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]]> 07 Dec 2007 07:16:45 Virtua Cop 2
]]> 05 Nov 2007 08:09:12 Rampage World Tour Rampage World Tour was a reinvention of the original arcade classic; created for Midway Mfg. by the original designers, Jeff Nauman and Brian Colin and the crew at Game Refuge Inc.

The game follows George Lizzy and Ralph as they smash and fight their way through hundreds of cities around the Globe. This update game added dimension to the characters andadvanced the storyline, but stayed true to the user-friendly "there's no wrong way to play it" gameplay mechanic of the original.

Though incredibly violent, the game treats all interaction with a cartoony, blood-free, tongue-in-cheek approach that keeps the action light-hearted and appealing to players of all ages.

This "Sequal" has spun off a number of additional "Rampages" on a number of platforms .. but many feel that RWT was the best of the lot.
]]> 12 Jun 2007 11:06:40 Vampire Savior Vampire Savior is a fighting game by CAPCOM. It is the sequel to Night Warriors and it is the third game in the DarkStalkers game series. It features characters based on famous myths and fantasy rather than standard martial arts fare. It also emphasizes on the use of special attacks.

Vampire Savior adds in new characters such as Q-Bee, B.B.Hood (Bulleta in Japan), Lilith and Jedah.

Due to space limitations of the CPS-2 (Capcom Play System 2), the arcade version does not include the entire 18 character cast (however the console ports do). As such, another version dubbed Vampire Savior 2 replaces two characters with Huitzil and Pyron. This version was only released in Japanese arcades.
]]> 23 May 2007 02:06:30 Street Fighter Alpha 2 As the sequel to the successful Street Fighter Alpha, SFA 2 is mostly a cleanup of the original SFA, fixing the many balance issues that had plagued the game since its release. It also introduced several incremental innovations, including the "custom combo" system and the Dramatic Battle, in which two characters could cooperate to attack a third.
]]> 05 Mar 2007 03:13:08 Nba Jam The hilariously unrealistic, cartoon-style basketball that you've paid up to five bucks a shot for in the arcades is now scaled down for the Super Nintendo. Choose from 27 different NBA teams and take to the court for incredible two-on-two action. Each NBA team is represented and there are plenty of hidden bonuses to uncover with each hard-earned victory. All of the flips, twists, shooting flames, and loose refereeing from the coin-operated original are present right down to the "on fire" streaks. If you make it too far into the game to lose your valuable progress, you can save your game with the use of a password. Whether you're looking for NBA basketball or a fast-paced brawl, you'll find plenty of both in NBA JAM.
]]> 28 Feb 2007 03:05:21 Mumble Jumble Select Groups of the same object type to remove them from the screen. Every move you make will allow a new line to fall. Your objective is to remove the required number of falling lines, before the stack reaches the top. If you succeed you will get to the next level and the possibility of releasing a new type of object. To help you along, there are magic items and exploding bombs to help keep the stack down.
]]> 21 Feb 2007 07:18:12 Tekken 6 Little is currently known about Tekken 6. It will Be released for the Playstation 3 and in the Arcades. It is published and Developed by Namco.

Release date: TBA 2008
]]> 19 Feb 2007 12:17:43 Diamond Caves Diamond Caves is based on the idea of the Amiga game Emerald Mine (by Klaus Heinz and Volker Wertich). The main goal in this game is to get out of a cave using the blue exit. For the exit to open, you have to collect a specific amount o Emeralds. This can be quite tricky because you are not alone in the cave, there are a few different enemies as well as special items such as doors, keys, acid pools, bombs & dynamite and much more...


Note, Diamond Caves 2 is no longer available since Diamond Caves 3 has been released.
]]> 16 Feb 2007 01:40:17 Marble Madness Marble Madness is an arcade game by Atari Games released in 1984. Using trackballs, players race marbles through an isometric Escher-esque labyrinth against a strict time limit. While Marble Madness is a fairly short game, with victorious plays through its six levels rarely lasting longer than five minutes, its high degree of challenge and charming theme, sound and graphics made it a hit. The game can be played solo, or by two players competing against each other. The game is harder with two players, so to compensate each player is allowed to continue the game once, and receives bonus time for beating the other player to the finish line. In single player mode, the player can use both trackballs at once, allowing more-rapid changes of direction.

After the first training level, called "Practice," the player is given an amount of time to maneuver through five successively harder levels: "Beginner," "Intermediate," "Aerial," "Silly" (The cryptic and somewhat eerie message "Everything you know is wrong" appears on this stage, due to the fact that the stage goes from lowest point to highest point, which is the exact opposite of all the other levels) and "Ultimate." Time from previous levels is carried over to the next, with modest additional awards granted at the start of each one.

A small assortment of enemies are scattered through the levels, but the player's greatest foes are the levels themselves, which contain many sudden drops and treacherous passages.

This was the first Atari System 1 game; it was also the first video game with true stereo sound, featuring music composed by Brad Fuller and Hal Canon and instrument design by Earl Vickers.

Influences

Similar games, each influenced by Marble Madness have been produced, such as Marble Blast, Marble Blast Ultra, Super Monkey Ball, Hamsterball, Archer Maclean's Mercury and Spindizzy, Gyroscopic.
]]> 16 Feb 2007 01:21:30 Soul Calibur Soul Calibur is actually the second game in Namco's "Soul" series that began with the arcade game Soul Edge, later release as Soul Blade on the PlayStation. It features 19 characters in all, including almost all of the characters found in Soul Blade, with the exceptions of nunchuck expert Li Long and the Korean fighter Seong Han Myong. The Dreamcast port of the original arcade version is easily one of the best games ever made for that system, if not one of the best fighting games of all time.

The only thing this game lacks compared to others in the series is the popular feature of unlocking different weapons for each character. It did, however, introduce the Mission Battle mode and several key story elements and characters that made subsequent games even more popular.
]]> 16 Feb 2007 12:17:57 Double Dragon II: The Revenge Double Dragon II: The Revenge is the second game in Technos Japan's Double Dragon series of side-scrolling beat-em-ups. The original arcade version of the game was distributed in North America and Europe in 1988 and in Japan during the following year. The game was made specifically for the Western market, where the original [url="http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/doubledragon"]Double Dragon[/url] enjoyed tremendous success.

Technos Japan developed a home version of the game for the Famicom/NES in 1989, which was drastically different from the arcade version. Other home versions were released for the Mega Drive and PC Engine.

Plot

Double Dragon II drops the rescue premise of the original game in favor of a revenge theme (hence the subtitle). Whereas in the original game, Marian was merely kidnapped, in the sequel she is shot to death by Black Warriors' leader Willy right in the very beginning of the game, giving the game a much darker tone than the original.

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The arcade version of Double Dragon II was essentially a reworked version of the original Double Dragon, using the same engine and recycling most of the game's graphics. The main change in the game was the replacement of the original game's punch and kick buttons in favor of a two-way attacking system (Left Attack and Right Attack) similar to Renegade. Pressing the attack button of the direction the player is facing will perform the standard left/right punch combo, whereas pressing the opposite attack button will make the character perform a rear kick. Most of the techniques from the previous game are carried over, with the exception of the headbutt. Double Dragon II also marked the debut of the Whirlwind Kick, which would become the series' trademark special technique.

Virtually all of the characters from the first game were brought back for the sequel. Most of them were given facelifts in order to represent the passing of time between the original game and the sequel, while a few kept their original appearance. The changes are more than superficial though, with some of the enemies being given new techniques to go along with their new looks. Each stage also features a new enemy who serves as the stage boss.

The overall stage layout of the arcade version is almost exactly identical to the first game, comprised of four missions including the enemy's base at the end of the game. Mainly the scenery was changed, although new traps were added as well.
]]> 15 Feb 2007 02:49:58 Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom I could talk forever about this game, but for space purposes lets go to the Wikipedia:

Tower of Doom is a side scrolling beat 'em up with some RPG elements mixed in. Notable bosses include a troll that regenerates unless burned, a large black dragon, the dreaded Shadow Elf (Mystara's equivalent of the drow), a beholder, the optional superboss Flamewing (a great wyrm red dragon) and the final boss Deimos (an archlich).

The gameplay is more technical than the average on beat'em up games. In addition to the usual basic attacks and jumping it includes blocking, strong attacks, turning attacks, dashing attacks, crouching and evading. It also requires the use of careful tactics, as most enemies have the same abilities as the heroes and can outreach them, too.

As important as melee combat is ranged combat and the use of spells. Daggers, hammers, arrows and burning oils can be used as throwing weapons, and many enemies have similar weapons. Spells can be used by means of magical rings or by the two playable spellcasters (a cleric and a fighter/mage).
]]> 15 Feb 2007 09:58:43 Virtua Fighter 2 The best PC fighter of its time Virtua Fighter 2 set a new standard for the Genre
]]> 12 Feb 2007 07:23:47 Wizard of Wor Wizard Of Wor is an arcade game from 1980, developed by Midway, and later ported to the Commodore 64 as well as the Atari 2600. The title of the game is often incorrectly spelled as "Wizard of War". The game was released as part of the compilation game Midway Arcade Treasures 2 in 2004.

Wizard Of Wor is an action-oriented game for one or two players. The game takes the form of several maze-like dungeons infested with monsters. The players' characters, called Worriors, have to kill all the monsters.

Each dungeon is in the form of a single-screen rectangular grid with walls and corridors in various formations. The Worriors and the monsters can travel freely through the corridors. Player one has blue Worriors and player two has yellow Worriors.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:46:29 Raiden2 Made by Seibu in 1993, this game was the sequel to the highly successful Raiden.
This change-eater made few changes to the original, but for some reason was infinitely more playable. The addition of the purple laser fire-type added another dimension to mindless banging away on the fire button.
Still popular in arcades today, it has aged well and still out-performs many more modern shooters, and is keenly sought after by collectors the around the world.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 05:39:24 Metal Slug Anthology Relive the exciting, non-stop arcade action of Metal Slug in 7 restored titles. Play as up to 4 different soldiers on a quest to stop the forces of evil.

Metal Slug Anthology is a collection of Metal Slug 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 plus X (a revision of Metal Slug 2). MSA marks the first appearance of Metal Slug 6 on a console.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 12:25:29 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1989. It is a scrolling fighting game based on the popular comic and animated series of the same name. As with all merchandise relating to the Ninja Turtles, the name of this game was altered to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK, due to censorship issues involving the word "ninja."

The player chooses from one of the four Ninja Turtles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. After Shredder kidnaps the turtles' friend April O'Neil and their mentor Splinter, they must give chase, save their comrades and defeat their nemeses.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 09:48:53 Virtua Fighter 5 It was released on July 12, 2006 into Japanese arcades. Virtua Fighter 5 is due for release on PlayStation 3 on February 20, 2007, and will be a launch title for the European release in March. The Xbox 360 version is due in the summer of 2007, as confirmed by Sega on December 21, 2006 [1] It is rumoured that the Xbox 360 version will benefit from the additions and refinements that will be made to the 'Version C' arcade revision, while the PlayStation 3 version will be based around the imminent Version B.

Story
All of the sought after invitations for the Fifth World Fighting Tournament have been sent and now the 17 best fighters in the world begin their final phases of preparation. They must learn from their prior mistakes and perfect every aspect of their mind, body, and soul - for there is no room for mistakes in this competition. Little do they know that J6, the organization funding the tournament, has sinister ulteriour motives for the contest and the company's top secret Dural program is already well underway. In the organization's quest for world domination, the scientists at J6 are creating the ultimate fighting machine with human features. Their first model was defeated in the Fourth World Fighting Tournament, which drove them to kidnap Vanessa. She was able to escape with the help of an insider, but not before they captured her combat data and transferred it to the new advanced Dural model named V-Dural.

J6 is determined to find out who the inside traitor is that released Vanessa and more importantly, if V-Dural is indeed ready to defeat the world's best fighters. The Fifth World Fighting Tournament will reveal both - let it begin.
]]> 08 Feb 2007 12:18:46 Shinobi Shinobi debuted in 1987. There were a lot of console conversions, but nothing matches the arcade game.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 05:22:54 RIP 3: The Last Hero In the middle of the 22nd century Earth was conquered by an unknown invader. With advanced technology and witchcraft as his weapons, the enemy seized the planet and declared himself dictator.One more step - and the boundaries between the worlds of living and dead will be blurred. We need friends to make the army and save the world. Start the battle! Play alone and with friends!
This game contains Hot Seat – 2 players fight togеther against the enemy hordes.
The new version running under Win Vista is available now! In the full version you will also experience:
100 levels
6 chilling characters
25 kinds of weaponry
9 types of military vehicles
12 unique bosses
]]> 05 Feb 2007 01:12:50 Dig Dug Dig Dug is an arcade game released by Namco in 1982. A popular game based on a simple concept, it was also available as a home video game available on many consoles, and had many arcade and home clones. Dig Dug runs on Namco Galaga hardware.

The objective of Dig Dug is to eliminate underground-dwelling monsters. This can be done by inflating them until they pop or by dropping rocks on them. There are two kinds of enemies in the game: Pookas are round red monsters who look like tomatoes wearing yellow goggles, and Fygars; green dragons who can breathe fire. The player's character is Dig Dug, dressed in white and blue who can make tunnels. Dig Dug is killed if he is caught by a monster, burned by a Fygar's fire, or crushed by a rock.

It takes four 'pumps' with the player's action button to inflate a monster to popping. If left partially inflated, the monster will deflate and recover after a few seconds, but half-inflating is a useful way to stun an enemy, especially to make sure it remains in the path of a falling rock.

The monsters normally crawl through the tunnels in the dirt but they can turn into ghostly-eyes and travel slowly through the dirt.
]]> 01 Feb 2007 10:09:36 Ikaruga He is Shinra, the lone survivor of a ravaged people. He must battle fiercely, move swiftly and act rationally in a new war, a space crusade of frighteningly intense firepower and hypnotic beauty. Take control of the ship Ikaruga - alter your energy field, evade epic maelstroms of fire and terminate enemies with a nearly limitless arsenal - all to protect an aging, exiled people. Find calm amid the chaos and reap the rewards, in this perfect combination of beautiful, manga-style storytelling and refined, ultra-challenging arcade heroics.

The gameplay consists of shooting enemies who come in one of two polarities: either black(/red) or white(/blue). The player's ship can be either polarity, and can be switched at will.

It was released in the arcades in 2001 on Sega's NAOMI system and subsequently ported to Dreamcast in Japan and then worldwide to the Nintendo GameCube. It is a spiritual sequel to Radiant Silvergun.
]]> 01 Feb 2007 09:52:02 Double Dragon Billy Lee's girlfriend, Marian, has been kidnapped! Billy and his brother Jimmy must fight through legions of street toughs to win her freedom, and her heart.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 07:40:30 Galcon Galcon is an awesome high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. You send swarms of ships from planet to planet to take over the galaxy. It's arcade action risk with planets! Anyone can play - only takes 30 seconds to learn. Multi-player network game for up to 12 players with teams. 15 different single player missions against 7 different computer players. Attack planets with thousands of swarming ships! Short battles, epic warfare - only 5 minutes per round. Net ranking of all net players. Good times guaranteed!
]]> 23 Jan 2007 06:58:24 Heresy War Currently in development, Heresy War is a combat space simulator that focuses on delivering a completely immersive experience for both casual and hardcore gamers alike. The player plays a role of a space fighter pilot that gets thrown in the middle of a raging civil war. While trying to put an end to the civil war, a third ,mysterious force gets involved in the conflict and threatens to destroy everything that the humanity stands for.
]]> 23 Jan 2007 12:53:58 beatmania The first Bemani game, and one of the first rythm games ever. beatmania [sic] is a DJ simulation game where you hit the keys in the rythm of the music to complete songs. A simple idea that has created very complicated gameplay as you progress.

This page covers the very first in the series that was exclusive to Japan, but released in the US as "Hiphopmania". It was released to the arcades first and then rereleased to the Playstation.
]]> 19 Jan 2007 08:45:54 Mutant Storm Inspired by RoboTron, Smash TV and Llamatron. Mutant Storm is a classic arcade game with a new age twist. One hand controls the firing the other controls the movement. Simple controls and addictive gameplay with decent graphics set Mutant Storm apart.
]]> 17 Jan 2007 01:27:17 Paper Ball Paper Ball is a unique remake of the old classic Arkanoid. With new "hand-drawn" graphics and some new gameplay features Paper Ball is a fun addictive arcade game.
]]> 16 Jan 2007 04:14:30 Crimsonland Crimsonland is a fast paced 2D arcade shooter. Reminiscint of games like Smash TV, Crimsonland has you killing in 360 degrees. The graphics seem low tech at first but when you see things like the flamethrower they look great. The sound is entertaining and the controls are spot on and feel great.
]]> 09 Jan 2007 08:02:16 Wacky Sleigh Ride Wacky Sleigh Ride (WSR) is a Christmas fun-racer. You can show your driving skills on three different courses either in training mode or mulitplayer against other players!
WSR is created with the TORQUE GAME ENGINE from GarageGames.com.
]]> 07 Jan 2007 04:09:48 Alien Abduction Alien Abduction was formed from the inspiration of the classic arcade game Defender along with other twitchy arcade shooters like Mutant Storm. Classic arcade action mixed with twitchy on your toes action. Alien Abduction should not be missed.
]]> 04 Jan 2007 02:05:58 FlatOut 2 Experience the drive of your life as you throw yourself around on and off the track causing fences to shatter, tyre walls explode, water tanks and barrels fly across the track into other cars. And if anyone, including you, gets caught up in a big smash sit back and watch as the driver gets catapulted through the windscreen in spectacular effect. Also unique to FlatOut, anything you destroy or alter stays a part of the race lap after lap, increasing the carnage to unprecedented levels!
]]> 25 Dec 2006 04:47:18 Contra Playing with fire and murder in the eyes.
Keep squeezing that trigger and never let go.
If it moves, shoot it.
If it doesn't move, shoot it anyway just to be sure.
]]> 09 Dec 2006 09:14:23 Tiger Heli Players pilot a helicopter in this top-view scrolling shooter. Little side or forward firing helicopters may be picked up and will fly alongside the main helicopter, shooting at enemies.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 07:55:12 Bubblomania Bubblomania is the online remake of the cute and psychedelic bubble popping game.

Play it now!

]]> 27 Nov 2006 05:43:53 Bubblomania X Bubblomania X is an original arcade game, full of thrill and action, featuring cute and funky graphics, and great music!

Colorful bubbles are floating up, and you have to pop them by moving the pin on top. Some bubbles contain goodies or bonus points, while other must be avoided.

Bubblomania X features 8 game modes and online topscores.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 05:06:17