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Best game for current generation consoles!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 55 / 57
Date: September 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome collection of games. All together this 'game' or collection is perhaps the best game for current generation consoles IMO. Go ahead and laugh! This is because most modern games are not fun and lack gameplay. The only awesome game I've played from current generation consoles is Ninja Gaiden.

These are REAL games from the GOLDEN ERA of ARCADE. IMO some of these old games should be made modern! Imagine Forgotten Worlds in full intense 3-D spectular mayhem fashion on Xbox 360 and PS3. However 3-D can really kill games, this is evident in many remakes such as Castlevania LOI. IMO current generation consoles are not all that and playing 3-D games on a single TV screen just isn't all that. Im waiting for hologram consoles.

Looking at the preview screen shots gave me the impression that some games are console version from NES, SNES, etc... However Im glad to report that the games are arcade versions. Each game looks wonderful and comes with history info, unlockable art, tips, cast, and music. You can adjust the screen, difficulty, etc.... These games really test your reflexes.

Here are the arcade machines:

1942, 1943, and 1943 Kai. A vertical shooter. You shoot up Japanese WW2 planes, ships, etc... Great game(s).

Bionic Commando: A horizontal platformer. You swing across trees and kill enemies. So so game.

Commando: A popular vertical shooter. You are a charging marine. Great game.

Exed Exes: One of many excess shooters found in this collection. Okay game.

Final Fight: A super popular horizontal brawler. Great game. Similar to Streets of Rage.

Forgotten Worlds: A horizontal shooter. Futuristic, ancient and zany. Awesome background theme and graphic. You can buy weapons from a pretty blonde chick too. Superb game.

Ghosts 'n Goblins: A horizontal platformer. Cool medieval theme and monster design. Great game. BTW Recently I checked out an original Ghosts 'n Goblins arcade machine at an old pier amusement place, its made by Taito, lol and the graphic is hideous compare to the Capcom version on this disc.

Ghouls 'n Ghosts: A later version of the former. Great game.

Gun.Smoke: A vertical shooter. You are a cowboy in the old wild wild west. Great game. Excellent new button system.

Legendary Wings: A mythological vertical shooter. You have flying wings, cool Greek setting. Great game.

Mercs: Similar to Commando. Okay game.

Pirate Ship Higemaru: I never seen this at arcades. Horrible game.

Section Z: A futuristic horizontal shooter with 'metroidish' levels. Good game.

Son Son: A horizontal half platform half shooter. Simple but decent game.

Street Fighter II, SFII Champion Edition, and SFII Hyper Fighting: Biggest game ever from Capcom. Great fighter game. There is a two to three seconds of loading time between matches, its rather annoying.

Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts: Third game of the series. Insane difficulty just like last two. Great game.

Trojan: Horizontal brawler. Metro ghetto setting. Great game.

Vulgus: Another vertical futuristic shooter. So so game.

Overall this is a MUST BUY for all REAL gamers. I urge younger generation games to give this a try. Thanks a zillion Capcom for making this game!

A Treat From The Past

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First off the main reason I was excited about this release is for $20 you get three of the greatest games from the past ever well ok one game 2 upgrades of course I am talking about Street Fighter 2, Champion and Hyper edditions I spent so many quarters and money on these games growing up at the local 7-11 or party store. I was going to by the Street Fighter Aniversary but kept putting it off because it mixed all three together here you get all three separate from one another in all their glory. Also Ghosts N Goblins, Ghouls N Ghosts great Final Fight and many more well worth the money I must also thank Capcom for this disc I love it.

Gets old fast

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: October 02, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Its a real treat getting to play games from the past, and it's even better that it's the exact same thing as the arcade. Something the regular nintendo could never get right. The games featured are; 1942,1943, ghost & goblins, ghouls & ghost, Final Fight, Gunsmoke, Streetfighter world warrior, Champion Edition, Hyperfighting, Vulgus, Forgotten worlds and a lot more. To me there fun for the moment, but let's be honest, you can have fun runnin' and shootin' for so long until it just gets old and your going to probably want to play something that requires a little more thought. This is fantastic for a change of pace, but your going to enjoy most of these games if your playin' co-op with someone. In the long run, expect this to collect a lot of dust.

Now this is a classics collection!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: October 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Many collections of "classic" games seem to include only a couple of genuine classics and a whole load of "filler" (the first Midway Arcade Treasures collection being a notable exception). But this is a genuine classics collection, with many great games, quite a few of which still hold up today, and at a bargain price. As far as i can tell, all are exact recreations of the arcade originals. The early Street Fighter games which touched off the fighting game craze (and one of the ones that still holds up well today) are here, along with the influential Final Fight brawler (which was cloned by Sega as Streets of Rage, albeit without the signature giant character sprites). The arcade Ghosts and Goblins is here, along with its sequel and the excellent SNES blend of the two. I was particularly happy to see Forgotten Worlds. This 2-player shooter was stunning in its time, and the original version featured a joystick to move and a knob to aim, allowing independent control of movement and targeting. While various home versions have appeared over the years, the dual joystick control of this version comes the closest to capturing the feel of the arcade controls.

What I'd forgotten was how insanely difficult some of these games were. I can't believe that I was once good enough that I felt like a quarter a play was a good deal. Modern games are designed to pamper the gamer; these monsters were designed to separate him from his money as rapidly as he would tolerate. If you never could afford to see the last levels of some of your favorite games, this is your chance.

I suspect that the low-resolution graphics and stilted animation will look hopelessly dated to younger gamers. Still, the imagination and creativity of the artists shines through, and many of them remain hard to put down.

There are still some notable omissions, making me hope that Capcom has a sequel or two in mind, perhaps including such games as SideArms, Black Tiger, Strider and its sequels, Final Fight Revenge, GigaWing, Magic Sword, Saturday Night Slam Masters, and Street Fighter 1.

Cant beat it!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: October 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Great game. i absolutely love it.. all the games from when i was a kid..and not a bad deal for $20 either... get it....

crapcom classics

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 22
Date: October 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

$20 for a collection of CRAP!!! This is the worst compilation I ever seen. All three Street Fighter games (main reason why I wasted my money) were badly imported!!! Not responsive to controllers and EXTREMLY CHEESY!!! I've been playing Street Fighter II since it first came out in the arcades and the other game systems and this is by far the worst version of these game!!! Please save your money!!!

THE COOLEST VIDEOGAME COLLECTION SINCE MIDWAY ARCADE TREASURE 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: October 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Forgotten Wolrds, Mercs, Final Fight and the Street Fighter games ARE THE INSANEST, TWISTED, CRAZIEST, COOOLEST, HIGH BUDGET ACTION-PACKED and NON-STOP FUN games of the collection!! This is OLD SCHOOL AT HIS BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Capcom is REALLY INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!

Games like Ghost n' Goblins trilogy, 1943 KAI and Bionic Commando are pure action and non-stop fun but not CRAZY and HIGH BUDGET as the games I said before.

Games like 1942, 1943, Commando, Gun.Smoke, Legendary Wings and Section Z are low budget games and not SOOO fun but is ACTION at his best!

The rest are cheesy games!...Sorry.

Midway Collection 2 is also a NON-STOP FUN collection, so you can also add it to your collection of CRAZY GAMES, don't forget video games like Total Carnage, Rampage 2, Narc and Primal Rage. If you like crazy games then HURRY UP AND BUY THESE COLLECTIONS!!!!

P.S: This is the collection vol.1, I CAN'T WAIT FOR VOL.2!!! I hope the Strider series will be there...especially Strider 2.

Adios.

Nostalgic gaming at its Best..

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: October 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I was extremely excited to hear that this compilation was coming out for the PS2, as I remember when most of these games were new and was financially unable to purchase their home versions at the time. The two standout games for me on this disc are Forgotten Worlds and 1943, the latter of which remains one of the greatest top-down shooters of all time. Final Fight, while good, wears thin after a while, but the two-player option is great and the only way it should be played, in my opinion. Games like the Ghosts 'n Goblins series are just as curse-inducing and challenging as ever, and the Street Fighter games hold up well also, if you don't mind a bit of load time and controls that are slightly inferior to their incarnations on the SNES.
This disc is great fun and well-worth the twenty dollars you will spend. I'm hoping that Capcom will release the second volume soon, and that classics such as Strider, UN Squadron, (crossed fingers) Aliens vs. Predator, and the D&D games will be included. The disc takes me back to the simpler days of my youth, and for that, I am grateful to Capcom for this compilation. Please make more like this soon!

This is a great collection.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: November 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Arcade perfect ports of Mercs, Final Fight, Forgotten World, Ghouls & Ghosts, Bionic Commando, Street fighter 2 & many more. I would've paid over $20 just for an arcade perfect port of Final Fight or Mercs. We finally have it & it will cost us less then $1.

Many great games on this collection. 22 games from Capcom, just wow!

This is the second best collection in the market today, only bested by Taito Legends. Don't waste your money on the Midway or Namco collections. If you want to get a real great collection, then get this Capcom Classics collection or my favorite the Taito Legends collection. You will get over 50 games between these 2 collection & most of these games are great, not like some of the other collections I can name.

More like Capcom Crumby Collection.....Crumby!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 38
Date: December 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT BUY THIS!
Buy everything else off of Amazon but NOT THIS GAME!
I'll tell you why. Here's an example of someone who thought this game sounded fun...
You'll buy this,
Say "Wow, how retro, how kitsch, i remember these games from 20 years ago, how trendy"
Play it for about 16 minutes, then toss it aside.
It's really that bad people.
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME WHATEVER YOU DO.
Sure, theres like 22 games but they're all BORING!!
AND will RUIN ALL GOOD MEMORIES of the games when you played them originally.
You'll be like "um, what's this?"
Ghouls N Ghosts anyone?
RUINED!
So save your money, go invest in Pumpkins or give to the needy,
cos just like with all music these days, they've tried to remix old games & make them new again, when in reality all it is is crumby capcom crud.
They've had their day & now will only offend modern kids like Jenn.
Hear Hear agrees Fran.
Outrageous cries I.

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