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Cannon Dancer Osman - finally coming to consoles after 26 years

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One of the rarest games in arcade history finally coming to modern consoles!

 

Released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1996, Cannon Dancer, also known as “Osman” in the US, has become an absolute legend in arcade history. After the 90s fighting-game hype declined, the game slowly began to fade out of arcades due to the small number of units. Over the years, the title became a video game legend, with fans around the globe interested in getting their hands on it. Almost 30 years later, ININ Games has teamed up with two key members of the original development team to finally bring the game to modern home consoles: the game designer Kouichi Yotsui (also known as “Isuke” and famous for his work on “Strider”) and the artist Takashi Kogure (better known as “Utata Kiyoshi”).

 

Cannon Dancer is an action game set in a dystopian late 21st century, in which the world is under the control of a single federal government. One day, a new threat known as “Abdullah the Slaver” – an evil sorcerer who wants to take control of the world – appears, causing widespread terror and panic. This fear incites the abandonment of all economic activity and corruption in the government, which now undermines the foundations of society itself. Judicial affairs director, Jack Layzon, fears the worst and summons a lone assassin.

 

The player controls a "cannon dancer" called Kirin; a top-class agent in a mercenary unit only known as “Teki”, and a highly skilled martial arts fighter. As he travels, he has to face not only Abdullah the Slaver and the government forces but also the other members of the Teki, who want him dead for ... er, personal reasons.

 

 

Debut trailer:

 

 

 

 

The game will be available as a digital download version for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5) and Xbox for the first time ever, with a planned release in Q1 2023.

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7 hours ago, Keyboard Koala said:

Releases on March 9 it seems. At £24.99/€29.99 😲

 

Think I'll wait for a sale or a physical edition. There's no way I'm paying that amount for a 26-year old arcade conversion without a box and a cartridge.

 

How much?

 

Yeah, I want to play this, but not that much.

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It's priced for the whales. Very calculated. The publishers know enough will buy it that price in the first month to cover their nut. 

 

If you're wanting to play it, emulate it. MAME of course, but pretty sure it also works on Final Burn Alpha, which is way easier to setup and configure. 

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My whale copy arrived earlier. Haven’t had a chance to give it a go (I know, highly exciting post). 
 

I did watch some footage of the Switch ver and it does seem to be stuffed with features (most comprehensive scanline setup I’ve seen). So that’s nice. 

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8 minutes ago, AceGrace said:

Strictly Limited Games can fuck right off after they stiffed everyone with VAT paid upfront but still got import charges on the Egret Mini

 

Even if you pay VAT upfront on stuff if its outside the UK you always end up paying import charges when it goes through customs don't you?

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I played this to death when I randomly discovered it on MAME years ago but never realised the relationship to Strider and never understood why no one seemed aware of it. It's really good. 

 

Edit: actually looking at it on YouTube I'm thinking this is another case of my memory playing tricks on me and I'm thinking about a different game - it was 20 or so years ago I was playing it!  Is there a section where you are fighting on top of on a fighter jet which is in flight? If that isn't this game does anyone remember what it was? 

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23 minutes ago, Anne Summers said:

 

Edit: actually looking at it on YouTube I'm thinking this is another case of my memory playing tricks on me and I'm thinking about a different game - it was 20 or so years ago I was playing it!  Is there a section where you are fighting on top of on a fighter jet which is in flight? If that isn't this game does anyone remember what it was? 

 

You thinking of The Cliffhanger: Edward Randy [snarf!]? 

 

 

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