Any love for Time Crisis?

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I try not to make these kind of posts often but I can't remember the last time I've heard somebody talk about Time Crisis.

I think the series is by far the best arcade gun game experience you can get. Yes the pedal is cool and yes the recoil is awesome but those would be nothing without good game design behind it.

I am very glad to finally own my own Time Crisis 2. Can't wait to get the first game someday. I also can't wait to get the thing out of my parents' garage and into my line-up at my apartment but it's so damn big. I almost sold it to make a car payment but I'm glad I made it work otherwise because I couldn't get another for this price.

Who actually has one? I don't see too many on sigs.
 

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I have one ina kit I use on a 27 inch and it is one of the most played by friends. nothing like guns with recoil.
 
I don't own one but I love playing TC. 2 is a classic for me out of the series. The graphics are 3 and 4 are amazing jump from 2. Never seen the original TC. I'm also big fan of ghost squad. Only place I play these games is at D&B.
 
No love for Time Crisis.

I know this board is evolving as new, younger collectors come into the hobby, but it's still mostly pre 1986 games in here, with a heavy emphasis on pre 1984 classics.

Check back in 8 years. :)
 
This is very true. If anyone remembers my collection from two years ago when I joined it has evolved significantly to the 90's games I played most growing up. I of course have memories of playing Pole Positions, Ms. Pacs, Galagas, etc but not in their heyday.

I used to own a Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, Phoenix, Guerrilla War, Centipede, and Popeye.

For me I remember being amazed by TMNT, X-Men, Simpsons, Area 51, Cruisn' USA, and the Time Crisis series so that's where my collection is heading.

I would love to own a dedicated Point Blank one day, another great Namco game.
 
I really like Time Crisis. I recently had to choose between a 50" Time Crisis (original), Crisis Zone, and 50" L.A. Machineguns. I chose the third option because I wanted a two player game, but it's still similar to the Time Crisis series. Crisis Zone was a close second. The original Time Crisis is in that weird original Playstation era where some games tried to look cutting edge, but graphically don't age well. When I was playing it, the backgrounds had a lot of pop-up (is that the right term for funny graphical glitches?). I keep eyeing the dual Tiime Crisis 2's that are always at the auctions in this area since they are almost affordable.
 
I used to own a Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Mario Bros, Phoenix, Guerrilla War, Centipede, and Popeye.

I keep reading this, but I can't make my brain accept it. :)

Glad that you are getting the games you love though. Just means more for me and those of my ilk.

I guess my pin is a '93, so I have that going for me.
 
There are a couple 50" TC originals in driving distance from me but I have no clue where I would put it. I would absolutely love to have the 50" version as it was the one I remember playing all the time and being amazed by but geez that is an undertaking to move that thing around.

I haven't seen many of the single Time Crisis 2's like I have. They all seem to have the two cab wide marquee and the single pedestal that holds both guns rather than my individual pedestal and marquee.

I find the graphics to be acceptable on Time Crisis 1. They aren't bad by any means and the framerate is top notch. Gameplay > graphics.


Well think of it this way Sean at least those who love the games a little more have them now :) Trust me if I had unlimited money I would still have all of them as I bought them because I liked them.

I caddied for the Dolly Llama who told me on my death bed I will have total consciousness...so I have that going for me.
 
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I caddied for the Dolly Llama who told me on my death bed I will have total consciousness...so I have that going for me.

I was born... to love you,
I was born... to lick your face.
I was born... to love you,
but you were born to love me first.


/not you specifically, DK81.
 
I'm glad to see these 90's folk getting in here. I always felt like I was stuck in the middle liking SFII and fighting games in general AND Tempest.

Love Time Crisis. I want one and have come across lots of deals for one, but I've got no space and the cabs are huge.
 
Actually I think Jurassic Park Lost World is probably the best of the gun games of the 1990s vintage. That game is still in arcades and still makes money, although I think House of the Dead is actually still one of the top grossing arcade games. I have the upright version and it always gets a lot of play from visitors. The dinosaur theme is very appealing. The only downside is that some of the parts for this game are ridiculously expensive.

After LW I think House of the Dead and Carnevil are solid games. If I could get one, I'd probably get a HOD III with the shotgun.

I also owned a Virtua Cop II and Area 51. Area 51 blows and so does Area 51 Site 4. VC II was not bad but after playing through it a few times it gets really old. VC I also works in that game, but again, it gets really old very fast.

As for other 90s games, I owned several fighters: marvel vs. capcom, xmen vs. streetfighter, SFII, SNK vs. Capcom 2001 and some other Sega Naomi games. I sold them all. Most of these games actually sell a lot faster and for more money than the average "classic" game, at least from my experience. It's always amusing to see younger people looking at these as classic games, and looking at the older 1980s games as like "the horse and buggy".
 
I agree that Area 51 is not the most innovative game out there. I own the dedicated cab mostly for nostalgic reasons...although I do play it maybe 4 times a week. I like how the game difficulty steps up considerably when you do well making it much more rewarding to see how far you can get on the highest difficulty and one credit. I'm good at that game but I still can't beat it on one credit on "hardest" mode.

You bring up a couple of good games. I remember Jurassic Park being a good game and I definitely remember House of the Dead(1 and 2) being great games. I rarely see those two for sale though.
 
I agree that Area 51 is not the most innovative game out there. I own the dedicated cab mostly for nostalgic reasons...although I do play it maybe 4 times a week. I like how the game difficulty steps up considerably when you do well making it much more rewarding to see how far you can get on the highest difficulty and one credit. I'm good at that game but I still can't beat it on one credit on "hardest" mode.

You bring up a couple of good games. I remember Jurassic Park being a good game and I definitely remember House of the Dead(1 and 2) being great games. I rarely see those two for sale though.

HOD is still making money for operators. I was reading Replay magazine maybe two months ago and I thought I saw that it was the highest grossing video game of the month. I'd guess that's a leading reason why you don't see it all that often at cheap prices - operators hold on to the game, and when one comes up for sale you have operators and collectors willing to buy it.

I've noticed the same thing with fighting cabs. Every Marvel Vs. Capcom I've ever put together had multiple buyers within a day of posting the ad, and every one of them paid the asking price no questions asked. At least half the buyers were operators.
 
Time Crisis is an amazing gun-game. It has made it virtually impossible for me to play Virtua Cop 3 since the pedal in that game is used for something completely different (to slow down time). The recoil and pedal make it the most immersive of the light gun games. The boss fights are also good, the sense of urgency keeps it exciting, and the music is great.

I love Area 51 because of how much it encourages you to be accurate with its combos. I can get combos up in the 30-40 range sometimes. It's also great because it encourages you to shoot everything by rewarding you for all the shot windows, tires, barrels, etc. And then there are the hilarious bonus stages.

House of the Dead series, Virtua Cop series, and Jurassic Park: The Lost World are definitely some great shooters, too. I also loved the Lethal Enforcer games back in the day (they actually made a third (somewhat) recently, with 3d graphics rather than FMV, and it wasn't very good).

House of the Dead 4 is pretty good, but I dislike how they reuse the same zombies endlessly, and I also don't like how cheap the bosses are.
 
HOD is still making money for operators. I was reading Replay magazine maybe two months ago and I thought I saw that it was the highest grossing video game of the month. I'd guess that's a leading reason why you don't see it all that often at cheap prices - operators hold on to the game, and when one comes up for sale you have operators and collectors willing to buy it.

I've noticed the same thing with fighting cabs. Every Marvel Vs. Capcom I've ever put together had multiple buyers within a day of posting the ad, and every one of them paid the asking price no questions asked. At least half the buyers were operators.

The bowling alley up the street has either a House of the Dead 1 or 2 in near pristine condition, and I think it's the only arcade game they have. It seemed to get a decent amount of play. I think it probably has to do with the exploding heads.

Also, Marvel vs. Capcom is probably the most popular of the fighters just because it's basically Street Fighter but with all the Marvel favorites. I don't really play fighters but even I can't resist playing as Wolverine every once in a while. I never seem to see X-men: Children of the Atom, though.

-Adam
 
Time Crisis was great! I had the PS1 version. Always loved the first couple in the arcades, but kind of stopped caring after that. I think that game is probably second or third on the list of shooters I'd ever own, behind a few horror-style ones (House of the Dead 1&2, the Hyper64-based Beast Busters)

Anyhow, that TC2 cab looks nice!
 
Any of these shoot em up games get old real quick IMHO. They are repetitious and predicatable. I bet if a person could master the skill of timing and aiming blind folded (like Annie Oakley or Wild Bill did back in the day) you could play this game blind. When they implement a better AI I'll consider buying one. I think a better example of a shooter is a Big Buck Hunter/Wild Hunter series.

Just offering an opinion here - congrats on your game and all that matters is you like it!
 
Anyhow, that TC2 cab looks nice!

Well thanks! It's in great shape all around actually.

Not to brag...but maybe a little...but I average around a 140 combo and up to a 185 combo in Area 51 :) It's hella crazy when they start throwing barrels with 3 guys shooting at you at the same time. When you get combos that high though it's tough to continue with the shotgun because you'll shoot enemies in the foreground first when you need to hit one in the background. I never pick up the machinegun when I'm playing though. Not fun or accurate.

I used to own a Lethal Enforcers for a long time. Sold it because I needed money but I kinda wish I didn't. It was pretty much the first game of its type that I can remember. A dual person pistol on rails shooter with different weapons.
 
I love the 90s games including Time Crisis. I'd like to get a Crisis Zone.

I would really like to find a Gunblade NY. Sega made some super games back then.
 
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