The Mexican would be extra hard. You’d have to deal with overheating, faulty hydraulic systems, flat or damaged tires, flooded tracks and collapsing overhead tracks. Arriving or even leaving the station would be rare achievements.
Even though the PS1 version has less detail than the arcade, I'm still impressed how real the environment feels. It's like playing Shenmue for the first time, in that, even though there are newer, more graphically impressive open world games, Shenmue still feels more real because of how accurate the world feels to our own.
Thank you. I was thinking if there was a version of this in UK arcades then it would feature constant strikes from train drivers and closed stations 😂. Shame we're not as super efficient as Japan . Cheers.
You forgot to mention about how DdG! 64 makes use of the VRU / VRS, despite being optional: By yelling "Shupattsu Shinkou" and other Densha terms at the right places, you can get extra bonus seconds than usual (up to 3 for each attempt).
thanks for n64 version and the english translation, I love playing this on PS1 years ago, and finally able to understand it are different experience (including knew the term coasting). Also able to go to japan this autumn and experienced it myself using japanese train are made me appreciate it more than ever about how well disciplined japanese are
An arcade train game, that's wild, on top of that it looks cool and fun to play. This is also a rare occasion where I can say all the ports were impressive for what systems they were running on.
There’s a fan translation for the N64 version; possibly for some of the others as well. Someday I’d love to get it running in an actual N64 complete with the special controller.
Thanks for covering games like these- It is awesome that there are such niche games like this in Japan. I think it would be cool to see reactions from Japanese gamers to western only titles!
Train driving games are my 2nd favorite after car driving games. The first time I saw Densha De Go running was in 2001 at a gaming exhibition at the Barbican in London. It was a Deluxe Arcade with a massive screen. I wanted to play it but the queue was long and the whole place was packed. After that I bought the Dreamcast version from CEX. These were the days when CEX sold imports and had some integrity. Densha De Go 2 is Rock-Hard compared to the later games but is really rewarding. In the last 4 years I've bought all the PC Densha De Go games apart from the bullet train version. I also have a few PC train controllers including the last one Taito made. It was for Densha De Go Final. The controller is Big. It's the same size as my Xbox 360 and has arcade sized buttons it's really good to play with. Mark, you missed out one version. There is a 2nd version for the PC. It's called Densha De Go 2 3000 like the Dreamcast version but it's enhanced for the PC. It has SVGA resolution 800 x 600. The graphics are really sharp and crisp. It's easily the best looking version of Densha De Go 2. Only DDG 3 and DDG Professional 2 look better on the PC in my opinion.
@@RetroCore The Updated PC version runs as good if not better than the Dreamcast version. The higher resolution on the PC version and cleaner textures with minimal warping makes it the version to play. When I owned the Dreamcast version it was one of the games that didn't support VGA via my VGA box so I had to play it at 240p resolution. That's a night & day difference compared to a native 600p SVGA resolution on a PC especially with Densha De Go 2"s graphics engine. Taito changed to a new graphics engine for Densha De Go 3. That game looks completely different. It has dynamic time of day, better rain effects and on the PC version you can sync the time to follow the real-world time that's on your Windows desktop.
A quick note to thank you for this excellent RUclips channel which has become one of my favorites. You have a lot of courage to test all these games on so many different media. This gives an excellent overview. Bravo, and thank you for this fabulous work 👍
Great video! DDG2 is still my fav game on this series, being the hardest and most unforgiving of them all. To be fair, the port of ddg 2 3000bandai (the update of 2) on pc has some lines that are still exclusive to that version, and were only available on the dc port of that same game. The graphic engine used on the arcade version and ps1 ports are completely different and i think it was nearly impossible to translate that console exclusive stuff into those ports.
You and me both! To me now it's annoying even when they're 1 minute late but back in 1996 on my first visit to Japan, I was amazed at how punctual the trains were.
I take it these were only released in Japan... Ive heard about this but never knew how they'd create a game out of it. Had no idea the geo pocket had sprite scalin! - don't recall seein any games use it before!
Just about made out the train announcement in the arcade version saying the Akita Shinkansen would be stopping next at Morioka, my old local Shinkansen stop before I moved down to Mie :)
I have to admit most of the lines in this game apart from the JR Kyushu ones are unknown to me. Well, besides the common Tokyo lines but even then, they're more of a faint memory than anything else.
Thank you for this great comparison,finally we can see all the handheld version of this demanding game compared on the same screen (i have the ngpc version irl and its amazing). Looking forward for more videos like this.
Always found the visuals of Densha De Go very impressive no matter the support. I watched Thabeast's run of the game in his series of beating every N64 game and it is pretty good (and as someone who isn't into simulations, that's something) ^^.
I can see why this series never left Japan, it hardly seems like the type of game people here in the US would want to play. Still though, it's impressive to see the GBC version being as good as it is. Nintendo was smart to make it just a boosted version of original GB hardware, as many developers really mastered it by that time.
Games like Microsoft Flight Simulator have been popular here for years and I remember lines waiting for games like Rapid River and Prop Cycle. If they added a few more tracks, some challenges, and tracks from around the world I think the game could have been a niche arcade or PC hit.
Excellent job as always😊😊😊 i started watching your videos only some weeks ago and i instantly subscribed, i've already covered at least half of your videos while going to work and this is an amazing channel! I would like to recommend Powermonger that was one of my favourite games (and Populous too) when i was a kid xD
Thanks for subscribing and for watching. Power Monger and the prequel, Populous have been on the to do list forever. The thing is, I'm not good at playing those games so they keep getting put off.
Oh! I had to take a trip down memory lane. I noticed that I had already watched your early episode on the ports of the first Densha de Go title. That video was released 8 years ago in 2015. This one is much bigger with 8 ports to analyse compared to the maiden title's 4 versions.
ive always wanted to play these ive known about them for years I remember this game as being one of the early "gimmick" arcade games because it had special controls and such
They're not that difficult to get in to if you can understand the language. However that is the major hurdle for most. The N64 version does have an English patch mind you, so that may be worth checking out.
Those maps are insane. I mostly played the modern similar games, which use video for the tracks. But these are great. It's not like every house is there, but they certainly looks very faithful. Best thing on these games is to ride the real track you know from the game and watch the driver nail it.
@@RetroCore now that documentary I want to watch, will you make video about it Mark? Like History of PC gaming in Japan of course you need mention the dark time like the 18+ game and why there so many 18+ game in Japan, after that how PC gaming become quite normal in Japan.
🚋👍 I'm right for once! Glad to see another quality BotP, Mark. I never did play any in the series, but like when you first showed the DC version all of those years ago in one of the first, pre-youtube Retro Cores, I do think these are pretty neat. So, if I recall right, back then you were kind of disappointed in the DC version not just because of content but also because of some performance issues? Anyway, do you still have the custom controller for the Dreamcast version? That was pretty cool.
Honestly the 64 version was the first version I tried on emulation back in the day and got me into the rest of the series to be honest. So I'm a bit biased to it. Seeing the other versions and comparing them was a guilty bit of fun
To be honest, the N64 version is very good. I was surprised at how well it ran. Sure, it's not 60fps like the Dreamcast version but it sure looks nicer than the PlayStation.
So in this game you almost get to recreate your daily commute to work Mark? That's wild! Never knew about this game, looks interesting for sure! There is a sort of similar game for the 8 bit micros called Southern Belle (sequel: Evening Star) which recreates the journey of a steam locomotive on a trip from London to Brighton in the '30s. This is a bit more speedy and fun I suppose.
Such an great and addictive series of games. It's a shame none of them received a Western release, as there are plenty of train enthusiasts among gamers.
@@RetroCore What gets me is that fan translators will translate RPGs with reams of text, and dinky little action games that anyone could figure out, but they avoid games like this, like the plague.
Them lucky Railway Kids in Japan even got dedicated controllers, tbh I always found games based on Railways odd despite me owning and enjoying a train set as a kid 🤷♂️✌️ Unusual choice but interesting to see nonetheless as it seems so popular over there. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts 😄✌️
Both the Neo Geo Pocket and GameBoy Colour ports are really impressive. I didn’t know the NGP could do scaling, I had one but I don’t remember any of the games I had using it. And FMV on the GBC is pretty crazy, that must have used a ton of cart space, even at that low resolution. I wonder if any of these have a translation patch, as I’d like to try playing it now! 😅
Oh man, they're very popular. Train spotters are also extremely common. Only this morning I spotted 5 taking pictures of the train I was on. I don't get it as it was a standard train that is always in use.
But you were in the train Mark, so since they were obviously Retro Core BOTP stalker fans, it is clearly a picture of you they were trying to take. 😉😋😂
Shame for the Dreamcast version. I was expecting it to be the best by far. That being said, this is a rather strange choice for the Arcade release. Promotional/Educational game? Addendum: Show No. 486. He, he, he😃
@@RetroCore Considering that Densha de Go! 2 Kōsoku-hen was released in March 1998, I can't imagine as why would they port it to CPC, considering that Amstrad had it discontinued in 1990, never mind that this home computer was released in 1984. I will admit: Original arcade release does look like its running on a PlayStation Hardware (wobbly polygons & warping textures)😄 As for game's performance on MAME, it is simple: despite being the emulator, MAME does NOT support hardware acceleration. Therefore, the 3D games will produce a mixed performance if emulation isn't pushing the game correctly.
Nah, it's just typical train station jingle style music. Every train station in Japan has its own jingle that plays when trains pull in. If anything, the Wii sound is ripped of the ttain station jingles.
The Nintendo 64 version is definitely the scary version of the ports because it quickly matches and slightly bests the PS hardware based arcade and PlayStation versions while humming in a ROM Cartridge and also not really tapping the potential of the N64. Would have been nicer if Taito would have had some better dev team handle the N64 version and also made them make both arcade version ports (first and second arcade games) with possible enhancements but of course the game would need to sell some sufficient numbers in Japan too which was the issue of the N64 with some of the 3d games that had a lot of potential and could leap ahead of the competition and that would include somewhat trading blows with the Dreamcast hardware since the latter was mostly treated by the usual easy to dev dev teams as a PC port or high resolution PS ports probably because of the slow numbers of DCs sold initially. Honestly the N64 had the most potential here but only if handled by some close relation with Nintendo and more dedicated programmers but the N64 was barely on on its third year of software progression by 1999 and with Dreamcast it made it obvious that next gen hardware had to be made unless Sega would have had the sense to avoid the jump two years too early.
@@RetroCore Yes it's this one (and it was a great idea as the controller is really cool, I let my little cousin play with it last Christmas and he really liked it)
Is it just me or is the game tough as balls? I played the English fan translation on my Everdrive 64, and could never complete even one of the beginner tracks :(
Probably the only time where both the N64 and PS1 beat out the Dreamcast. Yeah, they don't look as good, but they don't look bad either, which combined with the added content makes them the better games in my opinion. Honestly though, all non-handheld versions seemed better than the original arcade! Sacrilegious I know, but the PS1 looks about the same with added content, the N64 looks slightly worse with added content, and the Windows and Dreamcast are identical in terms of content but wipe the floor visually. Overall, my ranking of the ports would go like: 1. Playstation 2. Nintendo 64 3. Dreamcast 4. Windows 5. Arcade 6. Gameboy Color 7. Neo Geo Pocket Color 8. Wonderswan
@@RetroCore yeah that's quite the plus point but it's still quite the disappointing port. It should've wiped the floor across the board, not just in graphics and frame rate.
This game looks boring though (still an excellent Battle of the Ports) but the Game Boy Color port having FMV was insane. I never knew it could be done on a Gameboy Color. I don't know any game ever on the console that did it
@@RetroCore Maybe thats why the stutters were excessive, I wish MAME drivers were not just left after initial release and some optimisation were done. Ah well.
Wow, you've made another video on Densha De Go! I've always been interested in this series, but I just couldn't get into it for some reason. The early games are really strict on newbies lol
If this game was based on United States' train system, you would get bonus points for not being on time 😂
Completely agree with you.
That's Amtrak for you
If this based on US they will use cowboy setting and than play it on time we must stop bandit raid, so basically just another FPS with train setting.
The Mexican would be extra hard. You’d have to deal with overheating, faulty hydraulic systems, flat or damaged tires, flooded tracks and collapsing overhead tracks.
Arriving or even leaving the station would be rare achievements.
Turn in your gamer card and your transportation card on your way out the door
With your Game Boy Colour you can play this while you're train traveling, playing the same route. That's hilarious 😂
That's true!
Even though the PS1 version has less detail than the arcade, I'm still impressed how real the environment feels. It's like playing Shenmue for the first time, in that, even though there are newer, more graphically impressive open world games, Shenmue still feels more real because of how accurate the world feels to our own.
Thank you. I was thinking if there was a version of this in UK arcades then it would feature constant strikes from train drivers and closed stations 😂.
Shame we're not as super efficient as Japan . Cheers.
Hahaha, don't forget shopping trollies in the tracks.
....insert dark joke of what else is also found sadly on tracks in uk.
......leaves on the line and "the wrong type of snow".
Wow the Neo Geo pocket version is really smooth.
That it is. I was very surprised.
You forgot to mention about how DdG! 64 makes use of the VRU / VRS, despite being optional: By yelling "Shupattsu Shinkou" and other Densha terms at the right places, you can get extra bonus seconds than usual (up to 3 for each attempt).
I remember the Gameboy Color port holding the title for largest Gameboy Color game in terms of file size, around 8MB in size or so.
I can imagine 6 of that is for the video.
thanks for n64 version and the english translation, I love playing this on PS1 years ago, and finally able to understand it are different experience (including knew the term coasting). Also able to go to japan this autumn and experienced it myself using japanese train are made me appreciate it more than ever about how well disciplined japanese are
An arcade train game, that's wild, on top of that it looks cool and fun to play. This is also a rare occasion where I can say all the ports were impressive for what systems they were running on.
One of the first arcade games I tried when I visited Japan. Such a unique experience.
There’s a fan translation for the N64 version; possibly for some of the others as well. Someday I’d love to get it running in an actual N64 complete with the special controller.
Thanks for covering games like these- It is awesome that there are such niche games like this in Japan. I think it would be cool to see reactions from Japanese gamers to western only titles!
I'm sure there are such channels for Japanese showcasing western games. Can't say I know them though, 😢
Looks a really pretty mix of 3d and sprites, awesome comparison cheers.
Riding Marks train onto the Retro Core Station as the final destination. ALL ABOARD !!!! 8^)
Anthony..
20 seconds late in japan is about 45 minutes early in germany.
And here I was thinking Germany was an efficient country.
Not quite have heard of this series, but DAMN glad you have some personal experience with a bit of its content! :D
Train driving games are my 2nd favorite after car driving games. The first time I saw Densha De Go running was in 2001 at a gaming exhibition at the Barbican in London. It was a Deluxe Arcade with a massive screen. I wanted to play it but the queue was long and the whole place was packed. After that I bought the Dreamcast version from CEX. These were the days when CEX sold imports and had some integrity. Densha De Go 2 is Rock-Hard compared to the later games but is really rewarding. In the last 4 years I've bought all the PC Densha De Go games apart from the bullet train version. I also have a few PC train controllers including the last one Taito made. It was for Densha De Go Final. The controller is Big. It's the same size as my Xbox 360 and has arcade sized buttons it's really good to play with. Mark, you missed out one version. There is a 2nd version for the PC. It's called Densha De Go 2 3000 like the Dreamcast version but it's enhanced for the PC. It has SVGA resolution 800 x 600. The graphics are really sharp and crisp. It's easily the best looking version of Densha De Go 2. Only DDG 3 and DDG Professional 2 look better on the PC in my opinion.
It's a shame I missed out on the updated PC version. I wonder it it ran at 60fps like the Dreamcast one?
@@RetroCore The Updated PC version runs as good if not better than the Dreamcast version. The higher resolution on the PC version and cleaner textures with minimal warping makes it the version to play. When I owned the Dreamcast version it was one of the games that didn't support VGA via my VGA box so I had to play it at 240p resolution. That's a night & day difference compared to a native 600p SVGA resolution on a PC especially with Densha De Go 2"s graphics engine. Taito changed to a new graphics engine for Densha De Go 3. That game looks completely different. It has dynamic time of day, better rain effects and on the PC version you can sync the time to follow the real-world time that's on your Windows desktop.
Yes! Love this series, thank you for covering it
Glad you enjoy it!
A quick note to thank you for this excellent RUclips channel which has become one of my favorites. You have a lot of courage to test all these games on so many different media. This gives an excellent overview.
Bravo, and thank you for this fabulous work 👍
I appreciate your comment vey much. Thanks! 👍
Great video! DDG2 is still my fav game on this series, being the hardest and most unforgiving of them all.
To be fair, the port of ddg 2 3000bandai (the update of 2) on pc has some lines that are still exclusive to that version, and were only available on the dc port of that same game. The graphic engine used on the arcade version and ps1 ports are completely different and i think it was nearly impossible to translate that console exclusive stuff into those ports.
Thanks for the info!
Great video, wow the GBC intro is very impressive! ❤
Defo this version a Densha GO XD
Great BOTP. Nice to see something a little different. When I was in Japan I was amazed at the punctuality of the trains.
You and me both! To me now it's annoying even when they're 1 minute late but back in 1996 on my first visit to Japan, I was amazed at how punctual the trains were.
I take it these were only released in Japan...
Ive heard about this but never knew how they'd create a game out of it.
Had no idea the geo pocket had sprite scalin! - don't recall seein any games use it before!
Yeah, these were all Japan only releases.
Just about made out the train announcement in the arcade version saying the Akita Shinkansen would be stopping next at Morioka, my old local Shinkansen stop before I moved down to Mie :)
I have to admit most of the lines in this game apart from the JR Kyushu ones are unknown to me. Well, besides the common Tokyo lines but even then, they're more of a faint memory than anything else.
Yeah I basically know none of them at all, owing to basically driving everywhere in Japan.
Thank you for this great comparison,finally we can see all the handheld version of this demanding game compared on the same screen (i have the ngpc version irl and its amazing). Looking forward for more videos like this.
Glad you liked it!
Always found the visuals of Densha De Go very impressive no matter the support.
I watched Thabeast's run of the game in his series of beating every N64 game and it is pretty good (and as someone who isn't into simulations, that's something) ^^.
Densha De Go games are pretty fun but they can get surprisingly busy on harder tracks.
I can see why this series never left Japan, it hardly seems like the type of game people here in the US would want to play. Still though, it's impressive to see the GBC version being as good as it is. Nintendo was smart to make it just a boosted version of original GB hardware, as many developers really mastered it by that time.
Games like Microsoft Flight Simulator have been popular here for years and I remember lines waiting for games like Rapid River and Prop Cycle. If they added a few more tracks, some challenges, and tracks from around the world I think the game could have been a niche arcade or PC hit.
Excellent job as always😊😊😊 i started watching your videos only some weeks ago and i instantly subscribed, i've already covered at least half of your videos while going to work and this is an amazing channel!
I would like to recommend Powermonger that was one of my favourite games (and Populous too) when i was a kid xD
Thanks for subscribing and for watching.
Power Monger and the prequel, Populous have been on the to do list forever. The thing is, I'm not good at playing those games so they keep getting put off.
I had not realized the Neo geo pocket could scale that well! I feel that was a missed opportunity in many games
Indeed. Just think of the possibilities. Even some basic Fps games could have been made.
Only in Japan can you have a pop song on the theme of trains 😂
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Oh! I had to take a trip down memory lane. I noticed that I had already watched your early episode on the ports of the first Densha de Go title. That video was released 8 years ago in 2015.
This one is much bigger with 8 ports to analyse compared to the maiden title's 4 versions.
Wow, it was quite sometime since I covered the original, isn't it. Had no idea it was 8 years.
ive always wanted to play these ive known about them for years I remember this game as being one of the early "gimmick" arcade games because it had special controls and such
They're not that difficult to get in to if you can understand the language. However that is the major hurdle for most.
The N64 version does have an English patch mind you, so that may be worth checking out.
I haven't rode on a train since the 90s but planning to do so for a future trip.
With peak oil in 2019, climate change and resources depletion on the horizon trains are the definitive future for mass transportation my friend!
Those maps are insane. I mostly played the modern similar games, which use video for the tracks. But these are great. It's not like every house is there, but they certainly looks very faithful. Best thing on these games is to ride the real track you know from the game and watch the driver nail it.
Glad you like them!
I bought a massive box of ps2 games from Japan last month, and it contained Jet de GO!2. It's not quite as exciting as this one, but I still like it.
Ah, I have Jet de Go 1 on the regular PlayStation. You're right, it's not as fun as Densha De Go.
One of the most "Japanese" of all Japanese games.
In a sense that is true but there are plenty of train lovers in the West as well so it's a bit sad those games rarely reach our shores.
Pachinko games: Are we a joke to you?
I must admit that i didn't even expecting that exist arcade train driving simulation game :D
You may be surprised to know there are at least 10 that I know of.
@@RetroCore Wow. Must be many trains enthusiasts among gamers :D
the Euro Truck before Euro Truck, and I quite surprise there Windows Version consider the Windows PC game we got from Japan that time mostly 18+.
Windows gaming wasn't popular at the time of this game but it was starting to pick up momentum.
@@RetroCore now that documentary I want to watch, will you make video about it Mark? Like History of PC gaming in Japan of course you need mention the dark time like the 18+ game and why there so many 18+ game in Japan, after that how PC gaming become quite normal in Japan.
I still need to get that Dreamcast version to complete the set...
Nice video. Only have the ps1 version but now im interested in the n64 and Dreamcast version too 👍
Go for it!👍
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I've watched tutorial videos on how to play these games and always meant to get into them as I love trains, but I never seem to find the time.
I can be quite the addictive game.
🚋👍 I'm right for once! Glad to see another quality BotP, Mark. I never did play any in the series, but like when you first showed the DC version all of those years ago in one of the first, pre-youtube Retro Cores, I do think these are pretty neat. So, if I recall right, back then you were kind of disappointed in the DC version not just because of content but also because of some performance issues? Anyway, do you still have the custom controller for the Dreamcast version? That was pretty cool.
I think I do still have the DC controller so where. I had a Saturn one at some point too.
Honestly the 64 version was the first version I tried on emulation back in the day and got me into the rest of the series to be honest. So I'm a bit biased to it. Seeing the other versions and comparing them was a guilty bit of fun
To be honest, the N64 version is very good. I was surprised at how well it ran. Sure, it's not 60fps like the Dreamcast version but it sure looks nicer than the PlayStation.
@@RetroCore definitely a pleasant surprise
It always amazes me how different Japanese culture is from America, and the strange (to an American) things Japanese people are into. Cool stuff👍
Great video.
So in this game you almost get to recreate your daily commute to work Mark? That's wild! Never knew about this game, looks interesting for sure!
There is a sort of similar game for the 8 bit micros called Southern Belle (sequel: Evening Star) which recreates the journey of a steam locomotive on a trip from London to Brighton in the '30s. This is a bit more speedy and fun I suppose.
Kind of. The final station in this game is actually the one I get on at on the way home and off at on the way to work.
Dreamcast está a otro nivel!
It's the only one to run at 60fps.
Nice comparison.
Thanks. 👍
Such an great and addictive series of games. It's a shame none of them received a Western release, as there are plenty of train enthusiasts among gamers.
About the closest thing we got was Microsoft Train Simulator
I guess the JR license would have been the reason these never got a western release.
@@RetroCore What gets me is that fan translators will translate RPGs with reams of text, and dinky little action games that anyone could figure out, but they avoid games like this, like the plague.
I feel like in the train in Tokyo haha.
Them lucky Railway Kids in Japan even got dedicated controllers, tbh I always found games based on Railways odd despite me owning and enjoying a train set as a kid 🤷♂️✌️
Unusual choice but interesting to see nonetheless as it seems so popular over there. Thanks again for sharing your thoughts 😄✌️
I had that controller for the Dreamcast 😁
@@RetroCoreChu Chu... Stephenson's Rocket 🚂😅✌️
Yes make every N64 Game a Snow Game. So you can sell the Fog Feature, as the selling Point... ;-.)
Why didn’t we get Silent Hill 64?
That would have worked so well.
I seen this game on youtube videos, never play it. I would like to give it a try.
It can be confusing due to the language barrier but with persistence it can be worked out.
Cool video..the DC port is the best looking one ofc.
I think so too!
the Dreamcast version seems the only one running at 60fps
You are absolutely right 👍
Both the Neo Geo Pocket and GameBoy Colour ports are really impressive. I didn’t know the NGP could do scaling, I had one but I don’t remember any of the games I had using it. And FMV on the GBC is pretty crazy, that must have used a ton of cart space, even at that low resolution.
I wonder if any of these have a translation patch, as I’d like to try playing it now! 😅
They have,ngpc translation patch is excellent
Thanks, I’ll give that a go. 👍
Annoyingly the NGPC is one of the few systems I don’t have a flash cart for! 😅
There's an English patch for the N64 version as well.
@@RetroCore Perfect, I’ve got a flash cart for that too. The snowy section looked really good on the N64 in your video.
Never thought train games were that popular in Japan 😱
Because trains are that popular in Japan, in general, a train can be more useful than a car at many points.
Oh man, they're very popular. Train spotters are also extremely common. Only this morning I spotted 5 taking pictures of the train I was on.
I don't get it as it was a standard train that is always in use.
But you were in the train Mark, so since they were obviously Retro Core BOTP stalker fans, it is clearly a picture of you they were trying to take. 😉😋😂
Now this is based.
Got this on saturn maybe its part 1 if its not in this vid but with the conducters console controller its quite fun
Ah, that's part 1 you have on the Saturn. I have that one too.
Shame for the Dreamcast version. I was expecting it to be the best by far. That being said, this is a rather strange choice for the Arcade release. Promotional/Educational game?
Addendum: Show No. 486. He, he, he😃
Shame there was no CPC version 😁.
Regarding the Dreamcast version, I guess it can boast as being the only 60fps version.
@@RetroCore Considering that Densha de Go! 2 Kōsoku-hen was released in March 1998, I can't imagine as why would they port it to CPC, considering that Amstrad had it discontinued in 1990, never mind that this home computer was released in 1984.
I will admit: Original arcade release does look like its running on a PlayStation Hardware (wobbly polygons & warping textures)😄
As for game's performance on MAME, it is simple: despite being the emulator, MAME does NOT support hardware acceleration. Therefore, the 3D games will produce a mixed performance if emulation isn't pushing the game correctly.
Did whoever composed that music for the intro compose the Wii music? Sounds similar to me.
Nah, it's just typical train station jingle style music. Every train station in Japan has its own jingle that plays when trains pull in. If anything, the Wii sound is ripped of the ttain station jingles.
hmm, the playstation version might be the one arino kacha played for game center cx, but thatwas a while ago now...
Most likely.
The Nintendo 64 version is definitely the scary version of the ports because it quickly matches and slightly bests the PS hardware based arcade and PlayStation versions while humming in a ROM Cartridge and also not really tapping the potential of the N64. Would have been nicer if Taito would have had some better dev team handle the N64 version and also made them make both arcade version ports (first and second arcade games) with possible enhancements but of course the game would need to sell some sufficient numbers in Japan too which was the issue of the N64 with some of the 3d games that had a lot of potential and could leap ahead of the competition and that would include somewhat trading blows with the Dreamcast hardware since the latter was mostly treated by the usual easy to dev dev teams as a PC port or high resolution PS ports probably because of the slow numbers of DCs sold initially.
Honestly the N64 had the most potential here but only if handled by some close relation with Nintendo and more dedicated programmers but the N64 was barely on on its third year of software progression by 1999 and with Dreamcast it made it obvious that next gen hardware had to be made unless Sega would have had the sense to avoid the jump two years too early.
I bought the "Plug & Play" controller, I think it's the PS version but not sure.
Ah, I'm pretty sure that's it's own thing if it's the one that came out about 2 years ago.
@@RetroCore Yes it's this one (and it was a great idea as the controller is really cool, I let my little cousin play with it last Christmas and he really liked it)
Is it just me or is the game tough as balls?
I played the English fan translation on my Everdrive 64, and could never complete even one of the beginner tracks :(
It is a tough game but to be fair, DENSHA De Go 2 is probably the most difficult one.
Probably the only time where both the N64 and PS1 beat out the Dreamcast. Yeah, they don't look as good, but they don't look bad either, which combined with the added content makes them the better games in my opinion. Honestly though, all non-handheld versions seemed better than the original arcade! Sacrilegious I know, but the PS1 looks about the same with added content, the N64 looks slightly worse with added content, and the Windows and Dreamcast are identical in terms of content but wipe the floor visually. Overall, my ranking of the ports would go like:
1. Playstation
2. Nintendo 64
3. Dreamcast
4. Windows
5. Arcade
6. Gameboy Color
7. Neo Geo Pocket Color
8. Wonderswan
Ah, but the Dreamcast is the only one that runs at 60fps 👍
@@RetroCore yeah that's quite the plus point but it's still quite the disappointing port. It should've wiped the floor across the board, not just in graphics and frame rate.
True, it should have had better draw distances and textures.
This game looks boring though (still an excellent Battle of the Ports) but the Game Boy Color port having FMV was insane. I never knew it could be done on a Gameboy Color. I don't know any game ever on the console that did it
I agree that it does look boring but it's good fun to play.
Densha de GO! train conductor girl for Smash Bros when?
That would be cool!
Bro this is a train simulator.😂
Arcade... excitement?
An arcade game where your goal is to obey the speed limit. Because, Japan.
@@billcook4768 Right? Its like those quiz games.
Surprisingly the Densha De Go games are fun.
@@RetroCore They've made a bunch of games of this type, so apparently a lot of people in Japan agree.
What fucking CPU does your MAME rig have? The sound is stuttering a lot...
A 3gen i5. Yeah, it's old
@@RetroCore Maybe thats why the stutters were excessive, I wish MAME drivers were not just left after initial release and some optimisation were done. Ah well.
Wow, you've made another video on Densha De Go! I've always been interested in this series, but I just couldn't get into it for some reason. The early games are really strict on newbies lol
This one, Densha De Go 2 is probably the most strict in the series.