Capcom Classics on Sept. 27
 

Sorry if it's too early to post a thread on this, but I just wondered if anyone else was excited about this one. I used to spend countless hours playing Ghosts & Goblins and Commando on my Commodore 64, so I'm really looking forward to this. I believe it has 22 games for $19.99. I've been disappointed by the other nostalgia compilations out there, but I think this one might be good.

Total list of titles

1. 1942
2. 1943
3. 1943 Kai
4. Street Fighter II®
5. Street Fighter II® Hyper Fighting
6. Street Fighter II® Champion Edition
7. Ghosts’ N Goblins
8. Ghouls’ N Ghosts
9. Super Ghouls’ N Ghosts
10. Son Son
11. Exed Exes
12. Pirate Ship Higemaru
13. Vulgus (Capcom’s 1st game ever)
14. Commando
15. Mercs
16. Gun.Smoke
17. Section Z
18. Bionic Commando®
19. Forgotten Worlds
20. Legendary Wings
21. Trojan
22. Final Fight

From http://www.capcom.com/ccc/

Site also contains screenshots of every game.

This one sounds excellent. The Namco one was okay, but for a 50th anniversary game they put no fanfare or extra content in to it and that was a major downside.

I had a couple of the Japanese Saturn releases of the Capcom classics so getting all of these together will be very cool.

edit: Just noted there is no GameCube version being released so I guess I have a long wait to play this one depending on whether I get an Xbox360 or not.

I take it these are arcade ports?

Thats a shame theres no Gamecube edition :(
Maybe 1 for UK owners?

No GCN = No Sale :down:

Gcn?

Game Cube Nintendo

All but one are arcade ports. Looks like all the Capcom Collection discs put into one with maybe an extra game of three.

It'll be nice to have a solid port of Street Fighter II for a home console. The best I have is SSFIIX for Dreamcast. The SF collection version was god-aweful. Many missing frames of animation, unbalanced gameplay, horrible audio.

I wonder if Bionic Commando is going to be uncensored.

This is what I call a classic collection.

I'm getting it as soon as possible :)

From memory the c64 version of commando is quite different when compared to the arcade version and I remember not liking the arcade version as much.

Nice, I been getting it. :)

Shame that Alien v.s. Predator and Strider aren't on the list maybe the next wave.

Great lineup there. Forgotten Worlds is way underappreciated.

- David Stein

Finally, the chance to play Final Fight uncensored. I will be getting this for sure.

Looks good, but it sucks there's no GameCube version.

You're probably right, but I'll take what I can get. Even just looking at those screenshots brought back the memories - especially of Ghosts and Goblins. That one looked pretty similar to what I remember on the C64. It's been about 20 years, so it'll be quite a nostalgia trip.

Capcom Classics Collection is Kickass... ;). Also, Sonic Gems Collection (Only on GC) and Namco Museum 50th Anniversary Arcade Collection (I stick with GC version instead PS2 version cuz it had Ugly Greatest Bar).



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My highlights:

9. Super Ghouls’ N Ghosts
15. Mercs
19. Forgotten Worlds
22. Final Fight

I'm sure there's at least a couple of other titles in there that will get some solid playtime. I really hope that these will all be arcade perfect.

Ya, not including Strider and the original Street Fighter is a bit puzzling. Otherwise, an awesome collection. My only problem is that I own most of the titles I like on the NES and Genesis. I feel like some of them (particularly Bionic Commando) are even better on the consoles. Still, this looks like one of the best compilations out there.

Whats on the Namco Museum disc? :)

why no gc? i so want "Bionic Commando"...left my nintendo on for 36 hours and became one of the first games i ever finished and loved every minute of it!!!

Thanks for the heads up about this release. I wasn't aware of it but I'll definitely be getting it. I remember fondly playing all of the above games especially Gun.Smoke. I must have played that game for hours on my NES.

Practically the exact same games as the last disc.. minus the best part of the last disc.. the arrangement games. The new Namco Museums are fucking insults to Namco's arcade history. Comparing the PS1 5 disc set to the new ones (either of them) is an excellent way to compare what's important to an American gaming company versus a Japanese one.

Granted if you just want the two or three most popular games, the new discs should work for you.

That's crap that this isn't coming out for a Nintendo console. Half of the titles are NES games. I'd even buy this for PSP but it looks like Capcom ain't gettin' shit from me-they'd probably make it to 39.99 for PSP anyway just like Namco did with their collection.

I'm pretty sure that's the arcade version, not the NES verson of Bionic Commando. I've tried the arcade version out on MAME, and it's not that good.

Is there a Gamecube version of Namco Museum then?

I'd love to play 1942, 43 and the Streetfighter games amongst others on that Capcom disc. Poo. :(

they forgot alien vs. predator and saturday night slam masters. maybe they'll get it on the next one.

I doubt they'll ever include Alien vs Predator on one of these collections, as it would require they pay an additional (probably hefty) licensing fee.

Yes, the Namco and Midway collections came out on the GameCube.

I'm still not sure why Capcom would skip the Cube considering how many of the titles in the collection showed up on the NES in one form or another, but whatever.

True. Capcom lost the rights to the characters many, many, many years ago.

I really want to see games like Red Earth, and other titles that were never published.

I havent seen a collection Ive gotten that I absolutely hate. Namcomuseum wasnt bad. I like my Midway Arcade Treasures (1 & 2) and the Sonic Mega Collection was nice.

Awaiting the next set of Classic discs that will come out soon

The first Mega Man Anniversary Collection was great... and I have the Treasures #1 game... and the Sonic One...

... but I'm still :mad: about there not being a GCN version!

Ya, the confusion regarding which version of Bionic Commando is coming in the collection reminds me of the misconception concerning Tecmo Bowl in the Tecmo Collection for X-Box. Many folks may be disappointed that it is not the Tecmo Bowl (or my all-time favorite game, Tecmo Super Bowl) that they remember from the NES days, but rather the little-known arcade version.

BUMP for this.
Any reviews out there?

The IGN review is pretty good. 8.1 overall. They do comment on the fact most are arcade ports instead of console ones and on the games they wish were in there. Overall though it looks like its well worth $20.

so being "Bionic Commando" is the arcade and not the NES port, does that mean it isn't as epic as the NES and there is no to win the game at the end?

i remember leaving my NES on for 36 hours while i was away for the weekend to comeback and finish it that day. it, to this day, is my most satisfying finishing a game experience ever!

I've been told that the new Game Informer says that Strider will be on the PSP release of this - can anyone confirm?

I would love to play 1942 on a handheld

Didn't even know Capcom was releasing this on the PSP, thought it was PS2 and Xbox only?