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    MAME ROW #24 - 1941 - Counter Attack

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    • obsidianspider
      obsidianspider last edited by

      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.

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      • chubsta
        chubsta last edited by

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

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        • UDb23
          UDb23 last edited by 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. :-))

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          • meleu
            meleu @UDb23 last edited by

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

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            • UDb23
              UDb23 @meleu last edited by

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

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              • GtBFilms
                GtBFilms last edited by

                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!

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                • obsidianspider
                  obsidianspider @GtBFilms last edited by

                  @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.

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                  • Lyle_JP
                    Lyle_JP last edited by

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

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                    • meleu
                      meleu last edited by

                      Here is the result:
                      0_1488978613741_IMG_20170308_100923.jpg

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                      • UDb23
                        UDb23 last edited by

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

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                        • obsidianspider
                          obsidianspider last edited by

                          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).

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                          • UDb23
                            UDb23 last edited by

                            controls & weapons:
                            0_1489012117708_1941flyerEng2.png

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                            • obsidianspider
                              obsidianspider @UDb23 last edited by

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

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                              • UDb23
                                UDb23 last edited by

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

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                                • obsidianspider
                                  obsidianspider last edited by obsidianspider

                                  213900

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

                                  0_1489014961748_1941-170308-181425.png

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                                  • GtBFilms
                                    GtBFilms last edited by

                                    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!

                                    0_1489140891554_1941.jpg

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                                    • UDb23
                                      UDb23 last edited by

                                      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.

                                      0_1489231730230_1941_udb-ovl.jpg
                                      All original arcade game flyer based graphics, including instructions.

                                      Volunteers wanted for testing and screenshot ;-)

                                      Files available in the Overlay Repo.

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                                      • obsidianspider
                                        obsidianspider @UDb23 last edited by

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

                                        0_1489243652905_1941-overlay-on-tv.jpg

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                                        • UDb23
                                          UDb23 @obsidianspider last edited by

                                          @obsidianspider thanks for testing !

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                                          • obsidianspider
                                            obsidianspider @UDb23 last edited by obsidianspider

                                            @UDb23 I'm not well versed in Github so my idea of right click on the file names to try to save them didn't work. (I ended up saving files that had HTML in them.) I had to go to each one, open it manually and put them in files on my computer. I'm sure there's a better way to manually get files from Github, but I havnen't messed with it enough.

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