I'm so glad that Hamster's Arcade Archives are a thing.

[SavagePencil]

2 out of 10. Wiz is on ACA.

Good catch, updating! Thanks!

holy christmas, thank you for the legwork!

[hamfighterx]

Glad it could be of some help. Though at this point, it's probably selfishly saving me time looking up which Egret II Mini carts have which games, yet again! Always seems to take me too long to find it all in one spot, so now I'll just bookmark that haha.

[AGermanArtist]

Wonder if we'll ever see Knuckle Joe.

[dmk1198]

Rumours of a new ridge racer game being announced this week

[arturo]

Wonder if we'll ever see Knuckle Joe.

I've been waiting for this one forever, just like for Jackal… and suddenly Jackal was released. I won't hold my breath for Knuckle Joe, but hey… maybe…

[Slinky]

Rumours of a new ridge racer game being announced this week

That would nice. Maybe we'll see Rage Racer on Console Archives? Or a brand new entry?

[BIL]

Wonder if we'll ever see Knuckle Joe.

I've been waiting for this one forever, just like for Jackal… and suddenly Jackal was released. I won't hold my breath for Knuckle Joe, but hey… maybe…

tbh, with HamHam's abiding b0nar for non-Raiden Seibu, I expect Knuckle Joe and Dynamite Duke long before Raiden II & DX. And I'm good with that. (DX has been my Top 25 #1 forever, but as always with Hamster and M2, it's not like there aren't a million other goodies to l2p. like VP1!)

That mahfuckin world-first ZERO CHIMU... (｀w´メ)

WHOA, ITS BEAUTIFUL (◎w◎;) They extra gotta do Dynamite Duke now, with its GANGSTA brethren EMPIRE CITY 1931 and DEAD ANGLE in the bag!

[dmk1198]

Rumours of a new ridge racer game being announced this week

That would nice. Maybe we'll see Rage Racer on Console Archives? Or a brand new entry?

Hopefully a new one but I'd take rage racer ps1

[dmk1198]

Rumours of a new ridge racer game being announced this week

That would nice. Maybe we'll see Rage Racer on Console Archives? Or a brand new entry?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ridgeracer/s/kW49ds105e

[hamfighterx]

Taito's Cameltry is this week's release
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202606/76894

A truly lovely experience with the trusty Egret II Mini spinner/trackball controller on Switch. It's a shame that needs obscure converters like this to work, but super cool if you do have one and that lovely smooth Taito bearing in the spinner. Would have been a nice opportunity for Hamster and Taito to team up and release an official Switch or PS4 version of the peripheral, maybe alongside the Taito Milestones 4 compilation since it includes several spinner games (Arkanoid, Cameltry, Syvalion).

This was one of the games that motivated me to grab the Egret II Mini with its trackball, and quite honestly I've enjoyed the hell out of it. But super cool to see it come to ACA now too! Been on a spinner game kick today with Cameltry, Arkanoid, Plump Pop...

Also Wizorb, which I'll highly recommend as a more "modern retro" game (fantasy Breakout-like where you have some light RPG progression) that also works great with the spinner.

[PC Engine Fan X!]

The ACA1 port of Taito's Cameltry reminds me of the SNK Neo-Geo MVS game of "The Irritating Maze" arcade puzzler dedicated cab (that uses a dedicated trackball controller setup and if you accidentally touch any part of electrical field with your kantana sword, you'll get blasted with a short puff of air aimed at your face area): https://www.ebay.com/itm/168379280164?_ ... R5Dn2JXTZw The Irritating Maze cab has been shown from "time to time" at the past California Extreme shows in both San Jose & Santa Clara locations and is quite a hoot to play against others. The NTSC-U/C PSX game of "Irritating Stick" from Jaleco uses the same idea/concept also: https://www.ebay.com/itm/178192947325?_ ... R8zKwZnTZw

Interesting usage of the rotary-knob controller layout that Hamster faithfully includes for that 100% "spot-on" replicated arcade spinner setup indeed. In lieu of using an actual arcade rotary-knob controller setup, you can use a generic USB "optical laser" mouse controller or the left Joy-Con analog stick if it needed be, control-wise (but it really isn't the same as using a dedicated arcade spinner which makes all the difference in terms of gameplay/game mechanics). Of course, "your mileage may vary" depending on what is available on hand at the moment.

If you have access to the USB 2.0 Tornado Arcade Spinner listed here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115599394419?_ ... R-aFlJbTZw You can use it on the Switch 1 gaming platform as it has the proper weighted "flywheel" + twin ball-bearings pre-mounted setup for that unmistakable silky-smooth spinning action going on if used in "docked mode."

You can use this "USB-C to A" adapter with the Switch 1 LCD & Oled variant consoles' USB-C port directly without it being docked with the above Tornado Spinner & generic USB mouse controller if so desired: https://www.amazon.com/Female-Adapter-1 ... 734&sr=8-1

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In using the above USB 2.0 Tornado Spinner with it's dedicated optical-based encoder wheel setup, part of Cameltry's charm is using an arcade-spec rotary-knob controller and it's a lot trickier than expected when used during actual gameplay, especially when the ball seems to have a "mind of it's own" when trying to go through said given obstacle course. Taito sure had a winning idea/concept with using an arcade spinner to play it's arcade game of Cameltry.
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Plus the fact that you use the arcade spinner to select the desired high score initials is definitely a novelty unto itself (assuming that you score high enough to place in the "Top 10 Rankings," of course) -- how cool is that?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Sturmvogel Prime]

Konami's The Hustler/Rack'em Up is this week's game.
But to be honest, you'd be better off if you go to a club and play real billiards instead of picking this game.

TDLR/Few words: I think a Namco release would be better than this.
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202606/77892

[AGermanArtist]

More of a Side Pocket man, myself.