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Retro Classix Collection 1: Data East (Nintendo Switch)
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8 Data East classics in this pack
BAD DUDES: The Bad Dudes must pursue the ninjas through the streets of New York City, a moving big rig truck, a large storm sewer and much more, in order to save President Ronnie.
JOE & MAC: Grab your club and get ready to go on a wild, prehistoric adventure with the Cavemen Ninjas - Joe & Mac!
Help Joe and Mac, two cavemen who fight against enemy cavemen and dinosaurs using prehistoric weapons.
HEAVY BARREL: Fight through the enemy's army and collect pieces for a secret weapon to destroy their underground artillery base.
EXPRESS RAIDERS: Save the Old West, with your rifle and your horse, from thieving Train Robbers.
SUPER REAL DARWIN: The inhabitants of the planet Lakya unwittingly unleash the planet's life force known as Evol. As the released Evol drifts from planet Lakya, it is received by the inhabitants of the nearby planet Cokyo; the people of Cokyo initiate the Shlohe project, a plan to use their captured Evol to develop advanced biologic ships and weapons to invade planet Lakya. The inhabitants of Lakya retaliate the Cokyo invasion by using their own evolving fighter ships.
GATE OF DOOM: A classic multiplayer action RPG for one to two players. Originally released in 1990, and a noted classic arcade title of the 90's.
SHOOT OUT: Stop the criminal gangsters and save the civilians in this action-packed shooter.
SUPER BURGERTIME: Play as Peter Pepper Jr. and complete the burgers, but watch out for Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Egg and the dangerous Mr. Pickle!
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BAD DUDES: The Bad Dudes must pursue the ninjas through the streets of New York City, a moving big rig truck, a large storm sewer and much more, in order to save President Ronnie.
JOE & MAC: Grab your club and get ready to go on a wild, prehistoric adventure with the Cavemen Ninjas - Joe & Mac!
Help Joe and Mac, two cavemen who fight against enemy cavemen and dinosaurs using prehistoric weapons.
HEAVY BARREL: Fight through the enemy's army and collect pieces for a secret weapon to destroy their underground artillery base.
EXPRESS RAIDERS: Save the Old West, with your rifle and your horse, from thieving Train Robbers.
SUPER REAL DARWIN: The inhabitants of the planet Lakya unwittingly unleash the planet's life force known as Evol. As the released Evol drifts from planet Lakya, it is received by the inhabitants of the nearby planet Cokyo; the people of Cokyo initiate the Shlohe project, a plan to use their captured Evol to develop advanced biologic ships and weapons to invade planet Lakya. The inhabitants of Lakya retaliate the Cokyo invasion by using their own evolving fighter ships.
GATE OF DOOM: A classic multiplayer action RPG for one to two players. Originally released in 1990, and a noted classic arcade title of the 90's.
SHOOT OUT: Stop the criminal gangsters and save the civilians in this action-packed shooter.
SUPER BURGERTIME: Play as Peter Pepper Jr. and complete the burgers, but watch out for Mr. Hot Dog, Mr. Egg and the dangerous Mr. Pickle!
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- Released: October 9, 2020
- Genre: Arcade, Action, Role-Playing
- Number of players: Offline: 1 - 2
- Publisher: Golem Entertainment
- Download size: 272 MB
- PEGI Rating: 12
- Play modes: TV, Tabletop, Handheld
- Languages: English
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Dirt cheap.
Good selection of games.
Good variety.
Emulation seems fine.
Decent CRT filters.
Remappable controls.
Decent presentation (a virtual arcade layout).
-Cons-
No save states or rewind function.
No pause option.
No way to change settings when a game has started.
No way to quit a game once it's started - the only way to quit or select a new game is to open the home menu, close the application and relaunch it.
The hub (game selection) menu is slow and darts between cabinets seemingly at random rather than cycling through them in order of placement within the virtual space (not necessarily a deal-breaker, but it is disorienting).
All games default to the virtual arcade view, complete with CRT filter, which isn't the most optimised way to play.
No instructions for controls or guides for gameplay - it's all very trial and error.
Incidental, but the third time I launched the application and attempted to select a different game, the application crashed.
-Conclusion-
As a straightforward collection of classic arcade games, this works fine, but is missing a myriad of even the most basic features found in similar titles (note: I'm including titles from decades prior), the absence of which is especially baffling considering the clear effort that was placed into the presentation. If not for the quality of the games themselves, the good variety on offer and, ultimately, the exceedingly low sale price, the lack of basic features as well as the slow and clunky interface would cement this as a terrible application. As it stands, it's cheap and functional enough to get the job done, but the developers have embarrassed themselves by missing key features and forgoing optimisation, and I can imagine a lot of players being far less forgiving than me having spent their money fairly expecting a more complete product.