Help Me Identify This Old Arcade Game!
 

First of all its a space shoot.

I remember the game having a jostick that goes in a circle, and the ship moves in a circle kinda like Tempest but its not Tempest. I kinda remember the shots that the ship fired were like cheerios or something.....I loved this game and I cant remember it!!

Was it Gyruss?

YES!!!! That was it!!! THANK YOU!!!! OMG, It was right there in my face the whole time!!! Thats even the exact same cab I played it on at my local Stop n Go!!

Thanks a million!

This fine game is available on Gameboy Advance. :)

I wish you hadn't told me that. Make me really consider buying one. If you told me that the obscure Bagman arcade game was on it, I would actually drop what I am doing and buy one right now.

I really don't know much about the GBA b/c I dislike Nintendo but are there other old arcade games like Gyruss avail on the GBA? How is the quality?

Konami Arcade Pack (for $15) includes:

Gyruss
Time Pilot
Rush n Attack
Frogger
Scramble
Yie Ar Kung Fu

Each game also has an "enhanced" mode offering better graphics and music, levels, etc.

Pac-Man Collection includes:
Pac-Man
Pac-Mania
Pac-Man Arrangement
Pac-Attack

Namco Museum includes:
Ms. Pac-Man
Galaxian
Galaga
Pole Position
Dig Dug

Midway's Greatest Hits includes:
Defender
Sinistar (YES!!)
Robotron
Joust

Pretty slim line-ups compared to the upcoming Activision anthology.

Well yeah.. but any 1 of these games is about equal to any 10 games from that collection (with exceptions such as Pitfall and Pressure Cooker).. out of gazillion games on the Activision colleciton, most people are probably going to only play 4-6 of them frequently.

Does anybody know any other classic arcade packs for GBA?

I just searched Gamerankings.com------Midway's Greatest Hits isnt for GBA?!

NOOOoooo! :(

Uh.. yes it is.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=18808

Whew! Thats the only game you listed thats not on gamerankings.com (for GBA)

Thanks for listing these im definately picking them up!

Sega Arcade Gallery. I own this for GBA - it includes:
After Burner
OutRun
Super Hang On
Space Harrier
I like it a lot - fond memories of OutRun and Space Harrier at the arcades back in the day. It was released just a few months ago. I bought it as soon as it was released from ebgames.com. But now I can't find it on their site - or anywhere else online. I wonder if it is out of print?

Now, without cheating, can you name this game? This is the first video game I ever played and have been hooked ever since.

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Never seen it before. :(

I actually remember playing that game, but am not sure of the name. Something Runner maybe?

Living under a rock??
 

Haven't you guys heard of MAME??

2500+ Vintage Video Games Mame?

Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator Mame??!?!?!?!?!?

!!!?!?!?!


Try a google search, and if you seriously haven't heard of this, prepare to be blown away.....

www.arcadecontrols.com has some great examples of people building MAME Cabs....interfacing MAME with actual arcade controls for that real arcade experience...

You can right click to get the name of it.

I am sure they (especially they :lol: ) know all about MAME. B

OH MY GOD! I'VE BEEN LIVING UNDER A ROCK!

:lol:

rotfl @ teh n00b

It's only funny because it sounds like a sales pitch. :lol:

A few comments on classics: The Konami, Sega and Namco carts for the GBA mentioned above are really, really good. (Gyruss plays great on Konami, as do the others.) Avoid the Williams/Midway one, alas--great games, but poor control on the ports so don't even bother. Haven't checked out the Pacman cart.

Also, definitely go for a GBA SP over the regular GBA if you want to play these or any other GBA games. The SP is smaller, has a flip case that protects the screen, a nice Li rechargeable battery, plus (most importantly) a great built-in light so you can play anywhere, anytime. The regular GBA was always a challenge to try to get decent light on the screen, and the aftermarket lights *all* have glare and poor uniformity. (Except the Afterburner, but it's cheaper and safer to just get an SP than to install an AB, and you have a better form factor to boot.)

I used to have an arcade Bagman cab. Great game! But, neither I nor any of my friends ever finished all 3 screens.

And, lastly, MAME is *LAME*! Sorry, it's not a real arcade experience, just a close approximation in a big cabinet. The timing and control on most games is always off a bit, but it's noticeable and bothersome. And it's no substitute for playing the above classics on a tiny, portable GBA SP. FWIW, I have a Williams multigame cabinet (Joust, Robotron, Defender, Stargate, Bubbles and Splat) and having 5-6 classic challenging games running on original hw beats a computer-in-a-big-cabinet MAME thing any day.

Whoops. Just noticed you're a N00B. Nevermind...

drmoze is right, the Midway collection blows.

As far as Pac-man goes, it's quite good. My only complaint is that things are way too samll when you play in full screen mode, and it's very difficult to play in the scrolling mode unless you have the layout memorized. This game would play better on the GBA player.

How is SINSTAR on the Midway collection?

Thats the only game i REALLY want on that collection. Is it really THAT bad?

Ok that and defender. Is defender suckky??