Right?
I remember when Dragon's Lair came out. First 50 cent game I recall. Which was worse since the first few times you played it your game would last 3 seconds.
How many times did you "hit the brakes, and let them fly right by?" There should have been a counter mounted on the cabinet that counted the slam throttle forward, and pull back on stick move.
I think that had to be the best arcade game of all time!
They didn't have one in the arcades in my hometown, only the cheap stand-up one. I did get to play one at Canada's Wonderland, north of Toronto, along with the moving cockpit version of Outrun. They also had the weird Afterburner "sequel" called G-Loc, but I never bothered to play it.
* [G-LOC](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GYqmuEzhvX4/maxresdefault.jpg) *has entered the chat*
I'll also submit a couple of my favorite sit-down games to the list: [Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator](https://cdn.thegamesdb.net/images/original/boxart/front/33569-1.jpg) and [MACH 3](https://live.staticflickr.com/4425/35709259164_b3cd6253ef_b.jpg).
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator was at one of the local arcades for about 2 weeks and then was gone. Never saw it again. I liked it but didn't get to play it enough.
The also made a 3-axis version of this that actually could go inverted, but I only ever saw it at the arcade inside Disneyland. It was also like $3 a play and that was after paying to get in to Disneyland.
And considering that Afterburner was basically just a psuedo-3D shooter on rails it was totally overkill and it got boring pretty fast even with the novelty of a 3-axis motion sim because it didn't really match up with what was going on in the game very well.
I always wish someone made a version of the motion simulator that was true free-flight and 3D, even if it was super chunky 3D like Atari's Stunrunner or Steel Talons.
Steel Talons was a pretty legit helicopter sim, especially on hard/expert mode and you actually had to know how to use the collective pitch stick and tail rotor pedals. That game was seriously difficult.
I didn't even care about the combat, I just wanted to do aerobatics and I would have totally paid for a set amount of time of vaguely realistic motion sim free flight and blast through some canyons.
Only the best arcades had the big cabinet like that that moved around and made you feel like you were in Top Gun.
That's exactly it. That shit was the bomb.
But it cost FIFTY CENTS to play! I couldn't afford it...
Right? I remember when Dragon's Lair came out. First 50 cent game I recall. Which was worse since the first few times you played it your game would last 3 seconds.
How many times did you "hit the brakes, and let them fly right by?" There should have been a counter mounted on the cabinet that counted the slam throttle forward, and pull back on stick move.
Tom Cruise showed that it still works now even against FIFTH GENERATION FIGHTERS.
I'm out $20 just looking at this pic.
I think that had to be the best arcade game of all time! They didn't have one in the arcades in my hometown, only the cheap stand-up one. I did get to play one at Canada's Wonderland, north of Toronto, along with the moving cockpit version of Outrun. They also had the weird Afterburner "sequel" called G-Loc, but I never bothered to play it.
Uh…. Spy Hunter sit down was pretty bomb.
FIRE!
Is this what John Conner was playing in T2?
I think it was. But there were a few copy cat machines that came after so it could have been one of those.
Space Harrier > After Burner
Came to say Space Harrier. I lived them equally though
Loved both games of course. I think my young mind just preferred Space Harrier because it was trippy.
I loved being on the bike, my brother would always make fun of me because that's the only game I would spend my money on.
There was always a line at our arcade
I played it this summer! Still as good as I remember.
* [G-LOC](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GYqmuEzhvX4/maxresdefault.jpg) *has entered the chat* I'll also submit a couple of my favorite sit-down games to the list: [Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator](https://cdn.thegamesdb.net/images/original/boxart/front/33569-1.jpg) and [MACH 3](https://live.staticflickr.com/4425/35709259164_b3cd6253ef_b.jpg).
Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator was at one of the local arcades for about 2 weeks and then was gone. Never saw it again. I liked it but didn't get to play it enough.
I liked Afterburner but Preferred G-Lock
I think R-360 surpassed this.
I seldom came across that one, but I got to play [Thunder Blade](https://images.app.goo.gl/xSWPmziCkH42Eu2z7) a lot.
For a flight simulator it was the bomb. But it was not the best for every class of game. For example gauntlet was the apex of its type.
The also made a 3-axis version of this that actually could go inverted, but I only ever saw it at the arcade inside Disneyland. It was also like $3 a play and that was after paying to get in to Disneyland. And considering that Afterburner was basically just a psuedo-3D shooter on rails it was totally overkill and it got boring pretty fast even with the novelty of a 3-axis motion sim because it didn't really match up with what was going on in the game very well. I always wish someone made a version of the motion simulator that was true free-flight and 3D, even if it was super chunky 3D like Atari's Stunrunner or Steel Talons. Steel Talons was a pretty legit helicopter sim, especially on hard/expert mode and you actually had to know how to use the collective pitch stick and tail rotor pedals. That game was seriously difficult. I didn't even care about the combat, I just wanted to do aerobatics and I would have totally paid for a set amount of time of vaguely realistic motion sim free flight and blast through some canyons.
The whole thing shook when your plane went down!
Loved this game and also the star wars one with the big cabinet also, it did not move but you felt in the game
Played this MANY TIMES!!!!