Game Compilations Compilation Vol. 2 - Scott The Woz

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builds. My house catches fire. It has happened once before. It's practically a tradition at this point, but this time I'm focused on safety. I have a fire. fire extinguisher on standby and a bunch of safe thoughts here before we start, I should probably get all my flammable products off the floor, as much as I love shelves full of

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s, sometimes you just need something a little simpler, oh my goodness Yes, it's great to have

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collections. of games all in one package and we've already taken a look at game

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s before, specifically sonic mega collection mega collection plus mario all stars mario wall star 25th anniversary edition kirby's dream collection and activation anthology destiny anthology namco museum on xbox namco museum 50th anniversary namco museum on switch sonic ultimate genesis collection dreamcast collection sega classics collection arcade classics snk vol 1 metal slug anthology mega man anniversary collection mega man legacy collection legacy collection 2 but not the collection of sonic gems, so we should talk about that before things get weird Sega has always been quick to make as many of its old games playable on as many platforms as possible.

If they even think you're about to say that you could really go for Vector Man 2 right now, they'll stop at nothing to make sure you wonder why you wanted to play Vector Man 2 in the first place, my favorite build that Sega published was Sonic Mega Collection for Gamecube. It's my favorite for incredibly superficial reasons. I grew up with this game and although I had previous experience with Sonic 1 and 2 today. Sega Genesis presentation of this compilation was so amazing they had a lot of additional content and the menus along with their music were so good, let's say it's Sonic 3D Blast playable here, it sure is a bad game that shows how brave you really are.

They were mega collection. Focusing on the Sonic games for the Sega Genesis, you had all the main classic titles available here along with a few spin-offs, but there was one game that made a lot of sense to include that was missing the eighth Sin Sonic CD, the game for the add-on. SegaCD. for sega genesis it was still a classic sonic title and was considered one of the best sonic games of all time. Only two of these statements are correct. The opening and ending scenes from the Sonic CD were available in the Sonic Mega Collection and the game itself was planned to be included, but why do that when you can make a completely separate compilation of the Sonic Gems collection released a few years after the mega collection exclusively on Gamecube here in North America, while a PS2 release was totally a thing in Europe and Japan?

The concept behind Sonic Gem Collection was obscure Sonic classics and that's great, not only would the Sonic CD become easily playable and the deer would get anything but a Sega CD or the old PC release, but it would be available alongside strange games from the franchise's history, like things like Sonic Schoolhouse Sonic. pocket adventure sonic racer sega sonic the hedgehog sonic educational games for sega pico the sonic xtreme prototype knuckles canceled chaotic sonic cookies no three games that top here sonic cd sonic r and sonic the Fighters a treasure chest of rare gems sega has Have you ever heard of peer reviews, listen, sure, these are all a lot darker than your typical everyday Sonic game, especially back in 2005 when this collection was released, but it seems like they wanted a reason to release Sonic CD on platforms modern.

They added a couple of extra games to call it a collection and a big disappointment, this was a missed opportunity, as sure Sonic and Sonic the Fighters are fun and somewhat obscure releases, but the concept of a collection that looks at the more obscure releases of a franchise and only focuses on three measly games when there's so much more to take from it, it's disappointing that many of the obscure Sonic games I originally listed were actually planned for the collection at one point, but decided not to due to difficulties techniques or simply for no reason. The gem collection also includes a handful. of Sonic games for Game Gear wow, is where they don't count them as actual additions to the collection and just label them as extras.

That there were people who got mad at Sega calling Game Gear games real games? They are bonuses. They are bonuses. Men 1 and 2 are playable, yes there are real sonic gems there, but in Japan and Europe they have more games, they have brothers bonanza and streets of rage 1, 2 and 3 and they have never been more embarrassed to live in Ohio. This compilation pulls a lot from Sonic's Mega Collection more specifically the menus and there isn't much in terms of extras that are actually very innovative. I always wanted this collection when I was a kid, I mean I had a mega collection of course I also wanted a gem collection.

For years I was just a human being. The game got away from me, I never saw it in person, I never saw it for sale, new or used, and one day I said I can't live like this, I clicked on a certain bun on eBay and signed the gem collection was finally mine, of course, since I bought this. I see this game for sale everywhere and that always happens to me, a game I never see for sale, when I finally find it and buy it, it starts showing up everywhere calling all games, don't put out a gem collection sonics that bother me to play.

This compilation was a great feeling after all this time, but the games included are mostly polarizing. If you love one of the games in this package, chances are you won't like a good portion of the rest and the fact that it could have been so great. Further with the idea of ​​rare gems and all they did was include a couple of Game Gear games in here and some Sonic games that were so hard to find ways to play at the time that you may or may not like them. I'm not a fan. of this compilation is a great way to play these games, it will always feel like it's an excuse to re-release the Sonic CD and nothing more, while we're all okay with Sonic

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, so far, let's rinse our mouths with Sonic.

Jam on Sega Saturn Sonic Jam was one of the first major Sonic compilations and was basically waiting for Sega to come out with something Sonic related. On the Saturn there weren't a ton of Sonic games on the system, so Jam was released to satiate the lust. This is a collection of Sonic 1, 2, 3 and Knuckles. You can attach Knuckles to the other games. You have new normal and easy modes that alter the stage layout or simply shorten the overall game experience by removing levels. I don't know, the games themselves play amazingly. They are near perfect recreations of the original Genesis games and of course it has a sonic world.

This was a preview of what a 3D sonic game could be. It's nothing special, but it's incredibly charming and it's easy to get lost in this little hub world. It's a great but often forgotten piece of Sonic 3 history or history in general. Sonic World Hub has small missions to complete and this is how we access additional content such as commercials and artwork. This was and honestly still is an amazing build. I can put so much work into this release that it makes me wish this core world and commercials were included in something like Sonic Gems Collision, but thank goodness it has Vector Man 2.

Let's finish the second talk with one more collection of Sega Genesis classics. the ps4, xbox one and nintendo switch, you know, when this was announced, I really liked it. I loved Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection on 360 and ps3, and this seemed like it was going to appear again and that's true, so there's quite a handful. There are more games in Genesis Classics compared to the Ultimate Genesis Collection, but interestingly, some are missing, such as the games Echoed the Dolphin and Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles. Now Sonic 3 and Knuckles have been in legal limbo for a while, so Sega just completely abandoned those. games, echo games are out of quests, but whatever, I only play them once a week, I'm fine blowing up the old collection, overall this is a fun way to get to know these games or relive memories of them, there are tons included. runs well enough, you get different filters and borders, you can disable borders, and a lot of cool features are included, like rewinding games and online multiplayer for some titles, but Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection simply had more oomph, it seemed that there was more.

The passion and professionalism behind it, all the unlockable extras, and the overall style made this a much better experience. The Sega Genesis classics with their 3D UI, skipped games, and lack of attention to detail make it feel amateurish and cheap, rather than using the actual arts of the game box. they just pasted the game logos on original genesis boxes, like for example the 90s room setup is cool but visually it looks so dated they obviously weren't given much budget for this and while I can appreciate that they wanted do something else. that just a simple menu at that time don't even try it, you didn't have the budget for a nice room, that's fine, just go for a simple and clean 2D menu, like Ultimate Genesis.

There are some cool features like changing filters and borders. something the Ultimate Genesis Collection didn't have, but I'll always take it in comparison because it seemed like a more substantial package, it had cool unlockables and the borders were a bit annoying, yes, but they made unique ones for each game, that's cool. and annoying here it's just the basics and there's nothing to unlock, there are no extra features and the menu is ugly, plus all the things you can change like the time of day, why compare this to the collection interface Sonic's ultimate is the definition of less is more too?

The Nintendo Switch version is missing the Wonder Boy games. Well, if we want to be really happy, we can try something else. Why not the Legend of Zelda collector's edition on GameCube? This is strange. This disc was available through GameCube console bundles. Nintendo Power. subscriptions loyalty programs this was essentially a carrot on a stick for Nintendo fans if you buy a game we'll give you something to do with it. The box is not the normal Gamecube format. The boxes have the logo in the upper right corner and the name itself is a little strange only the legend of zelda collector's edition why not name it something like the legend of zelda collection by including it we have access to the legend of original zelda zelda 2 the adventure of link ocarina of time and majora's mask yes? two nes and n64 games no link to the past on super nintendo no awakening links on game boy no oracle of seasons and ages on game boy color why not include these games too?

I mean, you have to draw the line at some point without games. but this is like a sandwich without meat and without link to the past. I mean, all the games are completely playable here, it may not be the best way to play them considering Majora's Mask has a serious case of not working right, but if you only had a game cube. and you had this disc, you have a ton of value here, these are three of the most beloved games of all time in zelda 2. We even have a 20 minute playable demo of Wind Waker plus two videos and that's it, I mean, I can.

I'm not really complaining, but it's a bit of a strange release, so the zelda collector's edition is too strange for me. If this game was a human, I would run it. I think I want to go back to all the trusty Namco museums. Namco Museum Remix on Wii is how I realized I wasn't deaf, but it may be soon the volume of this game is intensely loud, I mean it makes sense that they really want you to hear as many little details as you can about these games, just There are nine games here and the selection is really mediocre and strange, there is no pac-man girl, I have miss pac-man rally axe, nothing like that, but thanks for packing buddy, I know it's like pacmania and digging without gaps It's the criminally overlooked sequel to galaga and it's amazing, xavier is a more mapped salad but an amco.

The museum feels really incomplete without Galligan and Pac-Man in place of these games. We have five remix titles. What are the Wii minigames that are not interesting? Namco Museum Remix is ​​more like a We Play-style collection of Wii minigames than a Namco museum. And why can't these remix minigames based on arcade games be played in this collection? Why is there rally x remix but not rally x namco? The remix was later re-released as a Namco Museum Mega Mix with twice as many arcade titles and one more remix minigame and that's more. As you see, Megamix has a legitimately good line of arcade games, it no longer seems like the quality of the line is seendiminished by the focus on remix minigames, this is a solid collection, this is the Namco Museum Remix, but to really appreciate a Namco Museum title, we have to see more of them, so here we go to the Namco Museum in Game Boy Advance just a simple collection including miss pac-man galagagalan dug into pole position with no frills no reason in hell to play this game now but for the moment it was great they tuned the games pretty well to work on the Game Boy advanced screen, giving you options to play everything enlarged or with the full arcade screen and see them with miss pacman galaga and dig dug, in my opinion those are the Namco arcade classics that you must play and own. them in portable form were the icing on the cake, but I didn't have this game when I was a kid.

I had this game a collection of pac-man for pac-man the original pac-man puzzle game pack attacks isometric mania game pack and pac-man Arrange game where Kinky the ghost joins the random box It's a fun twist on the typical Pac-Man with tons of tricks added. I remember playing this game for hours when I was a kid. Pac-mania was a nice change of pace from regular pac-man. I can appreciate Attack of the Man and the Pack because it's a really clever way to take the ideas and mechanics of Pac-Man and turn them into a Tetris-like puzzle game. However, I had no idea what he was doing in this game as a kid.

I just thought the way the blocks fell was pretty satisfying, so I'd play this from time to time. Time and failure immediately got me nostalgic for this collection, but gosh, looking back, I would have preferred the Namco museum on gba. I mean, the pac-man collection has some interesting games, but at the end of the day, pac-man's pac-man three of these games are basically the same as the namco museum had ms pac-man, which is the best version from pac-man, plus a variety of other games that I really loved, plus what kind of box art is this. I'm always in a soft spot. place for arcade compilations, I mean without them a lot of these arcade games you would have to buy a small piece of land to have just one cabinet.

It's nice to have them available in a collection that can be played on a game console. Midway Arcade Treasures was a series of games released for the Gamecube PS2 and Xbox and each has a different age rating. There is something for everyone here. Arcade treasures. One focuses on old school arcade games from 1980 to 1990. We have clacks and more. There's a decent lineup here. smash tv paperboy gauntlet rampage joust rootbeer tapper there are 24 games here which is a huge amount however i would be more interested in this if the menu wasn't atrocious what the hell am i looking at here?

So they use vague symbols and just show the gameplay. in the center to represent what you are selecting, why not use text? What if I don't know what this game represents? All this shouting about the early 2000s, the formatting of the menus and extras isn't that great, but hey, they tried, I never did. a Midway Arcade Treasures game, so I'm not one to talk, at least I also took another hit with Midway Arcade Treasures. Would you believe a game with a cover like this is rated M? That's because this build focuses on later arcade games when the guts were really into things like mortal kombat 2 and 3 and narc okay this done makes sense this menu oh my god this menu is so much better plus the extras get a big improvement on arcade treasures 1 they were hell bent on using comic sans and defining the word format oh man let's look at the interviews for rope your tapper oh well, arcade treasures three focuses on racing titles which means it definitely lacks a lot of The variety we had in one and two, although we have much more modern things, is great.

Having Hydro Thunder in San Francisco Rush here, although my standards of awesomeness may be lower because I've been looking at builds of games mostly like this, let's see what extra features this collection has, besides this collection has an extra one and it's a preview this, this is a decent collection, these are all pretty good, although I think two is the most complete, it has the best bonus material and the games are great, but interestingly this is a re-release of Midway Arcade Treasures, one which originally looked like this, but after two came out, they reprinted the cover to make it look more in line with later releases and changed the name to Midway Arcade Treasures 1.

I always find it strange when the first installment of something has the number one as if they knew someone else's. it's going to happen I'm in hell collection of capcom classics volume one a collection of random capcom arcade games street fighter 2 final fight ghosts and goblins okay, it didn't necessarily blow me away but it's not bad, I think I prefer a lot of things from the Capcom home console, there are kids games that I'm not as attached to, so I'd rather talk about something I have stronger feelings for, like the data east arcade classics on the wii, yeah, I like this game only because it costs 60 dollars.

I paid that and what did I get in the side pocket. The best game in this collection, by far, is the arcade version of Burger Time. Other than that, I mean what a bad guy, caveman, ninja, that's it in terms of well-known games and you couldn't hear it. but I used quotes on well known, it's a decent collection, but data is not the best video game company in my opinion, they are one of the first to license their games to almost anyone, that's why you see their games on those mini consoles cheap ones and all that and all those mini gym consoles really advertise the hell out of the fact that they have the data facility to put their games on them, no one cares about the data facility games, sorry Ellie's finger has more A recognizable legacy with space invaders and legends of bubble titles focuses on just that and then some see that this compilation has some classic games and a fun presentation.

The neater arcade classics were the minimum. I'm sure they had artwork as a bonus, but the way it was presented. It was just a boring title The legends make the story fun 3D models of the arcade machines Full video interviews with the developers Essays on the art of the title They have it all, including Space invaders part 2 The first game was a huge success, Let's see how they upped the ante. great collection, lots of variety and just history of the games, oh my goodness, it's well organized and put together. Legends title is what I want from an arcade game compilation.

There is a second edition released later and I don't have it, but again, I never trust a game. compilation that you already know will have a sequel title legends is the gold standard they waited for and made another one when they deemed it necessary, but what if a sequel comes out on the same day as the first volume? This is a stupid mega man x legacy collection and Legacy Collection 2 was released simultaneously on July 24, 2018. Legacy Collection One focused on Mega Man focused on five, six, seven and eight. You know they are both excellent collections. Sure legacy collection two is obviously the stinkiest. one of the bunch, but both are well designed great filter and border options museum features with videos a whole new mode where you fight two bosses at once cool stuff, but let's talk about the fact that these are two separate games, what?

This was just so there would be parity between the classic Mega Man Legacy Collection games and the X Legacy Collection games. I mean, the classic has two volumes, actually it also has two. Was it because they didn't want to put everything in one package for a higher price and instead just did it? They were available separately for 20 so that more people wouldn't have to think about buying at least one of them, so they could just copy and paste most of the museum extras from one collection to the other so you're just done. I asked why I bought both.

Why did I buy both? I'll tell you why look originally. I was only going to buy one from x Legacy Collection because that was the one with the good games. I bought it on the Nintendo eShop and realized I accidentally bought two by mistake, so I have both good ones for me, you know what else had a similar release strategy? Atari flashback classics on ps4 and xbox one, they released them in two volumes at the same time and I had the same question as many others, well, you couldn't fit all these Atari games on a single disc.

They are Atari games. They are tiny. They are the size of my respect for these collections. I separated them into two volumes and a third released later. Luckily all of these volumes were compiled into one for the nintendo switch release that's how things should be these are the atari flashback classics on nintendo switch 150 games here and I only care about five of them I mean this one doesn't It's the most extensive Atari collection yet and if I want to get into this era of gaming, here you go, this is the compilation to get because it really sells how boring a lot of games were back then.

I can appreciate the simplicity of these classic titles, but even the biggest Atari head on the planet will. Let's say yes most of these games are garbage but there are 150 games available and most of them are lame honestly it's a good representation of Atari even the games I love like Breakout that game only works well with the original paddle controller, for some reason they never made an effort. In adjusting the controls to be smooth with a standard joystick, it's always too sensitive or not sensitive enough, there's not much more available to play here than just a bunch of Atari games.

I would say this is worth it in terms of quantity. of games alone, but I think the Atari anthology was the best compilation. I don't know of any game that the lawyer anthology didn't have. This one added that makes a big difference, besides the bonuses that the target anthology had, much cooler flashback classics, it only has the manuals and some achievements I could also try other atari collections that I have. I've had these for quite a while but never played them. Retro Atari and Atari Greatest Hits Collections for Nintendo DS Retro Atari is about taking these old school games and making them great again.

I wish this game was more focused on recreating these classic games with touch controls in mind and I have to say that pong and breakout work much better with a touch screen than with a standard controller now asteroids and tempest are a nightmare with a stylus. Are you going to do Atari Grid? Their hits are more of a standard collection with a fairly substantial selection, just a bunch of random games, but they actually give us a lot of options to play with all the standard Atari 2600 switches and new controls for the arcade games, plus there are a trivia game and even a recreation of the army battle zone, a simulator created by Atari for the military to train.

In volume 2 we have video interviews and a full Atari 400 computer emulator that is so good that the video files aren't the best on the ds, but back then I would have gone crazy with this, it was great when games the ds played videos. I love how they give you the option to use the stylus for some of these games as it works great and there's something weird about it. It's endearing to play these games on a DS screen. I really like these releases as a big fan. You should go to their website atari.com. Well, let's keep the good times going on live TV on Xbox.

I mean, on television he was one of the greatest. competitors to the atari 2600 your compilation will be on par with something like the atari anthology what am i doing? Intellivision has a controller with a keyboard, which means half the time we have to open it to the screen to use it and half the time we play games. They are just two great players, they also organize them in a strange way. I have to jump between different genres. There's some unreleased stuff and some extras, which is nice, but I hate to say it. I don't think I like the Intellivision that much.

I'm 22. and I said what, but something I can really get behind is obviously a rare replay on the xbox one initially released as a collection of 30 of 30 rare titles they are best known for donkey kong banjo-kazooie perfect country games dark conquers the bad skin day battle Toads, they've had a great history and a rare repeat is about celebrating that minus Donkey Kong, yes obviously working with Nintendo and then being bought by Microsoft will do that to you but this is one of the highest values ​​in all games, of course, not all. These games are winners, I mean they go back to the early 80's but it brings so much variety this way including nes games and gamesfor Xbox 360, that's great, it's a lot of fun to flip through these titles and watch all the interviews I think. this was the collection to popularize the rewind feature in retro games that doesn't tell the purists it's a nice little option this is a great release a perfect way to celebrate rare's 30th anniversary and a no brainer for any xbox one owner In fact, it's really the only reason I own an Xbox One, this is my favorite game on the console, but we can't end on a high note.

Remember when I said that Disney's second classic was the last second collection we see today. Guess what, I forgot Sega Smashback. In the gameboy advanced it includes golden ax, okay, sonic spinball, why and echo the dolphin, no joke, not only is it a very strange group of friends at a house party, but imagine if those friends ran around like in an advance as a child, this is bad, my only three. games and that's why these three games and that's why they work so badly okay, I lied, we have to rescue all these Donkey Kong classics on NES it's Donkey Kong, I did it, I talked about game compilations without committing arson, I'm cured I'm more that just my addiction.

I will never start another fire again. It's time to celebrate you.