What's This Game?

deathrider

I'm sure you get a lot of these kinda threads here, but this is something that has played on my mind for a few years now.
Back when I was younger, I used to play side-scrolling 2D beat'em up in the arcade. Unfortunately, I have very little memory of this game apart from the fact that I konw I used to love it, and a little bit of info. I really mean a little bit...
I remember that the was three pickable characters, but I only really remember one (as he was the one I always picked). He was a blonde guy named Kyle. This always reminded me of the name Guile from Street Fighter, which is probably why it sticks out in my mind. Also the second or third level was on a train, and the boss (who may have been the driver of the train) reminded me of Blanka, but I really can't remember why. Perhaps he looked similar, or preformed cannonball style moves.

When I was playing this game I was about 12years old (or maybe a little younger), which means it was, give or take, 15 years ago. I'm not sure if the game is older than that, and was just kept in my local arcade. But having said that, I don't think it was there when I originally started using the arcade.

I know I'm not giving you guys much to go on here, but any help at all about what this game is would be much appreciated. If you don't know yourselves, but could point me in the right direction that would be great too.

Thanks for your time.

o1s1n

/Edit - wait no, how about Violent Storm?

Violent Storm has three characters, one is Kyle (Brown hair though) and it has a Blanka lookalike.

deathrider

I'm just after youtubing both the games you mentioned. And, yes, it's defo Violent Storm. Even watching clips of it brings back a lot of memories. Fanatastic amount of fun to play. This makes me wonder how I could forget a catchy name like Violent Storm though, lol.

Thanks, O1s1n, you've put my mind at ease. Do you know if it was released of the MEgadrive or Snes? Or if it was just an arcade release? I'd love to hunt this one down.

o1s1n

Yay!

It's an arcade only release I'm afraid. If you really want it, you could get the arcade board and a supergun to play it on your tv

o1s1n

This is really odd. I knew this game sounded familiar.

I was looking through some JAMMA boards in Mexico on ebay the other day. I remember seeing this game for sale and thinking 'ooh, what's that? never heard of it' -

http://cgi.ebay.com/Arcade-Jamma-KONAMI-PCB-Violent-Storm-Very-Rare-Vintage_W0QQitemZ330458858973QQcategoryZ13718QQcmdZViewItem

deathrider

Haha, well I'll be damned! Strange how things like this work out sometimes. I reckon that would be well worth picking up for old times sake.

You've done me a great favour today, man, but may I be so bold as to describe a second game to you? One which has also wrecked my head for quite some time.

o1s1n

Work away! if I don't get it one of the other guys here will.

deathrider

Dead on. I reckon this one will be a little handier, as it was a Megadrive game. I played this one around 95/96ish. I never owned it though, just rented it a few times.
Again it played like a 2D side scrolling beat'em up, but instead of playing as humans, you played as robots. Of course, that means that the enemies were also robots. While battling the other bots you could pull off their arms, and use them as replacments for your own limbs. That was the one feature that really stood out in my mine. Well, that, and the fact that the game really wasn't great.

Any ideas on this one?

o1s1n

Cyborg Justice maybe?

deathrider

Once again, you're dead on, man. Just youtubed it there, and that's defo the game I was thinking. It really was an awfull game, but myself and an old friend had quite a few laughs playing it back in the day.

Thanks again, O1s1n. You've made my day with this info.

o1s1n

No problem! I quite like these threads. If you want any more give me a shout

deathrider

You can bet on it, man. I appreciate your help. Cheers

CiDeRmAn

A horizontally scrolling beat'em up?
I think I have a picture of it right here!

LoGiE

I liked Cyborg Justice

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A horizontally scrolling beat'em up?
I think I have a picture of it right here!

I just know that when your wife goes out, you creep up into your dark attic, lift some creaky floorboards and produce a dusty old copy of Streets of Rage 2. You then try to finish it, but fail. In desparation you try it on easy mode, but fail again.

The sobbing begins. The endless salty wet tears pour down your cheeks. You shout and raise a fist in anger in the direction of the television.

'I will never be good enough for you Blaze, never!'

But she doesn't hear you. She just stands there on the screen, flicking her hair in disgust. A pityful disgust at your lack of ability.

A shame comes over you. A crippling shame.

After wiping your cheeks you shuffle about, take the cart from the console and put it back in it's secret cobwebby hollow. You leave that attic, the shame now evolved into hate, a pure unadulterated hate for not just that one game, but the whole genre.

ghostchant

On the topic of scrolling beat'em ups, anyone been playing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World? I'm fanatical about the comic but only just downloaded the game last night. From what I've played of it so far it's really good, has a nice old-school feel to it. Tough to boot.

deathrider

Side scrolling beat'em ups were pretty much my favourite genre as a kid. Wheather it be Streets Of Rage, Golden Axe, or even Rival Turf... and that one was mank. I played the socks off side scrollers and regular one-on-one beat'em ups. I do miss the side scrollers these days though.

ghostchant wrote: »

On the topic of scrolling beat'em ups, anyone been playing Scott Pilgrim vs. the World? I'm fanatical about the comic but only just downloaded the game last night. From what I've played of it so far it's really good, has a nice old-school feel to it. Tough to boot.

I was reading a review of this one on gamespot.com yesterday. The say it's more awkward than craic because of the amount of characters on screen at any one time, but personally I think it looks like it would be worth a playthrough.

CiDeRmAn

How did you know about my secret guilt, my precious copy of SOR2.....
Only kidding, christ I hate those feckin games, they really scrape the bottom of the gameplay barrel, and if you lot insist on bringing it and Golden Arse up, like a much swallowed but persistent bolus of vomit, then expect the truth!!!!!

Side scrolling beat'em ups were pretty much my favourite genre as a kid. Wheather it be Streets Of Rage, Golden Axe, or even Rival Turf... and that one was mank. I played the socks off side scrollers and regular one-on-one beat'em ups. I do miss the side scrollers these days though.

And there's the truth right there, I loved them AS A KID, that is a genre of games that rewards pressing the D-Pad right and pressing the punch button, occasional presses of the jump button and just try random combinations, and lo and behold you get progress...

Ahhh!!!!!!

Play SFII instead and just pretend it's scrolling!
(Don't lower to the level of MK though, that's worse than and side scroller!)

o1s1n

You could simplify any arcade type genre like that though.

Shumps - fly right/up and hammer the shoot button

Side scrolling shooters - exactly the same as side scrolling fighters, just with guns...you said you liked Aliens. That's pretty much what I'm on about. You can't like one and not like the other :P

Lightgun games - point and shoot

The nature of arcade games is to be pick up and play.

Golden Axe has dated horribly. But Aliens Versus Predator? Golden Axe:The Revenge of Death Adder? SOR 2/3? Super Double Dragon? Final Fight? If you don't like them, you don't like arcade games!

landsleaving

Halo - Just press forward and shoot, occasionally jumping... :pac:

o1s1n

landsleaving wrote: »

Halo - Just press forward and shoot, occasionally jumping... :pac:

Ah yes, but all the pretentious waffle makes it 'deep' you see

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Ah yes, but all the pretentious waffle makes it 'deep' you see

It's not pretentious, it thinks it is despite being a bad retelling of the plot of space invaders.

landsleaving

I'd almost give it credit for having vehicle sections... but Metal Slug had them first

CiDeRmAn

Just like R-Type Delta then, or Gradius V, or even, and I'm going for the big one here, Ikaruga!

Now now, no need to slag the obviously awesome Halo, we all know how awesomely awesome it is, I'm sure you mirror my predicament, switching off the modded Megadrives, cease the immersion in NTSC Gunstar bliss, and putting it away, sneaking off to the plasma screen in the front room, switching on the PS3 that "isn't for games, it's for the BluRay, honest", then putting in a pile of sh1te like Resistance, just because you can't get enough of FPS' with brown in!

Of course I reduce side scrolling beat'em ups to it's constituent moves, it's funny!
But then all games, regardless of there attempts at realism or abstract, 3D or 2D, sprite or polygon, they are all controlled by little plastic boxes with buttons on, whether it's a F1 car or a space ninja or a prince of the universe rolling up cities into a ball!
Unless it's Steel Battalion, then it's a big plastic box with buttons on!

deathrider

I've got to disagree with you there, CiDaRmAn. Yes, side scrollers with pretty much just point and click violence (move down the screen, punch and dude or two, move across and punch some moe), but it was great fun. The simplicity of this genre is pretty much it's charm. I still dust off the original Streets Of Rage from time to time, and have a blast playing it.

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just like R-Type Delta then, or Gradius V, or even, and I'm going for the big one here, Ikaruga!

Yeah but in these cases R-type Delta does the pretention well to create a a very bizarre and messed up experience and Gradius V has a B-movie plot just like Halo but the difference is it doesn't try to hide it behind failed pseudo pretention.

There's something really wrong with your writing and character design when your main character is less memorable than the Vic Viper.

Lastly if you are a gaming god such as myself then you might have finished Ikaruga and realised that the plot is nothing like Space Invaders but alas you are but mortal and can't get off stage 1 without credit feeding.

These 3 games also differ from halo by the fact they have engaging and varied gameplay.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Lastly if you are a gaming god such as myself

Dave 'The Games Animal' Perry, is that you?!

Remind me to bring a bandana for you to try on at your beers :P