New Arcade Games - Page 55
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
1997
star 8This is the 3rd in the Darkstalkers series. It plays much the same as the first, but features better animation, more playable characters, and a deeper storyline.Twinkle
1997
Top Skater
1997
Top Skater
1997
Top Skater is an arcade game released by Sega in 1997, and built on the Sega Model 2 hardware. It was one of the first arcade games to feature a skateboard controller interface. In Top Skater, players stand on a skateboard-like platform which swung side-to-side or tilted, manipulating the actions of the avatars in the game. Similar games were made for skiing, snowboarding and other sports of this nature. The game consisted of various ramps, rails and other skating objects from which the player could do tricks to gain points. The main sponsor of the game was Coca-Cola. The soundtrack of the game consisted entirely of these songs by the punk rock band Pennywise. The game's style is like that of the later and more known Sega game Crazy Taxi, noticeably the character art design and music type. Top Skater was also directed by Kenji Kanno. A lesser known sequel called Air Trix was made in 2001.Battle Circuit
1997
Battle Circuit
1997
star 6.8Battle Circuit is a 2D side scrolling beat'em up drawn in a comic (manga) style in a futuristic science fiction setting. A group of bounty hunters must capture the mad scientist Dr. Saturn with a giant head. The roster of heroes has 5 characters for the player to choose from: Cyber Blue, a human bounty hunter with cybernetic attachments to his body; Captain Silver, a humanoid shape-shifting hunter who has ability to project ice particles from his body; Pink Ostrich, a large, sentient, pink ostrich, who is always accompanied by its owner, a young girl named Pola Abdul; Yellow Iris, a part-time fashion model with claws and Alien Green, a space creature looking like a giant, moving plant. Gameplay is quite typical for the genre, like in Final Fight, Streets of Rage, or Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - players go right, beat the enemies (player has access to various attacks), collect bonuses and money, and fight against bosses, for example Dr. Saturn and his robots. Players' abilities can be expanded by purchasing special "B. C. Story
1997
B. C. Story
1997
B.C. Story is a sports arcade game released by SemiCom in 1997. In the game, one can select from caveman characters Sonlo, Milo or Ballo and engage in "B.C" sports events such as running and climbing.Surf Planet
1997
Surf Planet
1997
Surf Planet is a 1997 3D snowboard racing game developed by Gaelco. Using the joystick, the player must steer their snowboarder down a slope to clear the course within the time limit and finish in first place, while performing tricks along the way.Armadillo Racing
1997
Armadillo Racing
1997
A racing game where the player controls their character with a trackball around a racetrack.B.C. Story
1997
Janken Game Acchi Muite Hoi!
1997
A Janken (rock-paper-scissors) simulator based off the Acchi Muite Hoi! variation of the game, where the player must win a Janken match then correctly guess which direction their opponent will look. The game's cabinet utilizes a unique control setup, with a large joystick with two buttons on it; holding both buttons chooses rock, a single button chooses scissors, and no buttons held chooses paper. The player can pick between four different opponents, with a meter at the top of the screen filling up whenever the player guesses the opponents moves right. Once the meter is full the opponent is defeated and the next in line challenges the player.Street Fighter EX Plus
1997
A few months after the original version of Street Fighter EX was released, an upgraded version titled Street Fighter EX Plus was released in arcades on March 31, 1997. Street Fighter EX Plus has all the hidden time-released characters are available by default. This version also adds four new hidden characters, Evil Ryu from Street Fighter Alpha 2, an alternate version of Hokuto named "Bloody Hokuto" and two cyborgs named Cycloid β and Cycloid γ.Tekken 3
1997
Tekken 3
1997
star 8.4Tekken 3 is the third installment in the Tekken series, it maintains the same core fighting system as its predecessors but brings many improvements such as significantly more detailed graphics and animations, fifteen new characters added to the game's roster, more modern music and faster gameplay.Polystars
1997
Pocket Racer
1997
Kosodate Quiz My Angel 2
1997
KOSODATE QUIZ : MY ANGEL 2 is the second sequel of unique quiz simulation games in where players can enjoy assuming the role of a couple of newly parents who must raise their newborn daughter from the age of 0 until the age of 25.Hang Pilot
1997
Magical Date EX: Sotsugyou Kokuhaku Daisakusen
1997
Magical Date: Sotsugyo Kokuhaku Daisakusen is a skill game and dating sim published by Taito in 1997, as an updated version of Magical Date: Dokidoki Kokuhaku Daisakusen. In this game, the player picks one of three possible girls to date and then starts off in a square as in a board game, proceeding to other squares which have different mini games. At junction points the player is asked questions about their date and has to pick the correct answer, or she will become upset Released in February 1997 in Japan only. The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'Cruel Graduation Tactics'.Stagger 1
1997
Stagger 1
1997
Stagger 1 / Red Hawk is a 1997 vertical scrolling shooter arcade game created by Afega. Stagger 1 / Red Hawk was Afega's big breakthrough. Even though its success was mostly expressed in the spreading of bootlegs in China, Afega still claimed to have exported more than 10,000 machines. In Korea, the game was originally published before the summer vacation of 1997, but called back for some reason, and not sold again until November the same year. At first sales were slow because of the low machine price of 250,000 Won (which lead arcade owners assume low quality), but after word-of-mouth had spread, the game became a hit in its home country, too6. While it didn't bring anything new on the shmup table, Red Hawk's biggest strength was its bombastic arsenal, throwing together all kinds of weapon systems that are seen in the genre. Besides the highly upgradeable standard weapon, planes can charge for a devastating, screen filling special attack. Those don't replace smart bombs, though, as those are available, too.Jan Jan Paradise 2
1997
Jan Jan Paradise 2
1997
A sequel of Jan Jan Paradise with additional anime characters to play against.Side by Side 2
1997
Cookie & Bibi 3
1997
Cookie & Bibi 3
1997
Cookie and Bibi 3 is a clone of the Puzzle Bobble series developed by Semicom in 1997. In this game, the player controls a cannon which shoots different sorts of bricks, each one representing some sort of food. If at least 3 bricks of the same kind are put in contact with one another, they explode and the player gains points. To clear a stage and go to the next one, the player has to destroy every brick present at the beginning before they accumulate to a certain state. The game has several game modes : The main game is playable with one or two players helping each other ; a versus game mode is also available. This game has two prequels: Cookie and Bibi and Cookie and Bibi 2.
