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"ROM Surfing?"
AndyWarne:
Hi,
As we all know, most of the time we play the old favorite games we have known for years, but how often do people actually check out games we have never played? With almost 3000 to choose from it's a bit hit and miss..
I was doing a bit of ROM surfing the other day and completely by accident came across a game I have never even heard of let alone played. It's called "Bal Cube" and from the first 10 seconds I was totally hooked and have not played any other game since! It's an easy game really (suits me!) very much in the Breakout mould but much better. It also has a really weird graphic background which for some unknown reason seems to be based on Swiss alpine villages. Not to mention the most irritatingly catchy soundtrack..
Anyone else ever stumbled across any real gems by just trying ROMs at random?
ZaneMn:
I found Renegade. It's not the most sopisticated game but for some reason it's fun. It's just like Double Dragon accept you fight 10 guys at once.
JamesMolloy:
I downloaded Renegade yesterday too. I'm not sure If I like it yet though.
MilitiaMan:
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on April 04, 2003, 10:08:27 am ---Anyone else ever stumbled across any real gems by just trying ROMs at random?
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Some of you may have played this, but recently I stumbled across a game that I had never played before ... and now I absolutely love it.
It's called DoDonPachi --- it's like 1942 on steroids!
If you want to kill a ton of stuff in a very short period of time, this is YOUR game!
-MM
jalidi:
I try to play my MAME cabinet at least once a day, and what I usually do is 'Select Random Game' from 'Available' and just let the chips fall where they may.
I have to admit that I've come across a few surprises in the 3000-odd ROM library... the latest was a puzzle game in the style of Tetris called 'Block Hole' --- but with a twist, for instead of assembling pieces into complete squares at the bottom, you had to instead shoot them into place on incomplete shapes coming down from the top of the screen. It's one of my favorite arcade puzzle games now, right up there with Neo Geo's 'Bust A Move'