Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems

AlexMurphy

@pjft Trackball? Never seen that version. In ONE of the arcades I used to hang about in it was just a 4 way js and 2 buttons for each player. Just checked 2003.. and you can't roll. I'll get the hack / bootleg.

Capeman

@pjft said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

@Capeman what emulator do you use for Ninja Baseball Batman? Does it run full speed for you?

I'll vote for Midnight Resistance, as I always had loads of fun with it in spite of being perceived as a cheap Contra knock-off. The soundtrack is great though. Play it on MAME 2010, though, 2003 messes up the audio.

Rodland and Tumble Pop are nice bubble bobble type games, as well as Snow Bros, which is slightly more famous than these two.

It'd be great if you all mention which emulators you use for these games, for reference:)

Runs in mame 2003 just fine, except the menus and spinning map are slow and choppy. If you can get past that, the actual game is quite playable

AlexMurphy

@pjft Using cabal.zipon lr-fbalpha - World Joystick Version and hitting both buttons makes the roll. Just as I remember it!
EDIT: You have to be pushing left / right on the JS at the same time!

pjft

@AlexMurphy I believe there's one version (if not that one, in fact) in FBA where it's mapped to a third button for convenience. :)

AlexMurphy

@pjft I'll see if I can find it but I like it like the one I played... just a personal preference.

caver01

I went back and edited my OP to include the emulator I am using for my suggestions.

caver01

How about:
Mayhem 2002 (lr-mame2003)
This game is like the movie Rollerball (1975) starring James Caan. It features two-player head-to-head action. like roller derby hockey.

AlexMurphy

@caver01 Post the ROM name too ffs!

mediamogul

@pjft said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

I was under the impression that Moonwalker didn't run well on 2003. I'll definitely try it then!

The one labeled as a bootleg runs on lr-mame2003.

caver01

@AlexMurphy said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

@caver01 Post the ROM name too ffs!

mayhem.zip
How hard was that? ;-)

AlexMurphy

@caver01 Sorry, I was missing it in my FBA set. Found it in my 0.78 set. All Apologies!

AlexMurphy

@caver01 Cool game. My son and I will get a lot of use out of that. I WILL DESTROY HIM!!! Thank you!

caver01

@AlexMurphy said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

@caver01 Sorry, I was missing it in my FBA set. Found it in my 0.78 set. All Apologies!

No worries. I always lookup titles in my own copy of the compatibility list which I then mark for including on my arcade. I also use it to generate a gamelist.xml. I figured most of us have some way to search/lookup titles.

UDb23

@pjft said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

original game used a trackball

Can confirm the original had a trackball.
Playing in lr-mame using an affordable usb PC kensington trackball.

AlexMurphy

@UDb23 How much was the Trackball? Don't mean to be forward but I think it might be well worth the investment.

UDb23

The End and Cosmic Guerilla.
They are classics but little known.

I played 'em on the real cabs at that time ;-)

AlexMurphy

@UDb23 Ah, A well-spent youth. I bet you are a half decent pool player too.

UDb23

@AlexMurphy said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

How much was the Trackball?

It's a Kensington Orbit Trackball Mouse; about 25 USD on Amazon.
Medium sized ball and two buttons.
Bought it for Missile Command... as a third button I use a dedicated key on the keyboard ;-)
Three button Trackball seemed too expensive for that use.

sirhenrythe5th

When its about psychodelic Jump & Runs i would like to throw "Pupirula" in the ring.
Never saw something similar as far as Arcade Games are concerned.
Give it a try and reach at least Level two, this is when it becomes very....strange.

dankcushions

@pjft said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

@AlexMurphy thanks. I was under the impression that Moonwalker didn't run well on 2003. I'll definitely try it then!

note that only the "bootleg" version works (moonwlkb.zip i think). i think all the bootleg does is remove the copy protection, which wasn't fully emulated at the time.