Taito collections

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:00 pm

i just noticed there are 2 taito collections released in japan for ps2 with loads of shoot em ups and cool old games on them, i also noticed there is a taito collection being released in europe, does anyone know if it is the same as one of the japan collections and whether there will be a second release?

also whats the games like are they arcade perfect, and is it worth picking them up?

cheers

visuatrox · Post by **visuatrox** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:00 pm

Q: does anyone know if it is the same as one of the japan collections
A: No the Japanese and European collections are very different and the majority of the games are different.

Q: whether there will be a second release
A: There will

Q: whats the games like
A: Awesome

Q: are they arcade perfect
A: Nothing except an arcade machine is arcade perfect. The ports are solid, and the only real dissapointment is the scaled/filtered graphics and lack of tate.

Q: is it worth picking them up?
A: Yes it is mandatory for all self respecting gamers to pick them up

kennyrh · Post by **kennyrh** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:55 pm

I've got both the Jap collections and they are well worth it just for the sheer number of classic games . . .BUT . . .

. . .as far as I'm concerned the best Taito game - Rainbow Islands - ain't on either of 'em.

Good news, though, because it appears on the first PAL collection . . .weird that, huh ????

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:24 pm

I have been on the fence too as to wait for a domestic release or go for the two imports alredy released. I am thinking of just biting the bullet and going for the imports seeing as how a stateside release hesn't even been nailed down yet.

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:33 pm

cool, thanks guys, i think at around £15 i cant go wrong with the pal version, might pick up the others too as i cant see all those shooters making it to the U.K. unmolested

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:40 pm

If you can stand the filtered graphics and ignore the non-TATEd shmups the two JPN imports are well worth getting. I have the feeling they won't be making it out in the US. The one Sega of America is publishing is the first Euro collection, AFAIK.

Guardians Knight · Post by **Guardians Knight** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 6:46 pm

non tate!?!?! oh no

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:22 am

Yeah, that's not new news. The collections are worthwhile for the non-shmup games.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Oct 07, 2005 5:25 am

Someone made athread saying the games are powered by MAME. I'd rather play the REAL stuff (play them in MAME.)

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:51 pm

That's unknown for the Taito Memories games. They were just talking about the Taito Legends game (and soon to be 'games').

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:00 pm

So what developer is behind Legends, then? I was hoping it was the Memories folks, but that'd probably be too much to ask.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:03 am

Empire Interactive and some hired MAMEdevs are behind Taito Legends. I'm not sure who did Taito Memories but it doesn't seem to be the MAME folks.

biocat · Post by **biocat** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 12:52 am

kennyrh wrote:I've got both the Jap collections and they are well worth it just for the sheer number of classic games . . .BUT . . .

. . .as far as I'm concerned the best Taito game - Rainbow Islands - ain't on either of 'em.

Good news, though, because it appears on the first PAL collection . . .weird that, huh ????

Rainbow Islands Extra will be appearing on the PSP version of Taito Memories in January.
SRC:
http://www.insertcredit.com/archives/000657.html

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:09 am

Taito Legends is finally available at play.com (14.99 GBP).

No need to say that if anyone is getting it these days, we're all awaiting impressions to see if these Mame guys did a good job. They aren't Digital Eclipse apparently, which is sorta weird: I thought Empire Interactive was just a publisher, not a developer.

Meanwhile, the official site is open, filled with flyers, interviews and stuff:

http://www.taitolegends.com/default.asp

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 3:59 pm

So this is the official Taito Legends game list then -

Battle Shark
Bubble Bobble
Colony 7
Continental Circus
Electric Yo-Yo
Elevator Action
Exzisus
Gladiator
Great Swordsman
Jungle Hunt
Ninja Kids
The New Zealand Story
Operation Thunderbolt
Operation Wolf
Phoenix
Plotting
Plump Pop
Rainbow Islands
Rastan
Return of the Invaders
Space Gun
Space Invaders
Space Invaders part 2
Super Qix
Thunderfox
Tokio
Tube It
Volfied
Zoo Keeper

Which of these are shmups then?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:41 pm

theevilfunkster wrote:So this is the official Taito Legends game list then...
Which of these are shmups then?

Good question. And does the US release have the same titles?

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 5:23 pm

theevilfunkster wrote:So this is the official Taito Legends game list then -
(long list)

Which of these are shmups then?

Tokio

Recap · Post by **Recap** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:13 pm

theevilfunkster wrote:So this is the official Taito Legends game list then -

That game list is a bit nonsensical. It's like if they chose the games according to their emulation status more than the classic factor.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:27 pm

Recap wrote:That game list is a bit nonsensical. It's like if they chose the games according to their emulation status more than the classic factor.

I get the same impression, yes. However, if their emulator does at least a good job with these relatively old titles, then the lineup is more than satisfying: Bubble Bobble, NZS, Rainbow Island, Rastan, Operation Wolf and Space Invaders are classic enough.

Post by **system11** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:49 pm

I disagree - the list is entirely representational for what was popular by Taito in Europe. Only real omission is Ninja Warriors. There are a couple of quirks - but welcome ones, Electric Yo-Yo for example.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:02 pm

bloodflowers wrote:I disagree - the list is entirely representational for what was popular by Taito in Europe. Only real omission is Ninja Warriors. There are a couple of quirks - but welcome ones, Electric Yo-Yo for example.

Well, other than the ones I already mentioned, I'd say Space Gun and Operation Thunderbolt are the most recognizable brands.

Then again, what do I know, I'm relatively newbie when it comes to '80s arcade glories.

btw, is this "Phoenix" game related to the amiga game "Mega Phoenix"? Someone remembers it?

Post by **system11** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:04 pm

Turrican wrote: btw, is this "Phoenix" game related to the amiga game "Mega Phoenix"? Someone remembers it?

I don't remember Mega Phoenix, but .. whoah - you don't know what Phoenix is!?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:08 pm

http://hol.abime.net/2440

^Mega Phoenix. I used to have great fun with this one! ^^

bloodflowers wrote:I don't remember Mega Phoenix, but .. whoah - you don't know what Phoenix is!?

I assume it's a galaga clone from screenshots. Come on, enlighten me: why it is/was so popular in the UK (or in the whole world)?

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:59 pm

1980! Wow, it came between Galaxian and Galaga. Now I can see where its fame came from.

And yes, the Amiga one made by Dinamic seems to be an unofficial sequel. Very cool, I might add. So in a sense I kenw it all along...

back on topic, Sega.com also has a preview page for the US version of Taito Legends:

http://www.sega.com/games/game_temp.php ... itolegends

It mentions flyers and interviews as bonus. I assume they're the same they have on the game's EU site.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:28 pm

A very positive review, from a site I often check when it comes to these collections. I didn't expect reviews so early!

http://www.thelogbook.com/phosphor/edit/taito/

Now let's just hope they included a 60hz selector with the PAL version...

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:32 pm

Thanks, Turrican, for the link to info about the US version, which look to be the same. I'm a bit luke warm on the collection because it has fewer shmups than I'd have liked. However, if it sells well, I expect they'll issue a follow up collection, as Midway did in releasing their arcade classics.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:07 am

Um, they already have announced the 2nd Taito collection as visuatrox stated.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:39 am

missed that, thanks Ganelon. I don't suppose a line-up for the follow up has been announced. I'll have to look into this. Because of the lack of tate I decided not to import the Japanese versions.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:58 am

With Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands on the package it's sweet. But I'd like to see Parasol Stars (rumors abound there was a prototype PS arcade machine floating around), and Bubble Symphony, and Memories.

And I don't see Metal Black on that list, at one time older lists had the game on there, looks like it got cut.

I also see a lack of Liquid Kids and the Fairyland Story (addictive as Bubble Bobble to me), if these two were addedthe collection would kick even more ass.

Here's hoping to a volume 2 in the U.S..

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 1:04 am

professor ganson wrote: I don't suppose a line-up for the follow up has been announced. I'll have to look into this.

Not yet, ganson. This board will be the first to know when it's announced.

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