The Namco Museum series, on the PS1, is a major standout for me. Taken as a whole it is probably best-in-class, to say nothing of the virtual museums that are extremely cool too. The Midway Arcade Treasures series on the PS2 is great as well, so many awesome games there.
Speaking of--will video game compilations ever progress, or will this just be the same revolving door of a few games here, a few games there forever? I feel like a definitive statement would be nice. Namco for example, what about something like Namco 1978-1994 or something? Shoot I might even pay full price for something like that. Sure beats the hell out of buying the same uneven handful of shit forever, I think.
Its sad how compilations actually got worse 7th gen onward. Companies used to be fine giving you 20+ retro games in a package. Now you're lucky to get 10. TheKonami TMNT bundle is the first decent one I've seen in like a decade.
I think you might be missing the point, in a general way. Compilations should be reverent to the games, or era, that they present, and in that regard I think the Midway collection is an awesome snapshot into that time with some added bonuses too. Midway Arcade Treasures Vol 1 and 2 are, at the least, wide-reaching and strong compilations of arcade history. Sure beats what we get today, which are games that get shit out and duplicated in compilations that are less-than versions of comps offered 20 years ago, OR they get doled out as one-offs to be bought and played by almost nobody except the people who seek them out specifically.
And I think your nostalgia is making you like an inferior product. You know it's a problem when Midway's biggest game, Mortal Kombat, is borderline unplayable on Arcade Treasures because they ran it on an ancient dogshit version of MAME instead of porting the fricking game because they were lazy
damn this cover is so soul
but whatever, i came here to say this
someone beat me to it. The Namco Museum is probably the most creative shit i've ever seen when it comes to collections.
Daily reminder that PS1/Saturn compilations are always good choices because they are ports. Gen 6 are shitty emulator packs, anyone recommending them are smoothbrains parroting YouTube
Mega Man Wily Wars is decent. Some of the new graphics are meh, and a lot of the music even more so. But it has a save feature, afaik is the only version of Mega Man 2 that doesn't take away your e-tanks after a game over, and when you beat the 3 games you unlock the new "Wily Tower" levels which are awesome. If you wanna play it, overclock the MD's CPU in your emulator otherwise you get constant slowdown
capcom generations
battle archives ps2
The Namco Museum series, on the PS1, is a major standout for me. Taken as a whole it is probably best-in-class, to say nothing of the virtual museums that are extremely cool too. The Midway Arcade Treasures series on the PS2 is great as well, so many awesome games there.
Speaking of--will video game compilations ever progress, or will this just be the same revolving door of a few games here, a few games there forever? I feel like a definitive statement would be nice. Namco for example, what about something like Namco 1978-1994 or something? Shoot I might even pay full price for something like that. Sure beats the hell out of buying the same uneven handful of shit forever, I think.
Its sad how compilations actually got worse 7th gen onward. Companies used to be fine giving you 20+ retro games in a package. Now you're lucky to get 10. TheKonami TMNT bundle is the first decent one I've seen in like a decade.
The arcade treasures on PS2 are just MAME on a disc. Compilations stopped being good after 5th gen
I think you might be missing the point, in a general way. Compilations should be reverent to the games, or era, that they present, and in that regard I think the Midway collection is an awesome snapshot into that time with some added bonuses too. Midway Arcade Treasures Vol 1 and 2 are, at the least, wide-reaching and strong compilations of arcade history. Sure beats what we get today, which are games that get shit out and duplicated in compilations that are less-than versions of comps offered 20 years ago, OR they get doled out as one-offs to be bought and played by almost nobody except the people who seek them out specifically.
And I think your nostalgia is making you like an inferior product. You know it's a problem when Midway's biggest game, Mortal Kombat, is borderline unplayable on Arcade Treasures because they ran it on an ancient dogshit version of MAME instead of porting the fricking game because they were lazy
>borderline unplayable
Really excited for the new slang to finally take hold, I'm so tired of all this hyperbole. It makes everything mean nothing.
damn this cover is so soul
but whatever, i came here to say this
someone beat me to it. The Namco Museum is probably the most creative shit i've ever seen when it comes to collections.
they are all just MAME emulation with a front end. just get MAME and you'll have them all.
0 soul pajeet shit
>muh emulated roms have soul if I pay for them!!
your brain has been cucked by scalpers
I never said I pay for them, they're just better than MAMEgayging
>MAME is better than MAME
MAME is truly amazing. Think of how much history would be lost, or on the verge of being lost, without it.
Also, MAME is the best way to play...nothing in particular. Incredible that it exists! But hardly the definitive way to play...again, anything.
Daily reminder that PS1/Saturn compilations are always good choices because they are ports. Gen 6 are shitty emulator packs, anyone recommending them are smoothbrains parroting YouTube
Mega Man Wily Wars is decent. Some of the new graphics are meh, and a lot of the music even more so. But it has a save feature, afaik is the only version of Mega Man 2 that doesn't take away your e-tanks after a game over, and when you beat the 3 games you unlock the new "Wily Tower" levels which are awesome. If you wanna play it, overclock the MD's CPU in your emulator otherwise you get constant slowdown
Konami Arcade Classics on PS1 is pretty good.
are there any good ones on Steam?
i already have the sega and atari ones.
i know about the capcom ones. just wondering if there are any hidden gems