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Grid Shock
1998
Grid Shock
1998
[Unfinished 1983] An arcade game. Carom your shots against the moving wall to fill in the pattern on the back grid. This original game by Andy Sells looked great; it had a strong 3-D effect as the moving wall swept back and forth across the screen. But while Andy wanted to continue developing the game, management wanted to take advantage of his musical talents. (Shortly before coming to Mattel, his award-winning song "You Love Love [More Than You Love Me]" was recorded by the English group Buck's Fizz. Ask for it by name.) Andy was continually assigned to work on music and sound effects for other games, including Shark! Shark! and TRON Solar Sailer. He also co-developed the Intellivision sound development tool, Mr. Sound. Whenever he had a chance he returned to Grid Shock, but the game was never elevated to official status. While the game never made it onto the Intellivision release schedule, it was demonstrated as part of the Intellivision III product line. This was bogus; when the Intellivision III wasn'Hypnotic Lights
1998
Hypnotic Lights
1998
[Unreleased 1983] puzzle game -- move rows and columns of squares to line up matching colors. While experimenting with Intellivision graphics, someone in the Design & Development department came up with a kaleidoscopic effect using sequenced GRAM. VP of Applications Software Gabriel Baum liked the effect, dubbed Hypnotic Lights, and asked programmer Steve Roney (Space Spartans) to work it into a game. Steve's reaction was pretty much: yeah, right, what game? Marketing had a suggestion: something sort of kind of like a Rubik's Cube. That's what Steve sort of kind of gave them. But while Steve continued to tinker with it when not working on higher priority games (including B-17 Bomber, Aquarius Utopia and Space Shuttle), Hypnotic Lights was never elevated to "official" status.Space Cadet
1998
Space Cadet
1998
The looniest space battle ever. Each team is in command of a decrepit flying saucer that seems to work best as a battering ram. It's outer space demolition derby! One team is from the ice planet, one from the fire planet. Each team controls a Space Cadet in a zippy little flying saucer. Bump into a sparkling asteroid to send it into the other team's planet. Team with the most hits against its enemy planet wins. Programmers at Mattel Electronics came up with a series of casual games meant to be played at parties. The "Party Line" cartridge was shown at the 1984 CES but never produced.Crazy Clones
1998
Crazy Clones
1998
Crazy Clones is a simple game which grew out of the canonical "first program", Killer Tomatoes. In Crazy Clones, you are the one real person in a sea of clones. You must tag as many clones as possible while avoiding the Clone Master. When the Clone Master touches a clone, a new clone is produced. When the Clone Master touches you, the game is over. Note: If you tag all of the clones without letting the Clone Master create a new clone, you're hosed.Crazy Fight
1998
Crazy Fight
1998
Players shoot at on-screen enemies while trying not to hit the hostages throughout six different stages of action.Guardian Storm
1998
Guardian Storm
1998
Guardian Storm runs on the same shooting engine as Red Hawk, so it can be considered as a kind of sequel. The design, however, is much more cartoony, even though the advertisement for the Western release doesn't show it at all. One of the characters is Sun Wukong on a cloud, and there's some crazy enemies like the Dol Hareubang statues of Jeju Island. Powerup pickups during the stages have become much rarer now, more enemies now drop money instead, which can be used to buy upgrades in a store after each stage, but usually spending power is very limited, which is the major reason for this game being much harder than Red Hawk. Guardian Storm was also quite successful internationally, once again some versions have been converted from upright to standard resolution in the localization progress. In Korea the game is titled Jeon Sin, using Chinese charaters, which in result led to the game being nonsensically listed as "Sen Jin" in MAME, which is now the dominantly spreaded name around the web, although a possibleGunbird 2
1998
Gunbird 2
1998
star 7.3Seven warriors are challenged to head on a quest to find three powerful elements of Sun, Moon and Stars. Whoever brings the elements to the Potion God will be rewarded the legendary Almighty Potion and all its magical powers.[3] Through gameplay cutscenes (and endings) it appears that the zany, uproarious (and at times rather adult) humor has considerably increased since the original Gunbird. The game has numerous similarities to the Parodius series, including the final boss in the game, a cartoon elephant playing a trumpet.Puzzle Uo Poko
1998
Cyvern
1998
Cyvern
1998
Cyvern: The Dragon Weapons is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up released in 1998 by Japanese company Kaneko. Cyvern's storyline involves biologically engineered dragons created as the ultimate military weapons. To add extra power, the dragons were enhanced with robotic wings and cannons on their backs. This is mostly an excuse to blow things up using cyborg dragons.Batrider
1998
Batrider
1998
Armed Police Batrider (アームドポリス バトライダー?) is a vertically scrolling manic shooter arcade game developed and published by Raizing/Eighting in 1998. The player controls teams of flying jet bikes (Batriders) each with their own pilot; players can choose up to three of nine standard characters plus another nine unlockable characters from the previous Raizing games Mahou Daisakusen and Battle Garegga. Batrider contains up to seven stages along with a large number of secrets, which are either unlockable with codes or DIP switch settings, or hidden within the game itself.SpikeOut: Digital Battle Online
1998
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online is a 3D beat 'em up video game developed by Sega-AM4 and published by Sega in 1998. An update, Spikeout: Final Edition, was released in 1999.Get Bass: Sega Bass Fishing
1998
Bass Fishing is an arcade fishing game where players attempt hook and reel in fish with different lures. Consisting of four stages at different times of the day, the player is expected to catch a certain weight of fish within a time limit before moving onto the next stage. The final stage allows only for one fish to be captured, but are among the largest in the game and most difficult to catch. Fish are measured under four weight classes: Small One, Average, Big One, and Huge.Dirt Devils
1998
Dirt Devils
1998
Get behind the wheel of one of five super cars and experience the feel and strategy or real dirt racing. Hold on tight as you slide your super-charged off-road vehicle through unbelievably sharp turns, bottom-out in huge potholes, fly through dual level intersections, navigate through watery swamps, and attempt driving at night with only your headlights to guide you. A rear view mirror and on-board radar screen help you keep track of your competition, as you race for glory, on one of the 3 heart pounding courses. All this, while smashing into your opponents car(s) and collection valuable points, as you pass all the checkpoints in the allotted time.Test Drive: Le Mans
1998
Test Drive: Le Mans
1998
star 6.2Take on the LeMans endurance racing challenge! Join one of the 25 factory teams take one of the over 50 vehicles (designed with assistance of actual teams) on the eight different LeMans circuits. The actual wear and tear are simulated. Tire wear, oil and fuel consumptions... Day and night and back to day driving.Pool Hustler
1998
Pool Hustler
1998
star 6.4POOL HUSTLER is a straight-ahead billiards simulation. If you consider yourself a rookie when it comes to pool, there's a great Lesson mode that teaches all aspects of pool, from aiming shots to jumping balls. The Two-Player mode offers 9-Ball, Rotation, 8-Ball, and 14-1 Continuous games, while the Trick Shot mode lets you execute 30 multiball trick shots you can use to impress your friends. And there's also a Practice mode, where you can perfect your skills. You can also bet against the computer or a friend in nearly all the modes. You can also take on a friend in the Versus mode, or play the Story mode that takes you into the life of a pool hustler, as you try to make a name for yourself and earn some cash. You travel from one pool hall to the next, playing for money and improving your game. POOL HUSTLER is a must for anyone who considers himself a student of the game of pool.Sega Rally 2
1998
Sega Rally 2
1998
star 8.1Sega Rally 2 is the sequel to Sega Rally Championship. It was released in 1998 in the arcades and was later ported to the Dreamcast and PC.Arcade's Greatest Hits: The Atari Collection 2
1998
PAPERBOY offers excitement and challenge as you deliver the morning paper while avoiding zany neighborhood characters and obstacles! GAUNTLET lets you and up to 3 friends combat waves of attacking monsters while competing for food, treasure and magic potions. It's futuristic warfare in ROADBLASTERS where YOU battle evil opponents in a high-performance armored racecar with unique special weapons! In MARBLE MADNESS, you control a marble and race against time and many challenging obstacles to reach the goal line at the bottom of the playfield!! The bugs are back! Play MILLIPEDE and you'll experience endless waves of creepy creatures that hound you relentlessly as you shoot them to pieces! Avoid monsters and collect your fortune in ruby gemstones! In CRYSTAL CASTLES the action takes place within a 3D super maze structure that offers 16 different playfields!Skullmonkeys
1998
Skullmonkeys
1998
star 7.1Something has gone seriously wrong in Klayman's homeland -- Klogg, an evil megalomaniac, wants to destroy the land and basically rule over anything and everyone. Because the task can get difficult at times, he has enlisted the service of fearsome ape-like creatures, Skullmonkeys, to aid in the destruction of planet Idznak. Needless to say, it is up to the player to stop Klogg and his devious plans. Much like The Neverhood, Skullmonkeys is a 2D platformer built entirely of Claymation characters, enemies, and environments. Throughout the game's seven worlds spanning ninety levels, the basic objective of each is to destroy as many Skullmonkeys as possible. Destroying the simians can be done one of two ways: firing projectile weapons or butt-bouncing off their heads.Heiwa Parlor! Mini 8: Pachinko Jikki Simulation Game
1998
Pachinko game developed by Telenet Japan in 1998. The last of eight games in the Mini series, which focuses on two pachinko machines apiece.
