In the 1990s the arcade was the place to be to get the most amazing and innovative gaming experiences. While home consoles were just starting to see the light of day during this time, arcades still provided the most flare. While many other games like Mortal Kombat and X-Men: The Arcade Game were impressive, a game called "Lucky & Wild" struck my attention more than all the others. It was a game which seemed to bare a resemblance to the television series "Starsky & Hutch." But more importantly the 1993 Namco released game was set up like a car with two seats, a steering wheel, and a pedal (one person drove the car) and also two pistols (one for each player). The set up alone made me want to play the game right away. So I strapped in, pumped the last of my quarters in and set off. I was amazed, even to this day.

I think about how remarkable the game actually was. Video games in today's world aren't like this anymore. Games with blazingly fast car chases with shootouts and incredible boss battles with a huge 18-wheeler with baddies throwing hand grenades at your car. Lucky & Wild is simply a game in which whenever I come across one, I always feel a need to play it. It's one of those few games that you can play and feel completely like a kid again. The coolest part about the game was when you successfully completed a mission and defeated the boss at the end of the stage, you were shown a scene where Lucky & Wild are in a bar and get rewarded with kisses by babes and your points would go up. That was probably the most badass and radical thing I'd had ever seen in my life up to that point, so you can feel the excitement.

Throughout my travels as a young lad, I would come across this arcade cabinet every once and a while and wonder if people still love it as much as do. I even remember the one time my Dad and I decided we were going to beat it and we got a ton of tokens and dominated it with only a few tokens to spare. I think it would do really well with the angered business man, who just got out of his nine to five job and wants to blast some baddies and chase national criminals through his alternate ego..Lucky & Wild. This is only one of those games you can describe only so far until you can only experience the rest by playing it. So what are you waiting for? Go search high and far before you let this arcade gem slip away from your hands and feet.