Five favorite ARCADE games available in MAME

[hooperre]

@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 ´88

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

[sirhenrythe5th]

@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 ;)

[IanDaemon]

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

[hooperre]

@IanDaemon

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

Interesting.

[IanDaemon]

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

[sirhenrythe5th]

@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.

[barbudreadmon]

@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 ?

[sirhenrythe5th]

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

[barbudreadmon]

@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

[sirhenrythe5th]

@barbudreadmon that´s kind of funny, i did that kind of hack by mapping the inputs for "spinner axis x+" and "spinner axis x-" to the shoulder buttons too in these, mainly SNK-, games :D
Yes, it does work ok, but i was not satisfied with this solution.
I never played with a real rotary stick, but i guess this might be the best experience.

[IanDaemon]

@sirhenrythe5th I could throw grenades in front of me, but I could only shoot "up". If an enemy came from the side or the bottom I had to get below them to shoot them. :(

Shock Troopers 1 and 2 are both fantastic!

[SgtJimmyRustles]

Simpsons Arcade Game
TMNT
TMNT Turtles in Time
Raiden 1 + 2
DoDonpachi

[VictimRLSH]

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

@barbudreadmon that´s kind of funny, i did that kind of hack by mapping the inputs for "spinner axis x+" and "spinner axis x-" to the shoulder buttons too in these, mainly SNK-, games :D
Yes, it does work ok, but i was not satisfied with this solution.
I never played with a real rotary stick, but i guess this might be the best experience.

Does that work for Victory Road?

[sirhenrythe5th]

@VictimRLSH
sure, you can map the inputs that way for every game meant to be played with a rotary stick.
i did that with these titles:

• Ikari Warriors
• Ikari Warriors III
• Time Soldiers
• Victory Road
• Caliber 50
• SAR Search and Rescue

[IanDaemon]

@ashpool But Donkey Kong 3 is so classic!

[themazingness]

Shao-lin's Road
Time Pilot
Arabian Magic
Dig Dug
Centipede

[IanDaemon]

@themazingness I couldn't get Arabian Magic to work well on the "Pi 3". You? Are you using a "4"?

[pjft]

@iandaemon I seem to recall playing it on AdvMAME on the Pi3?

[IanDaemon]

@pjft I'll check it out again. I remember getting sluggish, unplayable results.

[pjft]

@iandaemon Ah, apologies. Was thinking of Arabian Fight, that I tried out. I seem to recall having played it briefly on the Pi 3, but it's not a game I invested much time in so it might be you're correct.