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Aargh! What game is that?
« on: October 09, 2007, 07:38:27 AM »
Here's a puzzler thats bugged me on and off for a few years.

Back in 89-90 a friend had a game on his A500 that we used to play quite a lot.  It was a shoot 'em up, 3/4 above view, like  Chaos Engine or Alien Breed except the scrolling was limited to vertical only not 8 way.

The sprites were really small like 16x16 pixels yet very detailed (from memory).

In the first level, you walked around a city with a gun and shot thughs, you could upgrade your pistol to shotguns and flamethrowers.

One thing I remember clearly (oddly) is that garbage bins had flies buzzing around the tops.

Its not Syndicate, think earlier...

Does this description jump out at anyone?
 

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fun with colloquialisms
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2007, 08:03:51 AM »
If you want your description to jump out at anyone, you're going to need a bigger font.



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Re: fun with colloquialisms
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2007, 09:26:55 AM »
Jump!

 :-D
 

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Re: fun with colloquialisms
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2007, 09:32:15 AM »
Best to search catagorys in Lemon Amiga. You might stumble across it.
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2007, 09:36:18 AM »
check here:

http://www.triggerzone.de/gamesdb/index.php?action=system&id=304

if you played that game on 1989-1990
look at the year aprox before that date...and then look when says scrolling....vertikal

have fun
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2007, 12:27:52 PM »
Commando and Ikari Warriors both spring to mind instantly. I don't remember anything about flies around bins, but I only ever played 8bit versions (Amstrad CPC).
There were Amiga versions of both, they're the right age, and were quite big-name games at the time.
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2007, 12:50:02 PM »
D-Gen? Ok... 7000 posts... :-)

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2007, 02:22:12 PM »
Yay happy 7000th birthday :banana:

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10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2007, 03:08:09 PM »
@Lozrus cant be them

Neither have bins because they were set in jungles and not citys shooting thugs
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2007, 03:21:27 PM »
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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2007, 06:49:34 PM »
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2007, 04:29:28 AM »
Yes indeed that is the game! I just loaded it up and it has those flies buzzing around the trash cans.  I also have it for sale if you're interested in it. Just pm with an offer for it.
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New York Warriors?
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2007, 11:11:02 AM »
CodyJ, you win!

That is the game, all these years...

...I'm going to cry. :-D

Thankyou!

Now, to see if its as good as I remember.
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2007, 11:17:33 AM »
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Now, to see if its as good as I remember.

I doubt it. Best leave your golden memories as they are. Now, I'm off for a game of Nebulus...

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Code: [Select]
10  IT\'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
20  FOR C = 1 TO 2
30     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA
40     DA-NA-NAAAA-NAAAA DA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAAA
50  NEXT C
60  NA-NA-NAAAA
70  NA-NA NA-NA-NA-NA-NAAAA NAAA-NAAAAAAAAAAA
80  GOTO 10
 

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Re: Aargh! What game is that?
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2007, 11:40:02 AM »
Isn't there a game called "Aargh!"?
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