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mame Four Trax - fourtrax-Fizen(20171209) (MAME 4:3)

Four Trax is a racing arcade game, released by Namco in 1989; it runs on Namco System 2 hardware and was later ported to the Sega Genesis in 1991 under the name Quad Challenge. The players must take control of four quad bikes (red for Player 1, white for Player 2, yellow for Player 3, and green for Player 4), which are competing in an "off-road" race - and they all have a preset amount of time in which to complete a full lap of the track, but for each lap of the track that is successfully completed, the players' time is extended. However, if one of the players cannot manage to successfully complete his current lap of the track before the time runs out, his or her game will instantly be over and the race will continue without him or her; the players must complete between three and six full laps of the track in order to win (the number is dependent on how both of the cabinets are set, as with Namco's own Final Lap). The players will also encounter between four and seven blue CPU-controlled bikes on the track

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Flying Tiger - flytiger-Fizen(20171219) (MAME 4:3)

Flying Tiger is a vertical scrolling space themed shoot 'em up game where you take control of a spaceship.
You fight a variety of space crafts (ground and air based), static guns and bosses. While playing destroyed enemies drop power-ups.
These include: plus one (limited) bomb (B), weapon power-up (P), plus one up and C to switch between the two weapon patrons. The weapon patrons are straight (white C) and three-way (red C).
The game can be played solo or with a friend.

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Lady Frog - ladyfrog-Fizen(20171219) (MAME 4:3)

Lady Frog is a 2D arcade game that's a clone of Frogger. The player controls a frog and must guide it across levels. A small minigame is between missions - the player must shoot the flying hearts (a little shooting gallery!)
The game uses the idea of Frogger, but adds new environments - like climbing up a window, & new enemies, such as wasps or tennis balls.

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Guardian (US) - grdian (MAME) (4:3)

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mame Cookie&Bibi2 - cookbib2-Fizen(20171218) (MAME 4:3)

Cookie and Bibi 2 is a clone of the Puzzle Bobble series developed by Semicon in 1996.
In this game, the player controls a cannon which shoots different sorts of bricks, each one representing some sort of ball. If at least 3 bricks of the same kind are put in contact with one another, they explode and the player gains points. To clear a stage and go to the next one, the player has to destroy every brick present at the beginning before they accumulate to a certain state.
The game has several game modes:
The main game is playable with one or two players helping each other; a versus game mode is also available.
This game has one prequel and one sequel: Cookie and Bibi and Cookie and Bibi 3.

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mame F1 Grand Prix Star 2 - f1gpstr2-Fizen(20171208) (MAME 4:3)

Grand Prix Star 2 was produced by Jaleco in 1993.
A Formula 1 racing game that has excellent graphics for it's time.

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mame Road Riot's Revenge - rrreveng-Fizen(20171206) (MAME 4:3)

Road Riot's Revenge is a Racing game, developed and published by Atari Games, which was released in 1993.

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mame Race Drivin - racedriv-Fizen(20171210) (MAME 4:3)

Race Drivin' is a driving arcade that invites players to test drive several high-powered sports cars on stunt and speed courses. The game is the sequel to 1989's Hard Drivin' and was part of a new generation of games that featured 3D polygon environments. Unlike most racing games of its time, it attempted to model real-world car physics in the simulation of the movement of the player's car. Like Hard Drivin', the game was unique among video games in that it included a true force feedback steering wheel, an ignition key, a 4-speed shifter, and 3 foot pedals (an accelerator, a brake, and a clutch (the clutch being a control seldom seen in any video game, then or now))

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mame Side by Side 2 - sidebs2-Fizen(20171210) (MAME 4:3)

Side By Side 2 was produced by Taito in 1997.
Other machines made by Taito during the time period Side By Side 2 was produced include Arkanoid Returns, Densha De Go!, Fighters' Impact A, G Darius, Kirameki Star Road, Super Football Champ, Sonic Blast Man 2, Side By Side, Ray Storm, and Puzzle Bobble 3.

An excellent racing game from Taito.

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