Post One Image Of An Old Video Game

For various reasons, I will be very quickly throwing together a small retro-ish game. I'm still pondering what exactly I want to do. For market research reasons, I would appreciate it if you would post a single image of a small (think arcades) game that you like, possibly with a little bit of text explaining why you like it. Thanks kindly!

@a_cute_squirtle: I feel like if you posted that image and it wasn't a real game that would be a moderatable offense.

Not sure exactly how retro you mean or how small you mean but as far arcade games go for me:

Street Fighter 2.

and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

It's like Animal Farm without the subtext.

To be honest, I was going to go dig up a picture of Custer's Revenge, but thought twice about it. Still, one should have more sense than post a picture of masturbation.

@eccentrix: Man...that game makes NO SENSE!
It is also, strangely, highly relevant to what I'm thinking about doing.

Because it wasn't in arcades, right?

Neither was Sonic or Stroker?

Game is dope. One of the first isometric games, relatively clever puzzles, lots of exploring, plus you're a fucking wizard.

@believer258:

To be fair to my example, I mentioned Wayne's World in the caption. You'll understand that if you've seen Wayne's World.

Kid Chameleon was one of the coolest games Sega had to offer. You play as “Kid Chameleon”, stuck in a virtual reality arcade game, going through virtual environments ranging from underground lava pits to ancient ruins, using power ups that turn you into things like: an axe throwing maniac (watch out Jason), a knight, an overweight samurai, a skeleton driving a tank (yeah, you heard me), etc. Long story short, the game was pretty awesome, and renowned for being intensely hard.

@bitchypixels: That sounds great.

Konami music was just so good back then.

I'm willing to bet that there are people have played Stroker in an arcade... ...

Also, I don't understand what you're actually looking for - do you specifically want arcade games?

Not really, just games that are more about having a small but polished set of content and mechanics.