Parrot’s Ark: A New Fleet of 192 Arcade Titles Joins the Voyage!

Something much bigger has appeared on the horizon.

The recent voyages of Parrot's Ark have brought individual arcade systems aboard one at a time.

This shipment is different.

192 arcade titles across 16 systems are joining the voyage.

An entire generation of arcade hardware is now coming aboard, spanning machines from Namco, Konami, Taito, Capcom, Tecmo, Eighting, Raizing, Atlus, Acclaim, Video System and Time Warner.

Many of these platforms share roots in the PlayStation generation of hardware, but arcade manufacturers took that technology in very different directions with their own I/O, sound hardware, storage, controls and custom components.

Those differences now have to be mapped and emulated one system at a time.

And the doors to that part of arcade history are opening.

A new generation comes aboard

The following systems and games are now part of the expanding TeknoParrot emulation lineup.

As always, support means emulator compatibility.

TeknoParrot does not provide, host or distribute games, ROMs, disc images, game data or copyrighted arcade software. No game software is included with TeknoParrot. Users must provide their own legally obtained game data.

Tecmo TPS System

Supported Games:

• 1 on 1 Government

• Brave Blade

• Cool Boarders Arcade Jam

• Dead Or Alive ++

• Flame Gunner

• Gallop Racer 2

• Gallop Racer 3

• Logic Pro Adventure

• Monster Farm Jump

• Shanghai Matekibuyuu

• Tecmo World Cup Millennium

• The Block Kuzushi

• Tondemo Crisis

Taito G-NET - Arcade MOD BIOS conversions

Supported Games:

• Aero Fighters Special

• Brave Blade

• Flame Gunner

• Fighters’ Impact

• G-Darius

• RayStorm

• Shanghai Matekibuyuu

• The Block Kuzushi

Taito G-NET

Supported Games:

• Chaos Heat

• Flip Maze

• Go By RC

• Kollon

• Mahjong Oh

• Mawasunda!!

• Night Raid

• Otenami Haiken

• Otenami Haiken Final

• Otenki Kororin

• Psyvariar -Medium Unit-

• Psyvariar -Revision-

• RayCrisis

• Shanghai Sangokuhai Tougi

• Shanghai Shoryu Sairin

• Shikigami No Shiro

• Soutenryu

• Space Invaders Anniversary

• Super Puzzle Bobble

• Usagi

• XII Stag

• Zoku Otenamihaiken

• Zooo

Video System ZN-1

Supported Games:

• Aero Fighters Special

Konami System 573

Supported Games:

• Anime Champ

• Dance Dance Revolution 2nd Mix

• Dance Dance Revolution 3rd Mix Plus

• Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix

• Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Plus

• Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Plus Solo

• Dance Dance Revolution 4th Mix Solo

• Dance Dance Revolution 5th Mix

• Dance Dance Revolution Extreme

• Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000

• Dance Dance Revolution Solo Bass Mix

• Dance Dance Revolution USA

• Dance Freaks

• Dance Maniax 2nd Mix

• Dance Maniax 2nd Mix Append J-Paradise

• Dancing Stage - Internet Ranking Ver

• Dancing Stage Euro Mix

• Dancing Stage Euro Mix 2

• Dancing Stage Featuring Disney's Rave

• Dancing Stage featuring Dreams Come True

• Dancing Stage featuring TRUE KiSS DESTiNATiON

• Dark Horse Legend

• DDRMAX - Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix

• DDRMAX2 - Dance Dance Revolution 7th Mix

• Fisherman's Bait - A Bass Challenge

• Fisherman's Bait - Marlin Challenge

• Fisherman's Bait 2 - A Bass Challenge

• Gacha Gachamp

• Great Bishi Bashi Champ

• Guitar Freaks

• Guitar Freaks 10th Mix

• Guitar Freaks 11th Mix

• Guitar Freaks 2nd Mix

• Guitar Freaks 4th Mix

• Guitar Freaks 5th Mix

• Guitar Freaks 6th Mix

• Guitar Freaks 7th Mix

• Guitar Freaks 8th Mix power-up ver.

• Guitar Freaks 9th Mix

• Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ

• Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ - 2 Player

• Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu EX

• Jikkyou Pawafuru Puro Yakyu EX '98

• Konami 80's AC Special

• Mambo A Go-Go

• Percussion Freaks

• Percussion Freaks 2nd Mix

• Percussion Freaks 3rd Mix

• Percussion Freaks 7th Mix

• Percussion Freaks 8th Mix

• Percussion Freaks 9th Mix

• Salary Man Champ - Tatakau Salary Man

• Steering Champ

• Step Champ

Namco System 12

Supported Games:

• Aqua Rush

• Attack Pla Rail

• Derby Quiz My Dream Horse

• Ehrgeiz

• Fighting Layer

• Ghoul Panic / Oh! Bakyuuun

• Golgo 13

• Golgo 13 Kiseki no Dandou

• Kaiun Quiz

• Kart Duel

• Libero Grande

• Mr. Driller

• Paca Paca Passion

• Paca Paca Passion 2

• Paca Paca Passion Special

• Point Blank 2

• Soul Calibur

• Super World Stadium 2000

• Super World Stadium 2001

• Super World Stadium '98

• Super World Stadium '99

• Tekken 3

• Tekken Tag Tournament

• Tenkomori Shooting

• Um Jammer Lammy NOW!

Namco System 10

Supported Games:

• GAHAHA Ippatsudou

• GAHAHA Ippatsudou 2

• Gamshara

• GekiToride-Jong Space

• Golgo 13: Juusei no Requiem

• Kono e Tako

• Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan

• Mr. Driller 2

• Mr. Driller G

• Panikuru Panekuru

• Point Blank 3

• Seishun-Quiz Colorful High School

• Star Trigon

• Taiko no Tatsujin 2

• Taiko no Tatsujin 3

• Taiko no Tatsujin 4

• Taiko no Tatsujin 5

• Taiko no Tatsujin 6

• Taiko no Tatsujin RT: Nippon no Kokoro

• Tsukkomi Yousei Gips Nice Tsukkomi

• Uchuu Daisakusen: Chocovader Contactee

Capcom ZN-1

Supported Games:

• Battle Arena Toshinden 2

• Gallop Racer

• Star Gladiator Episode I: Final Crusade

• Street Fighter EX

• Street Fighter EX Plus

Eighting / Raizing ZN-1

Supported Games:

• Beastorizer / Bloody Roar

• Bloody Roar 2

Konami GV

Supported Games:

• Beat the Champ

• Dead Eye

• Hyper Athlete

• Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '96

• Nagano Winter Olympics '98 / Hyper Olympic in Nagano

• Susume! Taisen Puzzle-Dama

• The Simpsons Bowling

• Tokimeki Memorial Oshiete Your Heart

• Wedding Rhapsody

Konami GQ

Supported Games:

• Crypt Killer

Namco System 11

Supported Games:

• Dancing Eyes

• Dunk Mania

• Kosodate Quiz My Angel 3

• Pocket Racer

• Point Blank 2 / Gunbarl

• Prime Goal EX

• Soul Edge Ver. 2

• Star Sweep

• Tekken

• Tekken 2 Ver. B

• Xevious 3D/G

Taito FX-1

Supported Games:

• Fighters' Impact A

• G-Darius

• Magical Date EX / Magical Date - Sotsugyou Kokuhaku Daisakusen

• Psychic Force

• Psychic Force EX

• RayStorm

• Super Football Champ

Atlus ZN-1

Supported Games:

• Heaven's Gate

Acclaim ZN-1

Supported Games:

• Judge Dredd

• NBA Jam Extreme

Capcom ZN-2

Supported Games:

• Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein

• Rival Schools: United By Fate

• Street Fighter EX2

• Street Fighter EX2 Plus

• Strider 2

• Tech Romancer

• Tetris: The Grand Master

Time Warner ZN-1

Supported Games:

• Primal Rage II

Same roots, very different machines

Many of these systems may look closely related from a distance.

Once you get below deck, the differences become obvious.

Manufacturers surrounded the core hardware with different sound systems, I/O boards, storage devices, security mechanisms, controls and custom components.

Supporting one does not automatically make the others work.

Each system has to be understood, mapped and integrated into the TeknoParrot emulator family individually.

And every additional game has a habit of finding another hardware behavior that the previous one never touched.

That is what makes this shipment important.

It does not just add another machine to the Ark.

It opens up an entire generation of arcade hardware.

Preservation, not distribution

With a list this large, we want to make this especially clear.

TeknoParrot is an emulator project.

The games named above are titles that our emulators are capable of working with.

We do not provide or distribute any of those games.

TeknoParrot does not contain ROMs, disc images, game data or other copyrighted arcade software.

Our work is focused on emulating the hardware, controls and surrounding systems that made these arcade machines work.

The Ark keeps sailing

The Model 2 deck was only one part of the journey.

Now another huge section of arcade history has come aboard.

And the horizon is already filling again.

More systems are under development alongside new emulator features, compatibility improvements, controls, graphics, audio and performance work.

They will join the voyage as they become ready.

Parrot's Ark has set sail, and there is still a lot of hardware left to bring aboard.