Old arcade, vertical shoot em up

[kremiso]

This is really foggy, i'll try to describe as better as i remember this old arcade that i have played at time.

The first level was a vertical shmup on the sky, and the main character was a sort of monk, iirc some of the graphics remembered Kikikaikai, but better. Also the weapons and the enemies had something similar to that game, jappo traditional style at least.

Two cooperative players could be used also, and you walked upon the clouds, or you were flying with one. There were a lot of clouds in that level

Now, possibly even worse memories, but the other levels were also horizontal shmup, plus some big end-of-level bosses (a dragon too?).

The gfx was very good for the time, i can't remember the correct year, but i'm quite sure i had the C64

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added some info in the op, no matches with the entire Taito arcade set, looking on Wikipedia.
I managed to remember also that later in time i have played Street Fighter 1 and Rastan Saga, so prolly the years can be 1986/87/88

[DamienD]

You know, I'm sure I've played that game...

Will need to go through MAME and jog my memory

[Retro-Nerd]

Maybe Cloud Master aka Chuka Taisen



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[DamienD]

Nah Retro, it's a vertical shoot em up

Imagine a classic shoot em up but the plane have been replaced with monk or samurai.

[hitm4n]

I have literally just played an arcade game today on my MiSTer which sounds like this !! I had never played it before and it surprised me that the main "ship" was a kinda samurai type guy. Now what was it called....

[hitm4n]

OK, it wasn't... It was "Legendary Wings" i played. A guy with wings, not a samurai at all. Doh.

[DamienD]

Still searching through MAME currently... up to letter F.

Definitely don't think it's this, as it's too recent from the game I'm thinking of; but I'll post anyway: ESP Ra.De

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...but similar, more medieval / samurai times.

[DamienD]

Getting closer, this is sort of like the game I'm thinking of... but again too recent:

Guwange

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[DamienD]

Another one, but still not the game I was thinking of:

Ninja Emaki

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Edit: this actually fits your description perfectly kremiso...

Oh, and the game was released in Japan as "Youma Ninpou Chou".

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by Retro-Nerd

Maybe Cloud Master aka Chuka Taisen

Originally Posted by DamienD

Nah Retro, it's a vertical shoot em up

Imagine a classic shoot em up but the plane have been replaced with monk or samurai.

Exactly, but the ispiration seemed indeed taken from traditional jap tales, as Cloud Master. Btw, the graphics was better also.

Originally Posted by DamienD

Getting closer, this is sort of like the game I'm thinking of... but again too recent:

Guwange

I love this game
i can say that could be a sort of remake of what i'm searching for.

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Another one, but still not the game I was thinking of:

Ninja Emaki

Edit: this actually fits your description perfectly kremiso...

Oh, and the game was released in Japan as "Youma Ninpou Chou".

mmh, i have your same sensation DamienD, i am starting to think that you have played the same game as well

about Ninja Emaki, it could be, but i remember a little better graphic (?), and the ugly lowest bar on screen does not return anything to me...
possibly a clone? i'll ask to my cousin too for confirm, we played that game a lot at time

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by kremiso

mmh, i have your same sensation DamienD, i am starting to think that you have played the same game as well

I'm an old school arcade junkie; I've played sooooo many arcade games in my youth at the local video store, pool / snooker bars, bowling alleys and huge arcade venues in the main Sydney city centre

When I discovered MAME in 1997 it was my dream come true

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by kremiso

--- EDIT ---
added some info in the op, no matches with the entire Taito arcade set, looking on Wikipedia.
I managed to remember also that later in time i have played Street Fighter 1 and Rastan Saga, so prolly the years can be 1986/87/88

It has to be Ninja Emaki / Youma Ninpou Chou

If you look here at the release date; 1986.

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by DamienD

It has to be Ninja Emaki / Youma Ninpou Chou

If you look here at the release date; 1986.

i'll let you know Damien, thanks a lot
another thing that does not match my memories is that this seems have 2 players alternate, when instead i remember a cooperative play...
darn, my cousin is sleeping atm

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by kremiso

another thing that does not match my memories is that this seems have 2 players alternate, when instead i remember a cooperative play...
darn, my cousin is sleeping atm

Does the Japanese version "Youma Ninpou Chou" allow two players at once?

There are 4 different versions:

[kremiso]

reading with google seems alternate also...
i need to test it directly

[kremiso]

Double confirm, the game has been found
my cousin is 10 years younger than me, so has a more clean memory;

he reminded the later 'lava' level, with the big skeleton monster, and the alternate, not cooperative 2 play ;
my confirm instead come to the end of the game itself, no end sequence, a point bonus, and the game fast continue with the first level again

i think the correct version played was the 'Youma Ninpou Chou' bootleg;
added to the Mame arcade set, instantly (seems the rom has yet some protection issues, but the game works)

DamienD strike again

[DamienD]

Great news

...mind you, I still haven't found the game I was originally thinking of, which is similar to "Guwange" but less recent.

[kremiso]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Great news

...mind you, I still haven't found the game I was originally thinking of, which is similar to "Guwange" but less recent.

well, we can continue the search from here then
do you have a time period, approx ?

please share if you find it

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by kremiso

well, we can continue the search from here then
do you have a time period, approx ?

please share if you find it

Nah, all good man

...I was only trying to find it again as I thought it may be the game you were after.

I'll come across it again at some stage