7. Alien VS. Predator
Type: Side-Scroller, Action
Platform(s): Arcade
The mere mention of these two and a half words brings to mind a mixture of thoughts. On one hand you have the laughably bad cinematic release, on the other you have what is undoubtedly one of the best arcade games of all time. Alien VS. Predator was a dream come true for any gamer that was even mildly a fan of either franchise. Even if you weren't a fan, the beautiful gameplay and style of the title was enough to draw you in and keep you hooked. Following suit of many of the other quintessential names in the quarter-muncher hall of fame, AVP featured swift play with a plethora of action and explosive super attacks as either a stalking Predator or battle hardened Space Marine. And yet again, this was another face absent among the yearbook of console alumni.
6. SengokuType: Side-Scroller, Action
Platform(s): Arcade, Neo-Geo
The fifth and final of my pleas for side-scrolling remakes is none other than the little known Sengoku. If you were looking for some kick-ass skirmishing with a Japanese biker or American cowboy, wielding Samurai blades and capable of awesome transformations into supernatural beings, then you had found what you had so desperately sought. Sengoku was one of those games that from the moment you laid eyes on it you knew this was something you wouldn't forget. Even to this day I still have lucid daydreams of my time spent hacking and slashing hordes of ninja assassins to miniscule pieces. It was simply too bad that owning a Neo-Geo at the time was a near impossibility. And as SNK's grasp on gaming became more and more tenuous over the years, your hopes of ever owning or playing again any of their timeless classics became thinner in turn. While it is true that you can still play this and many of my other picks on emulators for your PC, nothing matches being able to go through the struggles with the masses at the arcade or even in front of your TV with a few friends.
-RaiNny
hk_newbie said...
believe it or not, i've never played sengoku, even though i've heard nothing but praise for it...i think we need to build a cabinent and load mame on a dummy machine.
RaiNny said...
That actually sounds like a great idea. Perhaps sometime in the future when we all have some free time we could make that into a fun little project.
said...
I just can't get behind Sengoku. I never found it much fun, and it seemed clunky next to similar side-scrolling fighters like "Final Fight". Maybe because the Neo-Geo coin-op near me had "Samurai Showdown 2" on it, which beat the crap out of any other game around at the time. AVP was one of the greatest sidescrollers EVER. Thanks for reminding me about it: I am definitely getting that ROM, ASAP.
RaiNny said...
"I just can't get behind Sengoku. I never found it much fun, and it seemed clunky next to similar side-scrolling fighters like "Final Fight"."
Oh poor deluded salvagebar...when will you learn??? By now you should know that my opinions are law and yours are well, not.