Hey Six. I was just talking with some friends about a game I used to play in the arcades "Shoot Away". It was insanily popular in southern US at the time. Here is a pic:
http://www.weirsbeach.com/halfmoon/arcades/funcentergames/shootaway.html
Apparently it was by Namco (see the logo near the bottom right corner of the screen) and I didn't see anything about it here so, just letting you know. I wish this could be somehow MAME'd but it probably won't be :-(

-Smitdogg

> Hey Six. I was just talking with some friends about a game I used to play in the
> arcades "Shoot Away". It was insanily popular in southern US at the time. Here
> is a pic:
> http://www.weirsbeach.com/halfmoon/arcades/funcentergames/shootaway.html
> Apparently it was by Namco (see the logo near the bottom right corner of the
> screen) and I didn't see anything about it here so, just letting you know. I
> wish this could be somehow MAME'd but it probably won't be :-(

It was apparently electro-mechanical, dating from 1984. (according to KLOV, so take that as you will). Is System16 an appropriate place for electro-mechanical games?

Further Note:
Recent questions from "gregf" and others have led me to realize how dire the lack of publicly available information is for electro-mechanical arcade games. Not many cabinet photos out there, manuals are largely unscanned, and there's a lot of inconsistent data. I may start that spinoff project in a few years, something like a VAPS/KLOV/System16 for electo-mechanical arcade games.

- Stiletto

> > Hey Six. I was just talking with some friends about a game I used to play in
> the
> > arcades "Shoot Away". It was insanily popular in southern US at the time. Here
> > is a pic:
> > http://www.weirsbeach.com/halfmoon/arcades/funcentergames/shootaway.html
> > Apparently it was by Namco (see the logo near the bottom right corner of the
> > screen) and I didn't see anything about it here so, just letting you know. I
> > wish this could be somehow MAME'd but it probably won't be :-(
>
> It was apparently electro-mechanical, dating from 1984. (according to KLOV, so
> take that as you will). Is System16 an appropriate place for electro-mechanical
> games?

I don't really know, but it was a video arcade game by Namco either way you slice it...

> Further Note:
> Recent questions from "gregf" and others have led me to realize how dire the
> lack of publicly available information is for electro-mechanical arcade games.
> Not many cabinet photos out there, manuals are largely unscanned, and there's a
> lot of inconsistent data. I may start that spinoff project in a few years,
> something like a VAPS/KLOV/System16 for electo-mechanical arcade games.

My friend oNyX has a collection of pics...

-Smitdogg

Yeah, its actually a very very basic arcade lightgun game.
It just uses 2 lightguns and a projection screen, but it IS a proper video game...

Be interesting to get a dump of it and see if it plugs into anything, but it would be beyond basic, with pong type graphics (white dots and a explosion dot, thats it)

Six...

> Hey Six. I was just talking with some friends about a game I used to play in the
> arcades "Shoot Away". It was insanily popular in southern US at the time. Here
> is a pic:
> http://www.weirsbeach.com/halfmoon/arcades/funcentergames/shootaway.html
> Apparently it was by Namco (see the logo near the bottom right corner of the
> screen) and I didn't see anything about it here so, just letting you know. I
> wish this could be somehow MAME'd but it probably won't be :-(
>
> -Smitdogg
> "After rap I am most happy" ILL Mitch

System16 - The Arcade Museum

> Yeah, its actually a very very basic arcade lightgun game.
> It just uses 2 lightguns and a projection screen, but it IS a proper video
> game...
>
> Be interesting to get a dump of it and see if it plugs into anything, but it
> would be beyond basic, with pong type graphics (white dots and a explosion dot,
> thats it)
>
> Six...

Do you know what displayed the backdrop graphics? I guess it was either a projection or the graphics were actually printed on the screen. I can't remember if it changed pictures or if it was video or what.

-Smitdogg

> > Yeah, its actually a very very basic arcade lightgun game.
> > It just uses 2 lightguns and a projection screen, but it IS a proper video
> > game...
> >
> > Be interesting to get a dump of it and see if it plugs into anything, but it
> > would be beyond basic, with pong type graphics (white dots and a explosion
> dot,
> > thats it)
> >
> > Six...
>
> Do you know what displayed the backdrop graphics? I guess it was either a
> projection or the graphics were actually printed on the screen. I can't remember
> if it changed pictures or if it was video or what.
>
I *think* it was a projector, although I cant be positive, its been an age since I've seen one

Six...

System16 - The Arcade Museum

> Yeah, its actually a very very basic arcade lightgun game.
> It just uses 2 lightguns and a projection screen, but it IS a proper video
> game...

I stand corrected, then. Then it's a discrete circuitry game, to be sure... but we won't know without looking.

Shane Monroe's looking into the simulation of "TRAPSHOOT", a bar game along similar lines if not scale. So it's not that emulation's impossible, but improbable. Simulation is more likely.

- Stiletto