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Recommend-shoot em ups/platformers for mame

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  • 11-05-2010 11:00am
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    Lab_Mouse
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    Was just wondering could some of you's recommend some of the more obscure platformers/shoot em ups that I might of missed when i was on the hop from mass and playing in my local arcade when I was younger:D

    Always liked shoot em ups but was never very good at them so I usualy spent my 10 pence on new zealand story or shinobi!
    Thanks in advance,

    Labmouse


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    97i9y3941
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    Nam1975
    Metal slug
    Ghouls and ghosts
    Mercs
    Operation wolf
    Cabal
    Alien storm
    Terminator 2 arcade game

    *vids them games can be found on youtube,you need neo geo bios run nam/metal slug,it can be found on search..


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    Andrew76
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    The R-Type games springs to mind for arcade shooters, I'm sure there are bazillions more. A cool platform game (kind of) I came across recently was Willow (yep based on the film), it's a great little game if you have it. :)


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    97i9y3941
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    dungeons and dragons arcade another brill one..


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    LoGiE
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    Rodland, Snow Bros, Rainbow Islands and try the alterantive roms for TNZS.


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    Retr0gamer
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    Bubble Bobble
    Bubble Symphony
    Pac-Land
    R-type 1,2 and Leo
    Layer Section
    Salamander
    Gradius 1,2 and 3
    Dodonpachi
    Darius Gaiden

    Off the top of my head.
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    monkeyfudge
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    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Bubble Bobble
    Bubble Symphony
    Pac-Land
    R-type 1,2 and Leo
    Layer Section
    Salamander
    Gradius 1,2 and 3
    Dodonpachi
    Darius Gaiden

    Off the top of my head.

    You left out Toki!


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    vangoz
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    Sunset Riders


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    o1s1n
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    Some more shooters for you to try out-

    Raiden (Raiden 2 is better but can't be emulated :()
    Armed Police Batrider
    Mars Matrix
    Progear
    Guwange
    Pulstar
    Blazing Star
    Aero Fighters 2 & 3

    Also give Dead Connection and Elevator Action Returns a go. Both look and play great.


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    LoGiE
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    Wow Salamander... that takes me back. Played the c64 port way back when and have only ever played the arcade version once or twice. I must give it another look.


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    Retr0gamer
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    LoGiE wrote: »
    Wow Salamander... that takes me back. Played the c64 port way back when and have only ever played the arcade version once or twice. I must give it another look.

    The arcade version is a stone cold classic.
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    Lab_Mouse
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    thanks for the replies.There's a good few there that I havent heard off before.

    Only just recently got a joystick hack rom for CABAL,as I couldnt configure any of the other rom versions to play with a pad.

    Wow only just remembered playing salamander on the c64 like a poster above.Must check the arcade version out.Wasnt there another game on the c64 that was called nemisis(sp?)that was similar.

    Being trying to get a version of Ikari Warriors that is usuable with a joypad(not even sure if there is a joystick hack )The arcade original had a twisty joystick that rotated you so you could fire.


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    Retr0gamer
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    Nemesis is the western name of the first Gradius game. Salamander is a spin-off of Gradius.
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    monkeyfudge
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    Both were great on the C64 though.

    Load times were a pain in Salamander though.


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    Myrddin
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    monkeyfudge wrote: »
    Both were great on the C64 though.

    Load times were a pain in Salamander though.

    Sorted that out for ya there :p


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    monkeyfudge
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    Nemesis was a single load, wasn't it?


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    sengoku
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    Carrier Airwing (Horizontal shooter)
    Raiden Fighters (Vertical shooter)


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    2smiggy
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    wonder boy in monster land is probably my favorite. also shinobi and ghouls and goblins/ghosts


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    komodosp
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    Add my vote to
    Sunset Riders and Carrier Airwing

    Also not sure if you'd call them obscure but I only came across one place with...
    Blood Bros
    Outzone
    Robocop II
    All ate many a 20p piece of mine!

    Platformers: Rainbow Islands... Though it's fairly well known I never came across an arcade machine with it.


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