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Taito Reveals EGRET II mini Console for Release in Japan on March 2, 2022
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Game company Taito Corporation revealed on Friday that it will release a mini console titled "EGRET II mini" in Japan on March 2, 2022. Taito is taking pre-orders now for the console.
The console includes a screen that can be switched from horizontal to vertical, a stick that goes in four or eight directions, an SD card slot to add additional games, and a trackball. The console will include 40 games at launch that released between 1978 and the 1990s, and Taito will release 10 more titles at an additional cost.
Titles include:
- Space Invaders
- Lunar Rescue
- QIX
- Elevator Action
- Chack'n Pop
- Bubble Bobble
- Rastan Saga
- Rainbow Island Extra
- The New Zealand Story
- Don Doko Don
- Violence Fight
- Cadash
- Liquid Kids
- Metal Black
- Kaiser Knuckle
- Strike Bowling
- Arkanoid
- Plump Pop
- Syvalion
- Cameltry
- Arkanoid Returns
The console will cost 18,678 yen (about US$170). The console will also include a USB cable, an HDMI cable, an instruction panel, and a user manual. Other controllers are also available to purchase separately.
The original Taito EGRET II cabinet, which released in 1996, also had a mechanism that allowed players to rotate the screen.
Source: EGRET II mini console's website via Hachima Kikō
