Check Out the New Taito Egret II Mini Cabinet By United Games
Great news for all European and American home arcade gamers out there, as United Games recently unveiled the upcoming Taito Egret II Mini cabinet, giving players yet another arcade gaming platform to enjoy comfortably at home, and from the comfort of their own living room couch.
Like with many other “mini” arcade cabinets and home consoles that have been released in recent months, the Taito Egret II Mini will come with a number of pre-installed games—forty of them, to be exact. Sadly, the group hasn’t officially revealed the full list of games that will come included with the system, though they have mentioned timeless classics like Space Invaders, Lunar Rescue, Bubble Bobble, Darius Gaiden, and more. However, further digging of our own has revealed the games that are coming in the Japanese release of the cabinet. In this sense, if both Eastern and Western versions are similar in games, they should include the following:
- Adventure Canoe (1982)
- Bubble Bobble (1986)
- Bubble Memories (1995)
- Bubble Symphony (1994)
- Cadash (1989)
- Chack’n Pop (1983)
- Dan-Ku-Ga (unreleased update to Kaiser Knuckle, 1995)
- Darius Gaiden (1994)
- Don Doko Don (1989)
- Elevator Action (1983)
- Elevator Action Returns (1994)
- Fairyland Story (1985)
- Growl (1990)
- Gun Frontier (1990)
- Halley’s Comet (1986)
- Hat Trick Hero (1990)
- Kaiser Knuckle (1994)
- Kiki KaiKai (1986)
- The Legend of Kage (1985)
- Liquid Kids Adventure (1990)
- Lunar Rescue (1979)
- Lupin III (1980)
- Metal Black (1991)
- New Zealand Story (1988)
- The Ninja Kids (1990)
- Outer Zone (1984)
- Pirate Pete (1982)
- Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
- Qix (1981)
- Raimais (1988)
- Rainbow Islands EXTRA (1988)
- Rastan Saga (1987)
- RayForce (1993)
- Scramble Formation (1986)
- Space Invaders (1978)
- Steel Worker (1980)
- Tatsujin (1988)
- Twin Cobra (1987)
- Violence Fight (1989)
- Volfied (1989)
Keep in mind, however, that while these forty games will come included with the base version of the system, players can also expand this offering with ten more titles, which come in an SD card that is included with the Paddle & Trackball Expansion set. These extra games include:
- Arkanoid (1986)
- Arkanoid Returns (1997)
- Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH (1987)
- Birdie King (1982)
- Cameltry (1989)
- Marine Date (1981)
- Plump Pop (1987)
- Puchi Carat (1997)
- Strike Bowling (1982)
- Syvalion (1988)
As you can see, the offering of the Taito Egret II Mini is quite varied, with games from a variety of genres, ideal for every type of gamer out there. Moreover, the console itself, while not very groundbreaking in terms of technical advancements, has everything you might need to have an enjoyable gaming experience.
Among its key features, the Taito Egret II Mini has a 5” rotating screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio that switches orientations depending on the selected game, and that has a maximum resolution of 1024*768. And like with many other similar systems, it also has an HDMI output so that gamers can hook it up to their HDTVs and play using the Egret II mini controllers (sold separately), which they can plug into the console’s USB-A ports. And other than that, the console has its own built-in speakers, as well as several special modern features like save states, adjustable lives, and rapid fire settings, among others.
Feel free to check out the product in United Games’ website to learn more about it and stay tuned for when pre-orders open.
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