VGEsoterica
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Recently I've been compiling a list of my favorite unported arcade games so I can talk about them like I do with rare and obscure hardware (3DO M2, Hyper Neo Geo 64, etc) but I realize "favorites" is always such a subjective topic.
I started with Warrior Blade : Rastan Saga III. I fell in love with it at Village Pizza in Okemo, Vermont. Weirdly the place always had random cabinets in the place, and around 2004 they had Rastan Saga III in the full dual monitor "ultrawide" setup. It was widescreen gaming before widescreens were actually a thing...something Taito used for Darius and would continue to iterate on with their "ultra ultrawide" Darius Burst : Chronicle Savior. It makes perfect sense why this wasn't ported though...an ultrawide game in arcades in 1993 doesn't leave you with a ton to port it to! Still wish Taito would include it in a compilation at some point in time though.
Up next : Maze of the Kings. An absolutely amazing light gun game from Sega that sadly has become pretty damn rare due to the custom light gun that was installed on the cabinet. It was an Anubis head shaped wand. If you can even find one to buy it'll run you upwards of $400 for one. I keep looking though lol
added Planet Harriers : an amazing game from Sega that sadly will eventually be lost to time due to a defect in the pcb design
But I am curious what your top unported arcade games are? There are SO many of them, both popular and obscure AF. I may do a second set of ten games, as talking about ten of my personal favorites was a really fun time.
Edit : added Armed Police Batrider and Planet Harriers
I started with Warrior Blade : Rastan Saga III. I fell in love with it at Village Pizza in Okemo, Vermont. Weirdly the place always had random cabinets in the place, and around 2004 they had Rastan Saga III in the full dual monitor "ultrawide" setup. It was widescreen gaming before widescreens were actually a thing...something Taito used for Darius and would continue to iterate on with their "ultra ultrawide" Darius Burst : Chronicle Savior. It makes perfect sense why this wasn't ported though...an ultrawide game in arcades in 1993 doesn't leave you with a ton to port it to! Still wish Taito would include it in a compilation at some point in time though.
Up next : Maze of the Kings. An absolutely amazing light gun game from Sega that sadly has become pretty damn rare due to the custom light gun that was installed on the cabinet. It was an Anubis head shaped wand. If you can even find one to buy it'll run you upwards of $400 for one. I keep looking though lol
added Planet Harriers : an amazing game from Sega that sadly will eventually be lost to time due to a defect in the pcb design
But I am curious what your top unported arcade games are? There are SO many of them, both popular and obscure AF. I may do a second set of ten games, as talking about ten of my personal favorites was a really fun time.
Edit : added Armed Police Batrider and Planet Harriers
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