There was also a FMV game set in space that ran a film in the background and had film explosions and cutscenes, looking back it was 1982 / 83 and things were very cheesy then.

Check this out, maybe the game you speak of might be in here..

http://www.atarihq.com/coinops/laser/

Great link, Terry! The game I was thinking of was MACH 3, by Mylstar.

Terry you are a gentleman and a scholar, Astron Belt was the one I was thinking of, glad you found the link thought I was going mad, now if anyone can give me the name of the Penguin game? I am sure it was something like Pengu.

Sounds like you' re thinking of Pengo, by Sega.



It was developed by Coreland. It seems there was a partnership between Coreland and Sega for a while in the early 80s, which resulted in some of the strangest games ever. My favorite is " I' m Sorry." Favorite as in, it' s the one I' m most fascinated by for sheer weirdness; it' s actually pretty frustrating to play. Wikipedia says: " I' m Sorry, known in Japan as Gonbee no I' m Sorry, is an arcade game released by Coreland/Sega in 1985. This strange, action game plays very much like a Pac-Man clone, and stars a caricature of former Prime Minister of Japan, Kakuei Tanaka. The title is actually a play on the Japanese word for Prime Minister, Sori. Oddly enough this game, with so much Japanese satire, made it into some of the United States arcades. The goal is for the greedy protagonist to collect all the gold bars while jumping over or defeating various enemies and obstacles in each maze-like level. Some of these enemies are: Japanese secret service agents and parodies of Japanese wrestler named Giant Baba, a moonwalking Michael Jackson, Madonna, Japanese comedian Tamori, Carl Lewis, and what looks like ex-NFL star/alleged murderer O.J. Simpson. When you collect all the gold in a given level, you must cash it into a building to beat the level. If the player is caught by one of the men wearing sunglasses and suits, the player' s clothes will change into a white diaper while the captor changes into a leather S&M bikini and lashes his whip on the crying protagonist' s back."

Coreland later changed its name to Banpresto.

Zoy that is the one thanks for that, I was starting to think I was loosing my marbles at one point,either that or I had dreamt it and should maybe start writing some code for it.