Last updated on October 7th, 2023 at 08:32 am
Flower is an arcade game space shooter vertical scrolling type produced by Komax – Clarue at 1986…
The game is set in outer space and features attacking flowers and a variety of end-bosses.
The player can shoot daisy-chains and comets for power-up items. The game was distributed by Komax in the US and jointly by Sega and Alpha Denshi in Japan.
The game is an unusual multi-stage vertical shooter that offers a unique gameplay experience.
The game has received positive reviews and is well-regarded among arcade enthusiasts.
The game is also mentioned in the lore entry of the video game “Destiny” and is based on John Conway’s “Game of Life”, a PC game from the ’70s.
The game features a living flower with less than two living neighbors being cut off and consists of “light” or not-dead groups of cells that move across the game space.
In the game you have to shot different kind of flowers and bosses ships of end levels collecting on the way new enhanced weapons.
Romset name: flower.zip
Production year: 1986
Manufacturer: Clarue (Komax license)
Game genre: Shooter
Category: Shooter / Flying Vertical
This game has the following clones:
• Flower (Japan)
This game works in MAME with problems
Emulation status: Good
Color emulation: Good
Sound emulation: Imperfect
Graphics emulation: Good
Save states: Supported
In MAME since version: .062
The MAME driver of this game is: flower.c – Read the code
THE REMAKE
Winglancer is a remake candidate of this old school shooter.
You can swap 3 graphics style: WIN, NES and MSX and choose different levels of difficulty.
This game is free and you can download for your PC here.
