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
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 With artworks, unpublished images, information, etc.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.