Black Tiger, Black Tiger, burning bright

by Eric Caoili { Aug 26th 2008 at 7:30PM }

We didn't even know that we wanted Black Tiger ported to the DS, but now that programmer Alekmaul has revealed that he's working on a homebrew emulator for the Capcom arcade game, we are all over this business like hair on the floor of a barber shop. Really, it's quite disgusting.

Alekmaul hasn't revealed much about the project, except that it's coming this September sporting a 60 fps frame rate, likely without any sound due to technical difficulties implementing the audio. For now, you'll have to settle with the screenshots below!

If this is your first time hearing about the game, Black Tiger was originally released to arcades in 1987 before later being ported to various home computer systems and game compilations for the PSP/PS2/Xbox 360. Designed to be the spiritual successor to Ghosts 'n Goblins, the game stars a barbarian on a quest to slay three dragons.

Gallery: Black Tiger DS

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Tags: alekmaul, arcade, black-tiger, capcom, emulator, port

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

RupeeClock @ Aug 26th 2008 7:52PM

For more info on the game, you may want to watch this video on it.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/32095.html

CJC @ Aug 26th 2008 10:39PM

Is that title a William Blake reference? In a video game blog? Now I've seen everything.

Anonymousaurus @ Aug 27th 2008 12:10AM

hah that's exactly why im reading this article too.

Simon @ Aug 27th 2008 12:08AM

omg omg omg omg omg

i love this game, soooooo much.

JayVe @ Aug 27th 2008 8:07AM

This is one of my favorite arcade games, ever.

hellhammer @ Aug 27th 2008 3:02AM

I read a while back that Black Tiger was essentially Capcom's Castlevania.

Reminds me a lot of the Gargoyle's Quest/Demon's Crest titles, also.

Casey R Williams @ Aug 27th 2008 3:36AM

This game was a serious quarter muncher.

Professor Lario @ Aug 27th 2008 10:42AM

I remember playing this one as a kid in Southern Oregon... good times.

It is also included on the Capcom Classics 2 compilation for PS2 and XBOX(?).

Morning Toast @ Aug 27th 2008 1:07PM

Black Tiger took *forever* to get anywhere - hence aforementioned quarter eating. It's certainly a challenging game and it coming to the DS is sweet. But the game suffers from wash-rinse-repeat syndrome bad. Hopefully they'll add a save-state option or something. I know that's all anti-arcade but with this game you'll need it.