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3rdman - May 27, 2002

		3rdman	May 27, 2002
		Ok...I've been thinking about buying an arcade cabinet and would love to remember the name of this GREAT game I played while in college. This will sound kinda vague but bear with me. Anyway, the game was a sit-down game like a cockpit (you were completly enclosed). It was a 3d shooter on rails from a cockpit view and all you controlled was the crosshairs. The graphics were polygonal but simple so I think the game was from around the early 90's. Pretty vague, huh? But what made this game so cool to me was that it was in Steroscopic 3D! It had some kind of special lens in front of the display that made the game appear in true 3D. The downside was you had to sit dead on straight to fully see it...but it looked cool. And it was fun! Lastly I think it was made by Atari, but I really can't be sure. The last time I played this game was in an arcade in Orlando Florida. If you guys can help me i'd appreciate it...or maybe you know someone?

		Curtis	May 27, 2002
		Hey - I remember that game! It made a brief appearance in my local arcade and I only got to play it once or twice. Was the name AX-somthing Starfighter ??? Really cool game - the 3D impressed me

		segasonic	May 27, 2002
		Sounds exactly like StarBlade to me, by Namco. It's also out on 3DO, PSX and Mega-CD.

		Curtis	May 27, 2002
		Yes that's the one. or perhaps some more (badly translated) info <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.maniac.de/reviews/automat/sz/starbl/starbl.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dstarblade%2Barcade%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D">here

		3rdman	May 27, 2002
		LOL! Thats pretty similiar but I don't think thats it. However, it could be. Is there a list of games that use this 3d technique? BTW, thanks for the help! edit: The game I played was shorter (I believe) and it was completely enclosed with a curtain to completely black out the arcade. Everytime I played it I emerged with really red eyes and felt like I hadn't seen the sun in about a week.

		Curtis	May 27, 2002
		It matches up pretty well to your description...Namco game (now part owner of Atari), on the rails shooter, fairly distinctive 3D.

		3rdman	May 27, 2002
		Curtis, it could very well be that game except for the open back. If there is one thing I remember distinctly about this game was that it was enclosed with a curtain. It was also shorter, so I don't think it used somekind of rear-projection ala Starblade. Very similiar though! Especially in the graphics. Edit: Hmmm, the more I think about it, the more I think the game I'm looking for was indeed rear-projected onto a concave mirror. I'm also sure it wasn't Starblade. Arg!

		Nemesis	May 27, 2002
		Ask at the arcade@home forums (http://www.arcadeathome.com/forums/...). There's a whole section for people who can't remember the name of a game.

		3rdman	May 27, 2002
		Thanks for the advice Nemesis...I took your advice and posed the question there as well.

		Nemesis	May 27, 2002
		Someone replied to your topic .

		3rdman	May 28, 2002
		Solvalou! Thanks again Nemesis! http://www.klov.com/S/Solvalou.html...

		maidtina	May 28, 2002
		Could this thing be a sega R360? (the same thing connor is playing in the arcade in T2 when he gets eyeballed by the T1000)

		3rdman	May 28, 2002
		No...its definetly not the R360. But damn that's a cool machine.

		Gallstaff	May 28, 2002
		We had that! ah that was good... it is so annoying when the seat shakes. Scares the piss outta me.