First it was Out Run (1986). Splah Wave on the radio, that girl by your side and Ferrari’s horse mirroring when you turned right. What a game!
In 2006, they tried to (excuse the pun) overtake the original… It looked ok, but it was not the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZvLGbESyKE
Then, Street Fighter II (1987), the game that consolidated the fighting game genre:
It was remade twice in less than one year: Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix (2008)…
… and well, Street Fighter IV (2009), which is esentially Street Fighter II on steroids. And Super Street Fighter IV is coming soon (2010)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqYWKh8bPdQ
Toki (1989) is also being remade in full HD, but I never really liked that ugly monkey…
And now… now… who DIDN’T play this:
After Burner II! (1987) I still remember being a child, playing the arcade machine and learning what an F-14 Tomcat was capable of doing to its enemies with a machine gun and a bunch of self-guided missiles.
I was in a bar, with my grandfather, investing in electric happiness a few coins he had given me. There was another kid, who I had just met, a bit older than me. We were both intoxicated by the shot of adrenaline induced by that new arcade machine. Being intoxicated in bars due to a variety of beverages came much later…
Following the only order that I used to follow without doubt, ‘Insert Coin’, I went for another game. I was nervous, so the coin sliped from my fingers. Then, looking for it among peanuts and napkins, I found a 1000 Pts. note (old Spanish currency). With that note you could play fourty times in any arcade machine! It was dirty and crumpled, but I took it in my hands and I asked the other boy: “Is it yours?”
After a moment of doubt, he said: “Sure!”. And he took it. We played a little bit more and then he left the bar. With the note.
You see, I was still quite innocent.
But stop beating around the bush!
The following video is what inspired this post. I don’t know if it will be fun enough, but I’m excited like a kid who has been given a 1000Pts note.
BARREL ROLL!