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AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDnISxqqrdY

Virtual On. So if you go to Japan, and check out any arcade, chances are you're gonna see entire floors or sections dedicated to Gundam related games.

Since everyone couldn't get the license to make Gundam stuff, you had things like Virtual On which came out. I remember seeing this game on occasion at some arcades as a kid, and they even ported it to the Sega Dreamcast. I don't really know why they ported it, since the Dreamcast didn't have two joysticks, so it was stupid as poo poo to play. Anyhow, check it out.

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Angry Lobster
May 16, 2011

Served with honor
and some clarified butter.
I played this game on an arcade a few times and I remember it quite fondly, the double joystick system was pretty good. To be honest, this kind of robot-jox style game coupled with the fancy cabin was like nerd catnip for my teen self.

Angry Lobster fucked around with this message at 20:14 on May 22, 2017

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
It's a neat one. Probably another to throw on the pile of games to revisit once we know how to play it. I recall a number of robots having some slick moves beyond the standard "big ol' laser" camp of specials, and it really added some interesting variety to game play. Perhaps our "tenebrous first steps" model of Let's Play should be suspended for fighting games in the interest of entertainment value.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd4ze-WVun8

Alright, this is coming up WAY early, because I am time hosed today.

Our beloved Data East has returned, and they do not disappoint. I seriously don't comprehend how they were able to make so many bizarre and great games. Did someone on their dev team gently caress a witch?

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFoiAUXm2YI

Keith was getting mad that he wasn't doing that well in H2H this session, so we decided to give him a ringer. We played another Pac-Man game. . .

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMnDkQTMGMc

Jesus Christ, why are holidays a thing? I get all confused when people are home on a Monday and completely forgot about that fuckin' thing I have been doing every Monday for like a year.

Anyhow, it's Roadblasters, which was requested by our very own Danger Pumpkin. At least, I think this is what was requested, apparently there are two games called Road Blaster, one by Atari and the other by Data East. This is the Atari version, and likely the one that Danger was referring to, but you can never be sure!

Perhaps next session we'll pull out the Data East version. . . Even though it's a dreaded Laser Disk game.

AMovieReference fucked around with this message at 19:49 on May 30, 2017

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
Road Blasters is the game played on American highways during Memorial Day weekend when people have finished remembering our fallen soldiers through piles of hamburgers and games of corn hole, but have subsequently forgotten that it is illegal to operate a vehicle after you've rendered yourself near-comatose with grilled meats and cheap beer. The winners are those who make it home without an insurance claim or a DUI.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkJMNIzpHn0

So we accidentally clicked on this game and it turned out to be fun, so we played it. It's one of those horse poo poo "If you die, you restart from the beginning" kind of games, but it has it's moments.

Angry Lobster
May 16, 2011

Served with honor
and some clarified butter.
:stare:

Holy crap, this game ripped off the building sprites from Sim City 2000 :psyduck:

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

Angry Lobster posted:

:stare:

Holy crap, this game ripped off the building sprites from Sim City 2000 :psyduck:

Well, it was a Korean game, so stealing poo poo from other games is par for the course.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf_CF7dQCNA

And now, we finally played a game that a bunch of people requested like a year ago. Sorry about that. It's Rampart.

We've actually attempted this game before, but some parties were having issue with understanding the concept so we had to shelve it for a future date.

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
I feel like Rampart could be a mini-game that takes place between rounds of a larger game and fit right in. Maybe a mobile app. Charge $0.99 for extra cannons. In fact, stop reading this while I call someone who can program this and find a suitable mask to hide a cash-induced permanent grin.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RkqUEDjbBI

Alright, so this game has a few names, but the version we played and know it as, is "Princess Clara Daisakusen."

Apparently, we learned that these are part of the "Fighter Instinct" series of games, which includes the "Groove on Fight" game that we played on the show before. So that's weird bit of canon I didn't really expect to learn about this game.

Smoke
Mar 12, 2005

I am NOT a red Bumblebee for god's sake!

Angry Lobster posted:

:stare:

Holy crap, this game ripped off the building sprites from Sim City 2000 :psyduck:

Not just that, stage 4 rips off The Settlers II for its buildings and even includes roads and border markings in them. The game itself is just a basic Rally-X ripoff too.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

Smoke posted:

Not just that, stage 4 rips off The Settlers II for its buildings and even includes roads and border markings in them. The game itself is just a basic Rally-X ripoff too.

As I've said, "Korean game = ripped off game".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GziqZ9vXJY

Got Part 2 of Princess Clara Daisakadhadasdf.

Keith goes all in on the Patreon jokes. It's great.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPFa9DEAILo

Well, I done dropped the ball, but not in the way you might think. I had a job today scheduled from 8am-12pm, plenty of time to get back and throw up the episode. Long story short, I can't decide whether I like or dislike labor unions.

Anyhow, Domino Man. A game that makes me wonder if we should have at least one person learn how to play these games before we boot them up, so that we have some semblance of competence. Usually we all go in blind, so our reactions can be raw and authentic, but this leaves us unaware of key features of the game.

Oh well, we've admitted to being bad at our jobs in the past.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2usX81tI_gk

Today we start off right! We force Nick to play another game that has wizards in it, since Magician Lord went so well.

This was also requested by Rollersnake. Thanks!

Rollersnake
May 9, 2005

Please, please don't let me end up in a threesome with the lunch lady and a gay pirate. That would hit a little too close to home.
Unlockable Ben

AMovieReference posted:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2usX81tI_gk

Today we start off right! We force Nick to play another game that has wizards in it, since Magician Lord went so well.

This was also requested by Rollersnake. Thanks!

I guess... it's actually not obvious that Cadash is multiplayer if you're playing it with no foreknowledge. Wish I'd thought of that. :doh:

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
They didn't have the word "multiplayer" in the dark ages, as evidenced by weirdos milling about the castle gates aimlessly. We learned the valuable nerd lesson that you never split the party.

hyphz
Aug 5, 2003

Number 1 Nerd Tear Farmer 2022.

Keep it up, champ.

Also you're a skeleton warrior now. Kree.
Unlockable Ben

AMovieReference posted:

I don't really know why they ported it, since the Dreamcast didn't have two joysticks, so it was stupid as poo poo to play. Anyhow, check it out.

Because they made a huge frickin metal twin stick controller to go with it and it was awesome.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNDR2RRtDKU

Mug Smashers, is a game. Apparently it's also another game, better known as Combatribes which it completely ripped off (apparently?) We'll probably eventually play that on the show at some point.


But this one is interesting to say the least, the map that it shows is confusing as it seems to be anywhere between San Francisco Bay, and the Ivory Coast of Africa. It's anyone's guess.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7MNgTo7rZY

We somehow managed to play two requests by Rollersnake this week. We play Karnov's Revenge for H2H.

At this point, is there a genre that Data East hasn't done, and absolutely killed? Besides Bega's Battle, I mean. . .

Rollersnake
May 9, 2005

Please, please don't let me end up in a threesome with the lunch lady and a gay pirate. That would hit a little too close to home.
Unlockable Ben
Glad you guys enjoyed that one. The Fighters History series gets a lot of poo poo for being a Street Fighter ripoff, yet people tend to overlook that it's a great ripoff, to the point that it feels like Street Fighter 2 with a completely new cast of characters.

Also instead of someone like Akuma for its super secret hidden boss, Karnov's Revenge has... an ox.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

Rollersnake posted:

Also instead of someone like Akuma for its super secret hidden boss, Karnov's Revenge has... an ox.

God dammit. I love Data East. . . We need to petition all the companies that bought the rights to their games to remake/re-release everything.

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
Following the logic that Karnov apparently gets more hideous with each new rendition, a modern Karnov model would be a Stygian nightmare guaranteed to make your stomach turn and your connection with humanity to be cleanly severed. Also, you can charge his fireball for more damage.

Angry Lobster
May 16, 2011

Served with honor
and some clarified butter.

AMovieReference posted:

God dammit. I love Data East. . . We need to petition all the companies that bought the rights to their games to remake/re-release everything.

Yes, specifically a Windjammers remake :colbert:

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

Angry Lobster posted:

Yes, specifically a Windjammers remake :colbert:

There's actually a PS4 release coming.

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
In this PS4 release, will you ultimately be challenged to a frisbee fight by a raging bull? Or an octopus, or some other animal that shatters the game world's cohesion? Because Rollersnake's revelation makes me think that's a great cherry to top off a lot of games.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk8jHNP9T5E

Dig Dug II. This is actually more enjoyable and interesting than the original Dig Dug game, and I can't believe most people never really knew about it. The Ayskerbhundy (sp?) and someone else on the youtube comment section actually requested this game, but we'd already done the episode when the other guy threw in his two cents.

We've been experimenting with MameHub and looking to do more episodes on a regular basis to have faster reactions and such, and possibly even have more guests (I don't know if you guys like guests or not). So hopefully that works out. We've been practicing some fighting games so that we stop looking like jackasses when we play them.

Also, next meet up session to record is gonna be 5July-9July, so if you got some requests, throw 'em on out. I'm sure we've got them written down, but can always make sure.

Rangpur
Dec 31, 2008

Well... I finally discovered the name of that side-scrolling beat 'em up where you can transform into enemies I mentioned ages ago. Turns out it was Shadow Force, from Technos. Also you fight the other player in the bonus rounds between levels.

Digamma-F-Wau
Mar 22, 2016

It is curious and wants to accept all kinds of challenges
throwin' in s'more requests: VS. Super Mario Bros (and maybe look into other nintendo vs system games) and Professor Pac-Man

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExQSpEsJYms

A weird thing we've been coming across recently is the fact that a lot of the games we've been playing are in the same "universe". Princess Clara was part of the Groove on Fight/Power Instinct universe. Apparently Lethal Crash Race is part of the Aero Fighters/Sonic Wings universe. Which makes sense, since the characters are super wacky.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wmqOK4i2UY

This is coming up early because people prefer things early rather than late, with the exception of child birth, family coming to visit you, and waking up.

If you remember in the early 2000s, along side when you played Ragnarok Online and Runescape, you may have seen a game called "Gunbound". This is pretty much that game, but in arcade form.

If you don't remember that one, it's pretty much just "Worms".

Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
Viewing it after the facts became known, there's a hidden layer to enjoy when Kyle said Lethal Crash Race is "like the racing version of Sonic Wings" during the video.

I would also like to publicly applaud him for brushing past the low hanging fruit of a premature ejaculation joke in the post for Fortress Blue 2. You are now legally recognized as an adult.

Danger-Pumpkin
Apr 27, 2008

That's the way the bee bumbles.

AMovieReference posted:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMnDkQTMGMc

Jesus Christ, why are holidays a thing? I get all confused when people are home on a Monday and completely forgot about that fuckin' thing I have been doing every Monday for like a year.

Anyhow, it's Roadblasters, which was requested by our very own Danger Pumpkin. At least, I think this is what was requested, apparently there are two games called Road Blaster, one by Atari and the other by Data East. This is the Atari version, and likely the one that Danger was referring to, but you can never be sure!

Perhaps next session we'll pull out the Data East version. . . Even though it's a dreaded Laser Disk game.

I actually did mean the Data East one, but it's alright, because this was still great, and a game I vaguely remember. It is waaaay less frustrating than the other one as well.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

Danger-Pumpkin posted:

I actually did mean the Data East one, but it's alright, because this was still great, and a game I vaguely remember. It is waaaay less frustrating than the other one as well.

gently caress!!! Alright, we do the other one next session, which is less than two weeks away. We'll try to do wrong by us, as that's all I can guarantee.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ZnWAnLQLU&t=25s

I kinda feel like we may have played too many puzzle games, blowing Keith's load a bit too early. This one in particular has one of the most needlessly long names of all time. And I think we remember it once.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07tzOHkSww

Tokimeki continues. I hope it's good, I can't remember, since I have not yet watched it.

ColdPie
Jun 9, 2006

For some reason, Keith playing these puzzle game clones are some of my favorites.

AMovieReference
Aug 20, 2015

cool arcade gaem

ColdPie posted:

For some reason, Keith playing these puzzle game clones are some of my favorites.

Keith is like an introvert, in the way they get energy but being alone, except he gets his energy from Puzzle games. The day we run out of these puzzle games is a day we do not look forward to.

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Dirt Wizard
Mar 23, 2016

You are the wailing clock maker.
Unless you count mahjong as a puzzle. Then we can theoretically keep Keith running until the heat death of the universe.

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