MAME ROW #128 - Cameltry

[obsidianspider]

This is the MAME Random Of the Week #128

The three random numbers for this week are: 237 1342 359

Click here to vote! Which game do you choose for MAME ROW #128?

The result of the poll is posted on Wednesday, so we have Monday and Tuesday for experimentation.

237
Game Name: Cameltry (US)
Company: Taito America Corporation
Year: 1989
ROM file name: cameltry.zip

1342
Game Name: The Percussor
Company: Orca
Year: 1981
ROM file name: percuss.zip

359
Game Name: The Combatribes (US)
Company: Technos
Year: 1990
ROM file name: ctribe.zip

What is the MAME ROW?

MAME ROW stands for MAME Random Of the Week. We randomly select an arcade game from the 0.78 MAME Reference Set to play on the week. The idea is to play games we've never played before, interact with other forum members, post hi-scores, share game strategies, fun facts, and (the most important) HAVE FUN!

Notes:

1. We usually post hi-scores screenshots after playing with only one credit. If you used more than one credit, please mention it on your post.

2. There's no need to use RetroPie to join the MAME ROW! You can play it on any platform you want.

3. Feel free to post your hi-score (or any content about the game) anytime you want on the previous rounds topics (link below).

Every Monday we create a topic at the "General Discussion and Gaming > MAME Random Of the Week" forum section with the 3 random games to be voted. And on Wednesday we check the result.

These "rules" are constantly being improved!

Previous Rounds

[IanDaemon]

At first The Combatribes appears fun for "Beat 'em Up" fans, but it gets boring really quickly.

[VictimRLSH]

@IanDaemon You can't find a more entertaining Beat'em Up than Ninja Baseball Bat Man...

[cyperghost]

@obsidianspider Cameltry is highly addictive game. I vote for a prolonged play periode of 2 weeks ;) Maybe then more people will find time to contribute!

In this game ... how we handle the "number of fortune"? If time is running out then you've got a second chance during a little mini game. How we handle this?

@VictimRLSH You can find a much better engine for Beat'em Ups --> OpenBOR

[obsidianspider]

This week's winner is Cameltry

[IanDaemon]

@cyperghost said in MAME ROW #128 - Cameltry:

You can find a much better engine for Beat'em Ups --> OpenBOR

Whoa, I never heard about this in RetroPie. Thanks man, I love Beat 'em Ups!

Two button multiplayer goodness! I'm excited!

[Thorr69]

Cameltry came to SNES in the USA as On The Ball. I had a party where we all got hammered and played that game for hours. Yeah, we all puked... (It was a helluva fun night, though, and gave us great story to tell.)

[cyperghost]

@Thorr69 Yes I hope we have some good contributions to this game. I think it would be worth for a second week if @obsidianspider agrees ;)

@IanDaemon I've updated the OpenBOR thread a bit. You can see OpenBOR version of Streets of Rage vs. MegaDrive/Genesis version here

[cyperghost]

To a small teaser...
Finished the Training course with 81360pts

[IanDaemon]

@cyperghost said in MAME ROW #128 - Cameltry:

@IanDaemon I've updated the OpenBOR thread a bit. You can see OpenBOR version of Streets of Rage vs. MegaDrive/Genesis version here

OpenBOR isn't really running on my RPi yet, but it's installed. I haven't gotten any PAKs to run, but I managed to get two emulator entries to show up in ES for some reason. I'll play around with it tonight.

[cyperghost]

@IanDaemon Please discuss your OpenBOR issues in associated thread ;)

[obsidianspider]

You don't have to stop playing Cameltry but MAME ROW #129 is live!

[IanDaemon]

@obsidianspider I wish I could get Cameltry to run. :(

[IanDaemon]

@IanDaemon Finally got Cameltry. Cool arcade title. I dig the change of pace from "establish franchises".

[IanDaemon]

I did the beginner course with this result. I was playing around with the controls and I have it working with the joystick and the trackball. (I don't have a spinner.)

[IanDaemon]

I finally got the screenshot stuff sorted out on my mame cabinet. I don't know if there are file size limits in this thread, but I'm going to try and keep the screen caps on the smaller size for faster loading.

[IanDaemon]

@IanDaemon

[IanDaemon]

Recently I introduced someone to Cameltry. After tweaking the two-player controls (alternating, not simultaneous), we had good times chasing high scores with the arcade stick and the trackball.

[lilbud]

Do we need a spinner for this game?

[IanDaemon]

@lilbud You could use one, but I have my cabinet setup to use the stick and/or the trackball. The stick gives me more accurate control than the trackball, but isn't as physical of movement. I'd say the goal of the MAME RoW is fun and exploration so if you have a spinner that'd be ideal, but no one is saying that you can't do your own thing. Video games are supposed to be fun; so I'm having it. If I'm giving you bad advice or "speaking out of turn", then I respectfully defer to admins.