What a great game!!! 20 Capcom Arcade Classics on one tiny PSP UMD!!! Wow!!!
What a great deal!!! 20 Capcom Arcade Classics on one tiny PSP UMD!!! Finally version of Black Tiger(It took almost 20 years!) is now available on a gaming system,and it's a perfect arcade translation!!!(It's also available on Capcom's Collection Vol. 2 for the PS2!) The other great games included are:1941,Captain Commando,Legendary Wings,Magic Sword,Strider,Block Block(it's similar to Super Breakout or Arkanoid!),Quiz and Dragons,Final Fight,The Speed Rumbler,Varth,Section Z,Last Duel,Three Wonders,Side Arms,Avengers,Mega Twins,Bionic Commando,Forgotten Worlds,and the original Street Fighter!!! An incredible collection!!! Classic old-school fun!!! Hours and Hours of fun!!! This great game has lots of great options and unlockable features!!! Two thumbs up!!! Way up!!! Five stars!!! A+
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I am...*fuzzy voice* CAPTAIN COMMANDO.
You have to hand it to Capcom for practically saving the psp single-handedly with a handful of games earlier this year. Monster Hunter Freedom, 2 MegaMan games, Viewtiful Joe, Street Fighter Alpha, and a revised Classics Collection, they really pulled the psp out of a slump. Of those just mentioned, I only own two at the moment: MegaMan Maverick Hunter X and of course, that which you're reading the review for right now: Capcom Classics Collection Remixed. I was actually about to buy Monster Hunter Freedom, given how many rave reviews its received, and how popular it is on many gaming message boards, but I hadn't played some of the games on the Classics Collection in years, and I wanted to relive those days again. Now, I'm not one to play games based on nostalgia. I will not go on and on about how great a game WAS back when I first played it, then not mention how it holds up -now-. That's something very important that many people overlook. Why should you shell out your hard-earned money for a bunch of things that were great when you were 5 or 6, but might completely suck now? I've experienced that a lot lately, visiting the dying arcades in the area, and replaying what I used to consider classics. The Simpsons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aren't as fun as they were 15+ years ago, so how will those on this collection manage? Is Magic Sword really worth your time? Is Final Fight really worth the credit it gets, aside from the novelty of a huge shirtless mayor running around pile driving gangsters? Is Captain Commando actually fun at this point in time? How's the very first Street Fighter play? And what about the many others included here? Those are the questions you should be asking.
Because there are so many games in this collection, I'll just summarize each one. 1941 is a classic shooter, where you take the role of a U.S. plane in World War II, fighting the good fight. By gunning down enemy crafts, you'll net power-ups for your weapons, helpers to take damage and dish some out, and bombs for your infamous, invincible loop-de-loop maneuver. Avengers is a top-view brawling game with horrible controls, and boring gameplay. I don't know if it's supposed to be based off the old tv series, or the comics, or what, but I don't care. Bionic Commando here is the arcade version, and not the NES version that many people hail as a smash hit for that system. You play as just that- a bionic commando, going through stages with just your gun and grappling hook arm. It plays similar to Contra. Black Tiger reminds me of Ghosts 'n Goblins and Magic Sword combined, only nowhere near as fun. You're a warrior running around and taking out demons left and right, dying quicker than someone of this guy's stature should (to blobs no less). This game gets novelty points for the hero looking like he's getting it on with a vine while climbing. Block Block is a fun, yet very long game similar to Break Out. You scroll a paddle on the bottom of the screen and keep a ball from going to the bottom. Breaking blocks through all 50 stages here is going to take a lot of patience, so expect to be using the psp's sleep mod a lot. Captain Commando and Final Fight are practically brothers, only they have different characters. They're both side scrolling brawlers, and instant classics. These are probably the two most fun games of the bunch, and are insane to play with 2 or more players. Forgotten Worlds has you flying around as a gun-toting guy with a jet pack who looks a lot like Duke Nukem. This game could be fun if it weren't for the strange controls: you can rotate your character with the analog nub and square and circle buttons, making aiming properly more trouble than it should be.
Last Duel is your standard top-view shooter, only terrible, as is Legendary Wings, though in that one, you take control of an angel-type character. Magic Sword is a classic that many will remember- you play as a brawny warrior with a magic sword, out to destroy an evil orb. Along the way, you can free companions to aid you in your quest, including a barbarian, priest, ninja, lancer, lizard man, and many others. This is one of the longer games of the set (50 levels), and one you'll be playing the most. Mega Twins is a fun, cartoony side scroller where you jump around slashing up baddies. 'nothing too special, but it's kinda fun and cute. Quiz and Dragons is...messed up. You answer modern pop culture related questions (for the early 90s at least) in order to defeat fantasy monsters with either a barbarian, valkyrie, wizard or ninja. Here's a hint- the valkyrie will make the game a breeze since her "special ability" = taking off 2 of the 4 wrong answers in questions. Use her. Section Z, Side Arms and The Speed Rumbler are more shooters, none of which have any real distinguishing features, aside from Speed Rumbler being one of the worst I've ever played. The very first Street Fighter is on here as well, and it's damn near impossible to beat, as the CPU attacks based on what buttons are released in your attacks. It's also much faster than you, and will win in about 6 seconds. Stay away from this unless you want to feel like a terrible gamer. Strider is a "classic" game featuring a ninja who attacks with a side-sword and a ray of light. This game is fun for a little bit, but some of the deaths are just so cheap, that I couldn't get into it. Three Wonders is 3 games in one: a platformer, a shooter, and a fun puzzle game. I play these ones quite often, as they're fun enough to try to top my previous scores. Finally, Varth is another basic top-view shooter, but one that many consider underrated. I couldn't get into it.
When there are as many games in a collection as there are here, not all of them can be great, and it's expected to find a few to ignore. Well, there's more than just a few to ignore here. But the key point is- if you were pondering buying the Xbox or ps2 versions, the psp version is definitely the one to get, mostly due to portability, and the real classics that weren't found on either console version (though the list of games is still pretty different). I'm talking about Captain Commando, Magic Sword, Final Fight, 1941, Three Wonders and Side Arms. Take note of that- I've only mentioned 6 games out of the 20 in this collection. That isn't a very good sign. But it all depends on your own tastes for the most part. Many people love games like Strider and Bionic Commando. I for one, hated both these games, and had to force myself to play through them. Strider's controls,cheap deaths and level design bugged me to no end, and Bionic Commando was just so...weird for me to enjoy all the way. But, Capcom included some nice features to help you want to play each game longer than you'd normally want to. By completing certain challenges, you'll unlock "hints", art and music for every game. The "hints" are very stupid most of the time, like for Final Fight, one tells you that Guy can jump off walls and attack. I don't think anyone ever beat the game and used that trick. At least, I didn't, and had no problem playing as Guy without that trick. The art is something very cool though, especially for games that shouldn't seem like they'd have much going in that department, like Block Block. But, some of the art includes the arcade cabinet designs and all that. Finally, this collection's multiplayer is great, even if it doesn't include game sharing, which is a standard for games much more advanced than simple arcade ports. The player detector is one of the fastest I've ever seen, and people can join and drop without ruining the flow of the gameplay. Very impressive.
Visually, there's not much here, as all these games were released 10 to almost 20 years ago. Some do look very good still though, especially those found in Three Wonders. Also, the select button acts as a view change, stretching the screen or even flipping it sideways so you can play the topdown shooters the way they were intended. Granted, you'll be holding the psp at a weird angle, but hey, you might like it. The audio here's all good as well, but don't expect to be impressed. Fuzzy voice samples and above average MIDI tracks are all you'll find.
More or less, this set was aimed at people who may have never played some of the "classics" back in the day, or for people like me, who could never beat any of the games at arcades. I remember spending over seven bucks on Magic Sword, never being able to get past the second boss. Now that I've finally cleared the game, I can check that off my list of things to accomplish. Personally, I wish I had waited for a price drop on this game, but I don't quite regret buying it. It's a solid collection, if a bit unbalanced as far as good to bad games go.
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Oh man, worth the moolah
Geezy weezy, this game has it all! All the good fun-loving shoot-em-ups you probably remember from the 80s and 90s is all on this UMD, and some cool additional bonuses, but thats a surprise! Like it's big brother, this game has some good shizzit, but no, the first one didn't have Strider! (Too bad, because when i bought it and found out there was no Strider, thats when i got pissed) Yes, it has the ultimate action scroller Strider! The first one that started it all, Street Fighter 1! (which i actually didn't find too bad; pretty addictive). Three Wonders, which had a limited release in the U.S., so practically nobody heard of it, but those who were lucky enough to play it in 1991 were gifted to some of the best graphics of its time, and STILL looks good today. And another two of my personal favorites, SECTION Z and SIDE ARMS: HYPER DYNE! Those who have played those games well, I think you know how good it is. ;-) There are much others, but, I'll let you play them and see what you think. So, please, put down the Tony Hawk 1 and the Mario Kart, and buy this, and to some of you new-comers who haven't played these, start today! Or, at least buy it today and play it in a couple of other days! Ha Ha, yeah.
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