yay Bubble Bobble! DO you have Elevator Action on that thing?
Taito Legends - Battle Shark, Bubble Bobble, Gladiator
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 On 04/03/2014 at 03:38 PM by KnightDriver See More From This User » |
Taito Legends [Xbox], collecting 29 arcade games, is organized in a straightforward way. You just scroll left to right over the games. Each game has its own mini-menu where you can check the control scheme and find history, interviews and cabinet art. I was surprised at how many games I liked, 9 in this collection. I’ll do three at a time.
In Battle Shark you are in a futuristic submarine. You fire in first person at other subs, fish armed with bombs, and boss subs. Bubbles cross the screen off and on that you can shoot for special ammo. The arcade machine had a periscope controller like arcade games Periscope and Sea Wolf. I found the game addicting and played to the end thanks to infinite continues.
The graphic of the Battle Shark sub on the title screen is very anime. It reminds me of something out of Starblazers.
Bubble Bobble is super awesome! You are a Bubble Dragon and jump around a screen full of platforms and blow bubbles to trap enemies. Then you pop them to oblivion with your spiny back or stomp them. If you pop a bunch of them at once food items appear around the screen which give you points. Some levels have water running through them that becomes another obstacle or an aid, depending on how you use it. I got really hooked on this and kept playing for a while. I will definitely be returning to this game again.
Bubble Bobble is most recently available on the 3DS and Wii-U e-shop
Gladiator is an interesting game. You are a knight in armor and move left to right through a 2D side-scrolling environment blocking flying objects and fighting single enemies with a sword. You have three angles of sword thrust and shield blocking: high, middle and low. As you get hit, you lose pieces of your armor and then if you get hit in the spot again, you die. You have to do the same to your opponent. These few choices give you a surprising amount of challenge. I found the fights exciting and strategic. You have to block your opponents thrust and get around his/her shield with your own. You also have to block thrown objects and flying bats before each fight. If you pick up swords on the ground you can become briefly invincible. I really liked knocking pieces of armor off my opponents. Sometimes I had them down to their undies before I stuck it in. Ha Ha!
There was a sequel Blandia but it’s not available as far as I can see.
This is a great collection of arcade games. I've got six more to blab about in the next two blogs.
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