Update: March 28, 2007
«©NCSX» Taito's historical archive is peppered with important games such as Space Invaders in 1978 and hundreds of releases hence which have ably gobbled tons of credits, quarters, and yen. Taito Memories II vol. 2 collects another 25 games from the company's vault as follows: 01) Field Goal 1979
02) Phoenix 1980
03) Polaris 1980
04) Great Swordsman 1984
05) Sea Fighter Poseidon 1984
06) Gyrodine 1984
07) Buggy Challenge 1984
08) Onna Sanshirou 1985
09) Metal Soldier Isaac 1985
10) Halley's Comet 1986
11) Land Sea Air Squad 1986
12) Operation Wolf 1987
13) Full Throttle 1988
14) Chase H.Q. 1988
15) Plump Pop 1988
16) Rainbow Islands Extra 1988
17) Volfied 1989
18) Night Striker 1989
19) Battle Shark 1989
20) Final Blow 1989
21) Master of Weapon 1989
22) Megablast 1989
23) Thunder Fox 1990
24) Warrior Blade: Rastan III 1992
25) Bubble Symphony 1994 All orders include a bonus 28-page Taito Memories Book 2 which checks out all of the games in the collection and throws in some Taito history as well. This item is also known as Taito Memories II Vol. 2 or Taito Memories II Gekan. Jan Code: 4988611207017 View the back cover and screenshots on the main NCSX website.
NCS Game Notes
» In the intro to the game, a cinema plays which checks out all of the games in chronological order with short game play sequences that are shown inside an inset window that's tilted askew to the left. After Warrior Blade is shown, the Taito Memories II logo appears.» Press START and a game selection screen appears with the titles of the games (in Japanese) on the left and an image of the highlighted game shown on the right side of the screen. » To insert a coin, hit the L2 trigger and press START to begin a game. » The sound emulation for the Phoenix game seems a little off. Maybe it's just us. » Either D-pad or L-analog may be used for movement in all of the games. » We don't remember Plump Pop being so difficult but the bouncing dog ricochets in unpredictable angles. » Volfied is a glorified upgrade of Qix but it's still enjoyable and challenging. » Night Striker (1989) was released 4 years after Space Harrier (1985) but it looks shoddy. To think we used to play this game on the Saturn and... enjoy it. Perhaps it just illustrates the genius of Yu Suzuki and Space Harrier. » Rastan is an interesting game but the screen is scrunched up into a roughly 1/3 portion of the screen or 8:3 aspect ratio and the top and bottom borders are massive. This recreates the arcade aspect ratio but at a claustrophobic cost. Nonetheless, the game is worth checking out. This document is ©NCSX 2007. All rights reserved. No reproduction in whole or in part of this document may be made without express written consent of National Console Support, Inc.
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