Trying to find rare arcade game...

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decroded
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Trying to find rare arcade game...

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Ok I played this game ONCE about 10-15 years ago and have never seen it before or since so I'm assuming its pretty rare at least in Australia where I live.
I'm hazy on it now being so long ago but I THINK you could play 2 player at once.
It was side scrolling sci-fi shooter a bit like r-type but with newer pixel art.
From memory, the art style was very which is why I'm surprised I have never come across any information about it.
Trying to think how to explain artwork but the pixel art (nothing rendered or 3d) was nice and clean, not as "pillow-shaded" as r-type for example.
Nothing cutesy or weird, pretty standard but the ships reminded me a little of Zero Wing in that the front of ship was rounded.
Also I don't remember seeing any organic enemies or backgrounds although unfortunately I only got to play briefly :-((
From what I saw that start was set in open space with bigger ships and space base coming past.

Sorry to be hazy but does this ring any bells for anyone??
I've been trawling through archives for years but its like it doesn't exist!
There's a few games I thought it MIGHT have been such as Rayxander (1 player and not in arcade) but I'm still convinced I'm yet to come across it...

Thanks for any feedback!! ^,^
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Hellfire?
Andro Dunos?
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Yeah, sounds like Hellfire.
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Pulstar? Blazing star?
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Bioship Paladin?

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Killer Instinct 1/2, and Battletoads are the only rare arcade games that I know of.
RIP in peaces mjclark and Estebang
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Blazeon?
Kinect? KIN NOT.
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Paperboy?
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Was this a pinball machine by any chance :?:

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Major Stryker looks odd when you turn the screen on its side, doesn't it?

I was going to say Ordyne, but it's "cutesy." "Newer than R-Type" would seem to cover a lot of ground, but...Hellfire? I was thinking Thunder Cross games myself. Welp, hope the OP got what he was looking for before suddenly dying. RIP
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R-Type LEO?
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decroded wrote:the art style was very which is why I'm surprised
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