What game might this be?

[irondragoon]

It's an arcade game. The year was 1995ish. I think there was a Killer Instinct machine that was newer at the arcade. I'm pretty sure this isn't my imagination... I remember a game one of my friends always wanted me to play with him. It seemed there was 4 machines of the same type setup in a quad. I think you had to make a username and password so you could replay the next time you were at the arcade. It was a first person shooter type game. As you killed quotas of other players or enemies you would gain rank at the end of the match. I think the rank would persist the next time you came back. I don't recall using a gun. I seem to remember an 8 way joystick control. The graphics were cartoonier. We were shooting enemies or other players in a warehouse type environment. When I played it, my friend was playing in the game with me but at a different machine. I don't remember if it was a network game or if the multiplayer was like some racing games. I'm pretty sure he killed me a couple times. The first rank was "Grunt" if that helps.

[Kevinlives]

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8010

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=443800

[irondragoon]

I think this is the one although it seems too new but my memory of it is flaky at best. I can't find it online - did this game have ranks?

[Kevinlives]

I'm not sure, but in the discussion in the second link people mention a saveable progression system. More info:

http://www.giantbomb.com/the-grid/3030-20756/

Unplayable in MAME currently. Shame since you've gotten me curious now.

[irondragoon]

I'm pretty sure this is the one. If I could play it I would be able to confirm at the end of a match. I think I was rank three. My friend was up there because he played it religiously.

The other game I'm bummed is unplayable is Cyber Troopers Virtual-On. That game ate a lot of my quarters.

[Kevinlives]

The other game I'm bummed is unplayable is Cyber Troopers Virtual-On.

Well, there's always the craptastic Saturn version. Also, they remade it and released it in Japan only for the PS2. It's on Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 31: Dennou Senki Virtual On.

[jkonami]

Hey, the Saturn version was decent and was the only game in town for a while. Sega AM2 always made good ports for the Saturn. I'm not sure but I think there might also be a Dreamcast version too.

[evil eye]

I believe Cyber Troopers is in Naomi or Model 3. Not sure if it's playable though.

[irondragoon]

A little update: This weekend I took a look at emulating this with Supermodel. I wanted the Oratorio Tangram version. The graphics don't render right. I ended up doing it for dreamcast with Nulldc. Its a pretty faithful port and runs awesome with beautiful graphics even at fullscreen with 1920x1080 res. This game is so much fun. It's weird without the tanksticks but plays fine with a gamepad.