More Arcade Classics Are About To Be Revealed For The Taito Egret II Mini

Color me interested. Hopefully more CyberStick compatible titles.

What's the best (cheaper?) way to get one Egret Mini in Europe nowadays? Do they still make them?

There are still Taito games in the Arcade Archives series I'd like to see, particularly Dead Connection and Warrior Blade (although the latter is less probable given its use of two screens).

@RootsGenoa They've been out since the beginning of this year.

What Arcade Archives is missing are the Taito F3 games, which are included in the Egret Mini and the old Taito Legends collections.

@OnePointZero I got mine from Amazon a few years ago but I'm not sure if it's still being sold there.

I was told that ININ which distributed the console in the West ran into financial issues and it sold below expectations.

I hope this time I don't miss it, because volumes 2 and 3 of Arcade Memories sold out too fast. I was dumb to wait for a price cut, but in my defense I have to say volume 1 did restock several times and got discounted, so I thought it would be the same with volumes 2 and 3. Especially 2 has games I painfully missed, 3 would have been for completion purposes. Let's see what Taito has in store for volume "4"...

@PKDuckman You misunderstood me. I precisely meant Arcade Archives games I'd like to see on the Egret II Mini.

@Moroboshi876 Yeah you didn't miss much with volume 3... When the highlighted game is a weird plane simulator, you know they're going for deep cuts.

@RootsGenoa When I look at the line-up I soothe myself thinking that, but I really should have bought volume 2 in time, and 3 would have been for completion only, but I have to admit that I like deep cuts, I can't help it. I love to discover games I hadn't even heard about before. I guess now it's too late, even in Japan people are reselling all volumes at impossible prices. Taito should have seen people's interest coming and keep restocking the Arcade Memories releases, but they just wouldn't.

@PKDuckman Gekirindan is probably the one I'd most like to see finally make its way to Arcade Archives...

@Moroboshi876 ININ (or their Strictly Limited label) really should have been publishing the Arcade Memories releases internationally, since they handled the distribution of the system itself, but they just never bothered.

@AllieKitsune Right? But I guess they saw it as too niche.

After all, the Astro City Mini V has been selling for half the original price for more than a year now, which tells a lot about its limited success.

@Moroboshi876 they do pretty small print runs for these games.

But they did ask about interest in reprinting previous volumes.

I learned my lesson when I almost missed out on volume 2, now I just pre order the instant they are up on Amazon japan.

It's also worth noting this collection will likely be non-Taito games.

@gojiguy I learned it the hard way, but volume 1 wasn't that small a print as the following volumes.

I should have preordered, yes.

Anyway, that's an interesting approach as for the new collection. Egret II Mini does already have non-Taito developed games, but it will be interesting to see what developers new games come from. Looking forward to it.

Oh yay! My Egret lives on! Rumors are circulating that we may get some non-Taito games. IIRC the built-in games and Arcade Memories 1-3 were all Taito or Taito-published games, so this fresh series start with Arcade Collection Parts 1 & 2 may bring other publishers?

I just want Taito’s Chase HQ, Zoo Keeper, and Arabian Magic - any of those and I’ll be happy! 😁

I’ll be tuned in on July 17th for sure!

@OnePointZero
I originally got my Egret set through Strictly Limited Games in Germany.
Maybe it’s worth checking to see if any are still in stock at SLG?
I’ve heard the units are no longer available in Japan, except for a premium.

I have 1 and 3 but missed out on 2, and the price of that on the second-hand market is horrendous.

@PKDuckman @Teksette Thx both of you!
Everytime I saw a new release for the Egret Mini I assumed some kind of restock was on the cards sooner or later... Guess that's not the case
I see my best option would be eBay et al, as I wanted the pink one.

Nice machine, but I just sold on my Luxury Edition as they've mostly been ported to Switch - with Hamster starting on Namco's early 3D stuff, F3 will probably be in the pipeline this year.

Gimme Zoo Keeper please,Taito!