Kobayan's arcade news: Rumble Fish test

Even news from the past that caught my attention... + Update history - January 2004

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Saturday, January 31st

■ Guitar Freaks 11th MIX, Drum Mania 10th MIX, Rocket Test report up.

I uploaded the points to the present in the recording test report of the guitar 11th and drum 10th.

■ZOID INFINITY, MINI LOKE TELEPO

I have seen the recording test of "Zoid Infinity" of the Thaito held in Akihabara Hey!. I bought only cards and did not play, but I will try to summarize the situation easily.

The license card is 200 yen, and you get it from a dedicated card vendor, and you buy the card, you put it in the gate, and you register it as a pilot.。

You can use up to nine characters, the Catakana, the English numerical symbol, and then you can create a four-digit password, and then you can choose the zoid you want to use from eight aircraft, and then you can choose the Republic you belong to, the Republic of Greece, the Empire of Gairos, the Neo-Zenebus, and then you can register.。

It's like four buttons for two ribs -- it's kind of like a virtual bar, but it's basically like you're operating with one rib, and you're using another rib when you're doing special operations.。

There were about 10 people in the gallery. There was a lot of people in Thailand and there was a lot of books. Some people wrote their impressions and thoughts on one page.

location testSo this is a license card, not a magnetic card, like Virtual 4 or AW-NET.
It is a plastic card. There is a serial number on the back side, and you can browse data on the web.

January 30 (Fri)

※The location test for Guitar Freaks 11th MIX Drum Mania 10th MIX, which starts tomorrow, will start in the morning, and I hope you can upload the report between evening and night.。

January 29th (Thursday)

■I've installed a guitar and external speakers at the ZYX Amusement Studio.ZYX）

I think that session play is even more exciting. I want to try it.

January 28 (Wed)

■Arcadia March issue

I bought the Arcadia March issue, which was released on 30th.

January 27 (Tue)

■Popton Music Schedule (Space V1)

I’ve finished the launch, so it’s only time to wait for it to run.

■ IE pop-up blocking function, by default "off" (ITmedia)

Windows XP Service
Pack(SP)2 IE has an advertisement blocking function, but it is turned off in the beta version. What is the power of this function?

■Sony Marketing, Stereo IC Recorder "ICD-ST45" with directional switch function and rotary microphone was released. (ASCII24)

I want an IC recorder. It is attractive to be able to record stereo.

January 26 (Mon)

■ee'MALL and Popon Guitadra versions up to 1.04 (Ojama Kanpani)

Is it still a new song?

Canon launches two A3 laser printers, “Satera LBP3800” every 30 A4 - equipped with the next-generation “LIPS V” language and a new engine (ASCII24)

I want a laser printer compatible with A3, but it is a little place to place. This printer is quite good.

■Coordinator Sankokushi X released this spring (Fami-dori.com)

The 10th series is. It’s a long series of breath. I’m not doing it for a while, so I’d like to try it for a while.

January 25 (Sun)

■ Dogstation fortune, open

KONAMI ARCADE FAN

■Office 2003 SP1, June release (ITmedia)

It is scheduled to be released in June. The number of bugs reported seems to be very few now. I would like to be aware of what kind of service pack content is.

■I'm going to go with you, I'm going with you.（SOFTBANKGAMES）

■Youko teacher's poison tongue bursts!? On-site large bomb laugh "Honryo Ryoko Clinic" (Telephone Online)

I mean, can you say that it's been proven again that poisoned tongue doesn't match the eternal 17-year-old sister of mine?。

Saturday, January 24

■Popton 11, The Rumblefish, Mini Rocke Telepo

We went to the location test of “The Rumblefish” held at “Game City Kawaguchi Store” and “Popton Music 11” and “Ikebukuro GIGO”.

“Popton 11” was not so busy with 6 people at the time of opening. It was full in the morning, but it was a calm atmosphere with about 7 to 8 people.

“The Rumblefish” arrived at the shop around 3:30 p.m. The system is “Atomiswave”, but the enclosure is “New” in Sega.
VERSUS CITY" was used. There were about 5-6 people in the gallery, and I didn't see any lines waiting to play. If there is a vacancy, I will barge in. Also, the staff had location test questionnaires in hand and were collecting data while watching the play.

As mentioned in "Arcadia", although it is a 2D fighting game, the characters are drawn like a 3D game. Even looking at the movement, I got the impression that it didn't feel like a 2D game in a good way.

Location test announcement for “The Rumble Fish” in front of the store

Friday, January 23rd

■Guitar Freaks 11th MIX/Drum Mania 10th MIX, scheduled for late April (Amusement Studio ZYX)

I can't wait for the location test. Of course, I will compile a report at that time.

■Can you enjoy Taiko no Tatsuno without TV? Tommy has a business meeting (SOFTBANKGAMES)

I'm curious about "Taiko no Tatsujin Dokodemo Don Don".

■Yahoo! User information leaked on BB (ITmedia)

242 items leaked. I just want you to be careful about information management.

■Announcement of Yano Research Institute's "Toy Industry White Paper 2004" - Market size forecast based on shipment value is down 8.5% from the previous year (GAMEWatch)

Actually, when I was a student, I had a part-time job at the Yano Research Institute. I once went on an errand to a foreign embassy. Sorry, this has nothing to do with the news.

Thursday, January 22nd

■“Safety Shoes” live report held on the 19th (Kabosu Jam)

A live performance of "Safety Shoes" featuring vocalist Toshiro Sakurai, who has composed many famous songs in the Gitadora series, was held in Kichijoji on the 19th. The report from that time is in "1/21 in DIARY". Takashi Urata and MAKI also participated in the chorus. Reading the report makes me want to go even more.

■Pop'n Music Can Badge Collection 4 announced

The first production edition comes with a "Rie-chan & Sana-chan" badge. Scheduled to be released on March 19th. If 1,000 boxes are reserved by February 8th, it will be commercialized.

■Sharp releases Japanese model of “Mebius” equipped with 3D LCD (ITmedia)

It was released last fall, but for some reason it was an English version of Windows at that time, but this one is a Japanese version. Scheduled to be released on January 28th, around 350,000 yen.

■“Dragon Quest V” will be released on March 25th! (SOFTBANK GAMES)

Spring break is here! I'd like to say that, but it's impossible for working adults.

Wednesday, January 21st

■Guitar Freaks 11th MIX/Drum Mania 10th MIX, scheduled to start operation in April

Today, the announcement of "Guitar Freaks 11th MIX/Drum Mania 10th MIX" was announced to vendors. I was able to receive product information from an acquaintance in the game center field, so I'll summarize it.

●The e-AMUSEMENT compatible version has over 40 new songs and a total of over 190 songs, the highest ever!

The non-e-AMU version has over 30 new songs, with a total of over 110 songs. Contains everything from Konami original songs to popular super famous songs.

●“Gitado Land” now available on e-AMUSEMENT service!

Equipped with "Gitado Land", which allows players to be divided into groups and compete in team battles.

●Strengthen cooperation with mobile site! You can enjoy Gitadora anytime, anywhere!

Promotes actual playing of guitar 11th and drum 10th by linking with a mobile app. Mobile phones are used to announce hidden songs and display the status of Gitadoland.

●Newly designed entry cards, ranking services, puzzle services, etc...

We have 10 types of newly designed entry cards for each of “Guitar 11th” and “Drums 10th”. It is full of attractive features such as internet rankings, a puzzle service where you can receive wallpaper images for your mobile phone, and ring melodies.

*Two types of entry card designs are listed. One design features a gorgeous-looking woman leaning on a chair and a man behind her. The other design is six men, three each, facing each other and glaring at each other.

There is also a photo of a guitar on the game screen, but the clip is "JET
WORLD", and at first glance, the atmosphere is unchanged from the previous work.

The e-AMUSEMENT service for the previous version (guitar 10th, drum 9th) will end approximately one month after the new version goes live, so it is scheduled to end from late April to early May. Along with this, services that rely on mobile phones, such as Puzzle Rewards, will also be discontinued.

Tuesday, January 20th

■Konami Online will release high-quality version of EXTREME-based i-mode “Dance Dance Revolution” from January 21st (GAMEWatch)

■"Konami Net DX"A new version of “Dance Dance Revolution” is now available! (Famitsu.com)

■Konami, “Dance Dance Revolution” (Mobile Watch) also compatible with 505i and 900i series

Distribution starts tomorrow. It looks good and I'm looking forward to it.

■IE usage rate, a steady 95% (ITmediaNews)

It's standard for Windows OS... Under such circumstances, Apple's "Safari" is gradually growing, so is it a growth stock in the future?

■Sumoto City, an IT special zone, introduces OpenOffice to all office PCs (ITmediaNews)

It was a great decision to introduce the free office software “OpenOffice.org” to all PCs at City Hall. (Microsoft Office is also used. Due to compatibility issues with some documents.) Are you interested in seeing how information investment costs will be reduced?

Sunday, January 18th

■“19th Next Generation World Hobby Fair” opens in Osaka!! Lots of new releases including PS2 version “Dragon Quest V: Bride in the Sky” (GAMEWatch)

I never thought I could play “Dragon Quest V”! Next week it will be held at Makuhari Messe on the 24th and 25th.

■Broccoli 10th anniversary festival! President Kitani also gives a lecture!! (SOFTBANKGAMES)

I had heard of “Comic Castle” (1994), which was planned by Broccoli, but I was still new to the doujin world at this time...

Saturday, January 17th

*This place has been renewed. I will continue to support you!

■“Pop'n Music 11” location test report has been slightly updated. However, the version I played at "Ran Ran Land Ichikawa store" is the same as Ikebukuro etc...

Wednesday, January 14th

■Pop'n Music 10, final episode of the request course

The course consists of the four major civilizations: Peking Opera → Tablan Base → Cyber Arabian → Pyramid.

■Home pop'n music site renewal

I'm looking forward to the release of "9" next month.

■Konami facility operator page renewed

Materials for operators have been divided into three types: “Video Games,” “BEMANI Series,” and “Medal Games.”

■Nintendo releases “Famicom Mini” and “Game Boy Advance SP “Famicom Color” for GBA, which reproduce Famicom software, on February 14th (GAMEWatch)

Released on February 14th. Isn't it a little strange that one software is 2,000 yen? But it seems like someone like me, who is from the Famicom generation, would just buy it.

■Bandai launches the first installment of the Real Dream Doraemon Project “Doraemon the Robot” who speaks in about 750 words (GAMEWatch)

This is the first installment of the "Real Dream Doraemon Project" announced by Bandai at the 2002 Tokyo Toy Show. The goal of this project is to create a real Doraemon by 2010, but we have completed it so far.

■Can you see the dream you want? Takara announces “Yume Kobo” and easy memorization? “Memorization Engine M Sapiens” (GAMEWatch)

Both products look very interesting. Working people want both a good night's sleep and memorization (of course, students too), so is it worth trying?

■February 4th has been officially recognized as “Puyo Day”! (SOFTBANKGAMES)

Officially certified by the Japan Anniversary Association. There is an anniversary search on the Japan Anniversary Association website, and it is displayed properly.

Monday, January 12th

■The location test report for "Mahjong Fight Club 3" has been updated.

Sunday, January 11th

■The location test report page for “Mahjong Fight Club 3” and “Giga Drake” has been uploaded (it's simple, but...).

Saturday, January 10th

*Tomorrow I'm going to a location test for “Mahjong Fight Club 3” and “Giga Drake.” I hope the report can be compiled.

Thursday, January 8th

■Pop'n Music 11 location test locations added, 4 more locations

Ranran Land Ichikawa store and Sun Game Onojo will be open from the 15th to the 18th. The event will be held from the 22nd to the 25th at Game City Kawaguchi store, Yu Space Magical.

■"AOU2004" will be held for two days on February 20th and 21st! (SOFTBANK GAMES)

■"AOU2004 Amusement Expo" to be held at Makuhari Messe from February 20th to 21st (GAMEWatch)

I took paid leave on the 20th for this purpose. I would definitely like to go and see it for two days.

■Adapter that turns your iPod into a voice recorder (BizTech)

Scheduled for release in spring. As someone who owns an iPod, this is a bit of a concern.

■The beginning of "Mac's 20th anniversary" with iPod mini (ITmediaNews)

At Macworld Expo, where the iPod mini and other products were announced,
Office 2004' release announced. The long-awaited new version is finally here.

Wednesday, January 7th

■ Location test for Mahjong Fight Club 3 begins on the 8th at 5 locations

Saint-Tropez Ikebukuro/Shinjuku Playland Carnival/Game Plaza☆Central Shibuya Store/AM-PARK
It starts with BIGJOY Chateau EX. You can play as is using the cards from the previous game. Why not stop by on the weekend?

■ee'MALL
2nd avenue homepage updated, song introduction/MIX GARAGE combination rules released

MIX GARAGE has not yet tried it, but it is difficult to get the thing you want.

■So Sony, the bio-desktop spring model, the new design, the standard desktop, the bio-HX, and so on.（ASCII24）

■Sony announces the bionote spring model at the same time: DVD-RW drive built-in model appeared on mobile notes (ASCII24)

Fujitsu Announces Spring Model of "FMV-DESKPOWER" : Launch of 4 Series 17 Models, including 22-inch Wide LCD TV (ASCII24)

■Fujitsu Launches Spring Model of "FMV-BIBLO" - 5 Series 17 Models, including Centrino Model for IEEE 802.11g, are Now Available (ASCII24)

It is the early spring model release. Actually, the PC cycle is early.

January 6 (Tue)

* New Year's Memorial Image from Namimaga "Tecnic Beat Soundtrack Wind and Taiko Tatsujin"
Thank you for your understanding.

■Popton Music 11 Rocket Test, held in Hokkaido and Okayama

“Power Plant Pull” and “Technoland” will be held from January 8th to 12th. Is the version the same as those performed in Tokyo and Osaka in December?

■Non-tan and Hyokokuri-Hyotan Island figure bathing agent released from Konami

It is 300 yen on sale on January 15th. If the bath additive melts, the figure will come out from inside. It is interesting to buy it.

■Greenhouse, SD memory card packages GH-SDC to MD series packages, up to 1GB.（ASCII24）

I think this is the first time that the 1GB SD memory card was commercialized. In the roadmap, I announced the GB earlier, but finally I got on the large scale.

■NEC Launches "VALUESTAR TX" "VX980/8F" Water-cooled Desktop PC capable of recording ground digital broadcasting (ASCII24)

It is a PC equipped with digital broadcasting viewing and recording function. It can record not only ground digital broadcasting, but also BS digital · 110 degree CS digital broadcasting, and ground analog broadcasting.

January 5 (Mon)

■About Konami, online professional wrestling trading card game "Battle Climax"

When I saw a certain gamer, Konami had information about the online proless trading card game "Battle Climax" that is scheduled to be released in spring. Let's try it easily.

●E-AMUSEMENT! Online card battle in Japan
The world's first online battle using trading cards is realized. In addition to in-store, players from all over the country and online card battles are available.

●Acquired a license of 121 professional wrestlers
There are 121 players with real names, including New Japan Pro, NOAH, ZERO-ONE, and other freelance players.。

●Card collection, group management, player training, card slash battle, etc.

And there was a picture of the tortoise, but it was like the Avalon Key or the Dragon Chronicle -- a huge monitor in the middle -- and then the four seats in the back were like two-by-two rows.。

■Live tour in five cities nationwide

The last day is Tokyo on April 10th. The special pre-order is being accepted until the 6th day, but I did not notice until today.

Saturday, January 3

※One of the additions to this is the launch of the "Gulf Midnight MAXI BOOST", which I published yesterday, and some of the tuning cards I've created can be taken over by the product version.。

January 2 (Fri)

■It's the Gulf Coast midnight MAXI BOOST, the temporary mini rocket.

03From December 27th to January 12th, 2004 at the SilkHat Kiji Pre-Kuwazaki store, during the location test, the Gulf Coast Midnight
MAXI BOOST（So I've been doing a location test on the original, but the content has changed, and the hot capital battle with rivals is still going on.、

・2 units are available. 1 play 200 yen, 1 play 200 yen, 1 play 200 yen, and 200 yen for card creation. If you create a card, you can issue it by following it. This is the same as "Initial D".

・The name is up to 5 characters. You can use hiragana, katakana, upper case, lower case, and numbers. After that, you can choose a car manufacturer, choose a car type, choose a coloring, and choose a manual and automa to start the game. You can also choose whether or not you want to play. If one is not "denialed" while playing, you can play. If the opponent is "denial", you can not play.

・"Story Mode" and "Time Attack" can be selected. "Story Mode" is a game against the prepared character, and if you finish it first, it is a victory. After that, it becomes a machine tuning scene, and you can power up the engine and handling. "Time Attack" is not played, so I do not know well, but now limited internet ranking using locket version and AOU version is being held, so here you can get that password.

- Rival ranks start from "C class" and go up to "Super A class". 1 match = 1 play, so if you want to continue playing even if you win, you must continue. The engine horsepower and how far you were able to clear are printed on the card each time you play.

・Looking at the location test notes, it appears that the version was updated during the location test period. The staff responds to user feedback and describes what improvements have been made.

This is the notice in front of the store and in front of the cabinet inside the store.

There were two machines working like this.

Wangan Midnight
MAXI BOOST's location note.

This is the surface of the tuning card.

Just in case, this is the back of the card.

Thursday, January 1st

*Happy New Year! We look forward to your continued support of Aries' small room this year as well. Just after New Year's Day, I went to Odaiba. “Tokyo Leisure Land
The Palette Town store was also crowded with people. I've taken the opportunity to briefly summarize the operating status of the game.

Staying time: From around 1:20 a.m. to around 5:00 a.m.

●Sound game

“Taiko no Tatsujin 5” had 5 machines operating evenly. Since the store is visited by a large number of general customers, its easy and friendly games are a strong point. On the other hand, "Shamisen Brothers" was not good.
As for Konami's music games, “Gitadora” is also running smoothly. There were many beginner players who did not use cards, but there were also a few players with high skill points. There were many people watching with great interest. “Pop'n” is also doing well. There is also a music game in the table tennis corner on the second floor, but the occupancy rate there is a little low. On the other hand, you can play comfortably.

●Large game machine

All 12 seats for "Quiz Magic Academy" were occupied between 3:00 and 4:00. Occupancy rates were high at other times as well. There were many people who were playing cooperatively with friends and people who were having fun as a couple. “Mahjong Fight Club 2” also had a high occupancy rate as there were times when all slots were occupied.
“The Keys of Avalon” is not good. Out of the 8 machines, it was in a sad state with only 1 or 2 people playing. About half of the 8 seats for “Dragon Chronicle” were still occupied. Almost all of the “Star Horse Progress” machines were in operation.
The racing game is “Initial D”
Ver. 2" and "Outrun 2" were almost all in operation. Other racing games were a bit lonely.

●Video games

I didn't go directly to the corner, so I don't know for sure, but it seemed like a lot of people were heading there, so I guess almost all the machines were working smoothly.

●Others

The photo booth machines, price machines, darts corner, billiards corner, and table tennis corner were all crowded with people. The food corner was open, and there was a rest area with a massage machine, so there were many people relaxing there.

●Bonus Odaiba situation

It's a little blurry, but Odaiba was crowded with people even though it was late at night. We need to have some fun around New Year's Day.

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