44 said:

There was a game where you slid beer mugs down the bar ot something dumb like that.

Tapper. I thought it was fun, but I’ve always loved beer.  

[wiffleball 4,788]

Fern bar. They had some cheesy electronic Dan Fogelberg soundtrack and the goal was to accumulate as much Flare from your waitresses as possible while avoiding the guys with the popped collars.

[posty 2,611]

Why does seafoam have the title being "Worst 1980s arcade games", yet post one that came out in 1978?

 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,922]

Fingering your sister was fun. 

[Hardcore troubadour 14,922]

Just now, posty said:

Why does seafoam have the title being "Worst 1980s arcade games", yet post one that came out in 1978?

 

Good point.  I remember on Dec 31 1979 they got rid of all of the ones that came out in the 70’s.  Retard.  

[posty 2,611]

3 minutes ago, MDC said:

Tapper. I thought it was fun, but I’ve always loved beer.  

Initially, then it became Root Beer Tapper because having Budweiser in the back wouldn't fly in arcades...

[wiffleball 4,788]

Remember the one where you got more and more Snickers bars the more you got fondled? Like it started with some low-end cousin and then it was like a wrestling coach and then it was your Sunday school teacher, then it was a priest and then a cardinal and an Archbishop...

 

 

Wait, that wasn't a video game? 

 

 

Then where did I get all the quarters? 

 

 

[MDC 7,121]

20 minutes ago, posty said:

Initially, then it became Root Beer Tapper because having Budweiser in the back wouldn't fly in arcades...

They should make a version with a tranny bartender who serves Bud Light.

[JustinCharge 2,397]

 

[RaiderHaters Revenge 4,236]

37 minutes ago, MDC said:

They should make a version with a tranny bartender who serves Bud Light.

and it all just drops to the ground cause nobody wants it?

[posty 2,611]

Oh man, I hated that Journey game...

[DonS 3,292]

9 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Hated tempest, paperboy, qbert, joust, digdug

I liked Joust.

 

[lod001 1,344]

9 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Hated tempest, paperboy, qbert, joust, digdug

What is cool is that you can now play every single game exactly as it was in the arcade for under $1000. Maybe even under $500 if you go cheap on the PC. Launchbox on the PC is awesome now. Easy to configure and import the game roms. Vector games show as vector games on the big screen TV. The only games I have yet to get to work are the ones with a unique set of controls like bandido. 

Tempest is awesome. Even got crazy climber to work with the x-arcade controllers. Made it farther than I ever did pumping quarters into it in the 80s..

[frank 2,276]

1 hour ago, DonS said:

I liked Joust.

 

Me too. And tempest and dig dug. 

[DonS 3,292]

7 minutes ago, frank said:

Me too. And tempest and dig dug. 

[Cruzer 1,995]

Tron 

 

But surprised by the Tempest hate, I loved that game. 

[seafoam1 2,799]

10 hours ago, DonS said:

I liked Joust.

 

I never took interest to get past the second level. What was that game like in later rounds?

[seafoam1 2,799]

4 hours ago, Cruzer said:

Tron 

 

But surprised by the Tempest hate, I loved that game. 

Ever see the movie Tron?

[seafoam1 2,799]

I honesty hated pacman. It was just formulaic and it introduced nothing interesting visually.

[posty 2,611]

9 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

I honesty hated pacman. It was just formulaic and it introduced nothing interesting visually.

"I didn't like the game because I couldn't memorize the patterns to be successful." ~~seafoam1

[edjr 6,578]

On 6/4/2023 at 11:16 PM, Mark Davis said:

 

Hated Dragon's Lair too, took more than one token and was hard to begin with.

because you suck at life. 

[edjr 6,578]

20 hours ago, DonS said:

I liked Joust.

 

with your dad or uncle?

[seafoam1 2,799]

1 minute ago, posty said:

"I didn't like the game because I couldn't memorize the patterns to be successful." ~~seafoam1

Problem was I could memorize the solution. That's why it was boring. Dumbass.

[porkbutt 892]

burgertime and ET were piles of sh;t

 

tron and dragons lair at the arcade were focking brutal ...should have just threw my 3-4 quarters in the trash. and OP spot on with that sh;t football game.