Scariest Arcades....ever! (Laserdisc games)

[Invidente 7]

When I was a kid there were some arcade games that used to scare the heck outta me, They were laserdisc games there were highly advanced for it's time but they were darmn scary, here's some examples
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/cabinets/m3.asp
(This cabinet scared me to death)
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/pages/ilf.asp
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/cabinets/ilf.asp
(I'm so glad that I never saw this arcade):eek:
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/cabinets/pd.asp
(AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!):eek: :o
http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/materials/cabinets/ab.asp
(It looks EVIL!:o )
Anyhow does anyone else renembers getting scared by these arcades too?

[TnAdct1]

Anyhow does anyone else renembers getting scared by these arcades too? Oh yeah, I remember being afraid to walk into most arcades when I was younger because of Dragon's Lair.

[Artimus Gigan]

Oh yeah, I remember being afraid to walk into most arcades when I was younger because of Dragon's Lair.Don Bluth's characters have the amazing ability to scare most children witless

[Conekiller]

I don't ever remember being afraid of videogames.

But there was this one awesoem game that was a space ship and the console was a chair and a screen and a joystcik, and the whole mechanism would turn left and right as you did while the game "flew" thru space. it was always roped off to make sure noone would get hurt while observing.

Unfortunately it was tough to play and more expensive than most other arcades, so noone played it. I think it was a SEGA game.

[Invidente 7]

I don't ever remember being afraid of videogames.

But there was this one awesoem game that was a space ship and the console was a chair and a screen and a joystcik, and the whole mechanism would turn left and right as you did while the game "flew" thru space. it was always roped off to make sure noone would get hurt while observing.

Unfortunately it was tough to play and more expensive than most other arcades, so noone played it. I think it was a SEGA game.I think that arcade's name is Galaxy Force II and it was quite good for it's time, the genesis version however was ho-hum :shrug:

[Lord Dalek]

I don't ever remember being afraid of videogames.

But there was this one awesoem game that was a space ship and the console was a chair and a screen and a joystcik, and the whole mechanism would turn left and right as you did while the game "flew" thru space. it was always roped off to make sure noone would get hurt while observing.

Unfortunately it was tough to play and more expensive than most other arcades, so noone played it. I think it was a SEGA game.That would be Galaxy Force (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=G&game_id=7891) (AKA Galaxy Force II, same game).

[TnAdct1]

Don Bluth's characters have the amazing ability to scare most children witless Tell me about it. When I was younger, I would have a hard time going to bed whenever I saw Don Bluth film.

[Invidente 7]

Tell me about it. When I was younger, I would have a hard time going to bed whenever I saw Don Bluth film.The deaths weren't so scary as they were funny, but still those big-ass screen arcades (Like Starblade and M.A.C.H 3) still scare me to death :crying: :eek:

[Conekiller]

Could you please elaborate on what was scary about them?

[Rasputin]

It might be that these arcades were usually in cockpit form...and so threatening to eat their unsuspecting occupants when they least expected it. The feeling of enclosure does wonders to one's claustrophobia.

I can't remember being scared of any arcade games specifically, but I do remember looking up at big, dark, reddish visages of fighting games and racing games of DOOM and feeling a little...intimidated. It was a feeling I associated with next-gen consoles a lot as they were coming out after the SNES generation...if only because I could never hope to have any of them in my wildest dreams and my imagination made up all the scary, adult stuff that just HAD to be on them.

Yes, I would say I was a strange child, but I get the feeling that saying so would make me ordinary...

[Invidente 7]

It might be that these arcades were usually in cockpit form...and so threatening to eat their unsuspecting occupants when they least expected it. The feeling of enclosure does wonders to one's claustrophobia.

I can't remember being scared of any arcade games specifically, but I do remember looking up at big, dark, reddish visages of fighting games and racing games of DOOM and feeling a little...intimidated. It was a feeling I associated with next-gen consoles a lot as they were coming out after the SNES generation...if only because I could never hope to have any of them in my wildest dreams and my imagination made up all the scary, adult stuff that just HAD to be on them.

Yes, I would say I was a strange child, but I get the feeling that saying so would make me ordinary...Yes! that's it! If I came close to any of those their BIG EVIL screens would shallow me whole!, I couldn't help but to think that anytime I saw one of those:o :eek:

[Space Lion]

Remember this game (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=C&game_id=7352)?

I played that one many years ago. Thing is, I could never remember the title. There were a couple scenes that always stuck out, though. It was like... at the beginning, a bank robbery (or some kind of getaway) was going on. The game would shout, "JUMP", and you'd hit the jump button (whatever it was). After that, you got into a car and... that's all I could remember. :confused:

The visuals were very much like a cartoon, almost Lupin-ish Anime style. Of course, I didn't know what Anime or Lupin was at the time; I was ten years old or younger then. I just knew it was a video game that looked like a cartoon, and I had to play it (though I never played enough to master it).

I had nothing but a few vague memories of the game, and I never knew what it was called... until tonight. I may have to see about buying it. :)

[TnAdct1]

Remember this game (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=C&game_id=7352)?

I played that one many years ago. Thing is, I could never remember the title. There were a couple scenes that always stuck out, though. It was like... at the beginning, a bank robbery (or some kind of getaway) was going on. The game would shout, "JUMP", and you'd hit the jump button (whatever it was). After that, you got into a car and... that's all I could remember. :confused:

The visuals were very much like a cartoon, almost Lupin-ish Anime style. That's because it is Lupin III. Cliff Hanger used footage from the Miyazaki-directed Lupin film, Castle of Cagliostro.

[Botman]

I didn't have any big cockpit or laserdisc games in my arcades when I grew up, so the only thing that really scared me were those "Insert Coin to Continue" countdown timers. I always ran away from the cabinet before it hit zero.

[tb4000]

When you're like 5 years old, those dark ass arcades coupled with the sounds and booming voices will freak you out when you're that tiny. Usually there were other brats in there my age also, so I got over it after a while. Just went on my merry way, playing Mappy, Xybots and Joust over and over.

[Invidente 7]

When you're like 5 years old, those dark ass arcades coupled with the sounds and booming voices will freak you out when you're that tiny. Usually there were other brats in there my age also, so I got over it after a while. Just went on my merry way, playing Mappy, Xybots and Joust over and over.I wish I had Laserdisc cabinets so I could appreciate those arcades better instead of those cockpit arcades with Big-ass screens that could shallow you whole:crying: :( , I always walked past those, and played Donkey Kong 3..........yes I did play that one and it was fun :p

[Peter Paltridge]

I was scared by a lot of things but I was never scared by a cockpit arcade game. The local Chuck-E-Cheese had the cockpit edition of RoadBlasters and I loved playing it that way.

[Invidente 7]

I was scared by a lot of things but I was never scared by a cockpit arcade game. The local Chuck-E-Cheese had the cockpit edition of RoadBlasters and I loved playing it that way.The ordinary cabinet was fine to me, but the cockpit was SCARY :crying: , I never understood why they had to increase the image for that game, it was completely incessary (Please forgive my crappy english):ack: