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I'd be in pretty big trouble.. I recently played MAYDAY (Hoei, 1981); the main character is a ship. All they'd have to do is shoot me. I'd have to dodge and weave to get out of their line of fire as I run, trying to contact the army or something and hope they can take it down.

Extra Bases (arcade) Video Pinball (arcade) Castlevania: Aria Of Sorrow (GBA)

Hey gang! Just thought this might be a good place to discuss problems we have in trying to make the controls work in your MAME games. I'm not saying I'll have the answers, but others might. If you have trouble trying to figure out how to make the X/Y yokes work on a joypad, how to emulate the arcade's trackball controls onto a joystick, how to change the .ini files, whatever. Post your questions (and maybe specify which games you're trying to get the controls to work in) and post answers as well, if you can. Here's my query: I am trying to do a video on an old baseball game called EXTRA BASES (Midway, 1980). I am having a hell of a time trying to emulate the trackball from the arcade game onto my joypad, or keyboard, or mouse. Any of these controllers would be okay if I can get them to work. I have checked the box ENABLE MOUSE CONTROLLER (or whatever) in Properties from right-clicking the game on the MAMEUI list. Hitting Tab and trying to configure the mouse controls in the "X/Y" selection is a bit dicey, but I have tried everything I can think of and I can't control the damn fielders or direction of pitch. Anyone know what to do? Thanks in advance, and post your own queries if you have them!

Pretty much all of Donkey Kong's sounds are off-key.

The sound of your cop in Keystone Kapers picking up a bonus item was weird. The sound of enemies emerging from their "base" in Tutankhamn was similar to someone deeply hocking a loogie.

Alpha Mission (arcade) Alpha Mission (NES) Alpha Mission II (NEO GEO arcade)

A trick I remember for some of the versions of CRAZY KONG was to climb up the first ladder on the first barrel level, and simply jump right from Mario's "facing forward" stance. You fall through the floor and warp to the next screen! I found CRAZY KONG to be so ugly and cheap-looking (and sounding), personally. CRAZY KONG is really an apt title, due to some sounds that seem to be lifted from CRAZY CLIMBER.

One of my faves: "Fighter pilots needed in sector wars! Play Astro Blaster!" Also: I used to love the upside down Y in the word "Play" in Play Space Invaders, then seeing the alien replace it with a right-side up Y. There's some enjoyable police radio banter in some of the THIEF arcade cabinets. Also: "This is a little embarrassing.."-- various girls in Dead Or Alive Extreme, about to do the pole dance.

You thrust sword into your chest! Blood begins to flow! Suicide won't help you in your quest! The Warlock Lord will surely triumph now! Shouting a battle cry, you catapult yourself off the platform. You are a brave warrior, but stupid! Your body explodes as you plunge into the lava. --Shadowgate, NES

It's a-me! Maaario!

Hey folks. I thought I did a thread on this a long time ago.. it seems to have disappeared. Oh well.. what video game dialogue, either actually spoken or in text, can you think of at the moment? Mine: ANOTHER WORLD/OUT OF THIS WORLD Friendly alien: "Mykobah." (gesturing you to move forward)

It seems to me the hardest parts of this game are learning the timing of the springy things on the later elevator levels and trying not to get stuck on a raising/lowering ladder with a fireball coming up at you on the pie factory level.

Armor Attack (arcade) Castlevania (NES) Kung Fu (NES)

Yeah, I'd go with the original cab too. And make sure it stands straight up during transport, and doesn't lay on its back. I made the mistake of having a game shipped laying down and the vibrations screwed up the circuitry a bit. Not something that can't be fixed, but still irritating.

..So can anyone go ahead and post another control panel?

I wonder if anyone has played this while smoking pot just to laugh extra hard at the "How high can you get?" screen.

Guardian Legend for the NES has a few of the things you're looking for. One of my favorite games!

Sky Kid Wrecking Crew Gradius

Street Fighter Kung Fu Zanac