Anyone here ever played Cosmo Swat?

[cyberbear]

I played this a lot when it was in an arcade in Glasgow back in the day, I was quite good at it, nobody seemed to play it or like it, so no queue!! Every time I mention the name to fellow gamers they think I am imagining it! I thought it was quite a cool game, obviously basic, but good for the old reflexes!

 

[cliff_poole]

Is that the one with a big rifle, where you stand at a console some distance from the screen ?.

If so, I remember one at the front of one of the arcades on Southend seafront in the mid 80s. My friends laughed at me when I picked up the gun for the first time and sat the rifle butt thing on top of my shoulder. I obviously didn't know anything about guns .

 

[cyberbear]

Yeah, it was a rifle in front of a large screen

 

[John Bennett]

Shoot Away, but in space.

Good fun, even after a few drinks when you try shooting from the hip.

 

[Lardonate]

I think I saw one once in a tiny little hidden arcade at "Flambards" theme park in Cornwall. It would've been around 1991-2 and they had one I think? The only other game I remember is an original Galaxians cabinet. I didn't play anything in the arcade as I was just amazed at how old everything was in there.

There was another arcade in the main area that had current games so I imagine this was like some vestigial arcadelet where they'd shunted old things that still happened to work over to.

 

[Purity]

I tried to buy one in the past, but I think it got snapped up by another member on here

 

[bones]

Is that the one with a big rifle, where you stand at a console some distance from the screen ?.

If so, I remember one at the front of one of the arcades on Southend seafront in the mid 80s. My friends laughed at me when I picked up the gun for the first time and sat the rifle butt thing on top of my shoulder. I obviously didn't know anything about guns .

Yeah, Mr B's had one at the back of the arcade in 1985 in Southend on Sea but I believe the Las Vegas arcade had one at the front of their arcade. I remember having to paint silver conductive paint onto the xenon tube every couple of weeks to keep it working. I know I've still got one of the xenon tubes in its Namco housing somewhere. I think also you had to be careful with these because they could hold a charge as well. A good game but with the price of electricity now it'll probably cost 50p a shot lol.

 

[Retroman839]

I remeber seeing it .. like clay pigeon
Never played it .
But remeber it was out of order normally .. and expensive . Was always double or triple .. per play

 

[tb2000]

Yep, they used to have a CosmoSwat (along with an original Shoot Away) back in the 80's and 90's at the Harbour Amusements arcade in St. Ives here in Cornwall. Played it every single time I visited! It used 2 guns with a 14" crt (I think, might've been 20") for scoring and attract mode and if I remember correctly it had an electromechanical section inside the cabinet using a lamp which, via mirrors, projected out of the back of the cabinet and produced a target zooming about on the big space/moon/planet themed screen. If I remember correctly the screen was slightly curved. Was great fun, wish I could find one these days, does take up a fair bit of floor space though!

(First and fourth pics off Google, Second and third pics from someone on Twitter/X)

 

[Retroman839]

Yep that zoom projection thing I remeber that it was like a lazer ..

We went to Cornwall every year
And we loved the arcades their was a massive part of our holidays ..

Proberbly where I saw it ..
Along with street fighter with hit pads
Im sure I remember flambards theme park

 

[Alpha1]

I had one but sold it.

If you check the Mr. Bean at the arcade video it was Clarence Amusements in Portsmouth and there's a Cosmo Swat just inside one of the main doors.