We didn't even know that we wanted Black Tiger ported to the DS, but now that programmer Alekmaul has revealed that he's working on a homebrew emulator for the Capcom arcade game, we are all over this business like hair on the floor of a barber shop. Really, it's quite disgusting.Alekmaul hasn't revealed much about the project, except that it's coming this September sporting a 60 fps frame rate, likely without any sound due to technical difficulties implementing the audio. For now, you'll have to settle with the screenshots below!
If this is your first time hearing about the game, Black Tiger was originally released to arcades in 1987 before later being ported to various home computer systems and game compilations for the PSP/PS2/Xbox 360. Designed to be the spiritual successor to Ghosts 'n Goblins, the game stars a barbarian on a quest to slay three dragons.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-26-2008 @ 7:52PM
RupeeClock said...
For more info on the game, you may want to watch this video on it.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32095.html
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8-26-2008 @ 10:39PM
CJC said...
Is that title a William Blake reference? In a video game blog? Now I've seen everything.
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8-27-2008 @ 12:10AM
Anonymousaurus said...
hah that's exactly why im reading this article too.
8-27-2008 @ 12:08AM
Simon said...
omg omg omg omg omg
i love this game, soooooo much.
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8-27-2008 @ 8:07AM
JayVe said...
This is one of my favorite arcade games, ever.
8-27-2008 @ 3:02AM
hellhammer said...
I read a while back that Black Tiger was essentially Capcom's Castlevania.
Reminds me a lot of the Gargoyle's Quest/Demon's Crest titles, also.
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8-27-2008 @ 3:36AM
Casey R Williams said...
This game was a serious quarter muncher.
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8-27-2008 @ 10:42AM
Professor Lario said...
I remember playing this one as a kid in Southern Oregon... good times.
It is also included on the Capcom Classics 2 compilation for PS2 and XBOX(?).
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8-27-2008 @ 1:07PM
Morning Toast said...
Black Tiger took *forever* to get anywhere - hence aforementioned quarter eating. It's certainly a challenging game and it coming to the DS is sweet. But the game suffers from wash-rinse-repeat syndrome bad. Hopefully they'll add a save-state option or something. I know that's all anti-arcade but with this game you'll need it.
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9-08-2008 @ 3:35AM
stalepie said...
Thanks for covering this kind of game. Black Tiger isn't the finest example, but I like to see more attention for good old-fashioned arcade titles such as this. Another good one (by Capcom) is Nemo.
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9-08-2008 @ 3:42AM
stalepie said...
In fact, if Capcom brought Nemo out to the DS and sold it for $7, I would buy it.