Can anyone tell me the name of this 80's/ 90's arcade game!!?

Question

I'm looking for a game that is going to kill me because I can not think of it!!! It was an arcade game from either the 80's perhaps late or early 90's. I don't remember too much about the game other than it was this alien gymnastic type of character that you got to control. I think he was dressed in gray. I think I remember the screen being in continuous motion left to right, so basically if you missed something you missed it. The character got to shoot a YELLOW laser and could get specials that would either make the laser shoot thinly at long distances, or shoot a thick laser at short distances and you could eventually have the best of both worlds, which was optimal. I remember you could do a lot with the character as in motion. you could turn him backwards and shoot or have him do a somersault forward and shoot back or up.

So for the life of me I can't remember the name of the game. I know my description is a bit vague too, but does this sound familiar to anyone?

Thanks!

Answer 1

have no clue

Answer 2

It sounds like Gauntlet to me...but I could be wrong. I remember playing Gauntlet at the arcade place with my friends for HOURS. XD

Answer 3

IAN I also think it sounds like Metroid here is the players choice version of the game screen shots:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=&game_id=8684

And the Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid

If this isn't what your talking about let us know...

Answer 4

kinda sounds like Metroid

Answer 5

I think it was metriod, no other game comes to mind.

Answer 6

metroid

Answer 7

MegaMan maybe?