Retro specialist Hamster Company is giving one more polygonal Namco arcade sport its first ever residence launch.
Hamster, which has has been releasing retro arcade video games underneath its Arcade Archives collection for the previous decade, launched its Arcade Archives 2 collection in June, together with the primary ever residence re-release of the unique arcade model of Ridge Racer.
It’s since adopted this up with residence debuts for different polygonal Namco arcade video games together with dogfighting sport Air Fight 22 and jet ski racing sport Aqua Jet, and now it’s turned its consideration to Tokyo Wars, which is launched later right this moment.
Launched in 1996, Tokyo Wars is a tank shooter the place gamers to struggle for both the Inexperienced or White forces and attempt to destroy their enemies in both the streets of downtown Tokyo or its docks.
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The sport – which used the identical Tremendous System 22 arcade board as Ridge Racer, Air Fight 22 and Aqua Jet – was standard for its deluxe cupboard, which featured pneumatic haptic suggestions which emulated the recoil from firing a tank gun.
Naturally, the brand new Arcade Archives port doesn’t provide this, however it ought to in any other case provide an ideal recreation of the arcade sport.
Whereas Tokyo Wars allowed as much as 4 machines to be joined collectively for both co-op or aggressive play, it’s additionally potential to play the sport solo towards AI opponents.
The Arcade Archives model of the sport, is accessible on Swap and PS4, and is single-player solely. It options Unique Mode (the usual sport), Hello Rating Mode (the place you need to rating as a lot as potential with a single credit score) and Caravan Mode (the place you’ve gotten a 10-minute restrict), with on-line rankings for every.
The Arcade Archives 2 variations, which can be found on Swap 2, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S, add extra options together with split-screen multiplayer, Time Assault Mode (the place you need to end the sport as shortly as potential, no matter rating) and VRR assist to make sure the sport runs as precisely as potential.
Thus far there have been 384 video games launched within the Arcade Archives collection, with an additional 108 launched in a separate collection referred to as ACA Neo Geo, bringing the present complete to 492.
