Taito Milestones 4: Ten Classic Games in One Collection
Taito Milestones 4 brings a massive chunk of arcade history straight to your handheld, packing ten distinct titles that range from high-speed water sports to mystical gnomes smashing demons. It’s a digital time capsule designed to give you that smoke-filled game centre vibe without the sticky floors or the need for a pocket full of change. Whether you’re dodging sharks on skis or breaking bricks in space, this collection focuses on pure, old-school challenge and variety.
Developer: Taito / Hamster Corporation
Publisher: Clear River Games
Genre: Arcade / Collection
Release Date: March 26, 2026
Website: Taito Official
UK Store: Purchase Here
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Taito Milestones 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Review: Specs & HUD
- The main menu is just a thumbnail for each game and is very basic and plain. If the font is crazy, then you won’t know what you are looking at.
- A manual that is a mix of images and text for each game is included for quick reference.
- Online leaderboards for each game with filters so you can see where you rank.
- They pull leaderboards from the original stand-alone Arcade Archives version, so the leaderboards are already stacked.
- At any time, you can bring up the menu for settings or use the handy reset game menu option.
- No way to highlight games or change the order of them on the main menu.
Gameplay Review & Mechanics Breakdown
Eight games in one – Water Ski, Field Day, Typhoon Girl, Arkanoid, Bronze Adventure, Kuri Kinton, Syvalion, Don Doko Don, Cameltry, and the Ninja Kids. The gameplay varies from shmups to platformers to beat ’em ups, and it is very surprising how much the gameplay for each game still holds up. Has a collection that, for the average gamer, will have some classics whilst also introducing new titles. Some stone-cold classics in here, and for me personally, this collection was more suited to me than the last one.
Water skiing is a classic game where you have to steer away from obstacles like rocks, rafts, people, and even sharks. It sounds simple, but you cannot see a lot up front, and the boat towing you will move on its own and drag you around. Field Day supports up to four local players with name entry. You then play a wide variety of games against the CPU. Local drop-in/drop-out multiplayer support is great, but it doesn’t have online multiplayer support, which is a bit of a letdown.
All the new stuff in these games is just accessibility and tweaking the difficulty. Save and load when you want with 4 save slots for each game, plus you can quit back to the game select screen at any time. Interrupt save lets you save whenever you want, but the game will carry on from there, meaning it’s a one-off save, and you have to carry on next time you boot the game. Great little nostalgic collection for sure.
Taito Milestones 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Review: Performance & Fidelity
- Awesome graphics that capture that original arcade look perfectly.
- Tiny 1.5GB download size, so it won’t kill your storage space.
- Slight hitches as you change games or when they first boot up, not all the time, but sometimes.
- Display settings – display frame, display position, display size, display direction, wallpaper, and screen filter.
- You only have a couple of wallpapers to choose from, and they are not that great anyway.
- They don’t have any history or scans of the original release like Boxart, which is a shame.
Settings, Customisation & Control Details
- Every game can be individually tweaked for game and display settings.
- Game settings – lives, difficulty, extend, continues, screen inversion, and preference settings.
- You can remap controls and set up autofire/attack in each game to suit your style.
- You have to change the settings in each game for display and audio, which is a pain, so no settings transfer between games.
- No achievements or trophies system included in this collection.
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Summary
THRILLS & HIGHLIGHTS:
Awesome graphics and a tiny 1.5GB download size make this a great little nostalgic collection. You get eight games in one, ranging from shmups to beat ’em ups, and it is very surprising how much the gameplay for each game still holds up. Water Ski is a standout where you dodge sharks while the boat drags you around, and Field Day is brilliant for local four-player sessions. Having four save slots for each game and the ability to remap controls with autofire make these classics way more playable today. Some stone-cold classics in here, and for me personally, this collection was more suited to me than the last one.
KEY NEGATIVES:
The main menu is just a thumbnail for each game and is very basic and plain. If the font is crazy, then you won’t know what you are looking at. It’s a real pain that settings don’t transfer between games, so you have to tweak the display and audio every single time. There’s no online multiplayer, no achievements system, and they don’t even include cool history stuff like original box art scans. You also get some slight hitches when booting games, and the leaderboards are already stacked because they pull from the old stand-alone versions.
OVERALL VERDICT:
Taito Milestones 4 is a solid trip down memory lane that brings together some absolute gems and some weird titles you’ve probably never heard of. While the menus are bare-bones and the lack of a shared settings menu is a proper annoyance, the actual games are what matter, and they still play brilliantly. It’s a shame there isn’t more “museum” content or a trophy system to grind for, but for pure arcade action with modern perks like interrupt saves and control remapping, it’s a winner for any retro fan.
