Help in naming a Shooter from the mid-90's

[amerika]

Last Mission? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3EmF44IqMU&t=407s

Holy crap, I am about 98% certain that is the game. That ticks every box and my spidey senses are tingling on it. My brain wants me to believe the graphics were a bit more advanced than that, but this LOOKS like exactly what I had in my head in virtually every way. Including the boss and being able to move in other directions than just up. For some reason I thought your ship mostly moved up, but I guess not. That or I was simply playing it wrong haha.

Thank you everyone who helped. I am pretty sure this is a childhood mystery solved!

[BrianC]

wow. That game looks very similar to the overhead stages in Thunder Force II, right down to being able to switch weapons. The radar reminds me of minesweeper.

[DMC]

Well done, Emphatic. Just when some of us started to give up.

The game reminds me of the thin line between suitably stressful and absolutely annoying soundtracks.

[Sengoku Strider]

wow. That game looks very similar to the overhead stages in Thunder Force II, right down to being able to switch weapons. The radar reminds me of minesweeper.

I had the same thought, I wonder if it influenced TFII's design. The first Thunder Force game was all overhead, but only 4-way movement and more focused on ground targets. TF1 did precede this game, but I'm sure Namco's Bosconian makes a much more likely point of influence.

[copy-paster]

Holy crap, I am about 98% certain that is the game. That ticks every box and my spidey senses are tingling on it. My brain wants me to believe the graphics were a bit more advanced than that, but this LOOKS like exactly what I had in my head in virtually every way. Including the boss and being able to move in other directions than just up. For some reason I thought your ship mostly moved up, but I guess not. That or I was simply playing it wrong haha.

Keep in mind that Mandela Effect is a thing. Besides this game pretty much checks every box, later stage have more grey background etc.

[amerika]

Holy crap, I am about 98% certain that is the game. That ticks every box and my spidey senses are tingling on it. My brain wants me to believe the graphics were a bit more advanced than that, but this LOOKS like exactly what I had in my head in virtually every way. Including the boss and being able to move in other directions than just up. For some reason I thought your ship mostly moved up, but I guess not. That or I was simply playing it wrong haha.

Keep in mind that Mandela Effect is a thing. Besides this game pretty much checks every box, later stage have more grey background etc.

That is true, and I am aware, that's why I didn't say 100% haha. But this game, unlike many others that were very similar or had similar features, did not quite trigger the same core memory.

If, somehow it was not this game that I ran into, then it is one that is very very similar in regards to gameplay, aesthetics and even features. The only thing I thought I remembered that does not show up with this game is that I thought the grey walls rotated around the ship. But I feel like that might be simply me misremembering them as the main thing I recall was being trapped inside them.

Also, I mentioned that I only played it for a very short while. I probably only maybe got to the 3rd stage in that time as I probably only had a few quarters on me at the time. I definitely had limited fiscal resources back then haha.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

I mean, your gut instinct's telling you it's the game, so it probably is.

Even if it's not, look at all the other games you get to discover! It's a win/win!

[SPM]

Here's an alternative that's definitely working, try searching for Shooter as the genre and you should be good: http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php

This source is fantastic! Thanks for sharing Roo

[neorichieb1971]

Bosconian is a bit like last mission.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

This source is fantastic! Thanks for sharing Roo

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