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What arcade game "Did it" (AKA: Started/Motivated you down the MAME/Refurb path)

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johnm160:

--- Quote from: Chris on September 19, 2006, 08:40:53 am ---Finally on the Visual Pinball forums I saw Black's cabinet and the lightbulb went off:

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Pics ? LinK?

desertsand2ktj:

--- Quote from: postalp123 on September 19, 2006, 12:31:51 am ---
--- Quote from: desertsand2ktj on September 18, 2006, 12:58:17 pm ---I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it

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You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.

That game was a ripoff.

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And a poor one at that.  I bought the machine for the cabinet more than the game inside.  Combatribes has a few moments..but it's a pretty bad "double dragon" esque ripoff with a very poor story.  Of course the original game in the cabinet was BIO-SHIP Palidin - which was also another very poor ripoof and well not too fun :)

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: postalp123 on September 19, 2006, 12:31:51 am ---
--- Quote from: desertsand2ktj on September 18, 2006, 12:58:17 pm ---I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it

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You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.

That game was a ripoff.

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Ha! Look what I did to my Combatribes cabinet (They converted a Xenophobe! the horror!)

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55021.0

Chaos:
The game that started me off was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. That started me into emulation. From there I found Mame, then onto here to build my own.

What a long strange trip its been.

postalp123:

--- Quote from: desertsand2ktj on September 19, 2006, 09:47:26 am ---
--- Quote from: postalp123 on September 19, 2006, 12:31:51 am ---
--- Quote from: desertsand2ktj on September 18, 2006, 12:58:17 pm ---I bought a working JAMMA cabinet with combatribes in it

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You did a service to the world that day that you "Retired" Combatribes.

That game was a ripoff.

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And a poor one at that. Combatribes has a few moments..but it's a pretty bad "double dragon" esque ripoff with a very poor story.

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Lets elaborate on how bad a DD ripoff it was, it was "Like DD" in every way except:

* The level was restricted to a non-scolling small area
* The graphics made everyone look "Squarish"
* Your health meter was that rip-off "Numerical" system that drained health even when you werent getting hit just to ensure you pumped more quarters in
* Fun? What's that?

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