Taito Legends 2
Title First release PS2 Xbox Windows Taito Memories
Lunar Rescue 1979 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Balloon Bomber 1980 Yes No No I Vol.2
Crazy Balloon 1980 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Qix 1981 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Alpine Ski 1982 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Front Line 1982 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Wild Western 1982 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Chack ' n Pop 1983 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
The Legend of Kage 1984 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
The Fairyland Story 1985 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
KiKi KaiKai 1986 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Bonze Adventure 1988 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Kuri Kinton 1988 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Nastar Warrior 1988 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Raimais 1988 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Syvalion 1988 Yes No No I Vol.1
Cadash 1989 No Yes Yes I Vol.2
Cameltry 1989 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Don Doko Don 1989 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.1
Insector X 1989 Yes Yes Yes I Vol.2
Games
Taito Legends 2 consists of the following 43 arcade games when combined whilst each version contains 39 games . Balloon Bomber , G-Darius , RayStorm and Syvalion are exclusive to the PlayStation 2 version whilst Bubble Symphony , Cadash , Pop ’ n Pop and RayForce are exclusive to the PC and Xbox versions .
Taito Legends 2 is the sequel to Taito Legends and is a follow-up collection of 39 (or 43, see below) Taito arcade games for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. As the former collection, it has been derived from the Japan exclusive Taito Memories series. All three versions of the game were simultaneously released in March 2006 in Europe and Australia and published by Empire Interactive. The United States received the PlayStation 2 version on May 16, 2007 and the PC version on July 10, 2007 with publishing by Destineer. For unknown reasons, the Xbox version was never released in North America. However, the European PAL-region Xbox version is entirely compatible with the North American NTSC-based Xbox systems without any modifications. The PlayStation 2 version uses the same layout and engine as the Taito Memories series, while the Xbox & PC versions uses the layout and engine of Taito Legends, with additional content on some games. Controversially, eight of the 43 games - Balloon Bomber, Bubble Symphony, Cadash, RayForce, RayStorm, G-Darius, Pop'n Pop, and Syvalion - were split across the platforms due to porting issues, requiring players to buy more than one version to get every game available.