Any cool action games on MAME that i'm missing?

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:33 am

After playing Osman and Shock Troopers, I was wondering if there are any other cool action titles to download on MAME?

Now, keep in mind, I would prefer post 95 or 96 games. Something that the SNES couldn't handle, OK?

Run N' Gun is cool, as is any other type of 2D action game. And i've played the Metal Slugs, of course.

s/m

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:07 pm

Some I can think of:

- In the Hunt
- Strider 1 and 2
- Dungeons and Dragons (Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara)
- Gaiapolis
- Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
- Alien vs. Predator

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:51 pm

I've played all of those! lol

I'm starting to think i've played everything cool on MAME at this point.

s/m

antron · Post by **antron** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:54 pm

Pigskin 612 A.D.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:01 pm

Nitro Ball, which has had a lot of discussion lately. Gundhara is pretty cool too. Both are overhead run 'n' guns.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:07 pm

Macaw was nice enough to dig up Dyna Gear by a now non-existent group within Sammy. I dare someone to find a better, unheard of action game.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:26 pm

Outfoxies! I think it's a bit older than the timframe you're specifying, but it rocks hard nonetheless, especially as a multiplayer game.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:04 pm

Mystic Warriors, a run & gun by konami. Definitely definitely if you haven't played it yet. This game is fantastic

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:34 pm

thunder fox

Post by **undamned** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:08 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:Macaw was nice enough to dig up Dyna Gear by a now non-existent group within Sammy. I dare someone to find a better, unheard of action game.

I saw pics of this aeons ago and had my eye out for the PCB and it is hard to find (at least in my experience).

I was goofing around w/ Specineff on ye ol' XBOX the other day and showed him a bit of it.

The art looks vaguely familiar... did these artists do any other noteworthy work for another company?
-ud

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 4:59 pm

Give Irem's 1993 Ninja Baseball Bat Man a shot on Mame/Mame32 -- it's based on Irem's classic In the Hunt PCB board setup... ^_~

Irem saw what Red/Hudson Soft could do with it's Hu-Card shmup title of Air Zonk/Genjin Zonk and decided that a 2-D detailed brawler would be a good way to show off some wild and wacky gameplay included in this Ninja Baseball Bat Man arcade game premise...

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:02 pm

undamned wrote:The art looks vaguely familiar... did these artists do any other noteworthy work for another company?
-ud

Yes, UPL I think. It's a great game, Dyna Gear, the definition of hidden gem.

Post by **undamned** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:49 pm

Charlie Ninja is a must. Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon is a must. I've heard Night Slashers is a cool Konami beat'emup.
-ud

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:52 pm

Black Tiger/Dragon.
Midnight Resistance.
Robocop.
Rastan Saga 2.
Rygar/Argus No Senshi.
Rambo III
Captain America and the Avengers.
Bad Dudes/Dragon Ninja.
Shadow Warriors/Ninja Gaiden.
Aliens by Konami, JP version.
Cabal.
Blood Brothers.
Duke Dynamite.
Sengoku 3.
Vendetta.
Metamorphic Force.
The Punisher.
Alien Storm.
Midnight Wanderers (Part of Capcom 3 Wonders)

doodude · Post by **doodude** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:40 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:Give Irem's 1993 Ninja Baseball Bat Man a shot on Mame/Mame32 -- it's based on Irem's classic In the Hunt PCB board setup... ^_~

I just set up Ninja Baseball Bat Man last weekend.

Now I HATE fighting games cuz I cant stand all the yipping & yapping & jumping all over. It just aint my thang!

Having said that, NBBM is, for the moment, kinda cool. But I dont expect that to last.

Give me a SHUMP anytime...

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:54 pm

Pacland.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:58 pm

Wizard Fire/Dark Seal - Isometric dungeon-crawls.

FixEight - Everyone rags on it, but it's Mame, and the characters are varied.

Gundhara - Good vertically-scrolling action/shooter.

Arabian Magic - Well...I liked it. Beat-em-up.

Nightmare in the Dark - Puzzle/Action with evil theme (my favorite).

Elevator Action 2 - No intro necessary.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:55 pm

fuuuck I made an epic post a few years ago about Contra clones and the like, but a lot of the good ones have been mentioned already.

The problem with FixEight in MAME is that it's a bootleg with crap sound. I'm not sure I consider it an improvement to OutZone, but some will appreciate the shot type change pads instead of C items.

Night Slashers is Data East, actually, fits in with their other DECO32 games that have epic music like Nitro Ball, Edward Randy, and Dragon Gun (which is one of the best Space Harrier-style games IMO).

RUN-N-GUN:

Biomechanical Toy
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (Konami, saw this one in real life but never played it unfortunately, was before I knew what it was.
SPY - Super Project Y - I actually hate this game but it should be checked out; it has a mix of run 'n' gun, brawling, and Space Harrier-style sequences

VERTICAL "SHOOTER" W/out autoscrolling
OutZone (Toaplan)
Jackal / Top Gunner (Konami, also on FDS and NES, NES got the better version)
Juno First (I think it's classified a shmup here though, or at least it should be)
SAR - Search and Rescue (kinda broken SNK game, but all should at least try it)
Guerrilla War / TNK - two more SNK games of this type
Ninja Emaki - old favorite of mine

INTO-THE-SCREEN:
Devastators (highly underrated imo) Konami
G.I. Joe (same type of game) Konami

I'm going to leave alone brawlers and Castlevania-style games 'cuz there's a ton of them that are good (Combatribes, Sengoku 2, etc.)

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:25 am

Break Thru / Kyohkoh-Toppa

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:43 am

Specineff wrote:Sengoku 3.

If you like that, Gaia Crusaders (Sengoku 3 has a lot more in common with it than with Sengoku 1/2; they probably even share code)

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:57 am

Taito and Irem have a lot of great unknown action games.

also check out the system 16 museums, LOTS of great stuff to discover there, all sorted by hardware in chronological order: http://www.system16.com/museum.php?id=5

here are a few examples of some great arcade "systems" at Sytem 16

Konami Xexex hardware

Taito Z system

Taito F3

Irem M92 (check this one out)

Namco System 2

MAME is much bigger than one may think...

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:01 am

Good lord, Konami sure had a tendency to use garish colors back in the 90s.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:12 am

Specineff wrote: Rastan Saga 2.

Remind me to never take anything you say seriously again, assuming I did in the first place.

it290 · Post by **it290** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:15 pm

Agreed - Rastan Saga 2 should be added to the UN's list of crimes against humanity, and Taito should be tried in the Hague for inflicting this abomination upon mankind.

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:20 pm

Especially when you compare it to Rastan (the first one).

Which is a classic.

antron · Post by **antron** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:29 pm

No Pigskin 612 AD lovers here?

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:16 pm

you mean Pigskin 621 AD ?

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:54 pm

It's not made post 95 but Shadowland is good for that special Japanese atmosphere, as is Bonze Adventure. They are both platform games with a bit of shooting. I guess they are fairly well known.

Off Topic: I'm going to do a 'write up' on single-screen platformers playable in Mame for 2dgaming.net soon, which I hope some of you will enjoy. I'm writing it here so that I don't forget it.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:11 pm

Pacland.
OutZone.
Princess Clara Daisakusen.
Sengoku, Sengoku 2, and Sengoku 3/Sengoku 2001.

No fighting games here.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:37 pm

Top Hunter is a pretty cool little game. I usually give it a play through once a year or so.