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[Cowboy-RJJ]

Arcadia Magazine Top 10 Arcade games for the month, althought they just updated after several months...

1. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Alliance vs. Z.A.F.T.
2. Tekken 5.1
3. Guilty Gear XX Slash
4 The King of Fighters XI
5. Melty Blood Act Cadenza
6. Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned
7. Virtua Striker 4
8. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
9. 旋光の輪舞(グレフ) = Senko no Ronde
10. Metal Slug 4

Senko no Ronde made it up there!
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[oxtsu]

That is the latest from Feb. Arcadia issue (sale date Dec.28.), which is data from Oct-Nov 2005. Here is the the rest of the top 20 from that month (sorry for the rough translation...I'm not sure about some of the game title):



11. Otenami Haiken FINAL ?(Taito)
12. Shanghai the Great Wall (Tecmo/Sunsoft-Success)
13. Gundam Z vs Titans DX ?
14. World Soccer ?
15. Raiden III
16. Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi
17. KOF 2003
18. Guilty Gear XX #Reload
19. NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
20. Hot Gimmick - Integral


Also, in that months issue; the Arcadia Awards 2005. Some highlights -

-Reader's Most Popular Game-

1. Idolmaster
2. Sangokushi Taisen
3. GGXX SLASH
4. Melty Blood Act Cadenza
5. Gundam Seed vs Z.A.F.T.
6. Tekken 5 (version 5.1)
7. Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi
8. Quiz Magical Academy II
9. NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
10.Senko no Ronde
11.Key of Avalon
12.Pop'n Music 12
13.BeatmaniaIIDX12 Happy Sky
14.Pop'n Music 13
15.Mushihimesama
16.Capcom Fighting Jam
17.DrumMania V
18.Guitar Freaks V
19.IBARA
20.BeatmaniaIIDX?

-Reader's Favorite Game Maker-

1. Sega
2. Konami
3. Namco
4. SNK Playmore
5. Capcom
6. Banpresto
7. Taito
8. G.rev
9. CAVE
10.Arc System works

-Top Income (top 20)-

1.Tekken 5 (+5.1)
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13.Mushihimesama

Only shooting game to make that list.

[Cowboy-RJJ]

Thanks oxtsu. Where is this usually located in the issues?
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Cowboy-RJJ

[oxtsu]

NP, Valgar. This section is titled "Arcadia Data Base" and is found in the first quarter of the mag. In this latest issue it's on page 59. There's also the top 20 listing for cockpit style games (i.e. dedicated cabinet; like music-gun-racing-strategy game).

[Cowboy-RJJ]

What was the top Gun game? Is it possible to hook up a gun (I've seen them for sale) to the Astro City cabinets?

Virtua Cop 3 is probably really expensive, I read they released an updated version (the first version you could max out the score easily it seems).
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[Guest]

The top was Time Crisis 3, followed closely by House of the Dead III. I believe HotD IV just came out in December (Lindbergh hardware), so it's probably tops now.

Yes, you can play gun games in your Astro. The gun is connected to PCB via a seperate harness. You might have to hook up a different connector to the gun depending on the game. The ones I have seen use JST type connectors (like you see on Sanwa_Seimitsu sticks, stereo connectors, etc). The monitor refresh rate is not an issue here. You'll need an I/O board as well for most of the modern gun games, as they are JVS standard.

As for Virtua Cop 3, I've never seen it. If there was an update released already, then the old should be found cheaply. Then again...I'm not familiar with VC3's hardware(Chihiro?). In that case it would be the disc only that is needed for upgrade, so the operator would likely keep the necessary hardware. In other words, finding the whole setup without the cabinet would be difficult and expensive. Probably not for long though, as Lindbergh comes into popularity. Still, finding the gun game w/o cabinet has always been difficult compared to a standard game PCB. Eh..I'm rambling now. :oops:

[oxtsu]

^ __ Me

[oxtsu]

Just received the latest issue...
Arcadia Magazine Top 20: 12/1-12/30 red=debut



1. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Alliance vs. Z.A.F.T. <Bandai> 216.1
2. Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection <Namco> 191.5
3. Guilty Gear XX SLASH <Arc system works/Sega> 185.1
4. Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the Northstar) <Sega> 116.5
5. The King of Fighters XI <SNK Playmore/Sega> 89.3
6. MELTY BLOOD Act Cadenza <Ecole/Sega> 69.9
7. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike <Capcom> 49.2
8. ESPGALUDA II <Cave/AMI> 45.3
9. The King of Fighters 2002 <SNK Playmore> 44.0
10. DragonballZ <Bandai> 42.7
11. Virtua Striker 4 <Sega> 41.4
12. Otenami Haiken FINAL <Taito> 40.1
13. Metal Slug 4 <SNK Playmore> 37.5
14. Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi <SNK Playmore/Sega> 32.4
15. HYPER STREET FIGHTER II <Capcom> 29.8
16. Raiden III <Moss/Taito> 28.5
17. Virtua Fighter4 Final Tuned <Sega> 27.2
18. Virtua Striker 2002 <Sega> 24.6
19. Power Smash 2 <Sega> 23.3
20. Hot Gimmick Integral <X-Nauts Psikyo> 19.4


House of the Dead 4 was the only gun game on the cockpit list this month (12th place).

[Cowboy-RJJ]

I wonder if they have Power Smash 2 tournies, it has been on that list a lot. Thanks for the updates oxtsu.
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[oxtsu]

Yeah, I used to wonder about that Power Smash 2 thing myself. I think it comes down to the game being so damn good, first off, and mass appealing to both sexes. Never seen any tournament reports in Arcadia, strangely.

[oxtsu]

Arcadia Magazine Top 20: 1/1-1/30 2006 red=debut (nothing this time)



1. Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection <Namco> 132.6
2. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Alliance vs. Z.A.F.T. <Bandai> 118.3
3. Guilty Gear XX SLASH <Arc system works/Sega> 107.8
4. Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the Northstar) <Sega> 99.2
5. DragonballZ <Bandai> 92.6
6. The King of Fighters XI <SNK Playmore/Sega> 90.6
7. MELTY BLOOD Act Cadenza <Ecole/Sega> 89.7
8. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike <Capcom> 84.0
9. ESPGALUDA II <Cave/AMI> 74.4
10.Virtua Striker 4 <Sega> 66.8
11. Power Smash 2 <Sega> 62.0
12. Virtua Fighter4 Final Tuned <Sega> 57.3
13. The King of Fighters 2002 <SNK Playmore> 52.5
14. Raiden III <Moss/Taito> 51.5
15. Otenami Haiken FINAL <Taito> 47.7
16. Seishun Quiz Colorful High School <Namco> 45.8
17. Hot Gimmick Integral <X-Nauts Psikyo> 44.8
18. Mobile Suit Z Gundam: A.E.U.G. vs. Titans DX <Bandai> 43.9
19. Metal Slug 4 <SNK Playmore> 42.9
20. Virtua Striker 2002 <Sega> 35.5

[Cowboy-RJJ]

Thanks again oxtsu. Do you know how long Ibara was up there for?
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Cowboy-RJJ

[oxtsu]

Checked it out...Ibara was on the Arcadia charts for 5-6 months (June-Oct/Nov). It debuted in 10th place.

[oxtsu]

Arcadia Magazine Top 20: 2/1-2/28 2006 red=debut



1. Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection <Namco> 214.6
2. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Alliance vs. Z.A.F.T. <Bandai> 175.0
3. Guilty Gear XX SLASH <Arc system works/Sega> 149.2
4. Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the Northstar) <Sega> 135.5
5. DragonballZ <Bandai> 132.4
6. The King of Fighters XI <SNK Playmore/Sega> 120.2
7. MELTY BLOOD Act Cadenza <Ecole/Sega> 117.2
8. Virtua Striker 4 <Sega> 98.9
9. ESPGALUDA II <Cave/AMI> 91.3
10.Samurai Spirits Tenkaichi <SNK Playmore/Sega> 89.8
11. Power Smash 2 <Sega> 83.7
12. The King of Fighters 2002 <SNK Playmore> 73.1
13. Shikigami no Shiro III <Alfa System/Taito> 71.5 <---1 or 2 weeks only
14. The King of Fighters 2003 <SNK Playmore> 59.4
15. Raiden III <Moss/Taito> 45.7
16. TETRIS THE GRAND MASTER3 TERROR-INSTINCT <Arika/Taito> 42.6
17. METALSLUG6 <SNK Playmore/Sega> 41.1
18. Hot Gimmick Integral <X-Nauts Psikyo> 39.6
19. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike <Capcom> 38.1
20. Otenami Haiken FINAL <Taito> 28.9

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Gun game on cockpit list, for mr.RJJ:

14. The House of the Dead 4 <Sega> 82.8

[cigsthecat]

Weird that Raiden III is still up there. What could they possibly have left to do?