| Taito Legends | |
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| Developer(s) | Taito Corporation |
| Publisher(s) | Xplosive Empire Interactive |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows 98 |
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| Genre(s) | Compilation |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: T (Teen) PEGI: 7+ |
| Media/distribution | CD-ROM, DVD-ROM (Xbox) |
| System requirements
Windows version: Intel Pentium III CPU running at 1GHz, 128MiB System RAM, 500MB Hard-drive space, 32MiB DirectX 9 compatible video card, CD-ROM Drive, Microsoft-compatible keyboard and mouse |
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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. Similar compilations had been released earlier by Taito in its home market of Japan, under the names of Taito Memories Vol. 1 and Taito Memories Vol. 2.
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.
Two follow-up compilations were issued; Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC and the PlayStation Portable exclusive Taito Legends Power-Up.
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Taito Legends consists of the following 29 arcade games:
(Note: The seven games listed above have also appeared on the Japanese Taito Memories collections. The games listed below were previously exclusive to this collection, but with the exception of all games except Jungle Hunt, Colony 7, Electric YoYo, Zoo Keeper, and Tube It are now featured in the Japanese Taito Memories 1 collections.[1])
Taito Legends received slightly positive reviews with a score of 74.06% for the Xbox version, 71.68% for the PlayStation 2 version, and 75.17% for the Windows version on GameRankings.[2] IGN praised the collection for a superb presentation, as well as the large amount of bonus material, but criticized that some titles in the collection as "worthless filler".[3] Other criticisms are the lack of online leaderboards, the omission of Arkanoid and Chase H.Q., the lack of light gun support for Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, and Space Gun,[4] the lack of control configuration, and for the controls being "flipped", making it potentially uncomfortable and unnatural to many, less-adaptable players. Only the Windows version fixes the error regarding the collection's control scheme.