Accepted [+] [X] Champion Pro Wrestling Update submitted by XtC
Champion Pro Wrestling (c) 1985 Sega.
Early colorfully cartoonish wrestling game with only two teams and strange gameplay.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SN76496 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : Joystick 2-way
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Champion Pro Wrestling was released in May 1985 in Japan.
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
Sega SG-1000 [JP] (1985) Champion Pro Wrestling
* COMPUTERS:
[JP] MSX (1985)
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
Accepted [+] [X] Sexy Parodius Update submitted by XtC
Sexy Parodius (c) 1996 Konami Company, Limited.
Sexy Parodius is a horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up for one or two players and is the third sequel in a series originally created as a parody of Konami's own successful "Gradius" games. As with the prequels, Sexy Parodius again gives players a choice of increasingly bizarre ships to control; ranging from a sexy girl riding a missile, to a stick man on a paper aeroplane.
The game plays much the same as previous Parodius games, as well as the 'Gradius' series it sets out to parody. One new addition to the game-play is the introduction of branching paths through the game. Each level has a specific task, such as collecting the golden coins on the second level, the completion or failure of which dictates which level players will be faced with next.
In a co-operative two-player game, when certain characters are close enough, a third shot appears between them, these can either be purple shots that swirl all over the screen, hearts that home in on enemies, or rockets that shoot straight ahead. This feature was first seen in Konami's 1990 shoot-em-up, "Lightning Fighters".
The playable characters in sexy Parodius are:
* Vic Viper/Lord British
* Michael/Gabriel
* Hikaru/Akane
* Ivan/Toby
* Mambo/Samba
* Koitsu/Aitsu
* Option/Multiple
* Shooting Star/Black Viper
- TECHNICAL -
Konami GX Hardware
Main CPU : Motorola 68EC020
Sound CPU : Motorola 68000
Sound Chips : (2x) K054539
Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 3
=> Power Up, Fire, Missile
- TRIVIA -
Sexy Parodius was released in March 1996.
World 3-A (get the 300 coins in World 2) will appeal to fans of Konami's classic game "Yie Ar Kung-Fu" (Oolong makes a guest appearance just before reaching the stage boss and you can even knock him out!).
World 3-B (do not get the 300 coins in World 2) is a hilarious parody of Konami's "CastleVania" series (the well-known Medusa makes a guest appearance as the stage's boss!).
The name of the fish character Mambo has a double meaning, he gets his name from the real life fish called Ocean Sunfish (or Mola Mola), but called Mambou in Japan. The other meaning is Mambo from the musical style, which is why the female partner character in this game is called Samba, yet another musical style.
Character selection screen music is a remix of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star', by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The music theme of Shooting Star comes from "Twin Bee Yahhoo! Fushigi no Kuni de Oo-Abare!!" (1995, Konami).
Stage 1 music is a megamix of : 'Hokkaido wa Dokoni Aru?' by Gonchichi, 'American Patrol' by Frank W. Meacham, and 'My Old Kentuchy Home' by Stephen C. Foster.
Stage 1 boss music is a remix of 'Summ, Summ, Summ, Bienchen' by Hoffmann V. Fallersleben
Stage 2 music is a remix of a music from "Yi Ar Kung-Fu" (1985, Konami).
Stage 2 boss music is a megamix of : a music from "Yi Ar Kung-Fu" and "Maim Maim" (an Israeli folksong).
Stage 3 music is a megamix of : a music from "Castlevania" and 'Clarinet Polka" (a Polish folksong).
Stage 3 boss music is a megamix of : a music from "Castlevania" and 'Hungarian Dance No. 5' by Brahms.
Stage 4 music is a remix of 'Csikos Post' by Hermann Necke.
Stage 4 boss music is a megamix of : 'Bienchen Summ Herum!' (a Bohemian folksong) and 'Einzug der Gladiatoren' by Julius Fucik.
Stage 5 music is a megamix of : 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' by William Steffe and 'J'ai Perdu le Do de Ma Clarinette' (a French folksong).
Stage 5 boss music is a remix of the Aircraft Carrier music from "Gradius".
Stage 6 music is a megamix of : 'Tankoubushi' (A Japanese folksong) and 'Hokkai Bon'uta' (Japanese Bon Festival Song)
Stage 6 boss music is a megamix of : 'Symphony No. 5 in C, Op. 67' by Ludwig Beethoven, and 'Genkotsuyama no Tanukisan' (A Japanese children's song).
Stage 7 music is a remix of 'El Bimbo' by Claude Morgan.
Stage 7 boss music is a remix of 'Habanera - From Carmen' by Georges Bizet.
Stage 8 sub-boss 1 music is a remix of 'Piano Sontata K.331, 3rd : Rondo Alla Turca' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Stage 8 sub-boss 2 music is a remix of 'Flight of the Bumblebee' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
Stage 8 sub-boss 3 music comes from "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou" (1988, Konami).
Stage 8 sub-boss 4 music is a remix of 'Orphee Aux Enfers' by Jacques Offenbach.
Stage 8 final boss music is a megamix of : 'Prelude Op.28 #7' by Frederic Chopin, and 'Scene From Swan Lake' by Piotr Tchaikovsky.
Stage 9 music is a megamix of 'Hornpipe from Water Music' and 'Hallelujah Chorus' by George F. Handel.
Stage 9 boss music comes from "Gradius III" (1989, Konami).
Special stage music is a megamix of musics from "Gradius", "Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou", "Gradius III", "MX5000", and "Lightning Fighters".
Special stage boss music is a remix of 'Fur Elise' by Beethoven.
Soundtrack releases :
Sexy Parodius / Original Game Soundtrack [King Records - KICA-7703 - May 22, 1996]
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Special team attack : in two-player games, get both ships close to each other in order to use a special team attack!
* Secret stage : successfully complete all stage's additional objectives in order to unlock the secret stage!
- SERIES -
1. Parodius - Tako wa Chikyuu o Sukuu [Model RC759] (1988, MSX)
2. Parodius Da! Shinwa kara Owarai e [Model GX955] (1990, ARC)
3. Gokujyou Parodius! Kako no Eikou o Motomete [Model GX321] (1994, ARC)
4. Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius [Model SHVC-AJOJ-JPN] (1995, SFC)
5. Sexy Parodius (1996, ARC)
- STAFF -
Programmers: Chichibinta Tsukasa, Ohji, Paiman
Character designers: Shuzilow.Ha, Magrou, Natsumi Bouike, Misugi Inagaki, Kaori Nishimura, Galaxy Namikoshi
Music composers: Mayuko Kageshita, Ary
Music advisers: Izumi, Sita-Ru Senoo
Sound effects: Ary
Hard designer: Yoshikazu Matsui
Product designer: Poper Takashi
Radio actors: Joshua Popenoe, Kumike Watanabe, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Yuko Nagashima
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (1996) "Sexy Parodius [Model T-9514G]")
[JP] Sony PlayStation (1996) "Sexy Parodius [Model SLPM-86009]"
[JP] Sony PSP (2007) "Parodius Portable [Model ULJM-05220]"
[JP] Sony PSP (2008) "Parodius Portable [Konami the Best] [Model ULJM-05324]"
- SOURCES -
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
Accepted [+] [X] Tokuten Oh - Honoo no Libero [Model NGM-215] Update submitted by XtC
Tokuten Oh - Honoo no Libero (c) 1996 SNK.
- TECHNICAL -
Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID : NGM-215
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
=> Attack > [A] Shoot/Low pass, [B] High pass, [C] Short pass
=> Defense > [A] Sliding, [B] Rough play, [C] Action player shift
- TRIVIA -
Tokuten Oh - Honoo no Libero was released in October 1996 in Japan.
The title translates from Japanese as 'Top Scorer - Flame of Libero'.
This game is known outside Japan as 'The Ultimate 11 - SNK Football Championship'.
- SERIES -
1. Tokuten Oh [Model NGM-052] (1992)
2. Tokuten Oh 2 - Real Fight Football [Model NGM-061] (1994)
3. Tokuten Oh 3 - Eikoue no Michi [Model NGM-081] (1995)
4. The Ultimate 11 - SNK Football Championship [Model NGM-215] (1996)
5. NeoGeo Cup '98 - The Road to the Victory [Model NGM-244] (1998)
- STAFF -
Cast : Mr.Rod, Kuwayan, Bug Stopper, I. Etsuko, Tsubo-Tsubo, Namaan-Hiroto, YNY with Catbrow
Camera : Kentarou
Light-1 : Hiroto
Light-2 : Lemon Angeler
Chief Director : RC-31Kai
Planners : Y. Romario, I. Etsuko, Galmaster Yanya
Programmers : CC8WRX, Toppo George
Sound-Music : Tate Norio, Miki
Art director : Newsea
Designers : M-Chiesa, Neotridagger-ZMC, Shio Shio Shio, Oights, Commando,Keiko, Blendy-Cop!, Isso, Lovely Mimori!!, Z-Tom3, Commando Miyako
Sponsor : Akai
Executive producer : Takashi Nishiyama
Music composer : Chan Chakorin
Hard designer : Kucchan
Programmers : Blbon, Takako
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo AES (Dec. 20, 1996; "Tokuten Oh - Honoo no Libero [Model NGH-215]")
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.
Accepted [+] [X] SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model NGM-269] Update submitted by XtC
SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom (c) 2003 Playmore Corp.
A one-on-one fighting game - the collaboration between Capcom and SNK - pits seventeen well-known SNK combatants against seventeen of Capcom's most famous game characters.
'SVC Chaos' primarily utilizes the command system of the "King of Fighters" series, incorporating light/strong kicks, punches, cancels and charging attacks. Unlike its predecessor, however, "Capcom vs. SNK 2", SvC features no air guards and lacks a 'groove system', instead focusing on quicker game play and online competition.
Each character is equipped with a basic three-bar system for executing 'Exceeds' (special attacks), with basic filling options attributed to strikes and damage. Additionally, the sprites from the various series received new models and some special effects were changed in the command lists (For example, the player can no longer increase the damage of the 'Zujou Sashi' used by Choi Bounge by tapping the buttons).
- TECHNICAL -
Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID : NGM-269
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 4
=> [A] Weak punch [B] Weak kick [C] Strong punch [D] Strong kick
- TRIVIA -
Released in July 2003.
Here are the 17 SNK characters (plus Evil Mr Karate) and their first appearance in video games :
Athena Asamiya - "Athena"
Choi Bounge - "The King of Fighters '94"
Earthquake - "Samurai Shodown" ("Samurai Spirits" in Japan)
Iori Yagami - "The King of Fighters '95"
Kasumi Todoh - "Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior" ("Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden" in Japan)
Kim Kaphwan - "Fatal Fury 2" ("Garou Densetsu 2 - Arata-Naru Tatakai" in Japan)
Kyo Kusanagi - "The King of Fighters '94"
Geese Howard - "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters" ("Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai" in Japan)
Genjyuro Kibagami - "Samurai Shodown II" ("Samurai Spirits II" in Japan)
Goenitz - "The King of Fighters '96"
Mai Shiranui - "Fatal Fury 2" ("Garou Densetsu 2 - Arata-Naru Tatakai" in Japan)
Mars People - "Metal Slug - Super Vehicle-001"
Mr Karate - "Art of Fighting 2" ("Ryuuko no Ken 2" in Japan) as Takuma Takazaki
Orochi Iori - "The King of Fighters '97"
Ryo Sakazaki - "Art of Fighting" ("Ryuuko no Ken" in Japan)
Shiki - "Samurai Shodown 64" ("Samurai Spirits 64" in Japan)
Terry Bogard - "Fatal Fury - King of Fighters" ("Garou Densetsu - Shukumei no Tatakai" in Japan)
There are also 17 Capcom characters (plus Shin Akuma) and here are their first appearances:
Akuma (Gouki in Japan) - "Super Street Fighter II Turbo" ("Super Street Fighter II X" in Japan)
Balrog (M. Bison in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Chun-Li - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Dan Hibiki - "Street Fighter Alpha - Warriors' Dreams" ("Street Fighter Zero" in Japan)
Demitri - "Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors" ("Vampire - The Night Warriors" in Japan)
Dhalsim - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Guile - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Hugo - "Final Fight"
Ken Masters - "Street Fighter"
M. Bison (Vega in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Red Arremer - "Ghosts'n Goblins"
Ryu - "Street Fighter"
Sagat - "Street Fighter"
Tessa - "Red Earth" ("Warzard" in Japan)
Vega (Balrog in Japan) - "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior"
Violent Ken - "Street Fighter Alpha 3" ("Street Fighter Zero 3" in Japan)
Zero - "Mega Man X" ("Rockman X" in Japan)
The super bar is called the 'Groove Power Gauge'; a reference to "Capcom Vs. SNK 2 - Mark of the Millenium 2001".
Bao (from the King of Fighters series) makes a cameo in a few of Hugo's pre-battle and win poses.
The Athena that features in SVC Chaos is the original Athena character design that featured in the character's debut platform game, "Athena", instead of the usual Asimaya Athena that appears in virtually every other SNK game. Notably, a lot of her moves are now very different, and she wears noticeably less clothes due to the fact Athena loses her dress during Athena's intro. Athena's fighting moves are inspired by the manga/anime 'Saint Seiya'.
The 'Sennou Ken' character is based on the psycho-controlled Ken in the SF animated movie. A lot of Mars People's moves are references to numerous UFO-based staples; Independence is a reference to the movie 'Independence Day', for example.
The 'Dan Hibiki' character is once again used as a vehicle for numerous genre parodies. If you perform his super-taunt he parodies Joe Higashi and Yuri Sakazaki's taunts. Also, two of his new moves are parodies of the Kyokugen moves. In the first of these moves, Dan attempts to do one of the larger fireballs performed in one Ryo's desperation move, but it has the same range as his regular fireball. On the second move, Dan attempts to perform his own powerful punch similar to Ryo's Exceed move, but after the move charges and connects Dan grabs his arm in pain and then pretends it was nothing.
While using Demitri, if you perform Midnight Bliss on Orochi Iori, Iori will turn into Miss X (from SNK Gal Fighters on the Neo Geo Pocket) as he's choking him.
Suleputer released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game on November 2003.
Some well-known hacks of the game include :
"SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom Plus".
"SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom Super Plus".
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Random Select : On the character select screen, hold Start to activate a roulette-like feature.
* Play as Geese : Hold Start and press Left(x3), Down, Left, Up, Right, Up, then press a button to select.
* Play as Dan : Hold Start and press Down, Left(x7), then press a button to select.
* Play as Goenitz : Hold Start and press Down(x3), Right, Down, Left(x3), then press a button to select.
* Play as Demitri : Hold Start and press Right(x3), Left, Up, Right, Down, Up, then press a button to select.
* Play as Mars People : Hold Start and press Up, Down, Right(x3), Up, Down, Left(x2), Down, then press a button to select.
* Play as Zero : Hold Start and press Up, Right(x2), Left(x2), Down, Up(x3), Right, then press a button to select.
* Play as Orochi Iori : Hold Start and press Up(x3), Down, Left, Right, Down, Left, then press a button to select.
* Play as Violent Ken : Hold Start and press Up(x2), Down, Left(x2), Right, Left, Up, then press a button to select.
* Fight against Red Arremer :
1) Finish 5 rounds with supers/specials.
2) Do not lose any rounds.
3) Finish off at least one character with block damage.
If done correctly, your character will be transported to Hell after the fight with Shin Akuma/Shin Mr. Karate, where he/she will have to fight Red Arremer. Note : Some people (like Dan and Demitri) have alternate endings for fighting and winning in Hell.
* Fight either Mars People or Zero : Don't lose any rounds, Don't win any rounds by "Time Out", win 3 rounds by using an Exceed Move.
* Fight Geese Howard or Demitri Maximoff : Don't lose any rounds, Don't win any rounds by "Time Out", win 1 round by using an Exceed Move.
*Fight Goenitz or Dan Hibiki : Fail to meet either of the above requirements.
Also your opponent on Stage 6 determines who you will fight in Stages 7 and 8.
* Fight Orochi Iori (Stage 7) and Serious Mr. Karate (Stage 8) : Stage 6 opponent is a Capcom character.
* Fight Violent Ken (Stage 7) and Shin Akuma (Stage 8) : Stage 6 opponent is an SNK character.
* Fight Athena : Don't lose any rounds during Stages 1 through 7, Don't win any rounds by block damage.
* Mid-Bosses : your performance in Stages 1 through 3 affects who you will fight in Stage 4.
* Final Bosses : your performance in Stages 1 through 7 affects if you'll fight either Athena or Red Arremer (in Stage 9) after beating Stage 8 (Shin Akuma or Serious Mr. Karate). Your performance in Stage 8 will not affect any of these conditions.
* See character's true/good ending : Defeat Athena or Red Arremer in Stage 9. If you lose to Athena or Red Arremer then you cannot continue. Many characters (such as Dan and Demitri) have different endings for beating either Athena or Red Arremer.
* CPU Character Patterns : before you start the game the CPU randomly picks one of the predetermined patterns of opponents. This affects stages 1 through 3 and 5 & 6. Stage 4 is the predetermined mid-boss. Here are the predetermined pattern of fighters.
Pattern 1 : Kim, Dhalsim, Mai, Bison, Kyo
Pattern 2 : Vega, Earthquake, Chun-Li, Choi, Ryo
Pattern 3 : Shiki, Balrog, Kasumi, Sagat, Iori
Pattern 4 : Guile, Genjyuro, Tessa, Kim, Ken
Pattern 5 : Tessa, Sagat, Mr. Karate, Chun-Li, Ryo
Pattern 6 : Chun-Li, Kasumi, Hugo, Mr. Karate, Guile
Pattern 7 : Mr. Karate, Hugo, Shiki, Dhalsim, Terry
Pattern 8 : Choi, Mai, Vega, Genjyuro, Akuma
Pattern 9 : Kasumi, Chun-Li, Shiki, Tessa, Mai
Pattern 10 : Earthquake, Vega, Akuma, Ken, Ryu
Pattern 11 : Dhalsim, Hugo, Kyo, Balrog, Iori
Pattern 12 : Iori, Guile, Bison, Kim, Ken
Pattern 13 : Ryu, Balrog, Kim, Sagat, Ryo
Pattern 14 : Terry, Choi, Earthquake, Genjyuro, Guile
Pattern 15 : Kyo, Ken, Ryo, Ryu, Terry
Pattern 16 : Balrog, Vega, Sagat, Bison, Akuma
So let's say the CPU randomly chooses Pattern 16 (which interesting enough follows the boss pattern of Street Fighter II plus Akuma), you would fight Balrog, Vega, and Sagat in stages 1 through 3, fight the mid-boss in stage 4, fight Bison and Akuma in stages 5 through 6, and then fight Orochi Iori and Serious Mr. Karate in stages 7 through 8 (since the stage 6 opponent was a Capcom character).
- SERIES -
1. SNK Vs. Capcom - The Match of the Millennium (1999, Neo Geo Pocket Color)
2. Capcom Vs. SNK - Millennium Fight 2000 (2000)
3. Capcom Vs. SNK - Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (2001)
4. Capcom Vs. SNK 2 - Millionaire Fighting 2001 (2001)
5. SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model NGM-269] (2003)
- STAFF -
* Consoles :
SNK Neo-Geo [JP] (Nov. 14, 2003; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model NGH-269]")
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (Dec. 18, 2003; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model SLPS-25316]")
Microsoft XBOX [JP] (Oct. 07, 2004; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model DI1-00001]")
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (Mar. 15, 2005; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [SNK Best Collection] [Model SLPS-25484]")
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo AES (Nov. 14, 2003; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model NGH-269]")
[JP] Sony PS2 (Dec. 18, 2003; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model SLPS-25316]")
[JP] Microsoft XBOX (Oct. 07, 2004; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [Model DI1-00001]")
[JP] Sony PS2 Mar. 15, 2005; "SVC Chaos - SNK Vs. Capcom [SNK Best Collection] [Model SLPS-25484]")
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
Official website: http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/svc/svc_top.html
Accepted [+] [X] Metal Slug 6 Update submitted by XtC
Metal Slug 6 (c) 2006 SNK Playmore.
Negotiations have broken off and hostages have been taken! Your country needs a highly trained mercenary to neutralize the enemy and free the hostages. Metal Slug 6 is a 1 or 2 player game with continuous buy-in. It is the first installment of the series developed on Sega's arcade hardware system. Metal Slug 6 includes 6 characters, with two new being Ralph and Clark from the King of Fighters series. Plus, two new player control buttons have been added to allow for greater control over the action!
- TECHNICAL -
Sammy Atomiswave Hardware
CPU : Hitachi SH-4 32-bit RISC CPU (200 MHz 360 MIPS / 1.4 GFLOPS)
Graphic Engine : PowerVR 2 (PVR2DC)
Sound Engine : ARM7 Yamaha AICA 45 MHZ (with internal 32-bit RISC CPU, 64 channel ADPCM)
Main Ram : 32 megs
Main Memory : 16 MByte
Graphic Memory : 16 MByte
Sound Memory : 8 MByte
Media : ROM Board
Simultaneous Number of Colors : Approx. 16,770,000 (24bits)
Polygons : 2.5 Million polys/sec
Rendering Speed : 500 M pixel/sec
Additional Features : Bump Mapping, Fog, Alpha-Bending (transparency), Mip Mapping (polygon-texture auto switch), Tri-Linear Filtering, Anti-Aliasing, Environment Mapping, and Specular Effect.
- TRIVIA -
Metal Slug 6 was firstly shown at the 43rd Amusement Machine Show 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. Then, it was released on February 22, 2006.
Ralf and Clark first appeared in "Ikari Warriors" even before King of Fighters.
- SERIES -
1. Metal Slug - Super Vehicle-001 [Model NGM-201] (1996, MVS)
2. Metal Slug 2 - Super Vehicle-001/II [Model NGM-241] (1998, MVS)
3. Metal Slug X - Super Vehicle-001 [Model NGM-250] (1999, MVS)
4. Metal Slug - 1st Mission [Model NEOP00210] (1999, NGPC)
5. Metal Slug - 2nd Mission [Model NEOP00610] (2000, NGPC)
6. Metal Slug 3 [Model NGM-256] (2000, MVS)
7. Metal Slug 4 [Model NGM-263] (2002, MVS)
8. Metal Slug 5 [Model NGM-268] (2003, MVS)
9. Metal Slug 6 (2006, MVS)
10. Metal Slug 3D (2006, PS2)
11. Metal Slug 7 (2008, NDS)
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PS2 (Sep. 12, 2006) "Metal Slug 6 [Model SLPS-25674]"
[JP] Sony PSP (Feb. 22, 2007; "Metal Slug Complete [Model ULJS-00090]")
[JP] Sony PS2 (may.31, 2007; "Metal Slug Complete [Model SLPS-25762]")
[JP] Nintendo Wii (Dec. 27, 2007; "Metal Slug Complete [Model RVL-RMLJ-JPN]")
[JP] Sony PS2 (june.18, 2009; "Metal Slug Complete [SNK Best Collection] [Model SLPS-25937]")
[JP] Sony PSP (june.18, 2009; "Metal Slug Complete [SNK Best Collection] [Model ULJS-00206]")
* COMPUTERS:
PC DVD-ROM (2009) "Metal Slug Collection PC"
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
Game's screenshots.
Official website: http://game.snkplaymore.co.jp/official/ms6/
Accepted [+] [X] World Heroes [Model NGM-053] Update submitted by XtC
World Heroes (c) 1992 Alpha Denshi Company, Limited.
8 heroes from different time periods compete to thwart Geegus, the evil alien end boss! Includes an extremely fun and unique death match mode!
- TECHNICAL -
Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID : NGM-053
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
=> [A] Punch, [B] Kick, [C] Throw
- TRIVIA -
World Heroes was released on July 28, 1992. It is Alpha Denshi's first game in the fighting game genre. It was even the last game with the Alpha logo labeled within the game before the developer became ADK; however, the Alpha logo was last used on one of the arcade flyers of its sequel.
Due to the game's success in the fighting game market, the game was followed by a sequel, World Heroes 2, less than a year later.
The popular "Death Match" mode (removed from World Heroes 2 Jet and World Heroes Perfect) may have been inspired by the growing popularity of deathmatch style pro-wrestling in Japan at the time which was mostly made famous by Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling.
Hanzo is based on the real Hanzo Hattori Musashige (just like Hanzo in "Samurai Shodown").
Fuuma is based on the real Kotaro Fuuma Nobuyuki (1581-1603).
Kim Dragon is Alpha Denshi's homage to Bruce Lee (1940-1973).
Janne is based on the real Jeanne d'Arc who was burned in 1431.
Rasputin is based on the real Gregoriy Yefimovich Rasputin (1869-1917).
Brocken is loosely based on Rudolph von Stroheim from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Muscle Power is most likely based on the real Hulk Hogan (1953-20XX).
J. Carn is based on the real Genghis Khan (1162-1229).
The first World Heroes game is also the only game in the series where Kim Dragon is Chinese. He was then changed into a South Korean character for the rest of the World Heroes series.
The name of the Scientist who invents the time machine in the intro is Dr. Brown which might have been inspired by the character Dr. Emmett L. Brown (a.k.a. Doc) from the Back To The Future movies.
Soundtrack releases:
[JP] Jan. 21, 1993 - World Heroes [GSM 1500 Series] [PCCB-00106]
- SERIES -
1. World Heroes [Model NGM-053] (1992)
2. World Heroes 2 [Model NGM-057] (1993)
3. World Heroes 2 Jet [Model NGM-064] (1994)
4. World Heroes Perfect [Model NGM-090] (1995)
- STAFF -
Producer and director : Kenji Sawatari
Planners : Kenji Sawatari, Kimitoshi Yokoo
Main programmers : Tat&MST (Tat), Marbo (Toshi), Yuji Noguchi
System programmers : Eiji Fukatsu, Makio Chiba, E-Chan
Sound programmer : Makio Chiba
Character designers : Kazushige Hakamata, Takashi Hatono, Shinji Moriyama, Hideyuki Yamada, Sho No, Muneki Shiraishi, Kimitoshi Yokoo, Hajime Suzuki, Hiroyuki Toda, Akira Ushizawa, Hatsue Sakanishi, Katsue Matsuzaki, Rie Mori, Giga.S (R. Nakajima), Koji Fujita, Yasuyuki Sohara, Atsushi Kobayashi
Scroll designers : Kenichi Sakanishi, Takashi Egashira, Mitsunari Ishida
Music and sound effects composer : Hiroaki Shimizu, Hideki Yamamoto, Yuka Watanabe
Special Thanks : Yukio Gotoh, Tsutomu Maruyama, Shinichi Tamura, Mitsunari Ishida, Ryu Hiroyuki, Yuko Nishino, Masato Mitsuya, Hideki Miyakami (SNK), Koji Hamada (SNK), Hideki Fujii (SNK)
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo AES Sep. 11, 1992 "World Heroes [Model NGH-053]"
[JP] Nintendo Super Famicom 1993 "World Heroes [Model SHVC-WZ]"
Sega Mega Drive (1994)
[JP] SNK Neo-Geo CD 1995 "World Heroes [Model ADCD-005]"
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] (2007)
[JP] Sony PS2 2007 "World Heroes Gorgeous [Model SLPS-25782]"
Sony PlayStation 2 2008 "World Heroes Anthology"
[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]"
[JP] Sony PS2 2009 "World Heroes Gorgeous [NeoGeo Online Collection The Best] [Model SLPS-25933]"
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.
Accepted [+] [X] Tag Team Wrestling Update submitted by XtC
Tag Team Wrestling (c) 1984 Data East Corp.
Export version. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese version entry; "The Big Pro Wrestling!".
- TRIVIA -
Tag Team Wrestling was released in January 1984 by Data East under license from Technos Japan, it was the first game that Technos licensed to Data East.
- SERIES -
1. Tag Team Wrestling (1983)
2. Mat Mania - The Prowrestling Network (1985)
3. Mania Challenge (1986)
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[US] Nintendo NES (oct.1986)
* COMPUTERS:
[US] PC [Booter] (1985)
[US] Apple II (1987)
[US] Commodore C64 (1987)
[EU] Commodore C64 (1987)
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
Machine's picture.
Accepted [+] [X] Strikers 1945 Update submitted by XtC
Strikers 1945 (c) 1995 Psikyo.
In 1945, the second world war ended. Soon, there was peace, but an organization of high-ranking military officers from all over the world form a global army known as CANY. Their mission was to conquer the world. CANY activity was found in areas like the Soviet Union, America, Japan, and even Germany. It is revealed that CANY had weapons never seen before from rockets to mechanical walkers. The world quickly formed a group of pilots and planes called the Strikers whose mission is to rid of CANY from the world.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : Motorola 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMF278B (@ 33.8688 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
Released in June 1995.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to a smiley, and 'THAT IS WRONG' appears.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Strikers 1945 II, Strikers 1945 - SGCD-0001) on 20/12/1997.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Unlock Extra Maintenance : if you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...
* Sexy Pilots Images & Names : if you make a perfect score, you can see how the sexy pilots look and what their names are. In practice, this means getting three gold medals at the end of each stage (for time, accuracy and completion). This should be done in the first loop of the game, the pilot of the plane you chose will be seen at the end of this first loop. Two pilots will be seen if it's a two-player game. The pilots can also be seen in the Extra Maintenance menu.
- SERIES -
1. Strikers 1945 (1995)
2. Strikers 1945 II (1997)
3. Strikers 1945 Plus (1999)
4. Strikers 1999 (1999)
- STAFF -
Staff : Jun-ichi Niwa, Shin Nakamura, R.J. Bashmet, Hyoue Ogawa, Wataru Yamazaki, Hideyuki Oda, Youko Tsukagoshi, Hiromi Tanegashima, Masaki Izutani, Ikuya Yoshida, Norikazu Takemori, Toshinori Sugita, Seiki -SSS- Sato, Shiori Saito, Yusataro
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (june.28, 1996) "Strikers 1945 [Model T-14407G]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (jul.19, 1996) "Strikers 1945 [Model SLPS-00407]"
Sony PlayStation 2 (JP] (Aug. 05, 2004) "Strikers 1945 I&II [Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol.1] [Model SLPM-62515]"
- SOURCES -
Game's manual.
Game's picture.
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
Official website; http://www.x-nauts.com/psikyo/product/st/index.html
Accepted [+] [X] Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition [B-Board 91635B-2] Update submitted by XtC
Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (c) 1992 Capcom Company, Limited.
Export release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition [B-Board 91634B-2]".
- TECHNICAL -
Capcom Play System hardware (CP-S)
B-Board #: 91635B-2
- PORTS -
Here is a list of ports released outside Japan. To see Japanese ports, please see the original Japanese version entry; "Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition [B-Board 91634B-2]".
* CONSOLES:
[AU] Nintendo SNES (1993) "Street Fighter II Turbo - Hyper Fighting"
Sega Mega Drive [AU] (1993) "Street Fighter II' - Special Champion Edition [Sega Gold Collection]"
Sega Mega Drive [BR] (1993) "Street Fighter II' - Special Champion Edition [Model 047020]" by Tec Toy
[EU] Nintendo SNES (aug.1993) "Street Fighter II Turbo - Hyper Fighting [Model SNSP-TI-EUR]"
[US] Nintendo SNES (aug.1993) "Street Fighter II Turbo - Hyper Fighting [Model SNS-TI-USA]"
[US] Sega Genesis (sept.27, 1993) "Street Fighter II' - Special Champion Edition [Model T-12016]"
[EU] Sega Mega Drive (oct.1993) "Street Fighter II' - Special Champion Edition [Model 670-4179]"
Sega Master System [BR] (1997) "Street Fighter II [Model 030.010]" by Tec Toy
[EU] Sony PlayStation (1998) "Street Fighter Collection 2 [Model SLES-01721]"
[US] Sony PlayStation (oct.31, 1998) "Street Fighter Collection 2 [Model SLUS-00746]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (sept.27, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection"
[US] Sony PS2 (sept.27, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model SLUS-21316]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (nov.18, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection"
[EU] Sony PS2 (nov.18, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model SLES-53661]"
* HANDHELDS:
[US] Sony PSP (oct.24, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded [Model ULUS-10134]"
[EU] Sony PSP (nov.10, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded [Model ULES-00377]"
[AU] Sony PSP (nov.16, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded"
* COMPUTERS:
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (2003) "Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 1"
* OTHERS:
Mobile Phones [US] (2008)
Apple iPhone/iPad [US] (nov.4, 2010) "Capcom Arcade [Model 397347348]"
Apple iPhone/iPod [US] (sept.15, 2011) "Street Fighter II Collection [Model 459660048]"
- SOURCES -
Game's ROM.
