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please help identifying arcade game
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Hey all. Was hoping I could rely on the collective gaming memory here at PA.
I am trying to find out the name of an arcade game I played years ago. It's a side scrolling, fantasy hack n slash. My memory is rusty on it, but I'll relate what I can recall.
The standout feature was the magical ability to change your character's form at the press of a button, so long as you had enough energy. One form was a tiny little guy riding a giant's back. Second form was a tiny little guy riding a tiger (maybe it was a tiger?) and you could attack with a sort of chain whip/flail. I think on both of these forms, your mount could be killed, but your useless little dwarf guy could survive. Seems like there was another standard form; maybe a basic fantasy warrior. And then, rarely, you could grab an item that would temporarily turn you into a flying dragon with a devastating breath weapon.
And yes. I know that this sounds like Golden Axe, especially the "dwarf riding a giant" part. And it very well could be in the Golden Axe family of games. But I've looked at screen shots of Golden Axe and some of its sequels, and the scale of the characters is too large. I mean, the graphical style of the game was like Golden Axe, but with the "camera" pulled further back.
Anyone have a clue?
I am trying to find out the name of an arcade game I played years ago. It's a side scrolling, fantasy hack n slash. My memory is rusty on it, but I'll relate what I can recall.
The standout feature was the magical ability to change your character's form at the press of a button, so long as you had enough energy. One form was a tiny little guy riding a giant's back. Second form was a tiny little guy riding a tiger (maybe it was a tiger?) and you could attack with a sort of chain whip/flail. I think on both of these forms, your mount could be killed, but your useless little dwarf guy could survive. Seems like there was another standard form; maybe a basic fantasy warrior. And then, rarely, you could grab an item that would temporarily turn you into a flying dragon with a devastating breath weapon.
And yes. I know that this sounds like Golden Axe, especially the "dwarf riding a giant" part. And it very well could be in the Golden Axe family of games. But I've looked at screen shots of Golden Axe and some of its sequels, and the scale of the characters is too large. I mean, the graphical style of the game was like Golden Axe, but with the "camera" pulled further back.
Anyone have a clue?
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Okay, so I only saw this twice and it was awesomesauce. The game had a stick, and three buttons. You controlled a warrior with sword and shield. He always faced to the right, with the stick moving him backwards and forwards. He held a shield that could occupy a high, middle or low position to block attacks, controlled by pushing up or down on the stick. The three buttons stabbed a sword forwards to either a high, middle or low area. The game had first a side-scrolling part, where bricks and things flew at the warrior, but the meat and potatoes was a one-on-one combat with another warrior. You had to use the shield (or stab) to block incoming sword blows, and try and get your attacks past their weapons. What made it great, was that the armour was removed if you managed to stab it, leaving exposed flesh which could then be injured.
I played this in the arcades circa 1990, and I think the splash screen said something like "Great Gurianos", but I've had no luck on Google, most likely due to the spelling. Anyone know of the game?
I was just thinking about this game the other day. I remember as a kid trying to get the female gladiators armor off of her without killing her. rawr rawr.
Oh, here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(arcade_game)
Even better...
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7950
What a coincidence, I just read about this in a Kotaku video game advertisement entry.
The game is Tecmo Knight
Sir, you officially rock. Thanks so much.
The only games I can think of would be Super Sprint or Ivan Stewart's Offroad, but I think those were only 3 players.
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Was it this?
http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8148
That is indeed it. God, I can still hear the in-between stage music in my head. Thanks!
The game has a beginning movie very similar to China Gate, where you see 3-4 characters approaching a gate, then the gate opens, and 1 character walks through the gate.
You also get to choose which level you start on. Each level option I think was shaped like an unrolled scroll with large asian letters.
Gameplay is a side-scrolling adventure, usually going back and forth, jumping and dropping through holes as you are navigating a maze.
The hero you play looks like a bald man, possibly shaolin. You utilize a variety of pole-style weapons such as spears, 2-handed morning stars, and other similar weapons. I remember always hating the spear because you never threw it, you just stabbed with it, and it involved getting close to enemies.
Enemies I remember were large men who always came after you with their hands and arms over their head. They grabbed you, held you over their heads, and threw you aside.
And one boss I remember, was a beast man, who could roll around the room, not just back and forth, but up and down the walls and across the ceiling too.
Does anyone remember this game?
Oh, and you posted it while I was searching, haha.
Arcade Flight Game. It had two 'cockpits' side by side with two screens. You could choose from various planes/helicopters, but it was basically an on rails head to head competitive shooter. The game would put one player in the lead while the other chased and attempted to shoot them down. After a short period of time the game would force a switch and the lead plane would now trail and become the attacker. It was on rails so you couldn't pull real reversal maneuvers, instead just bouncing around the screen until it was your turn to shoot.
It's not on this list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_graphic_adventure_games
Not this easy I'm guessing...
YES! Thank you. It's been driving me insane for so long
Nope. The name of the ghost you're trying to find to win the game is in the title of the game. And this ghost was hidden inside a room that could be opened by inserting a key into a wind-up clown doll. The class was so proud when we solved this adventure game together after ... months of trying.
Crickety Manor?
Can play in browser here