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Title: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 14, 2013, 08:31:49 pm
I am trying to find a driving game that I liked in the 80's. All i remember is that it was an upright cabinet with a steering wheel and there was a vertical road with multiple lanes. You needed to avoid the other cars and there were levels were you drove in the dark (with headlights) and on ice.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: darkSSide on June 14, 2013, 11:00:23 pm
Did it have an ambulance once in awhile?
Maybe Turbo?

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Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 14, 2013, 11:16:42 pm
I do not remember if there was an ambulance...  But it was not Turbo. On Youtube I saw that Turbo has a 3D road and the game I remember looked more like: http://youtu.be/sFujJJmW8zc (http://youtu.be/sFujJJmW8zc) - a vertical, multi lane road from bottom to top.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: wp34 on June 14, 2013, 11:19:48 pm
Sure sounds like Turbo to me.
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 14, 2013, 11:46:07 pm
Looking closer at Monaco GP, it looks very similar, but not sure this is the one...
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: darkSSide on June 14, 2013, 11:50:49 pm
It still might be Turbo because I remember it being like that Monaco GT,not so much looking forward like Turbo is. You might remember it differently like I did but Turbo does have times when it goes in night time as well as rain as I remember it.

Sent from my Atari 2600

Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: JDFan on June 15, 2013, 12:04:11 am
Perhaps Spy Hunter :

 The Music of Video Games [82] Spy Hunter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnPwB-KGXQY#)
Title: Re: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: darkSSide on June 15, 2013, 01:24:11 am
Perhaps Spy Hunter :

 The Music of Video Games [82] Spy Hunter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnPwB-KGXQY#)
I didn't mention this cause that was too easy

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Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 15, 2013, 08:16:46 am
Not spy hunter... :'(
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: leapinlew on June 15, 2013, 11:43:34 am
It's turbotastic!
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Generic Eric on June 15, 2013, 03:48:14 pm
Bump and Jump
BUMP 'N' JUMP retro arcade game 1982 Bally midway data east (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaql2YDZCPU#)
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: yotsuya on June 15, 2013, 04:14:11 pm
Sure sounds like Monaco GP to me. It has all those things you mention.
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 15, 2013, 10:51:17 pm
It might actually be Monaco GP or something very similar. If anybody can think of other games that look similar, that would be great...
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: yotsuya on June 15, 2013, 11:08:24 pm
I bet it's Monaco. Unfortunately, it's not in MAME.
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Gray_Area on June 16, 2013, 02:06:34 pm
Yup, totally made me think of Monaco GP. But since you don't remember when seeing it, I suggest you not care.

@yotsuya: it's in HBEMAME, but I think it still doesn't support analog controls.....
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: crashwg on June 16, 2013, 03:42:13 pm
First thing that comes to mind for me is Night Driver.  It doesn't fit the description exactly but I figured I'd try anyway.
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 16, 2013, 05:44:42 pm
So I asked my brother and it is similar to Monaco GP, but it's not Monaco... He found Grand Champion - I will have to play with it some more - maybe this is the one?
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Katkat on June 16, 2013, 08:45:41 pm
OK - this one looks promising: http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=4057&image=2 (http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=4057&image=2)
The lights looked just like that. I also remember ambulances. No evidence to MAME support  though...
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Henry Jordan on June 17, 2013, 07:35:28 am
I didn't get the game you're talking about. But here I'm sharing a Nintendo game (my favorite childhood game) which looks similar to your game.

Road Fighter
(http://www.emuparadise.me/Nintendo%20Entertainment%20System/Snaps/Road%20Fighter%20(J).png)


Play it once, I'm sure you're gonna like it.  :cheers:



Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: Vigo on June 17, 2013, 01:59:54 pm
Another home game that is taken from monaco GP is LeMans for the C64. Used a paddle.

C64 Gamevideo 03 - LeMans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7at-bpfidhk#)
Title: Re: Please help me find the name of a childhood game
Post by: TOK on June 21, 2013, 04:35:10 pm
Take a look at Chequered Flag by Konami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_l3cKtGTk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3_l3cKtGTk)