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Arcade Game name

SpexSpex
edited March 2012 in Chit chat
Hello all

Was chatting to an old college friend yesterday and he asked me if I could remember the name of an arcade game we used to play in the late 80's, it was bit like Ikari Warriors, in that it was a two player soldier game but you seemed to be "behind" your man rather than on top of him.
Seem to to recall there being grenades being thrown around but can't remember the name.

Anyone got any ideas?
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  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited March 2012
    Mercs?

    megadrive version
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited March 2012
    a while ago i was asked on another forum about one
    may as well stick it in here too lol, never know
    can anyone tell me what the name of the video game that i played on a glass table top in a pub in the 80's was called.It involved shooting at spaceships like Galaxians but there were parachuting green men who landed at the bottom of the screen and started to shoot you from behind.Its driving me bonkers not knowing this.
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  • thx1138thx1138
    edited March 2012
    It was called Cocktail Filter, and it was made by a company called Forum, based in Sheffield.
  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2012
    Nope, it wasn't Mercs, think one had a blue headband the other other was red.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited March 2012
    [strike]Street Fighter?

    NARC?

    [/strike]

    EDIT: Oh, similar to Ikari Warriors ... never mind :rolleyes:
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited March 2012
    xybots?
  • Stefan DrissenStefan Drissen
    edited March 2012
    Spex wrote: »
    Nope, it wasn't Mercs, think one had a blue headband the other other was red.

    Guerilla War?
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  • thx1138thx1138
    edited March 2012
    Spex wrote: »
    Hello all

    Was chatting to an old college friend yesterday and he asked me if I could remember the name of an arcade game we used to play in the late 80's, it was bit like Ikari Warriors, in that it was a two player soldier game but you seemed to be "behind" your man rather than on top of him.
    Seem to to recall there being grenades being thrown around but can't remember the name.

    Anyone got any ideas?

    Time Soldiers?
  • Stefan DrissenStefan Drissen
    edited March 2012
    Spex wrote: »
    Nope, it wasn't Mercs, think one had a blue headband the other other was red.

    And another one from SNK, Victory Road:

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  • Ragged_SapperRagged_Sapper
    edited March 2012
    Could it be Cabal?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(video_game)
  • WookieeWookiee
    edited March 2012
    Stefan wrote: »
    And another one from SNK, Victory Road:


    did they lift the sprites from Ikari as well as the game?? :o:lol:
  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2012
    Thanks guys but its none of them!

    Any other suggestions?
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited March 2012
    Ragged_Sapper wrote: »
    Could it be Cabal?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(video_game)

    I thought that too! Could be GI Joe though
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited March 2012
    Sounds like it could be level 2 of Contra:

  • jammajupjammajup
    edited March 2012
    Hi
    I am quite an arcade game expert/enthusiast and both these could be a couple off titles but the soldier one sounds like devestators.



    The other game like galaxians where men are dropped under you and fire up comes under various names `Uni-WarS` is the common name but there are clones in the UK arcades called `Cosmic Dust`

  • MartynCMartynC
    edited March 2012
    My best guess would be Ikari III: The Rescue, which does adopt a slightly different viewpoint from the first two Ikari games.

    It could also be P.O.W. Prisoners of War, although that's a side-scroller rather than vertical-scroller.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited March 2012
    Total Carnage?

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    Calibre 50?

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    As for the space invader type one, what about Gorf? I seem to remember the Swimming pool near where my cousin lived had that on a tabletop cabinet upstairs.
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  • Maroc's Astral ProjectionMaroc's Astral Projection
    edited March 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Total Carnage?

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    Does that use the Smash TV engine?
  • MarkoMarko
    edited March 2012
    Another ikari warriors/commando type game is Outzone, which you can play online here!
    out-zone-android-3.jpg
    FB
  • Bermondsey BobBermondsey Bob
    edited March 2012
    I was on my phone earlier, so couldn't post a pic...GI Joe...

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  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited March 2012
    jammajup wrote: »
    Hi
    I am quite an arcade game expert/enthusiast and both these could be a couple off titles but the soldier one sounds like devestators.



    This is the one I was going to guess.....
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited March 2012
    jammajup wrote: »

    The other game like galaxians where men are dropped under you and fire up comes under various names `Uni-WarS` is the common name but there are clones in the UK arcades called `Cosmic Dust`


    cheers dude, looks like the type of thing
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited March 2012
    Marko wrote: »
    Another ikari warriors/commando type game is Outzone, which you can play online here!
    out-zone-android-3.jpg

    a lot of good looking games on that site marko cheers
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  • SpexSpex
    edited March 2012
    I'm pretty sure it was devestators.

    Thank you all and a cigar for the Man from West Brom.
  • jammajupjammajup
    edited March 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Total Carnage?

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    Maroc's Astral Projection wrote: »
    Does that use the Smash TV engine?

    Quite Possibly as it was designed by Mark Turmell (of Midway) who designed both games,the co-designer of Total Carnage is Eugene Jarvis who is seen by some arcade game collectors as a demi-god as he designed the arcade games Robotron and Defender ,also he designed the Cruisin`usa games.
    Spex wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure it was devestators.

    Thank you all and a cigar for the Man from West Brom.

    No problem,i do not smoke but a pint of real ale on the other hand is another story ;)
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