Dead Connection is an arcade game released by Taito in 1992. The game takes place on September 5, 1953 "in a big city somewhere". It features a group of detectives who set out to fight a crime family. The game has a strong Film noir vibe, shown through the appearance of the detectives and the featuring of a female protagonist. Each stage is preceded by a short cinematic interlude that explains the transition between the game's different locales.
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Feels truly unique for an arcade game of the era, and feels oddly contemporary to today. There’s an esports sensibility to the combat and the varied arenas; if you made a battle royale huge single screen tiny player character shooter you’d probably make a billion dollars.
Completed it twice on my first sitting. An amazing gameplay loop with great powerups that all feel like they enhance it in meaningful ways and just enough variety in the stage layout that it doesn't overstay its welcome despite the repetition.
Where's Waldo but he cooka da pizza.
the real gangsta game