Top 150 Arcade Games Results Thread

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"Peanut Butter and Jam" sounds like Toejam and Earl.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

136. Golden Tee Golf

Golden Tee Golf (also known as Golden Tee) is a golf arcade game series by Incredible Technologies. Since its inception in 1989, the trackball-controlled arcade game has become a standard integrated fixture of barroom popular culture, right alongside the pool tables, dartboards and jukeboxes.

There are many versions of the game that have been created throughout the years, but a fairly consistent feature between them all is the availability of a variety of 18-hole courses with different themes and levels of difficulty. A common motif among many of these courses, especially in more recent versions, is the existence of shortcuts or trick shots to help cut strokes off the player's score. These shortcuts can often make it easier to birdie, eagle, or in rarer cases double eagle than in most golf video games and especially more than in a real round of golf. Another common feature among many of these courses is that the front 9 (first 9 holes) is set up to be easier than the back 9 (last 9 holes). The first couple of holes will normally have wide fairways, flat greens, and low wind speed. The last couple of holes will almost always have hard-to-reach fairways, high winds, and/or heavily-sloped greens.

One thing that Golden Tee has done to separate itself from other video golf games is to add replayability to each course. Even though a player might select the same course twice in a row, they may notice some interesting differences that exist between their current game and their previous. The tee boxes may have moved, the winds may have shifted, the pin placements on the green may be different, it might no longer be raining, the water may have risen and the lake may have frozen over - creating a shortcut on a hole that wasn't there before. These changes occur each time a new game is started, creating a unique experience every round.

In addition, there have been many celebrity sound and video recordings that have been built into the game throughout the years. Sportscaster Pat Summerall and professional golfers Peter Jacobsen, Gary Player and Laura Diaz have all contributed sage advice, sarcastic remarks, and witty criticism to the many versions of the game. A celebrity known only to the Golden Tee world, former Golden Tee World Champion Steven Sobe, has been added to the LIVE versions of the game as a mentor for new players, showing them the basics of the game every time a game is played.

Finally, the creators of Golden Tee are also very fond of adding easter eggs into their games. Things such as bigfoot, dead bodies, and groundhogs holding Coca-Cola cans are just some of the things that Incredible Technologies has strategically programmed throughout the nooks and crannies of their virtual golf courses, normally when you decide to veer off the beaten path.

The game is scored the same way a real game of golf is scored - there are even penalty strokes given when the player finds a water hazard or hits past an out-of-bounds marker. The game's primary control feature is the requirement of the player to use a trackball, which determines the power and distance of each golf swing, as described in the section below. In most versions of the game, the player must also use the trackball and start button to navigate through the menus to select the course they wish to play, along with other play options. The player is given a choice of whether they want to play a full 18-hole round, a 9-hole round, or pay for 3 holes at a time. If the player chooses to play 9 holes, they will also get to decide whether they want to play the front 9 or the back 9 of the course they selected.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Countdown Update:

150. Arch Rivals
149. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
148. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
147. Super Off Road
146. Primal Rage
145. Moon Patrol
144. Mortal Kombat 4
143. Submarine
142. Big Buck Hunter
141. Toki
140. Vs. Baseball
139. San Francisco Rush
138. Sunset Riders
137. NBA Jam
136. Golden Tee Golf

Here are the clues to the next five games.

* FBI Training Tool For New Recruits

* Get Away From Evil Otto

* Pin Him, Pin Him, Pin Him

* Rescue Sylvia From Mr. X

* Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

135. WWF Wrestlemania

WWF WrestleMania (also known on console versions as WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game) is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Midway.

Despite being based on professional wrestling, WrestleMania's digitized graphics and fast-paced gameplay make it more of a fighting game in the vein of Midway's Mortal Kombat series. The game is regarded as over the top for its use of attacks. While some actual wrestling moves are present, matches consist primarily of insane combos and special attacks, such as the Undertaker casting spirits at an opponent and Doink shocking the opponent with a joy buzzer. There are other similarities to the Mortal Kombat games, such as the winner being the victor of two out of three rounds and players being awarded flawless victories, which are simply called "perfect" here.

WrestleMania's one-player mode has the player choose one of eight wrestlers (Bam Bam Bigelow, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Doink the Clown, Lex Luger, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker or Yokozuna) and then go for either the Intercontinental Championship or the WWF Championship by fighting through several matches. In the Intercontinental Championship mode, the player must win four one-on-one matches, two two-on-one matches, and one three-on-one match to win the title. In the more difficult WWF Championship mode, the player must win four two-on-one matches, two three-on-one matches, and finally a "WrestleMania Challenge," where the player must defeat every wrestler in the game in a gauntlet, starting with a three-on-one setup, with each eliminated opponent being replaced with another until all eight have been defeated.

The game also features two multi-player modes; head to head, a one-on-one match between two players, or cooperative, where the two players team up in a tag team version of the WrestleMania Challenge in which they must defeat the game's eight wrestlers in groups of two to become the Tag Team Champions.

Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler, who also appear in the game sitting at the announcer's table to the right of the ring.

The game was followed up by WWF In Your House for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

134. Hogan's Alley

Hogan's Alley is a 1984 arcade game by Nintendo. It was one of the first games to use a light gun as an input device.

"Hogan's Alley" is the FBI's training camp tool to train new recruits. The game flashes "cardboard cut-outs" of innocent civilians and thugs in front of the player and the player must react quickly to "take down" the bad guys and spare the innocents.

Despite being rather short on story and depth, this game was nevertheless fairly popular. The game flashes three "cardboard cut-outs" of a mixture of bad guys and innocent civilians. The player needs to react quickly and shoot the thugs while sparing the bystanders and other friendlies (such as police officers). The game gets more difficult and faster as it progresses.

The player never escalates to shooting "real" thugs and gangsters, but the scenery changes from a blank wall to a city scene with the cardboard cutouts.

The game is available only as a standard upright. The controls consist of a single light gun. This was a rather novel input device for a game of its time and added to its appeal.

The FBI does have a training facility called Hogan's Alley at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. It consists of fake storefronts and actors who role-play the inhabitants of the "town". However, the FBI's Hogan's Alley didn't open until 1987. The Nintendo game is probably based on an earlier Hogan's Alley established at Camp Perry as early as 1920. See Hogan's Alley entry for more information on the history of the name "Hogan's Alley" and its use to describe tactical training facilities.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

133. CarnEvil

CarnEvil is a rail shooter arcade game using a light gun. Released by Midway Games on October 31 (Halloween), 1998, CarnEvil is noted for its graphic content and strong lifelike violence which was peppered with heavy amounts of black humor. CarnEvil is a portmanteau of "The Carnival of Evil" and was inspired by the 1962 movie Carnival of Souls. It is the most successful light gun style game produced by Midway Games.

The game is set in the fictional town of Greeley Valley, Iowa. The main character, Jacob, joins a tractor-drawn trailer named Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour. According to a legend, if a golden token is inserted into the tombstone of Ludwig von Tökkentäkker, a haunted amusement park will rise from the earth. The main character leaves the tour with his friend, Lisa, and approaches the tombstone. A golden coin falls into a small hole on the tombstone, and surprised, Jacob inserts the coin into the tombstone, resulting in the legendary undead carnival to rise from the ground. Wielding a shotgun from the shooting gallery at the entrance, Jacob, and Lisa if there is a second player, fights through hordes of monsters, zombies, and insects until they eventually escape. The game consists of four levels, each ending with a boss fight. The bosses are all in the form of carnival attractions as well as some European archetypes. After defeating Tökkentäkker, the man who owns the undead carnival, and surviving the explosion of the airship, Jacob awakes the next morning in a pile of leaves next to Lisa, and finds himself back in the cemetery. Jacob, after standing up with Lisa sees the coin fall into the hole again and decides to re-summon CarnEvil for a second round, much to the horror of Lisa, who screams as it awakens once again.

The following poem appears at the start of the game:

When the Moon is full and trees are bare -
Walk through the Cemetery if you dare.
Where skeletons rot and corpses fester -
Locate the tomb with the skull of a Jester.
Feed him the token all shiny and new -
It is then that CarnEvil will return for YOU!

The players shoot enemies on the screen while progressing through four amusement park-themed horror environments while avoiding civilians. Shooting civilians earns a life penalty, but does not garner any long-term consequences or changes to the game. Power-ups such as extra health, clip increases, and gun power-ups are among other possible rewards for shooting non-civilians. Grabbing these power-ups also provides bonus points. It is said to be "the most twisted video game ever" by the LA Weekly; CarnEvil lives up to this title. In this game you battle undead elves, fast food workers, freaks, and many others. The weapon is a pump-shot gun which can be powered up to a machine gun, a double-blast shotgun, a flamethrower, and even an acid shooter. The game is red stickered for a good reason. This game contains blood and gore, intense violence, and disturbing images but still manages to maintain a sense of cartoonish albeit dark humor. For example, in the Rickety Town level, you can hit a target that will have one of the zombie fast food workers dunked in a vat of boiling oil and fried undead.

Environments are:
* Rickety Town - A traditional carnival setting focusing on familiar sights such as roller coasters, a ferris wheel, bumper cars, flat rides, game stalls, and even a food court. The most prominent ride is the Christmas-themed "Slay Ride" roller coaster which delivers the player to an ice skating rink to face the boss character.
* Haunted House - A Victorian-style mansion surrounded by a graveyard and posing as a dark ride; filled with zombies, ghouls, spiders, bats, and other Halloween favorites. The player enters through the foyer and fights their way through the den, hallways, and kitchen before ascending to the second floor and onto the roof where one of the wagons knocks the players into the graveyard for the boss fight.
* Freak Show - Boardwalk-style sideshow of the bizarre and astounding featuring a host of deformed opponents which make this stage particularly disturbing. The player begins in the freak exhibition and from there fights monsters in a museum of oddities, a monkey cage, and then a Tower of London-themed torture exhibition. A macabre assembly line beneath the Chamber delivers the player to a gigantic play pen to face the boss.
* Ludwig von Tökkentäkker's Big Top - Immense circus tent swarming with undead clowns, mimes, and circus animals - this is the main attraction of the nightmarish carnival. Ascending the big top by means of cannon, trapeze, and tightrope allows you to reach Ludwig von Tökkentäkker's zeppelin where the final battle takes place. But they want your brain to put in the body of the "main event" of the Center Ring!

The good characters are:
* Jacob - A local teenager and the protagonist of the game. He wears a red jacket with blue jeans and carries a flashlight in his hand. After hearing the legend of CarnEvil, he takes Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour through the local Greeley Valley Cemetery to see whether the stories are true. When he sees the professor's grave, he ditches the Ghost Tour and foolishly puts the token into the mouth of the Jester Skull. As Tökkentäkker and his minions emerge from the depths of Hell, Jacob learns that CarnEvil is beyond anything the legend described and grabs a pump-action shot gun from the shooting gallery, realizing that he must either fight his way out or die in the evil amusement park. He's played as Player 1.
* Lisa - A teenage girl who was on Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour as well. When CarnEvil is summoned from the cemetery, she indistinctly appears out of nowhere during the game. She follows the player in each level and usually winds up being attacked by spiders, zombies, etc. Upgrades to the pump-shot gun can be received by rescuing her from her attackers while accidentally shooting her results in damage to the player's life points. She is based on the main character from the 1960s horror B-movie "Carnival of Souls." She's played by Player 2.
* Spooky Sam - The tour guide in Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour. He speaks with a Southern accent. He and most of his passengers are murdered when CarnEvil emerges from the grave.
* Umlaut - The guide to the demented world of CarnEvil and its official "spokesperson". He appears as a cartoon-like skull with a purple and yellow jester hat on. He directs the player to whichever level that they choose to enter. Umlaut makes his final appearance as a sub-boss on the final level. Frank Welker voices him.

The Rickety Town enemies are:
* Tinsels - Twisted little elves in Rickety Town; attack by throwing presents and stabbing with sharpened candy canes. They resemble the Green Goblin and are respectively seen on the "Slay Ride" roller coaster.
* Carnie - The mascot of Rickety Town, an evil, fanged version of Barney the dinosaur but blue-green in color. They can be seen around the "Dino-Rama" flat ride and emerge from the whirling dinosaur eggs.
* Buzzy - Small insects grown fat on bad carnival food. They have razor sharp mandibles.
* Smilin' Bob (Mr. Smiley) - An overly cheerful gas station attendant whose grin never wavers even after half of his head is blown away; attacks by swinging a gas can or punching. He primarily appears in the "Garage" where he attacks both on foot and in the bumper cars. Ironically, he is also a humble and helpful employee, but don't be fooled by his friendly and happy smile.
* Skeleteens - The zombified and pimple-faced teenage employees of the food court who toss pizza, corn dogs, burritos, chicken drumsticks and a variety of carnival-themed food and drinks. They jump over the counter to punch. They have very fast attacks.
* Krampus the Anti-Claus - Monstrous Santa Claus with reindeer antlers, talons, and ice skates. He serves as the boss character in Rickety Town. Krampus comes from behind a giant Christmas tree when it turns around to reveal the other side. He glides around the skating rink and attacks with his claws but also uses a sack full of coals. Upon being defeated, he falls over and starts bleeding on the ice as snow begins to fall.

The Haunted House enemies are:
* Rotten Robbie - Zombies that have overrun the Haunted House; can throw knives, torsos, or punch and swipe at close range.
* Gools and Rayths - Evil spirits who haunt the halls of the mansion. These vile entities are known to appear almost anywhere throughout the level and seem to vanish when blasted.
* Arachne - Giant spiders who stalk the dark corridors of the Haunted House and make shrieking noises when killed.
* Legs - Smaller spiders who dwell in the basement of the Haunted House.
* Batty - Large bats who like to take a bite out of visitors. Be careful of them, as they can fly very fast and can overtake you because they are always seen in large groups.
* Grabby - Dangerous hands that pop out of the walls in the Haunted House. They only wish to claw at anyone foolish enough to enter the hallways.
* Hambone - Jason Voorhees parodying maniac and sub-boss in the Haunted House stage. Hambone first appears at the mansion entrance to try and stop the players. He wears a hockey mask and bib overalls while sporting a chaingun arm. After being defeated once, he later returns as Hambone: The Revenge and sporting a cannon that launches explosive skulls (three or six skulls depending on the number of players). The mask can be shot off.
* Evil Marie - Parody of Marie Antoinette and the boss of the Haunted House stage who emerges from her graveyard mausoleum. She appears as a vampire lady with pale violet skin, in fine dress, and powdered wig and heels. She sports a bloody axe and comically over-sized breasts. She loses clothing as she takes damage until ending in a corset, underwear, and stockings. Towards the end of the fight, Evil Marie summons a column of light which enables her to fire blasts of energy before being shot out of the air and impaled on the spire of her tomb.

The Freak Show enemies are:
* Human Fly - He is what his name says, a fly with a human head. He enjoys buzzing around the Fly Trap.
* Maggot Mike - Human-headed maggots who love to give visitors "kisses".
* Flap Jack - The upper bodies of conjoined twin acrobats connected at the waist, seen in the Freak Show. When you shoot the other half of the body, the opposite half will laugh; if you kill it and wound them, Flap Jack will laugh (and choke) when dying. They are the genetic marvels of the Freak Show and often attack with giant clubs while performing on stage.
* NikNak - Deadly eight-legged "spider monkeys" created by cross-breeding those two creatures; very fast and agile. They all wear fez caps and are fought within a giant cage.
* Tort and Rodz - The badly mutilated inmates of the Chamber of Horrors. They are so badly tortured that a few shots will make the body drop fast to the ground. As such, they are slow-moving but still pose a threat to you with jagged swords and may distract you from smaller enemies. They are also found in the hazardous assembly line beneath the Chamber.
* Eyeclops - Cockney speaking sub-boss of the Freak Show. You must defeat him before entering the Chamber of Horrors. Eyeclops appears as a two-headed ogre giant donning light armor, sword, and shield. He sports one eye on each head, three on his chest, and several others on his arms and legs. These are obviously his weak point and taking them out will reduce the greatest amount of his health. Use the rapid-fire tactic to take out every eye on his body so that he falls quickly.
* Junior - Gigantic infant sewn together from parts unknown and brought to life by lightning like Frankenstein. He carries a rattle made from human skulls. He's the boss of the Freak Show level, fought inside a gigantic playpen where he attempts to crush the players. He uses a vomiting attack which is nearly impossible to avoid. Ultimately, he is forced back into his crib where he is electrocuted and killed.
* Deaddy - An extra boss in the arcade version, the game creators made Deaddy in case Junior was too 'scary' to children. Deaddy is a giggantic teddy bear that's been turned into a zombie and has all of Junior's attacks. Deaddy, according to the strategy guide, is actually supposed to be stronger than Junior, but those who have played against him have felt it's the same.

The Big Top enemies are:
* Mortito - Small, imp-like, bat-headed creatures who speak only Spanish and carry tridents the size of their own bodies. They are usually seen in flight or launched out of a cannon. One of the Spanish phrases the use is the same phrase used by Speedy Gonzalez.
* Big Johnny - Ironically, small clowns who wield knives or fling bowling pins and wear classic red, white and blue attire. Their favorite line is, "That's show business!"
* Marcello - A famous Marcel-like mime who just seems to get in the way.
* Little Mugsy - Giant men in clown suits who make strange squeaking noises when hit. They attack the players with giant mallets or brass knuckles.
* Yippy - Undead rabid poodles in clown attire. They resemble Cujo and perform amazing feats!
* Dr. Giggles - A crazed surgeon who likes to "clown around" with his patients. He wants your brain to put in the body of the "Great Ape"!
* Skeleton Crew - Numerous skeletons who appear during the final battle with Tökkentäkker. They are the Professor's crew members and will prevent the players from reaching their master.
Umlaut - He first appears as a petrified Jester Skull on Tökkentäkker's grave. When Jacob feeds him the gold token, he comes to life and summons CarnEvil. Upon selecting a level, Umlaut appears to give a brief rhyme to describe what's in store. Umlaut returns as the sub-boss during the final battle on-board Tökkentäkker's airship. The player must defeat him before facing off with Tökkentäkker. His bite attacks aren't especially damaging, but his small size makes him a difficult target to hit.
* Professor Ludwig von Tökkentäkker - The master of the "Greatest Show Unearthed" and all of its horrors. Appearing as an eccentric gentleman in a brilliantly colored ringmaster's costume with five bell-shaped coat buttons and wearing a CarnEvil token as an eye patch, he commands from his zeppelin over CarnEvil, staffed by a skeleton crew. He wields a musket and randomly teleports during the fight, leading the players on a chase throughout his ship. Toward the end of the fight, he summons a barrage of fireworks before finally being knocked into his own ship's propellers, causing the zeppelin to explode. Tökkentäkker's name is a portmanteau of "token taker" and he closely resembles the Insane Clown Posse Ringmaster.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

132. Kung Fu Master

Kung-Fu Master is a 1984 arcade game developed by the Japanese company Irem Corporation. It was manufactured under license in the United States by Data East. It was released in Japan as Spartan X and credited "Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion", who made the movie starring Jackie Chan, called Spartan X (Wheels on Meals) upon which it was based. The game contains elements of Bruce Lee's Game of Death.

The player takes the role of Keiji Thomas, a man in a Keikogi and slippers. Thomas's girlfriend, Sylvia, has been kidnapped by "Mr. X", and Thomas must fight through five side-scrolling floors full of enemies to rescue her.

Brutally summarized as "rescue girlfriend – hit people", the US and UK version opened with the clumsy phrase "Thomas and Sylvia were attacked by several unknown guys...."

The game was the first beat 'em up. It is cited as the inspiration for subsequent successes like Double Dragon, Final Fight, Captain Commando, Streets of Rage and Bad Dudes.

The first floor of the temple contains Grippers (standard Kung Fu henchmen who charge Thomas and grab him, draining his life bar) and Knife Throwers (men who throw knives high or low). But subsequent levels introduce Tom Toms (small dwarves who can surprise Thomas by jumping on his head), poisonous moths, fire-breathing dragons (Thomas must punch or kick them before they breathe fire), snakes, and confetti balls. (These hang in mid-air for a few seconds and then explode into three pieces after a few seconds; Thomas must jump kick these before they explode. If Thomas is hit by any pieces of debris from an exploding confetti ball, he takes massive damage.)

Each of the five floors ends with a different boss who must be defeated before Thomas can climb the stairs to the next floor. The first two bosses are ordinary men armed with a stick and honed boomerangs, respectively. The third is a Giant, the fourth a Black Magician, and the fifth is Mr. X, a versatile Kung Fu master. Thomas must complete each floor within a fixed time. The timer starts at 2000. If it falls below 330, an acoustic warning sounds. If a boss defeats Thomas, the boss laughs. Although there are five bosses, the game only uses two different synthesized laughs. (The NES port uses a third, high-pitched synthesized laugh for the Black Magician.)

Once the player has completed all five floors, the game restarts with a more demanding version of the Devil's Temple, although the essential details remain unchanged. A visual indication of the current house is displayed on the screen. For each series of five completed floors, a dragon symbol appears in the upper-right corner of the screen. After three dragons have been added, the dragons symbols blink.

In the film, Game of Death, the pagoda is the Buddhist temple Beopjusa in South Korea. The inside and outside are displayed in the movie Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (a Game of Death documentary). In the movie, Lee has four companions. The pagoda is guarded by ten karate-guards on the outside.

In the game, Thomas is alone. The five floors of the Devil's Temple not only feature five different fighting-styles, but require different tactics for successfully completing each level.

Floor 1: Right-to-left. Enemies are Grippers and Knife Throwers. Grippers usually come in large numbers. The boss is the Stick Fighter. His high attacks miss if Thomas crouches, and all attacks miss if Thomas is directly next to him.

In Game of Death, this level is called "Hall of the Tiger" and the boss is Master of the Escrima (Filipino stick fighting-style), played by Dan Inosanto. As Lee died, before filming level one and two, this level is the third. Originally, it was planned an expert kicker and student of Chi with no weapon on level one.

Floor 2: Left-to-right. Enemies are snakes, dragons, and confetti balls, followed by more Grippers and Knife Throwers. In addition, Tom Toms make their first appearance on this floor. The boss is the Boomerang Fighter (throws a boomerang, high or low).

In Game of Death this level is the "Red Area" (level four), with the Hapkido-fighter played by Ji Han Jae. It was planned a boss with fast and direct attack on level two, which was to be called "Floor of the Preying Mantis".

Between floors 2 and 3, and between 4 and 5, Mr. X off screen taunts Thomas while Sylvia is tied to a chair.

Floor 3: Right-to-left. Enemies consist of large numbers of Grippers, Tom Toms, and Knife Throwers. The boss is Mr. Big (an orange giant).

In the film, The Giant is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. On A Warrior's Journey (2000) Jabbar is on the fifth level. In the original Game of Death, Jabbar comes even after the fifth floor, at the outside of the pagoda.

Floor 4: Left-to-right. Enemies consist of Poisonous Moths, Grippers, Tom Toms, and Knife Throwers. The boss is the Black Magician, a hunchback who casts fire, summons Dragons, snakes, and bats, and cannot be hurt with shots to the head. His fire can be attacked, and only a crouch-punch hurts him.

In Game of Death, he was the Master of Illusion.

Floor 5: Right-to-left. Grippers, Tom Toms, and Knife Throwers come at Thomas in droves. The boss is Mr. X himself (a decent karate master, but a glitch forces him to walk into the player's crouch kicks).

In Game of Death there was a document instead of the girl. She was held elsewhere.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

131. Berzerk

Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter video game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago.

The player controls a green stick-figure, representing a "humanoid." Using a joystick (and a firing button to activate a laser-like weapon), the player navigates a maze filled with many robots, who fire lasers back at the player character. A player can be killed by being shot, by running into a robot or an exploding robot, coming into contact by one of many electrified walls that make up the maze itself, or by being touched by the player's nemesis, "Evil Otto."

The function of Evil Otto, represented by a bouncing smiley face, is to quicken the pace of the game. Otto is unusual with regard to games of the period, in that there is no way to kill him. Otto can go through walls with impunity, and is attracted to the player character. If robots remain in the maze Otto moves slowly, about half as fast as the humanoid, but he speeds up to match the humanoid's speed once all the robots are killed. Evil Otto moves exactly the same speed as the player going left and right but he can move faster than the player going up and down. If you have Evil Otto right on your tail, you can escape as long as you only do not have to move up or down. After 5,000 points Evil Otto doubles his speed, moving as fast as the player while robots remain in the maze, and twice as fast as the player after all the robots are destroyed.

The player advances by escaping from the maze through an opening in the far wall. Each robot destroyed is worth 50 points. Ideally, all the robots in the current maze have been destroyed before the player escapes, thus gaining the player a per-maze bonus (ten points per robot). The game has 64,000 mazes, and each level is designed to be more difficult to finish than the last. It has only one controller, but two-player games can be accomplished by alternating at the joystick.

Probably the best-remembered feature of Berzerk is that the robots talk. This was one of the first video games to use speech synthesis.

In 1980 computer voice compression was extremely expensive—estimates were that this cost the manufacturer US$1,000 per word; the English version had a thirty-word vocabulary. Stern nevertheless did not spare this expense, and some non-English versions were made, for example a Spanish version in which the robots would say "Intruso alerta" and "El humanoide no debe escapar,".[dubious – discuss]

Another memorable feature is the action of the robots—unlike adversaries in most other contemporary games, Berzerk's robots are known for being noticeably "stupid," killing themselves by running into walls or each other, shooting each other, or colliding with Evil Otto. Advanced players learned how to manipulate this quirk to their advantage to achieve a higher score. Notably, points and bonuses for the player are the same regardless of whether he or she personally kills the robots—as long as the robots are destroyed, the points are awarded. This feature also somewhat balanced the indestructibility of Evil Otto.

Two different versions of the game were released. As a player's score increases, the colors of the enemy robots change, and the robots can have more bullets on the screen at the same time (once they reach the limit, they cannot fire again until one or more of their bullets detonates; the limit applies to the robots as a group, not as individuals). In the original version, the sequence goes:

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

I was wrong.....Bust A Move is on the list.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Countdown Update:

150. Arch Rivals
149. Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator
148. Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
147. Super Off Road
146. Primal Rage
145. Moon Patrol
144. Mortal Kombat 4
143. Submarine
142. Big Buck Hunter
141. Toki
140. Vs. Baseball
139. San Francisco Rush
138. Sunset Riders
137. NBA Jam
136. Golden Tee Golf
135. WWF Wrestlemania
134. Hogan's Alley
133. CarnEvil
132. Kung Fu Master
131. Berzerk

Here are the clues to the next five games.

* Characters From Bubble Bobble Man The Cannon

* Count To 3

* Defeat Devil Gene

* Marshall Gram Must Save Kyi-La From Vulcor

* Protect The Connors

[Big DSR Energy]

* Protect The Connors

It's either Terminator 2 The Arcade Game, or Roseanne: Dan's Revenge! ;D

[Al Wilson Lives: Thread Killer]

I wonder if I was the only one that voted for Toki
Kinda shocked Jam is so low on the list unless TE is much higher.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

Jun 10, 2008 19:14:06 GMT -5 Al Wilson Lives: Thread Killer said:

I wonder if I was the only one that voted for Toki
Kinda shocked Jam is so low on the list unless TE is much higher.

TE didnt make the list.

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

I woulda voted for Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, but I was limiting myself only to games I actually played in the arcade, not just ROMs. Its a helluva game but I never found an actual cabinet for it.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

130. Tekken 5

Tekken 5 is the sixth installment in the popular Tekken series.

Tekken 5 is credited for taking the series back to its roots. It incorporates a faster, more fluid fighting system, improved graphics, returning characters, and some of the Tekken series' trademark infinite stages. New to Tekken 5 is the crush system which affects the vulnerability of a character while they attack. For example, a move with jumping properties, such as a hopkick, will be completely invulnerable during most of its animation time to all of an opponent's low attacks.

It also retains its wall juggling concept from Tekken 4, but the element is effectively less easy to abuse and easier to defend against. The home version is a collector's edition of sorts, as it includes the arcade versions of Tekken, Tekken 2, Tekken 3 and StarBlade (as a hidden game). Tekken 5 also allowed players to customize their fighter for the first time, allowing them to change the colors of their outfits, buy additional costumes (only available to a few characters), and equip them with items by using money gained from playing the Story, Survival, Time Attack, the side-story Devil Within, and Arcade Battle modes.

Tekken 5 includes a fighting minigame in direct lineage to the Tekken Force modes in Tekken 3 and Tekken 4 called Devil Within. This minigame follows the adventures of Jin Kazama as he searches the G Corporation in search for information on his missing mother and other answers. Being somewhat story oriented, the player is not permitted to use their own choice of characters like previous iterations. The game also uses a limited button system, incorporating a Block and Jump button as well as sizing down the attack buttons to simple "Punch" and "Kick" buttons (though, some of Jin's fighting special moves can still be performed such as his Demon's Paw). Along with fighting various Jack models in the mini-game, the player must pursue minor key quests to proceed. This mode is one of the two ways to unlock the playable version of Jin's Devil incarnation.

Mere moments after Jin's departure from Hon-Maru, helicopters start to approach the Dojo. The noise wakes Heihachi and Kazuya up, and moments later, a squadron of Jack-4s burst through the walls. The Jack-4s target Heihachi and Kazuya, and Kazuya immediately deduces that they have been sent by G Corporation, who no longer need Kazuya and now want him dead.

Heihachi and Kazuya team up to fight the Jack-4s, and bring down scores of the androids together. But Heihachi, being the old man he is, starts to lose his strength. Kazuya takes advantage of this, and throws his father into the Jack-4s, who pile up on him while Kazuya morphs into his Devil form and escapes in triumph. Seconds later, Hon-Maru disappears in a huge explosion. The only witness to the blast is a mysterious agent clad in black, known as Raven, who declares Heihachi dead into his communicator. Raven is attacked by a Jack-4, which he swiftly slices in half.

The next day, Heihachi's death is declared all over the world (unknown to everyone, Heihachi is still alive), and everyone forsees the end of the Mishima Zaibatsu. However, someone else has already taken over the company and business continues as usual. Two months later, the King of Iron Fist Tournament 5 is announced.

Meanwhile, Jin Kazama's Devil Gene is going berserk, and he decides to search for the one responsible for the change by entering the tournament. Kazuya also enters to find out exactly who in G Corporation sent the Jack-4s to kill him, and take his revenge.

As Jin and Kazuya progress through the tournament, the secret sponsor is finally revealed: Jinpachi Mishima, the father of Heihachi and who has been missing for the past Thirty years. As it turns out, Jinpachi is the founder of the Mishima Zaibatsu and was a respected martial arts master until his greedy son, Heihachi, stole the company from him and had him imprisoned underneath Hon-Maru after Jinpachi attempted a Coup d'etat (Heihachi was steering the company into the military industry, something Jinpachi believed was not right). Jinpachi died soon afterwards of starvation, until the Devil took over his mind and granted him immortality (as well as a Devil Gene), and Jinpachi was finally freed from his prison when the Jack-4s destroyed Hon-Maru. As of now, the Devil Gene is slowly consuming Jinpachi's mind, and Jinpachi has announced the tournament in hopes that someone will kill him and put an end to his reign of terror before it even starts. It is also revealed that Jinpachi's Devil Gene being awakened is the cause of Jin slowly losing control over his own.

In the end, Jin makes it to the final, and faces his Devil-powered great-grandfather in a long, violent and bloody battle. Ultimately, Jin manages to defeat Jinpachi, who dissolves into dust and disappears, his wish fulfilled. Jin is now the new owner of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Returning characters are:
* Paul Phoenix
* Nina Williams
* Yoshimitsu
* Kazuya Mishima
* Marshall Law
* Lee Chaolan
* Lei Wulong
* Jin Kazama
* Ling Xiaoyu
* Hwoarang
* King II
* Julia Chang
* Bryan Fury
* Christie Monteiro
* Steve Fox
* Craig Marduk
* Anna Williams (unlockable)
* Baek Doo San (unlockable)
* Bruce Irvin (unlockable)
* Wang Jinrei (unlockable)
* Kuma Jr. (unlockable)
* Ganryu (unlockable)
* Mokujin (unlockable)
* Heihachi Mishima (unlockable)
* Panda (costume change for Kuma)
* Eddy Gordo (unlockable costume for Christie)

New characters are:
* Asuka Kazama
* Feng Wei
* Raven
* Jack-5
* Roger Jr. (unlockable)
* Devil Jin (unlockable)
* Jinpachi Mishima (only playable through a cheat device)

In Tekken 5, the developers had some of the characters speak in their native languages; Korean (Hwoarang and Baek Doo San) and Mandarin (Wang Jinrei and Feng Wei) were added to Japanese and English. Steve Fox has his own British accent, albeit a rather generic one.

Also, some characters are not heard speaking in their native language: Brazilian fighters Eddy Gordo and Christie Monteiro do not speak Portuguese. It can be noticed also in the update Dark Resurrection, where Sergei Dragunov is not heard speaking Russian (or for that matter, anything at all) and Lili does not speak French or Monegasque. In addition, King is not heard speaking any of his lines, neither in Spanish nor in English; he growls instead. Nina and Anna Williams do not have an Irish accent and Craig Marduk does not have an Australian accent. Ling Xiaoyu, a character from China, only speaks Japanese and no Mandarin throughout all the Tekken series games in which she appears (however, she does say "Ai ya" which is Chinese for "uh oh", "oh no", or "oops", and "deng yi xia" which is Chinese for "wait a moment." Also, in Panda's ending, she says "Ni Hao"—hello in Chinese).

The raised and lowered sections of floors featured in the Tekken 4 levels were removed for the fifth installment. This change made gameplay throughout each stage generally similar, aside from wall placements.

In addition to removing the uneven nature of the Tekken 4 styled stages, the design team returned to the style of stages from previous games by having some stages without barriers by allowing them to be infinitely scrolling. For walled stages, the fights take place in fairly symmetrical boxes without any uneven walls (again, removing a feature introduced in Tekken 4).

Other changes over the Tekken 4 design included the removal of the positional change techniques (throws were once again controlled by combinations of LP+LK or RP+RK instead of designating LP+LK as a position switch maneuver; only Steve Fox was given a position change attack), bringing back traditional air combat (Tekken 4 removed back and vertical leaps in favor of a more fluid 3D combat model) and using a juggle system more akin to Tekken 3 as opposed to the 4th game's less juggle-friendly gameplay. The fighters were also forced to remain stationary prior to the round beginning (Tekken 4 allowed the fighters to move freely before the opening of a round, fitting in with the more position-based gameplay of that game).

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

129. Puzzle Bobble aka Bust A Move

Puzzle Bobble (also known in the United States, Canada, and sometimes in Europe as Bust-a-Move) is an arcade puzzle game created by Taito and contains elements of Sega's Columns and Atari's Breakout.

At the top of the rectangular playing arena, a number of bubbles of various colours are placed in a prearranged pattern at the start of the level. At the bottom of the screen, the player controls the angle of a fixed cannon that fires semi-randomly coloured bubbles in a straight line. The bubbles, when fired, travel in straight lines, possibly bouncing off the side walls of the arena, before eventually coming to rest either touching one or more of the existing bubbles, or at the top of the arena.

If the bubble manages to come into contact with identically coloured bubbles, forming a group of three or more, those bubbles, and any bubbles hanging only from them, are removed from the field of play, and points are awarded depending on how many bubbles are removed from the screen at once.

An exponential scoring system is used, leading to large rewards for removing many bubbles at once.

As the game proceeds, the top of the playing arena, and all the bubbles, move down the screen after a certain number of bubbles has been fired. The player must remove every bubbles from the arena before any pass a line at the bottom of the arena. Bubbles will fire automatically if the player remains idle.

As well as typically cute Japanese animation (the characters from Bubble Bobble operate the cannon) and music, the game's mechanics and level design were beautifully balanced, and the game was terrifically successful at the arcades, spawning several sequels.

One or two players can play the game. In the single-player puzzle game, the goal is simply to clear the arena of bubbles. The two player game pits two players against each other. Both players have an arena each (both visible on screen) and an identical arrangement of coloured bubbles in each arena. When a player removes a large group (four bubbles or more) some of thoes removed are transferred to the opponent's arena, usually frustrating his or her efforts at trying to remove all the bubbles from the arena. In some versions, the two player game can also be played by one player against a computer opponent.

Some animations of Bub and Bob are based on the original Bubble Bobble arcade game, except Bub and Bob are larger than they were in Bubble Bobble. (Their signs are the same size.) This note only applies to inserting coins in the middle of the game (if a dip switch was set to have "intrude play" enabled), as well as losing a game.

[godofhardcore]

Sorry but this list is already Crap when MK 4 and Primal Rage outrank 3rd strike.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

128. Time Traveler

Time Traveler or Hologram Time Traveler was a stereographic FMV arcade game released in 1991 by Sega. It utilized a special arcade cabinet produced by Sega that projected the game's characters using refraction to make them appear free-standing, though this was not technically "3D". Characters appeared like flat cutouts and there was no separate image for the left and right eye. This innovative technology attracted many players; however, the poor acting and general decline of the popularity of laserdisc games caused Time Traveler to fade largely into obscurity. However, in 2000, a non-stereographic version that could be played on CD-ROM drives and DVD players was released for home use.

Despite the claims of being a "Hologram" game, the technique was actually an optical illusion using mirrors and a Laserdisc player. The intended effect is to mimic a volumetric display. The gimmick was effective enough to convince people that volumetric displays existed and helped perpetuate the confusion between these devices and holograms.

Like many arcade laserdisc games, it was meant to benefit from the massive popularity of Dragon's Lair; as a result the gameplay is similar, requiring a player to move the joystick in a specific direction at certain points in the game. By inputting the right direction, a movie clip would play that would progress the player, while the wrong move would result in a unique death scene for each segment.

Digital Leisure published a CD-ROM edition of the game for Microsoft Windows, as well as a DVD version that worked in standard players. The latter specifically advertised "PlayStation 2 Compatible" on the cover to attract console owners. As a bonus feature, the game included videos with creator Rick Dyer about the making of Time Traveler. Additionally, the game itself simulated the mirror reflection of the floor of the original arcade cabinet through software and an included pair of 3D glasses.

This game was the first game to receive a 0/10 rating in the Official UK Playstation 2 Magazine. The second was 21 Card Games.

The player plays the role of Marshal Gram, a cowboy from the American Old West, who a future princess's computers have selected as the most likely candidate to rescue the captured princess, named Kyi-La, and defeat a mad scientist from the future named Vulcor, whose time experiments have "shattered" time. He can shoot some enemies, but others he must outmaneuver or fight hand-to-hand.

The player performs tasks as he travels non-linearly through several time periods (starting in the year 1873 and ending in the year 2552), including one called the "Age of Magic." The player has three lives and several time-reversal cubes, which allow the player to reverse time and escape his death, giving him another chance to make the right decision.

Along the way, players may buy more time-reversal cubes by inserting more coins into the arcade machine. In Hellgate, an "in-game" game, the player can bet a life to win in-game items.

[Seth Drakin of Monster Crap]

127. 3 Count Bout

3 Count Bout, known as Fire Suplex in Japan, is a wrestling arcade game released by SNK in 1993. Take your pick of 10 wrestlers, each with his special moves, and work your way from Rookie Champion to the World Heavyweight Title. Controlled by a joystick with 4 buttons used for Punch, Kick, Jump/Body Drop and Pin.

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

Jun 10, 2008 20:02:14 GMT -5 godofhardcore said:

Sorry but this list is already Crap when MK 4 and Primal Rage outrank 3rd strike.

What's the difference, all three of them sucked. ;D