''Taito Memories'' is a series of

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published by

Taito is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the importing vodka, vending machines and jukeboxes into Japan. It b ...

in Japan. A total of five collections were released from 2005 to 2007 — four on the

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, and one on the

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. The PlayStation 2 entries each have twenty-five titles, while the PlayStation Portable game has sixteen. The collections contain arcade games developed by Taito throughout the 1980s and 1990s. A similar series of collections, ''

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'', was released outside Japan in North America and Europe, which retained many of the games included in the ''Taito Memories'' collections. The first two compilations sold a total of 145,616 copies.

Games

''Taito Memories Jōkan''

The first entry, ''Taito Memories Jōkan'', was released on July 28, 2005. It would be re-released under two different budget labels - first under the ''Taito BEST'' label on July 7, 2006 and the second under ''Eternal Hits'' on June 28, 2007. Among the included titles, ''KiKi KaiKai'', ''Bubble Bobble'', ''Syvalion'', ''Cameltry'' and ''Metal Black'' are locked, and can be accessed by inserting a code in the title screen - the reprints of the game would have these games available from the start.''Taito Memories Jōkan BOOK''. Taito Corp. Retrieved 28 July 2005.

''Taito Memories Gekan''

The second entry, ''Taito Memories Gekan'', was released on August 25, 2005. It would be re-released under two different budget labels - first under the ''Taito BEST'' label on July 9, 2006 and the second under ''Eternal Hits'' on June 28, 2007. Among the included titles, ''Qix'', ''Elevator Action'', ''Front Line'', ''The NewZealand Story'' and ''Gun Frontier'' are locked, and can be accessed by inserting a code in the title screen - the reprints of the game would have these games available from the start.''Taito Memories Gekan BOOK''. Taito Corp. Retrieved 25 August 2005. The ports of both ''RayStorm'' and ''G-Darius'' are instead the PlayStation versions instead of the arcade releases.

''Taito Memories Pocket''

This compilation is a portable version only available for the

, and was released in Japan on January 5, 2006. It includes 16 titles, four of which are featuring an additional

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version.

''Taito Memories II Jōkan''

This compilation saw its release on January 25, 2007.

''Taito Memories II Gekan''

This is the final compilation, released in Japan on March 29, 2007.

Reception

Notes

References

External links

TAiTO on jap-sai.com

{{Taito Legends series Video game franchises Square Enix video game compilations Taito games Taito video game compilations PlayStation 2 games Video games developed in Japan