Bits and pieces about candy cabs, arcade games and such
Dodonpachi DAI-OU-JOU is the fourth title in CAVE’s Donpachi series. Released in Japan on 4/5/2002. The Black Label version was released on 10/25/2002. The kit consists of the following:
Salamander 2 is the sequel to Salamander and a spinoff of the long-running Gradius series. It’s the first game in the Gradius series to incorporate 3D graphic elements into its base of 2D graphics. It runs on Konami GX hardware.
Magical Tetris Challenge (or Magical Tetris Challenge featuring Mickey in Japan) is Tetris like puzzle game featuring different Disney characters. It was released for the arcade on Seta Aleck64 hardware.
Wyvern Wings is a fast paced vertical shooter by South Korean developer Semicom. It’s a mixture of influences from Seibu Kaihatsu’s Raiden and Psikyo’s Strikers 1945.
I got a request for a post on the spine labels I’ve done for my NAOMI GD-ROM’s. Never really thought anyone would be interested in them but wrong I was 😛
I use a Brother QL-570 label printer and design the labels in Brother’s P-touch Editor. It’s got an express mode and a pro mode. For doing your own designs Pro mode is preferred. The GD-ROM spine measures 184 mm x 12 mm (H x W). Even though there is a 12 mm wide roll I use a 29 mm wide roll for printing the GD-ROM spine labels. The reason being that the QL-570 wants a bit of margins on all sides. For this reason I’ve also made the label 187 mm long.
ResourcesHere are a few image files for getting started. I’ve picked them all from the Intertubes and I don’t make any claims as to owning any of these.
And here’s my label design in case you want to use it 🙂
I’m ending this year with a few doujin shmups and other shmup related items.
Slightly beat up but nicely boxed System 246/Tekken 4 kit.
Boxed but not complete (I presume). Came with marquee, two instruction strips and manual.
Not working. The HD is corrupt and first attempt to fix didn’t work out so I need to borrow a fresh disk and clone it.
The Type X+ is a Type X with a more powerful graphics card. Battle Gear 4, Half-Life 2: Survivor and Mobile Suit Gundam: Spirits of Zeon are games developed specifically for the X+ but most of the normal Type X games also run on the X+ unless they’re incompatible with the graphics card.
Very nicely presented glas with Colonel Schwarlitz Longhena from DonPachi. I have no idea when or where you could get hold of this.
Picked up a few Cave related albums as well;
The only non-shooter game by Cave released on the CAVE CV1000 hardware. It is also the only Cave release to have a song playing during attract mode.
This is the Namco version of Dig Dug, released in 1982. It uses the same pin-out as Galaga. Still waiting for a JAMMA converter so I can take the game for a spin.
Arcana Heart was first released in 2006 by Yuki Enterprise. Later in 2007 after Examu had acquired Yuki a patch called Arcana Heart FULL! was released adding more characters to the roster.
Arcana Heart equipped with the FULL! upgrade and the original version to the left. The pin-out on the PCB is JAMMA but video out is only by VGA. As far as I know this is the only PCB based game with this combo.
Released in 2001 by Sega for the Naomi system, Cosmic Smash is a combination of squash and break-out.
A coin drop type of puzzle game from Etona. Released in 1995 and the only arcade game ever published by Etona.
A 2D douijin style fighting game with an all female roster from Examu. Released in 2008 for the ex-BOARD system.
A ball and paddle game (much like Arkanoid but with a different theme). Released for Taito’s F3 system in 1997.
Released for the 25th anniversary of the Space Invaders game in 2003 for the G-Net system. The game contains several different versions of Space Invaders released throughout the years.
A collection of mini games released for Taito’s G-Net by Success in 1999.
New Astro City 