Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits

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Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits
Konami Classics Series.jpg
North American cover art
Developer(s) M2 [1]
Publisher(s) Konami
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release
  • JP: 15 March 2007
  • EU: 26 October 2007
  • AU: 29 October 2007
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits, released as Konami Arcade Collection in Japan and Konami Arcade Classics in Europe and Oceania, is a collection of 15 classic arcade games by Konami for the Nintendo DS.

Contents

Lineup

The compilation features the following games:

Titles included in Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits
TitleReleaseOriginal title
Scramble 1981
Tutankham 1982Horror Maze (North America)
Pooyan 1982
Time Pilot 1982
Track and Field 1983Hyper Olympic (Japan); Track and Field (Japan, compilation)
Roc 'N Rope 1983
Super Basketball1984Basketball (North America)
Circus Charlie 1984
Road Fighter 1984
TwinBee 1985RainbowBell (North America)
Yie Ar Kung-Fu 1985
Shao-Lin's Road 1985Kicker (Europe)
Gradius 1985Nemesis (Europe)
Rush'n Attack 1985Green Beret (Japan & Europe)
Contra 1987Gryzor (Europe)

When Tutankham and Super Basketball were released in the U.S., they originally kept their original names. Horror Maze and Basketball are names exclusive to this collection. It is unknown why the games' names were changed. This compilation also marks the first North American appearance of the original TwinBee arcade game in any form.

Other features

Reception

Reviews
PublicationScore
VG Resource Center7.75 out of 10 [3]
IGN8 out of 10 [4]
GameSpot7 out of 10 [5]
GameZone8.2 out of 10 [6]
1UPC+ [7]
Review compilations
Game Rankings76% (based on 22 reviews) [8]

Reception for Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits has been slightly positive, garnering an average score of 76% on Game Rankings. Complaints have revolved around either some of the included games simply (in GameSpot's words) "aren't really worth playing" or the visuals being "squashed" or "jittery". 1UP was even more critical of the included game library, considering it dated and lame. Furthermore, some sites such as IGN or VGRC lamented the lack of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support.

See also

References

  1. "M2 home page, which has a works list (search for コナミアーケードコレクション)" . Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  2. "Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits". Konami. Archived from the original on 23 August 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2007.
  3. VGRC's Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
  4. IGN's review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
  5. GameSpot's review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
  6. GameZone's Archived 28 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
  7. 1UP's Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 3 August 2008.
  8. GameRankings.com page for Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.