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These games just aren't much fun anymore...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 10 / 22
Date: December 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I bought this on its release date earlier this week-and I've already sold it. Yes, it gives you a decent number of games on one disc. But I quickly discovered that's not much of a value if none of the games are very fun.

Many of the games have emulation issues-the most common being flaky control and a distorted aspect ratio (many of the games get stretched to fill more of the PSP's wide screen). But the real problem is just that these games haven't held up well. I got some enjoyment out of Rampage 15, 20 years ago, but it's incredibly repetitive by today's standards. You've seen everything there is to see within the first minute or two. The same is true of most of these games. Even Gauntlet seems boring 20 years later-I'd rather play the more recent update to the series-or better still something like Diablo and its clones.

The Mortal Kombat games at least LOOK pretty good, but lack any kind of extras you'd normally associate with a home game. They don't even include move lists. (And that's aside from the fact they didn't play as well as the Street Fighter games to begin with, and the passage of time has only made them feel staler.)

If you're a huge fan of these games already, and don't mind some emulation issues, you'll probably enjoy this disc. For most people though I'd recommend skipping this and picking up a modern game, or waiting for Capcom's Collection for the PSP.

Another disappointing installment of SPY HUNTER! GAUNTLET better than GAUNTLET II, I think not!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: December 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

MIDWAY should be ashamed! The creators of these games have been insulted!

They will never faithfully translate Spy Hunter, every couple of years they try, and they get worse and worse...

The music is still not 100% and what's worse, it is unplayable due to the fact that the steering control is at about 50% of what it takes to knock cars into the ditch in this game...

For people new to the game, it won't even come close to grasping them, and to fans of the game it is a complete insult, do they think we have forgotten after all of these years? Or I suppose they think we will be amazed by the pretty pictures and sounds, without even playing the game...

The only way to play Spy Hunter is to purchase an original 500lb. sit down arcade game machine, which I did several years ago, and barring it's aged appearance, it is the coolest thing I know in this world!

By the way, GAUNTLET's sound pitch is way off, everything sounds slower than it is supposed to, and come on, GAUNTLET II is so much better than the original, and should have been included here instead!

Not bad for the price

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Not a bad collection of games for the price, especially since I bought it on sale for $19.99.

The main reason I bought this game is for the Mortal Kombat collection. The game play is not bad but I did have trouble jumping backwards because the psp joystick is a little difficult to use in action games.

Spy Hunter was difficult to shift gears, remember which button fired which weapon and the steering has you all over the road.

Gauntlet seems to force you to always be the Warrior character (at least for me in one player mode). It does get boring after awhile since you basically get unlimited life. I got up to Level 50 and my thumbs were going to fall off.

Rampart was difficult to play (unless I just suck at it).

Cyberball was fun, easy to play.

Multiplayer mode is only ad-hoc (meaning the other players have to be in the same room)

The best thing about this is you dont have to put a ton of quarters to beat the games like you did back in the 80's & 90's.

I would of given it 4 stars if it also had Ultimate Mortal Kombat 4, Gauntlet II and multiple player mode over the internet.

fun for killing time

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

good collection of classic games for those of us that remember feeding video machines quarters. Little hard to control some of the games like Defender with out a joystick. Some kind of strategy overview for some of the games with combinations, like Mortal Combat, would have been nice. Good luck remembering all those "finish him" combo's.

Great value for $30

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: December 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm glad they final released this for PSP. Overall a pretty decent compellation. Half the games are great...the other half probably could have been left out.

This is worth buying alone for just Mortal Kombat 1,2,3. Some other good ones are Spy Hunter, Defender, Paperboy, 720, Klax, Joust, Marble Madness, Rampage, Gauntlet, Rampart, Championship Sprint, & Arch Rivals.

You can change characters in Gauntlet

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Hello All

I really love this compilation, a lot of old favs are here.

The main reason I'm writing is to let people know how to change character in Gauntlet, I couldn't work out how the same as one of the reviewers above but found the solution on a site after much searching.

Basically load the game, before clicking play hit (square) instead for options you can choose the character your credits go to there.

I was gutted when I thought I was stuck playing Warrior, now I'm happy as Larry.

Cheers

Mortal Kombat, that's all

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This collection has -- to me anyways -- two things: Defender and Mortal Kombat. Because of the far too long load times, neither of them is really as fun as it used to be on arcades or home-consoles. All three Mortal Kombat games have nearly as long load times as the most recent "Unchained" portable iteration of the series. You can argue that Mortal Kombat I-III are more fun than the new 3D games, but I still think that this is an unneeded decrease in playability and I certainly felt down when I noticed it, after being *so* excited for MK on my PSP.
If you can look over this issue, well, you sure know what kind of goodness is awaiting you with this collection.

One Problem

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It is what it is, old school games and a lot of them. But you cannot save games. But you couldn't save back in the day either.

It's truly a blast from the past.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this solely to play Rampage, but I guess I had forgotten how much fun Mortal Kombat was. A lot of these games were the ones I played at home or the local arcade when I was in elementary school. I'm not so much a fan of the newer games or consoles, but as soon as I saw I could get these games with PSP I had to get one.

I would recommend this to anyone who had a great time playing these games as a kid.

Retro

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a decent collection of old school arcade classics. If you have the playstation 2, then these are just cherry picked titles from Midway Arcade Treasures 1 and 2. There is nothing new on the psp that is not on those two titles. This is a nice sampling of Midway titles from the era. The transition is pretty smooth, though the wide screen does seem to distort a few of the games. No widescreen arcade games back in the 80's. The play is simple and fun for passing some time. You can't save, so for the most part you will just play a quick game or two. I think this and Capcom are pretty good collections for the psp.

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