Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
Konami 50th Anniversary Collection: Arcade Classics
Release Date: April 18, 2019
Action, platformers, 2D, package, for 2 players, remasters/remakes, shoot 'em up, co-op, side-scroll, splitscreen, multiplayer, singleplayer
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A set of eight games created by Konami, which debuted on arcade machines. The compilation of Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics was released on the occasion of the company's fiftieth anniversary.
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Nintendo Life: 6 / 10 by Chris Scullion
You’ll still have a decent time playing through them all, even though the lack of online leaderboards, lack of high score saving and general lack of options certainly make its budget price feel justified.
Push Square: 6 / 10 by Nat Eker
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection is a nice nostalgia trip, but not an essential purchase. Though all of the games bar Haunted Castle are good fun, none but the Gradius games and Thunder Cross truly stand the test of time. Considering the arcade games missing here, it's hard to accept this as a 'classics' collection, but for what you're given, you could certainly do worse.
Cubed3: 7 / 10 by Gabriel Jones
With the addition of region-select, Konami's Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection has become the easy recommendation it deserves to be. An eclectic array of games is included in this set, and most of them are still quite entertaining. The newly-added region-select option allows players the chance to study how different approaches to difficulty can affect a title. It's rather fascinating how a few simple changes can create new challenges. All in all, it's a worthwhile pick-up for arcade fans.
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection Description
Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics is a compilation of eight games created by Konami, which debuted on arcade machines in the 1980s and 1990s. The set was released on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Japanese company.
Mechanics
The compilation of Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics includes the following items: Haunted Castle, Typhoon (A-JAX), Nemesis (Gradius), Vulcan Venture (Gradius II), Life Force (Salamander), Thunder Cross, Scramble (which also had an Xbox 360 remake in 2006), and TwinBee (this production also received a refreshed version created for the Nintendo 3DS).
Almost all of the games that make up the 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics are shoot'em ups, in which we sit at the helm of flying combat machines, eliminating hostile enemies. The only exception is Haunted Castle, where we play the role of Simon Belmont, and wander through the titular castle which belongs to Count Dracula.
Game modes
Each game in the Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics is playable on its own; selected titles also allow you to play in the company of a second player in a local co-op mode.
Technical aspects
Although the graphics design of the items contained in Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics remained untouched when compared to their archetypes, the developers have enhanced these productions with some modern solutions. In addition to the games themselves, the set includes an ebook filled with information about each of these titles, interviews with developers, curiosities from behind the scenes and conceptual materials.
Last updated on March 26, 2019
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows
Switch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i3-3120M 2.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD 4000 or better, 560 MB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
Recommended: Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 270X or better, 560 MB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit