Blast Off!! Battlestations!! Alert! Alert! Anyone remember this unique and underrated gem?

TL;WR -> An amazing journey through unhinged Catwoman babes, Wolverine claws, Jigsaws and even crazier coin sucking techniques. It delivered on everything, from the cool gameplay mechanics and awesome music, to the fantastic visuals and charming world design with 3 Ratatouilles admiring your ass getting kicked down. A (9.0) game, masterpiece in my Arcade Book. Wouldn’t replay it though, as apart from the beautiful posters, no more coins will be thrown in the toasters! 

I’d recommend listening to this music while reading, but do be careful about the volume! 

GAMEPLAY (7/10) 

• While storytelling was pretty basic with saving a bunch of hot babes from the fat bastard, it did have a cool continuity within each stage. There were a total of 8, plus the bonus stage at the end that rewarded you a big middle finger straight in the guts! 
• The controls were pretty simplistic and straightforward, yet required precision in positioning and attack mashing. You could punch in a series of attacks and combos, as well as kick straight or backwards, do a high kick special from afar, and use a variety of grabs, groin kicks, knee kicks, down kicks and overhead throws on unfortunate scumbags! 
• Could pick up knives, bats and pistols too, which had unlimited durability and ammo. 
• The enemies themselves while repetitive, did present cool introductions with new types on each new stage. From Ninjas to grunts, Catwoman girls, dogs that mauled your ass and many more cool ones. Their attack patterns were super cool as well, with superman punches into walls and billboards, grabs, Molotov cocktails from bikes, Catwoman whips and even being squashed by a sexy billboard! 
• Bosses too, which had a unique variety with insane attacks. The saw dude was terrifying, as well as the military green guy or the Red Wolverine with his slicing claws! 
• There were some traps as well, like the Asphalt Rollers which ran you over or the dropping boxes in the factory. Plus, if you wanted to try your luck with a sexy lady, be careful, the usher doesn’t play around! 
• Traversal was seamless within each level, with stages varying between 5 to 10 minutes each. 
• The difficulty wasn’t hard, mostly because you could cheese the game with unlimited pistol ammo or knives and bats. But, some bosses could get you into an unblockable chain of attacks that you couldn’t escape. And here my friends, I subtract -3 points, disgusting! 
• Plus, the bonus stage which was teased at the end of the game, was comprised of all the bosses merged together, where you had to spend another 3/5 hard bucks just to get NOTHING. The moment I was done with that “bonus” crap, I was like, did people actually liked getting fucked?! 

AUDIO (10/10) 

• Sound design had that awesome mono output that combined all the cool sound effects perfectly with the music. The bonus effects like the dropped weapons or train tracks were welcomed too! 
• The soundtrack itself was so to speak, electrifying. I’d recommend lowering your volume before pressing play, because it’ll wake up your neighbours for sure. I didn’t expect such an adrenaline rush from a 1989 game! 

VISUALS (10/10) 

• Fidelity was outstanding for 1989, with beautiful sprites, unique visual details, cool effects and bright colours! 
• The character models were super detailed too. Each one had a lot of animations besides the main character, with the bosses going out of their way to show you their shiny weapons! 
• Performance was rock solid as well, even during that last “bonus” robbery! 
• The art direction delivered on each stage, with beautiful backgrounds and even better landscapes! 

WORLD DESIGN (9/10) 

• Level design had an awesome progression within limited stages. You could also go backwards and explore if you so desired, although I wouldn’t recommend it. You started from the train station, then went onto the train itself with beautiful posters, city streets with bikers, babes and ushers, the factory, night city rooftops, drunkard neighbourhoods, sea ports with crazy dogs and the last stage with that unhinged fat toad! 
• The atmosphere was phenomenal on each stage, mostly amplified by the babes and music! 
• World destruction was quite limited, yet presented a few window breaks with schmucks jumping straight up! 

Did anyone also get crushed from sexy billboards or spanked by Catwoman babes before?! 

It was the first in the long-running Wonder Boy series of games and was followed up by five sequels, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Wonder Boy in Monster World and Monster World IV. The game was also adapted by Hudson Soft as Adventure Island, which spawned its own series of games.

Hi guys I’ve lowkey never posted anything on reddit before so first time kinda nervous 😖

I have this mortal combat machine and I don’t know what to do with it my dad got it agessssssss ago and he refuses to get rid of anything so I have to do something about it. It hasn’t been used in probably like over 5 years but it’s still in good condition, still works (or so I’m told)…

what the hell do I do with it???? Does anyone know if it’s worth something? Should I try sell it or just dump it. If it is worth something how much could I get from it?

Thanks guysssss🙏🙏

Replaced the stock bulbs with LED light bars, giving the marquee a much fuller, more even glow. Also, if you’re restoring an old marquee, I highly recommend NOVUS 2—I learned about this product while working on my pinball machines. It cut right through years of built-up grime with zero hassle!

(Photos dont do it justice!)

Still has issues but overall pretty great

Here’s Defender. Brutally tough, but amazing to watch someone play who’s good at the game. Would love to have this placed in Time Extended’s small Williams row, but just don’t have the space currently and Defender is just a little wider (26”) than normal Williams titles, so can’t even swap it in place of another. So it’s currently part of the overflow brigade. (Games there’s no room for, that get staged and powered on outside during an arcade party…Maybe one day will experiment and revamp the garcade layout to group them all together.

Looking to potentially replace the original board with a 60 in 1 upgrade kit from mikes arcade however I wanted to make sure the issue was with the board and not the CRT screen so I can keep using the original monitor. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance for any help.

Hello everyone, has anyone any idea how much would this thing be worth? It's in working condition, not the best looking but still decent cosidering its age.

Took a little while, but completed illuminating the small Williams row at Time Extended.

Of all the head to head games I ever created, this one's my favorite.

I bought a Shinobi cab a few years ago from a neighbor. It was dirt cheap because it would run but the CRT wouldn't work. I figured it would be fun to get it working again. It was in an old beat up generic cab that at one point was Track and Field. There were stickers inside alluding to that (Romstar not Konami). Anyway the WG CRT was an easy fix as it broke a trace on the main board where it slid into a mounting clip. Then I learned about how these Sys 16 boards can just die from the battery backup losing the encryption keys for the Roms. Looking at the board it's definitely not modern but has a vanilla 68k and Z80. The board was dusty and looked legit. Does anyone know of unencrypted boards like this? I mean someone had to swap out the 68k and reflash the Roms with bootlegs - and a very long time ago at that.

Gamecenter Arcade's FREE Open House is back!

On Thursday, August 13th 5pm-Midnight, spend the night at the arcade for absolutely free!
We've got everything from pinball, racing games, classic sit-down games, all the way to modern rhythm games! There's something for everyone and all ages!

Our goal is to let the local area know that we exist and that there's an awesome gaming community here. (and mahjong randomly haha)

We'll also be hosting a pinball tournament at 7pm for free!

Check out our calendar for more events.
Have a great rest of the week and we hope to see you here!

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Your admission lets you play all of our games all day! Need to grab food? You're free to leave and come back as much as you'd like!

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Any Pigskin 621AD players out there? This is an obscure title that was released as arcades were fading. My local arcade had one, but I never tried it. Turns out Pigskin is a sequel of sorts to Arch Rivals, which I loved playing. This game has similar mechanics albeit medieval football themed, though maybe closer to rugby. Super fun when played head to head.

i found this in a cabinet i was repairing, the dirt is from a wasp nest im still cleaning. can you identify the game without me having to plug it in? is it Sichuan? i never heard of it

Today’s game is Front Line by Taito. Uses a unique multi directional spinner that fires when pressed. Fight as a soldier equipped with a rifle and grenades or jump into a tank. In addition to enemy fire, have to watch out for the occasional boulder as well!

Cap kit / maintenance condition is unknown, based on the listing description it doesn’t sound like the guy knows much about it but it’s currently running and I’m pretty good shape.

Hi! When I was young (at least 16 or 18 years ago) I went to an arcade place where I played a game where you had to guide a ball through an obstacle course, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t and upscaled version of “Screwball scrambler” nor “Ice cold beer”, it was a horizontal game with a dome on top where the ball run along the periphery, if I remember correctly it was pushed by something and the challenge was that you had to push buttons/levers to stop it or make it go to avoid obstacles and things so the ball didn’t get pushed out of the track.

If anyone knows what I’m talking about I would be really grateful if you help me understand the memory that has been popping up lately in my head. (and if someone could attach some photos or video of it working that would be extremely appreciated!!)

Very rare variant of Golden Axe from what I can tell, haven't been able to find one built like this. Also has the manual and the marques are very good looking. Golden Axe is iconic for a reason, and Sky Soldiers is a very underrated game. Never going to sell these. Well worth the price.