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Title: game Id
Post by: lilshawn on February 17, 2010, 12:39:45 am

trying to remember the name of an arcade game...this was a while ago so bear with me

-top down view
-auto scrolling
-similar to total carnage (possibly newer than this title)
-1 joystick and buttons (i believe not a dual joystick)
-army theme
-weapons included flamethrower
-unsure of any multi player (i was a loner so i dunno if more than one person could play :'( )

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: RayB on February 17, 2010, 01:56:52 am

Mercs?

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8667 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8667)

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: Necro on February 17, 2010, 01:56:56 pm

Did it involve tanks? (i.e. could your guy get in a tank)  Because I know there's one game that sounds like that that has a tank. 

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: Chemixtry on February 17, 2010, 05:38:13 pm

Guerrilla War?
(http://www.klov.com/images/11/1181242121196.png)

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: lilshawn on February 17, 2010, 11:59:53 pm

i'm going to try both of these games and see if it jogs my memory.....brb (maybe) lol!

well....ive tried both

i'm leaning towards mercs...it is familiar, but i feel it's missing something....

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: RayB on February 18, 2010, 03:27:18 pm

How old were you? Narrowing it down to a year would help.

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: atomikbohm on February 18, 2010, 03:48:20 pm

Commando?? no flamthower but there are grenades that go boom!!!

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7376 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7376)

Can you give us a general idea of when you were playing the game? i.e. late 80's

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: DillonFoulds on February 18, 2010, 04:37:31 pm

Ikari Warriors? Although that had a rotary joystick (spin the joystick to aim) and a couple buttons.

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: lilshawn on February 18, 2010, 07:23:32 pm

the late 80's.... not the 90's for sure - i'm 30 years old definitely post moon patrol  ;D

i checked out commando too, but no....

i'll check out Ikari as well....

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: Thenasty on February 18, 2010, 11:17:52 pm

maybe Nam-1975 (1990)
http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8823 (http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8823)



is it Vertical or Horizontal Game ?

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: lilshawn on February 20, 2010, 02:34:00 am

i'm beginning to think that mercs was it....20 years does funny things to memory.

it seems right...but i'm not sure.....

but looking between commando and mercs there is a marked difference (color palette mainly i think...since they are both std.res)

when did they start using extended resolution??...not sure if it fits the time frame. as i remember it had pretty decent graphics (for the time) so mercs does fit.

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: Thenasty on February 21, 2010, 10:13:51 am

there is also a Neo-Geo Shock Troopers but this is like 95+

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: Erik on February 21, 2010, 09:46:08 pm

possibly the outstanding Heavy Barrel?

Title: Re: game Id
Post by: DillonFoulds on February 21, 2010, 11:29:20 pm

Something to consider; back in the day when you first played the arcade game all that you had to compare to would be weaker console versions. The arcade games almost always had better graphics than the console versions of games.