Review: Anniversary Collection Arcade Classics (PlayStation 4)

KONAMI starts its 50th-anniversary celebration with this first installment of the Anniversary Collection series of the all-time classics! This collection includes 8 arcade masterpieces of the 80s, from Nemesis to Haunted Castle.

Pros:

  • Classic retro graphics.
  • 424.6mb download size.
  • Platinum trophy.
  • Games-Twin bee, Nemesis, Lifeforce, Typhoon, Haunted Castle, Vulcan Venture, Thundercross and Scramble.
  • Bonus book- History of the games complete with screenshots. Well presented and you can zoom in and out.
  • Games are powered by Arcade Archives.
  • Options which are the same for each individual game and can be changed independently.
  • Enemy strength–low, normal, high and really high.
  • Difficulty-easy, normal, hard and very hard.
  • Blurring-off, mild and strong.
  • Mid save option. Quick save.
  • Ratio-original or 16:9.
  • Frame/border art-off or A or B.
  • Ui bar on/off. Shows shortcuts and menu buttons.
  • Can rebind controls per game.
  • Reset game option.
  • Can quit back to the menu to change the game.

Con’s:

  • No online leaderboards.
  • Lacks a lot o menu options that are available on the standalone Arcade Archive games.
  • Basic ports.
  • Strange choice of games.

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!

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