Random games you have discovered by accident.

[Titchgamer]

So this must of happened to all of us at some point especially with things like Flash carts and RGOTM comps.
I found one today called Nekketsu Oyoko which is a Side Scrolling beat em up which I discovered by accident after pressing the wrong button when playing some Saturn.

Its alot of fun and has some interesting mechanics for its genre like being able to go backwards through the stage and has some fun stages like fighting inside a whale....

Anyways what are some random fun games you guys have found?

[eds1275]

The OutFoxies has always been a huge hit with everyone I show it to.

LocoMotion is a huge favourite on my arcade because of the simplicity to play but the difficulty in getting that high score.

And a big favourite for trackball games is Shoot the Bull even though the graphics discourage people when it first fires up.

[Titchgamer]

Out foxies looks interesting! Totally trying that out!

[DrakeTungsten]

Neat stuff I stumbled across when I wasn't scouring any "undiscovered gens" type threads:

There's a beat-em-up called Gladiator: The Road Of Swords which I gave a shot when a Mamedev mentioned it was newly emulated. I don't normally try out any old game I see referenced, but I'm glad I did in this case.

Other games that I randomly tried out and made it to my Favorites lists not based on popularity or any recommendation include Butasan/Psycho Pigs, and the shooters Cho-ren-sha 68k and Flame Zapper Yotsujin.

[Titchgamer]

Neat stuff I stumbled across when I wasn't scouring any "undiscovered gens" type threads:

There's a beat-em-up called Gladiator: The Road Of Swords which I gave a shot when a Mamedev mentioned it was newly emulated. I don't normally try out any old game I see referenced, but I'm glad I did in this case.

Other games that I randomly tried out and made it to my Favorites lists not based on popularity or any recommendation include Butasan/Psycho Pigs, and the shooters Cho-ren-sha 68k and Flame Zapper Yotsujin.

Never heard of Gladiator but looks good.

Blatant ripping of Neo style though!

[javeryh]

Lady Killer is so much fun.  It's not for kids because of pixelated boobs but the gameplay mechanics are great.

[opt2not]

Bullet , by Sega (System 16B) is a pretty obscure one. It plays with dual sticks, and is similar to SmashTV/Total Carnage.

[Mr. Peabody]

Random or by accident? Maybe incidentally?

Marvin's Maze.

[leapinlew]

Agree with JaveryH. Ladykiller is great.

I got a special place in my heart for ChickenShift. Puzzle style action game. Hard to describe 

[opt2not]

Agree with JaveryH. Ladykiller is great.

I got a special place in my heart for ChickenShift. Puzzle style action game. Hard to describe 

We played a bunch of chicken shift off pbj’s Pi at Zapcon. Cool game, surprisingly difficult.

[yotsuya]

Agree with JaveryH. Ladykiller is great.

I got a special place in my heart for ChickenShift. Puzzle style action game. Hard to describe 

We played a bunch of chicken shift off pbj’s Pi at Zapcon. Cool game, surprisingly difficult.

They had a dedicated one last year at ZapCon. Great game!

[pbj]

One I randomly discovered a few years ago, had never heard of back in the day, never hear about now and really like is Bank Panic.

Brute Force is another random one I found a few months ago. I'm not sure that I'd call it "good" but it has some interesting ideas and I found it intriguing enough to play through. There's some stuff in it that was frankly ahead of its time - swapping items, returning to a main stage between levels that unlocks new paths as you progress. People behind this one either went on to great things or left the industry.

Another one I like but have never seen in the wild and nobody talks about is Arm Wrestling.

Chicken Shift is fun as hell. I'm glad I found a receptive audience for that pi cart.

 

[slickam]

Neat stuff I stumbled across when I wasn't scouring any "undiscovered gens" type threads:

There's a beat-em-up called Gladiator: The Road Of Swords which I gave a shot when a Mamedev mentioned it was newly emulated. I don't normally try out any old game I see referenced, but I'm glad I did in this case.

Other games that I randomly tried out and made it to my Favorites lists not based on popularity or any recommendation include Butasan/Psycho Pigs, and the shooters Cho-ren-sha 68k and Flame Zapper Yotsujin.

Gladiator is a fun one. I picked up the cartridge after trying it.

Puzzli 2 is a surprisingly fun game about swapping fish.

[opt2not]

Brute Force is another random one I found a few months ago. I'm not sure that I'd call it "good" but it has some interesting ideas and I found it intriguing enough to play through. There's some stuff in it that was frankly ahead of its time - swapping items, returning to a main stage between levels that unlocks new paths as you progress. People behind this one either went on to great things or left the industry.

Interesting ideas, indeed! Side scrolling beat-em-up with Multi-directional attacks, well ahead of its time!
Charging up your strikes is kinda cool too, and I like how the city you’re in feels vast.
Very cool game. May not be a great game, but cool nonetheless.

[Titchgamer]

Brute Force is another random one I found a few months ago. I'm not sure that I'd call it "good" but it has some interesting ideas and I found it intriguing enough to play through. There's some stuff in it that was frankly ahead of its time - swapping items, returning to a main stage between levels that unlocks new paths as you progress. People behind this one either went on to great things or left the industry.

Interesting ideas, indeed! Side scrolling beat-em-up with Multi-directional attacks, well ahead of its time!
Charging up your strikes is kinda cool too, and I like how the city you’re in feels vast.
Very cool game. May not be a great game, but cool nonetheless.

Never heard of that one but looks good, going to try that out

[Osirus23]

Ninja Baseball Bat Man

[opt2not]

Ninja Baseball Bat Man

I have a love/hate thing for this game.  About a decade ago, a friend of mine and I came across this after he coded a randomizer for one of the mame front-ends we were using. We thought this game was both hilariously beautiful and awesome, and would tell our friends about this gem.  I remember seeing PCB auctions at $100-150 go unsold for a while.   Then years after the Angry Video Game Nerd put out a video on youtube about this game, and then all of a sudden everyone was talking about it, and the PCB price shot up 3x.  I don't even know what it's at now, probably closer to $500.

But now whenever I see someone mention it, I can't help but think about AVGN's influence on the gaming crowd.  Not saying that's where you heard of it, Osirus23, I'm just jaded that I never nabbed the original PCB when it was barely known. It's one of my arcade hobby regrets.

[Malenko]

MetroCross.  Load it up on MAME and fall in love.  Discovered it at the first Zapcon I went to, Vigo was better at it than me, but it was a blast.

[Osirus23]

Ninja Baseball Bat Man

I have a love/hate thing for this game.  About a decade ago, a friend of mine and I came across this after he coded a randomizer for one of the mame front-ends we were using. We thought this game was both hilariously beautiful and awesome, and would tell our friends about this gem.  I remember seeing PCB auctions at $100-150 go unsold for a while.   Then years after the Angry Video Game Nerd put out a video on youtube about this game, and then all of a sudden everyone was talking about it, and the PCB price shot up 3x.  I don't even know what it's at now, probably closer to $500.

But now whenever I see someone mention it, I can't help but think about AVGN's influence on the gaming crowd.  Not saying that's where you heard of it, Osirus23, I'm just jaded that I never nabbed the original PCB when it was barely known. It's one of my arcade hobby regrets.

I found it on my MAME cab long before I ever heard of that guy. I didn't even know he did a video on it. His later videos really come across like he's phoning it in and just aren't fun anymore.

[Titchgamer]

Loving all these beat em ups I have never heard of

[yotsuya]

MetroCross.  Load it up on MAME and fall in love.  Discovered it at the first Zapcon I went to, Vigo was better at it than me, but it was a blast.

Yeah, that’s a great game. I remember playing it at Arcadenut’s house and thinking how had I never seen this before

[markc74]

MetroCross.  Load it up on MAME and fall in love.  Discovered it at the first Zapcon I went to, Vigo was better at it than me, but it was a blast.

Had this on my Atari ST 30 years ago and loved it. Probs in my top 20 played list. Gets pretty difficult pretty quickly.

To add to the list would I would add Crazy Balloon - meant to try Crazy Kong and ended up really liking this instead. It's as basic as it gets but strangely addictive.

Another one would be Cannon Dancer/Osman. Strider reincarnated.

[Mr. Peabody]

MetroCross.  Load it up on MAME and fall in love.  Discovered it at the first Zapcon I went to, Vigo was better at it than me, but it was a blast.

High Score Competition: #87 Metro Cross (2012)

[javeryh]

Jumping Jack is another really fun little game.  Timing based platformer.

[Mr. Peabody]

Jumping Jack is like Universal bred with Namco and Capcom. Fun enough, and slightly too hard. I finished the first board once, back in my first or second game....

[Titchgamer]

Jumping Jack is like Universal bred with Namco and Capcom. Fun enough, and slightly too hard. I finished the first board once, back in my first or second game....

Looks fun but sounds annoying as hell!!

[Mr. Peabody]

Jumping Jack is like Universal bred with Namco and Capcom. Fun enough, and slightly too hard. I finished the first board once, back in my first or second game....

Looks fun but sounds annoying as hell!!

Awww, I love the Do! 2-4 musics. Jumping Jack is an evolution of that.

[pbj]

Metro cross goes to 11 on level 4.

 

[opt2not]

Anyone remember a coin balancing game we had in one of our high score challenges? I can’t remember the name but I remember it being fun and obscure.

[Ian]

Kicker.... it is just a bad ass game that plays great!

[Mike A]

"GUTS!"

I played that game when I was a kid. My parents took a Vegas vacation. We stayed at Circus Circus. Kicker was in the arcade there. I played it a ton.

[uptown47]

I like to cycle through the games on my cab sometimes and just pick a random to play. That's how I came across "Fighting Hawk". I'd never played it before but love it.

It's just a really basic vertical scrolling shoot'em up - similar to 1942 - two buttons, shoot and mega-shoot which kills most things on the screen (predictably you only get a few of those).

Great game. Give it a go if you get chance. I think it's in the All Killer No Filler collection if I'm not mistaken. :-)

[Mr. Peabody]

I like to cycle through the games on my cab sometimes and just pick a random to play. That's how I came across "Fighting Hawk"...I think it's in the All Killer No Filler collection if I'm not mistaken. :-)

I might doubt that. VERY pretty graphics, and cute music - but uber easy, even for NA players. Needs a LOT more baddies on the screen. Like it wasn't finished....

[opt2not]

Anyone remember a coin balancing game we had in one of our high score challenges? I can’t remember the name but I remember it being fun and obscure.

I’m still trying to figure this one out.

It was a simple looking game. Black background, with a yellow coin that dropped onto a green skinny platform that you would tilt to balance and move the coin with a joystick.

Anyone remember this game’s name?

[PL1]

Anyone remember a coin balancing game we had in one of our high score challenges? I can’t remember the name but I remember it being fun and obscure.

I’m still trying to figure this one out.

It was a simple looking game. Black background, with a yellow coin that dropped onto a green skinny platform that you would tilt to balance and move the coin with a joystick.

Anyone remember this game’s name?

"Speed Coin (prototype)" by Stern.




Scott

[opt2not]

Anyone remember a coin balancing game we had in one of our high score challenges? I can’t remember the name but I remember it being fun and obscure.

I’m still trying to figure this one out.

It was a simple looking game. Black background, with a yellow coin that dropped onto a green skinny platform that you would tilt to balance and move the coin with a joystick.

Anyone remember this game’s name?

"Speed Coin (prototype)" by Stern.




Scott

YES! Thank you!

I guess my memory is slipping, no black background and no yellow coin. At least I got the green platforms right..

[uptown47]

I like to cycle through the games on my cab sometimes and just pick a random to play. That's how I came across "Fighting Hawk"...I think it's in the All Killer No Filler collection if I'm not mistaken. :-)

I might doubt that. VERY pretty graphics, and cute music - but uber easy, even for NA players. Needs a LOT more baddies on the screen. Like it wasn't finished....

Maybe for you!!! For me it's just the right level of difficulty. I have the reactions of a sloth that's feeling a little bit under the weather....

[Mr. Peabody]

YES! Thank you!

I guess my memory is slipping, no black background and no yellow coin. At least I got the green platforms right..

You fell prey to the human rendering system in relation to memory. Notice the contrast of those colors.



@uptown47: when a game has more flying than fighting, it becomes a non-game.

[Titchgamer]

After completing my trackball machine the other day I discovered a fun little puzzle game called Attax.

The Ms loves it.

[pbj]

Attax is one of the few outside NBA Jam / Gauntlet Legends where you could save a player profile..... perhaps the only other arcade game that does that?

[Titchgamer]

Attax is one of the few outside NBA Jam / Gauntlet Legends where you could save a player profile..... perhaps the only other arcade game that does that?

Yeah its a pretty interesting game tbf!

[markc74]

Looks like a similar save system to ironman off road.

Attax looks interesting though. Music reminds me of hypnotoad

[Nephasth]

Exerion.

Won an ebay auction for an Exerion in a converted Zaxxon cab for $0.99. Was a few hundred miles away. Convinced the seller to deliver it for $40. Should have never sold that machine. I ---smurfing--- fell in love with that game. Most hate it, but I'll always have eyes for Exerion.

[BadMouth]

After completing my trackball machine the other day I discovered a fun little puzzle game called Attax.

The Ms loves it.

Not really obscure, but give The Irritating Maze a try.

[Titchgamer]

After completing my trackball machine the other day I discovered a fun little puzzle game called Attax.

The Ms loves it.

Not really obscure, but give The Irritating Maze a try.

Yeah I like irritating maze

[pbj]

Won an ebay auction for an Exerion in a converted Zaxxon cab for $0.99. Was a few hundred miles away. Convinced the seller to deliver it for $40. Should have never sold that machine.

I’m not sure who’s the dumber party in this story.   

[Nephasth]

It's about equal.

[Mr. Peabody]

Exerion has some novelty in graphics and ship flight dynamics. I recall the game play lacking or being weird.



Forty dollars for one hundred miles would have been taking advantage of them.

[Titchgamer]

Was suggested this little gem by a friend yesterday.

Its just like sunset riders but more TMNT style!


Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa

Lots of fun

[Mike A]

Was suggested this little gem by a friend yesterday.

Its just like sunset riders but more TMNT style!


Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa

Lots of fun

I have only mentioned that game a million times in my posts.
It is by far the favorite game of the young kids who come to my parties.

[Titchgamer]

Was suggested this little gem by a friend yesterday.

Its just like sunset riders but more TMNT style!


Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa

Lots of fun

I have only mentioned that game a million times in my posts.
It is by far the favorite game of the young kids who come to my parties.

Really? How the hell have I missed this for so long lol

[Mike A]

I am udderly insulted.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,160652.280.html
reply 311

[Titchgamer]

Oh dear... lol

[Titchgamer]

I am udderly insulted.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,160652.280.html
reply 311

Not exactly a glowing example of how awesome the game is there lol

[Mike A]

I would give you more examples where I mentioned it but the search doesn't work.

My buddies kids like it so much that I downloaded both seasons of the cartoon show for them.

[Titchgamer]

Yeah I heard it was based on a cartoon

[Howard_Casto]

It's loosely connected to the TMNT universe....in the 2003 series they actually make a brief cameo.  I've also mentioned the game more than a few times for the record.

[Mike A]

I guess he just can't be mooootivated to read our posts.

[pbj]

And the Dallas Cowboys quarterback is named after one of the characters.

 

[Titchgamer]

I guess he just can't be mooootivated to read our posts.

Nope, You didnt put it in this thread so its been ignored.

Gota milk this for all its worth...

Another fun game I discovered yesterday is one called Tumble pop.

It looks like Pang in many ways but you platform around to suck up ghosts.

[Mike A]

And the Dallas Cowboys quarterback is named after one of the characters.

 

Jacques La Beef?

[yamatetsu]

Another fun game I discovered yesterday is one called Tumble pop.

It looks like Pang in many ways but you platform around to suck up ghosts.

High score competition #163: Tumble pop.  The fifth game I played in the challenge.

[Titchgamer]

Another fun game I discovered yesterday is one called Tumble pop.

It looks like Pang in many ways but you platform around to suck up ghosts.

High score competition #163: Tumble pop.  The fifth game I played in the challenge.

I really need to get back on them.
Just been so damn side tracked!!

[uptown47]

When I get the new build finished I'm going through that High Score challenge. Launchbox has got community high scores built into now as well. I shall look forward to finally proving how incompetent I am :-)