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Looking for the names of two old arcade games?

I remember heaps of arcade games I played when I was a kid (probably circa 1985-1990) but there are two which I cannot remember the names of, but can vaguely remember the games themselves. I'll try to describe them, and perhaps someone can figure out what they are. In the first, I think it was a vertical scrolling shooter of some kind, and you were piloting a plane or helicopter (I believe it could be two players at once), and you could shoot air and land enemies, but you had to watch out not to kill civilians (I remember one part where there was a long road running across the screen and I used to shoot some poor guy in his Ferrari every game). It wasn't 1942 or 1943, but similar to these. The second one, I believe it was a space shooter game, and I'm pretty sure your ship was fixed in the center of the screen, and as you turned, everything turned around the center - it wasn't Asteroids, but I can't remember much else about it! Can anyone help?

Public Comments

1. super mario? lol jk man... i really dont know. the kid one i know which one ur talking about.. but i dont remember the game either.
2. The first game I'm unsure of but might the second game be Tempest or Gyruss? I didn't play Tempest much but know enough that it might fit your description. Gyruss was a favorite of mine back then, though the ship wasn't in the center of the screen as I recall, it moved around the edge in a circle.