Author Topic: Best Game I've Never Played? (Read 18222 times)

TheTurk · « **on:** April 10, 2004, 07:54:35 pm »

What is the best game, that odds are good, I've never played. A rare find that many do not know about, but is your little treasure? Your favorite game that others often miss? Mine would be twin tigers, a fun game that reminds me of my youth. Whats yours?

TheGatesofBill · « **Reply #1 on:** April 10, 2004, 08:10:31 pm »

Dragon Breed.

mahuti · « **Reply #2 on:** April 10, 2004, 08:48:14 pm »

Off the wall... the one that uses a paddle & joystick.

crashwg · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2004, 12:02:08 am »

One game that I find to be pretty cool is Asterix. In most ways it's your every day side-scrolling beat em up, but it's pretty funny.

For something that's out of the box, and something completly different... you should try Cameltry. I have no idea what it has to do with camels, but it's a good game none the less. I'd suggest a spinner for it though.

isugoat · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2004, 01:39:58 am »

A game i've been playin lately is Pipedream. it's a great fast thinking puzzle game.

Quote from: crashwg on April 11, 2004, 12:02:08 am

For something that's out of the box, and something completly different... you should try Cameltry. I have no idea what it has to do with camels, but it's a good game none the less. I'd suggest a spinner for it though.

that is the only game ever that gives me motion sickness. it just screws with my head

NoBonus · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2004, 02:29:01 am »

Some of MY favorites that I have rarely seen are "Neo Drift Out" ( a fun driving game), "Waku Waku" (a strange fighting game), and anything in the "Pang!" series (even those I have seen these games plenty, people forget them).

Have you played these games? "Rival Schools" is another fighting game that I find enjoyable, but I do not think it is that rare.

NoBonus

NoOne=NBA= · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2004, 04:45:51 am »

Cameltry.

It's a maze game where you control a ball inside the maze by rotating the entire maze around the ball with your spinner.

ani · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2004, 05:38:51 am »

windjammers - neogeo

patrickl · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2004, 09:16:42 pm »

Good thread! Seen some nice suggestions.

A game that I found pretty simple yet addictive is Puzz Loop. Shoot colored balls to form at least 3 in a row. Bejeweled is also a bit similar to this.

BTW, for me Metal Slug and Smash TV were games I had never heard of (before I started using Mame) either. But then I'm more of a pre 90's player.

JustMichael · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2004, 09:20:22 pm »

Bonze Adventure is one I found that I like.

OSCAR · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2004, 10:03:36 pm »

I've been taking a liking to Krull lately. Dual joystick game like Robotron and Splat!. Different missions per level, reminds me a little of Tron in some weird way. It's not a game I would own, but fun to play on occasion.

Gideon · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2004, 02:01:05 am »

Quote from: ani on April 11, 2004, 05:38:51 am

windjammers - neogeo

I second that. It's a cool game.

I like a game called Shadow Land. It's the kind of arcade game I could picture sitting under a dim, yellow lamp in the smoky back corner of a China-town restaurant. You probably haven't played it.

nipsmg · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2004, 12:49:14 pm »

The Glob.

It's a 2d arcade game where you're trying to collect various fruits (or whatever) by avoiding enemies by using your glob powers to stick to the ceiling when they come close to you.

I stumbled on it once, thought it was cheezy, laughed at it, then ended up playing it for like 3 hours.

Go figure?

--NipsMG

Stingray · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:24:29 pm »

Yeah, the Glob, that one is great. I came across it while just looking at games I'd never played and ended up playing it for hours.

-S

Mr. Dude · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:49:24 pm »

I'd have to say B. Rap Boys! It's the sequal to DJ Boy and it's never been emulated (unfortunately

) due to a complex sound system. This game is hilarious though and really fun to play.

NoBonus · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2004, 04:47:42 pm »

I know I could find out if I looked, but has DJ Boy been emulated anywhere? I remember that game so well and Wolfman Jack came to a car show in my hometown at the same time that game was in the local arcade so all of the kids thought it was especially cool.

NoBonus

Cue-Ball · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2004, 05:19:07 pm »

Cameltry is a really great game. I'd recommend it as well.

though, for the "best game" i'd have to say Super Puzzle Fighter. I had never even heard of this game before i built my cabinet, but now it gets more play than most of my other games combined. Uo Poko is another one that most Americans have never heard of, but that's addictingly fun.

pocketbikez · « **Reply #17 on:** April 12, 2004, 05:35:24 pm »

I'm Sorry (US)
1985 imsorry.zip

its an odd game but i find it fun. it has elements of some old school games like donkey kong, pac-man and dig-dug. after about the 4th level you get to beat up micheal jackson.

Gideon · « **Reply #18 on:** April 12, 2004, 05:55:53 pm »

Quote from: pocketbikez on April 12, 2004, 05:35:24 pm

after about the 4th level you get to beat up micheal jackson.

I think you just sold most everybody by saying that. I'm downloading this one, now.

NoBonus · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2004, 06:22:35 pm »

Isn't "I'm Sorry" based on Morton Downey?

Mr. Dude · « **Reply #20 on:** April 13, 2004, 09:54:25 am »

Quote from: NoBonus on April 12, 2004, 04:47:42 pm

I know I could find out if I looked, but has DJ Boy been emulated anywhere? I remember that game so well and Wolfman Jack came to a car show in my hometown at the same time that game was in the local arcade so all of the kids thought it was especially cool.

NoBonus

Yep, it's been emulated for Sega Genesis.... well for Gens and such.

fredster · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2004, 10:38:24 am »

Asteroids.

There really was no other game made that had the simple appeal of blowing stuff up like asteroids. It was the first video game I ever put a quarter in.

After I built mame cabs, the only one I play really is Asteroids.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2004, 12:06:20 pm »

My kids have discovered Bomberman World. Its pretty fun and I surely had never seen it before in an arcade.

Rawker · « **Reply #23 on:** April 13, 2004, 01:14:24 pm »

uniracers - snes
cabal - nes/arcade

TheGatesofBill · « **Reply #24 on:** April 13, 2004, 04:57:13 pm »

Uniracers was the reason I bought my SNES.

Oh, and just so you know, I've been funneling all the info from this thread into a MAME32 folder that will be provided with the next No Name MAME release.

patrickl · « **Reply #25 on:** April 13, 2004, 05:07:26 pm »

Isn't there a site, thread or poll where people rated "mame games"?

TheGatesofBill · « **Reply #26 on:** April 13, 2004, 05:38:06 pm »

MAWS has the Hall of Fame and the Hall of Shame based on the votes of the visitors.

patrickl · « **Reply #27 on:** April 13, 2004, 05:59:01 pm »

Quote from: TheGatesofBill on April 13, 2004, 05:38:06 pm

MAWS has the Hall of Fame and the Hall of Shame based on the votes of the visitors.

Sorry to go off topic, but thanks! I guess that should give some guidance to finding the gems

goofy · « **Reply #28 on:** September 13, 2004, 08:15:41 pm »

How can we set up an easier way to let everybody rate games as they play them (or when they finish) and upload them to the internet. Then, the frontends can download the data as another items do sort by.

Also, the frontends should let you (and your friends) rate your own games so you can then sort by that (I guess you can use the # of times played feature, but that's a bit different).

the3eyedblindman · « **Reply #29 on:** September 13, 2004, 08:22:45 pm »

Alot of people pass up michael jacksons moonwalker just for the fact it has michael jackson in it, but its very fun. I think thatd be my choice.

Industen · « **Reply #30 on:** September 13, 2004, 08:59:07 pm »

Logic Pro 1 and 2. Even though it's in Japanese it's a very additive game. Sort of along the lines of Mario Picross if anyone remembers that Gameboy game or an upgraded Mindsweeper. I'll explain it if you want to give it a shot.

A grid is set up with a picture underneath. Along the rows there are a set of numbers which tell you the continually of the picture. Example 345 this means somewhere within the row there are 3 spots within that row that you must figure out . A total number of 12 "pixels" should be applied but only with gaps between. In other words:

XXXXXX XXXXX X XX

^3 ^4 ^5 Pixels(in above XXXX diagram)

Every time you get in wrong you lose time. A few powerups help you clear more area. Eventually a picture will form and you can work yourself around the grid better because it sort of like a crossword puzzle. I love these games and spend hours on them. Turn the timer down in the options or DIP switch area for better gameplay (less frantic). Interesting enough these are 2 of the 5 games I can finish with one quarter. The other 3 being (B lack Tiger, Ghoul's n Ghost's, and Ghost's n Goblin's)

RacerX · « **Reply #31 on:** September 13, 2004, 09:25:25 pm »

For the trackball, I like ShuffleShot. The Canadianisms in it remind me of the movie "Strange Brew".

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #32 on:** September 14, 2004, 01:47:43 am »

Blood Bros.

It's like Cabal, with a cowboy and an indian. Controls with a stick and 3 buttons. Great game.

Minwah · « **Reply #33 on:** September 14, 2004, 04:48:24 am »

Butasan always makes me laugh

Sente's Snake Pit is awesome, and their (previously mentioned) Off the Wall is cool too.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #34 on:** September 14, 2004, 07:05:16 am »

i've only just discovered warlords. thats an excellent game!! asteroids is an all time classic, but surely The turk would have played it before?

i'm just going to check out 'the glob' now. got my curiousity...

spriggy · « **Reply #35 on:** September 14, 2004, 08:03:59 am »

'Flicky'
'Mr Heli' (Battle Chopper)
'Robby Roto'

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #36 on:** September 14, 2004, 08:25:20 am »

i used to spend hours on lunar lander......yet im still not sure why

CthulhuLuke · « **Reply #37 on:** September 14, 2004, 10:29:44 am »

Cybattler
http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/cybattler/ my review I did in 2001, and the rom link doesn't work so don't worry about a rom link, cause it don't work!

Guwange, Donpachi, Dodonpachi, G.Darius, any Darius game for that matter, Giga Wing 2, Mars Matrix, Black Tiger - arcade

Metal Storm, River City Ransom, Sprint - NES (YOU MUST PLAY METAL STORM)

Powerball, Beyond Oasis, Gunstar Heroes, Contra Hard Corps, Musha - Genesis

lots of gameboy advance games you need to play, including Metroid Zero Mission and Casltevania Aria of Sorrow. The new River City Ransom EX also kicks ass.

so many games, so few time!

Silver · « **Reply #38 on:** September 14, 2004, 12:10:53 pm »

Quote from: TheGatesofBill on April 10, 2004, 08:10:31 pm

Dragon Breed.

Good Call. That was class.

mamefreak2 · « **Reply #39 on:** September 15, 2004, 09:33:41 pm »

Shootout is a great game. It's from Data East I believe and it is from 1985.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #40 on:** September 16, 2004, 07:49:23 am »

Up N Down
City Connection
Uo Poko
MegaZone

captainpotato · « **Reply #41 on:** September 16, 2004, 09:58:33 am »

F1 Dream, although the occasional bug is frustrating, especially when the car jumps a wall and ends up off course

spriggy · « **Reply #42 on:** September 16, 2004, 10:03:39 am »

Quote from: paigeoliver on September 16, 2004, 07:49:23 am

Up N Down
City Connection
Uo Poko
MegaZone

Ahhhhhh!..... 'City Connection'

pointdablame · « **Reply #43 on:** September 16, 2004, 10:06:00 am »

mmmmm...... Uo Poko...... so good

electricd · « **Reply #44 on:** September 16, 2004, 10:18:21 am »

Uo Poko!

RayB · « **Reply #45 on:** September 16, 2004, 01:57:35 pm »

What controls is Uo Polo supposed to use? Just the one button?

neuromancer · « **Reply #46 on:** September 16, 2004, 02:56:38 pm »

Major Havoc. The humor kills me.

Also that train game from the 80s where you move the track around on the screen.

Bob

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #47 on:** September 16, 2004, 06:19:00 pm »

"rescue" is pretty wild. Dual controls - simular to robotron.

Rally Bike - nice top view racer... with some cool suprises

Assault - best tank game ever

ninja princess - nice game with cool changes at higher levels

two tigers
mad planets

GGKoul · « **Reply #48 on:** September 16, 2004, 06:23:39 pm »

Here's a master list of all "Game Lists" that have been posted on the forums.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=17208

APFelon · « **Reply #49 on:** September 16, 2004, 07:57:39 pm »

Tube It. Great puzzle game.

The afore mentioned train game is called Loco Motion, I believe. Also fun.

APf

skid_68 · « **Reply #50 on:** September 16, 2004, 08:06:31 pm »

Quote from: isugoat on April 11, 2004, 01:39:58 am

A game i've been playin lately is Pipedream. it's a great fast thinking puzzle game.

Quote from: crashwg on April 11, 2004, 12:02:08 am
For something that's out of the box, and something completly different... you should try Cameltry. I have no idea what it has to do with camels, but it's a good game none the less. I'd suggest a spinner for it though.

that is the only game ever that gives me motion sickness. it just screws with my head

My friends and I stumbled across that game one night. Man it got pretty crazy after that. lol, we had a lot of fun.

tapnout · « **Reply #51 on:** September 16, 2004, 09:19:18 pm »

blacktiger is a good game.

Xiaou2 · « **Reply #52 on:** September 16, 2004, 11:13:37 pm »

Hmm, was watching 'The Last Starfighter' tonight on HBO.

I noticed a line in the movie where Centari said that he 'designed and built the game'

Which made me think... Centari = Centuri ? Heh Maybe a even combination of centuri and atari? heh

So I fired up mame and looked under Centuri's games for kicks. I noticed a game that I had never played:

"Aztarac"

An interesting Vector game.

I tried to work it... but couldnt get the controls. Did a few searches, and found some california extreme control panel pics. It used a tron style joystick - but looks to use an optical interface. Basically, and analog stick that didnt seem to use a centering mechanism. The other control was a spinner... and a few buttons.

Even after finding out what controls the game used... it was tricky to make the mame32 varient assign the correct values. I had to keep trying the same things over and over untill it liked me : ) Finally, I got to play : )

Use an analog stick or analog gamepad control to move your ship (you may have to reverse some of the axis as well). You use the mouse/spinner to aim your laser turret.

You must protect 4 bases from enemy crashes. Once you clear enough enemies.. you can move into the center of the bases to warp to another level.

The game is trippy - esp the title screen. Looks pretty cool... but I couldnt play it too well, as I was trying to use a mouse as the spinner... and the game moves way to fast for that! : )

Ohh, and one other interestic thing... its front plexi that sits over the monitor - was a half dome (convex - pointed twords you). That must have made the thing look even more trippy.

thumbninja · « **Reply #53 on:** September 16, 2004, 11:39:01 pm »

I'll have to check it out again to be sure (I was young), but I had some great times when I rented Home Alone for the NES. You picked up traps and laid them as you ran around the house as the 2 burglars chased you. Think of it as a G-rated Tecmo's Deception

neuromancer · « **Reply #54 on:** September 16, 2004, 11:53:54 pm »

Quote from: Xiaou2 on September 16, 2004, 11:13:37 pm

Hmm, was watching 'The Last Starfighter' tonight on HBO.

I noticed a line in the movie where Centari said that he 'designed and built the game'

Someone has way too much free time.

Thanks for sharing though! I printed out your post so I can check out the game later -- sounds complicated.

Bob

telengard · « **Reply #55 on:** September 17, 2004, 12:17:43 am »

Quote from: TheTurk on April 10, 2004, 07:54:35 pm

What is the best game, that odds are good, I've never played. A rare find that many do not know about, but is your little treasure? Your favorite game that others often miss? Mine would be twin tigers, a fun game that reminds me of my youth. Whats yours?

No doubt about it, Reactor. Never had seen it in an arcade and it is just an amazing game.

telengard · « **Reply #56 on:** September 17, 2004, 12:20:54 am »

Quote from: OSCAR on April 11, 2004, 10:03:36 pm

I've been taking a liking to Krull lately. Dual joystick game like Robotron and Splat!. Different missions per level, reminds me a little of Tron in some weird way. It's not a game I would own, but fun to play on occasion.

I'd have to 2nd this one. The arcade I grew up near had this game and I would play it all the time. If I remember correctly the 2 joysticks were bat handles. I think the sound effects are great too.

Dexter · « **Reply #57 on:** September 17, 2004, 07:13:28 am »

I was a big fan of the Nemesis and salamander as a kid, if it wasn't for mame I would never have had the oppertunity to play gradius 3.

Give Star Castle a whirl if you haven't before.

Dexter

Lilwolf · « **Reply #58 on:** September 17, 2004, 08:16:36 am »

For me, its all the newer games.

I was a video kid croney. I played almost all of the classics in the arcade. So none of them hit the "Best game I've Never Played".

BUT... I stopped playing after college. And I always heard that the arcade scene died out... I assumed that ment games too.

So my votes are all of the amazing and fun vertical shooters.

19xx
Tomato one (captain tomato?)
ALL the psikyos!

These are all the ones that really shine when playing with a real joystick and buttons also.

Oh yeah... and ALL the amazing PRoN games out there! I guess my local arcade growing up wheren't filled (or more like owned) by pervs like me

And for others

Puzzle Loop <-- GREAT GAME
Gals Panic <-- Great additions to quix. Plus a little show and tell

DanteBK · « **Reply #59 on:** September 17, 2004, 11:18:34 am »

Growl!

It's a game where you're a like an animal rights activist cowboy who goes around ripping poachers apart--like literally ripping them apart.

Play through to the end to find out who was behind the "evils of animal poaching."

darkmavis · « **Reply #60 on:** January 31, 2005, 06:40:01 pm »

Quote from: DanteBK on September 17, 2004, 11:18:34 am

Growl!

It's a game where you're a like an animal rights activist cowboy who goes around ripping poachers apart--like literally ripping them apart.

Play through to the end to find out who was behind the "evils of animal poaching."

i remember playing that with my brother in butlins!!!! brill game, the whips!! top game.

my faves are

OUTZONE

vertical shooter on foot, pretty standard exept you have an energy bar that depletes constantly and you have to keep topping it up. one of the only games i can complete on one credit. its not easy though.

VENDETTA

1-4 player beat em up, folluw up to crime fighters, really good beat em up. its got a great bonus level where you have to fight all the bosses 2 at once!

GROWL

mentioned above.

AUrmoured WArriors

top game, fighting like caddilacs and dinasours. great!

BELLS AND WHISTLES

Utterly mad vetical scrolling shooter with the best power up system ever!!!

i have stacks more but ill post em later

anyone else play these?

TheGreg · « **Reply #61 on:** January 31, 2005, 09:03:23 pm »

Quote from: OSCAR on April 11, 2004, 10:03:36 pm

I've been taking a liking to Krull lately.

LeedsFan · « **Reply #62 on:** February 01, 2005, 03:48:00 am »

I play Cavelon quite a bit. It's very difficult though, yet very simplistic..... just collect all the door parts to escape to the next level. I haven't got past level 3 yet!

I played this game on my ZX Spectrum back in the 80s and I wasn't aware that it was a straight coin-op conversion. But I have to say that the Speccy version was very, very good as the the coin-op itself only differs by having better graphics.

SNAAKE · « **Reply #63 on:** February 01, 2005, 04:02:42 am »

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

The game has it all...

- run around like maniac and beat the living hell out of anyone on your way..you even get to beat up dinosaurs !!

- every single character has their own unique sets of moves.
- get to use handgun,shotgun,uzi,hunting rifle,M16,bazooka,dynamine,hand grenades,knife,club,wood stick,torch,butcher knife,rocks,barrels,etc.
- AWSOME music and graphic(used to be god tier back in the days)
- Drive a cadillac
- VERY cool characters design(heros,bosses,etc)

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #64 on:** February 01, 2005, 09:20:20 am »

sol divide, very original horizontal shooter

Tant-R & Ichidant-R , theyre basicly like mario party, a game with a bunch of mini games, best played with a friend but still fun alone

Doc- · « **Reply #65 on:** February 01, 2005, 05:45:53 pm »

Black Widow - has robotron style joystick controls...
Space Duel - two player is a blast

Doc-

DanteBK · « **Reply #66 on:** February 02, 2005, 12:50:10 am »

Found another one: Monster Farm Jump - bouncing around on a pogo stick in 3D is good clean family surrealist fun.

apeekaboo · « **Reply #67 on:** February 20, 2005, 01:13:05 pm »

For those of you who like a good platform game, I can higly recommend Baluba-louk (baluba.zip). There is no end to this game though, it just loops over some 15 levels...
Another good game is Go Go Mile Smile which is more of a maze/snake game thingy.

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #68 on:** February 20, 2005, 01:15:42 pm »

Mr.Heli / Battle Chopper

A recent find. Fantastic!

telengard · « **Reply #69 on:** February 20, 2005, 01:17:18 pm »

I have a new one to add

Juno First

It is a very cool game that I had never seen in the arcades also. Great sound effects! I'm hooked

RayB · « **Reply #70 on:** February 20, 2005, 01:46:13 pm »

Quote from: telengard on February 20, 2005, 01:17:18 pm

I have a new one to add

Juno First

It is a very cool game that I had never seen in the arcades also.

Will · « **Reply #71 on:** February 20, 2005, 09:46:27 pm »

Mystic Marathon ,it looks simple but man its hard.
Ninja Spirit,youve played it if your old if your young you may have missed this great game.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #72 on:** February 20, 2005, 10:06:42 pm »

lock'n'chase. a bit like pacman but you can close doors behind the baddies or even lock them up for a short while.

regards juno first. i don't think clocking a million points will be a big risk for me

madness · « **Reply #73 on:** February 21, 2005, 07:28:06 am »

Star Trigon !

In the Mr Driller genre... One (1) button only and NO joystick

amazing fun anyway...
Not to much info available on the net so I will take some fotos of the game later...

madness · « **Reply #74 on:** February 21, 2005, 08:00:01 am »

Found this link to Star Trigon... download a couple of movies and judge for yourself

http://www.paleface.net/cgi-bin/gdb/n.pl?c=482

enchntr · « **Reply #75 on:** February 21, 2005, 02:36:42 pm »

I think someone here mentioned Shuuz...

I started playing it once I saw it listed and let me tell you...darn addictive. It went into my favorites listing almost immediately.

Dartful Dodger · « **Reply #76 on:** February 21, 2005, 03:05:20 pm »

Quote from: TheGreg on January 31, 2005, 09:03:23 pm

Krull is one of those movies that I thought kicked ass when I was about 8.

jck_strw · « **Reply #77 on:** March 08, 2005, 02:28:34 pm »

This is a good thread that deserves a bump.

My nomination is Solomon's Key. A great action/puzzle like game.

http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=9617

sodapopinski · « **Reply #78 on:** March 08, 2005, 05:24:39 pm »

The combatribes. Bad control, but satisfying violence.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #79 on:** March 08, 2005, 05:49:25 pm »

Quote from: RayB on September 16, 2004, 01:57:35 pm

What controls is Uo Poko supposed to use? Just the one button?

For YEARS I thought Uo Poko only used the Start Buttons and down on the joystick. Then I bought a real board and discovered that service mode recognized all joystick directions and all 3 buttons, but the game was still just "down".

That was until about 6 months ago when I was playing Uo Poko (real board, not Mame), and a friend of mine did something I had never seen before, he rolled the joystick around from down to up and was able to adjust the chain back upwards.

I had been playing for years and I had no idea you could do that.

Also, from what I have seen, all recent Japanese jamma boards recognize all the standard Jamma inputs in test mode, even if the game doesn't use them all, Magical Tetris does this, as does Mr. Driller 2 and the aforementioned Uo Poko).

Mr Wilson · « **Reply #80 on:** January 31, 2008, 04:09:33 pm »

i found boogie wings thats pretty good side way scrolling shooter in a plane with a hook on the back you can pick up cars other planes etc.. spin them round then throw them at the enemy if you get shot out your plane your on foot and can use all sorts as vehicles tanks,cars,robots animals

havic626 · « **Reply #81 on:** February 09, 2008, 05:47:50 am »

Saturday Night Slammaster, 4 players...........great game, and Vasara 2................samurai showdown, i belive the first one was the best. i have fond memories of that game, use to be at a pizza parlor, sometimes when i fire it up i still smell the place.

Zobeid · « **Reply #82 on:** February 09, 2008, 02:26:10 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on September 14, 2004, 08:25:20 am

i used to spend hours on lunar lander......yet im still not sure why

First time I ever went into an arcade, there was a Lunar Lander machine. I remember it being really difficult and frustrating to play. Other obscure games I played there included: Tailgunner, Radarscope and Blasto.

I remember that I liked Blasto, somewhat inexplicably. I was hugely impressed by the sit-down Tailgunner machine, though I never really figured out how to play it properly. (In fact, I'm still not sure.)

One of my favorite almost-unknown games is Zektor. Apparently it's quite rare, very few of them were produced. I've never seen a real one, but I think it's a lot of fun.

I was introduced to Lady Bug and Cosmic Avenger through my ColecoVision. Cosmic Avenger was a huge favorite of mine on the CV. I only saw an actual Cosmic Avenger machine once, briefly, and didn't get a chance to play it. It's probably just as well. . . I've learned it was a lot harder than the CV version.

Addendum. . . I almost forgot to mention Quasar. Our local convenience store had a Quasar machine for several weeks, and I liked it pretty well. I was frustrated that it took so long to bring that game to MAME, it's fairly obscure.

JKD The Lad · « **Reply #83 on:** February 10, 2008, 04:07:05 am »

Snow Bros. - Nick & Tom
great arcade game
well if you play it under the right conditions.
the origonal was well designed with addictive game play and menacing bosses but had a weak chipset that slowed the game down and made movement "chunky"
the sequel fixed the clunky movement but added as well 3 other unbalanced characters and a hilariously bad storyline.
The best version is actually a port of the first one for the genesis. It has the superior design of the first one and the improved controls of the second.
really the only thing lacking in the gen version is the controller.
Put the gen version in a mame arcade and you have snowball tossing perfection!

Zobeid · « **Reply #84 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:22:08 am »

Oh, I forgot to mention Space Dungeon.

I had an Atari 800XL computer and I downloaded a lot of cracked games from BBS systems. On my 1200 baud modem. One that I got was Space Dungeon. Now, I'm pretty sure Space Dungeon was never released for Atari computers. What happened is that it came out on cartridge for the Atari 5200, which was basically just an Atari 400 computer with the keyboard taken off and those crummy analog joysticks added. So, somebody had dumped the Space Dungeon ROM to disk and hacked it to work (much better, I'm sure) with digital joysticks on the Atari 400/800/XL computers. And it was fantastically fun! The crazy thing is, I didn't learn until years later that it was a port from an arcade game. I'd never heard of Space Dungeon, never seen one.

Jr. Pac-man was a similar story. It was never released for Atari computers, but it came out for the Atari 5200. I'm sure it must have been brutally frustrating to play with the 5200 controllers, but the hacked version was terrific on my 800XL. It might have been the best of all the Pacman series, though though difficulty level was pretty high and might have turned people off from it. Anyhow, I never saw an actual Jr. Pac-man arcade game.

gnateye · « **Reply #85 on:** February 11, 2008, 12:36:25 pm »

i love a lot of the games mentioned already but i haven't seen anyone mention:

SpeedCoin

this is the lowest tech, 8bit graphics with one of the best most addicting gameplay schemes in my opinion. just a blast to play.

i'm also a huge fan of shuuz, and galz panic. very nostalgic fun

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #86 on:** February 11, 2008, 06:38:05 pm »

I was at a retro gaming party over the summer and a friend of mine introduced me to the Puyo Puyo series. I've been playing it ever since!

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9163

~ DeLuSioNaL

bboysnj · « **Reply #87 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:19:36 pm »

This thread RULES! I've been too busy playing all of these great suggestions to chime in -- but for the record, "BULL FIGHT" -- Sega/Bally Midway it's the shnizzle!!! You're a MATADOR. You have a cape and a sword -- what more do you NEED??

My bud from Atlanta was going through "obscure" titles, and found this one -- got me hooked in no time and we've been competing across state borders forever. Seriously, play a couple times -- you're hooked!

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7231

DeLuSioNal29 · « **Reply #88 on:** February 11, 2008, 10:38:41 pm »

Quote from: bboysnj on February 11, 2008, 10:19:36 pm

This thread RULES! I've been too busy playing all of these great suggestions to chime in -- but for the record, "BULL FIGHT" -- Sega/Bally Midway it's the shnizzle!!! You're a MATADOR. You have a cape and a sword -- what more do you NEED??

My bud from Atlanta was going through "obscure" titles, and found this one -- got me hooked in no time and we've been competing across state borders forever. Seriously, play a couple times -- you're hooked!

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7231

Yes, ha ha ha, I played that once and before I knew it... it was two hours later! Great game and lots of fun!

~ D


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