Ikari Warrior type games

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:17 pm

Okay what do people call these? Top Down Shooter, On Foot Shooter
These are the one's I've found, Any more on these platforms and others?

NES

Heavy Barrel
Ikari Warriors1-3
Snakes Revenge

SNES

Total Carnage
Smash TV
Ikari No Yousai
Chaos Engine

MD/CD/32X

Chaos Engine
Mercs
Rambo 3

PCE

DieHard
Red Alert

Neo Geo

Shock Troopers 1-2

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:31 pm

Err, you're talking about non-auto-scrolling top-down shooters, right? Cuz the arcade Ikari Warriors did have forced scrolling.

Anyway, if I'm understanding you correctly, Mercs I & II, Search And Rescue, Garyo Restuden, and the Pocky & Rocky games seem to be games you're talking about. Does Jackal count?

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:41 pm

First ones springing to mind besides the one mentioned are:

Dogs of War (Amiga/Atari ST)
Firebird (by Konami on MSX 2)
Real Ghostbusters (C64)

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:10 pm

Guerilla War by SNK. It had an NES release. It's astoundingly fun.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:11 pm

Mystic Formula (PC-E)
Funny you mention this. I just tried out Ikari no Yousai yesterday.... I hear the Twilight Zone theme.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:28 pm

Yeah none auto scrolling

, btw I didn't know there was a Mercs 2

Guerilla War I'll check that out

Ikari No Yousai I dont like how It doesn't stay in diagonal sometimes,

*Welcome to the Twilight Zone* neh neh neh na na na na

I dont know but I remember looking at a SNES game, I'm sure I seen it, The character looked like the one from Ikari Warriors, complete with red headband.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:36 pm

Guerilla War is awesome.

I'm not sure what type of games you're looking for specificially, since to me, Chaos Engine is much more like Gauntlet than Commando. If you like Gauntlet style games, there are some other good ones on the Genesis, like Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Arcus Odyssey.

For Commando-type games, Expendable on the Dreamcast is a good one, but only in one player mode.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:50 pm

it290 wrote:Guerilla War is awesome.

I'm not sure what type of games you're looking for specificially, since to me, Chaos Engine is much more like Gauntlet than Commando. If you like Gauntlet style games, there are some other good ones on the Genesis, like Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Arcus Odyssey.

For Commando-type games, Expendable on the Dreamcast is a good one, but only in one player mode.

More of the Commando's type really

Ganelon Jackal can be included

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:53 am

Battlefield/Time Soldiers for the arcade and Secret Command/Rambo 2 for the SMS.

Stay away from Dogosouken. Trust me. It sucks ass. Badly.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:40 am

Also that arcade game, it mentioned onthe forum and inthe files section or something,

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:10 am

Guerrilla War and Iron Tank (also created by SNK) kick so much ass.

As for my fave Ikari Warrior style game eva, it's gotta be Neo Contra. I love that game too much, dunno why. Maybe it's because of those Russkies kickjumping on the boulders. Or seeing Bill's tiny lil legs running on helicopter blades.

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:31 am

How about Alien Syndrome (Arcade, PS2) by Sega?

it290 · Post by **it290** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 5:10 am

Okay, well then, I like Warzone for the Amiga, although the difficulty level is intense to put it mildly. Shock Troopers on the Neo is the best Commando-type game of all time, though.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:57 am

OUTZONE. Such an amazing game. I found it for the first time in one of those cabs that have 80 or so roms in them and poured about half a dozen quarters into it. Definitely one I'll have to track down some day.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:08 pm

Neo Contra is AWESOME!!!!!

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:43 pm

TWITCHDOCTOR wrote:Neo Contra is AWESOME!!!!!

I like it too. It's super simple, but that's sort of why I like it, because it's the perfect blast-o-thon. Plus, you just can't beat Animal Contra.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:04 pm

Don't forget Millenium soldier Expendable on the PC and Dreamcast, its a real ikari clone.

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:12 pm

Diabollokus wrote:Don't forget Millenium soldier Expendable on the PC and Dreamcast, its a real ikari clone.

Millenium Soldier is totally forgettable imo. While in the same genre, it can't touch Ikari or Commando or Dogs of War. But for the cheap price of $5 new/sealed (it's in that range here in Europe) it's a nice purchase I guess...

Gydocker45 · Post by **Gydocker45** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:35 pm

You may want to try Time Soldiers for the SMS or on Mame. If you don't mind jeeps, try Konami's Jackal for the NES (which I love to death, btw).

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 4:48 pm

ah yes Jackal, Iron Tank.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 6:02 pm

There are two GB Ikari no Yousai games. The first one was released in the US as Fortified Zone. Oddly enough, the SNES Ikari no Yousai was renamed to Operation Logic Bomb for the US. So much for consistancy. No mention of Frontline? That one's a classic.

"Yeah none auto scrolling, btw I didn't know there was a Mercs 2"

Commando is Mercs 1 and Mercs is Mercs 2.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:24 pm

I love Heavy Barrel.

The bosses in this game is pretty cool, and your flame thrower kicks ass.

Your characters look like they are walking around tip-toeing, like a ballerina.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:44 pm

BrianC wrote:There are two GB Ikari no Yousai games. The first one was released in the US as Fortified Zone. Oddly enough, the SNES Ikari no Yousai was renamed to Operation Logic Bomb for the US. So much for consistancy. No mention of Frontline? That one's a classic.

"Yeah none auto scrolling, btw I didn't know there was a Mercs 2"

Commando is Mercs 1 and Mercs is Mercs 2.

Thanks for clearing that up, I was wondering also about Mercs 2

IlMrm wrote:Your characters look like they are walking around tip-toeing, like a ballerina

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:22 am

So the list looks like so far.....

Top Down Run and Gun

NES

Guerrilla War
Ikari Warriors 1-3
Heavey Barrel
Gun.Smoke
Commando
Iron Tank

SNES

Carnage
Ikari No Yousai
Choas Engine
Zombies
Smash TV
True Lies

SMS

Rambo 2
Mercs
Time Soldiers

MD

Mercs
Choas Engine
Rambo 3
Zombies
Predator 2 (Isometric)

PCE

Bloodly Wolf
Red Alert
Battle Formula

Amiga

Chaos Engine 1-2
Alien Breed
Warzone
New York Warriors

Arcade

Caliber 50
Commando
Mercs
Ikari Warriors 1-3
OutZone
Shock Troopers 1-2
Guerrilla War
Gun.Smoke
Heavey Barrel
Smash TV
Time Soldiers

How popular was this genre and about what time did it die?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 1:28 am

Let me add Final Zone 2 for the PCE CD as one of the games of this type.

Fost · Post by **Fost** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:59 pm

Also in Arcade:

gundhara
Gang Busters
SAR - Search And Rescue
ninja commando

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:48 pm

No love for Pocky and Rocky in the edited list?

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:59 pm

Final Zone 2? How is this game like?

There was an MSX game called Final Zone, that was exactly in this same genre. In this game you would choose 3 from 5 soldiers, and then you control all 3 at the same time. You can put them in different formations, and each character has a individual life bar. You can even let 1 or 2 of them die!

Any chances that this Final Zone 2 is a sequel to that?

Add Who Dares Wins and Who Dares wins 2 at the list. Those are some blatant Commando rip-offs for the Commodore 64 (2 was also released on MSX), but are incredibly enjoyable!

On Commodore 64 there's also Paradroid..... which plays more like Gauntlet too.

And since Alien Breed is in the list.... There's Alien Breed 92 Special Edition, Alien Breed 2 and Alien Breed Tower Assault, for completion sake

Amiga also had Cyberpunks , which is a poor Gauntlet alike. ( http://hol.abime.net/3165 ), Virocop (http://hol.abime.net/1576) , Universal Warrior(http://hol.abime.net/1814) Galacitc Warrior Rats (http://hol.abime.net/2688) and also Cyberblast, that fits the genre too (http://hol.abime.net/3158)

There's also Alien Syndrome on arcades....

And Crackdown on Mega-Drive... wasn't that also on Arcades?

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:09 pm

doh! forgot Alien Syndrome

I've just tried Pocky and Rocky in rom format, pretty cool game.

Yeah I didn't include all the Alien Breed (too Lazy, shall add to list)

Crackdown was indeed on the arcades

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:52 am

BrianC wrote:There are two GB Ikari no Yousai games. The first one was released in the US as Fortified Zone. Oddly enough, the SNES Ikari no Yousai was renamed to Operation Logic Bomb for the US. So much for consistancy. No mention of Frontline? That one's a classic.

"Yeah none auto scrolling, btw I didn't know there was a Mercs 2"

Commando is Mercs 1 and Mercs is Mercs 2.

Well I'll be, never knew that. I'd been told that FZ on the GB was more akin to Metal Gear. I own Operation Logic Bomb; so you're telling me it's basically a spin-off of the Ikari Warriors series or something?

Also, Predator 2 on the Genney rocks. I was really surprised at how fun it is and how awesome it is to see Danny Glover blow up. "I'm getting too old for this" haha..