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Re: Space Cyclone progress
05/03/17 11:28 PM
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>> When first seeing the flyer many years earlier, it gave appearance that it was a >> game with player flying a ship in space.....not shooting an anti-aircraft gun from >> the ground. The flyer doesn't appear to show grass/ground on bottom of the monitor. > *flyer link* >>- >> http://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=1017&image=1 >> >> When three Bems come down to earth, .... >>-
>maybe there are other versions, maybe the flyer is a mockup
Those could be possible scenarios. Too bad we won't find out even though it is minor thing compared to preserving the game which is the bigger thing anyway.
>>The name Space Cyclone should have been "Shoot the Bems" as a title instead. It >>might have piqued (ie: peeked) more interest, but marketing departments then thought >>all games need the word "space" in order for game to sell which was dumb.
>It kinda makes sense, the enemies come down in a spinning pattern, moving from one cloud >to another before reaching the ground, it also has the lightning so I guess there are >meteorological themes at least.
That explains the cyclone name. If I were in marketing group, I would have given opinion of game name: "Shoot the Bems" or better yet if name required the "space" prefix... "Space Bems"
Of course I still believe "Don Bear Near" (mistranslation of Dunk Mania) would have been a great arcade name for a video game. A cab that looks and operates like Atari's Triple Hunt in woods setting where player tries to shoot at a bear (almost always hiding behind the trees) as the bear tries to work its way closer to approaching and finally going after the hunter.
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