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NoOne=NBA=:


--- Quote from: MaMeNnO on July 17, 2007, 02:34:18 am ---Nobody played Elevator Action? That's a great game!

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Elevator Action is a horizontal game.

koolmoecraig:

Speed Coin

hbm*rais:

Lots of the above, but if you're looking for non-classics:

Try a game called Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen (otherwise known as Booby Kid on the NES, it seems). I found myself completely addicted to that game some months ago.

Also, a game called Trick Trap (a.k.a. Labyrinth Runner). It's another game I find myself strangely attracted to. Don't know why really, I think it reminds me some old Konami games I used to play on my MSX. Maybe it appeals to you too.

edit: Oh, I forgot: Rally Bike / Dash Yarou! One of my first non-classic discoveries on MAME. Still one of my favorites.

On the classics front, I think there was a vertical version/hack of Rally-X. I don't know what's the status of its emulation. It seems it was on MAME some versions ago, but was removed.

Zebidee:

"The Speed Rumbler"

this fantastic vertical game only recently became available in Mame 112 or thereabouts.  It is a great game that I remember from my youth, even though I only actually saw it twice in the 80's, both times at the same skating rink on the far side of town. 

You drive a car (top view) around shooting up bad guys' cars and rescuing good guys.  Rescued guys give you bonus health, speed, power etc.  Very addictive and fast paced game play. 

Because the game has 384 vertical lines and is 'drawn well', it looks absolutely fantastic vertically.  However, it looks pretty average on a horizontal arcade monitor as they are not normally capable of displaying more than about 280 vertical lines without interlacing.  Therefore you end up using 640x480 and it looks like sh!t.

I am currently trying to put together a dedicated upright vertical cabinet with a 26" monitor (converting a Loewe SCART TV) , and I dream of being able to play "The Speed Rumbler" on it.   

MaMeNnO:


--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on July 17, 2007, 08:52:55 pm ---
--- Quote from: MaMeNnO on July 17, 2007, 02:34:18 am ---Nobody played Elevator Action? That's a great game!

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Elevator Action is a horizontal game.

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I suffer from narrow vision I guess :-[

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