Star Jacker is an early vertical scrolling shooter with some interesting characteristics. The player starts out with three fighters with all of the fighters moving and shooting at the same time. Two fighters trail the lead fighter. Star Jacker features a similar scheme with the Namco game Xevious in that the fighters shoot at enemy fighters in the air while dropping bombs on enemies and targets on the ground level.
When any of the fighters is killed, the game momentarily pauses and re-centers the player fighters before continuing at the same point. The game is over when all of the player's fighters are destroyed. Star Jacker allows no continues.
You control a big-game hunter who must use a tranquilizer gun to stun animals like snakes, elephants, gorillas and lions. The hunter must also bring the animals back to his truck.
N-Sub is one of the earliest naval video game titles.
The object of the game is to maneuver an on-screen submarine, the "N-Sub," with the joystick and sink the enemy fleet with torpedo fire in the Cobalt Blue Sea. Torpedoes can be fired vertically or horizontally by means of two separate 'FIRE' buttons and 3 torpedoes can be fired in rapid succession by keeping the button depressed. The enemy ships attack the N-Sub with missiles, torpedoes and depth charges. One round is over after the attack by the enemy fleet of twelve ships (No. 1 Fleet Black, No. 2 Fleet Blue) and the loop attack by the enemy destroyer. Enemy attack gains in ferocity with each new round. Bonus points are awarded if the fleet of twelve ships and the destroyer are destroyed. One extra N-Sub is added if players attain high score. The game is over when all of a player's N-Subs are sunk.
A light gun shooting game with the motif of a job that protects peace. There are stages for each occupation, and police officers, coast guard officers, riot police, etc. are active.
In Jambo! Safari, players use a steering wheel and a gear shift to pursue animals in a jeep and catch them using a lasso. Players can select from four different player characters and several different vehicles to drive.
Vigilante forces have raided government military installations and "confiscated" tanks, planes, even warships! Pilot your G-LOC fighter to victory against the guerillas. Only you have the skills to get the job done and save the day!
Namco's first independently designed video arcade game, Gee Bee combines gameplay elements of pinball and Breakout.
There are two paddles, one at the bottom and one in the middle, that stay aligned when moving, so players must pay attention to both when bouncing the ball. There are blocks at the top, sides. and in two tiny compartments on the sides near the bottom. There is also a third, stationary, vertically-oriented paddle in the middle, as well as bumpers to give it a pinball feel. Scoring depends on what objects you hit.
This was the first of three similar games designed and developed by Toru Iwatani, the creator of Pac-Man.
Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle Royale is an arcade fighting game set in the Dragon Ball Z universe. It plays in the same style as the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
Rockman EXE: The Medal Operation is a medal arcade game from the Medalusion series released in 2005 only in Japan. This is the second medal game to the Rockman.EXE series, and is themed on Rockman.EXE 5. The player moves on a board that contains different panels, some with six types of mini games, battle games, and a bonus game, some of them including a fishing mini game and a "Super Battle Game" against Nebula Gray. There are three slots below the screen that are used for several parts of the game to make decisions by making medals fall around, and the slot a medal falls in will be the choice, which varies from which path the player will take and which hand he will use in a rock-paper-scissors mini game. Players can win prizes like medals (arcade tokens) or packs of milk chocolate by completing the games.
Sega Rally 3 for the arcade is one of the finest and most fun arcade racers out there. Features include 6 player multiplayer races , a championship mode and a remake of the classic Desert '95 track.
Solar Assault is a 1997 Konami arcade shoot ’em up and a 3D spinoff of the Gradius series. Using a flight-sim style cockpit cabinet, players pilot Vic Viper through fully 3D environments while retaining classic Gradius mechanics like power-up bars and iconic enemies. Despite its impressive visuals and unique perspective, the game was never widely released outside Japan and remains one of the more obscure entries in the Gradius franchise.