Taito EGRET II mini cabinet coming 2022 spring

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(Update 07/02/2021: The last games were announced today.)

Mini cab, like the Astro City mini from Sega. Preorders already available thru the usual JP retailers, release 2022/03/02. 50 games all released in arcades between 1978-90.

11 Shmups (depending on your definition):
  • Space Invaders (1978)
    Lunar Rescue (1978)
    Outer Zone (1984)
    Halley's Comet (1986)
    Scramble Formation (1986)
    Twin Cobra (1987)
    Tatsujin (1988)
    Gun Frontier (1990)
    Metal Black (1991)
    Rayforce (1993)
    Darius Gaiden (1994)

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Important bits:
  • Screen rotates to tate mode (it physically turns, shown in trailer)
    40 games come on the cab
    Addt'l 10 games available for purchase separately, put on the cab via SD card
    P1/2 USB controller ports (joystick, dpad, and paddle/trackball controllers sold separately)
    USB-C power port
    HDMI + headphone out
    Base price 18,678 JPY = 160-170 USD (who knows what exchange rate will be in 2022)
There are also two other packages: one with the 10 extra games, paddle/trackball controller, physical manuals, and a 3 disk soundtrack, and a 'full' package that also adds the joystick and dpad controllers and 180 page strategy guide for all 50 games. They are ~33k JPY ($315) and ~50k JPY ($475) respectively.

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That is fucking awesome! 8)

I was hoping Sega might release an expansion pack for their Astrocity Mini... so many great Sega games could be added, especially as there was a lot of dross on the Astro mini.
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Well I'll be damned. I was not expecting this.
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The rotate mech is a great touch.
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ZOMG IT HAS VIOLENCE FIGHT

Had zero expectations of this. Decent chance they won't include Darius games since they seem to be doing well selling them on their own. But damn if Taito doesn't have a spectacular back-catalogue to mine. They go all the way back to 1973, and they were super active throughout the 70s. They have a ton of ancient stuff I've never even seen.

But there's a ton of more notable stuff that's very desirable too: Elevator Action Returns, Tiger Heli & Twin Cobra, Kiki KaiKai, Growl, Pu Li Ru La, Slap Fight, Truxton, Cadash, ThunderFox, Dogyuun, Sonic Blast Man...

I kinda wish they'd put their 1988 Superman game on it, but I seriously doubt it's well regarded enough to justify the licensing fee.
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Nice. Depends on whether we're going to get any more Taito AA ports for me. I don't find myself using the Astro Mini very much other than the occasional game of Rad Mobile, Alien Syndrome and Death Adder. The full setup is nice, but very pricey given that the arcade stick looks like a mini rather than Sega's full size effort.
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God is good.
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The recently released "Taito Digital Sound Archives Arcade" series actually includes the music for Vertexer on Volume 1... How mind blowing would it be if the Egret II Mini actually includes the game? Please Taito, don't fuck this up.
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Dang, that rotation feature.

I wonder if there'll be any titles that aren't in the PS2 Taito Memories (JP) collections.
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It's nice seeing an expansion with dedicated controls for games like Arkanoid.
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Hopefully, one of the Limited companies will pick it up for release over here. Not bothered about the stick, but the pad and spinner are a must.
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Can't wait for the full reveal of the list of games. One shmup flashes by on the top right in the video, and I'm pretty sure it's Metal Black.
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Jonpachi wrote:Can't wait for the full reveal of the list of games. One shmup flashes by on the top right in the video, and I'm pretty sure it's Metal Black.
Metal Black already confirmed
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Mini tate display is still mini. A very cool looking toy, though.
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Tate is good, but I can't see many games that utilize the function. Is Space invaders the only one?
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neorichieb1971 wrote:Tate is good, but I can't see many games that utilize the function. Is Space invaders the only one?
Out of the ones that could be seen in the reveal video, there's Qix too. And looking at what the Taito Memories packs had, they had about a dozen tate shmups altogether, including RayForce.
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OP its a Taito product not Sega.

A selection of games included.

https://www.taito.co.jp/egret2mini/title

Space Invaders.
Luner Rescue.
Qix.
Elevator Action.
Chack N Pop.
Bubble Bobble.
Rastan Saga.
Rainbow Islands Extra.
The New Zealand Story.
Don Doko Don.
Violence Fight.
Cadash.
Liquid Kids.
Metal Black.
Kaiser Knuckle.

For the trackball/spinner controller.

Strike Bowling.
Arkanoid.
Plump Pop.
Syvalion.
Cameltry.
Arkanoid Returns.
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pcb_revival wrote:OP its a Taito product not Sega.
Yeah, After seeing your post, I noticed my sentence could be easily misread, sorry about that. Was just trying to say that this cab is similar to the Astro City mini, which was from Sega. Wasn't trying to imply this one was also made by them.
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Full title list now revealed, OP updated
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Nice, that looks like a fairly solid line-up with Rastan, Kiki Kaikai, Elevator Action Returns, Rayforce...and Tatsujin makes a surprise appearance.
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No Jungle Hunt, only Pirate Pete?

I didn't think much of it when I saw Hamster release the latter a month or so back (If anything, I was pleased to see the obscure follow-up get a release). But to see Jungle Hunt passed over here seems peculiar when it should be a headliner for their golden age arcade lineup. I wonder if someone messed up some paperwork and the Jungle Hunt trademark has lapsed and been snapped up by another party (Like apparently has happened with Capcom with Mercs and Trojan)?

Atari's own 2600 port has seen rereleases in recent years via AtGames thanks to a licensing deal with Taito. So if something has happened to pose a roadblock to the rerelease of the arcade game, it's presumably a recent event.


Edit: I wonder if we have Coleco Holdings (River West) to blame for this. When the Coleco Flashback appeared, several coinop ports from back in the day had their trademark credited to them such as Zaxxon. Searching old threads at AtariAge and sure enough, Jungle Hunt is another one that they've attached their name to in legal filings. While the copyrighted arcade game itself is secure since it will be decades before Jungle Hunt's copyright could lapse, I wonder if the name has been claim jumped thanks to an oversight with Taito's legal department to get it renewed in a timely manner?


2nd Edit: This gives some hope. Taito might have to do some work to re-secure it, but the claim jumper failed by not filing their Section 8 declaration in a timely manner.

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I don't see full list in English so I'll do it. The shmups are bolded.

40 joystick / control pad games

Adventure Canoe
Bubble Bobble
Bubble Memories
Bubble Symphony
Cadash
Chack’n Pop
Darius Gaiden
Don Doko Don
Elevator Action
Elevator Action Returns
Dan-Ku-Ga (Updated Kaiser Knuckle)
Growl (Runark)
Gun Frontier
Halley’s Comet
Hat Trick Hero
Kage no Densetsu (The Legend of Kage)
Kaiser Knuckle (Global Champion)
KiKi KaiKai
Kyuukyoku Tiger (Twin Cobra)
Lunar Rescue
Lupin the 3rd
Marine Date
Metal Black
MizuBaku Adventure
Outer Zone
Pirate Pete
Puzzle Bobble 2X
Qix
Raimais
Rainbow Islands EXTRA
Rastan Saga
RayForce
Scramble Formation
Space Invaders
Steel Worker
Tatsujin (Truxton)
The Fairyland Story
The NewZealand Story
The Ninja Kids
Violence Fight
Volfied (Ultimate Qix)


10 paddle & trackball expansion set games

Arkanoid
Arkanoid Returns
Arkanoid Revenge of Doh
Birdie King
Cameltry
Marine Date
Plump Pop
PunchiCarat
Strike Bowling
Syvalion

Syvalion could debatably be called a shmup.
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That is pretty cute. Did they release any information about the hardware specifications, besides the power requirements and dimensions?
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I pre-ordered mine. The tate feature, the 3 Bubble Bobble and the SD card slot... I passed on the Astro Mini, but I couldn't resist on this one.
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Youtube's spies are doing a good job since I was just recommend this video about the system, showing how the screen works, the trackball/paddle -controller (much larger than I thought it'd be), some settings, etc.
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I was surprised when the game auto-rotated based on the screen orientation. So I guess it knows what position the screen is in. Although there's no reason to play vertical games in the horizontal orientation ..
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anyone on the 'Reservation list' for Western version? Looks like limited slots available (5k). Personally I am most excited about the damn trackball pad lol

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Amazing list of games, and finally someone seems to be making a mini that's functional. This is the first one i've actually thought didn't look too bad. The extra controllers look nice, too.

Price is somewhere between too high and way too high though, IMO :)
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The controllers is what I want and hope they are normal USB connectors.
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