28 January 2003, 01:39 | #1 |
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arcade platformer... but the name!?!
Hi there! This is a game i played on one of those classic arcade
machines in the early/mid nineties. You know, those lovely black ones, or, did they look like that in sweden only? ... Aaanyway... As i remember this game, it looked a little like Ghost'n'Goblins/Ghouls 'n' Ghosts... It had something to do with a castle, and i vagely remember some level with a fire/lava.. but the thing i remember most is a level, with round saw blades that moved left/right, on the ground and in the ceiling... i think it was some kind of mad professor that was the evil dude... And yea.. a somewhat medieval feeling... does this ring a bell for someone? this is making me crazy! and remember, i played it on the arcades, but... who knows, an amiga version might exist?... hmm... |
28 January 2003, 02:16 | #2 |
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I remember a C64 game called Dragon's kingdom (I think that was the name of it) which played almost exactly like ghosts n goblins/ghouls n ghosts and had a lava world as the 4th world. I was really really happy with the infinite lives trainer on that one.
There's a screenshot of it on lemon64.com. Might need to just search for kingdom. |
28 January 2003, 02:25 | #3 |
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mmm... thanks for the tips. but this aint the one. :/
i found a link with screenshots though, from an amiga version. http://www.retrogaming.it/luglio2002.htm looks kinda cool! the the main character sprite in my game was much smaller... |
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Is it Black Tiger ?
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28 January 2003, 08:56 | #5 |
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Black tiger is the only one that come to my mind too!
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28 January 2003, 11:40 | #6 |
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Far off, but you never know...
Strider?
Or (was there an arcade version of this?): Myth? |
28 January 2003, 11:47 | #7 |
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There was indeed an arcade version of strider.
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28 January 2003, 11:49 | #8 |
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Wardner?
Your description somehow reminds me of an arcade game called Wardner which is published in 1988. It is a horizontal scrolling platform game starring a guy who must rescue his girlfriend who has turned into a crystal ball.
The second level in this game is set in a huge factory with moving Acme blades. |
28 January 2003, 12:07 | #9 |
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OMG!!! That game looks exactly like the arcade game I saw when I was younger just before we got a disk drive for our C64. I remember buying Montezuma's revenge (first disk game I had) because the character there reminded me slightly of a C64 looking version of the character in that game.
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OH SHIT!!!!
IT MIGHT BE WARNER!!! I was awake for some hours last night trying to recall more from the game, to write here.. but i had really lost hope! My poor description of the game and all.. I am checking out Wardner.. will be back here soon, hopefully with tears in my eyes. =) Strider can be ruled out. Black tiger.. Shit! This was it!!!! I am forever grateful man!!! Hooohoooo!!! guess who's gonna tay infron of mame for some hours???... =) |
29 January 2003, 08:30 | #11 |
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More Wardner...
If you want to see more screenshots of Wardner, visit KLOV.com for screenshots of the Japanese version.
The first time I saw this game was in multiformat mag 'The GamesMachine' in 1988. They reviewed this arcade-game and promised a conversion to Amiga would soon appear. Pity it never happened. I have the game in Mame (downloaded from Planetemu.net) and it looks, feels and plays like an Amiga game! It has some parallax scrolling backgrounds and great music. I still haven't finished it (despite shoveling in zillions of virtual coins). The picture below is taken from the intro screen in which the boy and girl are enchanted to take a trip into a magic forest. |
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29 January 2003, 15:25 | #13 |
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"I still haven't finished it (despite shoveling in zillions of virtual coins)."
Hehe... I completed it in an hour. And, i somehow feel as a complete human again, my mind has found peace, a long lost piece of my youth puzzle has found its right place.. =) The game was WAY too short though! (Still quite hard!) |
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Finished it?
@SpoUP,
You wrote: Quote:
What does the game's ending and Mr Wardner look like? |
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Mr Wardner looks like an old wizard.. after he has taken some
hits he transforms into a huge uggly monster of some kind.. The ending was a great dissapointment.. The hero and the princess holds hands and jumps up and down, and a "Congratulations!" text is displayed.. nothing else.. =) The moving spikes?... Those are ease, took me two retries, the hard part is right before Mr Wardner... GO GET HIM!! ... =) |
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