What game? Octagonal ship that rotates 360 degrees

FTK · Post by **FTK** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:00 am

I played an arcade shooter in the early nineties that used an octagonal ship that could rotate 360 degrees. It was still top-down format, advancing upwards. I've never known the name of this game, and I'd love to play it again.

Useless history:
I was at a family vacation, I was between 8 and 11 years old, and it was a freaking HOT summer. The "game room" at the "resort" had a pool table and two arcade games. One of the first days I was there a guy came to get the change from the game and left the door open! There was a key inside so I took it... I racked up credit upon credit, and when I finished playing I'd lock the door to avoid bringing attention to it. Great times.

FTK · Post by **FTK** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:40 pm

*cries*

TGK · Post by **TGK** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:23 pm

FTK wrote:*cries*

Welcome my friend,

I can't recall what game you are talking about. I am guessing that others didn't reply because they don't know the game either. (I have my share of games that nobody else I know ever heard about too)

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Post by **system11** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:30 pm

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... e_id=10282

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... me_id=9295

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... e_id=10294

The third one is unlikely.

Any of those?

Dartagnan1083 · Post by **Dartagnan1083** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:26 pm

It sounds familiar, but it could also be suggested memory.

I think the big thing to look for would be multi-directional firing.

Platypus[gEc] · Post by **Platypus[gEc]** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:54 pm

I can't help you out, but i'm looking for the game that got me started, way back...

It's a NES or SNES game, i think it's got a captain in it and it's not captain skyhawk... anyone... please...

Accutron · Post by **Accutron** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 10:53 pm

Platypus[gEc] wrote:It's a NES or SNES game, i think it's got a captain in it and it's not captain skyhawk... anyone... please...

Hmm...NES Section Z? It has Captain Commando.

http://www.flyingomelette.com/reviews/nes/sectionz.html

FTK · Post by **FTK** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:04 am

bloodflowers wrote:http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... e_id=10282

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... me_id=9295

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?let ... e_id=10294

The third one is unlikely.

Any of those?

Thanks for taking the time to help. It's none of the 3 you suggested. The ship is definitely octagonal, and it has depth. I remember the graphics being pretty good, SNES good, maybe a little better. I'm pretty sure the screen only scrolls forward when you fly forward. I can't remember if the ship remains centered on screen though... Boy, this will be a tough one.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:19 am

Assault ?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6934

D · Post by D » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:55 am

What is octagonal?

You see, not all of us are from US/GB/AU. Not all of us are adults.
Octagonal? Eight sides something? what?

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:06 am

D wrote:What is octagonal?

You see, not all of us are from US/GB/AU. Not all of us are adults.
Octagonal? Eight sides something? what?

He is saying the ship has eight sides. Like an American stop sign.

http://www.uturnproducts.com/stop.htm

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:59 am

time pilot 84?

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?gam ... 0&letter=T

FTK · Post by **FTK** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:20 pm

Thanks again for the help!

Ok:

The ship is shaped like a stop sign.
It is a flying ship, not a tank.
The view is top down.
The year the game was made is probably very late 80's or early nineties. The game used a traditional joystick, i.e. pacman.
The ship can fly in all directions, but I don't think the screen scrolls left to right, only up.

Thanks, my apparently international fellow shmup lovers!

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:10 pm

Sounds like a variation on Asteroids, but what do I know....

FTK · Post by **FTK** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:03 pm

The enemies are mechanical. No rocks, no living breathing beasts.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:35 pm

Time Pilot '84 has mechanical type enemies. The ship here can be turned 8 ways, but the screen will scroll with you instead of just upward and your ship stays centered. Some of the ground targets are stop-sign shaped and so is the enemy mothership. The graphics in TP84 fall midway between Sega Master System and SNES quality.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 3:18 am

Sounds a lot like Kenta Cho's Gunroar, but that came out just last month.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 5:53 am

On a similar note to your story, I once went to the bus station in my old town -- I can't recall why, I've never used a bus, I don't think anyone I know has ever used a bus -- and they had a big room full of arcade games. A lot of them didn't have locked coin places, so I pilfered the few quarters I could find. There you have it, my incredible descent into the criminal underworld, at such a young, tender age no less.

Kamakazie · Post by **Kamakazie** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:13 am

alpha5099 wrote:On a similar note to your story, I once went to the bus station in my old town -- I can't recall why, I've never used a bus, I don't think anyone I know has ever used a bus -- and they had a big room full of arcade games. A lot of them didn't have locked coin places, so I pilfered the few quarters I could find. There you have it, my incredible descent into the criminal underworld, at such a young, tender age no less.

Hrm, this post seems a bit out of place :p

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Fri Jul 08, 2005 8:43 am

If it were not for the “It is a flying ship, not a tank” point on your description, I would say the game was Xenon, because everything else you said matches. Also, in Xenon you could trasnform from tank to ship...

FTK · Post by **FTK** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:51 pm

Thanks everyone for your help. I think a picture was taken of me playing that game, so I'm going to go through storage and see if I can find it. I let you know if I find out what it is.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 3:13 am

Bosconian?

I am sure its wrong but I remember green octagonal type aliens to shoot.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:43 am

If it were not for the “It is a flying ship, not a tank” point on your description, I would say the game was Xenon, because everything else you said matches. Also, in Xenon you could trasnform from tank to ship...

And didn't Xenon get a release in arcades, at least over here? The guts were basically an ST in a cab if I remember rightly. Remember reading about it in ACE mag...

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:00 pm

WAS IT XENON?

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:56 pm

it was an amiga based arcade cab, not ST.