John's Arcade Forum - Classic Arcade and Pinball Collecting and Restoring Discussion Forum - RETRO MAME - Nintendo Vs Forum

​Hey Guys,

I am looking to expand my collection of arcade games and in the meantime I think I have a nice understanding of what the best and greatest games are. I am however interested in understanding what your second most favorite games are. In other words which games are still the hidden gems of arcade games?

Looking forward to your suggestions and it would be great to understand the reasons behind your choice as well.

Regards,

Pieter

HI sphere.  I suggest if you are looking for things to play you can always put old Mame on your computer, get a USB arcade stick and try stuff out.  As for me I'm going to put down some of the stuff I think I want that may be obscure.

1. Bucky O'Hare- unknown to most people Konami made alot more 4P games than just TMNT.  Although I'm familiar with the characters what drew me in was that the game mixes up things up from the usual side scrolling shooting/beat'em up.  I'm currently building one and I hope to be done in February at the latest but the weather and my bank account may not agree.

2. Sunset Riders - second only to bucky for me is Konami's 4P side scrolling western themed shooter.  It's a pretty challenging game with one hit deaths, tons of cowboys and bullets flying everywhere and a horseback level where you chase a train.  It has a freeplay option but it's alot of fun to try to stay alive like Contra and nab the high score without dying.

3. Samurai Showdown(series)- before Soul Calibur SNK came out with their weapon based Fighter.  IT's actually sold and pretty fun at least to me.  People seem to like #2 the best but I just have more nostalgia for the first one.

4. Time Traveler(sega)- everyone knows Dragon's Lair right?  Here's it's cheesy FMV cousin with a really unique cabinet that creates a holographic illusion(think star wars holograms).  The game was created by Fred Dryar the man behind the programing of DL.  To me it's not much worse than most laserdisc games that play "simon says push right, etc..."

5. Dungon's and Dragons: Shadow of Mystara - one of these days I'm gonna have to get me one of these(yes it's the sequel to Tower of Doom).  Capcom made great 4P beat'em up with branching paths, lots of areas to explore and lots of hidden weapons to try to grab and keep.  It's RPG elements capture alot of the D&D lore and ascetics.  There's some good replay value here ^^

I can't think of too many classic era games because I was caught in the middle of the 80s and the 90s...if I think of anything else I'll post it up

Tough question.

I say that because some of the really novel stuff is great when you're a kid, harder to find now, and doesn't hold up as well as you remember.

APB
Time Soldiers
Crackdown (the one from the 80's)

Also I love stuff that is arcade that if you were really good you could beat with a quarter.

Black Tiger
Robocop
Crimefighters

Thanks for the input guys. This helped me a lot to get some inspiration on new games to collect. Throughout the web I received a lot of suggestions next to yours. Below you will find the short list as I had to prune the list substantially to make it manageable. I watched the longplays of the games and selected the following games to be on the list:

Hammerin Harry
Guardians / Denjin Makai 2
Deamon Bride
Metamorphic Force
In The Hunt
Punisher
Radiant Silvergun
Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver
Elevator Action Returns
Deathsmiles
Dodonpachi Daioujou
Mushihimesama
Double Dragon
Xain'd Sleena
Spy Hunter
Sunset Riders
Shark Attack
Donkey Kong 3
Strider
Breakers Revenge
Air Buster / Aeroblasters
Buta San
Final Star Force
Bubble Bobble
Rainbow Islands
Sprint 2
Parodius Da!
Gokujyou Parodius!
Sexy Parodius
Violent Storm
Bucky O'hare
All Points Bulletin
Time Soldiers
Crackdown
Black Tiger
Black Dragon
Robocop
Smash TV
Shadow Dancer
Shadow Warriors
Point Blank
X-Men vs Street Fighter
Twinkle Star Sprites

And yes this is the short list...  ::) ... if you would like to see the whole list just let me know ;D

Are there any games that we still miss?

Mine's Moon Patrol.

Donkey Kong and Pole Position.

Magic Drop 3


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Donkey kong is 1st and zookeeper is 2nd or mad planets, one of those is 2nd

Mine are Lunar Lander, Millipede and Tempest

Bank Panic and Puzzle de Bowling

Xybots is a good and underated game. Pseudo 3D  3d person 2 player action.

Or outrun


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Donkey Kong, Galaga, NBA Hangtime

Juno First, Astro Blaster, Shinobi

The best arcade game (http://arcadegames.pro/) that i have play is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: TURTLES IN TIME!!

my second most favorite arcade game (http://bestgames.space/) is Contra, is amazing!!