Released on February 25, 2009 in Japan, Initial D Arcade Stage 5 was the second game in the series released on the Sega Lindbergh hardware. A few notable differences include massive physics changes. Compared to Arcade Stage 4/Extreme Stage, which used "drifting" physics, Arcade Stage 5 featured more realistic driving physics, which included tire and brake wear down. Although the tire and brake wear are not displayed anywhere in the game, experienced players can notice the difference in the change in physics as they progress in races.
New characters that appeared for the first time in the game are Kobayakawa, Satoshi Omiya, Imposter Project D, Kai Kogashiwa (R.T. Katagiri S.V.), and Hideo Minagawa. New courses such as Happogahara, which used from Arcade Stage Ver.1 to Arcade Stage Ver.3/Street Stage (only daytime used is night) and only Extreme Stage appeared with full daytimes between day and night and Nagao, R.T. Katagiri S.V.'s home course.
The last entry of this arcade machine series, where you fight with dinosaurs with a rock, paper, scissors enhanced system.
This version concludes the story, by presenting how, after the defeat of Space Pirates, Jark's son, Goma, takes the leadership and tries once and for all the universal domination, and now, D-team has to stop him and his powerful ace, Eocarcharia.
This entry is special because it had more playable novelties of all the games, including 6 special critical move attacks which are quick time event moves, one per elemental type, and also another power up/gimmick, the awaken mode, in which, once you win or lose you can activate, being a One turn exclusive power up where your attack and defense is duplicated.
House of the Dead EX is a spin-off of the series and takes more of a comedy approach to the Sega franchise. A light-gun shooter at heart, players will also take part in minigames to progress through this wacky zombie-love story.
Primeval Hunt is a shooting arcade game which is developed and published by Sega and runs on their Sega Lindbergh hardware. It comes in both standard and deluxe models, with the deluxe version featuring a 62" HD Screen. Released for arcades in early 2008, players in the game must hunt 10 species of dinosaur over 12 levels and 3 Bonus stages using light guns styled after pump action shotguns with speakers mounted for the first time in the 'butt' of each gun. The game also utilizes a unique touch screen interface to give a free-roaming element to the gameplay. It is similar to the Big Buck Hunter arcade games.
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3DX is the first major update to Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3. Based on the Wangan Midnight manga, this game marks the fourth installment in the Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune series and the sixth entry in the overall Wangan Midnight arcade series, which also includes Wangan Midnight R and the 2001 Wangan Midnight video game.
Pump It Up NX Absolute is the final of the NX series by Nexcade and Andamiro. Featuring a revised WorldMAX with new songs but a few songs removed, it was released in 2008.
Pentavision's first arcade music game features Ouendan-style gameplay using a touchscreen HDTV. It was first released in South Korea in 2008, followed by a worldwide release the following year.
On October 30th, 2008, this major update had been released to further balance the game and fix some bugs. It also came with some design changed, like new character illustrations, an additional stage, the playable debut of Akane and Nazuna Inuwaka alongside their respective Arcana, new color palettes, and a training mode.
R-Tuned: Ultimate Street Racing is an arcade racing game released by Sega on 23 October 2008 in Asia and North America, and on 17 April 2009 in Europe. The game focuses on the import scene and illegal street racing. The game runs on the Sega Lindbergh platform, and uses Virtua Fighter 5's character model engine.
Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride is a combination of an arcade game and a collectible item game featuring the protagonists of the Kamen Rider Series. The game is being released as part of the 10th anniversary of the Heisei run Kamen Rider Series by Toei, TV Asahi & Ishimori Productions and features heavy tie-ins with the television series Kamen Rider Decade, whose protagonists use cards similar to those used in the game. It is played in a similar fashion to Sega's Mushiking and Dinosaur King games, and uses special Data Cardass cards released by Bandai.
Fantasy Zone II DX: The Tears of Opa-Opa is a special Fantasy Zone game first seen in the Sega Ages 2500 series entry, Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 33: Fantasy Zone Complete Collection. It is a remake of Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa running on emulated Sega System 16 arcade hardware. As of MAME version 0.146u2, the game is currently available to play in an emulator.
Fantasy Zone II DX was re-released with additional features in 2014 in Japan and 2015 worldwide as 3D Fantasy Zone II W on the Nintendo 3DS.
Virtua Fighter 5 R was an update to Virtua Fighter 5, released on July 24th 2008 to Japanese arcades. This revision featured brand new stages and a new character named Jean Kujo, who practices Karate. Also included was the return of the sumo wrestler Taka-Arashi from Virtua Fighter 3, which brought the fighter count up to twenty (counting Dural).
A "Version A" update was released on December 16th, 2008. The version added various improvements to the game, as well support for the "Bingo Festival - Bingo Days!" event for the month of December 2008.
Version B of Virtua Fighter 5 R was officially released in the Japanese arcades on May 21, 2009. This version featured changes in the animations of moves on all the characters, as well as changes to enhance the gameplay modes, and an improved camera system.
Version C was released on November 25, 2009. However, this particular version mainly added new team items for the character's outfits.