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  20. My Favorite Atari Arcade Game

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    Sticking with Atari arcade games that I've actually played in the wild, I would go with Star Wars too.

     

    However since that was already called for, I will also give three others I enjoyed as a kid. 

    As some of you know, I didn't play a lot of arcades until the mid to late 80's.

    By then, most of the classic games were either gone or hidden in a back corner where they mostly went unnoticed.

    Also, several of these games may not have aged well, but at the time I thought they were the bee's knees.

     

    #3) Pit-Fighter: At the time of it's release, the big digitized characters were a sight to behold and the simple controls made it easy to get into. And who didn't like being fork lifted over a pile of cash at the end?

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    #2) Indiana Jones & The Temple of Doom: The movie was a big deal among kids and the game gave us a chance to enter the same world thanks to decent graphics, digitized voices, mine car rides and off course your trusty whip.

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    #1) Hard Drivin' (Sit down version of course!): Probably the first sit down game I played and I remember it costing more, probably 50 cents per play, but it was worth it. It split off into two tracks: A speed course and stunt course. But really, it was all about stunt track with the massive loop de loop. And don't forget to hit the cow to make it moo! 

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  21. The Sega Master System - Why Isn't There More Love?

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    • Marketing. The SMS was HUGE in Europe due to marketing. But Sega allowed Tonka, the truck people, to market it and it failed.

    The early box art looked so bland compared to other systems.

    Nintendo kept many third party companies from making games on other system, like the SMS.

    The limited library. Again, places like Europe and Brazil enjoyed a much greater library (For instance MK never came to the US). And sadly, some of the best titles in America didn't show up until the final years of the system.

    It didn't play Super Mario.  Super Mario basically revived the video game market alone and put NES systems in homes. Yes, other games like Zelda and Punch Out would later cement the dominance of the NES, but Super Mario was the foundation.

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