1. Gauntlet II - adventure?
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I'd describe gauntlet as "shoot everything that moves". It's a lot
closer to a game like Robotron 2084 than Tron. I don't think there's
really anything on the list close to it.
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2. Amidar - Collect em' up
5. Lady Bug - Collect Em Up
8. Turtles - Collect em' up - out due to two games of same type rule
according to me.
12. Devil Fish... maze I would guess
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These are all maze games where you walk around more or less trying to
walk over every pathway in the maze. However - none of these 4 games
have similar rules, so I think we could get away with allowing two of
them. The objection I have to Amidar is that the existing scores make
it look marathonable, but that may not be an acceptable basis for
removal seeing as past tournaments have tried to beat the serial
number on Galaga & Gyruss.
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3. Zero Zone - puzzle - this involves nudity... and I'm quite afraid
of the young kids that could be involved... but that's up to the
debaters
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Is there a puzzle game similar enough to use instead? Not like it
matters to me, with my performance on puzzle games so far the
machine'll be adding my clothes to its collection
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4. Burning Rubber - driving
7. Marble Madness - maze
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Marble Madness is a racing game. It either goes with other racing
games (like Super Sprint), or in a class by itself. Not all games
with cars are racing games... anyone got a better description of
Burning Rubber?
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6. Xenophobe - what type is this?
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Games that su-su-su {WHAP} suck! There's a good reason there aren't
any other games like Xenophobe.
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9. 10 yard fight - football
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Yep ... football.
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10. Ghouls N' Ghosts - Platform
13. Ninja Kid II(set 2) - platform I guess
16. Magic Sword - platform - out due to two game rule
23. Green Beret - platform - out
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Yes, these are pretty much in the same class of game. Ghouls N'
Ghosts and Magic Sword are CPS1 games and probably need a decently
powered computer to play in MAME. Either possible set of 2, Ghouls N'
Ghosts & Ninja Kid II, or Ninja Kid II & Green Beret (if we toss cpu
hogs) would be different enough to be ok.
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11. Tron - uh... adventure I would guess
17. Outzone - ??????
19. Sega Ninja - ??????
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Tron either goes here (Due to Grid Bugs & MCP Cone) or by itself. I
don't know anything about Outzone or Sega Ninja, just taking BBH at
face value.
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14. Tempest - shooting?
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I'd group it with Galaga & Gyruss "walk around the bottom & shoot up"
games, but there don't seem to be any others on the list.
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15. City Connection - driving
20. Kangaroo - platform - out due to two game rule
22. Snow Bros. - platform - out
24. Mappy - oh... plaform - out
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These are not "platform" games in the same sense the "run & jump to
the right while you slash/shoot" set is. And, once again, not all
games with cars are driving games! Same "marathon" objection to City
Connection as to Amidar, and same "pick two" comment as on the maze &
side scrollers.
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18. The main event - wrestling
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Well, if 10 Yard Fight counts as football this would have to count as
wrestling.
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21. Do Run Run - uh... collect em' up? and therefore out
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Dig Dug man, Dig Dug yo!
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Game list based on my classifications without removing any games
except by rule of 2:
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1. Gauntlet II
2. Amidar
3. Zero Zone
4. Burning Rubber
5. Lady Bug
6. Xenophobe
7. Marble Madness
9. 10 Yard Fight
10. Ghouls N' Ghosts
11. Tron
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Which, despite disagreement over what games belong together, is the
same list of 10 games Gameboy came up with. If marathons are bad we'd
switch in Turtles(8) for Amidar, and if the speed on Ghouls N' Ghosts
is a problem switch in Ninja Kid II(13). Marble Madness runs on
similar hardware to Crystal Castles & Super Sprint from T2, so if it
goes for speed reasons the replacement would probably be Tempest (14).
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The randomizer doesn't seem to have done too badly... should be fun.
Aqua
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