# What arcade game is this?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 4, 2005, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-arcade-game-is-this/306857 "2005-06-04T08:22:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-arcade-game-is-this/306857/1 "2005-06-04T08:22:13Z")

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When I was a kid, I used to play an arcade game at a local roller rink. I’m reminded of this from the thread about quarter-eating machines, because I sucked at the game and never got past the first level.

The game was a side-scrolling action game, and the character was some kind of jungle barbarian. I think he had either a sword or a battleaxe. He was barechested and had shaggy Tarzan-type hair, if I recall correctly. The background (at least in the first level) was I think an outdoor grassy area, and I also think there were caves you could go into where you had to fight bats.

What game is this?

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**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-arcade-game-is-this/306857/2 "2005-06-04T08:28:03Z")

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Rastan?

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-arcade-game-is-this/306857/3 "2005-06-04T08:33:48Z")

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Yup, that’s the one. Man, was I horrible at that game.