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The amount of time I’ve spent over the years playing PSP ridge racer 2 vs Horizon style driving games which just can’t hold my attention. That’s despite their nice graphics and massive open world. Actually driving between races is so boring and kills my interest. No idea why that’s a thing still.

I am a big fan of Arcade Archives and have bought many of Hamster’s games on my Switch over the years. It’s an astonishing achievement that they have already made so many arcade games accessible again, and I wish them every success in securing more licenses in the future for the sake of preservation.

Nice review - I had this on pre-order and then cancelled it. Just tried a few online stores and it looks like it’s sold out everywhere. So I’m guessing the vintage audience for this is more sizeable than expected!

Looks very cool but the biggest thing putting me off is the choice of arcade stick. I much much prefer the kind with a small ball on the end, especially for fighting games.

Good news - it’s been a long wait, but will pick this up on eshop this 14th Nov.

Hardly bargain prices 😂 I will stick with the steam arcade games thanks. But I guess this is targeting completists out there.

Great news. I wonder whether we will get any more Irem collections soon.

I adore 2D and 3D fighting games. A Tekken collection fully upscaled to 4K would be amazing. Just look how amazing Virtua Racing looked, taking simple polygons and upscaling. Same should be true with the Tekken games.

@Badboykilla187 Totally agree. Wish Sony would hurry up and re-release it on the PSN store. I enjoyed playing the upscaled version of Tekken 2 but Tekken 3 would be even better. Or perhaps a Tekken 1-6 compilation with both PS and Arcade versions, taking a leaf out of Capcom and Konami’s book?

Great to see from a preservation perspective. Can we have the Amstrad CPC versions too please?

@Axelay71 totally with you. It’s rare these days that I can just switch on a console and play the game. Some of the updates are gigabytes big, and take hours to download.

Amazing news. Especially having a licensed version of Way of the Exploding Fist. Trashman is another old favourite of mine - so much imagination at that time in gaming!

@ludotaku I agree they should definitely make the logo, colour and layout scheme more authentic and same as the Astrocity.

Very pleased to see this news. I will pick up one of these, if they bring it to market and it replicates the Saturn Virtua stick experience.

I recently got my Mayflash Arcade stick working with my Saturn using a Brook Wingman SD adapter. Was also pondering buying a Sega Astrocity Arcade stick and hooking it up with the adapter, but they seem to have gone out of stock on Amazon now. So this new option would be a great alternative.

Very interesting topic. Perhaps worthy of a deeper dive article?

Exactly my sentiments. Really hope Sega can release a stand alone compilation with these Model 2 and 3 games. Hope they can add Scud Race too!

The trouble is I’m a purest and only want to play games on original software 😊 There must be lots of people like me who bought Analogue FPGA consoles for the same reason. It’s a whole experience looking through your physical games, admiring the artwork on the cover and booklets. And because it’s an effort to keep swapping games over, I normally spend quality time playing the game through. When you are presented with a long list of games (eg on Steam), I don’t know about you but I just end up feeling overwhelmed and then playing nothing.

I’ll pass thanks. Sega Rally (Revo) and the Switch Virtua Racing already look and play way better than these offerings here, if I want the modern retro arcade racing experience.

If they can pull this off and prove us cynics wrong, then I’ll be super happy 😊 Would absolutely love to retire my Japanese and PAL Saturns and play discs on an FPGA machine. Removing the constant fear that the laser reader will give up the ghost at any time.

Very nice additions. Will definitely pick these up. Wondering now whether we will get another Irem collection with Gunforce 2 included.

The objective here should be laser focussed on how to preserve gaming history for future generations. The question is how this can be achieved in an effective way.

Who would willingly want gaming as a medium to be lost to time? I find it hard to believe anyone who remotely cares about gaming would want that.

Of course It’s much easier to find blockers than it is to collaborate on finding a solution that works for all parties. Clearly leaving it to publishers doesn’t achieve the goal here and therefore is not a valid option.

@PinballBuzzbro depends how you look at it. Batsugun on the Saturn will set you back well over £100 on its own.

@Geostyle I’m super excited too about Gunforce 2. It will be interesting to see whether they can match the same level of emulation and actually release Vol 2 in July as it keeps getting delayed.

Fantastic news! This is the right approach to releasing emulated games. Really impressed with volume 1-3 and volume 4 is an immediate purchase. Wish Irem games were getting this kind of treatment.

The Saturn use case is compelling for me, as the original ones are very old now and prone to laser reader and capacitor issues. But the price remains prohibitive. Will just have to hope Analogue launch an FPGA based Saturn in the future.

Would love one of these, but not sure I’m ready to start collecting PC Engine games just yet. Very tempted though.

I’m wondering whether Analogue will ever make a Mega SG with inbuilt CD, along with 32X support. Although a Saturn box would be my preference 😊

I just want Way of the Exploding Fist 🙏

I remember that visiting that first store near Tottenham Court Road in the late 90s. It was a magical experience!

On the whole I have had very good experience with online and in store purchases. Occasionally had a tatty box/label but overall I have had many more positive experiences outweighing any of these minor niggles.

Looks like a big step up from the original whilst maintaining affordability. Fantastic choice of launch games with Toaplan and Irem collections. I was on the fence before but now I’m definitely buying one of these. Without hesitation.

Bought one of these for my SNES and very pleased with it. Same result as using my OSSC but without all the extra cables and complexity.