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[VGEsoterica]

Konami used to be cool. Hell they used to be one of the best developers of arcade, console and pc games around. Their track record up through the PS2 era was a company that just did everything they possibly could to make awesome ass games that everyone could enjoy.

Then...something happened. The PS3 era came around and while Konami did put out some awesome games...they also got WEIRD and started to stray away from what made them popular in the first place...video games! They decided pachislot was easier / more profitable...and basically became a VILLIAN

But before that? They did cool shit like the Konami Viper; a banger of a 3D arcade board with some legit awesome exclusives that never got ported to any console ever. Stuff like Thrill Drive 2, that inspired Criterion and the development of the Burnout series.

So why not celebrate just how cool Konami USED to be. Tell me your fav Konami game from before they turned into garbage!

 

[consoul]

Konami's arcade output in the 90s was amazing.

Violent Storm and Gaiapolis are two of my favorites.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Vic Viper yall

 

[Aggelos]

I remember myself drooling over the Fighting Bujutsu screens on the GamePro magazine. But that was on Konami's Cobra, though.
It was more like a Virtua Fighter clone, but it looked good, though. And I was crossing my fingers whether Konami would port it to home consoles. But alas, they never did.

System 16 - Konami Cobra System Hardware (Konami)

System16 - The Arcade Museum. Detailed Hardware information on Arcade Hardware and Systems.

www.system16.com

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Hahaaaaaaa

 

[VGEsoterica]

I remember myself drooling over the Fighting Bujutsu screens on the GamePro magazine. But that was on Konami's Cobra, though.
It was more like a Virtua Fighter clone, but it looked good, though. And I was crossing my fingers whether Konami would port it to home consoles. But alas, they never did.

http://[URL]https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=580

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then you will like my video next Friday

Doing some testing on Bujutsu. Prelim but I have a board in progress of repair. OG Cobra

 

[anthony2690]

I remember myself drooling over the Fighting Bujutsu screens on the GamePro magazine. But that was on Konami's Cobra, though.
It was more like a Virtua Fighter clone, but it looked good, though. And I was crossing my fingers whether Konami would port it to home consoles. But alas, they never did.

http://[URL]https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=580

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Oh wow, I've never ever seen these games before! Look pretty cool too!

 

[VGEsoterica]

Oh wow, I've never ever seen these games before! Look pretty cool too!

it was Konami's attempt to rival Sega with their Model 3 hardware. The games just didnt HIT with audiences so they abandoned the platform after 2 games; Fighting Bujutsu and Racing Jam. Barely anyone knows Racing Jam (deluxe version) ran on it

Sadly the boards bake themselves to death. I need to send the GPU board (IBM workstation / 3D modeling chips) to a friend to get it reflowed as the board flexes and solder posts crack / go cold

But I am working on it!

 

[TGO]

I remember myself drooling over the Fighting Bujutsu screens on the GamePro magazine. But that was on Konami's Cobra, though.
It was more like a Virtua Fighter clone, but it looked good, though. And I was crossing my fingers whether Konami would port it to home consoles. But alas, they never did.

System 16 - Konami Cobra System Hardware (Konami)

System16 - The Arcade Museum. Detailed Hardware information on Arcade Hardware and Systems.

www.system16.com

Cool I remember Kensei: Sacred Fist
But Fighting Bujutsu was clearly Arcade game

 

[Redneckerz]

then you will like my video next Friday

Doing some testing on Bujutsu. Prelim but I have a board in progress of repair. OG Cobra

Nice video!
Esp. Curious on Cobra's rendering tech - is it custom? Is it a IBM RS/6000 based accelerator? Is it simply another PowerPC? What is in there?

 

[VGEsoterica]

Nice video!
Esp. Curious on Cobra's rendering tech - is it custom? Is it a IBM RS/6000 based accelerator? Is it simply another PowerPC? What is in there?

The graphics portion is handled by an assortment of IBM 6000 series chips and a PowerPC processor.

Code execution is handled by multiple PowerPC chips

It’s a MESS of silicon. So much

 

[Redneckerz]

The graphics portion is handled by an assortment of IBM 6000 series chips and a PowerPC processor.

Code execution is handled by multiple PowerPC chips

It’s a MESS of silicon. So much

Anymore details?

 

[VGEsoterica]

Anymore details?

Eventually. It’s still in the box so I haven’t gotten around to really researching it yet. Soon though!

 

[VGEsoterica]

Vic Viper yall

Something like that