More quarters please...
Growing up, my favorite arcade game was centipede. I was obsessed with it. I loved the concept, the blippy sounds, the incessant skittering spiders, the rollerball interface, the constant twisting of the centipede. And in Milipede, I loved clearing clearing enough space to get to the DDT. I always wanted a quarter to play centipede, and it's always something I did by myself. I rarely found myself in an arcade (or in the corner of a pizza shop) with many friends around.
Now, I love racing arcade games like Arctic Thunder that you can climb onto and race your friends in realtime, taunting all the way. I like the speed, the action, and the company.
honorable mention: Pole Position, Pin-BOT, Bust-A-Move
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