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thennomeking:

Joust 2 is a 2 player game, not a 2 joystick game.  Both players have 2 buttons though - flap and transform.

Tatsujin/Truxton and Arabian get my votes.

danny_galaga:



yeah, definitely juno first and exerion. also check out pooyan.

theCoder:

I'm thinking of building a dedicated vertical cab and did a little research.  With about 1 hour of web search for "Mame",  "vertical", "favorite" and/or "best", I compiled the following list.  Items have been included if someone/anyone mentioned them as good or favorite.  A few very modern (year 2000+) Japanese games have been omitted.  I have confirmed through klov.com that all games are vertical.  I'm sure some will not meet my tastes.  Your mileage may vary...

1941
1943
Aero Fighters
Ajax
Anteater
Arabian
Arkanoid
Bagman
Blue Print
Bomb Jack
Bump 'n Jump
Burgertime
Centipede
Commando
Congo Bongo
Contra
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Eagle
Exerion
Frogger
Galaga
Galaxian
Gorf
GunNail
Gyruss
Heavy Barrel
Joust 2
Juno First
Kicker
Legendary Wings
macross
Mappy
Millipede
Moon Cresta
Mr. Do
Mr. Do's Castle
Ms. Pac-Man
Nibbler
Pac-Man
Pengo
Phoenix
pooyan
Q*bert
Qix
Raiden
Rescue
Roc'n Rope
Satan's Hollow
Scramble
Sinistar
Sky Shark
Son of Phoenix
Space Invaders
Spy Hunter
Star Force
Strikers 1945
Super Zaxxon
Tatsujin
Tempest
The End
Time Pilot
Tron
Truxton
Truxton 2
Tutankham
Twin Eagle
Vanguard
Vanguard II
Varth
Viper Phase 1
Volfied
Xevious
Zaxxon


leapinlew:


--- Quote from: theCoder on July 15, 2007, 01:02:54 am ---I'm thinking of building a dedicated vertical cab and did a little research.  With about 1 hour of web search for "Mame",  "vertical", "favorite" and/or "best", I compiled the following list.  Items have been included if someone/anyone mentioned them as good or favorite.  A few very modern (year 2000+) Japanese games have been omitted.  I have confirmed through klov.com that all games are vertical.  I'm sure some will not meet my tastes.  Your mileage may vary...

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Good work Coder. Did you use the deluxe search option at MAWS at all? Seems like an effective way to get the same information.

theCoder:


--- Quote from: leapinlew on July 15, 2007, 01:07:25 am ---Good work Coder. Did you use the deluxe search option at MAWS at all? Seems like an effective way to get the same information.

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No, I used bruit force.  I just checked this out (http://www.mameworld.net/maws/).  Nice resource.  It would definitely have saved me a bit of time, plus the lists are probably more accurate regarding the roms popularity.  Unfortunately, when I use their advanced filter, and filter on "vertical", and "one or more votes", and has an average of "enough votes" (whatever that means), the list contains more than 1400 games.  Oh, but wait...

Just played with it a bit more. (Glad I didn't hit the post button earlier).  Using Deluxe Search, Results = "Hall of Fame", Orientation = "vertical", then Search Button, then clicking on "Votes" heading, gives list ordered by popularity of vertical games.  Instead of posting the results here, I'll leave it up to the reader as a homework assignment.  Thanks, leapinlew, for the info. 

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