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Hi All

New to the forum, and love shmups, but am really struggling to find an old arcade game I used to play in the 1990's, over head solider based, two player game, think it was rail, not sure... a more modern ikari warriors, but will the wall of bullets thing, from time to time....

Any one have any ideas?

Thanks

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Might it have been one of the "shock troopers" games?
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Wasn't there a Toaplan one like this? I forget what it's called

Edit: Outzone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEcMq1ofqw
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MaXXX wrote:Wasn't there a Toaplan one like this? I forget what it's called

Edit: Outzone? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuEcMq1ofqw
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Might just be mercs tbh.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, doesn't look like any of those though.
It had stages that had been more spacey looking, from memory, but some not so much
Man, my memory is rubbish, aside from having such fond memories playing this game lol
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Not a game from the 90s, but the first thing that came to mind when you said "spacey" was Alien Syndrome.
Or the MSDOS game Operation Carnage. But that's, you know, an MSDOS game.
Smash TV?
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Was it Heavy Barrel?
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Time Soldiers?
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The both auto scroll. Don't think TS had walls though.
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None of those either, thanks again guys
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Might help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1ma8WaeCM

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One of the midway pair?
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Thanks guys
Starting to think I've made this game up or suffering severe rose tinited glasses....
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You sure it was arcade?
The Chaos Engine came to my mind.
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This game wouldn't happen to take place in a spaceship would it?
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This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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Deadliar wrote:This game wouldn't happen to take place in a spaceship would it?
Maybe, it was pretty futuristic at points
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DMC wrote:You sure it was arcade?
The Chaos Engine came to my mind.
Deffo arcade
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I'm thinking of SAR Search and Rescue
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Deadliar wrote:I'm thinking of SAR Search and Rescue
It was a straight up the screen game, no left and right action
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Sounds like Cabal..


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Could it be Gundhara by Banpresto?

Check out some screens here:

http://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2 ... dhara.html
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AFXisatwin wrote:Could it be Gundhara by Banpresto?

Check out some screens here:

http://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2 ... dhara.html
This kinda looks right, but the characters look bigger than I remember and I dont remember any cars / bikes, and it being a lot darker in colour and tone
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Desert Breaker ?
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Like Ikari Warriors, but with futuristic stuff. How about Ikari II: Victory Road?
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I will cry with laughter if that is the answer.
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Stevens wrote:I will cry with laughter if that is the answer.
Lol nope
Though has a similar style, maybe it was a knock off that I'm thinking of
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copy-paster wrote:This site might help you.
thank you
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