![]() ![]() When it comes to retro collections, if we were talking about the aforementioned companies, I’m sure that anyone could roll off a list of titles that belong or are wanted on a compilation like this quite easily, however for SNK during the early years I would most certainly draw a blank. The company has almost always lived under the shadow of other industry giants such as Sega, Capcom and Konami, who pretty much dominated the late eighties to early nineties with their arcade and console gaming prowess. While it is entirely undoubtable that SNK have earned their wings over forty years of creating games, their earlier output isn’t exactly all that well known in the west. Out of all of the companies you can build a retro collection out of, Pre-Neo Geo SNK is an odd one. Exclusive to the Xbox One version.Main PS4 / Reviews tagged 40th / anniversary / arcade / Collection / retro / SNK by Grizz ![]() Baseball Stars / Baseball Star: Mezase Sankan'ou (USA/Japan) - Console-only game.Time Soldiers / Battle Field (USA/Japan).Chopper I / Koukuu Kihei Monogatari (USA/Japan).Included from the start in the PS4, XONE, and PC versions. Released for the Switch version on Decemas a free DLC pack (which mistakenly claims it is for two of the 11 games). Prehistoric Isle / Genshitou (USA/Japan).Datsugoku (USA/Japan) - Also includes Console version. Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy / Great Tank (USA/Japan) - Console-only game.Ikari III: The Rescue / Ikari III (USA/Japan) - Also includes Console version.Victory Road / Dogou Souken (USA/Japan) - Also includes Console version. ![]() Ikari Warriors / Ikari (USA/Japan) - Also includes Console version.Guerrilla War / Guevara (USA/Japan) - Also includes Console version.Crystalis / God Slayer (USA/Japan) - Console-only game.Athena (World) - Also includes Console version.Alpha Mission /ASO (USA/Japan) - Also includes Console version.Most games allow players to change the regional game variant (USA or Japan). It also includes the Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer versions of seven of the arcade games, in addition to the three aforementioned games. It includes the arcade versions of these games, with the only exceptions being Baseball Stars, Crystalis and Iron Tank (as they were not released in arcades). Later platform releases includes all 25 games, with the Xbox One version featuring 1 additional game (for a total of 26). The original version of the game included 14 games, with 11 additional games released later as free DLC. It also includes a jukebox for the included games and bonus content (including advertisements, concept art for Crystalis, information about the lost game Tangram Q, and retro Japanese newsletters and guidebooks). It also includes a comprehensive game history of SNK's early games ( SNK Complete Works 1978-1990), showing trivia, flyer art, and screenshots. Made to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original SNK Corporation (or Shin Nihon Kikaku), SNK 40th Anniversary Collection features 25 games (both for arcades and for the Nintendo Entertainment System) from the company up to 1990, prior to their Neo Geo platform. The Switch and PS4 versions were also released in physical format. It was later released for the PlayStation 4 in North America on Maand in Europe on March 22, 2019, released for the Xbox One worldwide (by Other Ocean Interactive) on May 3, 2019, and released for the PC worldwide (by SNK) on June 7, 2019. SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is a game compilation developed by Digital Eclipse and published by NIS America for the Nintendo Switch in North America on Novemand in Europe on November 16, 2018. ![]()
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