What are your favorite Namco arcade games?

[ProcolKrautSprout73]

My all time personal favorite has to be Mappy (1983)! It controls really fluidly, the gameplay is also extremely entertaining and addicting. The soundtrack is incredibly good! It's pretty jaunty, catchy, and superbly well composed by Nobuyuki Ohnogi. If you happen to not be familiar with it, it’s about a mouse police officer raiding a house full of cats, you use doors and trampolines to evade or strike back at the cats. The main goal is to collect stolen goods and art. Really unique and novel concept! The sprite art (and box art) by Hiroshi Ono are so cute and adorable.

(I always try to mention the names of the people behind these games, they don’t get enough credit in my opinion.)

I could play it for hours and never be tired of it! Such a blast! It’s one of the most perfect and fun Arcade games I’ve ever played!

If you have any favorite Namco games, feel free to share or even rank them!

 

[tropicalavera]

I will NOT simply list every single Namco arcade title I love so that others can play along too!!

If you ever find a Lucky & Wild cab in the wild you owe it to yourself (and a friend) to feed that hunk of junk every scrap of metal in your pocket.

 

[Hikari.EXE]

SPLATTERHOUSE!!!

Man, this game is fun! Very gory for the time, wish we had something similar even to this day.

 

[Glimbo]

SPLATTERHOUSE!!!

Man, this game is fun! Very gory for the time, wish we had something similar even to this day.

You might be interested in this: https://splatterhouse.kontek.net/carnage1.html
no ETA though.

 

[Hikari.EXE]

You might be interested in this: https://splatterhouse.kontek.net/carnage1.html
no ETA though.

What the fuck is this website???
Legit got scared it was a snuff link lol. Will look at it later, thx.

 

[ProcolKrautSprout73]

You might be interested in this: https://splatterhouse.kontek.net/carnage1.html
no ETA though.

Wow it has fanfiction...? Huh. I didn't know Namco games, Splatterhouse for that matter, could have such "devoted" fans. Cool site though, l really appreciate all the effort put in to it! Thanks for sharing, always fascinating to find websites like that!

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

I will NOT simply list every single Namco arcade title I love so that others can play along too!!

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If you ever find a Lucky & Wild cab in the wild you owe it to yourself (and a friend) to feed that hunk of junk every scrap of metal in your pocket.

I played this in a Wal-Mart when I was younger.

 

[Glimbo]

I only played a few Namco arcade games but the ones I did play I really liked. Pac-man of course, Splatterhouse, and Rolling Thunder (especially 2).

 

[Cu-Neo]

For me is SPLATTERHOUSE

I freaking love how Rick looks with the red mask

And I also find very cool that the red mask is a costume in the Reboot.

 

[stealthRUSH]

Dig Dug! one of my favorite classic arcade games

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Galaga.

 

[Hikari.EXE]

For me is SPLATTERHOUSE
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I freaking love how Rick looks with the red mask
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And I also find very cool that the red mask is a costume in the Reboot.

DITTO!

 

[RageBurner]

I will NOT simply list every single Namco arcade title I love so that others can play along too!!

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If you ever find a Lucky & Wild cab in the wild you owe it to yourself (and a friend) to feed that hunk of junk every scrap of metal in your pocket.

This. I played it exactly once and had to stretch to even reach tye pedals, but it was so bombastic and high energy that I never forgot it.

 

[RGM4646]

I would have to say two of my favorites Namco games are Cybersled, and Alpine racer

 

[RageBurner]

I would have to say two of my favorites Namco games are Cybersled, and Alpine racerView attachment 10153

Is it the same game that was an early PS1 title? I had no idea.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Valkyrie No Densetsu, a shooter with some hints of exploration, one of those where rather than just floating you have a byte sized exploration

 

[χKai]

Pac-Man
I know it's fuckin' old school as hell, but I'll have some fun on that for awhile, usually it's only because of real-life interference that I'll even die or quit playing at all. ?

 

[ATenderLad]

Pac-Man and Soul Calibur 2 cabinets were both nearby my old town, the seniors could arrange their classes to get out early (or just skip class, of course) to go bombing around. We'd skulk around the arcades till we were out of loose change, or someone had an exciting new way to wreck their truck. (Small towns can get a little boring, makes people crazy. Twin Peaks, basically.)

 

[dropsmegamega]

ALPINE RACER!!

 

[spectresfrommercury]

time crisis

 

[tigg]

The Time Crisis series

 

[PhrawzT]

Pole Position 2 when I was a kid.
I can't pass by Dead Storm Pirates or Mario Kart GP without playing it these days.

 

[CG4R12I4N]

The iDOLM@STER
wait that's illegal

Serious answer tho, I guess Wonder Momo.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Let's give some love to the on rails shooter Time Crisis and it's fabulous cheesy voice acting.

 

[VampireLord1024VampireLord1024's icon]

Galaga.