S1E3 You Don't Need 10000 Roms! 150 Retro 70s 80s 90s Arcade Games Every Mame / RetroPie Needs!

[@McGuinness89]

Ok now compile the 150+ roms into 1 download so I can have them all at once lol

[@Eddylive]

Dam. I was looking for that download link

[@brettstidham1500]

Hard to say this is definitive, but a good start. I love alligator hunt, in the hunt, Wild West cowboys of moo mesa, sunset riders, blood bros, go go mile smile and tons more. Arcade collection is just so deep.

[@EpicTyphlosionTV]

As one of those people who has multiple sets of thousands of roms, I'll say this: Those massive sets should really only be reserved for data hoarders, the kinds of people who like archiving stuff in case it gets taken down or the world ends or something. Whether you're just starting out or have been in the emulation game for a long time, stick with getting the games you need and nothing more. It'll save you lots of time and your hard drive will thank you.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Totally agree. I understand the desire to “have everything” but it’s just too much. Collecting them for posterity makes total sense, but then cherry-picking your faves is the way to go. Thanks for weighing in!

[@Official9TIMES]

My usb is 5tb……

[@AgeofReason]

Sometimes emulation brings that out in a person, particularly those who are fascinated with the past we lived but they never got to experience. The same as the Elvis and rock and roll spirit continues on. In that regard, it's incredible to set back and marvel at how the actual spirit of posterity and sometimes even sacredness moves with the ages. And they told us there's no country for old men? Not on earth, no. It's in the mind and the spirit. It was more than we mistook it for. But holy God do I get it!!! I can't get behind a million 4 bit CPU pong board rips. Sometimes I would have to use other versions of mame to get different games running. Fun times, learning mame!!!

[@AgeofReason]

I recently quit my job and am having some kind of spiritual change or awakening or something.

[@skycloud4802]

​@@Official9TIMES I don't think it's just a size issue, but attention span. Will you ever play even a tenth of those 10,000 games? Many of those games tend to be mediocre or repeats as well, making it a chore to browse.

[@SR-qo4fm]

Hope this saves someone time typing them all out: 1943: Battle of Midway 1944: The Loop Master Alien Vs Predator Aliens Altered Beast Amidar Arkanoid Asteroids Asteroids Deluxe Bad dudes vs dragon ninja Bank Panic Baseball Stars 2 Batman Berzerk Bionic Commando *Black Widow Blasteriods Bomb Jack Bosconian Bubble Bobble Bubbles Buck Rogers: planet of Zoom Bump N Jump Burger time Buster Bros / Pang Cabal Captain America & Avengers *Centipede *CHASE HQ Circus Charlie City Connection Columns Comando Congo Bongo Contra *Crazy Climber *Crossbow *Crystal Castle Darkstalker Series Dead Angle Defender Dig Dug Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Donkey Kong 3 Double Dragon Double Dragon 2 *Dragon’s Lair *Dragon’s Lair 2 *VS Duck Hunt Elevator Action Empire City 31 Fatal Fury Series Final Fight Flicky Food Fight Frenzy Frogger Galaga Galaxian Gals Panic Gaplus Gauntlet Gauntlet 2 Ghosts N Goblins Ghouls N Ghosts Golden Axe Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder *Golden Tee Series Gorf Gradius Series Gyruss *Hang On Hat Trick *Vs Hogan’s Alley *Ikari Warriors Indiana Jones The Temple of Doom Ivan Ironman Stewart’s Super off-road Journey Joust Jungle Hunt Juno First Kangaroo Karate Champ Kick King of Fighters King of Monsters Klax Kung Fu Master Looping Major Havok Mapp *Marble Madness Mario Bros Marvel Vs Capcom Mat Mania Metal Slug Series Millipede Missile Command Moon Patrol Mortal Kombat Series Mr Do Mr. Do’s Castle Ms Pacman NBA Jam TE Ninja Gaiden *Operation Wolf *Outrun Pacman Paperboy Pengo Phoenix *Pole Position Pooyan Popeye Punch Out The Punisher Q-Bert Qix R-Type Series Rally X Ring King Robocop *Robotron 2084 Roc N Rope Rolling Thunder Rush N Attack Rygar Satan’s Hollow Saturday Night Slam Masters Shao Lin’s Road Shinobi Series Shoot out The Simpsons Sinistar *Smash TV *Space Ace Space Harrier Space invaders Spider Man *Spyhunter Star Castles *Star Wars Street Fighter 2 Series Strider Super Sprint Superman Tapper Tempest Tetris Time pilot TMNT Track N Field *Tron Vigilante Wizards of Wor Wonderboy Series WWF Wrestlefest X-men: COTA X-men Xevious X-men Vs Street Fighter Zaxxon And Beezer

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks S R! I added your list to the More Info. That was very kind of you for folks in a hurry! Much appreciated!

[@kq7082]

Solid list! A few more some might consider as arcade classics for their MAME rigs: Toobin' Jackal (aka Top Gunner) *Terminator 2 *Daytona *Cruisin' USA Total Carnage Smash TV Rampage *Championship Sprint *Demolition Derby Pong Lunar Lander Head On Super Mario Bros *Final Lap Virtual Fighter *Virtua Cop *Time Crisis Afterburner Captain Commando Sunset Riders *Lethal Enforcers series

[@johnb8190]

I was saying Jackal and Rampage the whole time to myself.

[@dionjennings2379]

Now THIS is the list I had been waiting for, for so long! Many thanks to you for taking the time to compile it. It forms the basis for say 95% of the roms I will ever use on my own HomeCade™. Of course, there are a few more I will add to this list, but thankfully your list has shown me what I was missing! Again, sincere thanks for this!!

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thank you for commenting! Glad you enjoyed the list. You’ve got the right idea - this list is a starting place and definitely add or remove games as you see fit! Happy gaming!

[@Andros2709]

I definitely agree with you. My MAME collection consists of only 160 games (the maximum I ever had was 256), all of which were downloaded individually. 70 games from your list are present in my collection.

[@Captain-Cosmo]

Glad to hear someone else admit this. I graduated high school in 1984 and thrived in arcades between '78 and '84, a general time associated with the "golden age" of arcades. And, with only a few exceptions, my MAME collection consisted of roughly 50 or so games that were very popular during that time, such as Defender, Asteroids, Donkey Kong, Tempest, and so forth. After 1984, arcades larglely turned to "shoot-em-ups" like 1944 and fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, and the ENDLESS knock-offs and variations. I know that these were popular with some, but they just weren't my thing. I did appreciate a good racing game, such as Ace Driver and Ridge Racer, which came much later, but by and large my arcade interest mostly wanes after around 1983. I once downloaded one of those giant romsets and, aside from just a few oddities like Halloween Donkey Kong or Tempest Tubes, found it way to cumbersome to sift through. MORE IS NOT BETTER.

[@jtsdeals]

Nice to see Mat Mania included. That one often is overbooked but I loved it in the arcade - fantastic gameplay and graphics for its time.

[@TXFDA]

I agree with the title. I'm someone that's a little obsessed with collecting roms. I have full collections for a lot of systems, NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color....some others. But what I've found myself doing, is making a "favorites" folder for them, where I put the games that I like. So yeah, it's kinda pointless to have the entire rom set for a system, but it's neat that I CAN have them. Thing is though, there is some benefit to having massive rom collections. You can find games no one ever talks about. Scroll through, find a game you never heard of, try it out. I've found quite a few games over the years that no one talks about, and I've never heard of, but they're still decently fun games. ________________ As for my current Mame list, I have 339 games, and still adding more. I'm not grabbing everything ever, but I'm grabbing games that I'd consider decent or popular. I have the obvious games like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Popeye, Galaga, and Frogger. Then I have some stuff like Ghouls N Ghosts, Golden Axe, Final Fight, Gun.Smoke. And then things like the many versions of Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 3 and the Alpha games, Fatal Fury (every version), King of Fighters (every version), the Marvel fighters. I have tons of NeoGeo games like Metal Slug, Cyber Lip, and such. Some other CPS3 games like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Red Earth. But, then I have stuff like Hook, Kangaroo, Mega Twins, NBA Jam, Golden Tee Golf and Neo Turf Masters, Operation Thunderbolt, The different Pac-Man games like Pac-Land and Pac-Man Plus, Pengo, Pirate Ship Higemaru, and soooo many others. I also have a ridiculous amount of shmups. I'm constantly watching videos like this, or walkthroughs of old arcades (or even modern arcades like Free Play), looking for more games to download. I don't want a massive collection of every single arcade game that ever existed. But I DO want a pretty definitive list of the GOOD arcade games. The ones I could actually see myself or my friends sitting down to play. I usually end up with at least one new game per day, sometimes more. Hell, the other day I added 41 new games to my list. In fact, here's a list of what I have currently: pastebin.com/F6Xe0kMK

[@moxxichannel5950]

You’re totally correct and definitely not wrong with that approach. This list is definitely a starting point as the hunt for “roms” can become an obsessive passion, especially when talking about the consoles & handhelds too. I still hunt & peck for games I hear of as I enjoy the thrill of it. Share some cool/obscure games you’ve located as I’d love to check ‘em out!

[@bm63]

I add Battlezone & Stargate. Two absolute classics. You’d hear Battlezone as soon as you walked into an arcade if they had it in the 80’s

[@moxxichannel5950]

Battlezone is one of those games that requires the proper joysticks to play properly - you'd need two joysticks with fire buttons on them. Stargate is another clusterfuck of buttons and joysticks that would befuddle the average MAME gamer. That's the reason I didn't include them - and not because they're not classic. They definitely are.

[@bm63]

@@moxxichannel5950 My arcade machine is actually a Robofendergate (Robotron/Defender/Stargate) and I guess that also allows for Battlezone due to my button layout l. With Stargate by flipping a few buttons - Reverse you can tap with your thumb - just makes life much easier to play, you don’t need to play all of them just - fire - thrust - reverse - 90% of the time. Check my arcade cabinet video and you get what I mean. Tempest/Stargate are my most played youth games when I were a kid - with a touch of Crazy Kong (not Donkey Kong) and Defender.

[@Gamefreak2998]

Really slick phrase in that introduction!

[@druidobianco9734]

No arcade setup is complete without cadillac&dinosaurs ❤️

[@BigFunger]

I was unaware of this game until your comment. You have improved my life ever so slightly! :D

[@jasonwold5782]

Just want to say thanks for having Hat Trick on the list. I have watched countless top mame list video's on KZbin and yours is the first I've seen to include it. Very underrated game. I'm one of those people that has 1000's of arcade games and after years I'm sick of scrolling through all the filler so thanks for the list.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks Jason! I’m glad you liked the list and that you’re as big a fan of Hat Trick as I am. Sure hockey games have improved greatly since then, but Hat Trick is STILL fun to play. Anything I missed on that list?

[@natedarnell2258]

No one ever mentions Quartet. Always got my quarters, loved the music too!@@moxxichannel5950

[@samgoldsberry3029]

This list is CERTIFIED!!!

[@EugeneLiedel]

I have played most of these, but only with quarters. time to relive my childhood !

[@MikeG0ld]

Either I missed it or there wasn't Moonwalker, Knights of the Round and Cadillacs and dinosaurs.

[@World-of-Virtual-pinball]

what no Astro blaster 😞, i managed to thin mine down to about 120 games that I can shuffle and i know I'm going to play it , nice video thought :-)

[@moxxichannel5950]

There is no way Astro Blaster would have made this list! Not because I don't like it, not because it's not worthy... it's simply because I literally forgot it existed! And of course, I go way back. I had to google it to see it and watched some gameplay and it definitely looked familiar but I can't recall ever playing it. I'm sure there are many others that I forgot or simply never knew! Thanks for reminding me and possibly jogging my brain meat!

[@World-of-Virtual-pinball]

@@moxxichannel5950 No problems you are NEVER going to remember them all, i often see a game and think "did i ever play that as a kid?" :-)

[@SirReptitious]

Pretty good list! Of course you had some games that I don't ever recall seeing at any arcades or other places I played games. And the only games I can think of off the top of my head you missed was the horizontal shooter Lifeforce and Time Pilot '84.

[@moxxichannel5950]

In terms of LifeForce & TP’84, my thinking was (mostly) that if you had games that were similar that came before, sequels & “me too” games didn’t make the cut. I love TP, but TP’84 not so much. Again just my personal op, which not everyone will agree with. Thanks for commenting!

[@tjocus43]

Space Fury is a favorite of mine, loved the Alien talking in the beginning and during the game, lol

[@Techadopter]

Best Bout Boxing -Shocking omission 😊 I’ve found myself playing the capcom arcade pack on the switch a lot, I’ll get round to getting the arcade stick to work on it then it will be perfect. The switch version with scanline looks better than the MAME emulations I think….plus how the hell can anyone put themselves through Ghouls’n’Ghosts without the rapid fire button and rewind function of the capcom switch pack? That would be pure torture.

[@moxxichannel5950]

It's not that shocking since I've honestly never heard of it, but I checked it out and it looks great! Thanks for that! I love when you guys introduce me into new games! I was quite busy in 94 and there barely any arcades in my city then, so it's easy to see why I missed it. Ghouls n Ghosts is a toughy, but I did beat back in the day (Genesis). Just beat Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection on PS5 on the second difficulty setting - which was STILL hard but I was surprised it didn't send you back to the start to actually beat it. Probably the harder difficulty levels do that. Thanks for taking a moment to comment!

[@Ori-Retro-Gamer]

Thanks for this, it's the same approach i have always kept, just cherry pick the games we played as kids , 1985 was good year for arcade games

[@moxxichannel5950]

True! 1985 was a killer year! I know everyone is different but I can honestly say that I’ve discovered really cool games on MAME that I missed in the arcades but they just don’t have that attachment that the classics have. So I play them for a bit but inevitably go back to what I know, love and have find memories of playing. What’s your faves? Thanks for commenting!

[@Ori-Retro-Gamer]

Well I'm from London, so first memories of playing arcades cabs that were available to me locally was 1942, Mr do, Mexico 86, in my local chip shop. Then later. The cabs changed regularly. Just a sniper of my all time favs are 1942, Mr Do, Shinobi, Altered beast , bomb jack bubble bobble, commando, dugdig Gauntlet 1+2 , Outrun, pacman robocop, wonderboy defender , star wars , street fighter 2 Ghosts and Goblins , Gun smoke, Imarı Warriors , many more that I can't think of right now. Im kinda switch to Mister Fpga , so you only get the arcades that talented folks have managed to recreate the actually boards , so much better feel than software emulation, for me anyway ..

[@peterbeky8272]

Got most of my faves but missing a few classics. Rampage, Black Tiger and Xain’d Sleena (Solar Warrior).

[@moxxichannel5950]

Definitely a brain fart in regards to Rampage. How I did I forget Rampage? I also loved Xain’d Sleena and considered it, but decided it was a little niche for this list & Black Tiger was one that never hit my radar in the arcades. Thanks for commenting!

[@ThunderWarrior01]

I can agree with you in some way…but if it wasn’t for the few thousand MAME games on my Raspberry pi (at first) and now my Hyperspin,i wouldn’t of found some of the games i now have in my “top 10” lists. The Combatribes & Tube Panic being two that i found and now play regularly..oh and one me and my family play is Fishin’ Frenzy (not feeding frenzy). I have however bought a new SD Card for my Raspberry pi and dedicated it to just the family’s favourite arcade games…it was done mainly for my grand daughters who are young,so they could just get to their favourites ASAP

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks for your insightful comment! There definitely are pros & cons to thousands of roms and the one obvious pro as you experienced is finding those hidden gems. My list isn’t suggesting you don’t need those games - a lot of comments are like “you forgot Polybius!” but the list suggests the 150 games you should have so that the average arcade goer will remember these ones…and then add whatever you think I’ve missed. Now I’m off to check out Tube Panic & Fishin’ Frenzy! Thanks! And keep gamin’ with your awesome grandkids! Best & coolest grandpa ever!

[@johncasey5594]

I have been dabbling with emulators off and on for about 20 years, mostly Nintendo and Mame emulators. Recently I have been yearning to get into my old DOS and Windows 90's games. My son suggested Steam, but I hate being at the mercy of a web service, so it was either build a Pentium or DOSBox. Not sure I would actually play the games enough to justify the effort, so I procrastinated. Recently I stumbled upon EXODOS and got over 7,000 DOS games... 650GBs, easy, easy install. Now have access to about 2 dozen of my old games and I was right, only a few I really still enjoyed. Because it was based on LaunchBox, I downloaded/integrated a 75GB Mame set of about 3,000 games. Then because I already had Nintendo, SNES, N64, GameCube Roms I added them. It almost all runs from an external 1TB drive, but a 2TB drive could be prudent. 2 to 4TB is completely reasonable and would not break the bank. I was looking at a turnkey solution of 96TB, but that is just ridiculous.

[@arjunnepali-e5z]

Nice one, Subscribed. Please keep'em comin...

[@DERHOF2007]

Nice list. I have my MAME catalog down to about 225 games... although at least half of your list in not in it! I may make one of these videos one day :-)

[@andremalerba5281]

You really should add Cadillacs and Dinosaurs to your games!

[@Bisen222]

made my own list for my cabinet rounded it to 180 arcade games + 40flipper games. I also hate when people take full romsets, if you have to scroll through 100 bad games for 1 decent you will never play it.

[@moxxichannel5950]

As you can imagine, I totally agree. I'm all for playing and enjoying those "hidden gems" but you're not going to find any by attempting to play 9000 obscure games on your own. Other people have already done that and posted those videos on KZbin. And I still firmly believe that even though you find one game out of 500 that you really enjoy that you've never heard of before, a week later you'll be sitting in front of Donkey Kong or Robotron 2084 again. It's human nature.

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

This is a great idea, even if you have all of the roms. I slowly add the games I play to a favorites list, but this gives you something to focus on for artwork etc for your front end.

[@moxxichannel5950]

That's. true - you can certainly have ALL the roms and just categorize the most popular via a "Favourites" list (Canadian spelling...we love those OU combos!)

[@enoclugo5679]

Your list is awesome bro!.. This brings me back to my childhood thank you for this video. And in my opinion the only games that where missing from the list was Bucky O'Hara's, Battletoads and Michael Jackson's Moon walker but other then that this list is 💯

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks my friend! Those are 3 fine games and I’ll tell you why I didn’t include them: 1) Bucky O’Hare slipped under my radar. I was so busy playing SFII in the arcades (and the ONLY reason why I went into one in 92) that I have never played Bucky. I’ve never even played the rom! I’d head over it but never played it. Guess I’ll try it! 2)Battletoads will always be an NES game to me. I think of the later arcade version as an afterthought. 3) Moonwalker’s absence is the same as Battletoads. I owned it on Genesis and I think I only found out it was an actual arcade game about 6 years ago. I had NEVER seen a Moonwalker cab in the wild, therefore it didn’t make this list. But I do have it on my modded cab!

[@Str8upWizardCJ]

Suppose I wanted a 120gb iso of all mame games though. how do I find that?

[@moxxichannel5950]

Try: www.arcadepunks.com, they've got what you're looking for!

[@THEMarcusAurelius1]

Solid list. The biggest one missing for me were any of The House of the Dead games. Of course you would have to put an *! Great video.

[@Advocate_plus_one]

As a somewhat compulsive horder of video games when it comes to MAME and my arcade machine, If I didn't play as a kid, like ever, it's not in my collection period. I've got way better things to spend time on, something like 600 modern games and growing I'll never get to before the end of my life, don't need 10k arcade and console roms I've never heard of, ie 50 comes of space invaders, 50 clones of street fighter etc. Current arcade list is approx 120 games. As I see some videos like this I'll recall a forgot one from time to time. I don't do emulation for consoles as I have actual consoles of the ones I care about, and having them in the arcade is pointless because the better version of the same game is always the mame version of going to play on arcade controls

[@moxxichannel5950]

100% agreed. So many mods, hacks, & mahjong titles to sift through. Even if I find a great rare 80s gem that I had never played or heard of, I don’t have the attachment to it and I never play it again. I’m just skipping over it to get to Q*Bert. Thanks for commenting and weighing in on the endless debate!

[@Paul68Luis]

Anybody have a link to source out these roms? Also preferred handheld unit for these?

[@moxxichannel5950]

Paul, I can certainly help you out. Please contact me at Moxxi Moxxi @ gmail dot com (remove spaces) and I'll steer you in the right direction. As for playing roms on handhelds, I can't help you there as these eyes are getting too old for handhelds. I'm certain there's a product out there though.

[@MsKonkeyDong]

I am pretty sure I played every game you showed. Except beezer lol!

[@moxxichannel5950]

With a name like MsKonkeyDong I'm sure you've played the classics. Beezer I have played over the years, but never personally cared for it!

[@WingburenArcade]

Great list buddy. I did a similar approach mergin all top10/top50/top100 lists I could find with my own list from games I wanted + added rare gems along the way. Sure, i it took me time to do it but now every game is worth playing and allso almost all have bezel graphics and all controls and other are working. Nothing to brag about having 200+ mahjong games or 10 clones of the same title, but that's just my take 😁

[@jaekrieldgx_71]

Excellent List - we seem to be about the same age and like the same era games (I just hit 50 last month). I also appreciate how you pointed out how some of the original 80's Arcade games just don't work with your typical "MAME Machine" button-Joystick config. Most of my favorite games I'd like to build require special joysticks, Duel Joysticks, or controls that simply don't exist anywhere (yet - although they FINALLY have a Star Wars Yoke available) My favs that require special controls are - Spy Hunter,(so far impossible) Paperboy (also impossible, but I've seen one guy use the SW Yoke) , Battlezone (not on your list - shame!) Missile Command, and the real muther - Discs of Tron...sigh...Anyway - love the vid. Got yourself another subscriber. Game On my dude!

[@Andros2709]

Missile Command plays decently with the mouse. My main gripe is the difficulty in emulating SNK's rotary joystick.

[@mikemahmoud6563]

Bosconian 1981 namco, blast offf!!! My fav game back when i was a kid

[@a2pha]

Just a suggestion, M. when mentioning the title of the games also mention the FOLDER/ZIP name of the MAME game. Most of us likely have these games yet with the FOLDER/ZIP name we can check our oms\ and be certain. Thanks ! Also with games like BERZERK which is included in your list, you might have a new video showing how to add SPEECH to these particular games like this, Wizard Of War, Sinistar, and Gorf with the vocal files.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Good idea! I just did an unlisted video for someone regarding how to find & place missing samples.

[@RealAlphaMale69]

I love this video. Thank you so much old Man...

[@moxxichannel5950]

You’re welcome! Good luck with that ED, they have pills for that now.

[@damon79]

Fantastic list. So true. Quality not quantity.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thank you! I know I stand by my own “preaching” when I discover a “new” old retro game that I’ve never played and then never play it again after trying it out once or twice. There’s something to be said for the “memory mapping” we have with the old games that we played countless times. I’m sure every one of us has one or two semi-obscure games that we stumbled upon that made an impression; mine are Shoot Out, Hat Trick & Bank Panic. What are yours?

[@venox314]

Made me laugh out loud with that intro haha. Great video.

[@davidholcomb9840]

That's a great list. I think if you are going to have all of the classics, I would add: the missing Pac Mans, Mr Do's Wild Ride, Qix 2, Joust 2, Discs of Tron, Road Blasters, Road Runner, Space Invaders Deluxe, Lunar Lander, Rainbow Islands, Venture, Armor Attack, Battlezone, Fantasy, Nibbler. I haven't verified there is an available MAME ROM for all of them.

[@rextransformation7418]

Not sure. I'm quite tempted in buying from an italian site (they ship worldwide) their almost over the top console that has 20 THOUSAND games (all of them with legal licenses). I'm ASSUMING that they also have coin-ups too. Problem is, in my youth I've solely played coin-ups, but I don't remember any of their names; I've already tried describing them in some forums/KZbin comments/facebook, and most of the answers were related to the most famous titles, but what I've played weren't "famous" to be mainstream. I just hope to find them in that humongous list, if ever I decide to get it.

[@markf.3617]

I like the list, well done! Trouble is, how do I NOT manually add each one to a new playlist in LaunchBox? 😞

[@savvassyntzanakis1616]

Many great titles are missing. PANG, Three Wanders, Virtua Striker, etc. Very limited list

[@moxxichannel5950]

They're not missing. I didn't include them. There's a difference.

[@JesúsAlbertoRG]

Algunas adiciones a tu lista: Windjamers Streethoop Prehistoric isle Puzzle bobble Snow bros Tumble pop Hattrick hero

[@churjoak]

That was a long ass ad at first. I thoght it was a movie. I forget about Gyruss and Shoot out. those were great thanks for the memory trip

[@moxxichannel5950]

Gyruss is an excellent take on the Galaga formula and highly underrated imo. Shoot Out was a game I played quite a bit but after decades couldn't remember the name - all I remembered about it was that the background city perspective reminded me of "Kick" (the clown on the unicycle game where the balloons drop and there's a PacMan drop too). Finally someone on Reddits "TipOfMyJoystick" was able to provide that it was called Shoot Out!

[@synthartist69]

I didn't see the early 80s arcade game "Spiders". Awesome game by Sigma. It doesn't work on my console x with kinhank which is a bummer. Looking for a console that it works on.

[@moxxichannel5950]

@@synthartist69 This game not only escaped my arcade experiences but many others as I've never heard of it nor seen it mentioned in any lists of vertical arcade games. Looks great! I see no reason why it wouldn't work on my MAME vertical cocktail cab. Thanks for letting me know about it, I always appreciate hearing about games I've never seen before! Sorry you can't get it working.

[@johnchiluiza2841]

Where can i get there roms please?

[@somedude664]

Zaxxon! I have yet to find that one with sound.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Damn I thought I replied to this already! You have to download the Zaxxon audio sample. Hit me up at moxximoxxi @ gmail . com (remove all spaces) and I’ll send it to you or explain where to get it (and other missing audio for games) and where to place it if you’re unsure.

[@overratedprogrammer]

I prefer to have every one but categorize. You can even have a separate category for all minor misc.

[@moxxichannel5950]

I have a Recalbox setup like that and it’s fine. I’m not disagreeing. But I keep it out of the hands of my guests as I want them to leave eventually. 😀

[@licoricewhip]

I always loved the look of vector games. Do you know if they still make those screens? I'd be interested in making a dedicated vector machine.

[@moxxichannel5950]

I think you'd have to buy used and from what I've seen, they're not cheap, and who knows how long they'd last. But I guess if they lasted this long...

[@warrenbutler9598]

Fantastic List. My favourite T.N.K III isn't there :)

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks so much! I actually didn’t have that one on my radar! Gotta check that out immediately. Never saw it in the wild either. Where did you first play it?

[@chrisrickman9846]

Love this list…just what I needed. Thanks…I would like to have seen “Mouse Trap”…I played it all the time at the store.

[@myria2834]

I'll grab as many as I can find, minus all sports titles, low quality "girl's games," super little kid's games, and known to be trash games. Then check the remainder and prune out anything I know I'd never play. Then look into the Japan exclusive titles, and see which ones both interest me and have a fan translation I can grab. Will probably take a long time to get through everything, but with more and more new titles being complete dissapointments, I finally have the chance to go through all the games I missed out on.

[@retroarcadeking]

Hello. A very interesting set. Is there any chance for an xml list. with these games? I'm looking for a limited but good list of games. Your jet extra. Greetings.

[@joaovictorf.carvalho458]

Have you got it? Imaso interested

[@retroarcadeking]

@@joaovictorf.carvalho458 Unfortunately not. But there is a program that helps to make an XML dream list. Mame XML full lists generator.

[@mehmetakn9666]

10:55 Which of the King Of Fighters appears in the video? 12:30 You haven't written the name of the game.

MAN! Sea Figther Poseidon and Phoenix !!!

[@moxxichannel5950]

I missed Sea Fighter Poseidon as I’ve honestly NEVER heard of it until you just mentioned it. I love that! Going to check it out. Bosconian, Phoenix & Robocop did make the top 150 though!

[@ricardomartins4513]

Forget killer instinct 1 & 2? They are The reason i play mame.

[@moxxichannel5950]

You just MAME on a pc. KI 1 and 2 don’t work properly on a Raspberry Pi. And that’s true people love KI, but I never thought it was very good and therefore it honestly didn’t come to mind when I made this list.

[@956music]

I'm new to all this and would like to know what i need exactly to be able to play all the games on this list. Some games I've searched for do not look original for example..DigDug Ms Pacman or Galaga. Could really use ur help..Thanks!!

[@moxxichannel5950]

Moxxi at your service Rene! There are so many options for playing these old games. You can play them via MAME on a PC, Mac, Raspberry Pi (via EmulationStation, Recalbox etc). Shoot me an email at moxximoxxi @ gmail . com (remove spaces) and I can provide you with more in-depth assistance! Happy to help!

[@956music]

@@moxxichannel5950 ok i sure will thanks!!

[@jonathanjensen189]

Two or three Asteroids, but no Astyanax? No Rastan or Krull?! :'(

[@mikechasselwaite9609]

Remember when we were going to make a list of the best 100 arcade games at CCC and Stew lost his mind? I cannot remember what game or games didn’t make it that caused it.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Yes, but memory is hazy. I think one was Stargate. He was pissed. He started screaming at us over Halo 2?

[@mattakadanja]

Solid list

[@BryanJohnson1969]

Great list. Some suggested additions... Battle zone Galaxian Super Pac-Man Tutankhamun Krull Mad Planets Cosmic Avenger Space Ace Space Duel Loco Motion Stargate Wacko Space Zap Robbi Roto Venture Vanguard Dig Dug Toobin iRobot Moon Cresta Colony 7 Star Trek, Sega vector game Astro Blaster Plaieds Phoenix Scramble Super Cobra Space panic Nibbler Ladybug Pole position Tac/scan Popeye Empire strikes back Moon patrol Make trax Super ghouls and ghosts Galaxy Force Galaxy Force Spiders

[@moxxichannel5950]

A lot of those games are on my list.

[@ScorpionF1RE_USA]

Super dodgeball!

[@foolingothersfoolingothers]

is there a way to download snap shot of rom automatically by pointing the directory of roms

[@jenguyenebay]

hahaah great list! i forgot Beezer too! =)

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks Jeff! How could we both forget Beezer!?! Did I miss any of your favourites?

[@kevinbbadd]

Nice list

[@Eduardo-cv5me]

Thanks great job.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks Eduardo! Did I miss any of your favourites?

[@agentbl]

I downloaded a MAME rom set that had over 6000 games.

[@danw3735]

I think reminiscing about all these old games is actually better than playing them - *Stops all torrents, cancels arcade cab build :P

[@Bobbypinker]

This was a great list. A lot of titles I don't know. My additions would be Galaga 88 and Time Pilot 84.

[@moxxichannel5950]

But do we need those? I tried as much as possible to stay away from sequels. Time Pilot 84 is fine, but it's not more classic than the original. I also love Galaga '88, but not more than the original. Again, this list is a staring point and certainly anyone can "add games to taste". Thanks for weighing in!

[@Bobbypinker]

@@moxxichannel5950 I think sequels get a bum rap. Sometimes the upgrades make for a superior experience. Obviously, Ms. Pac-Man, ostensibly the best video game ever, is a sequel.

[@Bobbypinker]

@@moxxichannel5950 don’t forget: Galaga is a sequel to Galaxian.

[@moxxichannel5950]

@@Bobbypinker Haha, you got me on a technicality only because you’re 100% correct!

[@Bobbypinker]

@@moxxichannel5950 hahahaha

[@vanman266]

What does the * by some game names represent please?

[@moxxichannel5950]

That is an excellent question! In fact I forgot about the “ * “ as I actually didn’t create the list. The games marked with * require a control system that isn’t easily emulated, such as Tron (Spinner and Joystick with button), Arkanoid (spinner), Q*Bert/Congo Bongo (45 degree angle joystick), Centipede (trackball) etc.

[@justacooldudeuknow28]

Missing WWF Superstars and The Real Ghostbusters. Great list though.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Thanks Chris! I appreciate that. I meant to list WWF Wrestlefest as WWF Series which would have included WWF Superstars and all other WWF games. My bad! The Real Ghostbusters though, I honestly never played it! That's why it never made the list. Flew completely under my radar...thanks! Going to check it out. Never saw it EVER in an arcade. Weird....

[@nolaxtreme]

Wwf wrestlemania arcade is worth it

[@benrangers26w]

What’s the best stand up arcade emulator with these 150 games .. Like you said I’ve seen some other things but I’m not interested in having 7000 70,000 4000 games

[@billybunt3716]

Great !

[@Ibzen]

you need to add Lady Bug to that list and surely also Scramble....and where is there an image of that list ???

[@thenextinsect]

Great list. I've been trying to get a good working arcade version of Joust. Every ROM I get stops at a 'passed system check' type dialog and is un-playable. I think it wants a button pressed that I don't have mapped on my controller. I've also been trying to find the 3 player version of Rampage but all the MAME ROMs seem to be a Nintendo or SEGA version. Thanks for reminding me about Rolling Thunder... I NEED that. :)

[@Randeasyoutube]

Joust is playable when you reach the passed system check screen open up the mame menu and hit the reset machine button and it should work.

[@alessandropinna4854]

it makes no sense what you say, they are not in 1980/90 Having the whole playground is a way to discover or rediscover lost pearls. History and Nostalgia

[@moxxichannel5950]

This video is a starting point to include the classics then sprinkle in games that you find. No one - NO ONE that downloads an image with 9K-10K roms are going through each one to find hidden gems. History & Nostalgia of classic video arcade games starts with my list then go from there.

[@keeleon]

I mean to be fair, by your own logic you SHOULD have "Beezer", lol.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Ha! I do now! He was just over at Thanksgiving and I had Beezer ready to go. He came in to the room and obviously forgot our previous conversation and was amazed I had Beezer! So win win! Happy New Year!

[@alkohallick2901]

It's called a favorites list. 😉

[@jessycruz2465]

There's probably only like less than a thousand mame games that really matters and mostly are just bad or repeated games that just bloats your storage.

[@moxxichannel5950]

Agreed, obviously as I made this video! I'd say in all honesty there are a probably 300 games that you'd want in MAME to ensure you've got almost everything you've seen in arcades over the years. Maybe. Anything over that and you're getting into bloat. Thanks for commenting!

[@dancero643]

para mi los juegos mas divertidos son los de principios de los 80. Es mucho mejor tener una lista corta como ésta. Al final siempre terminas jugando a los mismos. Tener miles de roms solo te crea estres

[@moxxichannel5950]

Translation: For me the most fun games are those of the early 80s. It's much better to have a short list like this. In the end you always end up playing them. Having thousands of roms only creates stress for you Reply: ¡Estoy de acuerdo contigo! Los juegos de los 80 son los más especiales para mí. Sí, hay otros juegos que son "gemas ocultas", pero la mayoría de la gente tiende a jugar solo el puñado de juegos que recuerdan que les impresionó y les recuerda su juventud. Thank you!

[@Nordlicht05]

At the moment I have 50 to 60 games. I only want games I like and play. I add them manually. I finished my only arcade at the end of 2019. Never played in any arcade in my youth. I did know a few games but not in their original form

[@tvbox6955]

Add Trog to this list.

[@moxxichannel5950]

I actually had not heard of Trog! Thanks for mentioning it! Going to try it later. Cool!

[@robloughrey]

Ok the audio of the children cheering out of nowhere is WAY to loud. Particuarly after you raise the volume trying to head you over the arcade bleeps.

[@moxxichannel5950]

I knew it! Thank you! Marty (Martin Scorsese) as I call him, was mastering this video and he actually turned up the audio on that part. I’m like, Marty, it’s too loud, someone’s gonna complain!” He’s like, “Yeah? Someone says anything and I send Pesci & De Niro over to have a little chat with them, y’know?” So now I have to send your info to Scorsese.

[@treyjohnson4035]

Food fight,red baron,crossbow,Jungle King,Munchmobile,Motor race Usa,...

[@-Rottenapple-]

I want it all! :D

[@bradandrews777]

No Elevator Action?

[@moxxichannel5950]

I was like “Oh Christ, don’t tell me I forgot Elevator Action!” but luckily you just missed it at 8:04. EA2 is also great!

[@bradandrews777]

@@moxxichannel5950 Was it out of alphabetic order? Though maybe I just missed it.

[@nicowasd123]

haha not gonna like i would like to have a 10 000 collection just to test all of them lol

[@lachlanmiller28]

Like a few others, I think this is a great list, though I did get the full romset and used LaunchBox to eliminate a whole whack that I didn't want. Most of these will make my curated list but I know there will be a few not on the list that, for "old time's sake", will also be included, because as most of us do, I have a few that were my favourites in high school (Tiger Heli and Darwin 4084 to name 2). Now I just have 2,800 ROMs to go through....*sigh*. That should whittle down to around 200.

[@nicklong27]

Batsugun, truxton, battle Garegga, deathsmiles, dodonpachi and mushihimesama say hi 😂

[@moxxichannel5950]

You know that feeling when you think you understood the assignment and then the smart kid starts sharing his, her or their answers, and you can physically feel the confidence leave your body? That’s how I feel right now reading your list! I gotta do my homework! Thanks! 😂

[@nicklong27]

@@moxxichannel5950 hah don’t sweat it. I’m a shooter fan so I’m always gonna point those out. It’s still a good list :)

[@jumberman]

There is a arcade game from 1985 or 1986 , I don’t know the name….in the beginning of the game there’s two identical monsters or something on either side of the screen, It gets harder of course as it goes on. Does it sound familiar?? , I’m trying to find this game. P.S. I remember the monsters in the beginning of the game were like purple or dark blue.

[@steveclayton3371]

Sounds like possibly a game from neogeo snk games can't remember the name either atm but might be a starting point for you

[@SAM-ru4vx]

Short answer:. Final burn neo is fun. Long answer:. Cps1 cps2 cps3 neogeo is what is fun.

[@mangmerciless9606]

Do you need thousands of games? Yes.

[@moxxichannel5950]

It’s always a good thing to have the opposite view represented! Of course you’re right - it can be great having thousands - I just find for myself personally, too much choice is not a good thing. But happy that it works for you!

[@mangmerciless9606]

@@moxxichannel5950 yeah to each his own. You're probably right though, I'll never play all the games on my raspberry, but I just like to have them cause you never know.

[@International_Criminal_Court]

No "Cadillac and Dinosaurs"? Come on!

[@moxxichannel5950]

While I like C&D, and it’s achieved cult status, I’m not sure it’s a must have in my books. Definitely in the NEXT 150 games you Must Have after the first 150!

[@petermacnab1871]

What about Phoenix ?

[@moxxichannel5950]

What kind of asshole would I be if I didn’t include Phoenix? 13:05 You must have missed it! :)

[@SirReptitious]

@@moxxichannel5950 Yep, you had Phoenix, but no Lifeforce! No Scramble either, but I liked Lifeforce way more than Scramble...

[@petermacnab1871]

Did I miss super cobra ?

[@alessioactis1262]

Download the list?

[@rolandbaron5813]

Can these games be downloaded?