Taito Legends
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Developers | |
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Original games | Taito |
Empire Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Europe | Empire Interactive |
America | Sega |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 14, 2005 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 75 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Arcade |
Art styles | Pixel art |
Series | Taito Legends |
Taito Legends | |
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Taito Legends | 2005 |
Taito Legends 2 | 2006 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Key points
- Compilation of emulated arcade games by Taito.
- ROMs are in the installation folder, allowing for use with MAME, although some might need renaming, and/or need some new files with newer versions of MAME.
- Some games have subtle, inaccurate gameplay differences compared to newer versions of MAME due to improper emulation.
- The music in Rainbow Islands is altered due to licensing issues.
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
- The crash fix fixes issues with a crashing issue when selecting a game. There are separate patches for the North American and European versions.
Game data
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Taito Legends\autosave\savedata |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 4:3 aspect ratio. Games are either in 4:3 or 3:4. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Locked at 640 x 480 (unless using dgVoodoo, see Arbitrary resolution and removal of bilinear filter).[4] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | In the video settings as Smoothing. Can be turned on or off.[5] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60fps.[6] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse is not supported.[7] | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Still need to use the keyboard to select game, use controller, pause the game, etc.[8] | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | [9] | |
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | [10] | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Only one general volume slider. | |
Surround sound | Menu is in stereo. Games are either in mono or stereo.[11] | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Co-op, Hot seat, Versus Multiplayer modes vary by game selected. |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | [13] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | [12] |
Issues fixed
Arbitrary resolution and removal of bilinear filter
Custom resolution and removal of filter[14] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz or faster processor | |
System memory (RAM) | 128 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- Verified with ProtectionID.
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- Tested with an wired Xbox One controller.
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-08-18
- Tested with Orban Loudness Meter and a Soulion Tracer 30, which reports as a 7.1 audio device using virtual surround sound mode.
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-10-27
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2019-08-15