Konami 50th Anniversary Collection: Arcade Classics
Release Date: April 18, 2019
A set of eight games created by Konami, which debuted on arcade machines. The compilation of Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics was released on the occasion of the company's fiftieth anniversary.
Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics is a compilation of eight games created by Konami, which debuted on arcade machines in the 1980s and 1990s. The set was released on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Japanese company.
The compilation of Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics includes the following items: Haunted Castle, Typhoon (A-JAX), Nemesis (Gradius), Vulcan Venture (Gradius II), Life Force (Salamander), Thunder Cross, Scramble (which also had an Xbox 360 remake in 2006), and TwinBee (this production also received a refreshed version created for the Nintendo 3DS).
Almost all of the games that make up the 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics are shoot'em ups, in which we sit at the helm of flying combat machines, eliminating hostile enemies. The only exception is Haunted Castle, where we play the role of Simon Belmont, and wander through the titular castle which belongs to Count Dracula.
Each game in the Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics is playable on its own; selected titles also allow you to play in the company of a second player in a local co-op mode.
Although the graphics design of the items contained in Konami 50th Anniversary Collection - Arcade Classics remained untouched when compared to their archetypes, the developers have enhanced these productions with some modern solutions. In addition to the games themselves, the set includes an ebook filled with information about each of these titles, interviews with developers, curiosities from behind the scenes and conceptual materials.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
3GAMES
System Requirements for Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3-3120M 2.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD 4000 or better, 560 MB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon R9 270X or better, 560 MB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection Video Game.
VGChartz: 6 / 10 by Evan Norris
Arcade Classics is a satisfactory anthology for the Konami faithful.
Push Square: 6 / 10 by Nat Eker
Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection is a nice nostalgia trip, but not an essential purchase. Though all of the games bar Haunted Castle are good fun, none but the Gradius games and Thunder Cross truly stand the test of time. Considering the arcade games missing here, it's hard to accept this as a 'classics' collection, but for what you're given, you could certainly do worse.
Digitally Downloaded: 2.5 / 5 by Matt Sainsbury
The result of all of this is a highly limited package that doesn't do Konami any favours. For a company to have such an incredible heritage - including two of the most influential games of all time in Frogger and Track & Field - and then to ignore all of that for a range of early era SHMUPs (and one platformer) that few will remember is bemusing, to say the least. There is some limited appeal in there for people who are fans of the one particular genre, but even then, the package does a very barebones job of celebrating that.
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