# Help IDing old Arcade Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-old-arcade-game/478696>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-old-arcade-game/478696 "2008-12-26T01:48:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-old-arcade-game/478696/1 "2008-12-26T01:48:22Z")

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This has been bugging me for a while. When I was a kid, in the late 80’s/early 90’s, I remember seeing an arcade game which was played from a top-down view and invovled up to 2 players(on a spilt screen). They were running around on an oil rig or a fortress or something and their objective was to plant several bombs on spray painted red X’s in a specific time limit and exit the area. Once completed(or the time limit ran out) the stage would explode as the bombs went off.

Does this ring a bell for anyone?

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iding-old-arcade-game/478696/2 "2008-12-26T05:51:35Z")

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I loved this game, very underrated and hard to find in proper form anymore. Like you, I had to ask the title of the game some time back. What you are looking for is Crack Down: [Crack Down - Videogame by Sega](http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7417)

And yes, I will have your manbabies.