jehu wrote:
Steven wrote:
... Tatsujin ...MAME finally has the Tatsujin Ou ...
Still, the audio on MiSTer is sort of fucked on Tatsujin and completely fucked on Tatsujin Ou ...
If you're suggesting that Tatsujin is on deck, I, at least, will not be among the disappointed. I think I'd enthusiastically take anything - even, maybe especially Daisenpu and Vimana - except for Hellfire and Zero Wing. There are pretty compelling reasons to prefer the MD version in each case, and I've had my fill.
With M2, it's all about the deluxe suite of options. I don't want to play Same x3 or Tatsujin Oh on the V. If I wanted the PC experience, I'd be on MAME. I'm ready for the Toaplan Garage to be lifted open again.
I don't know what this next collection is, so I can't really say one way or the other. I guess it doesn't really matter in the end since I'll still have to wait for release day like everyone else, and everyone else here will probably get the digital versions before my physical copies arrive, so out of everyone here who gets it on launch day I will probably and ironically be among the last.
Anyway, I actually rather like Vimana, especially its
completely fucking amazing soundtrack, and yes, it will destroy you if you play it without autofire. It's pretty much the only game that I've ever played where 30Hz auto completely ruins the game, too. It's really too bad that so many people who know that 30Hz auto breaks the game will probably just turn on the 30Hz auto and demolish the game, as it's actually a very nice and well-designed game when you play it without a ridiculous rate of fire. Of course, I love all Toaplan games, even Batsugun, although there are some that I love significantly more than others, and my list of best-designed Toaplan games and my list of favourite Toaplan games are definitely not the same.
I kind of REALLY want to go buy the expensive Vimana + V-V soundtrack now. Strange combination of games for certain, but that's what City Connection decided to go with for whatever reason.
TransatlanticFoe wrote:
Steven wrote:
Oh yeah, I forgot about the Evercade releases. Yeah, that shit got fucking stolen or something. That really sucks.
Only the limited edition Evercade EXP consoles got nicked, the regular stock is fine as are the Toaplan/Irem carts. Of course it's close to xmas and the posties are on strike so good luck to anyone hoping to play it this year!
They're all single region ROMs with no DIP switch options (the emulation is usually bang on though), so extremely no-frills next to the M2 releases. But soooo much cheaper, less cumbersome and considerably more available than the mini arcade things - which have had staggered releases (if at all - I think Astro City V is still AWOL in Europe but under embargo for shipping from other regions).
Okay. I had heard that there are no region settings and no DIPs available, so I lost interest in that release immediately, but it is an option, and by far the cheapest option out there to own legal copies of the arcade versions unless you have a friend who is willing to sell you his Tatsujin Ou for like 2 USD or something... but probably not lol. Actually, Same! Same! Same! is significantly more expensive than Tatsujin Ou in Japan anyway. You can find Tatsujin Ou for like 150000~180000 yen, but good luck finding a genuine Same! for under 250000 yen. I've seen some legit PCBs recently but with known fake ROM chips installed and they were still more expensive than most of the Tatsujin Ou boards I have seen.