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108 · Posts: 2600

i think my penis just exploded!!

if you have specific questions about specific titles, i will answer them to the best of my ability.

the package just . . . feels a little too light, though. how can twenty-five games be in here?!?!?!

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

how did you accomplish this?

actually, don't tell me. what are your impressions so far? i want to know about the interface, i think.

my copy's still on pre-order...

ReroRero · Posts: 2148

Is there Growl/Runark, is it a good port and does it have support for four players?

Quick man, I must know.

agony · Posts: 23

where are the screenshots? packshots? and so on

and no exploding penis pics please

Sub · Posts: 696

I think the exploding-penis pictures should go on the pay-only members section. WORK THAT CELEBRITY

special blend · Posts: 154

Does it have Rastan?

DOES IT!?!?

aderack · Posts: 5018

No, Rastan's in the second volume.

The first one DOES have Cameltry, though!

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

aderack wrote:

The first one DOES have Cameltry, though!

yay!

108 · Posts: 2600

aderack wrote:

No, Rastan's in the second volume.

Then how EVER did I play it to completion last night?!?!?

Rastan Saga is on volume one, Rastana Saga II is on volume two.

I mostly just played Rastan, Cameltry, and Light Bringer last night.

Will play more, later.

I fear starting up Elevator Action Returns because it will, uh . . . you know. I might play it too much!!

Also played Darius Gaiden!!

I really wish Legend of Kage was on this volume.

You know, there's no reason at all to write a review of this collection. It just speaks for itself. I should just give it four stars and write it up EGM-style on my front page. Make bold text that says "buy it, okay?"

winkerwanker · Posts: 2414

Is it getting released outside of Japan do you know?

108 · Posts: 2600

Probably!! It'd be stupid for no one to pick this up.

I mean, the shit on here is ten times better than anything released on Sega 3D Ages. The sheer volume of games -- hell, for a US release, they could put all fifty on one disc; that'd set a nice example -- is enough that they don't have to upgrade the graphics or anything.

And they all play so WELL, and SMOOOOTH.

If only Konami would make a "Super Famicom Memories" collection!!!!!

Yeah, that'd be cool.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

108 wrote:

And they all play so WELL, and SMOOOOTH.

well, well. the prodigal son returns at last.

so is akkanvader on it? i heard conflicting things about which volume it was going to be included in.

DarkTetsuya · Posts: 152

Taito needs to bring these compilations over here, damnit. We need a distraction from all this 'Hot Coffee' BS.

I saw a website that had a listing of the games included on both volumes, IIRC The New Zealand Story is on Vol. 2... I vaguely remember my first time playing the arcade version, although I had it in MAME for a while, having a US PS2 version of TM with that on it would own on all sorts of levels.

DT

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

see, play-asia shows screenshots of new zealand story under volume 1. this is why we need someone who has the game to tell us.

chazumaru* · Posts: 480

108 wrote:

I fear starting up Elevator Action Returns because it will, uh . . . you know. I might play it too much!!

Yes ! I want to know about that one. Especially if they managed to not fuck up the sound emulation.

exodus · Posts: 385

JAD THE TAFF

waiting for mine. ARGH.

write a review for me!
if you want.

aderack · Posts: 5018

108 wrote:

Then how EVER did I play it to completion last night?!?!?

That's not a bad question. Did someone rebalance the difficulty?

chazumaru* · Posts: 480

Or at least port their games on Exidna.

shnozlak · Posts: 704

108 wrote:

Probably!! It'd be stupid for no one to pick this up.

I mean, the shit on here is ten times better than anything released on Sega 3D Ages. The sheer volume of games -- hell, for a US release, they could put all fifty on one disc; that'd set a nice example -- is enough that they don't have to upgrade the graphics or anything.

And they all play so WELL, and SMOOOOTH.

If only Konami would make a "Super Famicom Memories" collection!!!!!

Yeah, that'd be cool.

OH SHIT

Also your sig banner causes the voice representing you in my head to be always screaming.

exodus · Posts: 385

aderack wrote:

Fuck, Taito should just bring out its own console. Call it the "Titan".

Their music games can be called Taitones.

OH MAN.
Next TGS mission for me - find a taito booth person, accidentally scuff their feet, then apologize for stepping on their taitoes.

Then I'll truly win.

aderack · Posts: 5018

The Gold Standard · Posts: 19

I'd eat that.

Is that Bob or Bub? I never can remember.

aderack · Posts: 5018

The game's called Bubble Bobble. He's the 1P dinosaur.

So!

The Gold Standard · Posts: 19

Interesting.

108 · Posts: 2600

aderack wrote:

108 wrote:

Then how EVER did I play it to completion last night?!?!?

That's not a bad question. Did someone rebalance the difficulty?

No, it's still as unbalanced as ever. These are fucked-up old-school arcade games, after all.

Why, Chaz, I have played Elevator Action Returns, and it sounds wonderful.

The problem is, being an arcade-perfect emulation, here, it . . . well, it's a little smallish. My TV does not do it justice, and I can't see the bullets so well.

Still! It's fun!

I need a new controller to play this two players. Then I need . . . someone to play it two players with. I should take it to Drew's place. He's got a huge fucking TV.

exodus · Posts: 385

aderack wrote:

that's excellent.

extralife · Posts: 3316

shnozlak wrote:

Also your sig banner causes the voice representing you in my head to be always screaming.

It wasn't already?

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

i have taito arcade memories. and if you have specific questions about specific titles, i will actually answer them.

James · Posts: 1735

I have MAME

Eat it

aderack · Posts: 5018

dessgeega wrote:

i have taito arcade memories. and if you have specific questions about specific titles, i will actually answer them.

So how sexy are Rastan's muscles?

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

aderack wrote:

Is... is that real?

BalbanesBeoulve · Posts: 2126

That's a photoshopped cheetos bag, 'tard.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

I can always dream.

I have a few taito arcade memories, myself.

exodus · Posts: 385

yeah...next time I do a frontpage 'site news' thing, that's gonna be the image.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

aderack wrote:

So how sexy are Rastan's muscles?

not as sexy as this. (courtesy nfg.)

also, taito arcade memories emulates these games more perfectly than mame. in particular, the graphics emulation in darius gaiden and elevator action returns is missing a bit in mame. in arcade memories, it's perfect.

however, you have to unlock bubble bobble, kiki kai kai, and cameltry. i've unlocked the first two so far (just by playing), but they really should have been there from the start.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

dessgeega wrote:

aderack wrote:

So how sexy are Rastan's muscles?

not as sexy as this

But then what is?

ubik · Posts: 44

you mean MAIM, as in MAIM the game, and your computer too most likely once you start telling it it's actually an arcade PCB........

'system unstable' - probably a familiar message to you eh?

what's next? hardfile partitioning?

ANYway..........

i grew to like Mame, the musical, just from watching Connie and Carla. That's much better.

Hopefully, once I get my coupons and discount from play-asia sorted, Taito Memories will be my final purchase from there. I'm going to buy it anyway, and I got funds and aff. money to use there and want out, so that's the plan.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

alright, ubik. dr. biglove. just who are you?

ubik · Posts: 44

this should be thought of by you beforehand of course........

whom am I addressing?

what kind of 'who are you' do you mean? you want me to type out my home address, dental records, that sort of thing?

Persona-sama · Posts: 1145

Yes, followed by your three sizes, hobbies, and dating record.

So how's Bubble Bobble on there?
I never played the arcade version. Is it different from the NES one?

ubik · Posts: 44

that's the only problem with the actual games on this release, I have many of them already.

I'm looking forward to the Super SI with the cow abductions in it, I've never played that.

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

Persona-sama wrote:

So how's Bubble Bobble on there?
I never played the arcade version. Is it different from the NES one?

bubble bobble is pretty fantastic. my sister and i played it to the end last night (after unlocking it! grrr).

the arcade version is a bit easier on the eyes, but that's about it. and that one melody they loop endlessly sounds a little better, which is fortunate, because they loop it endlessly.

majestic 12 (the space invaders with the cow abductions) is also great fun.

aderack · Posts: 5018

About options: how does the compilation handle dip switches and things? Credits? Is there an "insert coin" button? An option menu before you boot up each game?

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

aderack wrote:

how does the compilation handle dip switches and things?

disappointingly, not very well. the only switches you can set are for number of lives per credit and (where appropriate) difficulty. refreshingly, there is an "insert coin" button (it defaults to L2).

the options screen appears before you start up the game, and can also be accessed while the game is paused. it just lets you set the lives and difficulty and allows you to remap the controls. you can map a single button to more than one actual controller button, which is nice.

you can make a custom list of games? aside from that, there aren't many frills.

aderack · Posts: 5018

dessgeega wrote:

refreshingly, there is an "insert coin" button (it defaults to L2).

Huh! I'd map it to Select, myself. Just because. You know.

What buttons can you remap to? Only the four faces and shoulders? Or does it accept weird things like R3 and L3, or D-pad (or analog!) directionals?

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

curiously, in my mame setup i have "insert coin" mapped to the L2 button (and "start" to the R2 button).

but yeah, just the shoulder and face buttons.

and no, i have no idea why you'd want to make a custom game list.

hebereke · Posts: 26

Empire seem to be doing a European collection, which includes games from both Japanese volumes, as well as some that weren't on either.

so!

http://play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=PS2&title=615790

aderack · Posts: 5018

dessgeega wrote:

but yeah, just the shoulder and face buttons.

Why can't more game be like Silent Hills 1 and 2?

What was the game... Oh, Neo Contra. All I wanted to do was set "X" to fire, and I couldn't. I could only choose from six different control schemes, none of which gave me what I wanted. I DON'T GET IT. Wouldn't it be less work just to allow remapping at will?

dessgeega · Posts: 3317

aderack wrote:

dessgeega wrote:

and no, i have no idea why you'd want to make a custom game list.

What does this even mean? I'm lacking context.

okay, so when you first put the disc in your playstation, you go to "start" and it gives you a menu of games in chronological order. perhaps, though, you find this list too big and would just like the list to contain the five games you play constantly (those would be elevator action returns, darius gaiden, majestic 12, cameltry and the fairyland story).

so you go into the options screen, and put those games into a custom list. then when you go to "start" a menu comes up with just those five games on it, and if you want to play the others you use the L and R buttons to go back to the chronological list.

and that's it.

also, there's no tate mode on anything.

Mister Toups · Posts: 4943

Will someone tell me what tate mode is?