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Gold Chocobo |
Old school games, new school systems.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6155592.html
Inspired by the above article, this thread's whole purpose is to discuss the advent of retro-gaming. Midway's up to their third collection, Namco's got two out, Capcom currently has two and announced a third (and I believe a fourth) collection, Atari's got one, Tecmo and even Taito have one each and now Sega's joined in the mix, with games outside of their Sonic collection. Speaking of that, games with long histories have also gotten collection releases, just to name a few: Street Fighter, Sonic, and Megaman. Mario's seen one or two collections, if you count the All-Stars game, but most of his re-releases have been singular. Same applies to the Legend of Zelda and Metroid. If there are any I've missed, by all means post them. Has anyone bought any of these collections to satisfy their old school nostalgic needs? I've picked up the Capcom Classics Collection for the PS2, but that's been the extent of my venture into retro-gaming thus far, though I'll likely pick up the same collection for the PSP, since it includes the original Strider. Jam it back in, in the dark. Reading -- Bleach, Claymore, Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, NOW, Zero: Beginning of the Coffin, Black God, Twelve Kingdoms (novels), History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Watching -- Bleach Playing -- Fable II, Valkyria Chronicles, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Ocean: First Departure, LittleBigPlanet, MegaMan 9, Mirror's Edge |
I bought some collections. I didn't cop' that capcom collection though. Didn't think it was that much interesting. Though I still play Sonic Gems Collection (Jap version ,Mind you) only becaue it has a shitload of nostalgic games such as the Streets of Rage games and Vectorman 2 (eheheh).
If they somewhat unleash yet another Sonic (Emerald? ) Collection, They HAVE to add the 3 Shinobi games . There's just no other reason. Shinobi did kick ass back in those days.. As far as Midway goes. I guess I'd get the game cause of Mortal Kombat since its the "perfect" arcade edition. Nothing good really came out of Midway but the MK games. all i know. I guess the collection is good to have for those who dont own the classic consoles and end up having another chance to get a crack at it once more on the TV screen--not the computer and emulation crap >=p. Most amazing jew boots |
Taito has two Legends collections out, I own the second one because ELEVATOR ACTION RETURNS. Also because it had Legend of Kage and Darius Gaiden <3
I'm quite a retro nut and I love how developers are releasing collections of classics, but many of them feel wasted opportunities, especially with arcade game collections. They seem to pick three great titles and then throw in 8-12 completely rotten ones, instead of bothering to pick the best of the bunch for a proper good collection. And it's not like you couldn't fit more of the games on a god damn DVD. The exception to this would be something like Sonic Mega Collection which, while sporting quite a few completely pointless "bonus" games, at least has more great games than bad ones. Of course, I bought the first release for Cube only for Sega to come out with the + version later for Xbox and PS2. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Gold Chocobo |
I'm definitely buying that Sega collection for the PSP. If it's got even half that list in the article I linked up top, it's a must have. Phantasy Star? Both Vectorman games? I've seen two lists, one from Joystiq, and the others from a forum-goer at Gamespot.
Joystiq: http://psp.joystiq.com/2006/06/25/re...this-november/
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? Reading -- Bleach, Claymore, Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, NOW, Zero: Beginning of the Coffin, Black God, Twelve Kingdoms (novels), History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Watching -- Bleach Playing -- Fable II, Valkyria Chronicles, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Ocean: First Departure, LittleBigPlanet, MegaMan 9, Mirror's Edge
Last edited by SouthJag; Aug 10, 2006 at 06:00 PM.
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http://www.taitolegends2.com/ I kinda want the first one cause of New Zealand Story, but none of the other games in the collection interest me at all, so €30 for just NZS is kinda steep. If only they'd have put it in the second, the collection would be perfect. The website's game listing is a tad misleading since Rayforce is only in the Xbox version, while the PS2 version got Ray Storm. I was speaking idiomatically. |
Taito Legends 2 is ace. <3 I was so delighted in the pants to see that it had Cameltry on it. It's probably still my most played game on the collection! The original Taito Legends wins for New Zealand Story, Rastan and Ninja Kids (ENGRISH GO), but a few of the really good games are very badly emulated. I dunno if they fixed that up for the American release, but the likes of Bubble Bobble, Operation Wolf and Rainbow Islands are terrible. Constant slowdown, muffled, off-sounding audio and sprite flickering. ;__;
I'm a big fan of these retro collections, Activision Anthology on PS2 is still my absolute favorite. There's like over fifty 2600 games, with an amazing menu screen set up to look like a room from the 80's, complete with a stereo that blasts out some fantastic tunes from that era (SAFETY DANCE). You choose your games by picking up the actual cartridges (well, you know, not... the actual.. ssh), which can be rotated around for no reason. They've also chucked in TV ads/spots for the games, as well as a great video from '82 where Activision are giving themselves pats on the back and announcing a new multi-million production plant, little did they know the video game crash was coming! Some lost the plot with these collections though, hello Atari Anthology, why is your menu screen so difficult to navigate? Why do I have to wait up to thirty seconds for ATARI 2600 games to load? And Intellivision Lives! has NO SOUL. It's also very difficult to play, but that's mainly because of the systems obscure controller, there's no way for a PS2 controller to emulate that terror correctly. And where's Streets of Rage in this Genesis Collection? Half those games have already been avaliable in Sonic Mega/Gems Collection. But it's nice to see they haven't totally forgotten about Alex Kidd, even if Enchanted Castle is the worst in the series. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Gold Chocobo |
And now for an update.
From my first post, I mentioned that the whole reason I started this thread was due to the announcement of the Sega Genesis collection for PS2 and PSP. Sega's finally come out of the closet and spoken up about the titles that will be available -- so here's the official list. Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Altered Beast Bonanza Bros. Columns Comix Zone Decap Attack starring Chuck D. Head Ecco the Dolphin Ecco II: The Tides of Time Ecco Jr. Kid Chameleon Flicky Gain Ground Golden Axe Golden Axe II Golden Axe III Phantasy Star II Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium Ristar Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Super Thunder Blade Sword of Vermilion Vectorman Vectorman 2 Virtua Fighter 2 That's awesome. Both Vectorman games, Phantasy Star, Altered Beast, Golden Axe...awesome. FELIPE NO Reading -- Bleach, Claymore, Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, NOW, Zero: Beginning of the Coffin, Black God, Twelve Kingdoms (novels), History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Watching -- Bleach Playing -- Fable II, Valkyria Chronicles, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Ocean: First Departure, LittleBigPlanet, MegaMan 9, Mirror's Edge |
Haha, oh dear, Virtua Fighter 2 on Mega Drive. Sega went from a mind blowing port of Virtua Racing to the machine in full, fairly smooth 3D to that dodgy, slow 2D thing of a fighting game. This might be worth buying just to relive the hilarious memories of renting that, thinking it'd be like the Saturn version.~
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Good news about Vectorman, Altered Beast and Phantasy Star, but why no Streets of Rage 2 love? ;_;
At least Ecco the Dolphin is on it. I never had a chance to play it when I had my Genesis, so I can see just how hard it really is. And I can't wait to play Phantasy Star 2 again. Jam it back in, in the dark. |