Taito Milestone 2 revisits another batch of arcade classics in August

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Veteran coin-op developer Taito and publisher ININ Games announced a release date for a second compendium of arcade classics — Taito Milestones 2 launches on Nintendo Switch August 31.

Taito Milestones 2 revisits the studio’s golden era, and contains 10 titles from the late-’80s and early-’90s. Among the games on offer are the excellent platformer The NewZealand Story (1988), the super cute Liquid Kids (1990), and the cult classic Kiki Kaikai (1986). Joining these hits are shmups Metal Black (1991), Darius II (1989), and GunFrontier (1990), and frankly baffling fighting games Dinorex (1992) and Solitary Fighter (1991). DOGOOOON!.

It’s a neat little collection of classics, and it will be rad to have some of these releases on the go, but I still feel we’re chasing the ultimate Taito compilation, that marries the excellent Taito Legends games of the PS2 era with the addition are the hard-to-emulate releases such as Chase H.Q., Special Criminal Investigation, and Under Fire. We live in an era where retro comps and re-releases are perhaps more common than they have ever been. But there are a lot of gaps and a lot of crossover between them all, and it all gets a little exhausting after a while.

Regardless, for completionists, Taito Milestones 2 launches August 31 on Nintendo Switch. The original Taito Milestones is available on the same platform right now.