MAME ROW #81 - Space Panic

[mediamogul]

@gtbfilms said in MAME ROW #81:

It's pretty basic but predates Donkey Kong, Burger Time and other similar ladders games.

It also appears to predate 'Lode Runner' by three years. I would have said the similarities in game play might have been a coincidence, but apparently Brøderbund was already guilty of cloning the game in 1981 with 'Apple Panic'.

[AndersHP]

Space Panic for me, too!

[obsidianspider]

This week's winner is Space Panic

[mediamogul]

That artwork is fantastic! It's very similar to late '70s DC/Marvel. It's interesting that the game play itself doesn't line up with the concept they're attempting to sell through the marketing material. The flyer, description and even the name implies a space shooter of some kind, but the game itself is obviously a platformer. This could be because that genre had not yet been fully realized, while space shooters were well established and all the rage. It's almost as if the team responsible for marketing it to arcade owners were so unsure of the concept that they tried to shoehorn it into the 'Space Invaders' mold. Being a big 'Lode Runner' fan, I look forward to trying this out.

[AndersHP]

This game is not part of the MAME2003 "lite" DAT file, anyone knows why?

[mediamogul]

@andershp

The ROM doesn't appear to meet any of the criteria for exclusion. It's probably just an oversight.

[GtBFilms]

I got to 4640, but level 4 when the green alien that requires a two storey fall to kill it has me beaten (for now!)

[UDb23]

@mediamogul said in MAME ROW #81 - Space Panic:

that artwork is fantastic!

Fully agree. Made an overlay for it after restoring a quite bad (but high res) bezel scan found on arcadeartwork.org.

[mediamogul]

@udb23

Very nice!

[Clyde]

@udb23 Indeed, very nice. Could you make a 4:3 version by accident? :]

[UDb23]

@clyde not today... @airport waiting for my flight...
What screen res ?

[Clyde]

@udb23 Thanks for asking, 1600x1200 would be nice. :) Bon voyage!

[UDb23]

@clyde will have a chance to make it next WE.

[obsidianspider]

MAME ROW #82 is live!