The Golden Age Of Gaming In The Eighties-14 Minutes

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

 My top five worst 

Dig Dug

 Centipede

Defender

 Joust

Frogger

 Why…because I sucked at them

 

 Top five best

Galaga

 Track and Field

Tempest

 Ms Pac-Man 

Zevious

 Why? Because I dropped more quarters in them than having the shakes at 7/11

 

 

[easilyscan 1,092]

I played pole position, Frogger & one not shown here......kaboom

Good memories

[MikeMatt 505]

3 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

I played poll position, Frogger & one not shown here......kaboom

Good memories

If I remember correctly Kaboom was an Activision game played on the Atari 2600. I don’t know what it was but I was unstoppable at that game. Some reason I saw bombs before they were dropped - I was back and forth on that paddle - wait I  just jizzed in my pants - ok I’m back. Yeah I was good at that game. 
 

Activision made some great games co that console. River Raid, Stampede to name a couple more.  

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

37 minutes ago, easilyscan said:

I played pole position, Frogger & one not shown here......kaboom

Good memories

 All of these are actual arcade games,  not home ones.

[easilyscan 1,092]

6 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 All of these are actual arcade games,  not home ones.

Sorry I ruined the thread. Is there anyway you can forgive me ?

[Kopy 596]

E motherf0ckin T

Drop!

 

[posty 2,856]

Played a lot of:

Arch Rivals
Moon Patrol
Missile Command
10-Yard Fight
Two Tigers

Just to name a few...

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

 Star Wars

Battlefront 

 Years Revenge 

Excite-Bike

 Street Fighter (the one you pounded your fist on)
 

[MikeMatt 505]

28 minutes ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 Street Fighter (the one you pounded your fist on)
 

My kid went to Brooklyn for a Street Fighter tournament- let’s just say it didn’t go so well. These people are hardcore gamers. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

21 minutes ago, MikeMatt said:

My kid went to Brooklyn for a Street Fighter tournament- let’s just say it didn’t go so well. These people are hardcore gamers. 

 I’d get to the last one but never beat him. Loved that game. 

[WhiteWonder 3,023]

2 hours ago, posty said:

Played a lot of:

Arch Rivals
Moon Patrol
Missile Command
10-Yard Fight
Two Tigers

Just to name a few...

you used to do things?

[posty 2,856]

4 hours ago, WhiteWonder said:

you used to do things?

Shocking isn't it...

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

 That game you rode aa horse and had to rob a train 

[dogcows 1,315]

Spy Hunter
Elevator Action
Rampage

[MikeMatt 505]

Dragons Lair anyone ?

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

4 hours ago, dogcows said:

Spy Hunter
Elevator Action
Rampage

 Loved Elevator Action 

[MikeMatt 505]

7 hours ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 Loved Elevator Action 

That’s the only action I got when I was 14

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

13 minutes ago, MikeMatt said:

That’s the only action I got when I was 14

 I was fingering at twelve

[dogcows 1,315]

12 hours ago, MikeMatt said:

Dragons Lair anyone ?

That machine ate your money faster than onlyfans

[MikeMatt 505]

1 hour ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 I was fingering at twelve

I was still eating my snot at 12

[MikeMatt 505]

2 minutes ago, dogcows said:

That machine ate your money faster than onlyfans

I had an older friend that worked as a game tech and that game was on a golden disk not the traditional video game board at the time. He ended up building his own case for his house and we played it for hours for free. There were other games with the  same technology at the time and it was as easy as changing a record (the disk was same size as a 33 1/3 album). Lots of drugs and good times. 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

4 minutes ago, MikeMatt said:

I was still eating my snot at 12

 

[Tree of Knowledge 2,276]

Great list.  I played most of them.  Pole Position, Centipede, Tempest and Dig Dug were my best.  Berserk rarely makes these lists but I spent a lot of coins on that one as well.  
 

I had to check. Space Invaders was 1979, so did not qualify.  

[BiPolarBear 497]

Centipede, and Frogger on the list. I played Zaxxon. Had the 5 highest scores on my fav machine. 

 

[edjr 7,053]

On 11/12/2025 at 3:13 PM, WhiteWonder said:

you used to do things?

he likely stood behind someone playing and watched

[edjr 7,053]

On 11/14/2025 at 12:24 PM, BunnysBastatrds said:

 I was fingering at twelve

slipped through the TP?

[Mike Honcho 5,558]

No Elevator Action? 

[edjr 7,053]

paper boy?

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

 What was the Tarzan where you swung on ropes?

 

[Mike Honcho 5,558]

1 minute ago, BunnysBastatrds said:

 What was the Tarzan where you swung on ropes?

 

Jungle King

[BunnysBastatrds 2,716]

 PAC Land was a fawking trip. You. Could push a tree stump and end up in another world. All kinds of wild fun. Especially on acid at three in the morning.