Konami owns the rights. Although Hamster has released some Konami arcade games on the PS4 so it isn't out of the question for them to release Blades of Steel.
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Hamster looking to release 800 Arcade Archives titles
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Konami owns the rights. Although Hamster has released some Konami arcade games on the PS4 so it isn't out of the question for them to release Blades of Steel.
I keep thinking about this thread. If I could hand pick a wish list...
Armed Police Batrider - Raizing
Boogie Wings - Data East
Captain Tomaday - Visco
Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder - Sega
Night Slashers - Data East
Nightmare in the Dark - AM Factory
Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Irem
Violent Storm - Konami
None of these ever officially left the arcade. Would love to see that change.
Armed Police Batrider - Raizing
Boogie Wings - Data East
Captain Tomaday - Visco
Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder - Sega
Night Slashers - Data East
Nightmare in the Dark - AM Factory
Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Irem
Violent Storm - Konami
None of these ever officially left the arcade. Would love to see that change.
This is a good list! And Hamster already works with some of these licensees (Konami, Data East/Gmode, Irem).
I hope they try to get as many over to NA/EU, as Japan has had a bunch of Arcade Archives I'd love to have on PS4 or Switch. Mostly shmups.
My heart skipped a beat early last year when I read that Hamster were going to release Thundercross, one of my most played arcade games as a kid, and never having a home release before. Hamster released in in Japan mid last year, and still no sigh of it in the West. They recently announced they'd secured the rights to R-Type, so I hope this isn't another Japan only release.
My heart skipped a beat early last year when I read that Hamster were going to release Thundercross, one of my most played arcade games as a kid, and never having a home release before. Hamster released in in Japan mid last year, and still no sigh of it in the West. They recently announced they'd secured the rights to R-Type, so I hope this isn't another Japan only release.
Same here. I hope R-Type's release date is announced soon and that it gets a quick release in NA/EU.
agreed.
Hamster seems to release pretty much anything simultanously (in Japan and the west) on switch (so far) so I'm pretty confident.
I just hope Double Dragon didn't get pushed back too far.
My wish list:
Twin Eagle (probably my most played shmup ever. We had the arcade cabinet in our basement)
Twin Eagle 2 (sooo underrated and overlooked. to me the technically most impressive vertical shmup ever developed. a "bit" easy but so much fun.)
Raiden 2
Guwange (pretty much the only bullet hell shmup I like..)
Darius Gaiden
In The Hunt
Rock'n Rage
Growl
Undercover Cops
Vendetta
Night Slashers
Guardians:Denjin Makai 2
POW
Ikari Warriors 3
Operation Wolf (maybe with joycon/lightgun support, please?
I would love to see these games for the PS4, all fun excellent 2-player games.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Land
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Resistance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Riders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Dudes_Vs._DragonNinja
And then there's Bomb Jack. For some reason Hamster released Bomb Jack in both Japan and North America years ago, but there is still no European release.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Land
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Resistance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Riders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Bros.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Dudes_Vs._DragonNinja
And then there's Bomb Jack. For some reason Hamster released Bomb Jack in both Japan and North America years ago, but there is still no European release.
I completely agree with both lists. Would be fantastic to have all of these.
Awesome list.
Boogie Wings *aka The Great Ragtime Show) is an absolute must. This game is nuts, kinda reminds me of Steel Empire.
Boogie Wings is also new this week at Galloping Ghost Arcade near Chicago.
I want it on Switch!
Sorry for the DP.
Yup, Hamster has ported some older Arcade Archive games from PS4 to Switch like Terra Cresta, Double Dragon, Ikki, Ninja-Kid and Crazy Climber.
Would love ports of some of the Konami games.
Honestly, most of the stuff they are releasing are Arcade games that aren't really that good. Would much rather have them concentrate on releasing 90's Arcade games instead those most of the mediocre 80's stuff. But if they are planning on releasing 800 Arcade games, then I guess those 90's games will come eventually.
Raiden Fighters would be awesome.
Honestly, most of the stuff they are releasing are Arcade games that aren't really that good. Would much rather have them concentrate on releasing 90's Arcade games instead those most of the mediocre 80's stuff. But if they are planning on releasing 800 Arcade games, then I guess those 90's games will come eventually.
Raiden Fighters would be awesome.
Already have all of those :)
I just have a hankering for more classics, which atm are only on PS4.
There are so many classics that I would love to see, Rainbow Islands/Bubble Symphony, Capcom and Konami's library's, more of Taito's extensive library (New Zealand Story) and of course Sega but it seems as though AM2 are doing this. How much they are willing to bring across remains to be seen and of what gen/system.
Maybe Hamster could take some of that burden off, as classic Shinobi/Space Harrier/Super Hang On/AfterBurner etc... on the go would blow my mind!
Oh yes. Now we are talking!
I want Konami's 1989 Crime Fighters and its 1993 follow-up, Violent Storm.
Heads up, they released a really cool dynamic theme to celebrate AA's 4th anniversary. You can find it on the JP PSN store for free.
Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=pZNdjEqPFiw
Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=pZNdjEqPFiw
Nearing the end of 2023, and (if you include the 108 Neo Geo titles), they're nearly halfway to fulfilling that goal!
With at least one game per week, they'll get to 800 soon.
And we usually discuss AA releases in this thread:
Hamster Arcade Archives Recommendation Station
IGN's complete playlist of Arcade Archives releases Hamster's Arcade Archives are a marvel, but odds are most players have limited or no experience with most of these games. This thread is a chance to highlight some of your favorites and maybe find something new to play. Lately I've been...
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Never understood how stuff like Neo Bomberman never made it to AA.
Also wish Hamster would maybe work with Sega and get their 3D era arcade stuff ported. Start with the Model trio and then work your way to NAOMI games.
Hell surely City Connection's Zebra Engine could be tweaked to work with Model 2 as wasn't that Saturn-based?
Also wish Hamster would maybe work with Sega and get their 3D era arcade stuff ported. Start with the Model trio and then work your way to NAOMI games.
Hell surely City Connection's Zebra Engine could be tweaked to work with Model 2 as wasn't that Saturn-based?
Model 2 is substantially more powerful and uses different processors.
I don't think it was supposed to be "We're releasing 800 games!" rather, they have 800 games in mind that they would like to release (but doesn't mean they can get the licence, or port it for $7.99 etc). They've kept up their one-release-every-week cadence spot on, so they'll get close, I think.
They are a tiny company and the audience for arcade games just isn't there on Xbox: M2 for example released the first two games on their Shot Triggers line before ditching Xbox for the Switch. The sales of the ACA Neo Geo line seemingly haven't changed their mind.
With the Neo Geo games they only need to maintain one emulator and they likely need to put those on Xbox as part of the contract they signed with SNK several years ago so it's a very different situation to needing to port several dozen different emulators and having dozens of licensing agreements with different companies for what would be not enough return.
It's Data East, and I think Johnny Turbo's Arcade probably have that licence exclusively
There are Data East games in the Arcade Archives range but Midnight Resistance had a weird rotating stick which would be hard to replicate.
Also the Mega Drive version has way better music!
Oh okay.
Would be a perfect fit for Steam/PC too.
Edit: Nvm, I have the ACA games - but have like all of the Arcade Archives on wishlist lol
I think the answers you got already covered this, but if you still want to play some version of Midnight Resistance, it's available on the Mega Drive Mini 2 and also on the Evercade, on the cartridge titled "Data East Collection".
