<Arcade> The Unregarded.

[F-ZeroOne]

Thats what I thought! Weird, the music is coming through so distorted on my PC for some reason I couldn't make it out properly, but nice to know I haven't entirely lost my audio marbles yet!

[F-ZeroOne]

So heres one so far off the radar that I'd forgotten all about it until I saw it on YouTube! Jalecos "Exerion":



I have no idea where I encountered this back in the day, it must have been one of those random arcade encounters.

[F-ZeroOne]

Hasbros "G.I. Joe" line of action figures is one the most well known toys of the 80s and early 90s, but the arcade game based on it was not one I encountered that often:



As far as I know, the arcade game was "G.I. Joe" and there was no "Action Force" version (the name under which "G.I. Joe" toys were initially released in the U.K; I suspect the arcade game came out after the brand identity was unified. And yes, I know the history of U.K. "G.I. Joe"/"Action Force" is a bit more complicated! ).

[F-ZeroOne]

Its been a while! Mainly because I seem to have exhausted the ol' memory banks. However, a couple things popped up recently. First, apparently "Tiger Heli" had a spiritual, possibly actual sequel, "Twin Cobra" (the video I first saw on this translated the title as "Ultimate Tiger"). You can see the resemblance in gameplay:



And next, "Superman" - which is a bit of a weird one for me, as I recall playing a game very much like it, but in my head the graphics were from a couple years earlier and not quite as advanced as this. Possibly I'm getting a couple other games mixed up with it:



And finally, SEGAs "Quartet" - its fairly well known, but not one I encountered too often in the arcade:

[Whiteball]

Loved Tiger-Heli back in the day, will have to give this "sequel" a go some time.

Not seen Quartet- looks interesting, may give that a shot sometime too.

[F-ZeroOne]

"Tiger Heli" was just one one of those games that always seemed to be "there", at least in my neck of the arcade woods.

I wonder if Konamis "Jail Break" was more famous because of its home conversions than actual arcade encounters:

[F-ZeroOne]

Heres one I sunk a few credits into back in the day but which I've never seen mentioned pretty much anywhere (and it took a recent YouTube video to remind me of it!) - "Task Force Harrier. Its possible it was one of those titles released under other names:

[SuperMappy]

There are two that I saw once each and never encountered again. No idea what they're called but here's what I remember.

The first one was a sidescroller where you controlled a white-ish puffy little character with a head like a bean that shot orbs from its single eye. When you died the screen was flooded with orbs from you outward until only orbs filled the picture.

On the other one you controlled a bald little man (or two in two-player mode) with a hand gun that shot bubbles and I think you could also jump on them.. Also, I'm pretty sure it had Tchaikovsky music.

Anyone remember them? :-)

The first game sounded familiar also so i asked on reddit, here is what they replied:

[F-ZeroOne]

Isn't that Bonk of "TurboGrafix-16" fame?!

[grue]

There are two that I saw once each and never encountered again. No idea what they're called but here's what I remember.

The first one was a sidescroller where you controlled a white-ish puffy little character with a head like a bean that shot orbs from its single eye. When you died the screen was flooded with orbs from you outward until only orbs filled the picture.

On the other one you controlled a bald little man (or two in two-player mode) with a hand gun that shot bubbles and I think you could also jump on them.. Also, I'm pretty sure it had Tchaikovsky music.

Anyone remember them? :-)

The first game sounded familiar also so i asked on reddit, here is what they replied:

YES! Those are the ones!

[SuperMappy]

YES! Those are the ones!

Excellent! Always willing to help someone play an arcade game.

[skab]

The first one was a sidescroller where you controlled a white-ish puffy little character with a head like a bean that shot orbs from its single eye. When you died the screen was flooded with orbs from you outward until only orbs filled the picture.

Now that was an extremely accurate and detailed description, great memory you got there!

[grue]

The first one was a sidescroller where you controlled a white-ish puffy little character with a head like a bean that shot orbs from its single eye. When you died the screen was flooded with orbs from you outward until only orbs filled the picture.

Now that was an extremely accurate and detailed description, great memory you got there!

I was 11-12, the age of sponge brains.

Also, I was shit at it and it left a scar.

[SuperMappy]

I always wanted to play Radikal Bikers in the arcade. I might look up the PS1 version. It is in MAME, but the sound is messed up a bit.

[F-ZeroOne]

I remember this game, but have no idea where I encountered it! The easily pronounceable "Xain'd Sleena" (aka "Solar Warrior"):