emphatic Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 A friend of mine is trying to find out the name of one of his old arcade favorites.He's created this mockup image of the general look of that game:As he remembers it, when you shoot an enemy, it shows the score like in the image.The background is mostly black, but sometimes you get some kind of hyperspace mode or something and the screen flashes in red. The palette is very limited, like 8 colors or so.Apparantly, in addition to your ship moving left and right you can also manouver it up and down. And the sprites are as ugly as in the mockup. The yellow enemy ship is almost identical to the game.Games ruled out so far:Halley's Comet (graphics to good)Juno FirstAstro BlasterAstro Fighter/Astro FireCosmosStar TrekRed ClashSpace RaiderExcerionSky BaseSky ChuterMegatackMoon CrestaMoon QuasarGorfSpace EncountersCosmosChallengerLazarianSpace TacticsSpace FortressEnigmaDark WarriorSuper Astro Fighter (DECO)BosconianEmph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Does he remember what system it was on? That might help narrow it down a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emphatic Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 It's an arcade game. He was around 9 years old when he played it so... Emph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthompson Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 It's an arcade game. He was around 9 years old when he played it so... EmphMegamania? I don't think the ship moves up and down in that one though, and the ship looks more like the Enterprise.Jay T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansolo77 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Zorphon for Commodore64? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lingpanda Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Blaster? 1983 Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emphatic Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Apparantly, that mockup image that he's done is very accurate to the game he's after. He played it in Italy, so it might be some sort of italian bootleg, but it's definately an arcade game and not for home systems.Emph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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