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Firing retros.

Empire and Xplosiv have revealed the vast number of titles that will be on its Taito Legends disc, set for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and PC, this October.

29 old-school arcade games will feature, with some veritable gems from the 70s and 80s taking forefront, including the wonderful likes of Bubble Bobble, New Zealand Story, Rainbow Islands and Rastan. That sudden pang in your chest is the love you're feeling right now for Taito.

Also present will be extra features, such as video interviews with some of the original games' creators; Tomohiro Nishikado (Space Invaders, Space Invaders Part II, Pop 'n' Pop) and Fukio Mitsuji (Bubble Bobble, New Zealand Story, Volfied). Taito Legends will sell for Ł19.99.

The full 29 games are as follows:

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

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OnlyMe #1 7 years ago

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Bubble Bobble! Jungle Hunt! New Zealand Story! Operation Thunderbold! Operation Wolf! Phoenix! Rainbow Islands! Space Invaders! Tokio! Volfied!

Best... Retro... Compilation... Ever!
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gamesb*tch #2 7 years ago

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New Zealand Story - at last w00t!
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SFA_AOK #3 7 years ago

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This is how retro compilations should be done.
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deaner #4 7 years ago

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This year, stockign fillers actually worth having!
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spannered #5 7 years ago

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It's all good... but where the feck is Parasol Stars?!
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OnlyMe #6 7 years ago

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Parasol Stars was released in the 90's I think. Guess it didn't fall under the right timeline.
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mrpsb #7 7 years ago

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Rainbow Islands ALONE is STILL worth Ł20.

Still, it's going to mess up all those Bubble Bubble/Rainbow Islands PS1 auctions on Ebay.

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deaner #8 7 years ago

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Wasn't Parasol Stars the sequel to Rainbow Islands?

I think it did get released much later than the others.
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Blerk #9 7 years ago

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Still, it's going to mess up all those Bubble Bubble/Rainbow Islands PS1 auctions on Ebay.

I've got a copy of that. Is it worth something? Didn't realise it was r@re.
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bionutz #10 7 years ago

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VOLFIED kicks ass!
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DaveT #11 7 years ago

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Parasol stars released too late, and never in the arcades.
Only Amiga and PCE to my knowledge.
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deaner #12 7 years ago

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I had it on the C64.
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Blerk #13 7 years ago

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Parasol Stars was an arcade game. Released in 1990, the same year as 'Space Gun' - which is on the list.
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OnlyMe #14 7 years ago

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Still, Parasol Stars on the Amiga (which is the one I played, and have an original of - same with Rainbow Islands and Bubble Bobble) is fantastic, and it's a shame they didn't include it. It would have been an excellent complete trilogy on one disc (Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands - the story of Bubble Bobble II and Parasol Stars - the story of Rainbow Islands II)
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Blerk #15 7 years ago

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It's more than a trilogy. There's Bubble Symphony and Bubble Memories as well.
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OnlyMe #16 7 years ago

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Ah, but aren't they more like spin-offs? I still look at these three games as the "proper" trilogy. Same type of gameplay. Actually, Parasol Stars and Bubble Bobble are the same game basically but with a different gameplay approach - and more story. Rainbow Islands are probably the most unique in the trilogy - not counting spin-offs.
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OnlyMe #17 7 years ago

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One thing though, would be nice if they made Operation Wolf lightgun compatible.
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bloodflowers #18 7 years ago

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"Parasol Stars was an arcade game. Released in 1990, the same year as 'Space Gun' - which is on the list."

Nope - it was never an arcade game (although rumours say it was location tested with a PC Engine in an arcade cab). The actual programmers from Taito confirmed a proper arcade revision does not exist.

Japan recently got two Taito collections, 25 games per volume, only a couple of which are on this pack here. By my counting, that'll be roughly 75 Taito games released for consoles in the space of 2 months. Shame they didn't make 3 volumes and release them globally.
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