Steven Pendleton Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 It seems Taito announced this: https://www.taito.co.jp/egret2mini Looks like Taito saw Sega's Astro City Mini and decided to do the same thing but with their Egret II cabinet. You can rotate the screen for vertical games, which is mildly interesting. It's really expensive, though. I will wait until they reveal all of the games to see if I want one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I posted an all-singing all-dancing overview here: But it certainly deserves a thread of its own! Regarding “expensive”… it is, but also a complete boxed copy of Liquid Kids for the PC Engine alone will set you back as much as the bundle without the arcade stick. As long as the emulation is decent, I’m 100% in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 The unit itself is not much more expensive than the Astro City Mini, but when you add the controllers (and I wanted to get at least an extra controller and the paddle one with extra games), you get above the $300 bar very fast (with shipping and import taxes). ? The games lineup looks a lot like the Taito PS2 compilations, which is nice since I would buy one for Elevator Action Returns alone. ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mushroom Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Steven Pendleton said: I will wait until they reveal all of the games to see if I want one. Yes, that´s probably wise. You don´t want to egret your purchase. I will see myself out... Edited June 5, 2021 by Lord Mushroom 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 As the tattoo says, Know Egrets. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 I am an avid mini arcade collector,I love a lot of Taito games, I definitely like retro game compilations of all varieties so I will certainly acquire one of these if it is easily attainable from Limited Run games,Play Asia or anyone else who can sell me one in the US. Very cool looking item!?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 Amazon.co.jp is very easy and cheap if you get a preorder in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 52 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: Amazon.co.jp is very easy and cheap if you get a preorder in. I did not know that,though I should of by now! Thanks for the help.? I am going to be on board for this mini system for certain,though I probably wont buy a couple of hundred dollars worth of accessories for it. But it looks great and I love my Astro City mini as well as my Replicades from New Wave Toys,SNES and NES mini etc. Now is not the time for me to stop collecting! ? I will keep an eye out here to find out when a preorder is happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 Yay, Elevator Action Returns is here! I might just get this instead of buying the relatively expensive Saturn version. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Did they announce anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) 29 minutes ago, jgkspsx said: Did they announce anything else? Yeah, check the official website. There's more, but Elevator Action Returns made me forget what all of the rest are. Oh, good, Kiki Kaikai is here. That's a good sign. Edited June 17, 2021 by Steven Pendleton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 I broke down what comes with each of the units over here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Strictly Limited localized unit reservations (to get access to the preorder) are live: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I placed my order with Strictly Limited. Well, that was almost my whole tax refund... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I kept my Amazon Japan preorder because I don't really trust SLG, even though they're a lot closer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 SLG = don't be surprised if you're still waiting for it 2 years from now. Honestly, I'm not really sure if I will get this thing. It's not too bad if you just want the system itself, but with the prices of the controllers needed to play all of the games, this thing gets very expensive. There are a lot of nice games on there, but I don't think I have that kind of cash right now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 I did some research and it seems this thing might have a fair amount of input lag, so be warned. Astro City Mini has just enough lag to make Thunder Force AC feel relatively sluggish compared to Saturn, Switch, and the original PCB, but still perfectly playable. If the lag here is around the level of lag on the Astro City Mini, I suppose it won't be too bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakumo1975 Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Here we go with a full unboxing and in-depth review of the Taito Egret II Mini recorded at 60fps Time Code: 00:00 - Opening 00:34 - Unboxing 07:14 - The screen 12:54 - Close up look at the screen 14:49 - The options 17:52 - On the big screen 26:54 - Tate mode with filters 30:43 - The conclusion 33:00 - Just one more game 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 Mine shipped recently and I should get it on Tuesday. Of course I had to read scary things about input lag again after it shipped. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 lol Kamiya is complaining on Twitter that this thing is a pile of garbage with a ton of lag and that he never should have bought it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haightc Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 None of the review I have seen yet had mentioned input lag. I really like the third bubble bobble game, it's probably what I play the most on my real f3 board. From clips it looks like it runs pretty well, it's pretty much unplayable on all my emulation handhelds and my at games legend. I did already pre-order one from stictly limited, looks like it's already been hacked and is essentially the same hardware as the Sega mini arcades. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I got my Taito Egret II mini today. I haven't connected it to my TV yet, but I played with the embedded joystick, a wired controller, and the paddle controller, and didn't notice any input lag (except that the menu button on the paddle controller is not very responsive for some reason, but it's not lag afaik, more like bad contact). I just tried a few games, of course, but I played Elevator Action Returns which is one of the most recent games and could have featured input lag. Now I've never been very sensitive to it, but I usually notice it when it's really bad. So if there's significant input lag, I guess it's in TV mode and people could use bad settings (which would be sad coming from retrogamers, but who knows). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfy62 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 4 hours ago, roots.genoa said: I got my Taito Egret II mini today. I haven't connected it to my TV yet, but I played with the embedded joystick, a wired controller, and the paddle controller, and didn't notice any input lag (except that the menu button on the paddle controller is not very responsive for some reason, but it's not lag afaik, more like bad contact). I just tried a few games, of course, but I played Elevator Action Returns which is one of the most recent games and could have featured input lag. Now I've never been very sensitive to it, but I usually notice it when it's really bad. So if there's significant input lag, I guess it's in TV mode and people could use bad settings (which would be sad coming from retrogamers, but who knows). Please come back and let us know your thoughts after you play it on your TV,especially if you have any settings recommendations for guys like myself that may need a little guidance. I would definitely appreciate that!? I just got back into town and am going to open mine tonight. I got the deluxe set with the trackball and other controllers,and my initial impression is: the box it came In is HUGE!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
str0m Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Some people don't realise they need to put their tv in "game mode" or similar. Some auto detect but others don't. I thought my Xbox One S was broken when I first hooked it up to my new TV 3 years ago, either that or I was very drunk! Game mode fixed it straight away 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Well… I got the gamepad I ordered from Amazon JP. I will let you know when I get the console from Strictly Limited, in three years or so 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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