Yet another Gamestop run.
PS2 Taito Legends - $2.99http://www.gamestop.com/ps2/games/taito-legends/41075After checking online, only two stores that were in the county had it in stock. Crap, a very long drive for a three dollar game. The first store only had the game disc, so I broke my code of complete games only and bought it. A quick call to my Retro store at both locations turned up nothing, employee there said it rarely comes in and Retro Collections sell quickly whenever they do get one. The second Gamestop further north also only had the game disc with a lot of scratches. After driving for almost an hour, I said the hell with it, bought that one too. My thought is if a bad disc, I don't want to make this drive again until the dreaded GBA sale. Might as well buy both and refund the extra, once I test the game.
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Both Gamestops were gracious to let me get a PS2 case off the shelf for the disc only game purchases. After I got home, tested both game discs, installed with no errors with HDAdvance. Going the direct install method confirms of bad sectors on the game discs. Even the scratched up disc installed and ran fine with no errors.
For all the trouble of the marathon commute, I decided to keep both copies. I'll keep the extra game tucked inside the yellow envelope with my
Taito Legends 2 game. Turned on its side, fits right with the game book. Eventually if a complete
Taito Legends ever turns up at Gamestop, I'll buy a third one and refund, keeping the book, cover and original case. I think that is fair, since I already bought two incomplete copies.
The second Gamestop also had a complete used copy of
PS2 Kim Possible, but dammit the disc had the dreaded swirl marks. I could have bought it and then exchanged at another Gamestop, but the swirl marks might void a swap. I already asked for an empty case for
Taito Legends, shoulda asked for that one too.
Can PS2 discs be removed while still spinning in the slim?
While I was way out in the sticks, I saw a Radio Shack two doors down. I remember reading over at Digital Press about PS2 controllers being clearanced out, sure enough bought two
Sony brand PS2 controllers for $5.97 each!
Da Obligatory Games List
Wiki wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taito_LegendsSpace Invaders (1978)
Space Invaders Part II (1980) (initially released as Deluxe Space Invaders in the U.S.)
Bubble Bobble (1986)
Elevator Action (1983)
Rastan (1987) (aka Rastan Saga in Japan and the PAL regions)
New Zealand Story (1988)
Plotting (1989) (aka Flipull)
PuLiRuLa (only in the Japanese version of Taito Legends)
Jungle Hunt (1982)
Operation Wolf (1987) (Note: lacks light gun support)
Operation Thunderbolt (1988) (Note: lacks light gun support)
Rainbow Islands (1987)
Phoenix (1980)
Colony 7 (1981)
Electric YoYo (1982)
Zoo Keeper (1982)
Great Swordsman (1984)
Gladiator (1986) (edited version of Ougon no Shiro [Golden Castle])
Exzisus (1987)
Plump Pop (1987)
Super Qix (1987)
Battle Shark (1989)
Continental Circus (1989)
Volfied (1989)
Ninja Kids (1990)
Space Gun (1990) (Note: lacks light gun support)
ThunderFox (1990)
Tube It (1993) (known as Cachat in Japan)
Return of the Invaders (1985)
Tokio (1986) (Scramble Formation in Japan)
Unlockable extra games for Taito LegendsAa Eikou no Koshien (arcade)
Asuka & Asuka (arcade)
Ben Bero Beh (arcade) '
Champion Wrestler (arcade)
Chase H.Q. (arcade)
Kick and Run (arcade)
Sea Fighter Poseidon (arcade)
Space Chaser (arcade)
Space Dungeon (arcade)Time Tunnel (arcade)
A classic Twin Stick game
Space Dungeon!!!! I have this on the Atari 5200, I thought it was exclusive to the Atari 5200.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_DungeonI can't wait to play
Space Dungeon at a better video connection with the PS2 Component. A hope that the digital buttons are configurable for my Twin Stick modded Blaze Twin Shock. Dam its an unlock, now where is that Action Replay!
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In the interim I printed up a cover with the empty PS2 case Gamestop gave me. Thanks to search of Google images I found the front and back of the cover insert. I used the end of another game then copy and pasted both "Taito" and "Legends" off the front cover. A simple rotate and resize to fit on the end.
