10 Amazing Arcade Exclusives

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Wrestlefest is my all time wrestling game ever. Used to play as Warrior and Hogan in the tag battles.

[@TheLairdsLair]

I always chose either Ted DiBiase and Jake Roberts or Ted and Mr. Perfect. Would always be The Million Dollar Man for the Royal Rumble.

[@stephenpalmer9375]

I can't believe the Asterix Beat-em-up never got a home release. Ninja Baseball Bat Man is the main game I use MAME for :)

[@AndyDo]

There's a modern remaster/remake on all the main consoles. It's pretty solid! But yeah, shocking the arcade never got anything. I thought Aserix did really well on Master System. I wonder if Sega held the home rights from that still, making it a non-start if they wanted a cross platform port. :/

[@ItsCrapContent]

Lucky and wild is such a cool game even now

[@retro_reflections]

Great vid, including the amusing irony of being bookended by ads for two of the most converted coin-ops ever. 😁

[@TheLairdsLair]

Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah, I had a few to chose from but particularly liked those 2!

[@SyntheToonz]

C'mon, who puts "A quarter" into Gauntlet? It's a quarter sucking vacuum. More like "It's the most fun your college savings can buy."

[@SyntheToonz]

I remember seeing ABCop and that Michael Jackson game. Never saw the GIJoe game , but it looks like it was a lot of fun.

[@PnC_GameZnThingZ]

I remember Lucky & Wild, awesome. I liked the GI Joe game. I have an AVP in my game room... I had to have it

[@neilthomas6042]

An interesting list; I liked the way they look probably better than a home version if they ever were released. Never played arcade games as I have poor hand eye coordination and felt self conscious; plus my OCD and ASD.

[@devondetroit2529]

I remember the rally game! It was awesome

[@monkeymanbob]

I recall a skating game that I don't think ever saw a home conversion. You skated into the screen and had to jump or duck obstacles. I THINK you may have needed to barge opponents too. There was also Firefox and another laserdisc shooter that never saw conversions either.

[@TheLairdsLair]

Are you thinking of Roller Aces by Williams? Skip to 9:23 in this video for some gameplay of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWmzppSwhJyhmas

[@monkeymanbob]

@@TheLairdsLair Top man - that's the one. Made a brief appearance in one of my local arcades (when we still had them) before being replaced by Spyhunter iirc

[@jayme69]

Great and rather eclectic collection of Arcade games but were you aware that Alien Vs Predator can be played on the Capcom Home Arcade? Really enjoyed the video and thanks for sharing :-)

[@TheLairdsLair]

Yes, I have that, it's the arcade version emulated, so it's great.

[@douro20]

Lucky & Wild was a Namco System 2 game. The System 2 probably had the most powerful 16-bit graphics engine ever created- even putting the Neo-Geo to shame. Driving games had an extended graphics board which added an extra tilemap generator just for road graphics.

[@Riz2336]

Such a shame Alien Vs. Predator didn't get a release on the Sega Saturn, I think it could have gotten a great port seeing as Capcom games looked amazing on the system

[@TheLairdsLair]

Agreed 100%, it would have been a perfect fit and the Saturn could have done with more beat 'em ups.

[@5c00ta]

GI Joe - nothing else quite like it out there .. except its predecessor devastators

[@TheLairdsLair]

Never heard of Devastators, I'll have to look it up, thanks!

[@TheLairdsLair]

Just found it, wow, very slow and very primitive compared to G.I. Joe, no wonder it wasn't a successful/popular game.

[@neilthomas8070]

An interesting video, never played arcade games, as I felt self conscious, due to my poor hand eye co-ordination and my O.C.D.

[@RocketMagnetUK]

Great 1000mls Rally was after World Rally Championship .. essentially the same game. WRC never got a port also IIRC but one of the original developers released a decrypted ROM for Mame.... which was nice.. I'd say Neo Drift out was probably more likely inspired by WRC. Either way all 3 games are really good and very playable even today.

[@TheLairdsLair]

Oh yes, is that the one by Gaelco? I forgot all about that!

[@RocketMagnetUK]

@@TheLairdsLair Yeah that's the one, I think there was some kerfuffle around licencing of teams/cars/drivers which I guess killed the chance of home ports at the time. Then the world turned all 3D in the 90s so those style of games died out

[@TheLairdsLair]

I think that is on the Gaelco cartridge for the Evercade, which I have but still haven't got round to playing for some reason. I only realised the other day I had the 2 carts I got for my birthday still sitting in a draw sealed.

[@vandammesque]

Sunset Riders and Crude Busters were two that were not converted to the UK market. PS what does the woman say in your intro 'Welcome umbumbum' is what i hear, my guest guess is lone wanderer?!

[@TheLairdsLair]

Sunset Riders and Crude Busters both appeared on home systems, so are not arcade exclusives. It has nothing to do with the UK market. "Welcome STUN Runner" taken from the Atari Lynx port of the Atari arcade game.

[@vandammesque]

@@TheLairdsLair Your right now I remember wasn't crude busters on the MD?

[@TheLairdsLair]

Yes, AKA Two Crude Dudes, I had it back in the day.

[@dreamcaster4754]

Umbumbum? I think you need a hearing test!

[@alanharrison2726]

WWF SUPERSTARS ......... GAME BEFORE WRESTLEFEST LOL

[@TheLairdsLair]

Also good, but not a patch on WrestleFest.

[@dreamcaster4754]

AvP is so damn good, was hoping you'd mention that!

[@dazsly]

Wrestlefest is a great game. I played this in the arcades in the early 90s

[@SnarkyRC]

Yeah it is. I remember playing it at the local pizza place back then

[@joejacobsonwales]

Some great picks here, a few of my own faves and some I never knew about too, off to mame I go!

[@williamcrowe2576]

Some of these games I never had the chance to play. However, I can list a few Konami bmups I have played occasionally that were exclusive to arcades and were based on underrated properties. For example, "Bucky O'Hare" and "Wild West C.O.W Boys of Moo Mesa".

[@TheLairdsLair]

I nearly included Bucky O'Hare actually!

[@martinevans1206]

Osman is coming out on modern systems!

[@TheLairdsLair]

That's great to hear!

[@martinevans1206]

@@TheLairdsLair Inin will release it as ‘Cannon Dancer’.

[@mrsejanoz523]

I'd love to see a list of your favourite scrolling beat-'em-ups.

[@TheLairdsLair]

Hmmmm, I might do that at some point then.

[@SnarkyRC]

WWF Wrestlefest would've been great to see on the Neo Geo.

[@TheLairdsLair]

I think it could have been a great release for the Sega Mega CD too.

[@bubbythebear6891]

Wacko and Zookeeper would be my picks. Both are insanely underrated.

[@TheLairdsLair]

Zookeeper is a great game! Don't think I've played Wacko. Zookeeper was actually ported to the Atari 2600 but never released, the prototype was found and released a few years back.