A review of the worst bootleg arcade games from the 1980's.

[Grandia2]

http://zeroes.overclocked.org/arcade.htm

[Brotherman]

That was hilarious.

Also, I still have the first game, Amidar, on my Atari 2600.

[Empty_One]

Back sometime in the '80's, my local park district opened up a teen room, and filled it with pool tables and arcade machines, all the machines set up for free play. We had Donkey Kong, Galaga, Zaxxon, some others I can't remember, and in the corner, Pac-Man.

That machine had the longest line on opening day, and after a long wait I got a chance finally to play. It was some wierd version, with a different layout, and all written in Japanese. But, it was fun as hell. I was told that it was different because it was the Japanese version of the game, and the one I was used to was the American version. Thanks to this article, I now know that it was really Hangly Man. I loved that game. Kind of sucks the Park bought a bootleg unknowingly though.

[Jeremy]

Moon Rangor, greatness. The Space Pilot font change is gold though. "How high can you get?" for DK though...oh, so hard to choose...

[EMAGDNIM]

that was hilarious

[Wildkat]

The Pac-Man boot on Galaxian hardware is just amazing in its sheer hack-job artistry. I have teh romz for Mame.

[gamevet]

That was hilarious.

Also, I still have the first game, Amidar, on my Atari 2600.

I borrowed that game from a girl in my neighborhood. It was actually in a nearby arcade as well. The 2600 version was pretty decent.

[Melf]

The font used in "Space" from Space Pilot looks suspiciously like the one used in Space Ace.

Lazy.

[gamevet]

The font used in "Space" from Space Pilot looks suspiciously like the one used in Space Ace.

Lazy.

I did'nt notice it, until you mentioned it. That is pretty lazy.

[Super-Eggroll]

I had a "Crazy Kong" tape for my Vic-20. It looked waaay shittier than the arcade version they represented.

Might have to change my name to MONKEY DONKEY. Pure genius right there.