Golden Era Game of the Week 6/17/06: Space Fury
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:24 pm
Golden Era Game of the Week
See introduction here
The Game: Space Fury
romname: spacfury
Screenshot:
(click to see current MARP scores)
Reward: $50 (usd)
Deadline for submission to MARP: June 23, 2006 2359 hours GMT
Further Bounty: none
I had forgotten about this game completely before MAME came along. Pulled up the game completely unsuspecting and was greeted by an old friend:
"Ah, a creature for my amusement!"
He's the main thing I remember about the game.
I like these Asteroids type of games, but I find this one really hard. Lots of enemies flying around and not much maneuvering room.
Page devoted to the game:
http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/ ... _fury.html
Wikipedia (rapidly becoming the repository of all human knowledge) article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Fury
Random prize: One gamer who submits a recording on this title this week, chosen randomly from those who do, will receive this t-shirt in the size of their choice:
Based on the Atari 2600 game: Alien Planet featuring the Space Fury guy. If you have an Atari 2600 emulator you can play with this:
{ROM link omitted...do Google search for "alien planet featuring space fury" with the quotes.}
Use WolfMAME .101 or .106
On Deck game: Heart Attack
See introduction here
The Game: Space Fury
romname: spacfury
Screenshot:
(click to see current MARP scores)
Reward: $50 (usd)
Deadline for submission to MARP: June 23, 2006 2359 hours GMT
Further Bounty: none
I had forgotten about this game completely before MAME came along. Pulled up the game completely unsuspecting and was greeted by an old friend:
"Ah, a creature for my amusement!"
He's the main thing I remember about the game.
I like these Asteroids type of games, but I find this one really hard. Lots of enemies flying around and not much maneuvering room.
Page devoted to the game:
http://www.gamearchive.com/Video_Games/ ... _fury.html
Wikipedia (rapidly becoming the repository of all human knowledge) article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Fury
Random prize: One gamer who submits a recording on this title this week, chosen randomly from those who do, will receive this t-shirt in the size of their choice:
Based on the Atari 2600 game: Alien Planet featuring the Space Fury guy. If you have an Atari 2600 emulator you can play with this:
{ROM link omitted...do Google search for "alien planet featuring space fury" with the quotes.}
Use WolfMAME .101 or .106
On Deck game: Heart Attack
