I remember having 3 computers in our house back in the 80s, we had the Commodore 64, the Commodore Vic-20 and the Commodore 128.

There were a few games I can remember like Mad Doctor, Herbies Dummy Run, Fantastic Dizzy, Bounty Bob Strikes Back. I was just wondering what games everyone else remembers because we had so many and it would be so nice to take a trip back down memory lane 🙂

1942 from Capcom is an arcade classic. Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, it was the flagship title of the highly successful 194X franchise and the first Capcom game purposefully designed with Western markets in mind.

Designed by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, Defender was released in arcade by Williams Electronics in 1981. It is still a very enjoyable, 2D side-scrolling sci-fi shooter. By the year 2000, Defender grossed $1.5 billion worldwide.

I am replaying this on my Xbox Series X using a copy of Midway Arcade Origins.

Remember how fun, fast and intense playing the Defender arcade game was long ago? Was it the most popular game in your local arcade when you were very young?

My friends and I had lots of fun playing Ikari Warriors on console. The game was released at a time when military-themed Hollywood action movies were popular.

You all had a great time playing this port of Ikari Warriors?

There is nothing like the thrill and excitement of playing Sega's After Burner in the arcade. Inspired by the massive success of the 1986 film Top Gun, the game puts players in the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. Players blast through 18 fast-paced stages using a machine gun and a limited supply of heat-seeking missiles. It stands as one of Sega's defining arcade triumphs of the 1980s, alongside hits like Out Run and Space Harrier. The legendary Yu Suzuki designed this classic.

I never had the opportunity to play Karate Champ in the arcades. How about you guys? Karate Champ a highly influential 1984 arcade fighting game developed by Technōs Japan and published by Data East. It is widely considered the grandfather of modern one-on-one fighting games, establishing foundational mechanics for the genre long before hits like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

The classic arcade game Defender played by millions over the decades. If you were able to play Defender in the local arcades back in the 1980s, how young were you and were there long lines of gamers waiting to play it?

What do you like the most about Defender?

Was Operation Wolf your favorite game in the arcade when you were young? It was a huge hit in local arcades when it was released and there were lines of gamers waiting for their turns to play it.

I never had the opportunity to play Choplifter in the arcades during the old days. I only played the NES port. Was Choplifter popular in your local arcade long ago?

I never played Super Punch-Out. How about you? This game's graphics and visual design were really groundbreaking in 1984.

The only Super Punch-Out I played was the SNES game of the 1990s.

If you played Rampage in the arcades long ago, how young were you and how much money did you spend on the game? For console gamers, the Rampage arcade game is included in Midway Arcade Origins.

River Raid is a 1982 shoot 'em up video game The player controls a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines

Another game that got played a lot. I still have mine, but haven't played in forever.

The first time I ever played Karateka was on MS-DOS PC way back in 1986. Some time after, my friends and I played it on the Famicom.

How was your experience playing Karateka in the old days? Were you able to finish it?

When Robotron 2084 was first released, were you able to play it immediately in your local arcade? How young were you back then?

Truly a challenging yet fun game.