Recommend me some JAMMA games!

[Spectre]

So have decided to start picking up some plain old JAMMA games after mainly sticking to cart systems for years. So far I have snagged:-

Dynablaster
Tetris (atari)
Mille Miglia 2

I've also got my eye out for Robocop. Now recommend me some more dammit, value under £100 (cheaper the better), horizontal games only and no CPS1 stuff as I already know about them all.

[geotrig]

super pang
world rally (more of the same as Mille Miglia 2 kinda)
mr driller
gunforce maybe ..not sure what this sells at but think its defo under 100
sengoku blade (aka sengoku ace 2)

[Shady994]

FWIW, the original Great 1000 Miles Rally plays much better than the 2nd one. You should be able to get it pretty cheap. Give it a go.

Also:

world rally (more of the same as Mille Miglia 2 kinda)

Also Splatterhouse is brilliant. I sold mine because I played it to death.

[rcantor77]

Some kind of steer on genre would be useful, but my persoanl likes (Horizontal and non-cart based) are:

Final Fight
Pacland
Shinobi
Track and Field
Wonderboy III

[Rossyra]

Good Jamma games under £100, horizontal, not made by Capcom. Hmmm

[sven666]

robocop sucks (yeah i had fond childhood memories of it too), get robocop 2 instead, much better altho its a real unfair creditfeeder...

[emphatic]

Chelnov
Black Tiger
Rygar (non-jamma, but simply the best)
Silk Worm
Cabal
Ninja-Kid II / Rad Action

[Korszca]

Uo Poko
Arcana Heart
Bomberman/Atomic Punk
The older Tekken games
PuRuRun
Some of the later Neo-Geo games come on a single board
Some of the Gradius/Parodius games can be had cheap

[geotrig]

soul edge siegfried wins !

[rcantor77]

Some of the later Neo-Geo games come on a single board

King of Fighters 2003
Metal Slug 5
SNK vs Capcom

Sadly all mediocre games...

[Spectre]

Interested in all genres, although I'm not that big on puzzle games. MVS games on pcb do not count!

Most interesting suggestion so far is Ninja-Kid II / Rad Action, as I'd never heard of it and it looks awesome and hilarious

[neogeomvs]

Final Fight
Sunset Riders
WWF WrestleFest

etc

Basically all the ones you made labels for me

[emphatic]

Most interesting suggestion so far is Ninja-Kid II / Rad Action, as I'd never heard of it and it looks awesome and hilarious

It's amazing, really. The music is fantastic and the characters and graphics are amazing. Learning to control the Ninja-Kid is a bit hard due to a rather complex use of button 2 in combination with lever controls. You also use the lever UP to cycle your weapon inventory. This is a bit hard to control also if you have a hair trigger joystick, so I imagine that the JLF is better for this game than an LS-32 for example.

1. Jumping - Ninja-Kid jumps for as long as you hold the jump button. But not only does button 2 work for jumping, no you can also:
2. Climbing walls - Jump towards a wall until Ninja-Kid grabs hold of it. Keep pulling the stick towards the wall, then start repeatedly pushing button 2 to climb the wall. If the wall is tall and have an opposing wall, you might wanna learn how to:
3. Bouncing off walls - If you jump towards a wall, you can bounce of it, ninja style and scale vertical tunnels several screens high with ease. Just jump towards the wall, then mid-air pull the joystick the other way while pressing button 2 again (keep it pressed) until you jump off the opposing wall and repeat until you reach the top.
4. Swimming - Yes, there are levels where you're required to swim around with only a small sword to protect you from giant shrimp, small red fish and avoid huge fish that cannot even be killed

The jump button can also be used to do a "perfect landing" if Ninja-Kid falls from a great height and loses consciousness (you just press button 2 right before he hits the ground). If you fail, he will pass out for 2 seconds (you can speed this up by repeatedly pushing button 2). You can also go into a ninja-ball and roll away towards death or an unsuspecting enemy that will be momentarily stunned. Or it might just kill you.

The game gives you plenty of extends if you play it for score (somewhat) but be careful not to overstock, or the extends will stop coming. Suicide is sometimes needed. If time runs out, a wheel of fire will turn up and scroll across the screen towards you, increasing in speed with every re-appearance. It always appears when the level time hits "30" or if you just stand around too long IIRC. One of my favourite games no doubt.

[Mokum]

Defo Sol Divide, Altered Beast and Sunset Riders.

You're so lucky I'm selling them three really cheap

[emphatic]

Defo Sol Divide

Selling this must be the only reason to actually recommend this to anyone.

[opt2not]

Snow Bros.
Fun game and very accessible to all players. Great 2 player game too!

[Mokum]

Defo Sol Divide

Selling this must be the only reason to actually recommend this to anyone.

It's actually a good game. It's Psikyo and has different types of magic attacks and boosts. Gameplay isn't that great and I don't like having to face mainly bosses all the time but it's still a nice game methinks.

[emphatic]

I used to own Sol Divide and while the presentation is pretty cool (the video sequences), I pretty much hated the gameplay.

[SolderFace]

meikyu jima - IREM 1988

its such a great game. Its 2 buttons but the gameplay is very deep. works good with a 4 way stick.

[Spectre]

Just had a look on youtube, looks like a hidden gem, thanks! Irem stuff in general seems very well thought of