SNK's Action Game Victory Road Is The Latest Arcade Archives Release

Already have it in SNK 40th Anniversary Collection.

I can't wait to get the ones I'm interested in, namely Pinball, Yie-ar Kung Fu and Wrecking Crew, but they always release the ones I want the most in the last place LOL.

And after that I'm looking forward to see the announcement of a new batch, and I hope to see titles like Bubble Bobble or Super Dodge Ball, for now exclusive to PS4.

Well, I guess one big bonus on this one is the online leaderboard. NES version of this has to be one of the worst arcade-to-home ports I've ever experienced!

These choices are getting pathetic and pretty poorly executed too. They are obviously just plumping for the cheapest licenses they can get.

@Moroboshi876 NES version of Wrecking Crew has just been added to the NES library for Switch Online, not the arcade game but at least it's something. And it's not Super Dodge Ball but I did enjoy Windjammers a lot for a similar experience if you haven't tried that one out (I don't have the SNK 40th anniversary yet so don't know if it is in that package).

As for Yie-ar Kung Fu: I would love to play that again, played it to death on the MSX when I was a kid and almost forgot about that one. A Konami MSX collection would be awesome!

When I first played this in the arcades, I thought someone had hacked Ikari Warriors lol. Tough as nails this one.

@YANDMAN Have to disagree with ya there bud. Their output is exemplary.

@Moroboshi876 I'm looking forward to Bubble Bobble too (Hope we see Flying Shark eventually)

@GrailUK I've checked (again) the list in the Wikipedia and we can expect to see other big names too, like Kiki Kaikai, Wonder Boy (it would be great, it's not been ported except from that Sega Ages compilation on Japanese PS2), The Legend of Kage, Mr. Goemon, Super Dodgeball... R-Type was mentioned ages ago, but it disappeared. Don't care anymore, I already have it in R-Type Dimensions EX.

And I hope they fullfill the "promise" of releasing 800 (or something like that) games.

But I'm under the impression that they're going to slowly let the series die, as they did with ACA Neo Geo. They're still releasing games, sure, but I think it's time for a new batch announcement, isn't it?

Waiting for Karate Champ (I believe this was the Arcade they played in Bloodsport) and Yie-Ar Kung Fu (used to play on the Amstrad in the 8-bit days)

Also hoping they step up the Taito Coin-Ops. Bubble Bobble / Rainbow Islands / New Zealand Story would be fantastic

@GrailUK Tell me which of the arcade archives games are exemplary? Perhaps i'm missing something

@Moroboshi876 Wow, what makes you think they are letting the series die? I mean, they announced the Irem games before the SNK collection was announced (if I remember correctly). They haven't slipped a single game bar that one week with the NEO GEO games (I think they are allowed that lol) X-Multiply is on it's way. I think personally they are being smart staggering games already on PS4 and games that aren't so they can simultaneously release them on both platforms.

@YANDMAN Man, if ya don't like em, play something else. It's not rocket science. I am a huge fan of this series. Different strokes for different folks I guess! Ninja Spirit is one of my fave games ever.

BATH TIME!

Oh wait, that's just the NES version...

@GrailUK Well, maybe I'm just afraid LOL I want them to keep porting games and announcing new ones to mantain my hype. But I'd like them to at least give us a schedule in order to know when exactly is supposed to be released every announced game. Now it's totally random.

@Moroboshi876 See I actually love not knowing what's next lol. Makes Thursdays less dull

@GrailUK But what if you're looking forward to the release of one of the announced? It's hard when you see they keep pushing it to the bottom.

@Moroboshi876 "I have a particular set of skills. Skills like an eclectic taste in gaming and god like* hand to eye coordination. Skills that make it a nightmare to earn money from" - Liam Neeson (maybe). But at least it makes it much easier to love whatever they release lol.

*A really above average God. Not God God.

@GrailUK Unfortunately I tend to be too influenced by reviews, and some old school classics get bad ones, so when I'm interested in a title for its name and gets bad scores I just don't buy it. Unless it's something I really want, like Renegade.

@Moroboshi876 Yeah I get where you are coming from. Take this week for example. I'll be passing on it because I already own it. But holy cow, my backlog is the only man made spectacle visible from the moon!

Slightly off topic anyone know what’s next for the Sega ages series??

@joey302 I think it's Space Harrier (but not 100%)

@GrailUK Don't get me started... Mine is huge too. 137 games on Switch (including individual titles in collections, after all they're games too), and that's just Switch. I don't have the time and when I do I can't play as thoroughly as I would like.

@GrailUK ok cool that’s a purchase thx!

@joey302 The loudest game in any arcade. It was embarrassing dying! "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!"

@GrailUK There can be no doubt that Ninja Spirit is a brilliant game and Night Slashers is in my opinion not only a fantastic game but the best one put out in this series, but in the grand scope of the 15,000 or so major arcade titles that exist this is all mostly poor to average games with the odd exception. perhaps you don't have much of an arcade knowledge i don't know, if you don't i could see how these would interest you, but if you are aware of a lot of the titles that exist i don't see how you could rate this series so highly.

@joey302 Columns

@YANDMAN poor execution? Yeah, I dunno about that. HAMSTER’s work emulating these games has been pretty amazing. It’s cool if you don’t dig the game choices, but the ones they have done, they’ve done extremely well.

@YANDMAN But it's an ongoing thing. One man's trash is another man's treasure. You sir are being unreasonable. They are releasing a game a week that are really well done. It's something folk really aren't required to be making demands or asking for stuff. It strikes me as a bunch of guys putting these games out for the love and respect of the games.

But I am a veteran of 80's arcades. I did my tour in Blackpool '83. London 85'. I saw the world (ok, mostly playing in hotel lobbies). I get flash backs. (Especially the faulty 1942 cabinet I kept getting electric shocks from.) I was there maaaan. I don't profess to know everything about them, but I can promise you I get the same adrenaline rush when I was a kid. Sure they may be humbled by contemporary games, but these are gameplay milestones. And I love them.

I will say, I regard Bomb Jack as the perfect arcade game. You may disagree and name another game from the 15,000 you are aquainted with...but it doesn't change my mind in the exact same way Bomb Jack doesn't change yours. And nor should it.

@GrailUK “Blackpool '83. London 85'

No Great Yarmouth or Skegness ?

@Gerald During those hot sweaty summers, with the Nintendo Kong hiding in the shadows, one seaside resort blurred into the next man.

@GrailUK Listen i am an arcade fanatic, i have my own private arcade, i am making no comparison between these or playing them off as lesser to perhaps modern games as you posssibly thought. They are not well put together at all, very few have video options but them some have several which makes absolutely no sense. There is no bezel artwork offered or perhaps a flyer scan, both of which are nothing more than implementing two tiny files, if you enjoy them that's fine, but claiming they are exemplary is far from accurate. I would rather play good arcade games over pretty much anything else, but as is aid before most of these are just low end and obviously cheap to licemce which means maximum profit at release. To think that this is some kind of passion project is also ridiculous. After all these are put out by the hamster 'corporation' .

@YANDMAN Oohhhh. Hahaha. By output I meant the fact they are releasing consistently every week. I mean compared to the Virtual Console, their output is perfection! Output means how much of something is made last time I read a dictionary. As for artwork etc, yeah I'm the first to agree it would be a nice touch. But it's not a deal breaker for me.

Is "Listen, I'm an arcade fanatic" meant to be the same as "trust me, I'm a doctor" lol. Hahah. (No malice, it just made me chuckle)

What we REALLY need next is for Warner Bros to get off their bum and send all those lovely Midway/Atari classics our way!!
Gauntlet 1&2
Rampage series
Robotron 2084
Defender
Stargate
Hydro Thunder
San Francisco Rush 2049
Bubbles
Joust
Klax
Marble Madness
Paperboy
RoadBlasters
Tapper
Satan’s Hollow
Smash TV
Toobin
Vindicators
Total Carnage
Wizard of Wor
Xenophobe
Xybots
Cyberball series
Championship Sprint series
Mortal Kombat 1,2,&3
Off road drivin
Hard driving
Race driving
NARC
Pit Fighter
Stun Runner
Super Off Road
And many more!! A mighty retro group of arcade games sorely missing on the Switch!!

@joey302 I know man. Who do we need to pester to make this happen?

I have been getting really disappointed with these Arcade Archives games lately, I bought all the Neo Geo games and I got the all the Arcade Archives games they were releasing for a while but over the past few months I have been skipping a few. Some of these games just aren't worth paying $8 for.

To me this is definitely one of those cases, you already get this game included in the SNK 40'th collection and that is a significantly better deal, you get over 25 games in that for $40 while $40 will only get you 5 Arcade Archives titles.

@GrailUK Warner Bros.- they had Midway Arcade Origins (30+ classics) for the 360 and PS3-but that’s the last time they touched them. Thankfully you can play Origins on Xbox one thanks to BC, but other then that a NEW Collection is long overdue now!

waiting for karate champ, I wish they would put super punch-out or popeye.

@GrailUK There is no virtual console, and yes.

@commentlife Its pretty much impossible to get the emulation
wrong in 2019, that is absolutely no feat of programming. I meant the package of the game itself. They are completely bare bones but in a few cases not so much and that's what doesn't make any sense. Some have screen and filter options, some dont. if they added bezel artwork options it would make the experience so much better. look at the included wallpaper option, it basically isn't one. All they would need to do is upload a tiny tiny art file here of the bezel. it's all in the detail and these just don't have it. Its a lazy cash grab.

Woosh.

@YANDMAN Sorry you got the wrong end of the stick. You enjoy your private arcade Dr Yandman. I'm just happy these games are coming to Switch.

@GrailUK You too, do you have the SNK colelction or the Namco one? Far better choice of games and much better value....and far better presented with options, artwork and flyers.

@YANDMAN Yeah I have both! At some point next week, I need to revisit a few Arcade Archives. A couple of my top scores have been beaten...and I don't like being second. (Although Moon Patrol can do one, it must have taken months to beat my score by 10pts)

@joey302 Space Harrier and Puyo Puyo releasing August 22nd in the West

@Moroboshi876 Talk of the devil, X-multiply out today ^^ Woot!

@GrailUK As I said, they keep the ones I want the most to the bottom of the list. This isn't one of them (mostly because I didn't know about it until now)

@GrailUK cool! Puyo Puyo though is an odd choice especially since they just released it on all consoles. But Sega has way much better stuff in their treasure chest to choose from!