Favorite Video Games

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Friday, March 19, 2004

Afterburner II

Afterburner II The moving cockpit version of the 1986 upright was probably the best flight simulator of the arcades. Released by Sega in 1987, it cost a buck to play even then, but was well worth the extra cost. It was easy to get a million points in the game; I broke 1,000,000 points twice since I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 28, 2004

Time Pilot

Time Pilot was released in 1982 by Centuri, which manufactured the game under license from Konami, the same manufaturers of Gyruss. It was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, the same designer of Gyruss. What I like most about the game is the time travel theme. There are 5 different time periods featuring... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 14, 2004

Galaga

Galaga, released by Namco 1981, I first played in 1983. It was the update of the 1979 Namco classic, Galaxian, which featured enemies that dived on you. That’s one of the reasons I liked it, besides The Challenging Stages, which make their first appearance here. And allowing the player to earn the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 7, 2004

Favorite Video Games I’ve been playing videogames since 1981. The first videogame I ever played was Space Zap in a bowling alley in my hometown of Fort Atkinson, WI. It’s hard to pick an all time favorite, because I like different games for different reasons. So today I’ll talk about the arcade game... Sign in to see full entry.

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