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Topic: Tecmo VCA releases

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brooks83

Ever notice how all of the Tecmo Virtual Console Arcade releases were all released on the Tecmo Arcade Collection (or similar name) on the original Xbox? Kinda makes me wonder if this is true arcade emulation or just a port of the games on the Xbox disk.

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Sean_Aaron

Do we know for sure if any of the console collections are emulations? I seem to recall some debate about the original Namco Museum games and Digital Eclipse's work for Midway on the Arcade Greatest Hits series on Playstation. Both of these efforts were apparently ports, but very faithful ports that included start-up sequences and dip-switch settings, which were removed in later iterations. Crazy Climber on the Japanese VCA has different music and voice samples than the rom version I had in MAME, but that could just be a difference between the Japanese and North American releases of the game.

If it's so close I have a hard time telling the difference then that's good enough for me, I don't feel the need to run actual arcade code in some kind of wrapper so long as the game is the same.

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The_Ink_Pit_Ox

The Tecmo Bowl series won't be possible because Microsoft holds the rights to the NFLPA. That's why Kickoff has fictional teams and players.

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brooks83

StarFox wrote:

The Tecmo Bowl series won't be possible because Microsoft holds the rights to the NFLPA. That's why Kickoff has fictional teams and players.

What's that got to do with this topic? lol
The arcade version of Tecmo Bowl didn't use actual teams so it's as it was in the arcades on the VC.

@SeanAaron - Yeah I really wouldn't care if the games on the compilations are 100% perfect emulations or not. I'm just curious if the VC releases are actual arcade emulations. Not a big deal if they aren't, I was just wondering.

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The_Ink_Pit_Ox

If they release Tecmo Super Hockey, I'll get it. Otherwise, I'll just look for it used.

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brooks83

Is there a Tecmo Super Hockey?

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brooks83

That's ok. Tecmo Super Hockey sounds pretty cool, I'll have to hunt down a copy

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