Taito Legends 2

Taito Legends 2

Developers
Original games	Taito
	Empire Interactive
Publishers
Europe	Empire Interactive
America	Destineer
Release dates
Windows	March 31, 2006
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade
Art styles	Pixel art
Series	Taito Legends

Taito Legends
Taito Legends	2005
Taito Legends 2	2006

Warnings

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).

Key points

Compilation of emulated arcade games by Taito.

ROMs are in the installation folder, allowing for use with MAME, although some might need renaming, and/or need some new files with newer versions of MAME.

Some games have subtle, inaccurate gameplay differences compared to newer versions of MAME due to improper emulation.

The version of Puzzle Bobble 2 included does not include the extra content from Puzzle Bobble 2X, a later re-release of the game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		StarForce 3.7.13.00 DRM

StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).

This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Taito Legends 2\autosave\savedata

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		4:3 aspect ratio. Games are either in 4:3 or 3:4.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Locked at 640 x 480 (unless using dgVoodoo, see Arbitrary resolution and removal of bilinear filter).
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		In the video settings as Smoothing. Can be turned on or off.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Mouse is not supported.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Still need to use the keyboard to select game, use controller, pause the game, etc.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only one general volume slider.
Surround sound		Menu is in stereo. Games are either in mono or stereo.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op, Hot seat, Versus Multiplayer modes vary by game selected.
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Issues fixed

Arbitrary resolution and removal of bilinear filter

Custom resolution and removal of filter

Download and extract dgVoodoo (version 2.6 or later) anywhere. Open the MS folder and copy its content to the game folder. Run dgVoodooSetup.exe. Click "Add" and set the game folder. Set "Scaling mode" to "Stretched, 4:3 Aspect Ratio". Go to "DirectX" tab. Select a 4:3 resolution (enter 1440x1080 manually for a native 4:3 1080p resolution, 2880x2160 for a native 4:3 2160p resolution) and uncheck the "dgVoodoo Watermark" option. If you wish to remove the bilinear filtering, select "Force point sampled" under Filtering. Apply your changes.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98, ME, 2000
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz or faster processor
System memory (RAM)	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM