So many games, so little time. I'm amazed at hown many coin-ops existed that I never even knew about. What percentage of MAME games do you actually remember playing as a coin-op? Don't include games you vaguely remember, only those you definately remember inserting a quarter (or a 10p) and playing.

-- Dith (dith@europress.co.uk), September 21, 1998

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How many? Hmmm...

It made me realize how much spare time I had when I was on the road with my band in the late 70's/ early 80's as I counted 314 games as ones that I defintitely remember playing at least a couple of times!

Sheesh!

JoustGod

-- JoustGod (pinballwiz1@msn.com), September 21, 1998.

Games I've played in my time...

Hmmmm.... well, too too many to list in my 19 years of playing! I can give a ballpark figure and say just over 50% of what's available on mame now. I don't think I played all the bootlegs of certain games mostly the originals. There are still soooo many games not yet available on mame that I've played in the arcade because this is my favorite weekend pastime, and still is to this day! :)

Regards, Steve Krogman

-- stephen krogman (skrogman@concentric.net), September 21, 1998.

So many that I haven't heard of...

Well, some people have just too much spare time...

I remember the games I used to play, pumping 20c coins into them. I have managed to score 9,999,990 on Bubble Bobble a couple of times before, although I haven't got anywhere near that on MAME (bl**dy keyboard!) I also got good on Rainbow Islands (to the 7th island anyway), and Street Fighter II. I also liked the odd pinball game as well. And some Neo Geo arcades as well - Ninja Commando became extremely easy when you get the special moves right! I have also finished Blue's Journey. I haven't got any NG roms for MAME because of their size - my ISP charges for international traffic.

-- Barry Rodewald (bsr@hn.pl.net), September 22, 1998.