Neat shmup recently discovered in MAME.

zaphod · Post by **zaphod** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 5:28 am

Something called Mega Play hardware has been emulated. A few genesis games were actually reprogrammed to properly take quarters and released on genesis hardware in the arcade. Among them are snic 1 and 2, and Bio Hazard battle. It's just liek the megatech except that instead of paying for time, you actually drop in a coin for a credit.
I decided to give Bio azard battle a try, and it's not a bad game, but it is very cheap.

It's cheap in that it has parts you simply will not survive the first time you get to them unless you've seen someone do t first. thus it is a bit of a memorizer, but because it's fast paced, it's harder to learn as you play. R-Type 1 did it right, but biohazard battle killed me really cheaply on the third stage i think. i was used to enemies bursting from all sides by then, but i was not prepared for one flying right out of the center of the screen where I was sitting with NO WARNING.

Samudra · Post by **Samudra** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:42 pm

Those machines hanging from the rails in level 2 got me the first time and I didn't even see it coming (at times still).

Are there any pictures available of this other version of Bio Hazard Battle?
I checked KLOV, but those seem to be simple Genesis screenshots.

Berty · Post by **Berty** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:53 pm

I have got the Mega Drive version of that game, very good game

zaphod · Post by **zaphod** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:05 am

it's truly identical in the graphics department. te arcade is a geensis on a pcb.

Samudra · Post by **Samudra** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:22 pm

Ah. I thought there were more differences than just the time versus quarters system.