I have been playing my new Strikers 1945 II board courtesy of Venom. Anyway, is it me, or is II much easier than 1? I am asking this from a strictly PCB view, I am not sure of the console ports.
(hardest)
Strikers 1945 Plus
Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 III
Strikers 1945 II
(easiest)
But I play III and II the most.
However, I have a feeling it boils down to how much time you spend with each. I 1cc'd III before II, but still regard III as more difficult simply because a few of the bosses are more randomly-harder than II's for me.
i dont know if its just me, or if mame is faithful enough to the true arcade games, but i find strikers II MUCH MUCH harder than the first one, it doesnt compare.
but i never played the first one besides mame and the crappy ps2 pal port, so i wouldnt know for sure.
I checked the dips and everything seems to be default. I suppose I am just better at II than the original. It is always tough for me to believe I am halfway decent at anything.
When I was in Hong Kong over the summer, I watched some guy playing Strikers 1945 II, and it was crazy. I think he came close to 1CC'ing it, and the cabinet was set to OMFG whatever the highest difficulty setting is. Yikes!