These arcade titles made in the 80s do not do much for me, not on the base-level experience of games to pick up and play in 2024. There's a huge selection but they're by and large primitive relics rather than timeless mainstays. (That said, there's some classic SNK weirdness showcased here. I cannot fully comprehend Munch Mobile or the rationale that led to its existence.)
What really earns the high 3.5/5 here is the presentation, which is the most curated-with-care I've ever seen in a collection like this. Games are available in multiple regions, with the occasional console port. There's a "watch" feature that lets you sit back for a longplay video. The museum section has a nice selection of arcade and magazine ephemera as well as soundtracks and a sort of text-based guided tour of the first twelve years of the company's entire release catalog.
What really earns the high 3.5/5 here is the presentation, which is the most curated-with-care I've ever seen in a collection like this. Games are available in multiple regions, with the occasional console port. There's a "watch" feature that lets you sit back for a longplay video. The museum section has a nice selection of arcade and magazine ephemera as well as soundtracks and a sort of text-based guided tour of the first twelve years of the company's entire release catalog.
its cool playing so many snk games but a most of them aren't always my thing sadly some really fun arcade games are here though
A great collection of SNK arcade games and the inclusion of console versions of the games adds so much extra content to an already great package. This is the definitive SNK compiliation.
Very cool and lovingly made, too bad it is about a collection of games that no one cares about :P
There's some cool games in here and the extra historical goodies included are very nice. Recommended if you're at all interested in obscure 80s games.
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
The collection's good, the bonuses are neat, but uh the games kinda suck. This is not a Namco or Atari clearly. No wonder SNK became synonymous with fighting games primarily.
SNK 40th Anniversary Collection
The collection's good, the bonuses are neat, but uh the games kinda suck. This is not a Namco or Atari clearly. No wonder SNK became synonymous with fighting games primarily.
Very good collection, but beware. These are not the Neogeo games like Metal Slug, KOF or Samurai Shodown. Rather they are the predecessor games to that mythical arcade board.
It includes both arcade games with their Japanese versions, as well as some ports that were made to consoles of certain games. As always Digital Eclipse making wonderful collections, nothing that surprises me and it is a very well done work. With artworks, unpublished images, information, etc.
Now, the games themselves are just so-so, nothing to highlight for the most part. I'm not saying that the emulation quality is bad, on the contrary. I'm just saying that the games themselves are no big deal even if they are arcade games. I feel that most of them were very experimental or clones of other hits of the time.
Still, it's a worthwhile collection.
It includes both arcade games with their Japanese versions, as well as some ports that were made to consoles of certain games. As always Digital Eclipse making wonderful collections, nothing that surprises me and it is a very well done work. With artworks, unpublished images, information, etc.
Now, the games themselves are just so-so, nothing to highlight for the most part. I'm not saying that the emulation quality is bad, on the contrary. I'm just saying that the games themselves are no big deal even if they are arcade games. I feel that most of them were very experimental or clones of other hits of the time.
Still, it's a worthwhile collection.
Really good collection of SNK's pre-Neo Geo games, with tons of new accessibility options that make the games easier to play, and better-than-MAME emulation at that! Also includes a smorgasbord of historical content, that makes this collection worth getting on it's own. This is absolutely how you do a collection of obscure games. Take some fucking notes, Taito, as much as I love you guys too.
Though my only real "issue" with it, is that the PC version doesn't support mouse control for the sole lightgun game on here, Beast Busters. But it's admittedly a minor wart on a great package, otherwise.
Though my only real "issue" with it, is that the PC version doesn't support mouse control for the sole lightgun game on here, Beast Busters. But it's admittedly a minor wart on a great package, otherwise.
Every SNK game that used the rotatory stick has been given then dual stick treatment and as such they've become the definitive version to play these. Having played them in the past, I can assure you that not even emulation can give you what's presented here.
The rest of the games play as they should, there's a decent ammount of extra materials, and there's even the console version of the games that have them.
One of the best compilations in recent years.
The rest of the games play as they should, there's a decent ammount of extra materials, and there's even the console version of the games that have them.
One of the best compilations in recent years.
A really well presented and interesting collection of games that tend to get overlooked. I'm not the biggest fan of a lot of these games, but I can still appreciate having them all in this collection and the collection itself being so well made. I've always enjoyed stuff like the Namco Museum games, and it's always a good thing when companies do more stuff like that. Lot's of good supplementary content and background for each game and bonus features that are all interesting for anyone interested in retro gaming.