Re-release

Wonder Boy (c) 1986 SEGA Enterprises, Ltd.

- TECHNICAL -

System 2
Game ID: 315-5176

- SOURCES -

Game's ROMs.

Mad Gear (c) 1989 Capcom.

A modern version of "Burnin' Rubber" / "Bump 'n' Jump" featuring 9 stages...
Stage 1: Capital
Stage 2: Net Wood Forest
Stage 3: Coral Sea
Stage 4: Big Cave Tunnel
Stage 5: Ruins Desert
Stage 6: Million Valley
Stage 7: Thunder Road
Stage 8: Marin Snow Pipe Way
Stage 9: Sky City

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) Yamaha YM2203 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.759 Khz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 384 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in February 1989 in Japan.

Export releases: "LED Storm".

Capcom used the name 'Mad Gear' again as the name of a gang in "Final Fight".

- STAFF -

Plan : Piston Takashi, Tomoshi Sadamoto
Game designer : Tomoshi Sadamoto
Programmers : N. Kaneko, Akikoro, Ken.Ken, Maekawa
Character designer : K. Ashenden
Art : Puttun. midori, Inu, Innocent Saicho
Sound : Ogeretsukun
Hard : Masayan

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Medal video game

VIP Club - Maru-hi Ippatsu Kaihou (c) 03/1988 Daiichi Denshi.

Mahjong with girls who are hooked on oranges!

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.25 Mhz), DAC (@ 1.25 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 512 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 65536

Player : 2
Control : mahjong keyboard

- TRIVIA -

The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'Secret Ippatsu Thrown Open'.

The amuse version of this game is known as "Orange Club - Maru-hi Kagai Jugyou".

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Re-release

Victor Banana (c) 09/1982 Exidy.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 894.886 Khz)
Sound Chips : Custom (@ 894.886 Khz), Texas Instruments TMS5220 (@ 640 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 64

Players : 1
Control : dial
Buttons : 4

- TRIVIA -

This is a modification kit for "Victory".

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Born To Fight (c) 1989 International Games.

A first-person shooter game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: V20 (@ 8 Mhz), I8088 (@ 6.144 Mhz)
Sound Chips: (4x) MSM5205 (@ 384 Khz)

Screen orientation: Horizontal
Video resolution: 352 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh: 54.00 Hz
Palette colors: 256

Players: 2
Control: Trackball
Buttons: 2

- TRIVIA -

Many of the game's sounds are taken from Taito's "Operation Wolf".

Set 2 allows for unlimited continues, which the other versions do not. -- Ellimist

- STAFF -

Plan : Paolo Di Nunno
Hardware : Ben Boux, Vincenzo Fabio
Paint : Luigi Corteggi
Software : Paolo Buccella, Fabio Minotti, Giorgio Pettinari
Music : Matteo Manzoni

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Re-release

Up Your Alley (c) 1987 Cinematronics, Incorporated.

Re-release of "Alley Master"

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.666666 Mhz), Custom (@ 1.666666 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 240 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024

Players : 1
Control : stick
Buttons : 4

- SOURCES -

Game's manual.
Game's picture.
Game's ROM.

Video slot machine

The Roulette (c) 1989 Visco Corp.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROMs.

Arcade video game

Poka Poka Satan (c) 1996 Kato Seisakujo Company, Limited.

- TRIVIA -

Poka Poka Satan was released in February 1996 in Japan.

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.
Game's ROM.

Dumped in MAME

Wheels II (c) 1975 Midway Mfg. Co.

It's the same as "Wheels II [Model 594 Hi-Boy]" but in a lower cabinet. Seats can optionally be attached.

- TECHNICAL -

Lo-Profile model

- SERIES -

1. Wheels [Model 591] (1975)
2. Racer [Model 592] (1975)
3. Wheels II [Model 594 Hi-Boy] (1975)
4. Super Speed Race [Model 762] (1979)

Dumped in MAME

Wheels II (c) 1975 Midway.

Single or double player game containing no microprocessor. Players race their cars against computer cars, gaining points for elapsed distance before time runs out. Crashing requires the player to shift into low gear to start again (2 speeds).

- TRIVIA -

This is the 2-player version of "Wheels [Model 591]" or "Racer [Model 592]".

Also released in a lower cabinet as "Wheels II [Model 594 Lo-Boy]".

- SERIES -

1. Wheels [Model 591] (1975)
2. Racer [Model 592] (1975)
3. Wheels II [Model 594 Hi-Boy] (1975)
4. Super Speed Race [Model 762] (1979)

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.

Dumped in MAME

Knights In Armor (c) 1976 Project Support Engineering.

Two knights challenge each other in a jousting contest. Players choose either The Black Knight or The White Knight and battle each other in a series of eight, ten or twelve jousts.

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1976. In a way, this game it the first 1v1 fighting game, although all each player does is control the angle of their lance. For actual punching an opponent, that honor would fall upon Sega's Heavyweight Champ, which was released later that year.

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.
"Bhutani joins P.S.E." - Play Meter Magazine, July 1976, pg. 38

Re-release

Disco No.1 (c) 1982 Data East.

You play a 90 pound weakling kid in a roller rink who has to skate around the bad guys in order to win the love admiration of cute chicks. Earn points by completely encircling one or more girls and picking up various bonus items that float across the rink. Interesting gameplay mechanics, nice music and decent graphics for 1982.

Originally released by Denki Onkyo as "Dancing Queen"

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 750 Khz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 500 Khz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1982.

Also released on the DECO Cassette System as "Disco No 1 [Cassette No.19]".

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Intellivision (1986) "Thin Ice [Model 8300]"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (c) 1997 Capcom.

The second 'Capcom Vs.' series fighter, featuring 17 Marvel and Street Fighter characters teaming up to face the extremely cheap Mech-Akuma! Notably, the Japanese version is the only version to contain the character Norimaro, a joke character created by comedian Noritake Kinashi.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "CP System II" hardware.
Green Board [Japan]

Players: Up to 2.
Control: 8-way joystick per player.
Buttons: 6 per player.
= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP
= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

- TRIVIA -

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter was released in June 1997 in the Japanese arcades. It was known as the 23th video game released on the CPS-II hardware.

Known export releases:
"Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [Blue Board]"
"Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [Grey Board]"
"Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [Orange Board]"
"Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [Pink Board]"

9 characters are coming from Marvel comic books-followed by their first appearance :
Apocalypse (aka En Sabah Nur) - X-Factor #5
Blackheart - Daredevil #270
Captain America (aka Steve Rogers) - Captain America Comics #1
Cyclops (aka Scott Summers) - X-Men #1
Hulk (aka Robert Bruce Banner) - Incredible Hulk #1
Omega Red (aka Arkady Rossovich) - X-Men #4
Shuma-Gorath - Marvel Premiere #6
Spider-Man (aka Peter Parker) - Amazing Fantasy #15
Wolverine (aka James 'Logan' Howlett) - Incredible Hulk #180

9 other character come from several Street Fighter games :
Akuma ('Gouki' in Japan) - "Super Street Fighter II X - Grand Master Challenge" in Japan; "Super Street Fighter II Turbo" in all other regions
Chun-Li - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Dan Hibiki - "Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams" in North America and Europe; "Street Fighter Zero" in Japan, Southeast Asia, Brazil, and Hispanic regions
Dhalsim - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Ken Masters - "Street Fighter"
Major Bison ('Vega' in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Ryu - "Street Fighter"
Sakura Kasugano - "Street Fighter Alpha 2" in the United States, Canada, and Europe; "Street Fighter Zero 2" in Japan, Southeast Asia, Brazil, Oceania, and Hispanic regions
Zangief - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"

Charlie, Gambit, Rogue, and Rose appear in the background in the 'Showdown in the Park' stage.

Blanka (of "Street Fighter" fame) can be seen within the background in the 'Death Valley' stage.

Dan's ending is an obvious parody of the ending of the SNK game, "Art of Fighting".

Sunburned/Dark/Evil Sakura has two separate endings (Japanese version): Kei chases Gouki and Sunburned Sakura after they teleport away
1) Across the entire screen from right to left.
2) Across half the screen before she trips, falls, and falls asleep.

Change: There are several cameos of Rockman in this game:
1) In the mall stage, there's a cameo of a Rockman cut-out (perhaps someone in a Rockman suit). And in relation to Capcom celebrating Rockman's "10th Anniversary" in 1997, they put a banner saying '10th Anniversary: Rockman'.
2) In one of Norimaro's super combos, he does a cosplay of Rockman.

There is one rumored reason why Iron Man was not in this game. It is because Acclaim made an Iron Man game called "Iron Man and X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal" which was released for several consoles.

Firstsmile released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter Original Soundtrack & Arrange - FSCA-10017) on September 19, 1997.

- UPDATES -

Green Board revisions :

REVISION 1:
* Build date: 970625

REVISION 2:
* Build date: 970702

REVISION 3:
* Build date: 970707

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
The Japanese version features an extra playable character (his character slot on the character select screen is replaced by the MSH vs. SF logo on all non-Japanese versions), Norimaro, a silly otaku (Japanese geek specializing in anime and manga) who is a huge Chun-Li fanboy as evidence by his reaction in seeing her before the match begins. While his true intentions of entering the competition is unknown, we can assume that it was to take pictures of Chun-Li and the many superheroes. He is voiced by the comedian Kinashi Noritake and created by Capcom as being a joke character like Dan (modeled after Japanese comedian Noritake Kinashi). He was originally going to appear in non-Japanese versions of the game, but due to cultural differences and a reference to stealing Chun-Li's panties in his ending, he was cut out. However, his programming still exists in the ROM and he even has English dialogs in the game. He even has an ending with pictures, but his ending dialogs was cut out.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Play as Suntanned ("Dark") Sakura:
At the character selection screen, highlight Hulk, hold Right for 5 sec. and press LP+HP or LK+HK.

* Play as Mecha Zanglief:
At the character selection screen, highlight Blackheart, hold Left for 5 sec. and press LP+HP or LK+HK.

* Play as Armored Spiderman:
At the character selection screen, highlight Ryu, move down and hold Down for 5 sec. and press LP+HP or LK+HK.

* Play as Mephisto:
At the character selection screen, highlight Omega Red, hold Down for 5 sec. and press LP+HP or LK+HK.

* Play as U.S. Agent:
At the character selection screen, highlight Bison, hold Up for 5 sec. and press LP+HP or LK+HK.

* Play as Shadow (Charlie/Nash):
At the character selection screen, highlight Dhalsim, hold Up for 5 sec. and press LP+HP or LK+HK.

* Play as Gambit:
Go to Dhalsim, hold Start, then move Left(x2), Down(x4), Right(x2), Up(x2), Right and press and hold LP+MK+HP together.

* Play as Norimaro (Japanese version only):
Norimaro will show on the character select screen (bottom middle square) if the machine is set to Freeplay or 1 coin X credit. A setting of 2 coins or above and you will only see the Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter logo in his square.

* Beat 'em While They're Down:
After defeating your opponents, press and hold Start. Normally your character wont be able to move after the round is over but by holding Start you will not only be able to move freely (until the next round starts) but you will be able to hit your opponent and even do a Super on them!

* Change Battle Order:
When the screen shows which teams will be battling, press Punch or Kick three times to change the order of battle.

* Double Team Spidermen:
Start a new game and choose any character for your first choice followed by Spiderman as the second character. Deliberately lose, then continue and choose Silver Spiderman as your first character. The other Spiderman should be selected as your second character.

* Fight Secret Characters (Japanese Version):
To fight a secret character in the Japanese version you must do a certain amount of team super finishes :
Character #
Dark Sakura 5
Mecha Zangief 6
Shadow Charlie 7

* Hyper Mode:
At the vs. screen, hold LK+MP+HK.

* Dan's Explosion:
Pick Dan as your fighter and anyone else. At the Vs. screen hold LP until the word fight disappears. When the match begins Dan will fall into a small explosion.

- SERIES -

Note: also called the 'Capcom vs.' overall, in regards to games such as 'Capcom Vs. SNK'. X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes can be considered as being in the same series, due to having similar mechanics and also crossover easter eggs (Akuma in COTA, Anita in MSH)

1. X-Men vs. Street Fighter [Green Board] (1996)
2. Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [Green Board] (1997)
3. Marvel vs. Capcom - Clash of Super Heroes [Green Board] (1998)
4. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - New Age of Heroes (2000)
5. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 - Fate of Two Worlds (2011)
6. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011)


- STAFF -

Planners : Atsushi Tomita, Nakano Tau! Masahiro, Dave Matumoto
Original art works : Akira Yasuda (Akiman), Sakomizu, Ukabin
Object designers : Minobe Hiroaki Da!!, Sagata, G.Kamina, Miwaringo, Kohichi Kikutani, Hiroshi Yoshioka, Shinya Miyamoto, Kondo Masanori, Satou Rie, Takep, Yosinori Yamamoto, Jon Narancha, Toshihiro Suzuki, R. Naoi, Kanako Takami
Scroll designers : Iwai, Konomi, Hisashi Sawada, Dear Akirakun 1997, May, Inoyan, Youko Fukumoto, Kisabon, Takashi Fujiwara, Hiroshi Yuugen, Chie Morisaki, Holly Genki?, Shinnosuke, Manga-Chop
Music composers & arrange : Yuki Iwai, Yuko Kadota
Sound director : Hiroaki Kondo (X68K) (cipher)
Sound assistants : Hachi & Ise & lee, Moe.T (cipher)
Recording director : Susan Hart
Recording enginners : Paul Shubat, Dave Hatt
Programmers : Motsu, Eternal Sailor, Kaw, Silver Kadontz, You!
Producer : Kenji Kataoka
General producer : Noritaka Funamizu
Executive producer : Yoshiki Okamoto

* Voice Actors :
Zangief : Wataru Takagi
M. Bison : Tomomichi Nishimura
Dhalsim : Yoshiharu Yamada
Sakura Kasugano : Yuko Sasamoto
Akuma : Tomomichi Nishimura
Chun-Li : Yuko Miyamura
Ken Masters : Iwanaga Tetsuya
Ryu : Toshiyuki Morikawa
Dan Hibiki : Osamu Hosoi
Cyclops : Norman Spencer
Captain America : Cathal J. Dodd
Spider-Man : Patrick Chilvers
Shuma-Gorath : Franck Perry
Wolverine : Cathal J. Dodd
The Incredible Hulk : Andrew Jackson
Blackheart : Jaimz Woolvett
Omega Red : Len Doncheff
Norimaro : Noritake Kinashi
Apocalypse : Lorne Kennedy
Narrator : Tony Daniels

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (Oct.22, 1998) "Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [4MRAM Doukori Ban] [Model T-1238G]"
[JP] Sega Saturn (Oct.22, 1998) "Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter [Model T-1239G]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (Feb.25, 1999) "Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter EX Edition [Model SLPS-01915]"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Game's picture.
Game's screenshots.
Game's manual.
See goodies section.
Official website: http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/arcade/MSHvsSF/mshvssf.html

Esh's Aurunmilla (c) 1984 Funai.

You are the hero Don Davis. Emperor Esh, who is trying to take over the Universe Orion, has kidnapped princess Sindy. It is your job to rescue Princess Sindy from the evil Emperor Esh. Armed with only a sword, you must fight your way through the obstacles to rescue the princess and save the universe!

- TECHNICAL -

This game uses a LaserDisc running on a Pioneer LD-V1000.

Controls:
1 joystick
2x start buttons
2x action buttons (perform the same action)

- TRIVIA -

This is one of the rarest LaserDisc games in existence, next to Simutrek's Cube Quest and Freedom Fighter by Millennium Game Products.

A bug on stage 7 can cause the game to crash when the player lose their last life. A bug fix was made by fans in 2017.

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
Pioneer Palcom PX-7

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.
Esh's Aurunmilla @ Dragon's Lair Project

Quarter Horse [Model ???] (c) 1981 ESI [Electro Sport, Incorporated].

Place bets on horse races and watch FMV clips taken from real-world races that are played from a LaserDisc.

- TRIVIA -

Released in 1981/1982.

Contrary to popular belief, this was the first coin-operated video game to use a LaserDisc player, beating the likes of Sega's Astron Belt and Cinematronics' Dragon's Lair by two years. To be fair however, Quarter Horse was a gambling game and thus it wouldn't have shown up at many (if any) arcades.

- STAFF -

Created by : Dale Rodesch

- SOURCES -

Machine's picture.
Machine's flyers

ポリスドッグ (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Police Dog)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1084

- STAFF -

Character Adviser: Jun Kanda
Music Composer: Isamu Hirano
Programmed By: Toshiyuki Sasagawa
Sound Effect Adviser: Sweet-Madoka
Produced By: Hudson Soft Group-205

Pirate

Space Attack II (c) 1980 Zenitone Microsec.

Bootleg of "Super Invaders"

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Intel 8080 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76477 (@ 1.9968 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2

Players : 1
Control : 2-way joystick
Buttons : 1 (FIRE)

- TRIVIA -

Unique to Space Invaders :
1) The saucers that run across the top of the screen shoot back at you when they have a clear shot.
2) Some invaders split into two invaders on either side of the original, giving you more invaders to shoot.
3) When you finish a rack, the following gets printed on the screen : "Well Done Earthing, this time you win. Now do battle with our super forces".

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Export

Sky Soldiers (c) 1988 Romstar, Incorporated.

Sky Soldiers is a vertical scrolling Shoot em' Up developed by Alpha Denshi and released to arcades in 1988 by Romstar in North America and SNK for the rest of the world. The game features a time travel theme as well as an organized weapon select screen at the beginning of each stage.

Players travel back in time starting in Great Britain 1945, Germany 1915, Japan 1945, Germany 1944, Vietnam 1974, France 1914, Russia 1974 and finally the space station in the present time, 2110. Each time stage has two levels, both ending in a boss battle save for the final stage, resulting in a total of 15 Areas.

The ship's weapon system is accessed in the beginning of each stage. The ship's main shot consists of a semi-automatic Wave Shot. The ship's bomb weapons include forward firing missiles, fireballs, homing missiles and the buster bomb. The ship can be equipped with only one bomb weapon from either category at a time. The ship can only be loaded with a certain number of Bomb weapons and they can only be resupplied at the end of the level. The only pick-up item in the game is a parachuting human pilot shot down from malfunctioning fighter planes/jets; collecting these pilots results in random bonus points.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : Alpha-68K96II 'SS'

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), YM2413 (@ 8 Mhz), DAC

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in September 1988 in USA by Romstar, Inc.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.

Tetris (c) 1988 Sega.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the Sega "System 16B" hardware.
Game ID: 317-0091

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Tetris was released in December 1988.

Tetris was a very popular game in Japan. Taito partnered up with Sega to convert unpopular games like "Master of Weapon" or "Rastan saga 2" to Tetris (on the Taito B system). Later, Taito produced Sega's Tetris on the Taito H system as a very limited release.

This version of Tetris is also notable for it's "Power-on Pattern"; the game will always give you the same order of blocks upon the game booting up or power cycling. This is also referenced in Sega Tetris on the Sega NAOMI, where this specific Power-On Pattern will be given to you upon reaching the credits.




Re-Editions:
[JP] "Tetris [Model 317-0092]"
[JP] "Tetris [Model 317-0093]" (16A)

- SERIES -

1. Tetris (1988)
2. Sega Tetris (1999)

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1989)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.28 : Tetris Collection")

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Flash Point (c) 1989 Sega.

A variant of "Tetris", specifically Sega's version for arcades. The goal of the game is to clear all flashing blocks from a series of stages with predefined block patterns. There are 100 stages, with 90 available at first, and the final 10 being unlocked when you beat the last stages.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the Sega "System 16B" hardware.
Game ID: 317-0127

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 1

- TRIVIA -

Flicky makes a cameo appearance as he introduces each round to you!

A bootleg of this game was released by Datsu the same year under the same name.

The smiling face pattern has an incorrect preview, showing a neutral face instead.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
Sega Mega Drive (1989): Unreleased.
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006) "Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.28: Tetris Collection"

* COMPUTERS:
MSX

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Shock Troopers - 2nd Squad (c) 1998 SNK.

More of an update than a full-blown sequel, Shock Troopers - 2nd Squad picks up where the first game - released a year earlier - left off. Once again, one or two players face the might of a terrorist army who are threatening to destroy the world by launching a newly developed weapon-of-mass-destruction if their wishes - to be given absolute control of the newly-founded nation of Billberk - aren't granted.

Like many Neo Geo sequels, 2nd Squad doesn't particularly do anything the original didn't do. There are some improvements, however; graphics have been given a brush up and level design is a little more imaginative than that of the already impressive original.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID: NGM-246

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 3 => [A] Shot attack/Close range attack, [B] Bomb attack, [C] Jump/Get in a vehicle/Get out a vehicle
=> Leon > [A] Spread shot/Combat knife, [B] Power napalm
=> Angel > [A] Front shot/Tear gus, [B] Wide napalm
=> Lulu > [A] Wide shot/Revolver, [B] Normal bomb
=> Toy > [A] Laser shot/Stan gun, [B] Sonic bomb

- TRIVIA -

Released in October 1998.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Shock Troopers Second Squad, Shock Troopers - PCCB-00355) on 01/1999.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

Here are the 4 characters with their codenames and statistics :
* Leon (aka Lion Heart) : Speed 1 - Attack 4 - Defense 4 - Evasion 1
* Angel (aka Ceramic Arms) : Speed 2 - Attack 3 - Defense 2 - Evasion 3
* Lulu (aka Lightning Eyes) : Speed 4 - Attack 1 - Defense 1 - Evasion 3
* Toy (aka Ice Brain) : Speed 3 - Attack 2 - Defense 3 - Evasion 2

- SERIES -

1. Shock Troopers [Model NGM-238] (1997)
2. Shock Troopers - 2nd Squad [Model NGM-246] (1998)

- STAFF -

Developed by Saurus.

Exective producer : Nobuyuki Tanaka
Producer : Yasushi Okahara
Exective director : Kenji Ishimoto
Main planner : Mitsuki Pkc Saito
Sub planner : Hotlips
Chief programmer : Jo.
Programmers : Levin Takasaki, Dis, Buttaku H. K
Tool programmer : Hiroaki Torii
Technical adviser : Yuki
Chief front designer : Kurara Kiri
Front designers : Masato Miyoshi, Tsuru-Chang, Michitaka Ishida, Satoshi Ishiguro, Naruhiro Kishimoto
Chief back designer : Miwako Kojima
Back designers : Yuko Hara, Matsumoto Kiyoshi, Kaori Nishioka, Takazumi Hirokawa
Character designer : Aki
Sound producer : Masahiko Hataya
Music composer : Masaki Kase (World Wide Wave)

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS:
PC (Steam) (September 28, 2016)
PC Windows [GOG] (2017)

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.

Released

Rockman EXE Battle Chip Stadium (c) 2006 Capcom.

Is an arcade game in the Mega Man Battle Network sub-series of Mega Man games from Capcom. The game was not released outside of Japan. The game features much of the same gameplay found in the Battle Network Series, and is updated near monthly. The game also allows players to link machines and face each other in Netbattles, showing their abilities over NetNavis.

- TRIVIA -

This game uses dedicated chips instead of cards.

- SOURCES -

Game's picture.
Game's screenshots.

Shock Troopers (c) 1997 SNK.

Shock Troopers pits the players against a mighty terrorist group who are holding a girl hostage, in order to force her grandfather to surrender a powerful drug which will enable the terrorists to control the minds of the grandfather's soldiers and create a huge, unstoppable army.

Shock Troopers is a multi-directional scrolling shoot-em-up for one or two players that builds upon the foundations laid by Capcom's 1985 classic, "Commando (Capcom)" and also borrows heavily from Commando's sequel, '"Mercs". As well as enemy troops, players must contend with tanks, choppers and assorted military vehicles, and must also be careful to avoid any of the landmines that litter the levels. Extra weapons and health can be picked up from destroyed enemy vehicles, as well as being found in enemy supply crates. Shock Troopers is effectively three games in one as players can chose one of three different routes; each made up of different levels. The game also offers greater variety of gameplay than other of the genre; with levels having the players travel on the back of fast moving vehicles, climbing a rock face etc.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID: NGM-238

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 4
=> [A] Shot/Close range attack, [B] Evasive Maneuver, [C] Special attack, [D] Change player (in team battle mode only)

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1997.

This game was not released on the Neo-Geo AES home console.

The character Marie has the same voice as King from Art of Fighting.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Shock Troopers Second Squad, Shock Troopers - PCCB-00355) on 01/1999.

- SERIES -

1. Shock Troopers [Model NGM-238] (1997)
2. Shock Troopers - 2nd Squad [Model NGM-246] (1998)

- STAFF -

Developed by Saurus.

Executive producer : Nobuyuki Tanaka
Executive director : Yasushi Okahara (Yasushi Okaharo)
Planner : kenji Ishimoto
Object designers : Masato Miyoshi, Yoichi Sato, Kaori Ito, Hideo Akimoto, Michitaka Ishida, Narushiro Kishimoto
B.G. designers : Sachiko Miyoshi, Yuri Tachikawa, Yasuhori Tsuruoka, Naoko Tanaka
Programmers : Takashi Shishido, Yosuke Takasaki, Daiyoshi Sato
Music composers & Sound effects : Masahiko hataya, Masaki kase

* Voices :
Jackal : Taiyo Ofune
Milky : Reina Hayami
Loki : Kinnosuke Todoroki
Southern cross : Sinkichi Kaji
Marie bee : Suzue Isaribi
Rio : Isamu Kida
Maru : Kaeru Tsuchiya
Big mama : Towako Tendo
Cecilia : Yuka Utsumi
Commander : Meijin Takahashi

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[US] Sony PS2 (may.05, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLUS-21724]"
[US] Sony PSP (may.05, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULUS-10338]"
[KO] Sony PS2 (may.29, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLKA-25424]"
[US] Nintendo Wii (jul.29, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model RVL-P-RNCE]"
[EU] Sony PSP (Oct. 17, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULES-01105]"
[EU] Nintendo Wii (Oct. 31, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model RVL-P-RJZP]"
[EU] Sony PS2 (Nov. 21, 2008) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model SLES-55232]"
[JP] Sony PSP (May. 21, 2009) "SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 [Model ULJS-193]"
[US] Windows PC (Steam) (May 18, 2016) "Shock Troopers"

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.

四人麻雀 (c) 1984 Tecno Soft.
(4-nin Mahjong)

四人麻雀 (c) 1984 Tecno Soft.
(4-nin Mahjong)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: TM7-009

四人麻雀 (c) 1984 Tecno Soft.
(4-nin Mahjong)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: TX1-005

四人麻雀 (c) 1984 Tecno Soft.
(4-nin Mahjong)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: TP8-002

四人麻雀 (c) 1984 Tecno Soft.
(4-nin Mahjong)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: TM2-021

四人麻雀 (c) 1984 Tecno Soft.
(4-nin Mahjong)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: TPM-001

三匹のぶたちゃんゲーム (c) 1984 Compac.
(San Hiki no Buta chan game)

- SOURCES -

Game's Cassette.

Dumped

Playcenter Evolution III (c) 2005 Recreativos Presas.

Pirate

Pipi & Bibis (c) 1992 Ryouta Kikaku.

Bootleg of "Pipi & Bibis [TP-025]"

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1992.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

インベーダー (c) 1982 Hudson Soft.
(Invader)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: J-1007

君はピアニスト (c) 1982 Hudson Soft.
(Kimi wa Pianist)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1018

- STAFF -

By: O. Murakami

ピラミッド・アドベンチャー (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Pyramid Adventure)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: LA-1031

かえるがかえる (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Kaeru ga Kaeru)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: X-1013-G

- STAFF -

By: K. Kizuya

ディッシュキャリア (c) 1983 Hudson Soft.
(Dish Carrier)

- TECHNICAL -

GAME ID: YB-1037

Arcade video game

Penky (c) 1996 Yun Sung.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.

Not Unreleased

Pack'n Bang Bang (c) 1994 Kaneko Company, Limited.

- TRIVIA -

This prototype was never released to the public. The game actually has a flyer, and (strangely for a prototype) an operators manual, suggesting this was quite late into production.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.
Game's screenshots.

Pirate

New Draw 8 Lines (c) 1991 Yamate.

A 8-liner video slot for amusement only.

- SOURCES -

Game's ROM.