The next game I tried was “Rampage”, a great 80s arcade game that’s lots of fun. The first time I played it I laughed at one of the monsters eating a guy with a flame thrower and then his breath turns to fire. Sadly, such detail is missing from this game which isn’t surprising given the difference in hardware.
I chose “Lizzie”, mostly because that was the only one the joystick seemed to be able to pick.
The first stage was kind of fun but the joystick I have just gave me limited play ability. If I tried to punch up and smash a helicopter (a necessary move in the arcade game), my punch would go diagonally. If I tried to punch downward diagonally to destroy the building, Lizzie would punch directly to the right. It was pretty annoying.
Eventually I made it to another level:
But this one took even longer to clear and when I was beat, I just gave up.
720
This was an arcade game I never really played so I wasn’t that enthusiastic to try it out. First it opens with the player hi-score page.
Once you start playing it takes you directly to the skate park:
It was actually kind of fun to move around the park and there didn’t seem to be any “danger” like I was expecting (like falling off the board). Eventually I found the map to the park:
This didn’t really help the game play, though, and nothing I did seemed to affect any play. I tried fancy moves or collecting money but nothing seemed to happen. Eventually I just gave up after about 7-8 minutes.
One last thing; 720 opened with a crack screen, complete with some cool effects and music:
Maybe in a subsequent post I’ll research who some of these crackers were as the music they created ended up making a sort of “digital music piracy scene”.