Taito Legends Power-Up is a compilation of classic Taito

Taito

Taito may mean:*Taito Corporation, a Japanese developer of video game software and arcade hardware*Taito, Tokyo, a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan*Taito, also known as matai, paramount chiefs according to Fa'a Samoa...

 video games released for the PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable

The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...

 system. Patterned after the Taito Legends

Taito Legends

Taito Legends is a compilation of 29 arcade games released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PC in October 2005. The games were originally developed by Taito Corporation. The European release was published by Empire Interactive, who had licensed the games from Taito and developed the compilation...

series for video game consoles, Power-Up marks the first release of the franchise on a portable gaming system.

Games

Taito Legends Power-Up features 21 different games from Taito's back-catalog of arcade titles. Some of these games have appeared on the Taito Legends console releases, while others are exclusive to Power-Up. These titles include:

• Alpine Ski
  Alpine Ski
  Alpine Ski is an Alpine skiing arcade game, released by Taito in 1981.- Description :The player controls a skier, who can move left, right, or increase forward speed. The aim is to maneuver a skier through a downhill ski course, a slalom course, and a ski jumping competition in the shortest time...
  
  
• Balloon Bomber
  Balloon Bomber
  Balloon Bomber is a shoot 'em up arcade game released by Taito in 1980. You control a shooter that moves left and right and shoots balloons that drop bombs at you...
  
  
• Cameltry
  Cameltry
  Cameltry is an arcade video game released in 1989 by Taito. The game ran on Taito's F2 system hardware and used the same optical rotary system utilized in Taito's 1986 arcade game Arkanoid. It was later ported in 1992 to the Super NES, and in 1993 to the FM Towns computer...
  
  
• Chack'n Pop
  Chack'n Pop
  is an arcade game released by Taito in 1983, considered to be an ancestor of Bubble Bobble due to the appearance of many similar enemies and Bubble Bobble's duplication of a Chack'n Pop level. The arcade rom set also contains unused graphics for the mechanical wind-up "Zen-Chan" that later appeared...
  
  
• Crazy Balloon
  Crazy Balloon
  Crazy Balloon is an arcade game released by Taito in 1980. Crazy Balloon requires the player to maneuver a balloon through a maze full of thorns in order to reach the goal...
  
  
• Elevator Action
  Elevator Action
  is a 1983 arcade game by Taito. It debuted during the "Golden Age of Arcade Games". Innovative in gameplay, this game was very popular for many years, with game music created by musician Yoshino Imamura...
  
  
• The Fairyland Story
• KiKi KaiKai
  KiKi KaiKai
  is a multi-directional shooter developed and published by Taito Corporation originally for Japanese arcades in 1986. Since then, the game has received a number of console and home computer ports in and outside of Japan, both as a stand-alone title and as part of compilations...
  
  
• Kuri Kinton
• The Legend of Kage
• Lunar Rescue
  Lunar Rescue
  Lunar Rescue is an arcade game released by Taito in 1979. It contains elements that resemble both Taito's own Space Invaders as well as Atari's Lunar Lander released that same year....
  
  
• The New Zealand Story
• Phoenix
• Qix
  Qix
  Qix is an arcade game, released by Taito America Corporation in 1981.-Gameplay:The objective of Qix is to fence off, or “claim”, a supermajority of the playfield...
  
  
• Raimais
• Rastan Saga
• Return of the Invaders
• Space Chaser
• Space Dungeon
  Space Dungeon
  Space Dungeon is a shoot 'em up arcade game created by Taito Corporation in 1981. It was designed and programmed by Rex Battenberg. It was released both as a conversion kit and as a full arcade cabinet...
  
  
• Space Invaders
  Space Invaders
  is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to...
  
  
• Space Invaders Part 2

Also included are deluxe versions of four games—Balloon Bomber, Cameltry, Crazy Balloon and Legend of Kage. These versions offer upgraded graphics and extended gameplay.

Taito Legends Power-Up also utilizes the PlayStation Portable's game-sharing feature. Any of the 21 games (original versions only) may be wirelessly transmitted to any other PSP, including those that do not own the full version of the game. Downloaded games remain resident within the PSP's memory until the unit is turned off.

Receptions

Taito Legends Power-Up received mixed reviews with an aggregate score of 60.60% on GameRankings. Greg Miller of IGN rated the game 7.2 (decent) for incomplete multiplayer support. Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot rated the game 6.5 (fair), and criticized the omission of Bubble Bobble

Bubble Bobble

is an arcade game by Taito, first released in 1986 and later ported to numerous home computers and game consoles. The game, starring the twin Bubble Dragons and , is an action-platform game in which players travel through one hundred different stages, blowing and bursting bubbles, avoiding...

and Double Dragon

Double Dragon

is a classic beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technos Japan Corporation, who also developed the Kunio-kun series ....

, (the latter was licensed from Technōs Japan for the U.S.), as well as including too many iterations of Space Invaders.