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01-20-2008, 02:40 AM

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We honestly believe that when it comes to SNK, they believe that nostalgia is job one. Why else would the company continue to keep one foot rooted in the past by re-releasing countless compilations of old releases in lieu of anything truly new? Not that there is anything wrong with that. The company has forgotten more about making fun games than most newcomers will ever know, polygons or not.

On that note, SNK's latest trip back in time comes care of an impressive collection of 16 different SNK faves, which skirt across the surface of the company's storied history like flat stone. Set for release for both the PlayStation 2 and PSP sometime during the first half of this year, the not-so-creatively dubbed SNK Arcade Classics: Volume 1 will include a bevy of early-gen fighters, such as the first World Heroes, Art of Fighting, and Samurai Shodown titles, as well as Fatal Fury, King of the Monsters, and King of Fighters '94. Beyond fighting games, however, SNK has put together a rather eclectic mix from other genres, with action titles like Top Hunter, Last Resort, Shock Troopers, Sengoku, and Burning Fight, as well as sports entries Baseball Stars 2, Neo Turf Masters, and Super Sidekicks 3. And of course, where would any SNK tribute be without the original Metal Slug and Magician Lord? Nowhere, that's where, so it's a good thing it includes those as well.

Not a bad salvo for the first volume, which has us already wondering what games should make the cut for what we hope will be a second collection soon to follow. What SNK greats would you like to see make a return?

[Via press release]

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kaedesdisciple

01-20-2008, 01:05 PM

Shock Troopers = sold to me.

Jorpho

01-20-2008, 01:31 PM

swlovinist

01-20-2008, 01:34 PM

I know that this will probably not get a budget release, but sign me up.

Dreamc@sting

01-20-2008, 01:48 PM

Just read this yesterday, another reason for me to not leave my television

roushimsx

01-20-2008, 01:55 PM

Emulated using something programmed in-house?

I know some companies are fond of farming out emulation tasks to Digital Eclipse (http://www.digitaleclipse.com/) and the like, but I don't think SNK does for most of their NeoGeo packs. At least, I'm under the impression that they do almost all of their neo geo emulation in house. Though they had Terminal Reality (http://www.terminalreality.com/) do the Metal Slug pack, and they were caught red handed using bootleg dumps (http://jaysmith2000.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=9159) in the PSP version.Hamster (http://www.hamster.co.jp/orga/) likes jacking MAME code, does a shitty job of porting it, and doesn't even try to hide it.

Xexyz

01-20-2008, 03:04 PM

Do we know which branch of SNKP is developing this? If it's their Japanese branch (which handles all the fighting series compilations), then they'll probably be doing the coding/emulating themselves. If it's their USA branch, who was responsible for Metal Slug Anthology, then expect it to be farmed out to another party, and another possibility of input lag...

Trebuken

01-20-2008, 03:12 PM

Has Viewpoint ever been released on another platform?

7th lutz

01-20-2008, 03:19 PM

Has Viewpoint ever been released on another platform?

Yep. Viewpoint was released on the Snes, Genesis, and ps 1.

Steven

01-20-2008, 04:29 PM

Sweet, I'm also looking forward to World Heroes Anthology :D

Wonder if that will be budget or not. If not, I'll gladly spend $50 for it -- only "current gen" release that I would do so for.

Overbite

01-20-2008, 04:46 PM

Wait, didn't they already release Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury in complilation packs? Why do we need those again?

And they're bringing out a Samurai Shodown pack too so we don't need the first one in this.

RadiantSvgun

01-20-2008, 04:50 PM

When are we going to see Savage Reign, Super Tag Battle, and Aggressors of Dark Kombat? I know Fu'un Super Combo is out in Japan, are we going to see that here?

RASTAN

01-20-2008, 05:57 PM

Shock Troopers = sold to me.

Ditto.

If this is true I might then seriously get rid of my 2-Slot like I had been planning on (but that fell through for a number of reasons), as I simply cannot part with my arcade MVS because of this game, part II and NAM-1975 alone. Of course, I didn't see Shock Troopers 2 mentioned nor pre Neo-Geo stuff like IKARI 1-3, Guevara / Guerrilla War, Time Soldiers, and P.O.W. If that was on like a volume three I'd piss the elixir of life and gladly be a wanted man from those needing eternal youth. Still though, I'm damn glad to see SNKP actually bringing out the titles of games that have long deserved to be played on more current consoles.
:guitar:

kainemaxwell

01-20-2008, 06:36 PM

Nice assortment of games, I'm sold! Hopefully the price will be a sweet $19.99.

DigitalSpace

01-20-2008, 06:52 PM

Nice to hear of another PS2 classic compilation. Excellent selection too! I'll probably get this at some point.

jcalder8

01-20-2008, 07:17 PM

I'll pick this one up for sure since I've never spent much time with any SNK games, of course the price will indicate how quickly I pick it up.

Edit: woot woot 1000 posts, only took 2 years

Trebuken

01-20-2008, 07:33 PM

Yep. Viewpoint was released on the Snes, Genesis, and ps 1.

Cool, but no modern compilations?

Any version superior to the original?

snes_collector

01-20-2008, 09:30 PM

RadiantSvgun

01-20-2008, 09:36 PM

I'd piss the elixir of life and gladly be a wanted man from those needing eternal youth.
:guitar:

Thats great. :D

I thought I was a SNK fan, but damn...

Damaramu

01-20-2008, 09:50 PM

Nice assortment of games, I'm sold! Hopefully the price will be a sweet $19.99.

I am hoping Amazon will have it for $14.99 like the other SNK comps of late. Foiled again, Gamestop markups! :ass:

Kitsune Sniper

01-20-2008, 10:58 PM

How exactly do you think these compilations are made? Reworked from the original source code? Emulated using something programmed in-house? Or emulated using a licensed copy of something otherwise freely available for PCs?

SNK P's been farming out porting duties to a company called G1M2 (http://www.g1m2.com/). They worked on both the Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury anthologies, and they're VERY WELL DONE. I've only found -a single glitch- in AOF1, the rest of the games are pretty much flawless. NO load times at all.

Of course, they also don't have any extras at all.

Sweet, I'm also looking forward to World Heroes Anthology :D

Wonder if that will be budget or not. If not, I'll gladly spend $50 for it -- only "current gen" release that I would do so for.

All their latest releases (AOF Anthology, FFBA Volume 1, KOF XI and NGBC) have had a $15 MSRP. I think they're keeping that price point for the upcoming themed collections such as World Heroes, but I wouldn't mind paying $25 for THIS particular collection.

The only bad thing about these compilations? NO EXTRAS other than arranged music. They're very barebones.

Also, to those who're complaining about some games being repeats - maybe they're adding them so people get interested in the other games...

Icarus Moonsight

01-20-2008, 11:37 PM

DO WANT! I am a compilation whore after all. :D I hope this one doesn't end up like Sega's Vol 1 comp on the DC, where we never saw Vol 2. Too bad Ninja Commandos seems to be absent. :/

Kitsune Sniper

01-20-2008, 11:58 PM

DO WANT! I am a compilation whore after all. :D I hope this one doesn't end up like Sega's Vol 1 comp on the DC, where we never saw Vol 2. Too bad Ninja Commandos seems to be absent. :/

SNK owns ADK's games.

It'll show up, eventually.

ubersaurus

01-21-2008, 12:15 AM

Oh nice, Shock Troopers!

I'd love to see one of these with their pre-neo arcade games, though. Vanguard, Ikari Warriors, Athena...

Also, Neo Mr. Do.

G-Boobie

01-21-2008, 02:01 AM

Excellent... Is there a release date on this yet, or is this another SNK Playmore USA 'at some point in the future' thing(a la the Samurai Shodown collection)?

Even at forty bucks this is a pretty good deal, for Magician Lord, Top Hunter and Sengoku alone.

j_factor

01-21-2008, 02:24 AM

My OCD can't handle this. With series compilations for Metal Slug, Art of Fighting, World Heroes, Fatal Fury, etc., there's a lot of redundancy. It seems like SNK can't decide how to divvy up their back catalog of games.

Frankie_Says_Relax

01-21-2008, 01:31 PM

Wow! I totally missed this thread yesterday!

(I'm sorry DP Servbot, I'll never neglect your posts again *hugs*)

This is awesome news ... and it's actually really interesting that they've included some games that are in other anthologies ... I'm not opposed to it, especially since Metal Slug Anthology is pretty hard to come by on PS2 these days.

It'll also be nice if I'm sitting around with friends to hop from a game of Fatal Fury to a game of Metal Slug to a game of Magician Lord without changing discs (or game systems)!!

Neo Mr. Do would be a nice inclusion on this one .... and if it's not, on a 2nd Anthology. Please!

RASTAN

01-21-2008, 03:15 PM

Neo Mr. Do! would be a nice inclusion on this one .... and if it's not, on a 2nd Anthology. Please!

Man I had forgotten all about that game. THAT was the one I had intended to buy for my MVS Cab a few years back. In an unrelated (yet related) mention, "thanks" for the remind. I also wouldn't mind seeing that on the Anthology / Compiler series of discs either. Though to this day my fave for the MR.DO! games is the original one. Shoot I hope, Twinkle Star Sprites and The Super Spy makes it onto one of the anthology discs as well.
:band:

heybtbm

01-21-2008, 04:17 PM

As someone who never had a Neo Geo (and won't buy one), I love these SNK compilations. Keep 'em coming guys.

01-21-2008, 11:42 PM

I've only found -a single glitch- in AOF1

Details??

Kitsune Sniper

01-22-2008, 12:46 AM

Details??

The AOF1 glitch?

You know when the game's running its attract mode... the way the title screen slides down from the bottom? It glitches right then and there. Instead of doing it smoothly, it just kinda freezes for a bit, skips some animation, and locks into place as it normally would. I'll upload a video of this glitch when I have a chance.

As I mentioned before, that is the only glitch I've found. Maybe a little tiny bit of slowdown, but that's it.

Oh, there's another, little known compilation coming out in Japan. The title? Sunsoft Collection. The games? Waku Waku 7 and Galaxy Fight. Too bad there's been very little information about the title since it was announced last year...

Tron 2.0

01-22-2008, 02:08 AM

I still think it's lame no pre neogeo titles such as.

Vanguard
Time Soldiers
Guerrila War
Ikari Warriors
P.O.W

Etc well it's good news for non neogeo owners badnews for any one,that wasted money on down loading them for the vc.

Still i'm surpise,Shock Troopers and Neo Turf Master will be on the collection.

Dire 51

01-23-2008, 12:01 AM

I'd buy this for Magician Lord, Shock Troopers, Top Hunter and Sengoku alone.

*sits and waits*

LiquidPolicenaut

01-23-2008, 12:05 AM

I think I'll be buying this one too. I've always wanted to play Baseball Stars 2, Shock Troopers and play through Magician Lord again. For those who know, how does Baseball Stars 2 stack up against the original?

DJ Daishi

01-23-2008, 01:05 AM

SNK can do no wrong!!! just got finish playing KoF XI and NeoGeo Battle Coliseum. can't wait for this next release.

....I want Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun to be on the next collection!

swlovinist

01-23-2008, 01:45 AM

A must buy for me. The PS2 is quickly becoming the new "poor mans neo-geo".

heybtbm

01-23-2008, 09:42 AM

The PS2 is quickly becoming the new "smart mans neo-geo".

Fixed that for you.

DreamTR

01-23-2008, 10:34 AM

Fixed that for you.

You mean Atomiswave on those. Well, at least KOF XI and Neo Geo Battle Colosseum =)

Frankie_Says_Relax

01-23-2008, 12:06 PM

RASTAN

01-23-2008, 07:19 PM

I had never played Shock Troopers before, so I fired it up on MAME ...

... you've gotta love a top down Commando/Mercs style shooter with a buxom blonde in powder blue hot-pants named "Milky"!!

(And it was a great game to boot!)

Her name wasn't "localized" to something else for the US release, was it?

#1> Yeah, I always looked at SHOCK TROOPERS as the fully realized execution of what Capcom's Battlefield of the Wolf 2: MERCS started but fell just short of, seeing as how Saurus basically made Mercs 2.5 and all.

#2> Milky's name is still Milky in the USA. I've had three different MVS carts of it, the first being a VIC-A Korean one, the second a Japanese one and the current one is a US one... all have the same names for characters. I can't see the PS2 version having her renamed "Blondie" or something stupid like that.

Damaramu

02-04-2008, 06:44 PM

Now up for pre-order at Amazon.com:

Click Me (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012RCNUA/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1F6MMWWP61V2N&colid=1DQ1QCHD4YDOI)

Dire 51

02-04-2008, 07:02 PM

$14.99 on April 28th? I'm there.

MegaDrive20XX

04-26-2008, 03:24 PM

Sold! Shock Troopers ftw.

zektor

04-26-2008, 06:43 PM

I am completely down with this one. Purchased the second I see it on store shelves. Great to see Magician Lord again. I never thought I would see it in a compilation, as it was never really considered a "hit" so to speak. It is one of my favorite Neo-Geo titles...mainly due to teh fact that it was the first (along with Ninja Combat) cart I actually purchased for the amazing low price of $199.99 :) I used to bring the memory card over to fun'n'games, get past the extremely hard parts there, and continue back home. Those were the days....

Sotenga

04-26-2008, 10:17 PM

This is such a deal. I could complain that some of the games are on already-existing compilations... but I won't do that because of effing SHOCK TROOPERS. Plus, I'm not sure King of Fighters 94 is on any of the existing KoF compilations, so that's also a bonus. Oh, and Magician Lord? That's a yes, that's for sure. :D

Kitsune Sniper

04-26-2008, 10:42 PM

RARusk

04-26-2008, 11:46 PM

The main reason I want this is for "King of the Monsters" (my favorite Neo-Geo game). And it comes out the same day as GTA IV. So I go to the GameStop that's in the mall where I work at, pick up my reserved copy of GTA IV, grab the strategy guide for that, and pick up this anthology too. All is good.....

Kitsune Sniper

04-26-2008, 11:55 PM

Damaramu

04-27-2008, 01:07 AM

This is probably a case of YMMV. Here in Houston I've seen all the newer SNK comps fully stocked on the shelves, both new and used. I'm sure this is the case with San Antonio.

josekortez

04-27-2008, 01:32 AM

Uh. Gamestop doesn't carry SNK's games anymore. They're less than $20. They don't stock them.

Not true. I just saw Fatal Fury Battle Archives 2 for sale there today. They just don't take reserves on them because they're under $20.

And they're selling SNK Classics on their website:

http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=70815

ubersaurus

04-28-2008, 03:04 PM

The only SNK game that gamestop hasn't carried is World Heroes Anthology, and apparently no one carries that one anyway.

PapaStu

04-28-2008, 03:47 PM

I've seen World Heroes at TRU (and was where I got my copy).

Now

PapaStu

04-28-2008, 03:47 PM

I've seen World Heroes at TRU (and was where I got my copy).

Now to pick up this arcade collection for the PSP and PS2 cause I can, and cause its SNK.

Hopefully Vol2 will have Magical Drop.

Kitsune Sniper

04-28-2008, 03:50 PM

Hopefully Vol2 will have Magical Drop.

That's a Data East game. It probably won't happen.

I HOPE they release the Sunsoft Collection stateside...

DKTheArcadeRat

04-28-2008, 08:19 PM

Kitsune Sniper

04-28-2008, 09:23 PM

Is Money Puzzle Exchanger also Data East? If not then it could make it there. Hah. I want to see stakes winner 1 or 2 to make it to a volume of this. Also, Aero Fighters(any of em), and ZUPAPA(which is my favorite non-fighting game on the MVS).

Money Puzzle Exchanger was made by FACE, which was sued by Data East and then they went bankrupt. :( That's what Wikipedia says, hope it's wrong.

And AeroFighters... VideoSystem closed down in 2001.

So all signs point to no. :\

DOL_001

04-28-2008, 09:28 PM

I'm getting this and all the other SNK games on PS2. I already have all the KoF games and the other PS2 compilations.

What is in the Sunsoft Collection?

Leo_A

04-28-2008, 10:25 PM

Galaxy Fight and Waku Waku Seven, so we're not missing much.

MonoTekETeA

04-28-2008, 11:29 PM

A less then a dollar per SNK game. Total Bliss. :bawling: So happy.

boatofcar

04-29-2008, 02:21 AM

So all signs point to no. :\

No, like Gamestop not carrying SNK compilations no? Awesome!

;)

josekortez

04-30-2008, 07:16 PM

I pre-ordered my copy of the PS2 version from Walmart.com using the $10 online gift card they gave everybody from that Super Smash Bros. Brawl pre-order mishap a few months back. Came out to $12.87 with shipping included. I won't get to play it until 5/7 at the latest, but I can wait just to save $8.

I want the PSP version, but I can't afford it right now. I hope we don't have another Metal Slug Anthology PSP situation where you can't find the game anywhere shortly after release.

Buns34

04-30-2008, 07:24 PM

Game delayed until the 5th of May.

josekortez

04-30-2008, 07:33 PM

Game delayed until the 5th of May.

You are correct, sir, which means that Wal-Mart won't be sending it until sometime mid-month in May.

Frankie_Says_Relax

05-01-2008, 09:56 PM

Picked up my copy at the DP store today.

Very nice collection, though some of the audio emulation is a bit wonky.

voices and sound effects in Samurai Shodown are VERY soft compared to the music audio.

I'm a bit cheesed off that the PSP version is $30 :bad-words:

If it were $20, I might have been tempted to buy them both at the same time.

I'll wait for the PSP version to get a price drop, or to find a used one.

segagamer4life

05-02-2008, 03:12 PM

fyi, for those people w/ gamefly, once you rent it, to keep it, its 23.00 out the door, not too bad, since, instore you would pay 21.19 after tax.... just a heads up.

noname11

05-03-2008, 12:03 AM

just bought it from buy.com with the google checkout special,

getting it for about $8.50 after shipping and taxes.

zektor

05-03-2008, 06:04 AM

just bought it from buy.com with the google checkout special,

getting it for about $8.50 after shipping and taxes.

Thanks for the tip. Came up to $7.39 total for me. Great deal!

Buns34

05-05-2008, 06:15 PM

Does this game support the D-Pad? I have a Sega Saturn controller that works with the PS2, that i imported from Japan. It works with the Street Fighter Collections, but it did not work with the Mega Man Anniversary Collection :( I have not tried it with the Sega Genesis Collection, but i hope it works with this Collection.

Leo_A

05-05-2008, 06:56 PM

That doesn't mean it doesn't work with a d-pad, I'm sure that Mega Man collection does work with one. Just some games won't recognize the controller unless its analog, even if the option of using d-pad controls exist. I've encountered a few GameCube titles that do the same thing when using my Hori digital controller.

I wouldn't worry about this game, I'm sure they're expecting that people will want to use controllers like that one and arcade sticks.

DOL_001

05-05-2008, 08:38 PM

just bought it from buy.com with the google checkout special,

getting it for about $8.50 after shipping and taxes.

Came down to $8.65 for me. Just got an email saying they shipped it today.

Kitsune Sniper

05-05-2008, 09:14 PM

oesiii

05-05-2008, 09:46 PM

Thanks for the tip. Came up to $7.39 total for me. Great deal!

Yep, $7.39 for me too, sweet deal. Thanks for the tip.

Anything to avoid going to a Gamestop or Walmart :)

Half Japanese

05-06-2008, 01:59 AM

Grrrrrrrrrr. I can't buy it, I already bought something with Google Checkout a year ago. :(

Also, my local TRU doesn't have World Heroes Anthology. The clerk was all "WTF dude, we never get those games here." when I asked. ;_;

What's worse is that I signed up for Google Checkout a year ago with the intention of buying something and never did go through with it. Now I'm apparently ineligible for the GCO $10 savings that I never got to take advantage of, even after deleting my information and reentering it. Thanks Google!

otaku

05-06-2008, 02:10 AM

how are you guys getting it so cheap? Its 30 bucks so it should be 20 after discount help! for 8 bucks I'll buy but not 20

zektor

05-06-2008, 06:23 AM

how are you guys getting it so cheap? Its 30 bucks so it should be 20 after discount help! for 8 bucks I'll buy but not 20

You are probably trying to buy the PSP version. The site lists the PSP version with the PS2 picture just to better confuse you. You want the one that is $12.99 originally.