Point Blank arcade cabinet with the exploding coffee mug

mosfet · 2 Feb 2009 at 18:35

Not sure if this is the right section, but I'm trying to figure out about an arcade game I remember playing ages ago.

I *think* it was Point Blank, or one of the versions. The final boss (if you can call it that) was a real coffee mug, above the screen. When you shot it, it exploded inside the cabinet. I never figured out if it was an illusion or a really mug.

Does anyone else remember playing this? Any idea which game it was?

Cheers

orderoftheflame · 2 Feb 2009 at 18:53

Don't think it was point blank. :confused:

Not sure which machine you mean at all.

Apopcalyptic · 2 Feb 2009 at 18:56

Wow, the google bots are fast these days. I just googled it, and this thread is the top result.... Bizarre.....

mosfet · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:15

Hehe, don't think I haven't spent an fair part of the last hour searching for this.

It probably isn't Point Blank, but was very, very similar, which makes searches really hard.

Strife212 · 2 Feb 2009 at 19:54

I remember this, was really convincing, although I was young at the time

Frapple · 2 Feb 2009 at 20:16

I remember it, I pretty sure it's not affiliated with any game though.

Edit: I remembered a game with just a coffee mug - no screen.

Pred · 2 Feb 2009 at 20:31

Wasn't one of them dodgy holographic screens back in the day?

Zensuji · 2 Feb 2009 at 20:50

anyone remember that 3d cowboy game? that was a holo game and the cabinet was white.

lol

One More Solo · 2 Feb 2009 at 21:22

I know the one you mean, can't remember what it was called though!

scratch · 2 Feb 2009 at 21:38

I LOVE this game and always made it a little challenge of mine to make it to 1st place whenever I saw one in an arcade!

One More Solo · 2 Feb 2009 at 21:57

Yeah! That's it. How did that mug work??

mosfet · 2 Feb 2009 at 22:03

That's the one! It was Namco, I see, hence the confusion with Point Blank.

Brilliant, thanks!

Zensuji · 2 Feb 2009 at 22:18

One More Solo said:
I know the one you mean, can't remember what it was called though!

time traveller it was called....just did a bit of searching. made by sega.

mosfet · 2 Feb 2009 at 23:18

Here are some more pictures, if anyone's feeling nostalgic:

http://www.thomaspinballinc.com/index.php?productID=153

Chaos · 3 Feb 2009 at 00:01

mosfet said:
Here are some more pictures, if anyone's feeling nostalgic:

http://www.thomaspinballinc.com/index.php?productID=153

That link gives me a malware warning on my av software.

IdhDec · 3 Feb 2009 at 00:17

Same:

The requested object is INFECTED with the following viruses: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Iframer

Phatjayunoi · 3 Feb 2009 at 01:29

Zensuji said:
anyone remember that 3d cowboy game? that was a holo game and the cabinet was white.

lol

I remember playing this when I was like 6 years old. Didn't know WTF to do I just died as soon as the cowboy was ready to fight. He would just drop dead. Total waste of money and even then now when I look back at this, this game was CRAP!

Even worse are those live action lightgun games. I mean it came at a time when live action scenes was all the rage in the arcades and consoles i.e. Sega MegaCD era.

God if only this point in gaming history was erased. It was one of the worst trends ever in the early 90's.

mosfet · 3 Feb 2009 at 14:05

Chaos said:
That link gives me a malware warning on my av software.

IdhDec said:
Same:

The requested object is INFECTED with the following viruses: HEUR:Trojan.Script.Iframer

That's weird, FireFox 3 and AVG Free here with no problems.

These are the pics anyway: