Taito Legends 2 (PS2) & Taito Legends Power-Up (PSP) for the USA

A Destineer Studios representative today confirmed that the company would publish Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2 and Taito Legends Power-Up for the PlayStation Portable in the US. As for the Xbox and PC editions of the game released overseas, the representative said that Destineer is not announcing domestic releases for those right now.

Taito Legends 2 is headlined by a number of sequels to the company's classic games, including Puzzle Bobble 2 (Bust-A-Move Again in the US), Space Invaders '95, Space Invaders DX, Elevator Action Returns, and Nastar (Rastan 2). It also contains a wealth of shoot-'em-ups, including G Darius, Darius Gaiden, Insector X, Ray Storm, and more.

The lineup for Taito Legends Power-Up features some overlap with its console counterpart, as well as games like Rastan Saga, the original Space Invaders, and New Zealand Story. It also contains four recently remade versions of Taito games, including The Legend of Kage and Cameltry.

Taito Legends 2 and Taito Legends Power-Up are scheduled for a second-quarter release. The full lineup for each collection's European release follows:

Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2
Alpine Ski
Arabian Magic
Balloon Bomber
Bonze Adventure
Cameltry
Chack 'n Pop
Cleopatra Fortune
Crazy Balloon
Darius Gaiden
Don Doko Don
Dungeon Magic
Elevator Action Returns
The Fairyland Story
Football Champ
Front Line
G Darius
Gekirindan
Grid Seeker: Project Storm Hammer
Growl
Gun Frontier
Insector X
KiKi KaiKai
Kuri Kinton
Legend of Kage
Liquid Kids
Lunar Rescue
Metal Black
Nastar (Rastan 2)
Puchi Carat
Puzzle Bobble 2 (Bust-A-Move Again)
Qix
Raimais
Ray Storm
Space Invaders '95
Space Invaders DX
Sylvalion
Violence Fight
Wild Western


Taito Legends Power-Up
Alpine Ski
Balloon Bomber
Balloon Bomber (enhanced version)
Cameltry
Cameltry (enhanced version)
Chack 'n Pop
Crazy Balloon
Crazy Balloon (enhanced version)
Elevator Action
The Fairyland Story
KiKi KaiKai
Kuri Kinton
Legend of Kage
Legend of Kage (enhanced version)
Lunar Rescue
New Zealand Story
Phoenix
Qix
Raimais
Rastan Saga
Return of the Invaders
Space Chaser
Space Dungeon
Space Invaders
Space Invaders Part 2

Cool, more classic game packs for us to enjoy

It'll be great to finally have a *ahem* legit version of Elevator Action Returns. Somewhat disappointed there's no Xbox release this time. And why would they release Space Dungeon on the PSP version and not PS2? It's a game designed for dual joysticks after all. :?

Yeah there's a ton of odd problems with this port on PS2 and PSP which you have mentioned Frak. I honestly wish I knew who calls the shots on what system gets which games. As for Xbox, I've pretty much understood that it's a dead situation and Mircosoft is not even attempting to make more games for it.

MegaDrive20XX said:

As for Xbox, I've pretty much understood that it's a dead situation and Mircosoft is not even attempting to make more games for it.

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We could be seeing fewer compilation disks in general as the trend turns toward Live Arcade and such. It's a cool option but the prices for most games are too expensive if you ask me.

Well that's kinda debatable...most of the games I love on the Xbox Live, are the original Co-op classics which they dont charge much ($5 even)...it's the original titles that cost $10 or more that bothers me.

FrakAttack said:

And why would they release Space Dungeon on the PSP version and not PS2? It's a game designed for dual joysticks after all. :?

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I agree. Space Dungeon rocks! I remember playing it on the Atari 5200 with the controller holder, where you could use both 5200 joysticks to play the game. It would be awesome on the PS2.