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I wouldn't recommend the SNK 40th Collection, it has frequent crashes even when browsing the menus.

It's a good game but you'd be disappointed if you expect gameplay akin to the NES games. It's more like Devil's Dare with a DD reskin.

I'm waiting for a physical version since having to download 33 GBs+ is just ridiculous. That's the size of the Mortal Kombat games, which are at least new games. The original versions on Xbox and PS2 are barely half that size together.

@WhiteTrashGuy I can confirm, there is currently no option to invert the controls at all. Then again Aspyr is the same company that took multiplayer out of Jedi Outcast and Republic Commando.

3D Realms got screwed. Many of their games were stuck in Steam early access for years and suddenly got released at the beginning of this year. Both Graven and the Kingpin remaster got panned and Amid Evil got average reviews.

@Poco_Lypso Yeah licensed themes are generally more expensive. Back in 2022 there was a Star Wars set that retailed for $50, which consists entirely of a giant concrete floor and some minifigures.

In the extras menu there is a "redeem code" function. Anyone know what it does?

@SuntannedDuck2 Aspyr did a horrible job with Republic Commando on Switch. They removed multiplayer altogether, and I've had fun times playing Commando vs Trandoshan split screen deathmatches on the Xbox Originals version. Furthermore for some reason it also suffers from stick drift in certain levels, the only FPS on my console to do so.

I wonder this would also affect Live A Live down the line since it's another SE game that's Nintendo is publishing worldwide.

I'd also hope to see a price decrease. The digital version costs $90 in Australia, higher than all of Nintendo's first party games.

@Serpenterror Aspyr's ports were full of bugs. KOTOR had one that was introduced with an update in 2023, locking you out of a quest, and only got fixed a year later. And both Jedi Outcast and Republic Commando have their multiplayer modes missing.

Not surprised at all seeing how arrogant Sony got last gen riding off the Xbox One launch. They resisted adding cross platform play and mods, resisted backwards compatibility so they could resell you older games, added censorship to indie games that were released uncensored on Switch, and are now deleting people's digital purchases with the Funimation fiasco. And now despite their games selling millions it's still not enough somehow to keep their developers employed.

If the game succeeds I hope Nightdive could get their hands on Jedi Knight and Mysteries of the Sith. And hopefully Nightdive can then do a proper remaster of Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy since Aspyr did a pathetic job, porting the original PC versions with little changes for consoles and even removing multiplayer from Jedi Outcast.

Aspyr strikes again! Still amazed that KOTOR 1 and 2 are less than 3 GB on Xbox and PC but are 12-15 GBs on Switch without any significant graphics changes.

@LadyCharlie Yeah the two Taito Legends collections were really awesome. It includes many F3 System games like Arabian Magic, Bubble Symphony, Lightbringer, Space Invaders 95 etc that have yet been ported to Arcade Archives.

The Taito Milestones compilations on Switch pale in comparison, offering 10 games of varying quality for the same price.

So ININ couldn't do what Hamster already did years ago with the exact same games on Arcade Archives. Really?

And ININ really screwed it by launching with two games already on Arcade Archives, instead of the Gunforce games that have yet to see a release on modern platforms.

Sorry but I don't trust Aspyr after seeing their butchering of the previous SW games. They did not add anything new to the Battlefront games, Kit Fisto and Asajj Ventress were originally Xbox DLC.

*Episode 1 Racer has graphical glitches that weren't present in the originals.
*Jedi Outcast removed multiplayer and does not let you rebind your keys.
*KOTOR currently has a bug that locks you out of a certain dungeon in Korriban.
*KOTOR 2 launched with a crashing bug on Onderon, and the promised restored content DLC never showed up.
*Republic Commando removed multiplayer.

It's rather sad that the original Xbox emulated versions offer more content than Aspyr's supposed remasters.

Still waiting for the multiplayer update. The singleplayer campaign is fun but way too short.

@shgamer The PSP versions of Legend and Anniversary would have been perfect if not for screwed up controls thanks to PSP's lack of a second thumb stick.

I bought the game, and while it is as enjoyable as the original release, the annoying thing is that there is a serious bug with the weapon collection aspect. Only the first 4 or 5 weapons can be taken into other missions. The other ones are not selectable in the menu, even though they show up in the hideout firing range.

@Zanzox It seems most of the SNK published Neo Geo games are released. The ones missing including the Technos games, Hudson/Konami games, and Visco games which got published by Qubyte.

@LikelySatan Oh yeah Hitman Absolution caused lots of controversy with that take. It's the only one in the series with an exploitation movie feel, with extremely exaggerated villains to boot.

@LikelySatan What do you mean by "mean spirited tone"?

The mod is really fun and feels like an entirely different shooter like Sin. Unfortunately I've had several crashes, apparently due to running out memory according to the error message.

It's another case of ININ/SLG banking on audience confusion. A reminder that this is not the same as "Steel Empire Chronicles" which is also for preorder. Legend is basically a HD remake based on the 3DS version, while Chronicles is a compilation that also contains the Genesis, GBA, and 3DS versions.

@EarthboundBenjy Same reason why the PS1 Contra games weren't included in its collection. It wasn't made by Konami and was poorly received, plus it's easier to emulate SNES and Genesis games than one from the PS360 era.

FFS why can't Konami use M2 who made the Castlevania/Contra collections or Digital Eclipse who made the TMNT collection? I played LRG's Jurassic Park collection and the emulation quality is absolutely horrid with limited options to boot.

@Astral-Grain I played it on the mobile phone version and found them to be absolutely useless and turned them off. It makes sense in the World of Assassination trilogy where big maps necessitates their use, but Blood Money's maps are quite small and objectives are mostly direct.

@TrixieSparkle It's pretty much a video game adaption of Monopoly with extras such as a stock market and power ups. It's very popular in East Asian countries among casuals, although many felt that the entries after 4 didn't innovate much.

And with the Johnny Turbo Data East games being delisted, I hope Hamster gets the rights and do a proper emulation.

One great thing about the Steam version is the ability to download add-on maps, and I hope the Switch version let us do that somehow. Someone ported Eye of the Beholder to the Legend of Grimrock engine.

The sequel is even better. Instead of a single dungeon you have an overworld on an island with multiple dungeons. I wish both games are released together.

@Servbot_EJ Seems like AA stopped doing business with whoever owns the rights to Technos' back catalogue. There are still some missing games like Combatribes, Double Dragon Neo Geo, Shadow Force, and Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer.

@HammerGalladeBro Solitary Fighter is pretty much Violence Fight Championship Edition, which retained "Lick Joe", "Sammy You", and other mangled English.

Meh. Last week's Mystic Warriors was way better, being pretty much Sunset Riders 2 but with sci-fi ninjas instead.

Also it's worth noting that Johnny Turbo's Arcade series got delisted, which included Burgertime, Dark Seal, Joe & Mac, Night Slashers etc. I just hope Hamster picked up the license and do a proper emulation this time.

This makes me fear the Jurassic Park Collection being pulled some day. And I get the feeling that only the Ocean developed games were planned, and the Sega developed one were only added due to fan backlash.

Flashback 2 being trashed is not surprising. Paul Cuisset the original creator has been on a downward trajectory ever since the original. The 2013 remake got similarly bad reviews, and so did Amy, another creation of his.

Not surprising since Geoff is also known as the Doritos Pope. He likes to pretend that the Game Awards are the gaming equivalent of the Academy Awards, but imagine if the Oscars hurried winners through their speeches and don't even invite half the winner to the stage, because they interfered with the precious ad time for 40+ "exclusive trailers" for upcoming movies.

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/dec/09/the-game-awards-three-patience-testing-hours-of-video-game-advertorials

@Anti-Matter I don't trust Sony one bit. They recently announced that they will remove all media from Discovery from PSN, even if you paid for it, totally gone from your library.

Sorry but this looks like a XBLA era game. Why don't Konami just port Hard Corps Uprising.

Hopefully it's the original Prince of Persia. I love to replay the SNES version alongside the Mega Drive one.

This is just a pointless waste of money. The sequel is better in every way and contains all character plus new ones.

TBH is still less frivolous that those who spend thousands on LRG's physical rereleases on games less than 1 GB big. To get what? Another Switch card that you have to swap out every time I want to play it?

The fact that the review is complaining about the lack of Window 98 and PS2 games is laughable. They're relatively harder to emulate than 8/16 bit games, and including them would've doubled the game's size and price. And they weren't based on the first movie to begin with.

Yep what annoys me is the lack of the Game Gear/Master System version. Come on, both Game Boy versions are included.

Also there was a MS DOS version back in the day, which is pretty much a more advanced adaption of the SNES version. I wish that was included as well.

If you're only interested in the arcade versions, I'd say that grabbing both Image Fight and X Multiply off Arcade Archives is better value.

I'm holding off for Vol 2 though, that's where you get Gunforce 2 which is basically Metal Slug 0 with very similar artwork and gameplay.

@vio Irrelevant. Removed content is removed content, and just because you don't play multiplayer doesn't mean everyone else share your opinion. Plenty of people, including myself, had fun with split screen multiplayer back in the day and would gladly get back to it.

I got the game just now, and while the single player campaign runs as well (if you don't mind a more linear scripted experience akin to Half-Life), what annoys me is the fact that multiplayer is completely removed. I had great memories of multiplayer back in the day.

This makes no sense. Are the EU/AU versions of the game different variants from the worldwide version? What if I switch to the AU eshop, buy it there, and and switch to the US region on Nov 30 for the update?

Apparently there is no multiplayer included in this version as the source code got lost, unfortunately.

The good thing about the Super DD release is that it comes with the Japanese version which toned down the difficulty, and there are options to adjust gameplay speed, as the original only ran at 30 FPS.