Taito 3-screen cabs, locations

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:29 am

I was hoping to finally get to play Taito's old 3-screen games soon, since I'm going to Tokyo for a month (from next thursday). What arcades still have them, preferably in Tokyo?

*Ninja Warriors
*Darius
*Darius II (2 screen version)
*Rastan Saga III (Warrior Blade)

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:25 am

I tried search in this site

this arcade (as of March 1st) has Darius & Darius II (duel screen ver)

hope it will help you

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 11:06 am

none in akihabara, the only one there that might get one is the arcade in super potato, but i doubt they can get such a cab up to the 7th (?) floor..

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:24 pm

ARCADIA wrote:I tried search in this site

this arcade (as of March 1st) has Darius & Darius II (duel screen ver)

hope it will help you

Thanks a lot!

sven666; damn, I didn't expect them to be very rare at all actually. Kind of makes sense though, considering size and popularity.

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 2:21 pm

had same thought

there was also on a japanese webiste, vast arcades resume, a 3 - 50" Teatro50 setup for Darius (dont remember the url.. there was even a good place to go .. washing machines store, & arcades to wait

) (sure on the 80's golden age of videogames, i guess there were such places too in Usa)

Post by **system11** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:49 am

The triple screen (and dual screen) Taito cabs are now extremely rare. Someone on this board was selling a Ninja Warriors in the US a little while ago, I think. I've always wanted to find a Warrior Blade - it seems impossible.

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:56 pm

the 3 teatro is somewhere inside this AMAZING website (certainly my #1 dream to visit the whole pack) : but couldnt find there in short time the picture.. http://www.geocities.jp/gamehouse_grindcrusher/top.html
____
Darius

http://www.geocities.jp/gamehouse_grind ... ter_60.htm

____
washing store

http://www.geocities.jp/gamehouse_grind ... r_75_2.htm

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 8:08 am

I found the first Darius today at Try Amusement Tower. One of the screens had a yellowish tone to it, other than that it was in good condition. To find it, locate Taito Amusement S@y at the main street in Akihabara (huge Taito neon logo), walk around to the back of the building and keep walking up that street, shouldn't be hard to find.

99pence · Post by **99pence** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:43 am

Are there even any detailed pics of the Taito multiscreens on the net? The only pics I ever found before are the small ones on the arcade flyers.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:34 pm

I could find these

Darius II Duel Screen Ver

This is not true Taito's cab but the biggest one I ever seen (Sega's Meralo50):shock:

D · Post by D » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:30 pm

That last picture touches most of my senses; I mean I like it.....ALoT.
At last, we shmuppers have found the holy grail in terms of shmup cabs.
I'll take this any day over a Galaxy Force cab, sorry G.
Useless post, but this thread now needs more bumps. everyone needs to see this.
Can we make a sticky with cool pictures like these ones plz, wOw.
Am I looking at 3 X 50"?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:33 pm

D wrote: Am I looking at 3 X 50"?

yepp, 3x super megalo 2s.. an amazing setup that i would never ever want to have at home.

i remmeber seeing a tated super megalo 2 once aswell playing battle bakraid.. pretty cool that too altho this darius cab definetly beats it

junkeR · Post by **junkeR** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:38 pm

D wrote:That last picture touches most of my senses; I mean I like it.....ALoT.
At last, we shmuppers have found the holy grail in terms of shmup cabs.
I'll take this any day over a Galaxy Force cab, sorry G.
Useless post, but this thread now needs more bumps. everyone needs to see this.
Can we make a sticky with cool pictures like these ones plz, wOw.
Am I looking at 3 X 50"?

That last picture is incredible. I've never seen anything like it.

D · Post by D » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:14 pm

sven666 wrote:i remmeber seeing a tated super megalo 2 once aswell playing battle bakraid.. pretty cool that too altho this darius cab definetly beats it

Is that what that was? I think i saw what you mean.
OK, what the hell I'll get 'em both they will fit in my attic.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:31 am

WOW. The jumbo 3-screen Darius cabinet there is one incredible custom job. While most certainly not cheap, this one would be worth the 200 Yen (or more, perhaps 300?) per play. If I had the room for such a rig, I'd get one.

Now that they've done After Burner Climax, Sega needs to get out a Galaxy Force III and make another cabinet like the GF one. I've never gotten to try the GF DX cabinet (and most likely missed out big time).

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 8:30 am

Wow! Thanks for sharing ARCADIA!

sven666 wrote:i remmeber seeing a tated super megalo 2 once aswell playing battle bakraid.. pretty cool that too altho this darius cab definetly beats it

In real life? I'm having trouble findning Bakraid cabinets.

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:10 pm

great

, uh..that was another setup i saw for the darius

talking about battle bakraid, teatro50 and Tate, that reminds of this cool setup

dsyde · Post by **dsyde** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:57 pm

I have a Sagaia (Darius 2) twin screen machine. It is the very same machine that is shown on KLOV. There must be others in the UK but I have yet to find one. I have fond memories of playing Darius at Blackpool Pleasure Beach but the machine is long gone.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 7:27 pm

I remember back in the early 1990's at the Santa Cruz's Beach Boardwalk (based in California, of course), inside the main arcade, there was an original Taito Darius arcade cabinet (the one with three RGB monitors setup) -- very cool arcade shmup for it's time..... ^_~

I'm not sure if the Beach Boardwalk has any arcade shmups today...can anyone vouch and say if there are any?

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:05 am

Back in about '92 or so, I lived in Groton, CT (ugh!) for a brief period. The major employment in that area was a large submarine base that's there. There was a crappy bowling alley I used to go to on the naval base and they actualy had a dedicated Ninja Warrior cab. Only one I ever saw. They also had a Ninja Gaiden cab as well.

This thread just brought those memories back...

As for that 50x3, that is quite insane. I'd imagine it'd have to be hard to play a shooter that large with any efficiency. Not that I wouldn't want to give it a go.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:17 pm

I made that last Darius custom cab picture my desktop. Sometimes I feel like ending it all, but this picture keeps me goin. I spent about 20 minutes just staring at it last night.

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:53 am

ARCADIA wrote: This is not true Taito's cab but the biggest one I ever seen (Sega's Meralo50):shock:

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:02 am

Moved to Shmups Chat.

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:47 pm

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:54 am

diy kits..

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w5081363
and
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e65265758

everything but the cab included, start building folks..

Post by **system11** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:30 am

dsyde wrote:I have a Sagaia (Darius 2) twin screen machine. It is the very same machine that is shown on KLOV. There must be others in the UK but I have yet to find one. I have fond memories of playing Darius at Blackpool Pleasure Beach but the machine is long gone.

Nice to know it's still in good hands

I miss that and the Ninja Warriors the most. NW is still in the collection of the buyer too - last I checked. I'm selling one of my cars, maybe I can get it back off him sometime.

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:38 pm

sven666 wrote:diy kits..

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w5081363
and
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e65265758

everything but the cab included, start building folks..

So... it runs off seperate PCBs? Weird.

Was that dual screen Marvel game the same setup?

D · Post by D » Thu May 31, 2007 12:35 pm

http://www.coinopexpress.com/products/p ... _2423.html

G-Darius V.2
The game features bosses patterned after marine critters, a terrific stereo soundtrack, and three monitors aligned left-to-right. Can I speak for everyone when I say WTF? did they get this right? I can't imagine.
So since this hardware is based upon playstation is the playstation port arcade perfect? http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id ... =3309#3309

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:15 pm

D wrote: Can I speak for everyone when I say WTF? did they get this right? I can't imagine.

start imagining cause its true.

pretty rare board!

D · Post by D » Thu May 31, 2007 2:48 pm

sven666 wrote:
D wrote: Can I speak for everyone when I say WTF? did they get this right? I can't imagine.
start imagining cause its true.

pretty rare board!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
Then that must be the holly grail. That 3 screen cab in my avatar, but with G-Darius V.2.
And you have that pcb?

Holly sweet mother of jezus.
Any details? screenshots? How would it be connected? Is it a pcb with three monitor connectors?

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Taito 3-screen cabs, locations

Taito 3-screen cabs, locations

Sighting of Darius 3-screen at Beach Boardwalk in 1990's...