Indentify this game: 80s pac-man clone with cars & bouncing balloons • Gaming • Retro • Eurogamer.net

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 11:59:43 21,801 posts
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I was playing it in the 80s.

It was a pac-man clone of sorts in that there was a maze, but you drove a car around, and there was other cars chasing you (no scrolling, all the 'maze' was visible).

The difference was, there was balloons in the maze you could jump up onto and bounce over the other cars with... I think you could also bounce onto the cars IF you got the height by bounching onto a balloon first.

I think the 'point' of the game was to clear all the balloons from the maze and not get hit by the cars.

Any ideas?

No idea why this just popped into my head... Bugging me now.

Edited by Carlo at 12:14:18 18-10-2005

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 12:06:57 21,801 posts
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It is at the very edges of my memory so I might be wrong but I'd say no it was not carwarz (I'll go check now though).

For some reason, I keep thinking about driving a VW Beetle or it had beetle or bug in the name?!?!?!?!?

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 12:09:18 21,801 posts
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Furbs wrote:
Vroom wasnt it?

Amiga game. This was (as far as I know) only on arcade?

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 12:10:17 21,801 posts
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Slurpy J wrote:
I'm so with you.. pretty sure I remember the game you are talking about.. ( by the way, it's not carwarz its car wars - my bad)

I'll be interested to know what it is when you find out..

EG has never failed to ID a game yet, so i'm sure it'll be on here in a matter of minutes...

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 12:13:19 21,801 posts
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Furbs wrote:
Yeah, it had a name like that though, I'm sure of it. Green grass and a black road wasnt it?

Dont think it was car wars...that was Autoduel wasnt it?

That's a scroller. This was a fixed maze like pac-man IIRC

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 12:34:51 21,801 posts
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Slurpy J wrote:
It wasnt the one where the cars had drills on the front of them was it? And you had to smash into your opponent?

I am not sure.

pics?

pjmaybe 18 Oct 2005 12:39:12 70,666 posts
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The game you're thinking of is UP and DOWN.

And what a superb little game it was too.

Peej

pjmaybe 18 Oct 2005 12:43:38 70,666 posts
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Pic

Had the most irritating music EVER IIRC. But strangely addictive.

Peej

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 12:45:54 21,801 posts
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pjmaybe wrote:
The game you're thinking of is UP and DOWN.

And what a superb little game it was too.

Peej

That's not it PJ.

It definately had balloons to jump onto. Up'n'down had none

pjmaybe 18 Oct 2005 12:47:20 70,666 posts
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Not sure then in that case...

Peej

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 13:31:11 21,801 posts
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Ok.. It's taken me long enough, but I found it.

I dunno though... In order to keep the idea that EG has never failed to 'discover' the game in question, surely someone ELSE has to get it right?

Apparently, it was released in 1983.

Anyone got it yet? Or do i reveal all?

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 13:39:51 21,801 posts
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The answer

I'm rather embassed to have been the one to pop the EG Legend really....

Anyone else ever play it?

Deleted user 18 October 2005 14:00:27

Carlo wrote:
The answer

I'm rather embassed to have been the one to pop the EG Legend really....

Anyone else ever play it?

Not really popped it as you answered it yourself. And being an EG'er you've kept the dream alive

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 14:07:44 21,801 posts
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Furbs wrote:
Clearly not

Published by Karateco? Thats not even a proper publisher! How could we be expected to know? You've just found some crappy PD software and tried to stump us

You're not the only one who's discovered a new publishing hourse today

Crappy PD? I'd spent ��s feeding that machine insted of the (at the place I played back then) hugely popular Tarzan that was next to it.

Boabg. I'm glad you see it that way... Lets hope eveyone else does too, and the legend of EG will live on

gamesb*tch 18 Oct 2005 14:48:59 645 posts
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I haven't read the rest of the thread but is it Van van by Karateco?

#the EG naming legend lives on#

warlockuk 18 Oct 2005 14:51:44 19,519 posts
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Anyone up for recreating it with red and yellow balloons, shopping trolleys and Absinthe?

Race around town avoiding the ghosts. Or the goths.

gamesb*tch 18 Oct 2005 14:53:51 645 posts
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I think that a Yaroze project if I ever heard of one...

and i must point out that no-ones INdentified this game yet

Carlo 18 Oct 2005 15:10:56 21,801 posts
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gamesb*tch wrote:
I think that a Yaroze project if I ever heard of one...

and i must point out that no-ones INdentified this game yet

It's already available for mame...