SNK Arcade Classics

SNK Arcade Classics 1 on the Nintendo Wii features 16 classic SNK Arcade games from the 1990s.

The games included are: Art of Fighting, Baseball Stars 2, Burning Fight, Fatal Fury, King of the Monsters, Last Resort, Magician Lord, Metal Slug, Neo Turf Masters, Samurai Showdown, Sengoku, Shock Troopers, Super Sidekicks 3, King of The Fighters 94, Top Hunter, and World Heroes.

Almost every genre has been represented – from Baseball and Hunting on the sports side of things to beat-em-ups and classic arcade action games and shooters.

If you were a child of the arcade era, you will enjoy some happy memories playing Fatal Fury, and King of Fighters. Metal Slug is a nice one to revisit too. Younger players, or those who somehow managed to escape pouring loose change into arcade machines (what else could you spend your pocket money on?) will enjoy seeing how far gaming has come.

The games support play with the Wii Remote and the Nunchuk, but I wouldn't recommend it. It's too cumbersome and simply not fun that way. A much better option is a traditional controller – your thumbs will thank you, and you'll be able to crush your opponents with ease instead of spending more time cursing the controls.

Fatal Fury has aged well, so has Samurai Showdown and Metal Slug. Some of the others surprised me though. On a huge HDTV, Magician Lord really shows its age. The games cope better on smaller, older TVs. The retro sound and speech synthesis in some of the games made me smile.

Since these are retro arcade games, it's not really worth reviewing each individual game in detail – rather I'll just say that the games are faithful ports of the Neo Geo versions. This means that they come with the same charming flaws, overpowered moves, and glitches. For a new player, this may be annoying, but if you’re a former arcade junkie the chance to test out your old 'skills' will be a welcome one. Since these are arcade games, there are moments where it’s quite obvious the developers were out to get you, with nasty surprises lurking to make sure you die and have to insert another coin. This is a harsh wakeup call if you’ve spent too long playing modern games, but it does have a certain charm once you get used to it, and you may even find that sense of achievement comes back to you when you complete a level.

The beat-em-ups are rather different to modern games - with less emphasis on insanely long combos, and more on timing, and judging what your opponent is likely to do next. It's a different kind of beat-em-up skill, but it's one that I still find enjoyable, and it's a refreshing break from Dead or Alive.

As a trip down memory lane I found it fun to look at how the game advanced as they you went from 1990 to 1996/97 – with mixed 2D and 3D environments making an appearance.

The game has some 'achievements' built in. Complete the games and achieve certain objectives, and you will be rewarded with videos, artwork, and game related titbits such as move lists for the fighters. The achievements are spread across different games – so sports fans will need to play fighters to get all their sporting artwork, and fighter fans will have to go hunting, play baseball, and try out the shooters. The decision to split up the achievements like that seems a little odd, but it does add replay value, and most of the achievements are mostly sensible ones.

There are FAQs, Walkthroughs and Guides available on the internet for every game in the collection, and even if you're shooting for all the unlocks for your favourite games, it won’t cost you too much time to blitz the other games in the collection.

Conclusion

All in all, the collection is well presented, and is a worthy trip down memory lane. Of the 16 games, perhaps only five are classics that everyone will enjoy (Metal Slugh, Fatal fury, Art of Fighting, King of the Fighters 94 and Samurai Showdown are the ones I'm counting), but there are bound to be others that you have fond memories of, and even ones you don’t remember will make for a fun diversion.

We reviewed the game on the Wii, but a Plastation 2 version of the collection is also available. For the price, you're getting 16 games, including quite a few that are fun to play in two player mode. If you're looking for a trip down memory lane, or something a little more hardcore than the average Wii party game to play with your gamer friends, then I think you'll get some good mileage out of this collection.

Original Article Source: MythGames.Com

Trying the DDR Supernova Machine in Amusements

Amusement machines are for fun of the park visitors. Since many of the avid fan of amusement parks are students, where you can see these types of machines with super heavy dance pad, you will also see students clog up the entrances.

The reason is because DDR Supernova amusement machines are usually situated where you can find the entrance to amusement parks. This is because of the heavy DDR pads that make up the bottom support and dancing arena for users and patrons.

In the Philippines, although this type of amusement machine is still very plenty, many local addicts to Dance Dance Revolution series of machines seek where these few ones are situated and wherever they are from, they will still be there to play on it.