Iconic arcade sounds

[deanzor]

Hello all.

What stands out in your mind as an 'iconic' sound effect you'd hear in the background of an arcade? For me it's "DROP IT!" from the attract mode of Robocop. Just seems to always cut through and give me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

Anyone else got any?

 

[joe34]

the music from the 'welcome to bonus stage' round in shinobi always stood out real loud in the fun fair arcade i went to as a kid

and come to think of it yes i would always hear that robocop DROP IT!

 

[big10p]

Not a game I played much BITD (as I was crap at it), but pretty much any acrade I went into, I could hear Mr Do! playing in the background.

 

[griffo83x]

Hang on attract sound

 

[robotech]

Hang on attract sound the pole position
Beeps and the space harrier welcome to the fantacy zone and death noise

 

[Shinydaz]

Yep the pole position beeps are the top memories for me.

 

[Flinnster]

Coin-in on Outrun / Space Harrier.

 

[jengineer]

Double Dragon when you coin it up plus the start of the game play music, just wasn't the same on the home computer,

 

[DanP]

Long Live Gorf! All hail the supreme etc etc

 

[SUPERSPRINT]

All the Atari games from 84-87 ish, had the same sounds for inserting a coin and used some of the same generic sounds on their games, love all that. Also the opening rift for ghosts and goblins, the music when you complete a stage on roadblasters, the speech from Star Wars, the thumping bass from wardner, the speech from the original street fighter. Still quote the original street fighter now when taking the piss with my brother.
“You’ve got a lot to learn before you beat me”SUPERSPRINT2018-11-08 18:54:29

 

[thesharkfactor]

Pac Man and Galaga attract modes, Pole position and Konami GT, ROTJ.. I can hear them now..
thesharkfactor2018-11-08 19:07:55

 

[backflipper]

Nearly all of those mentioned ie, robocop, shinobi, plus.
“Do mai” I think that is how it sounded, from pocket gal.

Also all of the coin up sounds especially the one generated by a pokey.

 

[jrm88]

Not sure if it counts but Jean Michale Jared oxygen part 4. Think it was used as an attract in a lot of crane machines.

 

[TWB]

“Intruder alert”, “coins detected in pocket” berserk.

 

[clarkey]

This will seem like an odd one. As my formative arcade years were the early to mid 90’s all the arcades on the seafront were crammed with a coin pusher machine that had the chorus from the song ring my bell on repeat.

So for me its things like scud race, lost world, prop cycle and time crisis attracts with ring my bell playing over the top.

 

[Mr20to5]

Pole Position for me too.

 

[Body pop]

Hang on attract ,+1
Space hairier ,welcome to the fantasy zone ,get ready +1
And the bubble bobble sound track and pacland

 

[K1ngarth3r]

Hang-on attract with some Street Fighter II samples, oh my darling clementine and other claw machine music from memory.

 

[iamjimmi]

Prepare to qualify +1

 

[jimmerd]

The chime made by a number of the Atari machines when you inserted a coin.