DataEast game 'Night Slashers'???

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Hi all! Okay, to begin with, I just can’t get enough of scrolling fighters, everything from 'P.O.W.' to 'Final Fight' to 'Robo Army' to PGM 'Knights of Valour'. I've been investigating a game called 'Night Slashers' by DataEast in '93, but can't find that much on it other than a blurry few images and a brief spiel in German. It has a horror theme with zombies and vampires ets, ets. I just wanted to know if anyone has had experience with the game and can let me know what you thought. Please bare in mind, I am a die hard, old skool scrolling beat'em up fan and also into Zombie flicks etc so I thought a fighter with this theme might be up my alley. I'm not expecting it to be earth shatteringly good, just a bit of simple fun and a few laughs with the guys around :D

Oh and sadly it's not emulated by MAME properly so I can't do the ol try before ya buy routine as I tend to :crying:

Anyway, if anyone can offer their opinion I would be most grateful.

Cheers!
 
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and member mrlonghair has it or had it so you can pm him maybe he will fill u in if ur lucky.
 
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the game looks really cool and since this is one of my fav genres, I added it to the buy-list hehehe.
 
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ive probably said this in previous threads about this game...i really like this game, tho i havent played it since i was 14...im 21 now T__T i need this game back in my life, for sheer nostolgia...to think when i was younger and living in NJ, i used to go to Sportsworld in Paramus and get as much gameplay as i could, although i played more of the other games, i always liked this game most.

i cant recall another final fight-style beat-em-up back then or even these days that had you fighting zombies and other cool and somewhat scary enemies...

2 things i remember from this game:

1: the first stage starts with your character driving a van past and into hordes of zombies...and the boss was a clown or doctor or somethin...and in the background there were people locked in cages

2: in stage 2 or 3...most of the level is mainly you running and fighting werewolves at the same time, the boss was a giant carrage i think.
 
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I picked this game up from Bill Burger a while back.
If you like those Beat em Ups you mentioned,then I think you will like this PCB.
 
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after years,
osman is now playable in mame

night slashers will probably start working in the near future

( they run on the same hw )
 
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Fran said:
after years,
osman is now playable in mame

night slashers will probably start working in the near future

( they run on the same hw )
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wow cannondancer is playable now??? what version of mame?
 
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Night Slashers rocks!! :buttrock:

Great theme and very nice graphics for its time, very playable, I consider it a must-have title to own if you're into sidescrolling beat'em ups!
 
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TemJin3000 said:
ive probably said this in previous threads about this game...i really like this game, tho i havent played it since i was 14...im 21 now T__T i need this game back in my life, for sheer nostolgia...to think when i was younger and living in NJ, i used to go to Sportsworld in Paramus and get as much gameplay as i could, although i played more of the other games, i always liked this game most.

i cant recall another final fight-style beat-em-up back then or even these days that had you fighting zombies and other cool and somewhat scary enemies...

2 things i remember from this game:

1: the first stage starts with your character driving a van past and into hordes of zombies...and the boss was a clown or doctor or somethin...and in the background there were people locked in cages

2: in stage 2 or 3...most of the level is mainly you running and fighting werewolves at the same time, the boss was a giant carrage i think.
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Thanks so much for your input on this title TemJin (and everyone else too ;) )! I'll take the plunge on this one I reckon. :buttrock:

Cheers!
 
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Fran said:
88 u3

http://haze.mameworld.info/

scroll down a little bit
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Nice! I haven't paid attention to MAME in years, thats awesome. Night Slashers is a bit hard to find, but not impossible. You just need to keep your eyes peeled and not make threads about its awesome-ness :oh_no:
 
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Dudes, I've just sent of payment for a copy of 'Night Slashers' from Cosmicco (amongst other PCB's...it's all gold I tells ya!!) and I've decided to do a full digicam photoshoot, review and maybe even a movie file or two. Sadly I don't have any hosting at my disposal, but I'll worry about that when the time comes!! Just thought the community could use a little more info about this game as it's sadly lacking at this point in time. Hell, I don't even know whether it's truly worth all the fuss yet, but the suspense is killin' me AAARGH!!! :drool_2:

Anyway, stay tuned...I may resurect this thread in the near future!!

Enjoy!! ;)
 
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John_Smith said:
Dudes, I've just sent of payment for a copy of 'Night Slashers' from Cosmicco (amongst other PCB's...it's all gold I tells ya!!) and I've decided to do a full digicam photoshoot, review and maybe even a movie file or two. Sadly I don't have any hosting at my disposal, but I'll worry about that when the time comes!! Just thought the community could use a little more info about this game as it's sadly lacking at this point in time. Hell, I don't even know whether it's truly worth all the fuss yet, but the suspense is killin' me AAARGH!!! :drool_2:

Anyway, stay tuned...I may resurect this thread in the near future!!

Enjoy!! ;)
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PLZ DO :multi_co: :buttrock: :D :kekeke: THNX I need to see this game present day :spock: hope it's better than undercover cops, dragon ninja VS bad dudes was nice.....
 
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rarehero said:
you could check out klov for a small description of it, but no pics really.
http://klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8868
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Arcade Flyers has a scan of the, JPN flyer close enough i guess.

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This is one beatem'up i never played hmmm.
 
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Woah, that looks good. It might even rival the graphics of Undercover Cops.
 
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*It might even rival the graphics of Undercover Cops*

well,no

i'd say undercover cops is vastly superior

remember people,
it's a data east game so frames of animation are going to be a little scarce
 
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Sorry to bump such an old thread, but....

is this game playable in any form of mame, yet? Such a great game and yet so rare.
 
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