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ChadTower:

Isn't Major Havoc horizontal and Tempest vertical?

Glaine:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 24, 2007, 11:37:14 am ---Isn't Major Havoc horizontal and Tempest vertical?

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Yup, I was talking about earlier, someone said it was popular to convert Tempest to Major Havoc. I don't like the idea of a Tempest being hurt, even for a Major Havoc, would rather just put the Havoc in its own cab.

RayB:

--- Quote from: Glaine on April 24, 2007, 11:35:05 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 24, 2007, 09:25:29 am ---Major Havoc is one of the great all time unsung arcade games.  One of the very top of the food chain vector games, for sure, in gameplay terms.  Very unique and a lot of fun.  I would love to have a Major Havoc.

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Anyone that disagrees can burn.
I can't imagine taking apart a Tempest for it, but wouldn't it be great to have them both in 1 cab?

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I have to ask, WHAT is so great about it?  It never caught my fancy. It's basically a platformer with a time limit?

ChadTower:

It is fun.  I enjoy it. 

Kremmit:

--- Quote from: RayB on April 24, 2007, 02:24:16 pm ---I have to ask, WHAT is so great about it?  It never caught my fancy. It's basically a platformer with a time limit?


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The whole vector thing- they're pretty.  MH has (IMHO) the best graphics of all the vector games, and in a groovy space/robots theme to boot.  And while it's technically a platformer, the unusual control scheme (for a platformer) and the very unusual low-gravity movement make it feel and play so differently from any other platformer that it's really not fair grouping in in with them.  And then there's the mini-breakout game in between levels, and the three different arcade shooter-type pre-levels before you get to the actual "platformer" part.  The difficulty starts low enough that even first-timers feel like they did well, but ramps up enough that even hardcore players get tons of replay value out of one.  Secret codes you can enter to bypass the early levels, but only if you're good enough at the breakout mini-game.  Unusual yet attractive cab with great art, good resale value,  blah blah blah.

Did you ever play the real deal, or just MAME on a raster monitor with a spinner?

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