Night Stocker
Bally Sente (1986)
This picture popped up in my Tumblr feed. I don't remember ever seeing an arcade cabinet that had a gun and a steering wheel. It had me wondering if a game like this existed or if this is just a cool piece of art.
As it happens, it was a real game, but it's not one that I've seen or heard of before now. Night Stocker was released in 1986 by Bally Sente. It's a hybrid of a driving game and a first-person shooter where you have to avoid land mines, collect crystals, and blast away alien attackers on your way to a tower at the end of each level that you have to destroy. It's a fun concept, and from this video shared on YouTube by Mame Video Snaps, it had pretty cool music and sound effects.
Looks like it was a pretty fun game. I wish they had it in our local arcades back in the day.
