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Your favorite lesser-known arcade games?

I always wanted home versions of the following:

Strikers 1945 III
Alien Vs Predator
Aggressors of Dark Kombat

And I never got them. I looked on Youtube for videos of some of my favorite arcade games that not many people know about and it made me want to play them again so badly! Its weird though cuz almost nobody I know (this board aside) knows what these games are.

Your turn.
 

Brobzoid

how do I slip unnoticed out of a gloryhole booth?
GitarooMan said:
19XX and 1944 (no home versions I know of unfortunately)
APB (sort of lesser known nowadays I guess)

wasn't 1944 in capcom classic collection?
 

ProphetZG

Member
made me want to play them again so badly!

MAME can help you there quite nicely. ;)

3 good arcade "unknowns" to try:

Puzzle Uo Poko (Cave 1998) - fun and very simple puzzle game
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Biomechanical Toy (Gaelco 1995) - fantastic action platformer
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Valtric (NMK 1986) - oldschool SHMUP with some interesting powerup ideas
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Geek

Ninny Prancer
I'm not 100% sure what did and did not come out as a home port, but I was a huge fan of most of the late 80's and early 90's Data East games like:

OSCAR
Sly Spy
Midnight Resistance (Genesis port)
Heavy Barrel (NES port? I assume its shitty)
Hippodrome

I am not aware of any collections that feature these games, which is too bad.
 
Geek said:
Heavy Barrel (NES port? I assume its shitty)

I'm not sure how accurately it was ported, but I had it and it was awesome. When you'd get that gun fully assembled, it took up most of the screen. It was a riot back then. :)
 
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A diamond-hard shooter from way back. It made trips to the laundrymat way more fun then they should have been for any 8 year old.

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DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
Penguin Brothers

http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=815&page=1#2400

Fantastically fun single screen platformer a la Bubble Bobble

Cannon Dancer/Osman
http://emustatus.rainemu.com/games/osman.htm

Strider style game (from some of the original team). Absolutely stunning looking and a great game to boot.

The Outfoxies


http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8941

Hard to describe - one on one vs. fighting where you use the environment (which changes as the game goes on), using a whole host of weaponry. Sort of like one on one Rolling thunder.
 

B'z-chan

Banned
Stun Runner for me as it was hard as hell to find the damn game. Now i have it in my collection though. And its hella fun to sit down and play it.
 
The Legend of Makai was a weird Wizards and Warriors-type game that I could never figure out what to do a few levels in. It was fun, though.
 
Knuckle Bash

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Ring Rage

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Daraku Tenchi - The Fallen Angels

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Burning Fight

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Combatribes

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Vanguard (not entirely obscure though)

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Dead Connection

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Hammering Harry

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Last Resort (hard as hell)

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Mercs (does this count?)

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Jiguryo

Aryan mech phallus gun
Black Tiger / Black Dragon
Atomic Runner Chelnov
The Combatribes
Vendetta
Mercs / Growl
Power Drift
 

Ronabo

Member
I, Robot

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The first videogame using 3-D filled polygons.

I actually played the real deal of this when I was 9 or so. It was at a truck-stop of all places.

Last Duel

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I really enjoyed playing this one for the first time in a laundrymat with some dude I met there. A couple of dollars and hours later we beat it. Good times.
 

ghibli99

Member
bjork said:
The only correct answer is Guwange
I agree. Still holding out hope that Cave will give us a PS2 pack w/ that, Dangun Feveron, Esprade, Ketsui, and Progear. Hell, even two or three per pack would rock like hell.
 

Rayne.S

Banned
Someone help me out here. My dad used to run a company that placed vending machines, slotmachines and even the odd videogame at snackbars and coffeeshops.

15 years ago ( maybe even 20 :D yeah, the age is creeping up on me ) he placed a cabinet shoot-em-up in one of those places. The only things i can remember is that its a vertical shmup with a pretty nafty helicopter. Thing is, halfway through the first or second level you can spot some little guys down below, now you can actually shoot those little guys only to have them take revenge and attack you while flying over soime forrest-zones...

Can anybody name me that shmup ? I'd ask my dad, but he passed away little over a year ago but when i did years ago he named the shmup "Buzzerd" or something like that....



heeeeelp me :D
 

TreIII

Member
Sengoku 3
Bucky O'Hare
Captain Commando
Super Dodge Ball Neo-Geo
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure :D
 

Tarazet

Member
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Absolute perfection - and if the poor performance of Raiden Project on PSX is any indication, little known and loved by the public.
 

Valtox

Member
KyanMehwulfe said:
The two Dungeons & Dragons games and Knights of the Round Table.
never played D&D but Knights of the Round was good! I remember levelling up with the blonde guy. At a certain point he becomes bald:lol


i mention this one also: sponsored by aerosmith& with guns (like operation wolf)
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big_z

Member
Caveman Ninja
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Scenester said:
This game is awesome. Its my favourite side scrolling beat them up ever! I would honestly lick someones ass for a home version of this game

It came out on the snes.
 
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