Crisis Zone (Arcade vs PlayStation 2) Comparison QHD (60 FPS)

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Welcome to episode one of “From Arcades to Home” First game for comparison is Crisis Zone, a spin-off to the Time Crisis games which was released into arcades on March 29, 1999 on the Namco System Super 23 Evolution 2 hardware. The game was released in two different style cabinets: Standard and Deluxe. This game is pretty different from traditional light gun games as it uses a machine gun with a IR led and a camera. This game is not a traditional optical light gun game. Graphically, it looks fairly similar to other Namco games that were released on the System 23 hardware (like Time Crisis 2) except with better texture filtering.

The PlayStation 2 “remake” was released in 2004 as “Time Crisis Crisis Zone” in North America and South Korea and as “Crisis Zone” in Europe. This version of the game was never released in Japan. The game has been graphically enhanced (higher polygon count and textures,essentially a new graphics engine), has had some re-recorded voice acting, new audio tracks, and new console exclusive content such as new gameplay modes and stages. This version of the game can be played with a controller or the GUN-CON 2 (G-CON 2 in Europe). To play using the Gun-con 2, you will need a CRT tv. Modern display technology will not work without some additional hardware. Of course, since the light gun needs some type of flashing to register, a smoke effect has been added, which does make the game a bit harder to play and covers up the nice graphics. Overall, it’s a very good and solid port that’s fairly faithful to its arcade counterpart.

For the PlayStation 2, I’m using the Namco Gun-con 2 with a splitter to play on a crt tv and HD retrovision YPBPR Component video cables for recording. For the Namco System Super 23, I’m using a high quality Belkin VGA cable.
Plot:
In 2000, the Garland Corporation opens a new complex known as "Garland Square" on the outskirts of London. Full of modern amenities, it is considered the future of urban living. A day before its grand opening, however, the entire complex is taken over by the United Resistance Defense Army (shortened to URDA), a terrorist group. The terrorists have taken no hostages and made no demands upon takeover, causing a string of confusion among intelligence officials around the world. With an unknown threat, Scotland Yard and MI6 dispatch the Special Tactical Force's (STF) First Platoon Unit (led by Claude McGarren, spelled as Croad Macgalain in the arcade version) to suppress the URDA, and to ensure that the terrorists don't access their hidden agenda, whatever it may be.

Slowly but surely, the STF liberates the Drycreek Plaza shopping mall, Garland Park, and the Garland Technology Center, eliminating the URDA's twin lieutenants Tiger and Edge (Tigger and Edgey in the arcade version) and wiping out their air force and tank defenses. After securing Garland Square, McGarren receives word from Vital Situation, Swift Elimination (VSSE) officials that Derrick Lynch, the terrorists' ringleader, is attempting to overload Geyser 1, an experimental nuclear reactor built by Garland Electric to power the complex (via an Eyes Only broadcast). Making their way down to the control room, five kilometres below the complex, McGarren and his men defeat Lynch's troops before taking out the ringleader himself. McGarren shuts down and secures the nuclear reactor seconds before it melts down. After the S.T.F evacuate and enter a nearby lift, the control room explodes. The unit declares their mission a success.

The PlayStation 2 version features a special "Grassmarket District" mission, which takes place six months after the main story's events. Lynch's successor Jared Hunter launches a fresh attack, seizing control of the newly opened Grassmarket District of Garland Square. With STF Director Grant Kessler's daughter Melissa as a hostage, Hunter demands that the surviving URDA members be released from custody in return for Melissa's life.

McGarren and Squad 1 are sent to rescue her. They fight their way through Grassmarket Street, defeating an experimental defense droid called the A-0940 in the process. They then storm the Belforte Hotel, where Melissa is held on the rooftop swimming pool. There, they are confronted by Hunter and his airborne attack squad. Declaring his intent for revenge, Hunter engages and loses to Squad 1. He then attempts escape in a modified, heavily armed speedboat, but is killed when the boat is destroyed by McGarren's chopper. McGarren and his men then take Melissa to safety, having ended the URDA's terror once and for all.
Source: Wikipedia