Anyone remember Tokyo Wars by Namco in the arcades?

[parallaxscroll]

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Man that was a *FUN* game, and good graphics too, for 1995.

I'd really love a port to XBLA/PSN and maybe even Wii U eShop/NiN.

Anyone remember this game?

[FrankSerpico]

I played the hell out of Tokyo Wars as a youngster. It was a casualty of the era when home consoles just weren't powerful enough to pull of ports of a lot of high-end arcade games, but I agree an XBLA/PSN release now would be great

[parallaxscroll]

I played the hell out of Tokyo Wars as a youngster. It was a casualty of the era when home consoles just weren't powerful enough to pull of ports of a lot of high-end arcade games, but I agree an XBLA/PSN release now would be great


You're absolutely right. Tokyo Wars ran on Namco's Super System 22 board which was more powerful than Sega's Model 2, and totally outclassed the PS1. The game could've easily have been done on DC/PS2/GCN/Xbox but it never happened. I'm praying for an XBLA/PSN release within the next year and a half, or just before the Xbox3/PS4 come out. We got Daytona USA, but that was the most successful arcade game of all time, IIRC, while Tokyo Wars probably wasn't a blip on the radar.

[Genesaturn]

I used to work at Namco Cyberstation - an arcade in Buffalo about 8 years ago - when it was dead I used to split my time between this , Wangan Midnight, and Soul Caliber 2 lol...well...free time when I wasn't fixing machines...but all the same...this was fun - we didn't have it long unfortunately.

[FrankSerpico]

I think Tokyo Wars was fairly popular back in its day. It wasn't exactly Cruis'n USA, but I remember seeing it all over in the late '90s. If Namco were ever to do a port at this point, I think a fair amount of gamers now in their Twenties and Thirties would remember the game and snap it up

[Icarus Moonsight]

Loved this game. Great with a dual linked Virtual-On chaser. :)

[parallaxscroll]

I so wish this game was coming to Wii U.

Well, at least Wii U is getting the sequel/follow-up, called Tank! Tank! Tank!

[Steve W]

I only managed to play this game once, in a Japanese style arcade inside Irving Mall in Irving, Texas some years ago. I liked it, but I liked Planet Harriers next to it more. On the next visit to the mall, the arcade was gone. :(


Namco has always been good at linked tank style games. Cybersled was one of my favorites in the '90s. There was supposed to be a sequel called Cybercommando or something that I've never come across before, sadly. At the same time, T-Mek was hitting arcades too. A great time to be into arcade vehicular combat games.

[Smashed Brother]

Never got to play this, but the local D&B has Tank! Tank! Tank!, which I remember having loads of fun with when my buddy and I played it a couple of years ago.

[BydoEmpire]

The thing I remember about Tokyo Wars is that it cost about $20k-$25k per unit - and i really wondered how arcades could afford a 4-player setup, even at $1+ per play. I think I played it at a trade show...

Tank! Tank! Tank! is awesome.

[parallaxscroll]

I only managed to play this game once, in a Japanese style arcade inside Irving Mall in Irving, Texas some years ago. I liked it, but I liked Planet Harriers next to it more. On the next visit to the mall, the arcade was gone. :(


Namco has always been good at linked tank style games. Cybersled was one of my favorites in the '90s. There was supposed to be a sequel called Cybercommando or something that I've never come across before, sadly. At the same time, T-Mek was hitting arcades too. A great time to be into arcade vehicular combat games.


I guess I was lucky then, because I lived in the Chicago area, there were plenty of Tokyo Wars machines in the city and the suburbs. I could play it whenever I wanted to.

Cybersled was an earlier game, but it was great. Sadly I never got to see Cyber Commando--I don't even know if it was released outside of Japan.