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Lunar Rescue I've never seen at an arcade/bowling alley/theater/whatever, but I played it on a Taito Legends TV game, I think. I've seen Mappy and Space Duel in MANY places. They really aren't TOO rare. Space Duel is on the cover of The Who's album, "It's Hard". Neat, huh? Some more: Mazer Blazer, Stern 1983. Kinda lame gun game, perhaps Stern's only gun game. Intruder, Game Plan 1980. There were numerous games with this same premise: 2 ships (you vs. cpu or you vs. another player, I think) trying to shoot each other, one at the top and one at the bottom, with asteroids or other space debris impeding your shots. Boot Camp, Konami 1987. Neat take on the Track & Field series as you undergo military training. Also known as "Combat School".

Yeah, I figured out how to do that now with VirtualDub, I think. But it's tough to play the game while it's recording. It's glitchy and I'd prefer not to try to play through it.

Probably first vertical shooter. First animated laserdisc game: Dragon's Lair First laserdisc game: Quarter Horse

Whenever I hear "Cruel Summer" by Bananarama I remember the arcade in that movie, because that song was playing during the scene.

I think the first game involving ladders that you climb to reach higher areas was Space Panic. First game with speech synthesis I believe was Stratovox. I'm pretty sure Ms. Pac-Man is the first game to star a female protagonist.

Riding the skateboard was a real pain in the ass for the same reasons you described. All right, I'm going to take a big jump here so I can make this cloud-platform thingy. DAMN IT!!! I OVERSHOT IT AND FELL INTO THE FREAKING WATER!!! @*#(*#*!!!! Of course, this was remade into Hudson's Adventure Island for the NES. It was pretty much the same as Wonderboy.

Whoa!. That'd make a 7 minute DVD. I bet the quality is great. Yeah.. but on top of the size, it's choppy when I try to play during the recording. I want to make it a how to beat the game video, not a how to play through choppiness video. I want to record me beating Bagman so I can move on to beating Super Bagman!

"Earth Friend Mission"? With a title like that, I guess I'm glad the game never saw the light of day. Leland's Pig Out, 1990. Weird platform game with pigs eating food items and running from a wolf.

It's too choppy while I'm recording it, and I'm making sort of a "how to beat this game" video. So I guess I'll keep an eye out for other emus that'll let me play okay.

Dexter:"Kimberly, come in. Are you okay?" Kimberly:"Oh sure. I've just been kidnapped by aliens, that's all!" Dexter:"I'll save you Kimmy!" Kimberly:"GET ME OUTTA HEEEEERE!!!!" Space Ace

So would Track & Field. Or Hyper Sports.

Punch-Out!! would be very nice to have.

More.. Super Bagman, Stern 1984. Actually pretty good sequel (you can shoot, set bombs, and jump across gaps). Unfortunately, the home gaming consoles were taking major business from the arcades and Super Bagman disappeared. Exerion, Jaleco/Taito 1983. Nice parallax scrolling of landscapes below as you fly around shooting enemies by either one shot at a time, or a steady stream of shots by holding down fire (but it eats your shot supply quicker). A bit monotonous after a while but enjoyable. I think someone mentioned Zzyyxxyyzz earlier. I saw it as "Brix". One that was semi-rare and I love to pieces is Taito's Halley's Comet, 1986. Great shooter; graphics are not that good but the action really delivers. Strider 2, 1999 Capcom. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME game!!! The panoramic viewpoints when you are scaling skyscrapers just totally floor you. You feel like you're right there. Nichibutsu's Radical Radial, 1982. You are a TIRE, shooting at enemies. Oh, those kooky Japanese! Mag Max, Nichibutsu 1985. It wasn't totally rare but I didn't see it too often. Loved it though. Building yourself into a powerful robot as you fought enemies and picked up body parts was a cool concept. Samurai Nihon-Ichi, Taito 1985. Kung Fu Master with swords, and killer birds. Funny anime-like exaggerated expressions on you and your enemies when killed. Ninja, Sega 1985. Pretty good game with a female ninja protagonist! (novel for its time) You shoot shurikens at foes as you scroll usually upwards to the final enemy (always the same guy). When she got hit (one-hit kill), she fell to her knees and cried. I felt bad for her. Return of the Invaders, Taito 1985. Pretty unremarkable sequel to Space Invaders. SI 91, and SI 95 were much better (and FAR more humorous!).

Wow.. no kidding!

Cinematronics' Jack The Giantkiller, 1982. Blue Shark by Bally/Midway, 1978. Gun game where you shoot sharks and octopii. Shooting a diver decreases your score. Radar Zone, CVS 1982. Amidar rip-off. Bally/Midway's Space Zap, 1980. Like Imagic's Cosmic Ark for the Atari 2600, at least the shooting part. Game Plan's Pot O' Gold, 1982. Also known as Leprechaun for the small cabinet designed for little kids. Terrible, unbelievably easy game I could play forever on one quarter. Coreland/Sega's Bull Fight, 1984. Unique bullfighting game. Complete with gore when you stab the bull, or when he collapses and spits blood. Yummy! Up 'N Down, Sega 1983. Cool 3/4 view scrolling racetrack where you can jump and land on cars, destroying them (like Bump N' Jump) and jumping over gaps in the road, all while collecting colored flags to complete the level. Pengo makes an appearance!

I wouldn't mind having a Mouse Trap, if Exidy games didn't take a long time to start up. (or at least the 1981-and after Exidy games). Astro Blaster would be nice to have, but there's probably some bad screen burn. Scramble would be very nice. Or at least get the board, as it has no copyright protection and I could run it in just about any cab.

"Wooooah!"-Indy swings across a gap "Soon! Kali-Ma rule the world!"-Mola Ram "Welcome."-Mola Ram "Aiyeee!"-Thugee guards mumbling nonsense. Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom.

Does anyone know of any good arcade emulators that have a good video capture system? I am looking to create videos and post them on YouTube. I'm using Mame's avi-creating video feature but the file ends up being WAAAAAY too large! Somehow recording seven minutes worth of video ended up being 4 GIGS! Are you kidding me?! Probably due to it only being uncompressed video files but I don't know how you squash that down. You can't seem to do it through Mame.

And if I may be allowed some pinball games... Hey, by all means! "suface.. surface.. surface.. fathom."--Fathom, Bally 1981

I always liked when Major Havoc whacked his head on something, and he'd shake his head trying to shake off the pain. At the time it was innovative personification of a video game character. Pirahna: Lame Pac-Man clone by GT in 1981. Spiders: Okay shooter by Sigma in 1981, which some creepy goth chick winking at you after a few stages. That's my reward for getting this far? The Electric Yo-Yo!: Major failure by Taito, 1982. They've had plenty enough success to allow disappointments like that. Space Odyssey: Okay but unmemorable multi-stage Sega shooter from 1981. Understandably lost in the shuffle of better shooters (i.e., Scramble, Super Cobra, Astro Blaster, Galaga, etc.). Jump Bug: Far and away my favorite Rock-Ola game. You drive a jumping VW Bug over various terrains, shooting enemies and collecting diamonds and gold bags. Oh, and you jump on clouds for points too. So whack it's enjoyable.

Ugh.. I just saved a 7 minute clip from MAME, and it was 4 gigabytes of size. How the HELL did that happen?? Looks like I need another emulator if I'm going to capture video.

Fire Engine (?), Probably Atari's "Fire Truck", aka "Smokey Joe" circa 1978 by Atari. A couple others: Zaccharia's "Money Money" from 1983. Pretty weird hybrid maze game/rooftop chase/swimming/driving game. You're just after money bags as muggers/crocodiles/sharks/falling rocks attempt to impede your progress. Some voice samples play on occasion but I'll be damned if I can understand them. Zaccharia's "Jack Rabbit" from 1984. The characters are taken directly from the old "Brer Rabbit" stories. Sort of like Q*bert but more of an isometric landscape scroller than on a pyramid. Konami's "Pandora's Palace" from 1984. Kind of fun platform game where a Roman with toga and olive leaf crown jumps over enemies/gaps/fire to reach the bottom-right area of the screen. The enemies themselves don't kill you but they tend to knock you off ledges or into the fire. Picking up grapes turn you into a centurion, which lets you smash enemies when you jump on them.

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