MAME ROW #43 - Chopper I

[dankcushions]

any cave shooter is an instant lock for me :) it might play better in FBA - will have to check.

[meleu]

@dankcushions I tried Guwange in MAME 2003 and it ran fine (raspi3). Cool game with that defense system. Will try the others soon.

[Sano]

Should Guwange be the one, you'll have to translate the scores :)
Here is a useful link : http://world-of-arcades.net/Cave/Guwange/mode7/index.htm#score

[meleu]

Well, I ended up voting for Chopper. :)
It's simple and have the aesthetics that pleases me (NEStalgia).

[MattyL42]

Mars is fun but my version seems to have freeplay/never ending lives!

Chopper I it is

[UDb23]

[Fruitybit]

It's retro, it goes pew pew and has little multi-coloured dots for stars. And the icing on the cake? The right stick controls direction of fire!
No issues with never ending lives here:(

My vote goes for Mars, Chopper was ok, and the other one just too weird for me:)

[meleu]

@fruitybit said in MAME ROW #43:

it goes pew pew

I have to agree. This is an important factor to take into consideration for this kind of decision! :-)

In fact, that's why I voted for Chopper I. I liked the Gunwange, but it lacks the pew pew factor. I know that Mars has more pew pew than Chopper, but I got confused by the controls.

Now I have a cool answer for the question "why the hell do you like atari 2600 games?"

My answer: "because of the pew pew factor".

(Damn! Now I'm looking for an excuse to keep repeating "pew pew factor"!)

[UDb23]

@meleu said in MAME ROW #43:

"why the hell do you like atari 2600 games?"

surely not for the graphics ;-)

... I even bought a real one on ebay.. it has even more pew pew with those old joysticks and paddles.

[meleu]

@udb23 said in MAME ROW #43:

those old joysticks and paddles

If you want to keep them working fine never play Track & Field (aka atari joystick breaker) on the original hardware.

[UDb23]

@meleu said in MAME ROW #43:

Track & Field (aka atari joystick breaker)

No intention at all ! I remember well when the game came out; arcade first then at home.
With the "highly ergonomic" console and computer joysticks of that time they were also "hand breakers" :-D

[obsidianspider]

After ten votes there is a tie for the winner! If you haven't voted yet, please do so! I will check again at 10 Eastern.

[Fruitybit]

@obsidianspider

Go team Pew Pew!!!

[obsidianspider]

With what I'm pretty sure is a record for number of votes, we're still at a tie, so I'll throw it to the group: What do you want to do?

[meleu]

@BuZz you are the boss. Can you give the casting vote and break this tie?

[BuZz]

Play both of them ? ;-)

[meleu]

@obsidianspider my suggestion: the Gunwange is the odd, the Chopper I is the even. Get a random.org number, if it's an odd number, then we play Gunwange; if it's an even number, then we play Chopper I.

What do you guys think?

[obsidianspider]

Chopper I it is!

[meleu]

@obsidianspider

[obsidianspider]

@meleu Does that mean you're predicting that you'll have the high score for this week? ;)