MAME ROW #24 - 1941 - Counter Attack

meleu

1941 - Counter Attack (World)

Pandora's Palace

Bubbles

obsidianspider

1941: Counter Attack is a typical vertical shooter, but it's fast, quite fun, and I really appreciate that you have a life bar, not one hit deaths.

Pandora's Palace is sort of like Donkey Kong, and I like it.

Bubbles initially got stuck for me with a screen saying "Factory Settings Restored" but then when I reset it (Select+B) it started working, and subsequent loads of the game worked. It's an OK game, but wow, that face on the bubble is weird.

chubsta

I used to own a dedicated Bubbles - great game but to play properly you need the hall-effect joystick

UDb23

Only two votes so far !?
1941 is a classic we can't miss.

Is it allowed to do electoral ads to get votes ?
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btw gals panic is just a "hot" clone of Qix. For what I see on the web in terms of images, I can image it may have been scandalous for that time. :-))

meleu

@UDb23 "If 1941 win I'll make an overlay for it" would be much more persuasive! :D

UDb23

@meleu I was pretty sure you were going to say that :-D
Already found some nice original artwork to use...

GtBFilms

Unfortunately I didn't get much time this week to try these out. I had to use my PC to give them a quick play.

For some reason my copy of Bubbles got stuck at the 'Defaulting to Factory Settings' screen and wouldn't go any further.

I enjoyed both of the other two, although Pandora's Palace was quite frustrating. It took me a couple of games to realise you could go down the green columns! It's one of these platform games that you just have to play it enough to memorise the timing/route for each level, then it's easy. But you die an awful lot to get to that point.

1941 - Counter Attack was a pleasant surprise for me. I had played 1942 before and found it a sluggish and uninspiring shooter, with predictable and weak powerups, but with 1941 they appear to have turned it up to 11, and it's a much more fun shooter.

So this week my vote goes to 1941 - Counter Attack!

obsidianspider

@GtBFilms If you reset Bubbles (Select + B) when it's stuck on that screen, then it should work. At least that's how I got it to work for me.

Lyle_JP

Of all the Capcom 19xx games, 1941 has the best music, hands down.

meleu

Here is the result:

UDb23

so now I HAVE to make the overlay. ;-)

obsidianspider

1941 suffers from the common shooter condition of "waytoomuchstuffflyingaroundallatthesametime-itis" but it's proving fun.

Also, a tip. If you hold down the fire button you'll charge up and release a barrage of missiles when you release the button.

I'm not sure how to tell how many bomb/backflip attacks you have in inventory that you use by pressing the alternate button (Y on my controller).

UDb23

controls & weapons:

obsidianspider

@UDb23 Spinning? How the heck do you do that?

UDb23

@obsidianspider flying into walls. No real damage but you can shoot around this way.

obsidianspider

213900

It's really hard to keep track of everything whizzing around.

GtBFilms

I managed 266700, but always die at roughly the same place. It's where two medium sized planes come up behind you and there's a boat in front.

I lose a lot of energy there every time, even if I remember to use my smart bomb!

Enjoying the challenge though!

UDb23

Hi guys,
here's the overlay.
Quite time consuming; it took extra time to recreate also a vector version of the game logo, but I'm really pleased with the result.

All original arcade game flyer based graphics, including instructions.

Volunteers wanted for testing and screenshot ;-)

Files available in the Overlay Repo.

obsidianspider

@UDb23 Thanks for another great overlay! It looks really nice on my TV.

UDb23

@obsidianspider thanks for testing !