Densha De Go! 2 Kosoku-hen

28 Years old Arcade Video game Taito Corp. [Japan]

Densha De Go! 2 Kosoku-hen © 1998 Taito.

A train simulator where the player assumes the role of an engineer who must take passengers to the station within a certain time limit.

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TECHNICAL

Taito JC System Type-C Hardware

Main CPU : 68040 @ 25Mhz
DSP : TMS320C51 @ 50 Mhz
MCU (protection) : MC68HC11
Sound CPU : 68EC000 @ 16MHz
Sound chip : Ensoniq ES5505 @ 16MHz
Sound chip DSPs : Ensoniq ES5510 (ESPR6) + Ensoniq OTISR2
Taito Chips : E07-11, TC0870HVP, TC0770CMU, TC0840GLU, TC0810
Board Layout : Main board + rom board
Hardware Features : Textured Polygons

TRIVIA

Densha De Go! 2 was shown at the 1998 AOU Amusement Expo show, in Japan. It was then released in March 1998 in Japan (even if the title screen says 1997).

The title translates from Japanese as 'Let's go by Train! 2'.

Coverage: Akita Shinkansen, Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line (portions each).

Note: Hokuetsu Express Hokuhoku Line has been started in 1940 but was stopped by the World War. the line was restarted in 1968. Finally opened in 1997, Densha de GO 2 was released the same time.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* If you stop the train in correct postion, you get 3 point.

* If you horn to engineer or animal, you get 2 or 1 point.

* In Keihin-Tohoku Line, when you approach last station, you could use break to get secret points.

SERIES

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1. Densha De Go! (1997)
2. Densha De Go! EX (1997)
3. Densha De Go! 2 Kosoku-hen (1998)
4. Densha De Go! 2 Kosoku-hen 3000-bandai (1998)
5. Densha De Go! 3 Tsukin-hen (2000)
6. Densha de Go! 3 Tsukin-hen Daiya Kaisei (2000)
7. Densha de Go! Ryojo-hen (2000)
8. Card de Renketsu! Densha de Go! (2012)

PORTS

CONSOLES

Bandai WonderSwan (1999)
SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color (1999)
Sony PlayStation (1999)
Nintendo 64 "Densha De Go! 64"
Nintendo Game Boy Color (2000)
Sega Dreamcast (2000)

COMPUTERS

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's screenshots.