> MAME and MESS merged a few years ago so perhaps the definitions of what a parent rom > is should be changed. > Slapfight was distributed on various populular gaming platforms, not just in the > arcades, and Slapfight was not marketed as Alcon anywhere except in the USA, and then > only on the blue Taito USA licensed A77 boardsets which are uncommon to say the > least. > Alcon was a US variant distributed by Taito USA but it wasn't a really world release. > All the Slapfight variants are in English language, even if they say for Japanese > domestic use only. > I never saw an Alcon in the arcades in Australia either but I saw quite a few > Slapfights, and then there was that Slapfight marquee produced in the UK for upright > machines in the UK domestic market...
it might just be a case of there is a World set but it hasn't turned up yet.
It does seem strange that it was known as Slap Fight over here, and all the home ports were known as Slap Fight when there isn't a Taito original for outside of Japan with that title. It also seems odd that we're missing a set that could be a 'World' version.
Unless Toaplan / Taito saw the sheer number of bootlegs and just didn't bother with the European market?
OTOH it might just be a very rare set, things like Wyvern F-0 which are stupidly rare now were apparently actually seen in quite a few UK and European locations back in the day.
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