When you think "legendary arcade company, what name comes to mind first?

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@Robavince I suspected as much.

I forgot Konami. Oof. They're a big one. Maybe I need to change my vote. Taito too is pretty darned big. Also-

Funny thing is, I say all this mostly from the point of view of consoles. I never really got to enjoy arcades. Probably for the best with the way they ate quarters, but I also kind of missed out on a whole... thing...

I sure did love those SNK fighters back when I actually played arcadey games though. Even if technically usually on consoles. (Or emulation of the NeoGeo. But then even the console version of the NeoGeo generally just got the arcade versions of things with a couple of pins set to switch to console mode from what I hear...)

[ruedi@social.cologne]

@Robavince
Wow. I have never heard of Namco, Midway or Capcom before.

Born in 69, grew up with Commodore 64 and Atari in the 80s. Loved Pacman, Space invaders and so on.

[silo_bear@mastodon.social]

@Robavince
I def reached for Atari first, but had to pull it back bc "legendary" is soiled by their current reputation..

[robavince@vmst.io]

@ruedi I love Pac-Man too! (That is a Namco game). The question is asking which company comes to mind. I see how it could also be read as which game!

[petitevieille@mamot.fr]

@Robavince

European guy speaking.
I'd totally trade this Midway shit for Taito or Konami.
Even the golden age Atari Americans love so much looks pretty weak compared to my all-time favorite SEGA.

[robavince@vmst.io]

@petitevieille Sega is a favorite too. I wanted to include Taito, Konami, and SNK as well, but was space limited.

[nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social]

@silo_bear @Robavince So many of the giants have truly fallen since those days haven't they?

I still can't get over what SEGA became... Talk about being a hollow shell of what they once were... They live today off of selling their old games over and over on every new platform that comes out. The few new things they do themselves are pitiful, but really they're mostly just a publisher. They probably make the most money from Nintendo...

Some of the best names from back then I almost feel would have been better off if they had passed into obscurity dying quietly so those who remembered them at least could remember them fondly.

[ruedi@social.cologne]

@Robavince
Maybe Namco and the other names just weren't so well-known here in Germany.

For me it was an Atari game cause I played it on that console.

And as far as the C 64 is concerned that could have been more of a European thing. Not sure.

[pixretro@mastodon.social]

@Robavince All of them really... Taito was my jam though... #TheNewZealandStory must owe me thousands from my child hood... which reminds me I need to hunt out the #arcadeboard!!

[pixelworship@gamepad.club]

@Robavince SNK

[indecisive_andre@tech.lgbt]

@Robavince sunsoft!

[jmax@mastodon.social]

@Robavince Defender forever!

[robavince@vmst.io]

@indecisive_andre they made arcades?

[indecisive_andre@tech.lgbt]

@Robavince sure

[robavince@vmst.io]

Kind of surprised that Namco (Pac-Man, SoulCalibur) is performing so poorly!

[ewhac@mastodon.social]

@Robavince Williams should be in that list.

[robavince@vmst.io]

@ewhac I wish I had more room. Because I do agree.

[arem@mstdn.ca]

@Robavince Konami, but I'm remembering them for arcade-like games released for home consoles or computers as opposed to arcade equipment.