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The Greatest Arcade Machines of all time - it's about the hardware, not just the games
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Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:56:46
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I used to go to arcades in my youth and loved some of the set ups.

What are the best machines and peripherals you remember? Pics please.

This is the Aliens Extermination arcade machine, a rig set up for an on rails shooter it let us live out our fantasy of having and holding a fully functional pulse rifle. I can't remember if there was force feedback but I think there was, it pulsed in your hands and felt very satisfying to shoot. Shame we've almost given up on gun peripherals for home consoles.  

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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:50:11
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gamingeek said:

Shame we've almost given up on gun peripherals for home consoles.  

Legacy of the Wii-remote?

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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:41:48
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Foolz said:
gamingeek said:

Shame we've almost given up on gun peripherals for home consoles.  

Legacy of the Wii-remote?

Partly, but I think people have given up on light gun games. I would say the home consoles have killed the craziness of the arcade. We need more craziness.

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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:46:13
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Can't forget SEGA's Star Wars with the epic lightsaber battles with Darth using a joystick.

The X-wing graphics blew my mind first time.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:16:08
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As a rule I stayed away from arcade games like that because they always cost two or three times as much as other games to play. I'll stick with the ones I can play for a quarter.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:58:47
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SEGA's Afterburner. Too bad I only saw the hobo version here in Mexico.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:18:08
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gamingeek said:

Can't forget SEGA's Star Wars with the epic lightsaber battles with Darth using a joystick.

The X-wing graphics blew my mind first time.

I was a badass at this game.

Time Crisis was incredible with the guns that had that recoil.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:38:06
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There was this arcade game that was setup in central london, it was like those NASA sims where you sat in this unit and the whole thing moved, it had a screen in built and seated about 6 people and you moved on rails and shot stuff. I believe it was a Namco game but I can't remember what it was.

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Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:41:38
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Light gun game cabinets were always my favourite.

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