Name this SHMUP

[escadrille]

Hi,

I've been trying to recall the name of a shmup I played once on a cocktail machine in a bowling alley in 1990 or so. Should be easy right? Never saw it again, but would like to give it another go.


It played like Xevious, with a standard button for the zapper and a small button on top of the joystick for bombs that hit ground targets.


But, unlike Xevious, the game scrolled in all four directions, and you could turn your ship in all four directions as well. . I also recall the graphics being a little more sophisticated. Definately a sci-fi/space setting though.


Any ideas?

[Asherdude]

What did the play field and enemies look like?

[battlegorge]

Maybe Thunder Force 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxNtM9Xk_aE

[Icarus]

Maybe Thunder Force 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxNtM9Xk_aE

In the arcades? I don't think so.

[slap_fight]

did BLAST OFF play like that?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?gam ... 3&letter=B

[battlegorge]

In the arcades? I don't think so.

There is a version called mega-tech: thunder force 2 md .

[Zeether]

did BLAST OFF play like that?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?gam ... 3&letter=B

Blast Off did not have a ground shot nor was it free scrolling.

[gameoverDude]

I wanted to say Last Mission, but IIRC this one has just a shoot and a weapon select button- no bomb button. Maybe it's Time Pilot '84 or the similar Vanguard II.

[slap_fight]

Blast Off did not have a ground shot nor was it free scrolling.

uhm... have to think again. i thought it might at least have free scrolling because of its bosconian heritage.

[escadrille]

The play field was a mixture of sci-fi "base" terrain and also perhaps some ground/water. Don't recall the enemies that well, but fairly typical flying ships (think Raiden).

Definately had both the zapper/vulcan and bombs. My 10-year-old self was blown away at the time.

Not Blast Off or Time Pilot. Thunder Force 2 looks close. I'll give that one a try.

Gameplay was almost exactly like Vanguard II, which I just tried. But the control was more smooth and the graphics and little better.

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[Specineff]

Time Pilot 84?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... e_id=10120

[JoshF]

That has to be it.

[Asherdude]

Time Pilot 84 does match his description of the graphics. I don't remember it having bombs in its arsenal, but I suppose that the missiles could be mistaken for bombs.

Big question to other board members: Did any of Time Pilot 84 cabinets have a button on the joystick? Trying to find pin-out & configuration info on old school arcade units is down right hard.