Rastan Saga 2 (Japan)| 1988 |
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Developer: Taito Corporation
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 2
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Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
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Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) VGMuseum Game Endings
Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) on CAESAR
Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) high score and replay at MARP
Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) on datObase
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Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) VGMuseum Game Endings
Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) on CAESAR
Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) high score and replay at MARP
Rastan Saga 2 (Japan) on datObase
Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
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Catacomb
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Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
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Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
0.37b10 [Yochizo]
WIP:
- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.
- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.
- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.
- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.
- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.
- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.
- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.
- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.
LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)
Other Emulators:
* FB Alpha
* JFF
* Raine
Recommended Games (Star Force):
Catacomb
Vega
Espial
Night Star (DECO Cassette)
Nova 2001
Star Jacker
Stunt Air
Zodiack
Star Force
Alpha Mission / ASO
Alpha Mission II / ASO II
Astro Warrior (Mega-Tech)
Mission 660
Rafflesia
S.R.D. Mission
Truxton / Tatsujin
Tatsujin (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Truxton II / Tatsujin Oh
Blast Off
Blazing Lazers
GunHed (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
The Next Space
Omega Fighter
Super Star Soldier (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Lethal Thunder
Pollux
Strike Gunner S.T.G
Vimana
Explosive Breaker
Final Star Force
Galmedes
Gunlock
GunNail
Nebulas Ray
Super-X
Gekirindan
Viper Phase 1
Fever SOS
Mars Matrix: Hyper Solid Shooting
Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip
Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
Rastan Saga II (c) 1988 Taito.
A sequel to Rastan. Defeat the monsters with various attack methods and three different weapons!
In the land of Rastania stands a most sacred shrine called Sky Scraper. It is said that the man who rules Sky Scraper rules the Earth. An evil tribe is now trying to invade this holy place so that they might rule. To protect the shrine, a courageous young man has challenged the invaders...
- TECHNICAL -
Taito B System hardware
Prom Sticker : B81
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Even if title screen says 1988, Rastan Saga II was released in March 1989 in Japan.
Rastan Saga was a good game, but this sequel was not and got very bad reputation from Japanese gamers.
This game is known outside Japan as "Nastar" and in US as "Nastar Warrior".
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Taito DJ Station : G.S.M. Taito 5 - PCCB-00037) on August 21, 1990.
Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on April 1, 1999.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* INSTRUCTIONS:
Press Up and Attack to perform an upwards attack.
Press Down and Attack to perform a low attack.
Hold down the Jump button for a higher Jump.
If your life bar runs out, you will lose a life.
Collect items and weapons to gain more power.
You always start each stage equipped with a sword and shield.
* WEAPONS LIST:
Sword & Shield: Normal Power/Normal Speed/Normal Range
Long Sword: High Power/Slow Speed/Long Range
Iron Claw: Low Power/Fast Speed/Short Range
* ITEMS LIST:
Crest of Flame: Shoot fireballs from your sword
Crest of Time: Increases time by 50 seconds
Crest of Thunder: Shoots thunderbolts from sword
Crest of Champions: Destroys all on-screen enemies
Hydra Fang: Gives you a skeleton shield
Wizard's Cape: You take half damage from enemies
Harpy Wing: Increases speed
Blue Power Star: Recover 1 physical strength
Yellow Power Star: Recover 3 physical strength
Red Power Star: Recover full physical strength
Green Jewel: Turns all enemies into Blue Power Stars
Wise Man's Stone: Upgrade your character's level by 1
* LEVEL SELECT:
Boot machine with service switch pressed.
Message appears: SERVICE SWITCH ERROR, press 1p Start(x3), service switch, 1p Start.
Message appears: SELECT BY DOWN SW, select level with joystick Down/Up and push Start button.
- SERIES -
1. Rastan Saga (1987)
2. Rastan Saga II (1988)
3. Warrior Blade - Rastan Saga Episode III (1991)
- STAFF -
Programmers : Hideaki Tomioka, Mari Iwano, Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Ted Aono, Manabu Doi
Hardware designer : Eikichi Takahashi
Music composed by : Hisayoshi Ogura
Sound editor : Yasuhisa Watanabe
Graphic designer : Hiroyasu Nagai
Game and art designer : Hisaya Yabusaki
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
NEC PC-Engine [JP] (July 6, 1990) "Rastan Saga II [Model TP02012]"
Sega Mega Drive [JP] (August 10, 1990) "Rastan Saga II [Model T-11043]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (August 25, 2005) "Taito Memories Gekan [Model SLPM-66092]"
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2180&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
Rastan Saga II (c) 1988 Taito.
A sequel to Rastan. Defeat the monsters with various attack methods and three different weapons!
In the land of Rastania stands a most sacred shrine called Sky Scraper. It is said that the man who rules Sky Scraper rules the Earth. An evil tribe is now trying to invade this holy place so that they might rule. To protect the shrine, a courageous young man has challenged the invaders...
- TECHNICAL -
Taito B System hardware
Prom Sticker : B81
Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Even if title screen says 1988, Rastan Saga II was released in March 1989 in Japan.
Rastan Saga was a good game, but this sequel was not and got very bad reputation from Japanese gamers.
This game is known outside Japan as "Nastar" and in US as "Nastar Warrior".
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Taito DJ Station : G.S.M. Taito 5 - PCCB-00037) on August 21, 1990.
Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on April 1, 1999.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* INSTRUCTIONS:
Press Up and Attack to perform an upwards attack.
Press Down and Attack to perform a low attack.
Hold down the Jump button for a higher Jump.
If your life bar runs out, you will lose a life.
Collect items and weapons to gain more power.
You always start each stage equipped with a sword and shield.
* WEAPONS LIST:
Sword & Shield: Normal Power/Normal Speed/Normal Range
Long Sword: High Power/Slow Speed/Long Range
Iron Claw: Low Power/Fast Speed/Short Range
* ITEMS LIST:
Crest of Flame: Shoot fireballs from your sword
Crest of Time: Increases time by 50 seconds
Crest of Thunder: Shoots thunderbolts from sword
Crest of Champions: Destroys all on-screen enemies
Hydra Fang: Gives you a skeleton shield
Wizard's Cape: You take half damage from enemies
Harpy Wing: Increases speed
Blue Power Star: Recover 1 physical strength
Yellow Power Star: Recover 3 physical strength
Red Power Star: Recover full physical strength
Green Jewel: Turns all enemies into Blue Power Stars
Wise Man's Stone: Upgrade your character's level by 1
* LEVEL SELECT:
Boot machine with service switch pressed.
Message appears: SERVICE SWITCH ERROR, press 1p Start(x3), service switch, 1p Start.
Message appears: SELECT BY DOWN SW, select level with joystick Down/Up and push Start button.
- SERIES -
1. Rastan Saga (1987)
2. Rastan Saga II (1988)
3. Warrior Blade - Rastan Saga Episode III (1991)
- STAFF -
Programmers : Hideaki Tomioka, Mari Iwano, Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Ted Aono, Manabu Doi
Hardware designer : Eikichi Takahashi
Music composed by : Hisayoshi Ogura
Sound editor : Yasuhisa Watanabe
Graphic designer : Hiroyasu Nagai
Game and art designer : Hisaya Yabusaki
- PORTS -
* Consoles :
NEC PC-Engine [JP] (July 6, 1990) "Rastan Saga II [Model TP02012]"
Sega Mega Drive [JP] (August 10, 1990) "Rastan Saga II [Model T-11043]"
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (August 25, 2005) "Taito Memories Gekan [Model SLPM-66092]"
- CONTRIBUTE -
Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=2180&o=2
Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 6004D9 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00000000 601B60 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00010000 601B61 00000000 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time (2/2)
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 60050B 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 600509 0000000B FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1
00000000 600593 00000002 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1 Turn it ON when you are flickering. Turn it OFF at the end of levels
00000000 600515 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Speed PL1
00000000 60050D 00000009 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Level PL1
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon PL1
00010000 600569 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal Sword
00010000 600569 00000001 FFFFFFFF Big Sword
00010000 600569 00000002 FFFFFFFF Claw
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Shot PL1
00010000 600511 00000000 FFFFFFFF None
00010000 600511 00000001 FFFFFFFF Fireball
00010000 600511 00000002 FFFFFFFF Ice
00010000 600511 00000003 FFFFFFFF Barrier
00018000 601EAD 0000000F FFFFFFFF Barrier (2/2)
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 600521 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 60051F 0000000B FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2
00000000 6005A9 00000002 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2 Turn it ON when you are flickering. Turn it OFF at the end of levels
00000000 60052B 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Speed PL2
00000000 600523 00000009 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Level PL2
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon PL2
00010000 6005E9 00000008 FFFFFFFF Normal Sword
00010000 6005E9 00000009 FFFFFFFF Big Sword
00010000 6005E9 0000000A FFFFFFFF Claw
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Shot PL2
00010000 600527 00000000 FFFFFFFF None
00010000 600527 00000001 FFFFFFFF Fireball
00010000 600527 00000002 FFFFFFFF Ice
00010000 600527 00000003 FFFFFFFF Barrier
00018000 601ED9 0000000F FFFFFFFF Barrier (2/2)
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
00000000 6004D9 00000009 FFFFFFFF Infinite Credits
00000000 601B60 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00010000 601B61 00000000 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time (2/2)
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 60050B 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL1
00000000 600509 0000000B FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL1
00000000 600593 00000002 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL1 Turn it ON when you are flickering. Turn it OFF at the end of levels
00000000 600515 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Speed PL1
00000000 60050D 00000009 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Level PL1
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon PL1
00010000 600569 00000000 FFFFFFFF Normal Sword
00010000 600569 00000001 FFFFFFFF Big Sword
00010000 600569 00000002 FFFFFFFF Claw
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Shot PL1
00010000 600511 00000000 FFFFFFFF None
00010000 600511 00000001 FFFFFFFF Fireball
00010000 600511 00000002 FFFFFFFF Ice
00010000 600511 00000003 FFFFFFFF Barrier
00018000 601EAD 0000000F FFFFFFFF Barrier (2/2)
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 600521 0000000A FFFFFFFF Infinite Lives PL2
00000000 60051F 0000000B FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy PL2
00000000 6005A9 00000002 FFFFFFFF Invincibility PL2 Turn it ON when you are flickering. Turn it OFF at the end of levels
00000000 60052B 00000001 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Speed PL2
00000000 600523 00000009 FFFFFFFF Always have Max Level PL2
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Weapon PL2
00010000 6005E9 00000008 FFFFFFFF Normal Sword
00010000 6005E9 00000009 FFFFFFFF Big Sword
00010000 6005E9 0000000A FFFFFFFF Claw
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Shot PL2
00010000 600527 00000000 FFFFFFFF None
00010000 600527 00000001 FFFFFFFF Fireball
00010000 600527 00000002 FFFFFFFF Ice
00010000 600527 00000003 FFFFFFFF Barrier
00018000 601ED9 0000000F FFFFFFFF Barrier (2/2)
Credit Pugsy's MAME Cheat file
