PS2 Taito Memories II Vol. 2 + Book - New Import, In Stock
«©NCS» 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 shipping today will 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 Gekan.     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 and photos are ©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.
Field Goal 1979	Phoenix 1980
Polaris 1980	Great Swordsman 1984
Sea Fighter Poseidon 1984	Gyrodine 1984
Buggy Challenge 1984	Onna Sanshirou 1985
Metal Soldier Isaac 1985	Halley's Comet 1986
Land Sea Air Squad 1986	Operation Wolf 1987
Full Throttle 1988	Chase H.Q. 1988
Plump Pop 1988	Rainbow Islands Extra 1988
Volfied 1989	Night Striker 1989
Battle Shark 1989	Final Blow 1989
Master of Weapon 1989	Megablast 1989
Thunder Fox 1990	Warrior Blade: Rastan III 1992
Bubble Symphony 1994