What is your second most favorite arcade game?

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What is your second most favorite arcade game?

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​Hey Guys,

I am looking to expand my collection of arcade games and in the meantime I think I have a nice understanding of what the best and greatest games are. I am however interested in understanding what your second most favorite games are. In other words which games are still the hidden gems of arcade games?

Looking forward to your suggestions and it would be great to understand the reasons behind your choice as well.

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Snow Bros, because it's fun :oops:

Cosmic smash (Naomi) because it's simple and beautiful

Now go Grail them. They are both £50 games, but who knows for how long
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I don't know how it would make sense to assume that everyone's second most favourite arcade game is a hidden gem, so I will just recommend a game that I personally think isn't getting enough attention: Quarth
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I went for nongrail in £££ but toats Grail in every other respect
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I really like Dark Seal, don't really think it gets much attention, but I thinks its a nice little game.

Part Dungeon Crawler, Part Brawler, pretends to be a pseudo action RPG but isn't really. It has lovely isometric graphics and I quite like it. Not my fave, but it's fun!
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Zero Team is a little known Seibu title but one of the best brawlers out there. Unfortunately it's on a one way ticket to Grailsville.
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If you asked me today I'd probably say Gain Ground.
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Taitos Fighting Hawk it's almost Sky Shark quality - also it's one of the tiniest boards I have, so it's cute, too.
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Thanks for the input guys. This helped me a lot to get some inspiration on new games to collect. Throughout the web I received a lot of suggestions next to yours. Below you will find the short list as I had to prune the list substantially to make it manageable. I watched the longplays of the games and selected the following games to be on the list:
  • Hammerin Harry
    Guardians / Denjin Makai 2
    Deamon Bride
    Metamorphic Force
    In The Hunt
    Punisher
    Radiant Silvergun
    Soukyugurentai / Terra Diver
    Elevator Action Returns
    Deathsmiles
    Dodonpachi Daioujou
    Mushihimesama
    Double Dragon
    Xain'd Sleena
    Spy Hunter
    Sunset Riders
    Shark Attack
    Donkey Kong 3
    Strider
    Breakers Revenge
    Air Buster / Aeroblasters
    Buta San
    Final Star Force
    Bubble Bobble
    Rainbow Islands
    Sprint 2
    Parodius Da!
    Gokujyou Parodius!
    Sexy Parodius
    Violent Storm
    Bucky O'hare
    All Points Bulletin
    Time Soldiers
    Crackdown
    Black Tiger
    Black Dragon
    Robocop
    Smash TV
    Shadow Dancer
    Shadow Warriors
    Point Blank
    X-Men vs Street Fighter
    Twinkle Star Sprites
And yes this is the short list... :oops: ... if you would like to see the whole list just let me know :awe:

Are there any games that we still miss?
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Good to see Deamon Bride, Guardian/ Denjin Makai II en Metamorphic Force (Japanese version?) on the list.
Good luck finding the games on your list...some will be hard to find.
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Can I get the full list? PM me is its possible 8-)
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I played and still play the **** out of Desert War.
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Wurstkopp wrote:I played and still play the **** out of Desert War.
Desert War is great. I love the "rescue people" kind
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Some of my essentials but not tops are already on your list but I personally always have to have these in rotation: Snow Bros, Hammerin Harry, Windjammers, Progear no Arashi, Elevator Action Returns. None of which are exactly
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I would add Neo Mr. Do to the list.
It is not grail (as I know) but I and my family & friends do really like it. Actually it is one of the most played arcade games here :) .
Snow Bros, Progear no Arashi, Elevator Action Returns, Twinkle Star Sprites, Giga Wing, Twin Cobra 2, In the Hunt, Go! Go! Mile Smile, Magical Drop 3 would also be on my list.

But Twinkle Star Spites isn't exactly cheap (as original). Goes for about 1000€ as I remember.
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Neo Turf Masters !
I dont know why but it has nice music and i can play that game again and again...
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