Initial D Arcade Stage

[supersaiyanjericho]

has anyone played this game? this game is the best driving game ever! it's one of those "show off" games like DDR but unlike DDR, you don't dance, you drive pretty cool...it's base on the anime Initial D and the soundtrack is awesome! The soundtrack consists of Eurobeat songs and on version 2 of this game, it will have move's gamble rumble! I highly recommend this game to anyone who likes to play at the arcade. It's really addictive! i've spent like $40 on this game already but unfortunately, i haven't beat the game yet.

[slymonk]

Where the heck did find that game in the arcade?? I so gotta find out if its anywhere near me.

[Richard]

i played on it once at the trocadero in London

its really good ;D

[anjiro]

Anyone knows if the game also is ported to home gaming consoles?

[Richard]

If I remember right, it should be out in Japan on PS2 now...

[Richard]

I doubt it will ever come to the UK. We get games ages after everyone else...

[anjiro]

While you come in 3rd, we come in 2nd, of course, Asia gets it first.

[Kenji-kun]

I played it once. It was alright.

The arcades in my city have installed Version 2 (English cabinets... since my city had the imports a long time ago...) of the game. I haven't tried them yet.

The interesting thing about it is that you can't really crash... other than that it reminds me of playing Daytona USA for my Dreamcast.

From a personal point, the bad thing about the game is that you have to pay to continue... WIN or LOSE... So when you've beaten an opponent, you still lose by inserting coins.

PS2 is getting this game for sure. But if the game is based on Sega's Naomi arcade system (not sure about this), there's a possibility that it can be ported to the Dreamcast... can it not? Highly unlikely though...

[jp80]

hi guys,
well i saw that the ported game for jap ps2 titled as Initial D speciald Stage, was mentionned on an irc chan for the day of its release in dvdrip if i remember well, or maybe just its official release in japan , as until now i've never been able to find any irc server holding the dvdripped game for download, so if anyone has a clue, pliz just let me know where i can download it in no time!

[Kenji-kun]

My friend had just got the PS2 image from newsgroups. If you look there properly you can eventually find it. ;D

[jp80]

so well kenji could u pliz tell me where is the newsgroup of ur friend, along with a way to contact him, as i need to find the game at all cost?

[Kenji-kun]

The place where he got his was: alt.binaries.cd.image.playstation2 and alt.binaries.cd.image.playstation2.repost .

I have a personal policy in disclosing info about other people... sorry bout that.


EDIT: I've noticed that the people at Phuck-IGN have had their hands on the game as well... maybe you can ask them where they got them BUT DO NOT BEG FROM THEM !!! You will simply be ignored if you do.

www.phuck-ign.com/

[jp80]

well tx kenji for ur help, i'll try to find my way (without forcing it of course as u adviced me to do!) where u told me i could find ID SS.

[lupinpunch]

if you liked initial d, you will flip over battle stage 3!! it is the supreme compared to ID. The draaw back to ID is there is NO E-brake. Even in rear wheel drive cars, an e-brake is needed to enduce drifts at extreme speeds to keep your momentum, thus creating a smooth slide.

Sounds technical cause it is. i use my ebrake many times and dont feel the least guilty or like im cheating casue the fact is, a trueno doesn't have very much pep. no get go from the start.

Heres my ae86:

www.hachiroku.net/media/meetk/9.jpg

(mines the dark grey with gunmetal rims)


www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid62/p1a7a25823ea6430a2ca771955224c402/fc1be207.jpg

[jp80]

Here is a veeerryy funny forum topic on id arcade stage:

www.initial-d.com/forum/showthread.php?s=4735683b9ac6843313fcc0f752e8c0a7&threadid=238

And here is another funny and interesting chat i caught about ID arcade on #initial-d@mirc-x :

[1:07am] <+naruto_sensei> some crazyfuck broke one of the steering wheels at my arcade
[1:08am] <+Godzila> can they fix it?
[1:08am] <+naruto_sensei> so now it doesn't go 1.5 tyrns
[1:08am] <+naruto_sensei> it goes infinite
[1:08am] <+naruto_sensei> the wheel
[1:09am] <+Godzila> did they find out who did it?
[1:09am] <+naruto_sensei> and that guy broke both of them
[1:09am] <+Godzila> omg
[1:09am] <+naruto_sensei> I know who it is
[1:09am] <+Godzila> what an idiot
[1:09am] <+naruto_sensei> and he's really good
[1:09am] <+Godzila> oh
[1:09am] <+Godzila> is the arcade goin to fix it?
[1:10am] <+naruto_sensei> he can beat me on happo by 400+ not trying on the broken steering wheel
[1:10am] <+naruto_sensei> I don think
[1:10am] <+naruto_sensei> its been like that for 4 months now
[1:10am] <+Godzila> that sucks big time
[1:10am] <+naruto_sensei> but I jus found out about the second steering wheel last week
[1:10am] <+Godzila> wow
[1:10am] <+Godzila> both of them broken
[1:11am] <+Godzila> by the same guy
[1:11am] <+Godzila> why would he do that anyways?
[1:11am] <+naruto_sensei> but like 6 months ago they used to have another arcade in the same mall it had 4 intial d machine
[1:11am] <+naruto_sensei> I don know
[1:11am] <+naruto_sensei> I think it was accident
[1:11am] <+Godzila> oh
[1:11am] <+naruto_sensei> with BOTH of THEM
[1:12am] <+Godzila> lol
[1:12am] <+naruto_sensei> oops
[1:12am] <+naruto_sensei> oops again
[1:12am] <+Godzila> what mall? yorkdale?
[1:12am] <+naruto_sensei> nope scarborough
[1:13am] <+naruto_sensei> now that mall has only one arcade
[1:13am] <+naruto_sensei> but the steering wheels are brocken so there's no point
[1:13am] <+Godzila> that is true
[1:13am] <+naruto_sensei> the steering wheel still works
[1:14am] <+naruto_sensei> but if u turn the steering wheel too much the car starts turning the other way
[1:14am] <+naruto_sensei> I learned that in a middle of a hair pin
[1:16am] <+Godzila> lol
[1:16am] <+Godzila> go backwards trying to jump the irohazaka turns
[1:16am] <+naruto_sensei> what happens?
[1:17am] <+Godzila> well
[1:17am] <+Godzila> like you said
[1:17am] <+Godzila> if you turn the wheel too much the car goes the other way
[1:17am] <+Godzila> so if you were on iro trying to jump the turns
[1:17am] <+Godzila> you'd probably go backwards if you turned too much =P
[1:17am] <+naruto_sensei> no not going the other way
[1:17am] <+naruto_sensei> turning
[1:17am] <+naruto_sensei> like right left
[1:18am] <+Godzila> oh
[1:18am] <+naruto_sensei> so the guardrail was in my face on that hairpin
[1:18am] <+Godzila> ouch
[1:19am] <+naruto_sensei> I don think they'll get ver 2
[1:19am] <+naruto_sensei> that arcade at least
[1:19am] <+Godzila> yeah
[1:19am] <+naruto_sensei> they have the money
[1:20am] <+naruto_sensei> but what if someone breaks the wheels again
[1:20am] <+Godzila> i'd be pissed
[1:21am] <+naruto_sensei> and those machines always had playing there so I'm sure they would've got ver 2
[1:21am] <+naruto_sensei> but now its too risky
[1:21am] <+Godzila> risky because of what
[1:21am] <+naruto_sensei> if steering wheel broken then they waste money
[1:22am] <+Godzila> o yea
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[1:22am] <+naruto_sensei> it cost $8,000 for onemachine
[1:22am] <+naruto_sensei> ver2
[1:22am] <+naruto_sensei> in us
[1:22am] <+Godzila> for the upgrade?
[1:22am] <+naruto_sensei> u could get a real car with that
[1:22am] <+naruto_sensei> no just new
[1:22am] <+Godzila> the upgrade is less isn't it
[1:22am] <+naruto_sensei> upgrade 2000 I think
[1:23am] <+Godzila> that's would be a cheaper solution
[1:23am] <+Godzila> that*
[1:23am] <+Godzila> yeah you could
[1:23am] <+naruto_sensei> but steering wheel are broken
[1:23am] <+Godzila> but a real car doesn't make money
[1:23am] <+naruto_sensei> I think they can't find a way to fix it