Rocket Surgeon said:
I played two versions of After Burner, one which tilted up/down and left/right...there was also a headphone jack! The other, on the boardwalk, strapped you inside a gyroscope!
I played this in Vegas for the 1st time a couple of years ago and was practically hanging UPSIDE DOWN! Very cool game.
My most memorable are from the late '70s & '80s.
Pinball:
The Black Night (1978, multi-leveled w/sound effects)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Bit-mapped graphics:
Space Invaders (1979 was an expensive year)
Star Fighter - booth version (1980, 1st game to feature TIE fighters and it wasn't endorsed by Lucas!)
Defender (the 1st scrolling background game)
Centipede
Temple of Doom
Spy Hunter (One of my faves)
Discs of Tron - stand up booth version
Pole Position (raised the bar on video game graphics)
Gauntlet (the 1st 4-player game I can think of. Fun times!)
Vector-based graphics:
Asteroids
Battle Zone (the futuristic tank game with the periscope)
Tempest (I wasted a lot of $$$ on this game but the most memorable time was at Busch Gardens in Florida, 1982. Every time I pressed the FIRE button, I'd receive an electrical shock but kept on playing for an hour. OUCH!)
Star Trek - booth version
Star Wars - booth version
Miscellaneous:
Dragon's Lair (cartoon game w/animation by Don Bluth)
Space Ace (cartoon game w/animation by Don Bluth)
A racing car game (the old one from the '60s. The background looked like a film.)
Honorable Mentions:
Ms. Pac Man. (This is the game that initially brought girls into the arcades.)
A game with colour HOLOGRAMS where you shoot cowboys, etc. (c.1987)
Pong (1976? The original, 1st video game. We eventually got a home version to play on our TV. I can still remember the sound effects.)
P.S. In San Francisco, there is a huge arcade "museum" on one of the wharfs with machines dating back to 1908. Most of them are REALLY OLD but you can play them all! (It has the Indy pinball.)