MAME thread

[Belgarath]

I played X Multiply to death on a wet week holiday in wales so i became rather good at it, I'd say it's a bit easier than R-Type.

[killergorilla]

Originally Posted by Belgarath

I played X Multiply to death on a wet week holiday in wales so i became rather good at it, I'd say it's a bit easier than R-Type.

Great game! I played it quite a bit the other day (after you attacked me), def one to play if you like Shooters. The weapon system is NICE.

[Marcuz]

triyed Vendetta, as suggested: not bad, not bad i like the splatting sound when you throw bad dudes against the walls

[demoniac]

Originally Posted by Anubis

Well,
copied from other topic: two games that are worth checking are 'Dungeons and Dragons: the Tower of Doom' and 'Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara'.

Those 2 games are pretty good. Dynasty Wars is much better than the Amiga conversion. Warriors Of Fate (JPN) had a nice sequence of a woman killing herself and a baby.

[Marcuz]

Originally Posted by Belgarath

I played X Multiply to death on a wet week holiday in wales so i became rather good at it, I'd say it's a bit easier than R-Type.

that too is really cool, playing now

[adolescent]

My favorite:

Pengo

[DamienD]

Nice list Konrad, all wicked games (and everyone else as well)

Here's some more games that are classic and essential playing IMHO:

... 720 Degrees
... Aero Fighters / Sonic Wings series
... Bad Lands
... Black Tiger
... Blood Bros.
... Bubble Bobble series
... Cabal
... Caliber 50
... Captain America and The Avengers
... Caveman Ninja + Joe & Mac Returns
... Cobra-Command
... Dig Dug + Dig Dug II
... Fighting Fantasy
... Galaga
... Gradius series
... Green Beret
... Heavy Barrel
... Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road + Ironman Stewart's Super Off-Road Track Pack
... Karnov
... Killer Instinct + Killer Instinct 2
... Kung-Fu Master
... Magic Sword - Heroic Fantasy
... Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (bootleg)
... Midnight Resistance
... Moon Patrol
... Nam-1975
... Ninja Spirit
... Osman
... Out Zone
... P.O.W. - Prisoners of War
... Paperboy
... Parodius series
... Pooyan
... Prehistoric Isle in 1930
... Prehistoric 2
... Psycho-Nics Oscar
... Rainbow Islands
... Roc'n Rope
... Rolling Thunder + Rolling Thunder 2
... Salamander
... Sea Fighter Poseidon
... Soul Calibur
... Spy Hunter
... Star Wars
... Terra Cresta
... Thunderblade
... Thunder Fox
... Toki
... Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation
... Violence Fight
... Wardner
... Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
... WWF Superstars
... X-Men
... Zaxxon

Think that will do me for a while

Konrad, I'm sure you love the arcade version of Strider. You should give Osman a go, it was made by the same designers

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by marco pedrana

triyed Vendetta, as suggested: not bad, not bad i like the splatting sound when you throw bad dudes against the walls

Another cool beat 'em up is The Crystal of Kings. It's a modern "Golden Axe", you can also do a few SF moves like dragon punch, fireball. See here for information and screenshots http://www.coinopexpress.com/product..._Kings_68.html

If you download this game for MAME32 make sure you grab the Crystal Systems BIOS as well

[Tony Landais]

Most Cave shooters and particulary Progear Arashi

[Muzkat]

All scrolling and tournament fighters, as well as all the R-Types.

I would say Lucky and Wild and Steel Gunner 1 & 2 also, but I have a problem with mouse controlled games. I can never move the target wiht my mouse, and the target is always stuck in a corner. Can anyone help me with this problem? I've got a version with the GUI, but it isn't the latest version.

[spiff]

Well, most good amiga arcade conversions are great in mame..

Some that just didn't translate well but are classics

After burner II
Blood bros (should have been perfect for amiga)
Dodonpatchi (pixel perfection)
Galaxy Force II
In the hunt (Cave or IREM, always good shooters)
Mercs
R-type
Rainbow islands, the way it should be played
Street fighter Alpha III (just perfect)
STUN runner
Strider (eat that megadrive!)


Somethin fun for amiga fans
Lemmings, a prototype arcade never released.

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Konrad, I'm sure you love the arcade version of Strider. You should give Osman a go, it was made by the same designers

Interesting. Will definately take a look . Thanks for the hint .

[Marcuz]

c'mon guys less listes and more screenshots and review galore *cough*DamienD*cough* however, cool stuff in there! i have to try Osman too

[Konrad]

For those who don't know: You find screenshots to almost all games on http://www.klov.com. But as Marco wishes ...hope you can see the cross-linked pictures.

Baluba-louk no Densetsu:
You (obviously) have to collect the treasure chests. Funny about this game is that when you jump below the chests they'll change their shape. When you collect them then different items appear, bombs or shots, which you activate by jumping when you stand on them.



SVC Chaos:
How could I forget that game ! SNK and Street-Fighters characters in one game:


Metal Slug:
Not much to say, besides they're all great.


King Of Fighters series:
If you like beat em up's you'll already know (of have at least heard of) the KingOfFighters series. In this game you'll find characters of other SNK titles (as ArtOfFighting, FatalFury,...)The later titles are definately the better ones. There are little differences in gameplay and rules. You choose 3 or 4 team members, depending on the game. In games with 4 team members the 4th member is the striker, who can attack in a fight. In some games you may change the player during a fight. There are alot more rules, you'll have to try. I really like the graphics style of the game.


Shock Troopers:
Similiar to Commando or Mercs. You can either play with one player or a team of three, where you can change the player in game. Every character has advantages/disadvantages (speed, strength, ...). Nice graphics and good music:


Super Pang:
You like Pang ? You'll love Super Pang. It has a nice panic mode where balls keep falling from the top.


Splatterhouse:
This game has really great atmosphere. I love the graphics, the music fits well.


Windjammers:
Pong-style sports game. You either have to hit the wall behind or the floor of the opponent area to make points. Doesn't look great from the screenshots, but much fun in 2 player mode


So, enough for now .

[Anubis]

Let's continue...

Aero Fighter series - nice scrollin' shooter


Alien vs. Predator - nice beat em up...


Final Fight - My fav beat em up - Note: That's Fred and MickAKA in the middle of the screen, next to the timer


Last Balde series - beat em up, but with swords Cool scenary...


Magical Drop - nice puzzle game



Mr.Driller


Marvel vs. Capcom - if you like SF style combos, this is the game for you...



Super Sidekicks series - SNK's well playable soccer game



That's enough for now. (Limit 10 images per post :-))

[Marcuz]

Liquid Kids:if you go past the pityful main character and the kind of strange control of the waterballs, it's a great game along the lines of Parasol star.
it's colourful, consistent and very alive
as klow site takes away the fun of getting screenshots, i post none and i'll attach some later today after a play session.

and of Mazinger Z, Salamander 2 and Golden Axe 2. this one, the more i play it the more i like it

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by marco pedrana

c'mon guys less listes and more screenshots and review galore *cough*DamienD*cough* however, cool stuff in there! i have to try Osman too

It would be better to provide screenshot, will just take a while to do...

I'll start to update my list now, they are all wicked games... I won't be doing this one from my first post though

Originally Posted by DamienD

... All Neo-Geo games (especially King of Fighters series, Metal Slug series, Last Blade series, Samurai Shodown series).

@Konrad: Shock Troopers rocks. I could finish this with my brother using only 1 credit each...

[Anubis]

Shook Troopers has high replay value, which is unusall for arcade games.

To complete the game you can take different paths with different characters makin' it look very different every time you play the game. (not sure how many different paths there are)

I completed the game some longt time ago...

[aldo]

What does this mean "there are known problems with this game, screen flipping in cocktail mode is not supported". The games seem to run fine, so I just wondered what it meant.

[Anubis]

Originally Posted by aldo

What does this mean "there are known problems with this game, screen flipping in cocktail mode is not supported". The games seem to run fine, so I just wondered what it meant.

Some games are made for coctail table and game would flip screen for player 1 and 2.

Here is pic of table