Name some side-scrollers from around 88-94.

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Name some side-scrollers from around 88-94.

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Good arcade games. With no military theme. Like Forgotten Worlds or Xexex.
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Re: Name some side-scrollers from around 88-94.

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Rob wrote: Good arcade games. With no military theme. Like Forgotten Worlds or Xexex.
strahl, usaaf mustang, p47 aces (nasty!)...

ed: ah fuck no military theme.. oh well, theyre good games anyhow.
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Hacha Mecha Fighter

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Great Ragtime Show/Boogie Wings

You could maybe say it's military themed but err you fight Santa Claus so...
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OT: Why do I get the feeling that the upcoming tournament is going to be very side-scroller oriented? (Probably something to do with Konami week and 2nd place week.) Blah, I almost never play side-scrollers and hence am even worse at them. Still some of my all-time favorites.
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Would Boogie Wings be a borderliner?
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Bio-hazard Battle (Mega Play)
Metal Black
Gokujyou Parodius (sp?)
Parodius DA!
Darius 2
Chariot (Three Wonders)
Eco Fighters
Dragon Breed
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou
R-Type Leo
Thunder Force AC
R-type 2
X-Multiply
Hyper Duel

I like them FWIW...
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Wolf Fang

Do futuristic military themes count?
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mystic riders... wowee!
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szycag wrote:Would Boogie Wings be a borderliner?
What is "borderliner"? never heard the term.
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ARCADIA wrote:What is "borderliner"? never heard the term.
It's a word used to describe a made up genre of shooting games with unique mechanics (usually attributed to the avatars movement). Let's finish Psikyo vs. Cave before we go into this again.
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JoshF wrote:Let's finish Psikyo vs. Cave before we go into this again.
how do you mean finish?

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james q. psikyo: precision!
john cave: playability!
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insector X. (great game, now available on taito legends 2.)
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Thank you for the info, :wink:

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Chariot from Three Wonders. :!:
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Gallop!
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Keep going. :)
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Darius Gaiden
Last Resort
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Lifeforce (AC: JPN)

... outside '88- '94 ( '87) and an alternating hori/ vert; so might not qualify... though I prefer the version in the Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus: It has a 'no-wait' option with no slowdown...
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Just UN Squadron/Area88 and the sequel Carrier Air Wing/U.S. Navy, but these are both militairy themed.
Then there are several Darius's and R-types (and X-multiply).
This is why I do not like horizontals at all. imho Progear is the only decent hori ever created. I mean Parodius/gradius games really don't get me all that exited. Name the best hori's ever? Surely I can't imagine anyone who would think any other game than Progear should be at the top!
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D wrote:Just UN Squadron/Area88 and the sequel Carrier Air Wing/U.S. Navy, but these are both militairy themed.
Then there are several Darius's and R-types (and X-multiply).
This is why I do not like horizontals at all. imho Progear is the only decent hori ever created. I mean Parodius/gradius games really don't get me all that exited. Name the best hori's ever? Surely I can't imagine anyone who would think any other game than Progear should be at the top!
I can think of many but why bother? The only decent one?

And no military shooters. Graphics and atmosphere are the key components for this thread, besides it being a good game in addition to that. The only military shooters I ever need are the Strikers.
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ARCADIA wrote: Raiga
Tried out a lot of games in this thread over the last few days and have to say this seems like one of the better ones. If you like Gate of Thunder or similar 16-bit types of games you should check it out.
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