Hamster Reveals Upcoming Lineup Of Arcade Archives Switch Games

I am always hoping for Cabal by TAD but it is never on the list. still can beat it without continue.

Come oooooooooooon, do Sunset Riders!

Salamander is perhaps the only interresting for me.

I really wish that Hamster could get access to Konami's licensed arcade games. It is the best in the business when it comes to console arcade releases. Even if the company had to charge a little extra for licensing fee's, I would buy every one it releases.

I really don't want to have to pay hundreds of dollars for the Arcade1Up cabinets.

I love Hamster (even more since I downloaded a few of the half arsed releases in the Johnny Turbo's Arcade line) but I do wish they'd stop releasing games that are already in the SNK Collection when there are so many other classic arcade games out there.

Get my shootemup fix! Hit me, hamster!

'Fraid I've only heard of the two vs games, be interesting to see what the others look like.

I feel like I’m pretty aware of video game history until I see a list of Arcade Archives games and realize I can only recognize a fraction of the titles 😆

@BionicDodo if hamster ever adds those DE games to AA I’ll buy them all again. Johnny turbo arcade was junk!

SAAAASUUUKKKKE!!!!!

I am excited for a handful especially The Tin Star

@NinChocolate Yeah, I bought a handful as they were about £1.80 each on sale, but they are poor packages. That said, Nitro Ball is fabulous even in Johnny Turbo's blur-o-vision!

The warden has been taken hostage. Free him. No matter what the cost! What a bloody hard game...can't wait lol.

@GamingFan4Lyf Salamander is a Konami arcade game. It was released in North America under the alternate title “Lifeforce”.

I think some were also released as part of a Konami Arcade Collection a while back, but I’m not sure about the quality of those.

Wake me up when they announce port of the arcade version of Rabio Lepus

@Ooyah Cool. Never played that one but might look into it.

Do you know if it is any good?

What will it take to get some Bubble Bobble around here?

@NotTelevision I know that Salamander is Life Force.

The Konami Arcade Collection is done by Hamster.

I mean the licensed titles:
X-Men, The Simpsons, TMNT, Aliens, Bucky O' Hare, etc.

@Angelic_Lapras_King

Oh yes. Make that happen!

Jailbreak? Is that P.O.W. (Datsugoku), judging by the other SNK games on the list?
I remember trying the arcade version, and it seemed like jump-kicking was the only usable move, as enemies, even on the first level, would constantly dodge punch and kick moves.
At least the NES version didn't seem to do that. (having only two buttons, jump kick was both buttons, and doesn't seem to be much of a range move either)

@Ooyah I've wondered if Jailbreak could be "P.O.W. - Prisoners of War" by SNK, judging by the other games on the list. I've heard the Japanese name "Datsugoku" means "jailbreak".

Rush’ n Attack was aka Green Beret is a great Konami game that was never released. I gave up on this and currently enjoying all of the old arcade games on a Samsung S6 tablet. If and when these games ever get released I will buy them on the Switch.

It’s actually Jail Break, (two words) and it doesn’t look appealing, even by 1986 standards. Give us Rush’n Attack which was 1985 and a game that I enjoyed playing as a teenager.

Most of them were already announced. Not excited about almost any of them, in some cases because I have them in SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, in some others because Arcade Archives is in a low streak lately.

Glad to see Wrecking Crew again, they stopped mentioning it.

I vaguely remember playing JailBreak on the Amstrad. Looking forward to playing that again

Gemini Wing. I used to pump so many 10p’s into that game back in the 90’s. Great stuff!

For the love of god can we please get Raiden 1 & 2

1943. 194X loop master.

@GamingFan4Lyf RIGHT!? I’d love for Hamster, M2, Konami, Viacom and whoever else is necessary to actually create a collection of TMNT NES/SNES/Gen/Arcade titles released on Switch.

@electrolite77 Clacton-on-Sea was my old stomping ground. There was an arcade there that had a row of shooters; r-type, Gemini wing, contra etc. Good times.

@JSDude1 I’ll never understand why this hasn’t been done already. It’s not like the market is flooded by new TMNT games.

@Sinton get ready for the licensing excuse people to show up. Somehow 1up arcade manages to figure out licensing but no other company can.

Jail Break that will do nicely, still one of my favourite 80s arcade games.

Irrelevant batch, I wish it had a wider variety of platforms, and a better treatment to the UI. Don’t get me wrong, I own some SNK titles and it’s nice to have these on the go, but ACA games are a bit on the low effort side and have a very, very messy interface.

I've resisted buying VR Racing because it didn't support local wireless play. But I'm having surgery tomorrow so I'm left to buy that tonight instead of Raiden in case it's my last night of gaming.

I like the VS games but the rest is sort of whatever.

If you’re a retro guy like me you just gotta love what Hamster is doing with these classics! 👍keep em coming boys and please more Taito titles!!

@Angelic_Lapras_King one of my faves! Would love to see sunset riders hit!!

@joey302 there's another cowboy game like sunset riders where you are animal cowboys. It's more cartoony but I'd love to give it a try.

@jrpacman amen! There IS a Bubble Bobble Game coming though Which will include the arcade classic version!

@sixrings agreed but did you check out Raiden V?

@sixrings great game...Mesa something or other...I forget the name but I’ve played it on my modded Snes Classic. Good luck with your surgery! 👍

Hopefully there’s a chance to get Mysterious Stones Dr Kick In Adventure at some point.

@sixrings Its almost like the license holders don’t like money, they’d sell a million copies easy across Switch, PS4, XBOne, Steam, probably a lot more..

@sixrings Wild Cowboys of Moo Mesa. But it's a license-based game (which like Bucky O' hare, is probably more remembered because of the Konami game than the original IP itself.) which all makes it less likely to get re-released.

@joey302 The original is going to be released by Hamster eventually. It was on PS4. It will come to the Switch, I'm sure.

@KingMike Bingo! That’s the name of it!! Nice side scrolling shooter yes!

@Moroboshi876 you’re absolutely right Bubble Bobble is already on PS4 a long time and i forgot I even owned it lol! ☺️

@joey302 And considering there have already been releases of games that PS4 got a long time ago, it won't be an exception. Funny thing though: they're not even announced usually. They just get released.

@GamingFan4Lyf Yeah I’d like to see their 90s games rereleased as well.

Im still hoping for metal slug 6. And id buy cabal and bubble bobble in a heartbeat!!

No idea how they pick these things, though I'd imagine licensing fees are the culprit. Would love to see Taito's Cadash, a fairly unique arcade RPG, and while I'm dreaming, Data East's RoboCop

A lot of redundancy in these selections being released as many are already included in various compilations such as SNK or Konami, for examples. I realize that it offers folks who only want certain specific games to be able to grab them without a larger investment, but still, there are so many deserving titles out there we may never get to see again.

Someday Hamster will give me Arcade Archives Mr. Do! I just know they will. It's their destiny.

Super Dodgeball(Neogeo) needs to happen. SNK, Hamster and Arc System works make it happen please!

I would play popeye, super punchout and rush n attack as arcade games, also kung fu too.