Does anyone actually beat arcade games?

[Dis]

I never have enough quarters

Those games are impossible. I can never do it. In fact if there were no such things as save games I would never beat any game . I'm just not good enough.

[FrustratedPoet]

It's pretty easy with the fighting games like Tekken and Soul Calibur and such. Winning those on only one continue isn't that hard.

I've never go to the Arcades, but theoretically I could do it.

[Adagio]

I haven't been in arcade game halls (?) since I was half the age I am now, and back then, most games were impossible to beat...

[Jamski]

I used to beat Streetfighter in the arcade as a kid. We competed to see who could do it with the least money. But fighting games are easier once you learn the "special moves" - Oh and I beat Bubble Bobble by simply shoving money in it.

-Jam

[Cookie Monster]

Wow!!

I haven't played at an arcade since Mortal Kombat 3 was all the rage. Can't say that I ever beat any game in the arcade even with a large supply of quarters.

[DrSpike]

Haven't played any for a while, but I did beat SF2 (which was *the* game when I was a young teenager) with 1 30p.

[Urban Ranger]

Games I have "beaten": 1943 (2 players only), Street Fighter 2, Street Fighter 3, Street Fighter vs X-Men, a wrestling game (2 players only). There are some games without endings, one can play on and on and on. In my younger days I was very good at: Robotron 2084, Missile Command and Gaunlet. I could play Gaunlet for hours on a quarter. Those were the days...

[Solver]

Anyone played the good old The Lost Vikings game?

[Maquiladora]

I saw someone complete Operation Wolf once at the fair, only in one player mode aswell, about 30 people crowded round the box as usual pushing, quite impressive to see his reflexes with the light gun though, git.

[Static Universe]

I only arcade games I was ever really great at were Gorf and Galaga. I don't think either was ever beatable, as they just repeated forever.

[Adagio]

Street Fighter? Back then, as I played Arcade games, Street Fighter was not developed yet... The game I played most, was some game, where you played a cave-man (2 player game), where you had to watch out for rival cave-men (who has stolen the girls ) and dino's... Don't remember what it was called though... Only managed to get to level 2-3, before I ran out of money...

[DrSpike]

Does anyone remember Ghouls and Ghosts? That was my favourite when I started playing arcade games......it gobbled many a 10p.

[Urban Ranger]

Actually, I like it when the arcades offered a nice mix of video games and pinball machines. Now all they have are these mahjong and fighting games. Dreadful.

[Urban Ranger]

One of the best arcade games, in terms of design, is Tempest. I sucked at the game, but the design has always intrigued me.

[Jon Miller]

I beat a Hack&SLash at one once

Jon miller