Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems

Capeman

Bell's and Whistles
The name of TwinBee for arcade outside of Japan. A great cute-em-up!

The Cliffhanger Edward Randy
Ever wanted to play an overthetop action movie? This game is just AWESOME! Video says it all...

Ninja Baseball Bat Man
What the hell am i playing and why is it so dang awesome!

caver01

@Capeman These look pretty good. The Cliffhanger Edward Randy looks like I am watching action sequences from an Indiana Jones film!

Capeman

I got a couple more

JJ Squakers
You play as a bird on an acid trip... at least that's what i took from it. Really fun game!

GROWL
You play as yet another indiana jones style character beating up poachers!

AlexMurphy

J.J. Squawkers. Probably the most fit-inducing psychedelic platformer you will ever play. The first level seems fairly normal...

AlexMurphy

@Capeman Hahahah, we posted JJ Squawkers at the same time! Psych!

Capeman

@AlexMurphy It's that damn good!

DarkWolf

@Capeman @AlexMurphy I've to download that now

AlexMurphy

@Capeman It is! After I recovered from the epilepsy..

DarkWolf

@AlexMurphy lmao

mediamogul

Already some really good titles here. I'll add:

The Outfoxies
One of the earliest arena fighting games that would ultimately give way to Nintendo's 'Super Smash Brothers'.

caver01

@mediamogul I like The Outfoxies, but are you able to get sound?

mediamogul

@caver01

I haven't tried it in a while, but I know that one of the RetroPie Mame options I've used in the past does support the audio.

Capeman

@caver01 said in Share Your Favorite, Lesser-known Arcade Gems:

I like The Outfoxies, but are you able to get sound?

No sound here either, ive experimented with a few different emulators

mediamogul

@Capeman

Makes me wonder if it wasn't lr-mame2010, which is currently out of commission.

AlexMurphy

Not sure if this counts as "lesser-known" or not, maybe "under-appreciated". Moonwalker is a fantastic arcade beat/dance'emup. I just don't see it mentioned a lot.

mediamogul

@AlexMurphy

'Moonwalker' is one of the titles I make double sure is running on any emulation setup I have. It's a guilty pleasure due to it's main hero, but the game plays very well and the music adaptations are top notch. I can never get 'Smooth Criminal' out of my head for days after playing.

AlexMurphy

@mediamogul I understand MJ is out of favour... That has nothing to do with the game. It's a thoroughly enjoyable and infinitely playable game and more fun than it needs to be! And the music is great. I still snicker when he rescues the kids...

mediamogul

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

I still snicker when he rescues the kids...

Ha! It is pretty funny. It's a rare game that can be enjoyed both ironically and as a genuinely satisfying gaming experience.

caver01

@AlexMurphy Moonwalker definitely qualifies! Thanks for the reminder. I have never played it, but I see it mentioned occasionally.

AlexMurphy

I'll also mention Cabal and the follow-up Blood Bros.. Both simple one screen "wreck-em-alls` but so much fun... and essentially the same game from TAD.