Here’s a question, readers: have you ever forgotten about a video game? I mean entirely forget it, like men in black wiped from memory. Absolutely no lingering recollection whatsoever. Totally gone.
This happened to me the other day. I found a reference to a video game called The Combatribes, a Technos beat-em-up arcade game. I had never heard of this game before. So I do what we all do when faced with needing more information: I Googled it.
And then I saw the “Insert Coin” screen. And like a freight train, the memories came rushing back.
Man, I played the hell out of this game. I always liked the yellow guy, Bullova, who was the big slow tough guy. The blue character was the balance fighter, and the red was the fast-but-weak guy. I pumped entire rolls of quarters into this game at the local arcade. All the memories came rushing back. How had I forgotten this game? It was like Double Dragon or Renegade, but better — more outrageous fights, more co-operative techniques, more weapons and destructive tools at your disposal. You fought all kinds of outlandish enemies a la The Warriors, like clowns, mimes, military troops, roller skaters and motorcycle gangs.
I especially liked the motorcycle guys, because you could pick up the motorcycle and hurl it at them. That’s bad-ass.
SERIOUSLY badass.
So, gentle reader, I ask: has this ever happened to you? Have you ever totally forgotten about a beloved game from the past, only to have it all come rushing back?
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By Adam ArseneauTags: arcade, beat-em-up, techmos, the combatribes, Vintage
