What the hell is Impact arcade platform?

[EinhanderZwei]

I've encountered this name numerous times on Russian emulation sites where they were referring to it as the platform with the most features (?). So, does anyone know what is this, and are there any worthy games for it?

[jonny5]

'impact' is a capcom zn-1 and zn-2 emulator....2nd hit on google btw

its quite old and outdated though
http://www.emuxhaven.net/impact.shtml

and the games for those hardware formats:
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=796
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=797

ZinC is much better, although its command line based, but there are a couple of front ends for it...

im personally quite fond of zn-2.....strider 2 ftw!!!

[EinhanderZwei]

Ooh, so this is where Strider 2 was originally released

[jonny5]

Ooh, so this is where Strider 2 was originally released

yup...i actually recently picked this PCB up...awesome game!!

and ive had rival schools for a while as well....also a very underrated game imo

[undamned]

...and ive had rival schools for a while as well....also a very underrated game imo

As I was reading this thread I was thinking "what about Rival Schools?!!!!" Good call.

Random fact, ZN-1 & ZN-2 ROM boards can be swapped mechanically, but electrically they do not run. I tried this, hoping my ZN-2 mother would run both ROM board types, but no joy
-ud