Trying 2 find a commodore 64 shmup

[Nick420]

So theres this game i remember playing as a kid, barely. Ive searched for it to the best of my ability and cannot discover what it was. Hoping someone can shed some light so as i can get that whole nostalgia buzz goin on lol

All i can remember is this.
Its vertically orientated.
You pilot a ship over gridded terrain, as in like little squares, different colours.
The ship can jump, or hop a small bit, cant remember what its useful for.
The ship is kinda triangle shaped, with rounded corners i think..
And im almost certain you could change directions and head back down the screen almost exploring, like.

I hope theres no inaccurate info here but its very possible, it was a veeeery long time ago and i think it was my first experience with a shmup lol.

Many thanks if you can help me figure this one

[mirkvid]

was the level made out of orange bricks? Sounds familiar...

[Wonderbanana]

Bulldog?

[Aguraki]

Alleykat

edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m1xLYmabyQ

[tinotormed]

Wrong board, Nick420! You should be doing this in the Trading Station!

[Sly Cherry Chunks]

Xenon

[BarfHappy]

Squares... that reminds me of Z ... but it was multidirectonal and i don t remember hoping
(image from gb64)

[Nick420]

was the level made out of orange bricks? Sounds familiar...

I dont think there was orange blocks. The colours i remember where mostly greyish blue........
Also if this helps, as you where hovering around jumping gaps and the like, If you stopped moving the joystick in a certain direction, your ship would not immediately stop moving there would be a slowing down, braking period...Again all this very hazy....:-/

OK xenon looks really close to what i remember, but still no jumping. Ive been searching some more and the game parallax comes quite close aswell. lol Its like a cross of the two. Also there is every chance the game im thinking of is free roaming,
I played this game in ireland so its also most likely that it was developed in the UK maybe by ocean or some1 like that, maybe not tho.... I really have searched and searched for this elusive little title but it seems to have been banished to the depths of video gaming hell Great game 2! It was my favouite lol

[KidQuaalude]

Sounds like you may be talking about "Parallax"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbksq8PF71s

You can fly in all directions and land/take off. This is because you have to find and rescue scientists by leaving your ship.

[superquake]

Yup, Parallax is what I thought too. It's also by Ocean.

[Nick420]

im gonna go play it 2 see if thats the 1

[Nick420]

HAHA!!! I Actually found it! Sorry lots of bad info supplied by me :-/ For a start you dont even shoot, lol so its not really a shmup...Fantastic game tho
Its called snare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiooNRdZdZI
EDIT: You do shoot allbeit very rarely If theres any c64 fans here that havnt played this1 you should defo check it out!
Thanks for all who helped I was starting to think i was goin crazy there 4 a bit lol
Oh and soz 4 posting in the wrong section...My bad

[KidQuaalude]

Ah Snare is a classic. You should also check out 'Zig Zag' by Tony Crowther if you like Snare.

[Nick420]

Ah Snare is a classic. You should also check out 'Zig Zag' by Tony Crowther if you like Snare.

Sweet I will do, thanx. Lol im still trying to play snare, cant get the controls working on ccs :-/

Got it working Lol been playing it fot the last few hours. Wasnt sure if it would still hook me after so many years...But it has. Great game and fiendishly difficult. Just the way i like em

Now to give zigzag a try