Last week I got in a Desert Assault pcb, which is also known as Thunder Zone in Japan. I picked it up both for my tournament yesterday and just for fun. It's the sequel to Bloody Wolf, but where that game had a lot of varied objectives, Desert Assault eschews all of that in favor of frenetic action. It also ups the ante with 4-player simultaneous co-op, which creates a flashing, chaotic top-down run 'n gun.

I can't think of many 4 player games in this style. It adds quite a bit, and the game has a lot of nice touches to take advantage of it, such as being able to carry wounded comrades to keep them in the game, each character having different starting weapons, and vehicles with driver/gunner capabilities. I'm really digging it so far, and the more players, the more fun it is to play.

Anyone familiar with this one?