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Pat, have you taken a couple minutes to actually PLAY Solar Fox? You
still say it's a maze game. That's what I thought too, but I can admit
that I am wrong. As others have pointed out, a maze game would imply
that there are, ya know, walls? Your movement in Solar Fox is limited
only by the edges of the screen, and the "whirlwinds" that appear on
later levels. The whirlwinds are usually not in a row, so they do not
really count as making up a "maze". Also, you are not really being
pursued by enemies, as is usually the case with maze games. Your
primary enemies are the turrets on all four sides shooting at you. So
as it is, Solar Fox is a pretty unique game. With the way the voting
is going it looks like I'll be robbed of one of my picks getting in
yet again, and while I'd love to see something other than Rally-X I
honestly think that Solar Fox and Rally-X are different enough from
each other to be included.

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Contra as a "scrolling fighter"? Am I the only one that thinks that
just sounds wrong?

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lordbbh@aol.com

Solar Fox is not a maze game (in the strictest sense of the word,
anyway). Contra/Gryzor is not a "scrolling fighter" - wouldn't that
mean that it involve punching and kicking of some kind? Or at least
hitting someone over the head with the gun? Same thing goes with
Section Z as well. There is no way Double Dragon can be compared
with either Contra or Section Z.

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bsr@hn.pl.net

Well it's easy for you guys (BBH and Barry) to claim that Solar Fox is
not a maze game. Neither one of you made a suggestion as to what type
of game it is!! Selecting "other" is NOT an option. Yes, I did play
it for a few minutes. It is clearly a pick-up type game that has a
basic 4-way controller. I could argue that since the paths are shown
in grey, the walls are there but invisible. Yes, primary enemies
shoot rather than follow you, but then again you can shoot, but you
wouldn't want to call this game a shooter would you??? If I had to
pick a category I still choose maze because it's a pattern type game
that involves picking up all objects to complete a level.

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laffaye@ibm.net

If it really is a tossup (i.e. both belong to another game in the
group?), the highest ranked game comes first, my vote for sega ninja.

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churritz@cts.com