# What was this 90's arcade game? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 2, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900 "2018-11-02T18:19:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/1 "2018-11-02T18:19:31Z")
Trying to remember the name of one of my favorite arcade games from the early 90s. It was a co-op game that I believe was split screen. In each “mission” there was a timer and you and your partner had to move through a level setting timed bombs at marked locations and then get out of the area before all your bombs destroyed it. It was a top down view and you could shoot at enemies or avoid their bullets by pinning yourself up against a wall. Also, whenever you set a bomb in place the screen would briefly show a 2-second cut scene of a hand putting the timed bomb onto a surface. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/2 "2018-11-02T19:35:45Z")
Sounds like _Bomberman_ or _Dynablaster_ except for the cut scene thing. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/3 "2018-11-02T20:27:50Z")
I thought of xenophobia first, but it isnt top down. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/4 "2018-11-02T20:41:36Z")
Was this actually in arcades, or a home console game? If so what console? If an arcade game, were the controls like? ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/5 "2018-11-02T20:50:43Z")
Pretty sure the game you’re thinking of is Crackdown, by Sega. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/6 "2018-11-02T20:56:05Z")
> [@Neo-Calredic](#): > > Pretty sure the game you’re thinking of is Crackdown, by Sega. [Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQxU7CShgNU) Good job, **Neo-Calredic**! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/7 "2018-11-02T23:18:21Z")
That’s the one. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/8 "2018-11-03T01:42:46Z")
Moving from CS to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-90s-arcade-game/823900/9 "2018-11-03T01:47:48Z")
I remember that but didn’t know it was a sega game …