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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: fiscap on August 01, 2005, 08:48:15 pm
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This is a vague description, but I have not been able to identify this game for the life of me - nor have I been able to find it in MAME.
It was a boat racing game that I believe came out in the early to mid-nineties. All that I can really remember about it is that you were out in the ocean for a little bit and you had to safely navigate around buoys - maybe like a slalom. But the real reason I remember the game is that you eventually end up at a stage on a river and there are city skylines in the background and one of the skylines is Albany, NY (where I grew up). It's quite recognizable because of the Empire State Plaza and The Egg (for those who have been to Albany).
I thought that it might have been a bootleg of Hydra, but I just don't see it - especially because I think I would have remembered the yoke controller.
Thanks
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Nope, couldn't be, Hydra's graphics are not that detailed. Hydra is basically Roadblasters on the water.
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Midway's Hydro Thunder?
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=H&game_id=8161
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Midway's Hydro Thunder?
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=H&game_id=8161
I don't think so. From what I remember it was a stand-up cabinet and Hydro Thunder came out in 1999. I believe this game came out much earlier than that.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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I've been manually searching through KLOV for an ID on this game - no luck yet. Anyone else have a clue?
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That's too funny! I work in a new building that is right next to the building behind the egg - thought I was seeing things when I looked at this post...
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Could it have been a location test that never went into production???
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Could it have been a location test that never went into production???
The more I search - the more I believe that may be the case. It was a pretty cool game none the less. I remember that the only place where I played the game was a bar called Hurley's Pub, although I believe they're no longer around. Boy, did they have some great wings there.
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Could it have been a location test that never went into production???
The more I search - the more I believe that may be the case. It was a pretty cool game none the less. I remember that the only place where I played the game was a bar called Hurley's Pub, although I believe they're no longer around. Boy, did they have some great wings there.
I remember that game as well, but haven't seen it for some time, and of course can't remember the name...
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I thought that it might have been a bootleg of Hydra, but I just don't see it - especially because I think I would have remembered the yoke controller.
Nope, couldn't be, Hydra's graphics are not that detailed. Hydra is basically Roadblasters on the water.
Nope.. couldn't be ;D
(http://www.arcadeparts.net/hydr0003.png)
watch the attract mode with frame skip enabled..(or at %100 if you are patient and/or really bored) That screen comes up about the 3 time around..
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The more important question is...
Why would you even know that? You have too much time on your hands! :)
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The more important question is...
Why would you even know that? You have too much time on your hands!
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Holy smokes!!!! I don't believe it!! Thanks so much for finding it Brandon. I would have almost bet my life that it wasn't Hydra. I really don't remember the whole beginning stage and starting the game at the dock.
You would have thought that I would have known it was Hydra - especially after picking up one of these a few months ago...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v365/cheezus/ebay/ef53a56d.jpg)
where did that skyline picture come from that Fiscap originally posted?
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PS - you're right Brandon, Google Image search is the bomb - http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=albany+skyline (http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=albany+skyline) - first column, third photo down. ;)
aah.. my bad :) I wondered where that pic came from.. it looks like a screenshot from a video game.. The way the sky has a weird gradient look and the buildings look flat like cardboard cut outs or something. maybe its just me :-\ anyways.. glad I could help!