What is this game?

daveg

This has been driving me mad for years. I'm looking for the name of a game I used to play. I'll describe it as best as I can. Basically you start off with a little spacecraft. The game is viewed from above. As you progress in the game add packs come into the screen and bounce around. Some are for speed but most are weapon packs. One of the first ones you pick up are guided missles. As you pick up more packs your ship increases in size. When you start the game your weapon is like a 1 fire gun. Then progresses to double fire, then guided missles & double fire and so on....

I remember little tanks that you had to blow up & at the end of each level you have to blow up a huge spaceship. I remember the firing from these things were very hard to escape.

Can anyone help?

NeroTheExtreme

That game could be anything to be honest.

I'll start the bidding at the 1985 Taito arcade game, Slap Fight.

Nero

Mr E

Flying Shark? Slapfight?

Give us a bit more info, Dave. Was it like a WW2 setting? Outer Space? Fantasy?

What platform did you play it on? (Arcade? C64? Amiga?)

- Dave.

[Edit] Scratch Flying Shark... your ship doesn't grow... Not too sure about SlapFight either - powerups don't bounce around [/Edit]

NeroTheExtreme

Flying Shark was some sort of WWII bomber was it not?
Nero

NeroTheExtreme

What about Terra Cresta, or Terra Force?
Screenshots here: http://www.mame.net/screenshotsT1.html

Nero

daveg

Sorry guys... I'll try to be more specific....

I played it in an arcade. I did a search for slapfight and it is very much like that game - but I dont think thats it. Same type of setting...

I also remembered that when you get a lot of weapon add on packs you get this lightening type gun. There is sort of a beam and "arcs" across the screen blowing everything up?

Mr E

Truxton 2?

- Dave.

daveg

Originally posted by TmB
Truxton 2?

- Dave.

No Dave... much closer to slapfight

DivX

Could it be Xevious?

http://www.ggdb.com/GGDB/Details.asp?VID=3481

daveg

Originally posted by DivX
Could it be Xevious?

http://www.ggdb.com/GGDB/Details.asp?VID=3481

You know what when I heard that name I was sure that was it. I downloaded it and it isn't the one I'm thinking of but again it's along the same lines.

DivX

Flying Shark as i knew it or Sky Shark(same game/different title screen)

http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/arcade/SkyShark.html

Tanks, power-ups such as double/triple fire, heat seeking missiles etc... this could be the one.

daveg

Originally posted by DivX
Flying Shark as i knew it or Sky Shark(same game/different title screen)

http://www.cling.gu.se/~cl3polof/arcade/SkyShark.html

Tanks, power-ups such as double/triple fire, heat seeking missiles etc... this could be the one.

No... still closer to slapfight

LoGiE

Could it be...Varth?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10297

or Earth joker?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=7689

Of course it could have been a neoGeo game in which case you've got a load of similar games:)

daveg

Originally posted by LoGiE
Could it be...Varth?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=10297

or Earth joker?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=7689

Of course it could have been a neoGeo game in which case you've got a load of similar games:)

Again no I'm afraid. The craft you control is def same/simular to slapfight and def is not a plane.

LoGiE

Well tbh theres another 30 games I can think of that sound like the game your after. So...... head to www.mame.dk and for genre put in Shooter/Space or Shooter Airplane (As your blowing up tanks and stuff I'd go with Airplane) from the drop down menu and get searchin;) Basically if it's emulated your going to find it at the above:) best of luck!

Retr0gamer

I would have said slapfight. Maybe it's the two Raiden games.

BLITZ_Molloy

Sounds like Raiden to me, considering how common the game was in Ireland.

Could you give us a rough idea of the time you played this game dave? The vertical scrolling shoot-em-up (shmup) was a seriously popular genre. There are literally hundreds of games that fit the description you've given us.

Have a look through the reviews on this site. They have alot of screenshots.
http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/archive/xenofiles_arcade.htm

daveg

Lads thanks a million. Raiden is the game I was thinking of. Happy as a pig in shíte now as I'm playing it on MAME.

Thanks again guys.

Retr0gamer

Theres a second raiden thats just as good. Not sure if mame emulates it but the PC version is abandonware. You can get it from abandonware sites without the music if you do a bit of googling. It's not as good without music.