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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.

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!

Retro gaming rules, and here's proof

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A retro-loving gamer's dream come true, Capcom Classic Collection features 22 favorites from the legendary game company, and what a Capcom compilation be without a few Street Fighter games? This collection's biggest flaw is that the SF games here (Street Fighter 2, SF 2: Champion Edition, and SF 2: Hyper Fighting) have suffered the most because of the annoying loading times between fights. Not to mention that the Playstation's controler never really suited the SF control scheme, but when you get past all that, you'll find one of the best classic game compilations on the market today. There's some excellent games here, including 1942, Mercs, Forgotten Worlds, Final Fight, the Ghosts 'N Goblins series, Bionic Commando, and more; and for the most part, they all play as great as you'll remember. There's a ton of unlockable content and extras as well to keep you busy, but while as great as this compilation is, there are a few glaring omissions. First of all, where are the Strider games? The Strider series is one of the most renowned Capcom series alongside Street Fighter and Mega Man, and the fact that there are no Strider games here will leave you scratching your head. Also, how about the very first Street Fighter game? Or how about Puzzle Fighter or Darkstalkers? I would have rather seen any of them than the lackluster Pirate Ship Higemaru. Oh well, it says "Vol. 1" on the side of the case, so hopefully Capcom will roll out future volumes with the aforementioned games (and if you know Capcom, you know they have no quams about sequels). In any case, Capcom Classics Collection is still a must own for retro gaming lovers, and at the bargain price this package is all the sweeter.

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....

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.

Nostalgic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Wow, have games come a long way! These games are indelible to many gamers who grew up with the original NES like myself. Really fun, and with the constant continues offered (since you can't put quarters in the PS2) I was able to get further. It's funny how older simpler games can be much harder than complex 3-D games that come out these days.

Most importantly though, these games can still be enjoyed by today's youth.

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!

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.

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