As admitted Konami fanboys, when we heard about the Konami Arcade Classics collection for the DS, we started seeing the classic cross logo in our minds and humming the Contra soundtrack incessantly. Five months later, we're almost to the point where we can actually play it.
Siliconera has decided to tease us with a preview of the game, showing off some of the emulated classics and how they look on the DS. Of special interest are the vertically-oriented titles Twinbee and Contra, which have an optional tate mode (seen above) which is extremely, extremely bizarre. We appreciate the effort taken to preserve the original games' aspect ratio and give players the option of playing without letterboxing, but why isn't the second screen rotated to match? And how are you supposed to play with all the buttons and the D-pad on the right side?
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3-21-2007 @ 11:40AM
ConstyXIV said...
Here"s an idea:
The DS has two screens. When used together, they can create the effect of one large vertical screen, like in Metroid Prime Pinball.
Did anyone ever think of that?
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3-21-2007 @ 12:47PM
Aaron said...
The game plays from left to right. It's a strange pic, as it don't play like that. There are a lot of games on this cart, and you also have 2 player co-op. VERY cool game.
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3-21-2007 @ 2:22PM
ConstyXIV said...
@2 Aaron:
Contra was originally an arcade game, with a "sideways" monitor. It's running the game like that so it's not distorted from the original form, though I have no clue how you're going to play like that (good thing it's not default)
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3-21-2007 @ 11:58PM
lynch said...
im thinking co-op will be bad asssss
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3-22-2007 @ 9:38PM
Wilerson said...
The Japanese version doesn't play like that.
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3-23-2007 @ 6:48AM
Wilerson said...
Oh, now I got to understand: you can choose whether the screen will be vertical, horizontal and distorted, horizontal and not distorted. It's really strange to play like this, since you still have to use buttons in both parts of the DS.
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