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|Choose one of four superheroic characters to smash and bash through enemies. Notable for its gruesome death sequences. |
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|Combines traditional beat'em up fare with pseudo-light gun shoot out sequences. Great if you're a Marvel fan or not. |
|Combines traditional beat'em up fare with pseudo-light gun shoot out sequences. Great if you're a Marvel fan or not. |
Revision as of 15:02, 17 March 2010
Playstation/Namco-based hardware (most 3D Arcade games) runs better on ZiNc.
Nebula also has additional optimization for SNK, Capcom, Konami and PolyGameMaster systems.
Year | Genre | Description | |
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19XX: War Against Destiny | 1995 | Shmup | Fourth in the 1945 series. |
Alien vs. Predator | 1994 | Shmup | |
After Burner II | 1987 | Shmup |
Fly a plane and shoot other planes. INCREDIBLE in an actual sit-down arcade machine. Rereleased all over the goddamn place. You'll more often see Climax at arcades though. |
Boogie Wings | Shmup | Features plane flying, which lets you grab and throw stuff and ground running, which has a ton of weapons. | |
Giga Wing | 1999 | Shmup | Ported to the Dreamcast |
Gradius | 1985 | Shmup | Rereleased to the Wii's Virtual Console |
Ikari Warriors | 1986 | Shmup | Plays like Commando in that you run around and shoot enemies in an overhead view. |
Mars Matrix | 2000 | Shmup | Ported to the Dreamcast. |
Pulstar | 1995 | Shmup | Ported to NeoGeo and NeoGeo CD |
Radiant Silvergun | 1998 | Shmup | Ported to the Saturn. Japan-exclusive. |
R-Type | Shmup | Re-released all over the goddamn place. | |
R-Type Leo | Shmup | ||
Raystorm | Shmup | Ported to the PS1 and Saturn | |
Smash T.V. | Shmup |
BIG MONEY. BIG PRIZES. I LOVE IT. Features dual joysticks for shooting+aiming and moving. Made to eat your quarters. | |
Space Harrier | Shmup |
WELCOME TO THE FANTASY ZONE. GET READY.
Good luck finding a sit-down machine, but you'll enjoy the hell out of it if you can. | |
Strikers 1945 | Shmup | Rereleased all over the goddamn place. |
Title | Genre | Description |
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Battlezone | Retro | |
Berzerk | Retro | |
Bosconian | Retro | |
Blaster | Retro | |
Bump 'N' Jump | Retro | |
Burger Time | Retro | Make gigantic burgers by dropping ingredients downward and avoiding enemies. |
Centipede | Retro | Similar to Space Invaders, but involves bugs and mushrooms instead of shields and aliens. |
Defender | Retro | |
Dig Dug | Retro | Tunnel underground and shoot monsters with a spike that fills them up with air until they explode. |
Discs of Tron | Retro | |
Donkey Kong | Retro | Run and jump through 4 stages to rescue Pauline from Donkey Kong. KILL SCREEN COMIN' UP. |
Frenzy | Retro | |
Frogger | Retro | Cross the highway and avoid getting splattered. |
Galaga | Retro | Shoot aliens. Protip: Get one ship captured and save it, now you have DOUBLE SHOT POWER. |
Dorf | Retro | |
Gravitar | Retro | |
Gyruss | Retro | |
Joust | Retro | |
Jungle Hunt | Retro | |
Kangaroo | Retro | |
Kung Fu Master | Retro | Aka Spartan-X and Kung-Fu. Kick assholes and save your girlfriend. |
Lady Bug | Retro | |
Lode Runner | Retro | Get gold and escape. Dig holes in front of or behind you to trap enemies. |
Mario Bros. | Retro | Collect coins, stun monsters then kick them. Avoid Fireballs. Much more fun in later remixes with 4 players. |
Millipede | Retro | |
Motos | Retro | |
Mr. Do! | Retro | |
Ms. Pac-Man | Retro | |
Nibbler | Retro | |
Pac-Man | Retro | Eat pills in a dark room and chase ghosts while listening to repetitive techno music. |
Pole Position | Retro | Drive through a course to get the best time. Alot harder than it sounds. |
Q*Bert | Retro | Jump on every panel to make them the same color. Avoid enemies by jumping away or jumping on flying saucers. |
Qix | Retro | Try to make a picture by clearing away the cover sheet with careful navigation. |
Rally-X | Retro | |
Roboron: 2084 | Retro | |
Sinistar | Retro | |
Space Invaders | Retro | Kill all the invaders as they advance and reverse direction until they land. |
Space Zap | Retro | |
Star Wars | Retro | |
Tapper | Retro | Serve (Root) Beer to customers. |
Tempest | Retro | |
Tutankham | Retro | |
Vanguard | Retro | |
Wizard of Wor | Retro | |
Xevious | Retro | Legendary shmup that pretty much defined the vertical playstyle from then after. |
Title | Year | Genre | Description |
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Battle Circuit | 1997 | Beat em' Up | Almost similar to Captain Commando only more awesome. |
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs | 1993 | Beat em' Up | |
Captain Commando | 1991 | Beat em' Up | Choose one of four superheroic characters to smash and bash through enemies. Notable for its gruesome death sequences. |
Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom | Beat em' Up | A classic arcade beat em' up with tons of depth. Up to four players. | |
Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara | Beat em' Up | The amazing sequel to Tower of Doom features two new characters, and branching pathways with magic items and tons of secrets for replayability. Hard to get tired of this one. | |
Final Fight | Beat em' Up | The mayor's daughter has been kidnapped by gangsters. Instead of asking for some bad dudes to save her, MIKE HAGGAR and his boys, Guy and Cody personally decide to take care of business. | |
Golden Axe | Beat em' Up | Medieval esque beat'em up that features weapon combos, powerful magic spells, and stealing enemy monsters to tear through their lines. | |
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder | Beat em' Up | ||
The Simpsons | 1991 | Beat em' Up | The Simpson family sets off to save Maggie from Mr. Burns. Features some really trippy stages and enemies. |
Splatterhouse | Beat em' Up | Horror-themed beat 'em up that features grotesque enemies and bosses. Sequels on Genesis and a parody/spin-off on NES | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time | 1991 | Beat em' Up |
The Turtles are back with new moves and power ups. Had an updated port on SNES and a remix on Genesis. Remake released on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network though it plays a little differently. |
The Punisher | 1991 | Beat em' Up | Combines traditional beat'em up fare with pseudo-light gun shoot out sequences. Great if you're a Marvel fan or not. |
X-Men | Beat em' Up |
Title | Genre | Description |
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Lethal Enforcers | Light Gun | |
Time Crisis | Light Gun | WAIT. ACTION. RELOAD.
The classic light gun game that started them all. It's aged terribly, but it's main gameplay mechanics still stand up to the throws of time. It's still good. |
Time Crisis 2 | Light Gun | |
Time Crisis 3 | Light Gun | The sixth gen Time crisis, same lame VA, similar lame plot. Now with multiple weapons, and a special enemies that when shot, gives you extra ammo! |
Time Crisis 4 | Light Gun | Same as it's sequel, but now it's a tad more refined. You'll find this version in most "higher-end" arcades. |
Silent Hill | Light Gun | That's right, it exists! You play as one of two characters, researching the disappearance of the Little Baroness, then a bunch of your friends go missing and die and shit, typical SH-fan fare, really. Nurses, Gumheads, Dogs, thoes-bird-things-from-the-first-game, and (surprise!) Pyramid Head all make an appearance. No I haven't played to see the bosses yet, dammit.Extra items that heal and whatnot, plays like House of the Dead, but now with 200% more Silent Hill. |
House of the Dead | Light Gun | Agents called out to investigate a disappearance of a chick at a huge mansion. Upon arrival, you find zombies with axes and shit murdering scientists, now you have to go around and find out what the fuck is going on.
This game pretty much started the whole multiple paths, extra life/continue/score items and multiple endings formula for the Light Gun Genre in general. |
House of the Dead 2 | Light Gun | Same concept, new story, new monsters, new bosses. Do want. |
House of the Dead 4 | Light Gun | OH, LOOK, ZOMBIES IN shiny 3D! This is the second game in the series to play in the 6th-gen field, and do it well. It uses a machine gun (Uzi) for your main weapon and a button for a secondary attack, grenades (limited, but clear a whole screen at a time). A new function is where the zombies grab hold of you, or push you to the ground, and you gotta shake the gun like you have parkinson's to fill a bar up that pushes the zombies back, or you lose a life point. Continues the same (somewhat interesting) plot, and introduces new characters, weapons, continues the great trend of naming the bosses after the Tarot cards and multiple endings. |
Point Blank | Light Gun | Famous game known for it's wacky and compeditive shooting-range/carnival style levels. Probably one of the most common shooters you'll find in arcades today. |
Point Blank 2 | Light Gun | Makes better of everything the first one did. Now with a fuckton of all new stages. Is seen a LOT less then it's prequel (sadly) |
RAMBO | Light Gun | Fire a fast-shooting machine gun and go through stages based off the movies. Do well enough and for short bursts of time, you can use infinite ammo and become invincible by the power of pure rage. This game's so intense it was advertised by the guy who played Segata Sanshiro. |
Title | Genre | Description |
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Garou: Mark of the Wolves | Fighting | SNK's answer to SF3. A sequel of sorts to Fatal Fury. Features a form of parrying and the ability to choose when you want to be able to use Super Combos. |
Street Fighter Alpha 3 | Fighting | The alpha series is a black sheep to some (not as much as EX), however it's still damn good. You have more options of Super Combos, and now you can choose your "style". This let's you determine the kind of fighting you'll be doing (Balanced, speed, or power). Features some Final Fight characters, some from SF1, and DAN. |
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike | Fighting | LET'S GET IT ON NOW. A masterful entry in the SF series. Choose your character then choose your Super Combo, which determines how quickly you can use it. Features different characters from 2, but they mostly resemble their counterparts to an extent, just better. |
Super Street Fighter IV | Fighting | Now considered to be the best Street Fighter (of this gen), as it's not really a Ken Fighter any more. Also, Korean babe Juri is in it nao. If you aren't too keen on SF3, then IV is more of a return to 2's roots. |
Mortal Kombat II | Fighting | FINISH HIM. The almost comedically gory fighting game that everyone played as a kid. It's lost a bit of luster, but it's still worth a nostalgia trip every now and then. |
Tekken 6 | Fighting | I <3 JUGGLAN.Seriously though, it's one of the prettiest fighters around, and it's still going too. Getting a bit unrealistic with a cyborg-chick who can throw her HEAD at opponents and an illegitimate son of the Mishima bloodline who has dragon ball styled hair. Regardless of all this, it's a hugely great fighting game. |
Title | Genre | Description |
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Dance Dance Revolution | Rhythm | In this game, you use your FEET to play!
That's pretty much the premise of the game, and has done unbelievably well with it. You step on the designated platforms in time to matching it up with the arrows up top of the screen. You'll most likely see the EXTREME version or Super Nova/Super Nova 2 or DDR X. There's been a "Extreme Plus" been seen around, but it's just a hacked 8th Mix, now with optional speed settings~ |
beatmania IIDX | Rhythm | A DJ Sim game, where you play using a turn-table (scratching) and key sounded buttons, pressing or scratching in time when it hits the red line at the bottom. Big learning curve, but for those willing to learn, it's great fun. The Simulator to this is BePatchi Music, as this is the only one that's still in development (and is looking very promising). |
pop'n music | Rhythm | Simliar to IIDX, but with with either 5, 7 or 9 big coloured buttons arranged in a horizontal zig-zag pattern. |
jubeat | Rhythm | A strange new rhythm game by BENAMI (guy who made DDR, IIDX & all the rest). The game consists of a cube where you have to push certain pressure-sensors in time to the music. |
Guitar Freaks | Rhythm | Just like Guitar Hero (GF came first) you hold the correct button-chord and strum the guitar when the note hits the appropriate line; Can link up with DrumMania for serious RAWKIN' OWT. Despite what ANYONE tells you, Guitar Hero ripped it's concept of this very same game, but GF contains more Eastern-style music, whereas GH contains western-style music. Go figure. |
DrumMania | Rhythm | Same deal as Guitar Freaks, but with a drum set. This got ripped off from Rock Band, but they majorietly got their ideas from GH, but now with added drum set flavour. |