Taito Egret II Mini Arcade Memories Vol. 3 Line-Up Announced

I wish they released these earlier than december and in higher quantities. They disappear FAST.

I’ll definitely be tuning in that day - I love watching these Arcade Memory lineup reveals. Sega’s reveals for the MD Mini 2 were fun to watch, too, a few years ago.

Here’s hoping for a steering wheel accessory and some Chase HQ games (Chase HQ, SCI, and Super Chase HQ)! Other good additions would be 3D shooter Galactic Storm, beat-em-up Arabian Magic, or some more shooters like Flying Shark or Ray Storm. And I say it every year, but I’m praying they bring out Zoo Keeper! But that was a Taito USA game and probably hasn’t much of a following in Japan.

The end of the Japanese Twitter post teases that the livestream will feature some additional “new info” beyond just the reveal of the 10 games. Hmm…. maybe new hardware, like that Chase HQ steering wheel? Or, based on their survey early this year, Taito may be considering bringing 3rd party games to the Egret. Maybe there’ll be a collab! Or possibly a train controller with a bunch of their Densha de Go! games (which would not really excite me).

I want to get the previous expansions but it seems ININ which distributed the Egret 2 Mini outside of Japan just gave up, and I can't be justified paying so much for 10 games.

If only Arcade Archives moved to Taito F3 games.

Chuka Taisen seems like a neat game. I've played it but was never very good at it.
A shame that for the Famicom port, I've been told when the translated the shopkeeper from English (in the arcade) to Japanese they inserted a racism into the translation. Can't play that version now.

As much as I want these things...a good Mame install and a good arcade stick I can't really justify it.

Now the Sega cabs same thing but...they're also Sega cabs but the stick for them isn't being made anymore and very expensive so again I can't justify it when I can just boot up mame and Play using my custom Hori Alpha Green Goblin Tribute stick.

@JJtheTexan I think these things are mainly made for collectors, not casual or hardcore gamers that arent collectors. And of course the Japanese market, which being an outsider im not sure I will ever really understand vs a person who grew up in that culture. Guess that would explain the term 'memories' in the cartridge title.

Ahhhh Mr Do!

An old friend from when I was a little boy (not that I made a habit of hanging around with circus clowns).

I was hoping that one would appear on the Hamster Arcade Archives, but if it's appearing here does that mean it might not show up?

I see Wiz is on there though and I'm pretty sure that's on the Arcade Archives list too.

So, they're adding each volume to the one base system, yes?

If so, that's pretty cool.

i really can't justify getting this. I love me some Taito. But MAME got me covered and then there's Taito Memories on Swtich.

Weird becuasue I am 100% Considering the Astro City cabs.

Still no Chase HQ???

I watched the livestream with great anticipation Thursday, but overall I felt a little let down.

It started off well, as the first reveal was Galactic Storm, a 3D shooter with lots of pseudo Gundam and Macross enemies and quality Zuntata BGM. It’s similar to Sega’s Galaxy Force games.
Later I was glad to see Mr. Do!, a Universal game that Taito published a version of, and one of my favorite Colecovision games. It’s like Taito’s version of Dig-Dug.
Aqua Jack was another 3D on-rails shooter that looked fun - you coast and jump around in an armed hovercraft, blasting away at tanks and patrol boats.
I’ll probably play Top Landing a little, since it’s perfect for the Cyber-Stick analog controller I bought for the Egret and my Sega MD Mini 2.
And Akkanvader looks like a decent cute-em-up version of Space Invaders.

There were games by Seibu Kaihatsu and Kaneko in this mix, too, so it was interesting to see Taito port them. Maybe more third party games will come in the future? Mr. Do’s Castle?

That said, I’m truly bummed we didn’t get Chase HQ! Taito’s producer on the Egret II Mini project, Egappi-san, glanced through fan’s requests and comments during the livestream, and saw that everyone was clamoring for Chase HQ. He acknowledged and said he’d love to bring that and other games up the Egret, but said regretfully that it’s “just the times we live in,” as if some kind of licensing prevented it, or that the higher ups wouldn’t fund getting the game or manufacturing a steering wheel controller. He seemed downbeat to me. I wonder now if we’ll get an Arcade Memories Vol. 4, or if this is the end of the line for the Egret.

I hope I’m wrong and they announce vol.4 and it comes with Chase HQ, even if we can’t get a steering wheel.

I do like lesser known for a reason titles when it comes to retro games. This volume, though, is less appealing to me than the second one, which had me on the verge anyway.

But if I would have been able to get a copy of that one, I'd feel compelled to get the third even for completionist reasons.

Problem is that unlike vol. 1, which I grabbed on a sale after some time out of stock, once the 2nd went out of stock didn't come back. It's been several months now. So I guess I'll settle for vol. 1, with games that I know I'll enjoy, especially Pu•Li•Ru•La.

They do need to amp these memories up, of course. They're not cheap and should come with at least a 50% of bangers.

Oof. I like Aqua Jack, but the rest of that lineup is rough.