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Taito Legends

System(s): PlayStation 2, Xbox, PC

Publisher: Sega (US)

Developer: Empire Oxford

Developer(s) of original games: Taito

Game total: 29

Genre: Compilation

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	Code
US	2005
US	2005-10-25	SLUS-21122
US	2005-10-25	64066

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Taito Legends is a 2005 compilation containing a number of arcade games released by Taito in the 1980s and early 1990s. It was published for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC by Empire Interactive (under the Xplosiv label) in Europe, however Sega were licensed to publish the PC, PS2 and Xbox version in North America, although the only appearance of their name and logo is on the packaging; the game itself only mentions Empire and Taito.

Several of the 29 included games have been released on Sega platforms, including Space Invaders, Bubble Bobble, Operation Wolf, Volfied, The New Zealand Story, Rainbow Islands, Space Gun, Thunder Fox and Rastan.

Notable differences include Rainbow Islands' omission of its signature theme inspired by Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" as, rather than using the altered theme seen in many ports of the 1990s, the lead instrument is cut entirely.

Sega were not involved in any of the sequels.

Production credits

Sega of America

CEO Sega of America: Naoya Tsurumi
Sega of America President: Simon Jeffery
Sr. Vice President Product Development: Bill Petro
Sr. Producer: David Cobb
Producer: Jon Sell
Additional Production: Martin Caplan
Director of A&R: Noah Musler
Associate Director A&R: David Wood
Vice President, Marketing: Scott A. Steinberg
Product Manager: Dan Gallardo
Creative Services Specialist: Chris Mowry
QA Director: Osamu Shibamiya
QA Project Lead: Demetrius Griffin
QA Analysts: Phil Hall
Sr. Public Relations Manager: Bret Blount
Public Relations Manager: Erica Rogers
Associate Public Relations Manager: Ethan Einhorn
Public Relations Coordinator: Jennie Sue

Empire

Executive Producer: Simon Prytherch
Project Lead: David Hunt
Programming - Empire Oxford: Bryan McPhail, Jarek Burczynski, Mike Montgomery, Neal Tringham, Nicola Salmoria, Scott Williams, Steve Burge
Programming - Atomic Planet Entertainment: Andrew Seed, Andrew Taylor, Duncan Chambers, Gary Gray, Martin Pegg, Richard Frankish, Stuart Leonardi
Programming - Razorworks: Dan Clarke, Dave Proctor, Dave Lomas, Ioannis Venetsanopoulos, Todd Gibbs
Art: Andy Debus (Razorworks), Pat Fox, Pete Lyon, Rick Nath (Razorworks)
QA - Empire Oxford: Gavin Clark, Richard Hughes
QA - Empire Interactive: Dave Cleaveley (Manager), Steve Frazer (Assistant Manager), Cliff Ramsey, Caolan Newell
Additional Testing: Gaurav Hudva and his team at RelQ Software Pvt. Ltd.
Producer: Jason Falcus (Atomic Planet), Steve Hart (Razowrosk)
Producer Support: Steve Metcalf, Vince Farquharson
Title Music: "Neon" and "Neon Lite" written and recorded by Jill Stark - Purity
Sound Design:Richard Beddow
Video Production & Japanese Translation: Tadasu Hasegawa
Video Editing: Haydon Farrar
Licensing: Calvin Hutt
Special Thanks To: Aaron Giles, Fukio Mitsuji (MTJ), Phil Stroffolini, Tatsuya Hitasawa, Toshihiro Nishikado

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Taito Legends/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

PlayStation 2 version

PlayStation 2, US
Cover
Disc

Xbox version

Xbox, US
Cover
Disc

PC version

PC, US
Cover

External links

Taito Legends on PlayStation.com

References

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 Several of the 29 included games have been released on Sega platforms, including ''[[Space Invaders]]'', ''[[Bubble Bobble]]'', ''[[Operation Wolf]]'', ''[[Volfied]]'', ''[[The New Zealand Story]]'', ''[[Rainbow Islands]]'', ''[[Space Gun]]'', ''[[Thunder Fox]]'' and ''[[Rastan]]''.