John Bennett
Senior Member
[ukvac] Do you know this game?
Hi All,
Can anyone help this guy out??..
Cheers
scotty
>Dear Scott...
>
>
>I would like to enquire if you know this particular game. This
>game is a horizontal or side-scrolling shooter with ridiculously
>detailed graphics in most likely 2D. I played it in 1993 and compared
>to the other games in the arcades it was way ahead of its time. I know
>so far this is nothing to go on, but it had a unique feature which made
>it different from the rest. Your ship had two weapons, a basic blaster
>and a missile type thing. The missile had a very interesting effect on
>some more advanced enemies. You could freeze those enemies and simply
>fly into them and BECOMING THEM.
>
>With this feature the game became much more interesting because you
>could use that enemy's every attribute including its advanced weapons!
>The game was very difficult but it was by far superior to every other
>game I played in arcades. The machine it was on was also something else
>as it had a bigger screen and a much better joystick and buttons.
>
>If this helps, it had a very impressive intro sequence as well which
>reminds me of those Japanese action manga cartoons. It was most likely
>based on Macross or something similar.
>
>If you know the title of this game, or the company who
>released it please let me know by replying to my address
>dszabo@one.net.au
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>David Szabo
>
>
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Hi All,
Can anyone help this guy out??..
Cheers
scotty
>Dear Scott...
>
>
>I would like to enquire if you know this particular game. This
>game is a horizontal or side-scrolling shooter with ridiculously
>detailed graphics in most likely 2D. I played it in 1993 and compared
>to the other games in the arcades it was way ahead of its time. I know
>so far this is nothing to go on, but it had a unique feature which made
>it different from the rest. Your ship had two weapons, a basic blaster
>and a missile type thing. The missile had a very interesting effect on
>some more advanced enemies. You could freeze those enemies and simply
>fly into them and BECOMING THEM.
>
>With this feature the game became much more interesting because you
>could use that enemy's every attribute including its advanced weapons!
>The game was very difficult but it was by far superior to every other
>game I played in arcades. The machine it was on was also something else
>as it had a bigger screen and a much better joystick and buttons.
>
>If this helps, it had a very impressive intro sequence as well which
>reminds me of those Japanese action manga cartoons. It was most likely
>based on Macross or something similar.
>
>If you know the title of this game, or the company who
>released it please let me know by replying to my address
>dszabo@one.net.au
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>David Szabo
>
>
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