I’m going with:
Tempest - easy pick as it is from the Golden Era which produced an obscene number of groundbreaking for the time games that remain timeless classics today. Tempest was the original Rez, it’s beautiful colour vector display and hypnotic gameplay make it one I seek out every time I go to Arcade Club.
Donkey Kong - another timeless classic from the same era. Set the blueprint for all platform games forever more and became immortalised by the King of Kong documentary. As a kid I’d only ever played the computer and console versions on Speccy, Atari 2600, BBC etc but loved it all the same.
Track ‘n’ Field - this one really stands the test of time and when I have the fortune to go to Arcade Club there will be at some point me and my mates crowding round the machine trying (and failing miserably) to set new records. Actually, getting us all through to the next event is enough of a challenge! But what great laughs we have almost 30 years after the game was first released.
Close but no cigar:
Gradius - for me the second and third games in the series completely trump it, and even at the time of release I much preferred R-Type.
Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins - first played this on the Speccy and wondered if I was doing something wrong as the third level was ridiculously difficult to the point of being broken. When I got to play the arcade version during a day trip to Clacton in the 80s, I was amazed by the music. That jingle when you start!! Der-der-dun der-der der-der-der der-dun-dun! Seemed a lot better balanced than the Speccy version but still tough as nails. And yes, I’ve given this a whirl up at Arcade Club and it stands the rest of time well.
Tempest - easy pick as it is from the Golden Era which produced an obscene number of groundbreaking for the time games that remain timeless classics today. Tempest was the original Rez, it’s beautiful colour vector display and hypnotic gameplay make it one I seek out every time I go to Arcade Club.
Donkey Kong - another timeless classic from the same era. Set the blueprint for all platform games forever more and became immortalised by the King of Kong documentary. As a kid I’d only ever played the computer and console versions on Speccy, Atari 2600, BBC etc but loved it all the same.
Track ‘n’ Field - this one really stands the test of time and when I have the fortune to go to Arcade Club there will be at some point me and my mates crowding round the machine trying (and failing miserably) to set new records. Actually, getting us all through to the next event is enough of a challenge! But what great laughs we have almost 30 years after the game was first released.
Close but no cigar:
Gradius - for me the second and third games in the series completely trump it, and even at the time of release I much preferred R-Type.
Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins - first played this on the Speccy and wondered if I was doing something wrong as the third level was ridiculously difficult to the point of being broken. When I got to play the arcade version during a day trip to Clacton in the 80s, I was amazed by the music. That jingle when you start!! Der-der-dun der-der der-der-der der-dun-dun! Seemed a lot better balanced than the Speccy version but still tough as nails. And yes, I’ve given this a whirl up at Arcade Club and it stands the rest of time well.
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