Tropical Angel
An abstract take on the 3d racing genre, Tropical Angel puts the player
in control of a female water-skier who must dodge the many rocks that
protrude from the water while attempting to steer through a set number
of gates—in the form of a pair of flags—before the time limit
expires. The acceleration button needs to be held down all the time while
the "trick" button makes the water-skiing girl spin through one-eighty
degrees and proceed to ski backwards. The player cannot steer while
traveling backwards, but will earn bonus points for the duration of the
trick. As the game progresses, small ramps, buoys and sharks come into
play. The small ramps can be jumped to add to the player's score, although
they're always in difficult to reach locations. The buoys are usually very
close together, but skiing between them earns bonus points. Finally, the
shark will appear from time-to-time, running into it means game over,
regardless of how much time the player has left.
This title was only available as conversion kit, there were no dedicated cabinets made. The kit for this title would install in any cabinet with a horizontal monitor. The kit was rather different in the fact that it supported both joysticks AND analog driving controls. The marquee to this game bore a photo of two cartoon water skiers being pulled behind a boat, one of which was in the process of falling down. (arcade-history)
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