Ever wanted to play classic arcade games anywhere you want but lack the controls to do so? Don’t get me wrong, PCs and laptops are great, but they’ll never beat that original joystick and arcade screen feeling. Now, your old favorite retro games can be enjoyed as they were in the arcade with the portable Taito Egret Mini II.
What is the Taito Egret II Mini?
The Taito Egret II Mini is a miniaturized version of the original Taito Egret II arcade cabinet. It comes equipped with a 5-inch 4:3 rotating screen and a changeable joystick between an eight and four notch controller. The mini console also includes 40 pre-installed games, with an SD card addition of 10 more games.
All pre-installed games:
- Adventure Canoe (1982)
- Bubble Bobble (1986)
- Bubble Memories (1995)
- Bubble Symphony (1994)
- Cadash (1989)
- Chack’n Pop (1983)
- Dan-Ku-Ga (1995)
- Darius Gaiden (1994)
- Don Doko Don (1989)
- Elevator Action (1983)
- Elevator Action Returns (1994)
- Fairyland Story (1985)
- Growl (1990)
- Gun Frontier (1990)
- Halley’s Comet (1986)
- Hat Trick Hero (1990)
- Kaiser Knuckle (1994)
- Kiki KaiKai (1986)
- The Legend of Kage (1985)
- Liquid Kids Adventure (1990)
- Lunar Rescue (1979)
- Lupin III (1980)
- Metal Black (1991)
- New Zealand Story (1988)
- The Ninja Kids (1990)
- Outer Zone (1984)
- Pirate Pete (1982)
- Puzzle Bobble 2X (1995)
- Qix (1981)
- Raimais (1988)
- Rainbow Islands EXTRA (1988)
- Rastan Saga (1987)
- RayForce (1993)
- Scramble Formation (1986)
- Space Invaders (1978)
- Steel Worker (1980)
- Tatsujin (1988)
- Twin Cobra (1987)
- Violence Fight (1989)
- Volfied (1989)
Additional SD card games:
- Arkanoid (1986)
- Arkanoid Returns (1997)
- Arkanoid: Revenge of DOH (1987)
- Birdie King (1982)
- Cameltry (1989)
- Marine Date (1981)
- Plump Pop (1987)
- Puchi Carat (1997)
- Strike Bowling (1982)
- Syvalion (1988)
When will the mini console be available for western audiences?
While there’s no set date, United Games Entertainment plans to bring the Taito Egret II Mini to western audiences sometime in 2022. The portable mini console releases March 2, 2022 in Japan, so hopefully its western counterpart won’t be too far behind. With a total of 50 games between 1978 to 1997, the Taito Egret II Mini seems like a great way to bring retro wherever you go.
