MAME Cabinet Game - Grid Wars 2

Here's another fantastic, Robotron-like, Mutant Storm-like game... Grid Wars 2 by Mark Incitti. A dual joystick setup or joystick + 4 fire buttons is ideal.

This game takes you by surprise because of it's unique mix of old skool and modern graphics and physics. It looks rather plain, and it is for the most part. But there are certain moments in the game that will evoke the occasional "Woah!" and "Wow!" and "HOLY JESUS CRAP!".

There are these circle things that sort of act like black holes, capturing particles and swirling them around their center. They can grow and grow unless you blast them. If you let them grow too large, they will start to pull you in and bend your shots. Very, very cool stuff.

Grid Wars 2 excels at being incredibly configurable. You can change a lot about how the game looks, sounds, and plays. And once again, the whole thing is controllable via keyboard and/or mouse... therefore perfect for a MAME cabinet.

Grid Wars 2 is not available on the original author's website, but you can still download it with a little persistent Googling.

5 stars from Ooine.com