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This is the way life should be...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I will put this as basic and to the point as possible...if you are looking for fun in the simplest way, this is the game to go for!!! It has all the fun arcade games that we in our 30's grew up on, and...wasted our entire allowance for the week by pumping quarter after quarter into these machines. Now...you don't have to do that anymore!!!
I wish they would add "Kicker" or, "Shaolin Road" to one of the compilation disks. The game is great, but...there tends to be some load time, but...it is worth it. Highly recommend it for any die hard gamer that remembers the glory days!!! I also purchased the Midway Treasures series...look those up as well.

Excellent Retro Set

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For those who were old enough in the 1980s and early 1990s to go to the arcades and play these, Capcom has put together an excellent collection. It's nice that they threw a lot of their actual classics together, as opposed to some sets you will see on Amazon... legendary wings, street fighter in its variations, commando, gunsmoke, the ghosts n goblins series, the 1942/1943 series, etc. all combined in this set. Some games I never heard of (I was never a hard-core kid) but are actually fun and stack up well. The mid-80s title Son Son is strangely addictive. The extras are allright, history and artwork and so on, but the games are probably what you are going to enjoy. You can change the difficulty (some), and also get remixed music or the original. This is one to get!

this game is just as good as volume 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

In the second volume there are a lot of games that are alike but in this one there are all different sorts and variety. My favorites in this game are Mercs, Street Fighter 2 Hyper Fighting, 1942, all of the ghosts n ghouls, and there is a couple others but I can't think of them off the back of my head. But some cheap games on here like, Pirate ship Higemaru, Commando, Bionic Commando and 1943 kai I have never even heard about in the arcades. this does have o.k. graphics, but they aren't as good as the second one. I would pay $15 for this game. If you are looking for other games like this look for my reviews on, Taito Legends 1, Capcom vol. 2, Midway arcade treasures 1-3, Intellivision Lives, and Atari Anthology. Coming soon to my review list, Taito Legends 2, Namco museum, and sega genesis and/or sega classics collection.

Capcom Classics Collection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Very fun very addictive. Old skool gaming at its finest. I expecially love all the "1942" games and all the "ghouls n ghosts" games - Not to mention the 3 "street fighter" games. Many many more great games in this package. I highly recommend this product!

A true Capcom time capsule!!! Roll on the memories!!! Oodles of classic arcade fun!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What a great game for the Sony Playstaion 2!!! 22 absolute classic Capcom arcade hits from yesteryear!!! Includes such time tested classics as 1942/3,Ghosts and Goblins series,Son Son,Trojan,Exed Exes,Gun.Smoke,and many more!!! A great deal for the $$$!!! Oodles of fun,there's something for everyone in this great compilation of classic Capcom arcade titles!!! Roll on the memories!!! No quarters reqired!!! Two thumbs up!!! Way up!!! Five stars!!! A+

Old School Classics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you played a lot of Ghosts & Goblins in the mid to late '80s, this is the game for you. Also has Street Fighter and lots of others. Very fun, exactly like the originals, just no more quarters to pump into the slots.

Brings me back...

Worth every penny!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ever since I sold my Super Nintendo I have been looking for a re-release of the Street Fighter games I used to own. This collection has them all plus Final Fight and 19 other arcade games. HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR ONLY $20!

Average port, at best

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

First a disclaimer - my review is not with the quality of games in this collection, but the quality of the ports. My reason for getting this collection is the fact that it includes the early SF2 versions (and to a lesser extent, Final Fight). The rest of the games (with a handful of exceptions) are probably too old to be included on the same disc (they date from early 1980's), but having them here probably doesn't matter much, one way or another.
First, the good: the graphics for most of the games (read on for the exceptions) are intact, and look as good as they did on the arcade. Unlike their early console predecessors (Genesis, SNES), images have not been scaled, and the games themselves play as they did on the original cabinets. If you have a wide-aspect ratio TV, you'll be playing the exact arcade versions of the games - if not, you can modify the aspect ratio so that it looks correct on a regular TV. The music is also completely intact and sounds great - while the remixed soundtrack is a poor attempt at best, it's off by default, so it's not a big deal.
The bad: the vertically-oriented games, which, on an arcade cabinet would be played on a 90-degree rotated screen, compensate for the lost girth by having some of the vertical space removed. This results in unfortunate placements of some of the HUD elements - for example, when playing 194x games, you'll find that the gauge partially obscures your plane.
The biggest gripe I have with this game, however, is the imbecilic way in which the controls are handled - in SF2 games, specifically. This takes away 35% of the enjoyment of the game, since it makes some characters almost unplayable. Not only are fireballs and dragon punches excruciatingly difficult to pull off, but even diagonal jumps are often impossible. Obviously, the analog sticks aren't the ideal input device for SF2-style games, but if Hyper SF2 can do it, why can't this game? Unless you move the stick at a perfect 45 degree angle, the game completely ignores the diagonal movement, or chooses one of the two adjacent sides to move to. Mind you, I don't consider myself a beginner - I play both the Alpha Anthology and SF Anniversary edition well enough.
If this is not bad enough, the folks porting the game also chose to use the Start button to bring up the master menu, which allows you to modify controller options, exit to main screen, etc... This would usually be OK, except the combination works _all_ the time - whether you're in the middle of the game, waiting to continue the game, etc... If you're used to mashing the start button in anticipation of the Continue? screen, curb your enthusiasm - or be subjected to the idiotic menu, every time you press Start - EXCEPT! when your bleeding face is on the screen and the counter is counting down. Perhaps to discourage hitting the Start button, you can also continue the game by hitting JAB. The idiocy behind such a decision is mind-boggling, especially when you consider that the Select button brings up the same menu, and Start could've just as easily been left alone to function as intended.

Truly classical

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is truly a very good and classical games. It's all about remembering the past. Like Final Fight, Street Fighter II series and Ghost'n Goblins series. I like Street Fighter II series. This is of course, billiant game in the past. For the Ghost'n Goblins series, I only like the Super Ghouls'n Ghosts, because this game remembers the most. However, other games are good and it is still a good recommendation.

Capcom finally comes out with some retro games for PS2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I first saw this copilation of these games was at this arcade near my house, and I was there almost everyday playin games such as Street Fighter II and 1942. When this game came out on PS2, I bought it right then and there. I remember playing some of these games as a kid, and one thing I've noticed is that they didn't change anything (thats a good thing). They have all 3 released arcade versions of Street Fighter II, which took me a while to get the hang of, but I still know all the combos. Ghouls & Ghosts, Ghosts & Ghoblins and Super Ghouls and Ghosts are others that I play also (will take some time though). Son Son is a game that you have to get the hang of if it's your first time playing. I'd say the only game I didn't like Bionic Commando, probably because it was my first time seeing that game like many others on this. Recommended for those who used to be in the arcades playing games that fun and exciting back in the late 80's early 90's.

Stand out games: Street Fighter Series, Ghouls and Ghosts Series, Final Fight, 1943, Pirate Ship Higemaru, Section Z

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