Raiden 2 New Version - Low Sound Quality

hd · Post by hd » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:04 pm

Hi!

i recently picked up a Raiden 2 New Version (c) 1996 Seibu pcb. It has a very low sound quality. Is this normal ? Does anybody have a pcb with good quality ??? the audio sounds low pass filtered...! i am not very happy with this... maybe the audio amp is not working correctly anymore...

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:07 pm

I have one of these boards too, and what you hear is what you get. The "New" version was basically an el cheapo rerelease with inferior sound, missing title screen and mixed up level order. Fortunately I only paid $35 for mine so it's not too big a deal.

Post by **Ghegs** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:20 pm

Moved to Hardware.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:13 pm

My version of Raiden DX was the same. The sound was REALLY bad.
I also thought the video was a little poor, too. Very high contrast when the explosions would go off.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:29 pm

I have a regular Raiden DX board, and I could probably compare the two. I've only even had the "new" board in my cab for a few minutes anyway. The main reason I bought this one in the first place was because it came with a marquee.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:22 am

What so you means for "low sound quality"?

(SAM is puzzled)

Do you means the sound from this version of the PCB is of a lower quality then the previous release? Or it is worse then the console version?

I have been always thinking that the PS1 version (Raiden Project) actually using CD audio for BGM. And the BGM is regenerated instead of recording the output from a PCB.

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:48 am

Not only is the sound on this PCB of lower quality, but not all of the sound is even there. Similar to the Raiden Fighters 2 and Jet 2000 releases, the music has been reduced to a five second loop, and all the stages use the same BGM.

dpful · Post by **dpful** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:12 am

Yeah, it's shit.
I can see how it could be fine for the arcade, but certainly not for playing at home.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:30 pm

Vexorg wrote:Not only is the sound on this PCB of lower quality, but not all of the sound is even there. Similar to the Raiden Fighters 2 and Jet 2000 releases, the music has been reduced to a five second loop, and all the stages use the same BGM.

Wow

That's horrible!!!

Why does the "New Version" got poorier quality?

Is that really not a bootleg?

I really don't see not burning all the sound files on the ROMs could save much $$$.

Post by **nZero** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 4:13 pm

SAM wrote:I really don't see not burning all the sound files on the ROMs could save much $$$. :?

Because they can use a small cheap ADPCM sample player chip instead of dedicated sound generation hardware to save on PCB space and cost.