From: nospamforted@nospam.com   
      
   Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:   
   snip   
   > And the Naomi arcade game Spikeout that preceded it. The combat engine   
   > used in Yakuza is very much lifted from the Spikeout system. This is   
   > actually acknowledged implicitly in the game, as one of the interior   
   > environments is an arcade, with vending machines and a batting cage and   
   > several Spikeout arcade consoles lined up in a row. Unfortunately, the   
   > games are decorative only, and don't function as an interface to any   
   > hidden, easter-egg mini game as far as I know.   
      
   Yeah, that kinda pisses me off. Throw us a bone; just take something   
   from the Ages series and throw it in there. Or emulate Streets of Rage   
   or something.   
   The batting cages are fun tho; more than any of the bar games in Shenmue   
   except darts for me.   
      
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