Name the 1980s arcade game: top-down running / driving / shooting game
July 12, 2016 3:51 AM Subscribe
This should be an easy one. I'm trying to remember the name of this game I played around 1989 or so.
Top-down, scrolling game. You start off driving a car, but if the car catches fire you can bail out and continue on foot. Both the car and the pedestrian can shoot. Enemies are other cars and soldiers.
Top-down, scrolling game. You start off driving a car, but if the car catches fire you can bail out and continue on foot. Both the car and the pedestrian can shoot. Enemies are other cars and soldiers.
I'm thinking of Autoduel, which is around the right era but was home computer not arcade.
posted by russm at 5:32 AM on July 12, 2016
posted by russm at 5:32 AM on July 12, 2016
Sounds a bit like Front Line from 1982 -- though tanks not cars, and while you didn't start with one, you spent a lot of time in one.
posted by nom de poop at 6:18 AM on July 12, 2016
posted by nom de poop at 6:18 AM on July 12, 2016
Response by poster: Nope, none of those. Some more details: Arcade game, not console or PC. Graphics used smallish sprites. Mainly scrolled vertically, but also scrolled horizontally to a degree I think. Button 1 was for shooting, button 2 was to bail (when driving) or roll (when running). Pedestrian's bullets have shorter range than car's. After running for a while, a new car would be delivered for you to climb into.
I think it was from a major company, my guess would be Taito.
posted by snarfois at 6:27 AM on July 12, 2016
I think it was from a major company, my guess would be Taito.
posted by snarfois at 6:27 AM on July 12, 2016
I was thinking of Spy Hunter but you never got out of the car.
Do you remember the main controls? Was it a steering wheel, joystick, or spinner?
posted by bondcliff at 6:32 AM on July 12, 2016
Do you remember the main controls? Was it a steering wheel, joystick, or spinner?
posted by bondcliff at 6:32 AM on July 12, 2016
Best answer: Capcom's The Speed Rumber came out 1986.
posted by haqspan at 6:34 AM on July 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by haqspan at 6:34 AM on July 12, 2016 [2 favorites]
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posted by Awfki at 5:03 AM on July 12, 2016