Darksoft has opened pre-orders on an arcade multi-kit for the Namco System 2. For this to work, you’ll need a joystick game with a specific graphics board, so definitely check the thread (and list below) for all the details. The price is about $550 and it should ship to customers this September. More info after the links:
North American Store: https://highscoresave.com/preorder-darksoft-namco-system-2-multigame-kit/
Europe Sales: https://www.saveyourgames.it/prodotto/preorder-mid-september-darksoft-multi-namco-system-2-2/
Installation: https://www.mediafire.com/file/kslg90boa9ta2tc/Instructions_NamcoSystem2_Multigame_v1.pdf/file
Main Forum Thread: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/new-namco-system-2-multi.33740/
As always, these arcade multi’s aren’t cheap, but certainly cheaper than buying all the original games! If you’re just looking to try them out, I strongly suggest free software emulation at first, to see what you think. But respectfully, these kits aren’t designed for the casual user – They’re designed for the hardcore arcade fan who wants as much original hardware as possible. And in the context of what all that usually costs (and what goes into these kits), the price is very fair.
Here’s a list of games that should be compatible with the kit, but please reference the look of your PCB to the ones on the store pages and forum to make sure it’s the right one:
- Assault
- Assault Plus
- Bubble Trouble
- Burning Force
- Cosmo Gang The Video
- Dirt Fox
- Dragon Saber
- Finest Hour
- Golly Ghost
- Kyuukai Douchuuki
- Marvel Land
- Mirai Ninja
- Ordyne
- Phelios
- Rolling Thunder 2
- Super World Stadium
- Super World Stadium ’92
- Super World Stadium ’93
- Valkyrie No Densetsu
Also, if you’d like to hear directly from Darksoft himself, he recently did an interview with Arcade Legends. It’s in Spanish, but there should be subtitles available:
