[MAME] Baryon - Future Assault (c)1997 Semicom

First emulation video of Semicom's Baryon, which they released in 1997.

This, for a Korean shooter appears to be a rather ambitious project, lots going on, multiple weapon systems, upgrades, various rowscroll effects etc. Very uncommon for a Korean shooter.

The main weak point, is the sound, the sound hardware on the board isn't very good at all, some of the graphics also look a bit rushed.

Emulation might not be perfect yet, a few things still need verifying against the PCB.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Semicom
• Baryon
• Future Assault
• MAME
• Shmup
• Arcade

[ShootBoomBoom]

yeah it sounds like ass, the sound hardware on these boards is worse than most bootlegs, it's a shame.

[ShootBoomBoom]

Both are Korean games I believe (look at the credits on the PC version, the names appear to be Korean)

There is probably some legitimate connection between them. The PC version I believe came first, but SemiCom weren't bootleggers, so I imagine there was an agreement between SemiCom and the producers of the original game (or they're just the same company trading under different names)

[fedm0r]

this was on ms_dos too!

[j0eb0t0]

oh the sound. 

[eduardbeluha]

down the river float an axe

from the town of Byron

let it float by itself

fu***g piece of iron

[GotNextVideo]

@Jac2Mac Yeah, it appears to be based on Baryon, a Raiden clone of (I think) german origin. Seems to use a lot of the same graphics, but I don't know if it's licensed or not.

[Jac2Mac]

Isn't this hyper rare game the MAME team recently preserved based on an IBM Shareware computer game?