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[Death From Above]

Street Fighter II should be my #1 as well.

Some other good versions out there, but all derivative of that so it got my vote in the end, plus it really launched the whole thing.

[Kyle Casey]

3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 1989 - 136 points/7 votes - Highest vote - #6 - Hail Sabin/Downfall - Publisher: Konami

Writeup courtesy of Wikipedia:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in Europe, is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up released by Konami as a coin-operated video game in 1989. It is based on the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series which began airing in the fall of 1987. The original coin-operated game was distributed to the arcades in two variants: a standard 2-player version that allowed either player to choose their character and a deluxe 4-player version with each player controlling a different character. Home versions of the game were released for various platforms.

[Death From Above]

Kyle I think you have my ballot confused with someone else's, because I had that at #9...

sorry to rain on the parade and all. As long as the actual totals are right it's pretty unimportant I suppose.

[Kyle Casey]

Death From Above, on Oct 22 2010, 12:01 AM, said:

Street Fighter II should be my #1 as well.

Some other good versions out there, but all derivative of that so it got my vote in the end, plus it really launched the whole thing.

So it is. My bad, I will correct that momentarily.

Same for TMNT. Sorry. I must've been half asleep when I was compiling the info.

[Kyle Casey]

2. Ms. Pac-Man - 1981 - 138 points/7 votes - Highest vote - #1 - Cliff Hanger/thatdude21601 - Publisher: Midway

Writeup courtesy of GameFAQS:

Ms. Pac-Man is here to drive you totally wild and crazy with more fun than you've ever imagined! Four feisty ghosts are chasing MS. PAC-MAN. Use your skill and strategy to rack up points while outrunning the gobbling ghosts. Grab an energy pill, and score even more points. Now gobble up all those fearless ghosts!

[Kyle Casey]

4. The Simpsons - 1991 - 133 points/7 votes - Highest vote - #1 - Downfall/Hail Sabin/Red is Dead - Publisher: Konami

Writeup courtesy of Wikipedia:

The Simpsons: The Arcade Game is an arcade game developed by Konami in 1991. It is a beat 'em up based on the cartoon series of the same name. The voice actors of the immediate family (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith) provide voices for their respective characters. It uses the same engine and therefore has similar overall gameplay as the 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, also made by Konami.

After stealing a giant diamond from Springfield Jewelers for Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers bumps into Homer Simpson, whose family is conveniently walking down the street. The encounter knocks the diamond out of Smithers' hand, and Maggie snatches it in her mouth (to replace the pacifier), prompting Smithers to kidnap Maggie (rather than just the diamond) and run off. The Simpsons must give chase, but hundreds of goons in matching suits stand in their way.

[Kyle Casey]

1. WWF Wrestlefest - 1991 - 150 points/8 votes - Highest vote - #1 - Shane/OutlawStar51 - Publisher: Technos

Writeup courtesy of GameFAQS:

WWF WrestleFest is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Technos in 1991, featuring stars of the World Wrestling Federation. The game is the sequel to WWF Superstars. The game was distributed by Technos in Japan and North America and by Tecmo in Europe and Australasia.

Like Superstars before it, the game features many of the trademark moves and taunts of the featured WWF Superstars. The game also allows the player to insert more credits into the machine to buy energy—a feature similar to one used in an earlier Technos release, The Combatribes.

Wrestlefest included a new Royal Rumble mode as well as four-player simultaneous play. There are also voice samples, including commentary and pre-match introductions by WWF ring announcer Mike McGuirk. The voiced cut scenes featuring Gene Okerlund from Superstars returned as well.

[Death From Above]

Well yeah. DVDVR Approved ©

WARRIOR FLYING FROM THE TOP ROPE

[Kyle Casey]

Grrrr....A slight miscount had me ranking Simpsons higher than it merited. This has been corrected. Sorry. This is what I get for doing all my compilations in the wee hours. >_<

[Kyle Casey]

So, there it is! I hope you all enjoyed it, and I hope that you will continue to discuss this.

Now, onto the PC poll!

[Death From Above]

I think the one that surprises me is The Simpsons in the top 5. Good game, but I didn't vote for it at all. Enjoyed it the time or two I played it though.

[Shane]

Mentioned it to Kyle when I sent in my ballot and I'm actually curious...am I the only one who managed to make a full list without a single fighting game? I never got into them at all, and went into my ballot with the idea of ranking games by how many quarters/tokens I dropped into them back in the day over their relative "importance." And then, of course, a lot of the key fighters came after my arcade rat days, so I simply didn't play them at all.

[TimLivingston]

WWF WrestleFest as #1? I should have known...

[downfall]

Here is the full list (spoiler for size). Thanks to Kyle Casey for all the hard work!

Spoiler

42. Space Invaders
41. House of the Dead
40. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
39. Rampage
38. Elevator Action
37. Crazy Taxi
36. Dragon's Lair
35. Robotron 2084
34. Alien vs. Predator
33. Killer Instinct
32. Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road
31. Ridge Racer
30. Addams Family Pinball
29. Jurassic Park
28. Tempest
27. Tekken Tag Tournament
26. Star Wars Trilogy
25. Double Dragon
24. Tron
23. Discs of Tron
22. Virtua Fighter 2
21. Street Fighter Alpha 2
20. Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting
19. Daytona USA
18. Metal Slug
17. Joust
16. Donkey Kong Jr.
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
14. Mortal Kombat II
13. Gauntlet
12. Marvel vs. Capcom 2
11. Galaga
10. X-Men
9. Pac-Man
8. Final Fight
7. NBA Jam
6. Street Fighter II: The World Warriors
5. Donkey Kong
4. The Simpsons
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2. Ms. Pac-Man
1. WWF Wrestlefest

[downfall]

Shane, I'm not much of a fighter guy either. I would seriously much rather play Soul Caliber 2 than anything else that placed on the list. Street Fighter 2 isn't bad or anything, but I never did like Mortal Kombat in any iteration. Killer Instinct was pretty good too, but I don't think it held up very well at all. I do love side-scrolling brawler type games like TMNT and The Simpsons though.

Here is my ballot - I bolded the ones that placed. I only ranked games I've spent a fair amount of time with in an arcade, and I ranked them by which cabinets I'd most like to own someday.

Spoiler

1. The Simpsons
2. Ms. Pac-Man
3. Ironman Ivan Stewart's Super Off Road
4. Metal Slug
5. Carnevil
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Donkey Kong
8. Soul Caliber 2
9. Mario Kart Arcade GP
10. Daytona USA
11. Outrun
12. Dance Dance Revolution: Extreme (8th Mix)
13. Dig Dug
14. X-Men
15. Police Trainer
16. Time Crisis 2
17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
18. Cruis'n USA
19. PunchOut!
20. WWF: Wrestlefest
21. House of the Dead
22. Snow Bros.
23. Robotron 2084
24. Galaga
25. F-Zero AX

Not surprised that a bunch of mine didn't make it - I know a lot of people probably haven't even played a few of mine. That said, I cannot believe that Outrun and/or Dig Dug didn't end up on the list somewhere.

[The Natural]

Not played enough arcade games to take part but I really liked The Simpsons which has great nostalgia value for me as it was one of two arcade games I played for the first time ever (the other was Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage which I'm surprised didn't make it...boo!)

[Kyle Casey]

downfall, on Oct 22 2010, 04:17 AM, said:

Thanks to Kyle Casey for all the hard work!

Thanks, downfall, and to everybody else who's expressed similar sentiments. I'm glad that things have gone as smoothly as they have.

[throughsilver]

TimLivingston, on Oct 21 2010, 05:15 AM, said:

Ryan, on Oct 19 2010, 05:34 PM, said:

throughsilver, on Oct 19 2010, 02:06 PM, said:

I love Metal Slug, but holy god did it get difficult.

The obvious solution is to play it on MAME and jam in about 50,000 credits.

Or buy the Collection for like...$10.

Metal Slug 3 was the best of the series, easily.

I have them all on my PSP. Still difficult, no matter how many credits you have.

[Red is Dead]

Kyle Casey, on Oct 17 2010, 05:08 AM, said:

30. Addams Family Pinball - 1993 - 35 points/3 votes - Highest vote - #7 - Red is Dead - Publisher: Bally/Midwway

YES!!!

Kyle Casey, on Oct 17 2010, 05:20 AM, said:

27. Tekken Tag Tournament - 1988 - 39 points/2 votes - Highest vote - #5 - Red is Dead - Publisher: Namco

YES!!!! YES!!!!

Kyle Casey, on Oct 19 2010, 04:56 AM, said:

19. Daytona USA - 1994 - 51 points/5 votes - Highest vote - #9 - Red is Dead - Publisher: Sega

Again - am reading through this after being away on honeymoon. this is bringing a massive smile to my face. loving every single read and all of your nostalgic comments.

Oh my days. I'm loving this whole subforum. can we do this for GOTY for 2010?

Kyle, you are the fucking man for compiling all these threads/posts - bravissimo.

[Kyle Casey]

Red is Dead, on Nov 16 2010, 07:25 AM, said:

Again - am reading through this after being away on honeymoon. this is bringing a massive smile to my face. loving every single read and all of your nostalgic comments.

Oh my days. I'm loving this whole subforum. can we do this for GOTY for 2010?

Kyle, you are the fucking man for compiling all these threads/posts - bravissimo.

Thanks, man. I think a GOTY poll is doable after the 8-bit countdown is finished.

Speaking of which, you still have a few weeks to get a ballot together for the 8-bit poll. The more, the better!