win $10, name this game!

[pragmatic insanester]

i've been digging through the internet over the years trying to find the name of a game i played once at a store in the early 90s. it bothers me so much i'm going to give $10 to whoever can figure this out for me.

ok, here's what i remember:

arcade game, action.
i'm pretty sure it was one of those lousy "pay as you play" games, aka insert another damn quarter even if you didn't die. hence, why i only played once.

the main (or one of the selectable) character(s) was a black guy, and wore one of those 70's style hats that look like this a bit:
http://www.sundaysbestclothing.com/product_photos/AC03BYHT-LRCF_charcoal_f.jpg

i think you fought cops or something. i could be wrong.

it would have been around 1990-1995

good luck

[specialmove]

Outrun 2! er no...God knows. Good luck tho.

[Darren870]

64th Street a detective story?

The black doesnt wear that hat, the white guy does though..

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/0/x64th_Street_-_A_Detective_Story.png

[Steven]

64th Street a detective story?

The black doesnt wear that hat, the white guy does though..

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/0/x64th_Street_-_A_Detective_Story.png

my gut says we have a winnah!

[pragmatic insanester]

nope. i don't think its a beat 'em up. i've searched that genre to the ends of the earth.

[joshnickerson]

Goode Times: The Video Game LOL

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I definately remember playing a beat em up almost perfect to your description, but the name escapes my memory as i only played it one time.

Sorry I couldnt be of more help.

Dave

[Neo Rasa]

Sounds like DJ Boy but that's a beat'em up.

Riot City comes to mind despite it being a beat'em up and lacking said hat.

[§ Gideon §]

If you don't find your answer here, Google has a sort of detecive agency (http://answers.google.com/answers/) that's just for this kind of stuff.

[dcescott]

Tuff E Nuff???

[Kitsune Sniper]

Your description sounds vaguely like a Williams/Midway arcade game. I wish I could help you further.

[Neo Rasa]

Tuff E Nuff???

That was only on the SNES.

It wasn't Crackdown was it? O_o

[dcescott]

That was the first game that came to mind. I thought maybe it was ported, though I've never seen it in an arcade.

[Neo Rasa]

Yeah it was from Jaleco's first barrage of "me too!" games on the SNES along with the Rushing Beat trilogy (Rival Turf/etc.) and such.

[Queen Of The Felines]

I found these but I doubt they're what you're looking for. :/

Growl (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=G&game_id=8017)

Legend of Success J.oe (http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=L&game_id=8409)

Kristine

[pragmatic insanester]

-sigh- i wish the stupid store was still there. it closed and was turned into a Big Lots. if not, i could have tracked down the manager at the time and asked where/if he sold the game to.

[Steven]

I have a question: why would an arcade game force you to insert another quarter when you have yet to die?

One reason why the game you're looking for is so obscure...

[Diatribal Deity]

How about...

Vendetta

[Darren870]

I have a question: why would an arcade game force you to insert another quarter when you have yet to die?

One reason why the game you're looking for is so obscure...

Baseball Stars 2 makes you do this....maybe even 1 also.

[Gapporin]

Baseball Stars 2 makes you do this....maybe even 1 also.

Not only that, but most Neo-Geo games in general did this also. So that might be a lead for you.

Hey, waitaminute...is it Burning Fight, by any chance? Is it?

[pragmatic insanester]

it wasn't a top-down game, and it had decent graphics.

also, i remember that when the stupid "pay or game over" countdown was in effect, my character would to a walking in place animation.

[Neo Rasa]

I have a question: why would an arcade game force you to insert another quarter when you have yet to die?

One reason why the game you're looking for is so obscure...

Two reasons, one is draining health/time like in the Gauntlet games. The other is to improve your character (Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones/Rosetta Stone). NARC also has a cool buy-in setting where when you're down to one life bar, you can pop a quarter in and it will count as if you got a game over, put another coin in and continued.

[XianXi]

I would guess Gang Wars.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=G&game_id=7909

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/images/11/1109503039.jpg

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/G/yGang_Wars.png

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/G/vGang_Wars.png



Or it could be Robo Army.

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/R/xRobo_Army.png

[dcescott]

where's the sweet fat albert hat? the screenshots don't show any.

[XianXi]

where's the sweet fat albert hat? the screenshots don't show any.

Robo Army does, and its called a Beret.

[dcescott]

I've been looking for the funky shaft hat not a army beret!

[pragmatic insanester]

not a beret, the guy above got it right. its a 70s style hot you used to see black people wear in movies or whatever.

and no, none of the mentioned games are it.

[Amos]

How about B.Rap Boys?

[InsaneDavid]

How about B.Rap Boys?

http://unmamed.mame.net/pics/brapboys2.jpg

Can't direct link to images at mame.net.


Can't direct link to images at mame.net.

http://unmamed.mame.net/

Crtl+F, type in what you're looking for.

For arcade data use klov, here's the page for B. Rap Boys...

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=6984

[DanicusPrime]

lol

the hat comes from the 30s to 40s era not the 70s...

Usually kids from those eras wore them, brooklyn new yorkers. During the whole mob days. Its from that era.

Black people just brought it back into style during the 70s. Case in point Fat albert...

I own serveral of them and I'm not black... I even own my grandfathers too.

And the game he is refering too I think I have played that game too, if memory serves me correct its a neo geo arcade game at around 92-93. And yes it would juice the hell out of quaters for a life bar, or some sort.

But lets see if we can get Doc brown to lend us his Dolorian and we can go back to the future, or to the past...

[InsaneDavid]

lol

the hat comes from the 30s to 40s era not the 70s...

Usually kids from those eras wore them, brooklyn new yorkers. During the whole mob days. Its from that era.

Black people just brought it back into style during the 70s. Case in point Fat albert...

I own serveral of them and I'm not black... I even own my grandfathers too.

LOL My girlfriend wears one of those hats from time to time.

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Any of these ring a bell, sorry if they arent the right kind of game, but i thought it would be easier to list all of these.

(the price is there b/c i got this semi-list from an arcade game dealers web site)

3 Count Bout $35.00
Aero Fighters 2 $100.00
Art of Fighting $25.00
Art of Fighting 2 $35.00
Baseball Stars Professional $85.00
Brakers Revenge $150.00
Bust - A - Move $125.00
Cyber Lip $50.00
Fatal Fury $25.00
Fatal Fury 2 $35.00
Fatal Fury Special $35.00
Fighters History Dynamite $50.00
Karnov's Revenge $90.00
King of Fighters 95 $25.00
King of the Monsters 2 $100.00
Last Resort $100.00
League Bowling $100.00
Magical Drop II $125.00
Metal Slug $125.00
Metal Slug 2 $175.00
Metal Slug 3 $225.00
Neo Diggerman $200.00
Neo Turf Masters $110.00
Puzzle Bobble $150.00
Puzzle De Pon $130.00
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special $45.00
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 Newcomers $45.00
Samurai Showdown $25.00
Samurai Showdown 3 $60.00
Samurai Showdown IV $75.00
Savage Reign $85.00
Shock Troopers 2nd Squad $100.00
Spin Master $110.00
Stakes Winner $125.00
The Last Blade $100.00
World Heroes $25.00
World Heroes 2

[Hammy]

that looks like about half a list of neogeo games, and a very expensive list at that..

[DanicusPrime]

Well did he ever find the name of that video game he was refering too?

Maybe we can call it a day on this one. @_@

[suppafly]

Maybe you dreamed about this game??? I´d never seen a case like this, where many gamers just couldnt identify a given game...

:eek 2:

[rbudrick]

Ok, so it wasn't a beat em up, you say? WTF was it then?! LOL

-Rob