searching an arcade game

wrdaniel · Post by **wrdaniel** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:09 pm

hi,

in a german arcadeforum someone searchs a shmup from around mid 80s beginning 90s.

- vertical
- background was grass and woods
- upgradeable shot (collecting items) ship gets bigger
- strongest shot: violet circles
- if you got hit, ship gets small, shots get small too, next hit dead

maybe someone knows it

tnx, wrdaniel

Dante · Post by **Dante** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:34 pm

Slap Fight or Terra Cresta, both had that weapon system.. I'm certain 'Terra Cresta' started with a desert background..

I remember some obscure shmup, with the intro "Your women have been taken captive and held on the Planet of Thorns" that had a ring weapon, when you where fully powered up

wrdaniel · Post by **wrdaniel** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:40 am

thanks for the reply

forgot to mention its not

SlapFight
Terra Cresta
Dangar - Ufo Robo

someone knows the game with the intro Dante remembers?

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:20 am

Is the Desert + Trees game with growing ships Gardia?

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:56 am

wrdaniel wrote:thanks for the reply

forgot to mention its not

SlapFight
Terra Cresta
Dangar - Ufo Robo

someone knows the game with the intro Dante remembers?

Gondomania, This one has rotary controllers similar to Ikari Warriors. Your airbike shoots forward with its main cannon, but you aim the character's own weapon with the knob.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:14 am

Darwin 4078? Darwin 4081?

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:20 pm

wrdaniel wrote:- vertical
- background was grass and woods
- upgradeable shot (collecting items) ship gets bigger
- strongest shot: violet circles
- if you got hit, ship gets small, shots get small too, next hit dead

-Did it have buildings in random spots in that background?
-By collecting items, what exactly happened? Was it a power bar like Gradius?
-Does growing back in size have anything to do with the word "WING"?
-I'll have to look into that.
-See number 3.

If all these are so, this is definitely Slap Fight.

Dante wrote:I remember some obscure shmup, with the intro "Your women have been taken captive and held on the Planet of Thorns" that had a ring weapon, when you where fully powered up

That would be Mega Blast, Taito, 1989. Crazy game.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:42 pm

The Coop wrote:Darwin 4078? Darwin 4081?

Awesome game.

wrdaniel · Post by **wrdaniel** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:36 pm

The Coop wrote:Darwin 4078?

Thanks for the help, thats the game.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:22 am

I was going to say Cybercore for TG16.