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  tenofspades 18 Apr 2009 10:45:36 1,676 posts
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  Seeing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoaPd9gph9w
  (Crackdown Arcade). What other good top-down retro games are there?

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  arcadecentral 18 Apr 2009 11:02:48 57 posts
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  Well, try the game it was based on....
  
  Gauntlet

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  Wastelander 18 Apr 2009 11:12:06 1,848 posts
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  Gain Ground!
  
  The guy in the video is rubbish though.

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  Physically_Insane 18 Apr 2009 11:13:52 6,962 posts
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  Chinatown Wars!

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  thelatestmodel 18 Apr 2009 11:40:47 364 posts
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  Crackdown is fantastic, although quite tricky at first. I prefer the Megadrive version, it's the one I played first and I just find it a bit more accessible.
  
  Some other great games that are somewhat similar in a top-down sense, without going too much into shoot-em-up territory:
  
  Ikari Warriors
  Commando
  Mercs
  Alien Syndrome
  Shackled
  
  And of course Gauntlet, GTA and Gain Ground, as mentioned above. I like Gauntlet IV on Megadrive best, as it has a pretty cool quest mode where you can upgrade your hero's stats and work towards beating the bosses at the end of each tower.

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  lucky_jim 18 Apr 2009 12:38:56 4,896 posts
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  All the 2d Alien Breed games on the Amiga. Genius.

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  AuthenticKaizen 18 Apr 2009 13:15:22 280 posts
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  definitely
  shock troopers
  (its something like metal slug. but top down this time... non stop action of course)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1x7vDuS54

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  Physically_Insane 18 Apr 2009 13:18:32 6,962 posts
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  Chaos Engine?

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  tenofspades 18 Apr 2009 13:25:32 1,676 posts
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  Thank you, great suggestions- been looking them on youtube.
  

  definitely
  shock troopers
  (its something like metal slug. but top down this time... non stop action of course)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1x7vDuS54

  Shock Troopers is a classic, I notice Mercs is another very similar title to that and Metal Slug too.
  

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  AuthenticKaizen 18 Apr 2009 13:58:34 280 posts
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  you can also check out the impressive Multi-Directional Shooter Master List which covers hundreds of shooters of many many different systems!
  (kudos to neist the maker of this list)
  http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pvwYx0Skw-Q3i-BwhcOfKKg&gid=0

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  tenofspades 18 Apr 2009 15:26:46 1,676 posts
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  aha very useful, thanks.

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  Fonzie 18 Apr 2009 15:51:09 1,691 posts
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  Physically_Insane wrote:
  Chaos Engine?

  This - great in single player or co-op.

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  Deleted user 18 April 2009 16:33:27
  Secret Commando, just released on Virtual Console.
  http://vc.sega.jp/vc_ms_ashura/

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  Deleted user 18 April 2009 16:34:36
  Secret Command actually.
  

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  thelatestmodel 18 Apr 2009 17:04:57 364 posts
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  Ah! Alien Breed and Shock Troopers - definitely agree, how could I forget those.

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  Obiwanshinobi 13 May 2009 05:26:25 866 posts
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  There was a top-down game for the SNES about gun-wielding chick on board of a spaceship. It probably was more adventurey than something like Shock Troopers. None of the names listed above rings the bell. Any ideas?

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  Genji 13 May 2009 09:04:35 19,691 posts
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  metroid

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  Murbal 13 May 2009 09:05:36 19,396 posts
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  Commando
  
  edit: like what thelatestmodel said innit.

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  Obiwanshinobi 13 May 2009 16:49:02 866 posts
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  Metroid it was not. Top-down or isometric view rather than side-scrolling.

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  jonsaan 13 May 2009 16:50:07 24,217 posts
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  The description sounds like Alien Breed.

  FCUTA!

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  jonsaan 13 May 2009 16:50:22 24,217 posts
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  Syndrome sorry!

  FCUTA!

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  jonsaan 13 May 2009 16:51:48 24,217 posts
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  No it doesn't. Ignore me.

  FCUTA!

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  Obiwanshinobi 13 May 2009 17:17:16 866 posts
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  SNES definitely, although I wouldn't exclude words: "Alien", "Commando" or "Space" from the name. Perhaps the easiest way to find out is to rediscover it accidentally.

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  jonsaan 13 May 2009 17:18:31 24,217 posts
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  Alien Space Commando?
  
  

  FCUTA!

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  Obiwanshinobi 13 May 2009 17:21:51 866 posts
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  ...or Space Squad (not Laser Squad surely), or something like that. Cheers!

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  wizbob 13 May 2009 18:02:26 746 posts
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  Total Carnage
  
  Smash TV
  

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  Wastelander 13 May 2009 18:04:17 1,848 posts
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  Oh, what about Loaded/RELoaded.

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  StringBeanJean 13 May 2009 23:41:58 1,765 posts
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  Zombies ate me Neighbours.
  
  Smash TV definitely.
  
  

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  Harmonica 13 May 2009 23:58:27 966 posts
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  Micro Machines.

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  beastmaster 14 May 2009 00:00:36 8,010 posts
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  Crystals of Zong on the C64. I just love the name.
  
  Oh and
  
  Spy Hunter, Bumping Buggies and one of the hardest fucking games ever - The Last V8.
  
  Edit: My first game I ever bought Hover Bovver! Come on Mr. Minter, do this on XBLA.
  
  

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