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Ultimate Vertical Gamelist (4-Way, 1 Button). GO!
RyoriNoTetsujin:
Something wrong there: Karate Champ (US) is on that list. Karate Champ is 2 4-way sticks.
NOP:
yes, some grains of salt are required.
romlister is merely a data mining (search engine) tool and:
<control name="Dual 4-way Joysticks">
<constant name="doublejoy4way"/>
</control>
matches
<control name="4-way Joystick">
<constant name="joy4way"/>
</control>
when you're just searching for "joy4way"
I'm just about to release a new version of romlister; I'll modify the default search criteria for that. thanks for bringing that to my attention.
javeryh:
Thanks NOP. Romlister is great. I guess the question I really want to ask is what out of this list am I missing on mine that is FUN and worth having on a cab (it will actually get played)?? I supposed I could add these marginally OK games:
- Circus Charlie (Selectable level set 1)
- Congo Bongo
- Gals Panic (doubtful - this is for the kids!)
- Lock'n'Chase
- Radar Scope
- Space Invaders Part II
- Super Qix (don't you need 2 buttons for this?)
Thoughts???
NOP:
I think loco-motion is fun.
Pandora's Palace is also a great game. Oddly enough, i don't see it in the list I generated, and that's a little scary to me-need to investigate why that got dropped.
Sometimes i like adding games that are more of a wtf? than fun to play, streaking and disco #1 certainly qualify there.
super qix does claim to be 1 button, according to controls.dat
There are also some horizontal games that work pretty well in vertical mode on a true arcade monitor. You just have to find games that while horizontal, have a square enough resolution to be workable on a vertical.
Perhaps trying any of these as well:
--- Code: ---Arm Wrestling
Avalanche
Blasto
Blockade
Blue Shark
Canyon Bomber
Chameleon
Clowns (rev. 2)
Comotion
D-Day
Dead Eye
Diamond Run
Don Den Mahjong [BET] (Japan)
Flicky (128k Ver.)
Flyball
Frogs
Guided Missile
Gun Fight
Gypsy Juggler
Hana Awase (Flower Matching)
Hang-On Jr.
Head On (2 players)
Head On 2
Hustle
Idol Janshi Su-Chi-Pie Special
Lovely Cards
Mahjong
Mahjong Channel Zoom In
Mahjong Derringer (Japan)
Mahjong Diplomat [BET] (Japan)
Mahjong Friday (Japan)
Mahjong Kakumei
Mahjong Kakumei 2 - Princess League
Mahjong Studio 101 [BET] (Japan)
Mario Bros. (US)
Megatack
Minesweeper
Minesweeper (4-Player)
Minivader
NATO Defense
Ojanko Club (Japan)
Pastel Gal (Japan 851224)
Penguin-Kun Wars (US)
Pirate Ship Higemaru
Raiders5
River Patrol (bootleg)
Royal Mahjong (Japan)
Sea Wolf
Space Encounters
Star Fire (set 1)
Star Fire 2
Street Football
Thief
Time Tunnel
Tonton [BET] (Japan)
Truco-Tron
Warlords
Zoo Keeper (set 1)
--- End code ---
edit: here's the pandora's palace issue:
<control name="4-way Joystick">
<constant name="joy4way"/>
</control>
<input players="2" control="joy8way" buttons="1" coins="3"/>
So controls.dat says it's a 4way, MAME says it's an 8way. MAME seems to do this a lot. I think the default controls are 8way, and the devs sometimes forget to update the xml data...
javeryh:
OK, here is the "unofficial" list:
- Donkey Kong
- Donkey Kong II
- Donkey Kong Jr.
- Donkey Kong 3
- Pac-man
- Ms. Pac-man
- Jr. Pac-man
- Super Pac-man
- Pac & Pal
- Pac-man Plus
- Frogger
- Dig Dug
- Mr. Do!
- Mr. Do!'s Castle
- Galaxian
- Galaga
- Galaga '88
- Crush Roller
- Space Invaders
- Ladybug
- Burger Time
- Mappy
- Pengo
- Journey
- Circus Charlie
- Radar Scope
I have also added "Tapper" to the list even though it is a horizontal game... I'm not sure about it but my friends really love this one. I'm also tempted to add Tetris and Klax and some other 4-way, one button horizontal games. What are people's thoughts on this?
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