New Arcade Games - Page 58
Run and Gun 2
1996
Run and Gun 2
1996
An arcade basketball game by Konami, circa 1996, for their GX2 arcade hardware. Known as Slam Dunk 2 in Japan.Super Derby
1996
Scacco Matto
1996
Lucky Boom
1996
Tecmo World Soccer '96
1996
Tecmo World Soccer '96 is a 2D soccer game. The game has a total of 32 playable teams, each with its own starting formation as well as ratings in three attributes: speed, power, and press. The teams are divided by groups of four into eight world regions: Europe I-IV, North America, South America, Africa, and Asia and Oceania. On offense you can perform short or long passes with the A and C buttons, respectively, while the B button performs a scoring kick. While on defense you can manually switch player control with the B button or slide tackle the opposing ball carrier with the A button. Most of the time the game plays like a traditional 2D soccer title, but when the ball carrier and a defending player face off against each other, the game changes into a feinting interface.Hotdog Storm
1996
Red Earth
1996
Red Earth
1996
star 7Red Earth is a fantasy-themed 2D competitive fighting game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in 1996. Red Earth is the only CPS III video game which has never been officially ported to home platforms, although its characters have appeared in later Capcom games.Alpine Racer 2
1996
Alpine Racer 2
1996
A checkpoint-style racing game, featuring realistic physics, unique controls and an unusual genre for a racing game. It features three separate courses and your choice of speed or gate racing. There is a cool replay feature for finishing in first place.Cookie & Bibi 2
1996
Street Fighter EX
1996
Street Fighter EX
1996
star 7.6The Street Fighter EX fighting system uses fighting systems of the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter Alpha series. In many ways, EX still plays like a 2D fighting game, but the linear plane in which characters fight often changes along a 3D battleground. The game uses special moves and super combos familiar or similar to previous games in the series. Like in Alpha and Darkstalkers, the super combo gauge, used to do Super Combos and other moves, was divided into three levels. The game introduces various new features to enhance the player's combat choices. It was followed by an updated arcade version titled Street Fighter EX Plus, as well as a PlayStation-exclusive home console version titled Street Fighter EX Plus α, both released in 1997.Cruis'n World
1996
Cruis'n World
1996
star 7.2Cruis'n World is the 1996 sequel to the 1994 arcade racer Cruis'n USA. As the title implies, Cruis'n World allows players to race on various tracks around the world. The game also features more cars than Cruis'n USA. This game introduced stunts to the Cruis'n series. They served to dodge obstacles, take close curves and so. If the stunt makes the vehicle fly in the air, the game gives the player extra seconds of time. The game also uses small rocket boosts to speed up. The game was later released on the Nintendo 64 in 1998, being the best received of the Cruis'n ports.Beat the Champ
1996
Wave Runner
1996
Wave Runner
1996
WaveRunner is an arcade, personal watercraft racing game. Playable with a hydraulic motion system Jet Ski that provides the realistic feel and movement of riding the waves on a 3-axis motion system. Players can turn the Jet Ski's handle bars, moderate the accelerator, and lean the Jet Ski body with the turns on one of the three available courses (Beginner, Intermediate and Expert) . With realistic 3-D action, several tropical courses and the ability to link multiple units this is a must-have Simulator for any arcade or serious collector!SD Fighters
1996
SD Fighters
1996
SD Fighters is a fighting game with eight super deformed characters. The 3-button control scheme is more typical for 3D fighters like Virtua Fighter.GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur
1996
GTI Club: Rally Côte d'Azur is a racing game originally released for the arcades in 1996 by Konami, based on PowerPC-based hardware; the player raced around the Côte d'Azur and could choose from 5 rally cars including a Mini Cooper and Renault 5 Alpine Turbo. The game allowed moderate free-roaming of the environment, which was revolutionary for the time, and contained several semi-hidden shortcuts that could be used to reduce lap times. A handbrake is provided which the player is encouraged to use to perform handbrake turns round sharp corners.Tokyo Wars
1996
Tokyo Wars
1996
An arcade action game putting players in a tank-based deathmatch scenario around the streets of Tokyo.Aqua Jet
1996
Dancing Eyes
1996
Virtua Fighter 3
1996
Virtua Fighter 3
1996
star 8.8Virtua Fighter 3 is the third fighting game in the Virtua Fighter series. Two new Japanese characters were added to the roster of fighters: Aoi Umenokoji, a beautiful Japanese woman and a childhood friend of Akira Yuki who used a nimble form of Aiki-jujutsu as her fighting style of choice, and Taka-Arashi, a Sumo wrestler from Japan. Taka Arashi would not make another appearance in the Virtua Fighter series until Virtua Fighter 5 R; the series' current producer, Hiroshi Kataoka explained that the removal of Taka in subsequent installments was due to the technical implications of having a substantially larger character.
