PS1 in Arcades! Taito G Net Bible! The Best Games to Play and Should You Collect for It?
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I grew up with the PlayStation 1 under my tv stand and it's one of my favorite retro gaming platforms of all time...so I wanted to do SOME SORT of series on it. But considering it's more fun to talk about the esoteric side of retrogaming I decided to do a ten part series on arcade games that run on PSX hardware; the Capcom ZN-1 and ZN-2, the Namco System 10, Namco System 11 and Namco System 12, the Konami GQ and of course the Taito G-Net.
Things like Tekken, Street Fighter, etc etc...all existed on these kinds of arcade boards AS WELL AS at home on the PlayStation 1 console! Video game history on both sides of the gaming aisle! Also if you like Final Fantasy....Ehrgeiz!
We've got arcade fighting games, beat em ups, shmups, lightgun games, horror games...and even a little Final Fantasy!
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After I did the intro to the PSX arcade series I had a metric TON of questions about the Taito G Net arcade hardware! Everyone was intrigued by it and they wanted to know a lot more...so here you go! An entire overview of the G-Net arcade hardware, the motherboard, the games...and what I recommend you play! Because this PlayStation based arcade board is a ton of fun and has some great shmups, run and gun beat em ups, puzzle games...and even one arcade racing game on it!
plus even if you don't have the arcade hardware like I am showing here these games all emulate via MAME emulation! Video game preservation win! Plus some games got ported to PS1, Sega Saturn and even PlayStation 2! So you don't need to drop big dollars to enjoy this piece of video game history! But there are a ton of PlayStation Hidden gems on the G-Net to enjoy!
Questions? Comments? Just leave them below and I will do my best to answer each and every one of them!
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Zooo was later ported to the Nintendo DS under the title Zoo Keeper, and is equally fun there
ZOOO is a game more people need to play
The other more obscure port to DS from the G-Net was Turn It Around (Mawasunda)
I imagine it's a lot more fun in the arcade with the proprietary controller. Simulating the crank with a stylus isn't very satisfying
At least it got a port. Odd of a choice as that may have been
@@VideoGameEsoterica i just read it also got a port to the PS1 under the Simple 1500 series.
Just won a G-NET auction also! Thanks for the info provided here. I hadn't known they got FX games like G-Darius running on it.
Yep! Needs some work done but once you’ve flashed the board you can get some games running :)
Some of these titles have also released on switch / PS4
G-Darius
Ray Crisis (ported by M2)
Psyvariar (which I pronounce Psyvariah because Massachusetts)
Castle of Shikigami 2 received a switch port recently
Some classics that will probably keep getting ported to every new console that gets released too
I never got into arcades like I got into console/pc games but I enjoyed them when I played at arcade
Big things I looked for at arcades
1) interesting input devices ( ddr mat, plastic gun, any strange looking controller)
2) any game by SNK they made good arcade games
3) arcade exclusives that didn’t have home port
Yea exclusives are really where it’s at and I’d say 90% of my arcade collecting is to obtain stuff that never came home
Saw your post on Gaf, I frequent there. I must say your channel and work is freaking awesome love all the interesting and quirky things you have and share.
Appreciate it. I enjoy showing off the more obscure stuff. Plenty more coming!
The "Enjoy" on death in Night Raids got a decent chuckle out of me.
I could see myself angrily feeding quarters into that cab late game just because of that message 😂
Hahaha. It’s NOT an easy game. But I love it
Chaos heat atmosphere and setting giving me some real sin and punishment vibes 👍
Interesting comparison. I always saw it as more of “RE meets Parasite Eve”
Thanks for this. I love Taito, but I don't often have the time to research past the compilations, so these videos are great finding new games to play.
Glad you enjoyed it. It’s a solid platform with a great library
Love RC de GO! I played the psx version as a kid. I think the arcade cab controller is actually an rc car controller style trigger and small wheel.
Yes it was a legit RC controller on the cabinet!
People are actually modding off the shelf RC controllers now, and it's apparently fairly simple to get them running on the G-Net motherboard, so that was likely what Taito did back during R&D for the game
Oh I’m sure. Just a couple buttons and an analog potentiometer for speed. One of the easier controller mods for arcade stuff and a fun one too
My Gnet is my pride and joy, have the mod bios and every game on a CF card with artwork (35 i think, including ported games). Chaos Heat is super fun, so many shooters too. Sonic Wings and Aero Fighters ❤Make sure to pick up the stereo audio mod from Everten on Tindie too.
Oh nice. Really went deep into G-Net! I’ll check out the stereo mod. I know it exists. Just never grabbed one
Where download g net games
Before we had Bejeweled we had Zooo.
This game was so amazing but it was mostly unplayable on the Gameboy Advance and PS2 as you had to use the D-PAD to navigate.
The best version of Zooo was on the Nintendo DS as the stylus was perfect for Zooo! 😎
I could see the stylus being a bigg benefit
I love me some Homeconsole based Arcade boards always super interesting to see what changed and what hardware they used ( Didnt think an arcadeboard ever came with a compact flash card lol )
A couple did. Konami used a similar approach at one point
Great vid! Personally, it's a bit hard to go back to playing the OG versions of Psyvariar Medium Unit/Revision & XII Stage since both of their Steam ports have built in autofire for important mechanics ( the roll button in Psyvariar's case, and the twirling ship motion that shots out side shots with a multipler in xii stag) and it helps a lot for serious runs.
True. But in some ways the OG version is still the most challenging and pure experience. But honestly however anyone wants to play it is cool with me :)
My favorite games for this machine are Kollon and Otenki Kororin, they both perfect the Panel de Pon formula in different ways. And Zooo is great too, but it's even better on PS2 and GBA (that soundtrack 🔥)
ZOOO is my fav puzzle game on the platform. Chaos Heat is my fav game of any genre
You might be interested in Heaven's Will for the PSP then. It was published by Taito and it's very similar to Chaos Break.
I’ve always meant to play that one but never have
love this sort of retrospective on lesser-known platforms :) i do think you should be able to play the two shanghai games, though; while they use mahjong tiles, they’re just mahjong solitaire games, y’know, the match-2 game that used to come on windows x)
I love how similar the racing game is to RC Pro AM from Rare. Really cool stuff!
It does have a similar feel. Both break my brain perspective wise lol
This was such a cool video. I absolutely adore the "upgraded PS1 look." I kind of like the stock retail look PS1 look but it's a little toooo ugly most of the time. G-Net really hits the sweet spot for me.
Yes it’s basically like PS1.5 in all the best ways
Thank you VGE, stunning to see the Super Puzzle Bobble card. Very nice 👌
glad you enjoyed it :)
Wow, Night Raid brings back some memories! Such an awesome shmup.
I love the game mechanics on this game! I still have my Japanese PS1 copy!
Nice. NOT a cheap game these days no matter how you buy it either
Psyvariar Revision is such a great vertical shmup!
When you level up, you're invincible for about 1/2 sec - Whilst invincible, you need to crash (and graze) into as many enemies and bullets as possible to quickly level up even faster!
If you keep doing this, it will seem like you're invincible as you level up, quickly!! 👍
Oh, I might be wrong but I'm sure Psyvariar Revision was a PS2 game and not a PS1 game! 😬
Everyone is wrong now and again...no biggie. Blame it on a typo lol
Its a legit game for sure
Is G Net something you think we’ll see on the Mister?
Theoretically it’s probably possible but nobody is working on it
I feel like it's been awhile since we've seen the kitty pencil! 😻
I’ve been shooting all week. More cat pen soon
Agreed!!!
yes please would really love to see a video about the modification, 🙂👍 and didn't know that it was possible as well
We shall see :) won’t be for a while but I’ll add it to the list of ideas
@@VideoGameEsotericacan the ZN-1 and ZN-2 games be modded to be playable on the g-net as well?
I don’t believe so. I haven’t seen it
Had no clue about flip maze. Looks interesting
Yeah it’s a fun smaller game. Good for a half hour here and there
pizza, video games, and friends are an excellent combo.
Just need drinks!
Same to say I want them all VGE. 8^)
Anthony...
Haha don’t we all
I always wanted one because super puzzle bobble
That’s why I first got mine haha
My OOOOld alienware m18x has a pcmcia slot. I had hard drives for the slot.
haha they still come in handy here and there
Doesn't matter how good those games are, home console hardware based boards like this killed the arcades. Why would anyone take the time to go to the arcades and waste credits for games that look exactly like the ones they play at home?
It meant we got a lot more games. Not every game could afford to be on System 22 / Model 2 or 3. Lower spec’s but still better “than home” was important
It meant we got a lot more games nobody cared about. The whole point of the arcades was to be the state of the art. And sure, having a few PS1 games in between the Model 2 or 3 was fine, but when console based hardware became the standard, it was the beginning of the end for Arcades and this isn't a coincidence.
Man you are spicy today. I strong disagree. PCs killed arcades. Simple as that
What do you mean spicy? I'm not rude or anything. Anyway, PC hardware was simply the final blow but arcades were in decline long before that. After the PS2 was released, reaching 100% parity with every possible Arcade hardware, nobody cared about the arcades outside Japan anymore.
Lol spicy doesn’t mean rude. It just means “passioned”. I just don’t see it the same way. Once PC parts started showing up in arcade platforms vs bespoke custom chips it was all over. You have Konami with 3DFX and PowerPC in the mid to late 90s, Atari/Midway with PC 3D accelerator chips…everyone realized why go to the expense of designing custom hardware when an off the shelf processor and some 3D chips that were in use at home could get near to the same result with 10% of the R&D costs.
Would this board be possible to get on MiSTer as core? I mean a ps1 with 2x performance is possible. To give a stupid guess. ;) ☮️
Theoretically yes BUT you’d need the sound chips added in too
11:36 "gonna cost you 4 or 5 hundred dollars... Less than three large pizzas". Dude where are you from where 3 large pizzas cost 350?
Lol did I say that? Clearly I misspoke
after watching your video I ended up purchasing a board from japan, comes with a shanghai game but no super cap board.... all those ones with the super cap board were like $500 more. Have you tried turn it around, it's I think the only spinner game? Looks like mostly a mini game comp but seeing arkanoid and cameltry in there looks interesting. I believe it had a DS port but using the stylus didn't translate well. maybe RC dego, I didn't see a jumper switch for spinners like the F3 so I am assuming mapped to left/right. Looks like the space invaders anniversary has a couple versions of space invaders I haven't played before. I assume the version of zoo is the same standalone as included on Otenami Haiken Final?
$500 more?? Wheee we’re you seeing those prices. That’s crazy. Never seen them increase by that much. Did you mean $50? I haven’t tried Turn it Around yet.
Welcome to the G Net Club!
@@VideoGameEsoterica the one I bought was 250 and a game, there was a cheaper one for about $100 without a game. Cheapest I could find was $650 that had the backup. Since mine included the arcade inserts I am guessing it'll need a mod bios when I decide go down the CF route. I was looking at s scan of the gnet manual it doesn't have trackball and analog output however the manual never actualy details. I am guessing it was like for future puposed and was excepted to be document in the game kit. Looks like RC de go expects you have a pot connected to the analog input. I think turn it around right now might still be an undumped game.
Wow that is a huge price spike. I paid $300 for my board with the backup board attached. Looks like prices went way up
If turn it around is undumped you should def dump it
Every time I see you play chaos heat I remember how I can never get it to run on emulation
It should run fine via MAME. What’s not working?
When are you going to get to the Konami system 573
It's games like ddr, popnmusic and beatmania are god like due to the y2k asthetic they use
And seeing how the y2k aesthetic is coming back this would be the perfect time to review games like ddr and the other bemani games
I don’t love the music rhythm genre so I’ll probably never end up with one to be totally honest. Just not for me :)
Great vid!
what's the small pcb on the 1st pic in the video? some kind of micro sd to cf or micro sd to pcmcia? does it it work on the gnet? I'd be interested in one
timecode? sorry not sure which one you mean
@@VideoGameEsoterica 12sec in, under the g-net pcmcia slot
Wholly unrelated to G-Net. It’s a SCSI2SD adapter used for Crypt Killer. The Konami GQ PS1 based arcade board in the shot
@@VideoGameEsoterica haa, I should have recognized it, I have a different, smaller revision for my cps3.
I wish there was a pcmcia multi or something, instead of having to burn those cf^^
Yeah that would be nice if there was a multi. Oh well. Can’t have it all lol
I played 2 games from this board those being Raycrisis, and Night Raid. Night Raid I only played on PS1 through Duckstation. I didn't have anything to compare it to but it played fine. Now Raycrisis was a different story. I played it through Mame, and PS1 through emulation. The Arcade Version was smooth as butter. No loading, low input lag, fun game. The PS1 version while it looks the same, it performs pretty badly. Lots of slowdown, noticeable input lag, the game has to load when you get 2 a new stage, and worse of all its only Single Player. Now the performance, and input lag could be the emulator so who knows maybe it plays better on original hardwarw so take my complaints in that regard with a grain of salt.
If I remember correctly it does run a bit rougher on PS1 hardware vs G-Net
@@VideoGameEsoterica Yeah. It wasn't noticeable at first but after playing the Arcade version on Mame I started to notice it little by little. It's weird because Raystorm runs great on PS1.
It’s been years since I played the PS1 version even though it’s on my shelf
This board is new for me, are all these games available for emulation?
Yep. All work in MAME
@@VideoGameEsoterica that is good to hear I'm not where near in a position to arcade collect but I love to find out about games I've never known about.. your always a source of information which is much appreciated.
Yes G-Net isn’t cheap any more. Not horrible but it’s up there. Emulation keeps it alive for everyone :)
@@VideoGameEsoterica emulation is our friend. It makes dreams possible
Real talk- what res is GNet? It’s all 15k right?
Yep. Just standard def signals ala PS1
Are... are they PCMCIA cards?
They are haha
Wtf? G Darius is worth $1500??
That’s a high value and not a “friends” cost but yes. It’s getting up there. Less so now that remakes are out
@@VideoGameEsoterica wow. I had (probably still have less) dozens of that pcb
Everything had just gotten more expensive in the last three ish years