TAITO LEGENDS
OFFICIAL TITLE  Taito Legends
COMMON TITLE  Taito Legends
SERIAL NUMBER(S)  SLES-53438
REGION  PAL
GENRE / STYLE  Action / Platform / Puzzle / Shooter.

DEVELOPER  Taito.
PUBLISHER  Empire Interactive (Xplosive).
DATE RELEASED  14 October 2005
DISC NUMBER &
PRINTED SERIAL NUMBER		 DISC 1

SLES-53438
SERIAL NUMBER IN DISC SLES-53438
MEDIA CD
NUMBER OF TRACKS 1
( 1 Data Track )
BARCODE NUMBER(S)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  5017783018721  - 
     

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English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Menus and gameplay are in Multi-5 (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish).

Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC in October 2005. The games were originally developed by Taito Corporation. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation. The North American and South American releases were published by Sega, even though it is not mentioned anywhere in the actual CD-ROM.

The games on this compilation are emulations of their respective arcade originals; however, the software lacks light gun support for Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, and Space Gun. These games place a gun cursor on the screen, which the player can move around with the analog stick (console versions), or mouse (PC version).

Extra features include interviews with some of the game designers, original sales flyers, and arcade cabinet art.

While the Western Taito Legends consists of 29 arcade games, the Japanese Taito Memories includes only 25 arcade games per volume, omitting Jungle Hunt, Colony 7, The Electric Yo-Yo, Zoo Keeper and Tube It. PuLiRuLa is only in the japanese releases. For the German market there was an exclusive release only in german with only 27 games since Operation Wolf & Operation Thunderbolt were removed.

GAMES:
Battle Shark
Bubble Bobble
Colony 7
Continental Circuit
Electric Yo-Yo, The
Elevator Action
Exzisus
Gladiator
Great Swordsman
Jungle Hunt
New Zealand Story, The
Ninja Kids, The
Operation Wolf
Operation Thunderbolt
Phoenix
Plotting
Plump Pop
Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
Rastan
Return of the Invaders
Space Gun
Space Invaders
Space Invaders Part II
Super Qix
Thunder Fox
Tokio
Tube-It
Volfied
Zoo Keeper

Features:
Compilation of 29 Taito arcade hits
Revisit a lineup that spans from 1979 to 1997, including monster hit Space Invaders
Includes video interviews of designers Tomohiro Nishikado and Fukio Mitsuji
Wide range of genres represented, from puzzle games to shooters



  MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:

Taito Legends

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

29 original arcade hits on one compilation
sega.com/taitolegends



  FEATURES:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 2D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • SCIFIm Fantasy & Arcade themes.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS  1-2 Players
NUMBER OF MEMORY CARD BLOCKS  64 KB Minimum
COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS TESTED
( OFFICIAL GAMEPADS ONLY )		  Standard Controller ( Analog Controller compatible )
COMPATIBLE LIGHT GUNS
( OFFICIAL LIGHT GUNS ONLY )		  None
OTHER COMPATIBLE CONTROLLERS
( OFFICIAL CONTROLLERS ONLY )		  None
SPECIAL CONTROLLERS INCLUDED OR
SUPPORTED ( OFFICIAL ONLY )		  None
VIBRATION FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
VIDEO MODES  50 Hz = Yes / 60 Hz = Yes / Progressive Scan = No / 16:9 Option = No
AUDIO MODES  Stereo = Yes / Mono = No / Dolby Surround = No / Dolby Digital = No; Dolby Pro logic II = No
MULTI-TAP FUNCTION COMPATIBLE  No
LANGUAGE SELECTOR  Yes
NETWORK ADAPTOR (ETHERNET) COMPATIBLE  No
EMULATOR  PCSX 2 v.0.1.4.0 (Software)
SPEED HACKS USED  EE Cyclerate = 0; VU Cycle Stealing = 0; Enable INTC Spin detection = Yes; Enable Wait Loop Detection = Yes; Enable fast CDVD = No; mVU Flag Hack = Yes; MTVU (Multi-Threaded Micro VU1) = No
SPECIAL GAME FIXES USED  None
VIDEO PLUGIN  GSDX v.1.1.1 ( Allow 8-bit textures = Yes; Alpha Hack = No; Offset Hack = No; Skipdraw Hack = 0 )
AUDIO PLUGIN  SPU2-X v.2.0.0 ( Interpolation = 4; Disable Effects Processing = No; Use the de-alias filter = No; Enable Dubug options = No; Module = 1; Synchronizing Mode = TimeStretch Mix; Audio Expansion Mode = Stereo )
CD-ROM PLUGIN  CDVDolio Cdrom plugin v.0.1.0
GAME PAD PLUGIN  LilyPad svn (r3993) 0.10.0
VIBRATION COMPATIBLE  The game doesn't have it.

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:

MENU
D-Pad or Left Analog Stick navigate menu options
X Button select menu option
Triangle Button go back a screen
IN-GAME
D-Pad or Left Analog Stick movement
X Button primary action
Triangle Button secondary action
Circle or Square Button game specific action
Select Button insert coins
Start Button pause
L1 Button player starts game
L2 Button start a two player game on one controller



 

MISC CODES:

Extra Games
At the title screen, press
L1, R1, R2, L2, Select, Start
 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
FRONT BACK
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1528 x 2160 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 1005 KB		 CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1531 x 2164 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 1'00 MB
 - JEWEL CASE COVERS
SPANISH ADVERT KOREAN ADVERT 1 KOREAN ADVERT 2 KOREAN ADVERT 3
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1350 x 1637 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 618 KB		 CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1000 x 1060 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 754 KB		 CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1000 x 1413 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 1'39 MB		 CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 1000 x 1413 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 901 KB
 - DISC COVER
DISC
CLICK THE IMAGE
Dim. - 2040 x 2000 pix.
Res. - 300 dpi
File Size - 529 KB

 NTSC-J:
  • Taito Memories Gekan [SLPM-66092]   
     
  • Taito Memories Gekan [Taito Best] [SLPM-66521]   
     
  • Taito Memories Gekan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-66776]   
     
  • Taito Memories Joukan [SLPM-66057]   
     
  • Taito Memories Joukan [Taito Best] [SLPM-66402]   
     
  • Taito Memories Joukan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-66775]   
     
  • Taito Memories II Joukan [SLPM-66649]   
     
  • Taito Memories II Joukan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-55017]   
     
  • Taito Memories II Gekan [SLPM-66713]   
     
  • Taito Memories II Gekan [Eternal Hits] [SLPM-55018]   
     
 KOREAN:
  • Taito Legends [SLKA-15056]   
     
 NTSC-U:
  • Taito Legends [SLUS-21122]   
     
 PAL:
  • Taito Legends [SLES-53966]   
     

Thanks to KAISER77 for providing the game Spanish advert hires cover.
Thanks to HAVOC OF SMEG for providing the game hires covers.
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