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      Great_Snake
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      Off topic, how do you add a topic to a post? I'm trying to ask a question and I can't add a topic, so I can't post.

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        Impman66 @Great_Snake
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        @Great_Snake said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

        Off topic, how do you add a topic to a post? I'm trying to ask a question and I can't add a topic, so I can't post.

        If you click on the "in tray icon (the first one after the joystick. it shows unread topics, and you should see new topic there. You have to give it a category (help, projects) and assign soe tags in order to post.

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          Great_Snake @Impman66
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          @Impman66 I appreciate the reply, and I see the tags, but still have no idea how to add a topic to my post.
          edit: Just got it, lol only took me half an hour.

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            Rion
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            Final Fight "Loosely based on the movie Streets Of Fire (1984)"
            Raiden DX
            Gun.Smoke
            Robotron 2084
            Metal Slug X

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              Clyde @Rion
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              @Rion said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

              The Metal Slug series

              Hey, no cheating! The topic clearly says "games", no series. 😜

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                Rion @Clyde
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                @Clyde said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                @Rion said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                The Metal Slug series

                Hey, no cheating! The topic clearly says "games", no series. 😜

                Opps. 😜

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                • AshpoolA
                  Ashpool
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                  Really Tough, there are at least a dozen games that are on par with the following list of mine

                  • Phoenix
                  • Mappy
                  • Elevator Action
                  • Donkey Kong 3
                  • Hyper Sports

                  And nowadays (thanks to the lockdown situation of late) that my Daughter really loves to play 'em CoOp, i am inclined to switch 4/5 with (as 1/2):

                  • Bubble Bobble
                  • Bubble Bobble II (Bubble Symphony)
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                    james.milroy
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                    @IanDaemon Thought I'd add my tuppence worth:

                    In the arcade back in the day I'd play in no particular order:

                    Robotron
                    Gauntlet
                    Salamander
                    Star Wars
                    Outrun

                    On my bartop under mame I play:

                    Robotron
                    Nemesis/Gradius
                    R-Type
                    Salamander
                    Star Wars (on a dedicated cabinet with a yoke!)

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                      AdamBeGood @IanDaemon
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                      @IanDaemon said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                      @langest You can find out a little more here: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/games/franchise/1588-dodonpachi
                      I really enjoy danmaku/bullet hell arcade games and CAVE makes some of the best. Psikyo is my other favorite for arcade shmups. A whole lot of CAVE games (and danmaku games in general) were released on Xbox over the years.

                      I've discovered Cave since I've had my Pi. Really love their games. I've got most of them running well now, Ibara is the only one that is a bit slow still but it is playable all the same.

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                        IanDaemon @AdamBeGood
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                        @AdamBeGood said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                        I've got most of them running well now, Ibara is the only one that is a bit slow still but it is playable all the same.

                        I could get working well:
                        DonPachi
                        DoDonPachi
                        ESP Ra.De.
                        Dangun Feveron / Fever S.O.S.
                        Guwange
                        Progear: Storm of Progear
                        DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
                        Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
                        Espgaluda

                        I could NOT get working well:
                        Mushihimesama
                        Ibara
                        Espgaluda II
                        Ibara Kuro: Black Label
                        Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara
                        Mushihimesama Futari
                        Muchi Muchi Pork!
                        Deathsmiles
                        Deathsmiles Mega Black Label
                        DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu
                        DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Ver 1.5
                        Deathsmiles II: Makai no Merry Christmas
                        DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label
                        DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou

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                          AdamBeGood @IanDaemon
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                          @IanDaemon If you install Mame2016 from source now you can underclock the games, which does give a performance boost (depending on how perfect you want things to be of course, but they become playable to a degree for sure). This was talked about here : retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/26807/deathsmiles-on-lr-mame2015-any-performance-tips

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                            hooperre @sirhenrythe5th
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                            @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                            • DoDonPachi (best SHMUP ever (imo))
                            • Jackal / Top-Gunner (TopDown-Shooter with Jeep. Very playable)
                            • Paperboy
                            • Samurai Shodown II
                            • Galaga Β΄88

                            How does Jackal compare to the NES version? I had that as a kid and didn't realize it was an arcade game.

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                              sirhenrythe5th @hooperre
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                              @hooperre and i did not know that there is a NES-Version :)
                              So i cannot compare it, but i recommend to give the Arcade-Version a try, it is a great game IMO! I has got that special flow that makes you play it again and again ;)

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                                IanDaemon
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                                @hooperre I thought Jackal was just an NES game. Maybe Nintendo of America pushed it or the arcade cabinets weren't released here?

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                                  hooperre @IanDaemon
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                                  @IanDaemon

                                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackal_(video_game)#Ports

                                  Interesting.

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                                    IanDaemon
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                                    Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

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                                      sirhenrythe5th @IanDaemon
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                                      @IanDaemon said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                                      Jackal is one of those games that's good with a rotating joystick to shoot in eight directions. It's kinda hard without it.

                                      Well, i play it like "Commando", "Mercs", Shock Troopers" and so on, i shoot in the direction i walk.
                                      Works pretty good imo, the game gets hard anyway, but i reach section 3 and have a nice highscore-list.
                                      In example: this does not work with games like "Ikari Warriors" at all, i dont play them because of the missing rotating stick. Makes no fun at all.

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                                        barbudreadmon @sirhenrythe5th
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                                        @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                                        In example: this does not work with games like "Ikari Warriors" at all, i dont play them because of the missing rotating stick. Makes no fun at all.

                                        MAME doesn't have rotary stick support for those games ?

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                                          sirhenrythe5th
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                                          I meant that I am missing a rotary stick :)
                                          I only have Gamepads and ordinary Arcade-Sticks (HAPP-Parts) - no Rotary Joysticks.

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                                            barbudreadmon @sirhenrythe5th
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                                            @sirhenrythe5th said in Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME:

                                            I meant that I am missing a rotary stick :)

                                            fwiw, FBneo uses some "hack" to directly map rotate left/right shorcuts to L1/R1, it makes those games quite playable even without rotary stick

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