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StarTopic Retro Gaming on Switch |ST| True Preservation

tolkir

Retrobot
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Why does this thread exist?
With the increase of digital sales worldwide, a lot of publishers are trying to resurrect old titles so people can play them in modern consoles.
Arcade Archives, Sega Ages, Konami collections, Capcom collections and so on.
Like most of things nowadays, many of them are overlooked, so I have made this thread to list and discuss them. There are many people waiting that publishers release again the favorite games from their childhood.

What years are considered Retro?
Everyone have a diferent opinion from post-2005, so I'll look case by case. PSP, DS or Wii are a thin line.
Maybe there will be a game that it's considered retro for people who visit the thread in 2025 and not now.

How are companies releasing their games?
Publishers and developers are bringing the old classics in many ways:

  • Port: Releasing the original game with minimal changes (Emulated games included)
  • Remaster: Improving the original game, sometimes including new features
  • Remake: Creating a new version of the original game since zero
  • Revival: Forgotten games are released many years later for the first time or games coming back after >10 years keeping the old formula.
  • Sequel: New titles of dormant IPs.

I'll try to make different tables by months. So, we don't have a huge table that takes up half of the thread.

Great games already available
Sunset Riders
Collection of Mana
Phantasy Star
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Castlevania Advance Collection
Turok
Mega Man Zero / ZX Legacy Collection
Virtua Racing
Doom 64

Latest Releases
GAMETYPEO.PLATFORMDATEO.YEARCOLLECTION
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the MountainsRemasterPC12/08/231999
1080 SnowboardingPortNintendo 6412/08/231998Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Harvest Moon 64PortNintendo 6412/08/231999Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Jet Force GeminiPortNintendo 6412/08/231999Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Daienkai BuchoPortMobile12/07/23 (Japan)2010G-Mode Archives
DoDonPachi Blissful DeathPortArcade12/07/23 (Japan)2002DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation
DoDonPachi Blissful Death Black LabelPortArcade12/07/23 (Japan)2002DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation
The Fantasm Soldier ValisPortPC-880112/07/23 (Japan)1986Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III
The Fantasm Soldier ValisPortFamicom12/07/23 (Japan)1987Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III
Valis: The Fantasm SoldierPortMSX 212/07/23 (Japan)1989Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III
Valis IIIPortMega Drive12/07/23 (Japan)1991Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III
Super Valis IVPortSuper Famicom12/07/23 (Japan)1992Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection III
AvengerPortPC Engine12/07/231990Telenet Shooting Collection
GaiaresPortSega Genesis12/07/231990Telenet Shooting Collection
GranadaPortSega Genesis12/07/231990Telenet Shooting Collection
Psychic StormPortPC Engine12/07/231992Telenet Shooting Collection
XIIZEAL (XII Stag)PortArcade12/07/232002
Pole Position IIPortArcade12/07/231983Arcade Archives
BowlingPortAtari 260012/05/231978Atari 50: The Anniversary
Circus AtariPortAtari 260012/05/231980Atari 50: The Anniversary
Double DunkPortAtari 260012/05/231989Atari 50: The Anniversary
Maze CrazePortAtari 260012/05/231978Atari 50: The Anniversary
Miniature GolfPortAtari 260012/05/231979Atari 50: The Anniversary
Moto RodeoPortAtari 260012/05/231990Atari 50: The Anniversary
Super FootballPortAtari 260012/05/231989Atari 50: The Anniversary
Adventure IIHomebrewAtari 260012/05/232005Atari 50: The Anniversary
AquaventurePrototypeAtari 260012/05/231983Atari 50: The Anniversary
Save MaryPrototypeAtari 260012/05/231991Atari 50: The Anniversary
Return to Haunted HouseHomebrewAtari 260012/05/232005Atari 50: The Anniversary
WarbirdsPortAtari Lynx12/05/231991Atari 50: The Anniversary
Batman: Arkham Asylum PortXbox 36012/01/232009Batman: Arkham Trilogy
Batman: Arkham City PortXbox 36012/01/232011Batman: Arkham Trilogy

Upcoming Releases
GAMETYPEO.PLATFORMDATEO.YEARCOLLECTION
XanaduPortPC-880112/14/231985EGG Console
Cosmic Fantasy 3: Bouken Shounen Rei PortTurbo CD12/14/23 (Japan)1992Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2
Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shounen Densetsu – Totsunyuu-hen PortTurbo CD12/14/23 (Japan)1994Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2
Cosmic Fantasy 4: Ginga Shounen Densetsu – Gekitou-henPortTurbo CD12/14/23 (Japan)1994Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2
Koumajou Remilia II: Stranger's RequiemRemasterPC12/14/232010
Revenge of the Ninja HD RemasterRemasterArcade12/14/23 (Japan)1984Taito LD Game Collection
Space Battleship Yamato HD RemasterRemasterArcade12/14/23 (Japan)1985Taito LD Game Collection
Time Gal HD RemasterRemasterArcade12/14/23 (Japan)1985Taito LD Game Collection
The Rumble Fish +PortArcade12/20/232004
One.RemakePC12/22/231998
Top GearPortSNES01/11/241992Top Racer Collection
Top Gear 2PortSNES01/11/241993Top Racer Collection
Top Gear 3000PortSNES01/11/241995Top Racer Collection
Another CodeRemasterNintendo DS01/19/242005
Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories RemasterWii01/19/242009
Apollo Justice: Ace AttorneyRemasterNintendo DS01/25/242007Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy
Tomb Raider I RemasteredRemasterPC02/14/241996Tomb Raider I-II-III Remastered
Tomb Raider II RemasteredRemasterPC02/14/241997Tomb Raider I-II-III Remastered
Tomb Raider III RemasteredRemasterPC02/14/241998Tomb Raider I-II-III Remastered
Mario vs. Donkey KongRemasterGBA02/16/242004
Star Wars: Dark Forces RemasterRemasterPC02/28/241995
Ufouria: The Saga 2SequelNES02/29/241991
Touch DetectiveRemasterNDS03/28/242006Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files
Touch Detective 2½RemasterNDS03/28/242007Touch Detective 3 + The Complete Case Files

Announced Releases
GAMETYPEO.PLATFORMO.YEARCOLLECTION
3D 3D!PortSinclair ZX811981Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
AbductorPortCommodore VIC-201983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Air DuelPortArcade1990IREM Collection Volume 2
AncipitalPortCommodore 641984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Andes AttackPortCommodore VIC-201982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Angel WhisperRemakePC1999
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn TributePortSega Saturn1997Saturn Tribute
Attack of the Mutant CamelsPortCommodore 641983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Attack of the Mutant CamelsPortAtari 8-bit1983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Attack of the Mutant Camels '89PortKonix Multi-SystemUnreleasedLlamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
BatalyxPortCommodore 641985Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Bike Daisuki! Hashiriya Kon – Rider’s SpiritsPortSuper Famicom1994
Brave Battle Saga: Legend of the Magic WarriorPortSega Genesis1996QUByte Classics
Bubble GhostRemakeAtari ST1987
Canon: Legends Of The New GodsPortSega Genesis1996QUByte Classics
CentipedePortSinclair ZX811981Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
City BombPortSinclair Spectrum1982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Class of Heroes 2RemasterPSP2009
Clock TowerRemasterSNES1995
Colossal CaveRemakePDP-101976
ColourspacePortAtari 8-bit1985Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Contra: Operation GalugaSequelArcade1987
Deflex VPortCommodore VIC-201981Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Dragon BreedPortArcade1989IREM Collection Volume 3
El Shaddai: Ascension of the MetatronRemasterPS32011
F-Zero Maximum VelocityPortGame Boy Advance2001Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
Flashback 2SequelAmiga1992
Front Mission 3RemakePS11999
GameCenter CX: Arino no Chousenjou RemasterNintendo DS2007GameCenter CX: Arino no Chousenjou 1+2 Replay
GameCenter CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2RemasterNintendo DS2009GameCenter CX: Arino no Chousenjou 1+2 Replay
GexRemaster3DO1994Gex Trilogy
Gex 3: Deep Cover GeckoRemasterPS11999Gex Trilogy
Gex: Enter the GeckoRemasterPS11998Gex Trilogy
GloverPortNintendo 641998
Golden SunPortGame Boy Advance2001Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
GridrunnerPortCommodore VIC-201982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
GridrunnerPortCommodore 641983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
GridrunnerPortAtari 8-bit1982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Gridrunner RemasteredRevivalCommodore VIC-201982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
GunforcePortArcade1991IREM Collection Volume 2
Gunforce II (Geo Storm)PortArcade1994IREM Collection Volume 2
Harvest Moon 64PortNintendo 641999Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Headbangers HeavenPortSinclair Spectrum1982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
HellgatePortCommodore VIC-201983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
HellgatePortCommodore 641984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Hitman: Blood Money ReprisalPortPC2006
Hover BovverPortCommodore 641983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Hover BovverPortAtari 8-bit1984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai: Milky no YabouPortMobile2005G-Mode Archives
Iridis AlphaPortCommodore 641986Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed NinjaSequelNintendo DS2006
Kaizou Chounin ShubibinmanPortPC Engine1989
Kingpin: ReloadedRemasterPC1999
Laser ZonePortCommodore VIC-201983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Laser ZonePortCommodore 641983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Legend of WukongPortSega Genesis1996
Llamatron: 2112PortAtari ST1991Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Mama LlamaPortCommodore 641985Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Matrix: Gridrunner 2PortCommodore VIC-201982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Matrix: Gridrunner 2PortCommodore 641983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou HenPortMobile2006G-Mode Archives
Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of TimePortCommodore VIC-201983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Metagalactic Llamas Battle at the Edge of TimePortCommodore 641984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Moon. -Re:make-RemakePC1997
Mr. HeliPortArcade1987IREM Collection Volume 3
Mr. HeliPortTurboGrafx1989IREM Collection Volume 3
Muv-LuvPortPC2003
Muv-Luv AlternativePortPC2006
Mystic RidersPortArcade1992IREM Collection Volume 3
Nightmare Busters: Rebirth RevivalSNESUnreleased
Over HorizonPortNES1991Steel Empire Chronicles
Panzer Dragoon II ZweiRemakeSega Saturn1996
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door RemakeGameCube2004
Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble IIIPortPC Engine1991
Plumbers Don’t Wear TiesPort3DO1994
PsychedeliaPortCommodore 641984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
QuadratankRevivalArcade1974
R-Type CommandRemakePSP2007R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos
R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter ChocolateRemakePSP2009R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos
Rage of the DragonsPortArcade2002
Rainbow CottonPortDreamcast2000
RatmanPortCommodore VIC-201982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Rendering Ranger: R2 PortSNES1995
Revenge of the Mutant CamelsPortCommodore 641984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Revenge of the Mutant CamelsPortAtari ST1991Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Revenge of the Mutant Camels IIPortCommodore 641987Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 RemakeRemakePC2002
Rox 64PortCommodore 641983Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Rox IIIPortSinclair Spectrum1982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Scurge: HivePortGame Boy Advance2006
Shadow of the Ninja RebornRemakeNES1990
Sheep In SpacePortCommodore 641984Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Snow Bros. 2: SpecialRemasterArcade1994
Spica AdventurePortArcade2005
Steel EmpirePortSega Genesis1992Steel Empire Chronicles
Steel EmpirePortGame Boy Advance2004Steel Empire Chronicles
Steel EmpireRemakeSega Genesis1992Steel Empire Chronicles
Stone ProtectorsPortSNES1994
Suikoden HD RemasterRemasterPS11995Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
Suikoden II HD RemasterRemasterPS11998Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
Super GridrunnerPortAtari ST1991Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
SuperdeflexPortSinclair Spectrum1982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Tempest 2000PortAtari Jaguar1994Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
The Frog For Whom the Bell TollsPortGame Boy1992Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
Tomba!RemasterPS11997
Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea: LegacyRemasterPC2002
TurboflexPortAtari 8-bit1982Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
Ufouria: The SagaPortNES1991
VoidrunnerPortCommodore 641987Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
WiZmans World ReTryRemasterNintendo DS2010
 
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Just want to chime in that if you like shmups or other arcade games there are some great ones on here. The psikyo collections, last resort, aerofighters, pulstar, cave games etc.

The ACA archive series are all fantastic. I own a ton of their neogeo and arcade games. Johnny's turbo arcade ports are great as well.

Tons of great options on the system if you like em!
 
I grabbed the Castlevania Anniversary Collection a while ago when it was really cheap, will be my first time playing most of those games, I've only played the Igavanias and IV.

I'm itching to get the GBA Collection too, but will wait until it's on sale since I wouldnt play them right now. Hope they will patch in some filters by the time I get to it.
 
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Zombie Nation from City Connection was recently announced as well.

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Thank you for the distinction between port/remaster/remake. I can understand why they're often used interchangeably, but I hope that with enough course correction that line of thinking stops and makes it easier to differentiate between releases.

Sincerely hope more Gamecube games beyond Super Monkey Ball get announced/released soon.
 
Also, not sure if it belongs here but apparently a working Saturn Emulator was found in the code of the recent Guardian Force port for Switch.

 
Also, not sure if it belongs here but apparently a working Saturn Emulator was found in the code of the recent Guardian Force port for Switch.


Good to know. Supposedly, the Saturn Tribute games have +8 frames of input lag because of this. We'll see if they can fix it.

There's a new video of the Cotton sequel, Cotton Rock'n'Roll. It's not a retro game but it's a sequel of a retro IP keeping the old gameplay.


It'll release this Christmas in Japan, zero news about a Western launch for now.
Umihara Kawase character is playable in the game.
 
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Arcade Archives game of this week is Rally X.

One of the first arcade games of Namco. They released 4 Namco games on the last 4 weeks.
They must have gotten some kind of agreement.

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More news: Microids just announced a new game of Joe & Mac. They're going to remake the arcade levels and make new ones.
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I'm thinking to add a new type of games named Revival. A lot of games are coming back after >10 years keeping the old formula.
Cruis’n Blast, Street of Rage 4, Sonic Mania, New Pokemon Snap, Ghost 'n Goblins Resurrection, etc.
 
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Missing the Turrican Flashback (released 29th January 2021) & Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (release date unknown).

Note :
The compilations are being done by Ratalaika Games, ININ Games and the Factor 5 team at Epic Games Cologne. The « unknown » release date for the both Anthology volumes is because the devs are adding a new function for all the games and Factor 5 -who is directly working on the Score Attack games- isn’t satisfied with the actual status of the games and restarted the Score Attack games from scratch.

Here’s the content :
Turrican Flashback :
Turrican I (Amiga, 1990)
Turrican II (Amiga, 1991)
Super Turrican (SNES, 1993)
Mega Turrican (Genesis, 1994)

Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 :
Turrican 1 (Amiga, 1990)
Turrican 2 (Amiga, 1991)
Super Turrican (SNES, 1993)
Super Turrican Director's Cut (Analogue SuperNT, 7th February 2018)
Mega Turrican Score Attack (Genesis/Mega Drive - 2021/2022)

Turrican Anthology Vol. 2 :
Turrican 3 (Amiga, 1993)
Mega Turrican (Genesis, 1994)
Mega Turrican Director's Cut (Genesis/Mega Drive, 2021/2022)
Super Turrican 2 (SNES, 1995)
Super Turrican 1 Score Attack (SNES, 2021/2022)


EDIT :
Awesome thread by the way, definitly watching it :)
 
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Mentioned this elsewhere but I would love for Capcom to port the Gamecube versions of Resident Evil 2 & 3 to Switch, just update the assets and boom!

Also, I still need to pick up James Pond on Switch one day
 
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September 2021
I'll do a table summary at the end of each month so I can remove rows on the OP. Last one was:

September 2021 releases

GAMETYPEO.PLATFORMDATEO.YEARCOLLECTION
Usaaf MustangPortArcade09/02/211990Arcade Archives
Sonic Colors: UltimateRemasterWii09/07/212010
Boulder Dash DeluxeRemakeArcade09/09/211984
Pop FlamerPortArcade09/09/211982Arcade Archives
Espgaluda IIPortArcade09/09/212005
SoldamPortArcade09/16/211992Arcade Archives
Mystia2PortMobile09/16/21 (Japan)2005G-Mode Archives
Diablo II: ResurrectedRemasterPC09/23/212000
Flyhight Cloudia 4PortMobile09/23/21 (Japan)2009G-Mode Archives
Pac-ManPortArcade09/24/211980Arcade Archives
XeviousPortArcade09/24/211982Arcade Archives
Castlevania: Circle of the MoonPortGame Boy Advance09/24/212001Castlevania Advance Collection
Castlevania: Harmony of DissonancePortGame Boy Advance09/24/212002Castlevania Advance Collection
Castlevania: Aria of SorrowPortGame Boy Advance09/24/212003Castlevania Advance Collection
ActRaiser RenaissanceRemakeSNES09/24/211990
G-Darius HDRemasterArcade09/28/211997
Centipede: RechargedRemakeArcade09/29/211981
Typhoon GalPortArcade09/30/211985Arcade Archives
Cotton 2: Saturn TributePortSega Saturn09/30/211997
Cotton Boomerang: Saturn TributePortSega Saturn09/30/211998
Guardian Force: Saturn TributePortSega Saturn09/30/211998
ExZeusRemasterArcade09/30/212003ExZeus: The Complete Collection
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi DXPortMobile09/30/21 (Japan)2006G-Mode Archives
 
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This promise to be a very useful thread for me.

tolkir I didn't had the chance to thank you for all your great efforts on the eshop threads due to me leaving Era after the whole Media Create fiasco so I take the chance to do so now:

Thank you!
 
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Hoshi Wo Miru Hito (1987, Hot-B), aka StarGazer on the Famicom, has been re-released on the Japanese Switch eShop.
It is also known as one of the worst, if not THE worst JRPG of all time. The studio preferred to outsource the game to a single developper, who had zero experience in JRPGs and had to rush everything with an almost impossible deadline. The studio wanted to surf on the Dragon Quest ride and… well, it didn’t end well (keep in mind that JRPGs were a new thing back then)

It is also known as the « Legendary shit game » in Japan (Densetsu no Kusoge). It is amazing how bad it is, on every single point. You should give a watch to the Games Done Quick speedrun of the game ^^

An article on Hardcore Gaming 101 :
 
Hoshi Wo Miru Hito (1987, Hot-B), aka StarGazer on the Famicom, has been re-released on the Japanese Switch eShop.
It is also known as one of the worst, if not THE worst JRPG of all time. The studio preferred to outsource the game to a single developper, who had zero experience in JRPGs and had to rush everything with an almost impossible deadline. The studio wanted to surf on the Dragon Quest ride and… well, it didn’t end well (keep in mind that JRPGs were a new thing back then)

It is also known as the « Legendary shit game » in Japan (Densetsu no Kusoge). It is amazing how bad it is, on every single point. You should give a watch to the Games Done Quick speedrun of the game ^^

An article on Hardcore Gaming 101 :
Fun Fact: The team working on that port did an actual fan-art competition (Last option on the top menu) for creating border art.
I even made a joke submission for it, though it didn't make the finals.


You can at least see the devs considering it, though. (look beside the person holding their hand up towards one of the entries.)
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Fun Fact: The team working on that port did an actual fan-art competition (Last option on the top menu) for creating border art.
I even made a joke submission for it, though it didn't make the finals.


You can at least see the devs considering it, though. (look beside the person holding their hand up towards one of the entries.)
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Amazing ! I wasn’t aware of this !
I really wished they did at least an english translation. From what I heard, the game was about to be released in all region eShops but at the very last moment, the website displayed a message that the game would be a Japan only exclusive.
 
Please don't forget the Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection ;)

I thing that I don't forget anything, so the OP is already finished.
Maybe if people want, some random weeks, I could make some special tables of big publishers like Capcom, Square-Enix or Nintendo, or tables of an individual console to remind games already available.
 
Looks like we're going to have a new Virtual Console by Hamster.


Are Enix SNES games getting re-released finally? We'll see.


In other news, two more Cotton games announced for the next week.

Cotton 100% SNES version
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Panorama Cotton Mega Drive version.
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Price is €14.99 each one.
 
'Sup fellow retro-friends.

Thought of the day:

I'm still disappointed that Arcade Archive wasn't able to finish up the Nintendo-developed Arcade ports. They really seemed to be rolling along there for a while, but I'm feeling pretty certain that they've closed that door at this point.

I mean, I do understand that Nintendo probably isn't keen to highlight their uber-early, super-uncreative "clone"-era by pasting up like Block Fever and SF-HiSplitter for everyone to see.

...and I can definitely understand why Monkey Magic will most likely never see the light of day again.

But it would be nice to see them at least throw Sheriff and Arm Wrestling up on the service. Maybe Radar Scope and Space Firebird as well just for completeness. Let's face it, this is probably one of the best chances we'll have to get official re-releases of these things and seems a shame to leave some on the chopping block.

At the very least, I'm thrilled that they finally obliged in releasing official versions of the arcade Punch-Out games, DK Trilogy, and even Sky Skipper (which is alot more fun that I imagined it would be). Pretty half-and-half on the Vs. System library as I imagine most people are, but at least it's mostly there for posterity.

My favorite experience from this - I put about a dozen hours into Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out on Switch in order to be able to 1CC (through Sandman) them on any difficulty. Recently was traveling with my family and stopped at one of the largest arcades in America on a vacation. Weaving through isles to find the Punch-Out machine, and whooping it live as a result of the effort felt pretty sweet, let me tell you. Had a few looking over the shoulder to see after Kid Quick, which seems to be the stopping-block for a lot of folks.
 
Looks like we're going to have a new Virtual Console by Hamster.


Are Enix SNES games getting re-released finally? We'll see.


In other news, two more Cotton games announced for the next week.

Cotton 100% SNES version
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Panorama Cotton Mega Drive version.
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Price is €14.99 each one.

It's almost beyond parody to me that literally hours before my article on the death of piecemeal reissues was to go live Hamster pretty much ends up starting their own form of Virtual Console. Very curious to see how it goes down, since I don't think people will be happy if they charge 800 yen for FC games... SNES/PCE though? I'll buy all the PCE games in the world. There's a good potential for it to be like Project EGG, and hopefully be an expansive library of classic games on PS4/Switch... But I also worry we'll get boring done to death games like NES Gradius/Pac-Man and the like.

Would love to see stuff like Terra Cresta II on this though.

But may I ask why the Squaresoft trademark would relate to Enix stuff? Two of the three games in the soul blazer trilogy have pretty immovable legal issues (Soul Blazer's OST, Gaia's art) that require external parties, so I doubt it could be for that... Unless it's The Creation of Heaven and Earth, which I don't think has as many issues save for Nintendo's translation.

'Sup fellow retro-friends.

Thought of the day:

I'm still disappointed that Arcade Archive wasn't able to finish up the Nintendo-developed Arcade ports. They really seemed to be rolling along there for a while, but I'm feeling pretty certain that they've closed that door at this point.

I mean, I do understand that Nintendo probably isn't keen to highlight their uber-early, super-uncreative "clone"-era by pasting up like Block Fever and SF-HiSplitter for everyone to see.

...and I can definitely understand why Monkey Magic will most likely never see the light of day again.

But it would be nice to see them at least throw Sheriff and Arm Wrestling up on the service. Maybe Radar Scope and Space Firebird as well just for completeness. Let's face it, this is probably one of the best chances we'll have to get official re-releases of these things and seems a shame to leave some on the chopping block.

At the very least, I'm thrilled that they finally obliged in releasing official versions of the arcade Punch-Out games, DK Trilogy, and even Sky Skipper (which is alot more fun that I imagined it would be). Pretty half-and-half on the Vs. System library as I imagine most people are, but at least it's mostly there for posterity.

My favorite experience from this - I put about a dozen hours into Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out on Switch in order to be able to 1CC (through Sandman) them on any difficulty. Recently was traveling with my family and stopped at one of the largest arcades in America on a vacation. Weaving through isles to find the Punch-Out machine, and whooping it live as a result of the effort felt pretty sweet, let me tell you. Had a few looking over the shoulder to see after Kid Quick, which seems to be the stopping-block for a lot of folks.

I don't think there's too much left for Nintendo's lineup, to be blunt. Most of their big VS games are all out and I can't think of any outside of light gun titles that scream "must-port". Their pre-DK era isn't really good and outside of Radar Scope/Sheriff I don't think any would be noteworthy from a historical POV. Don't know why Monkey Magic in particular would be problematic, unless it's just how unsettling the whole game looks, but I'd give that as much odds as Space Firebird (As in, next to none).

I would also agree with you on Arm Wrestling, but after playing it at Galloping Ghost... Yeah, if that came to switch all the Joy-Cons on earth would drift at once, it's VERY taxing to mash the stick, to the point it physically tired me out. Turbo could help for the button mashing bits, but constantly jamming on the stick might not be something Nintendo wants people to do. :p
 
How is the Mega Man ZX collection on Switch? I heard the OG and X ones had pretty bad input lag on Switch so I haven't picked them up.
 
How is the Mega Man ZX collection on Switch? I heard the OG and X ones had pretty bad input lag on Switch so I haven't picked them up.

OG MM has pretty fine input control imo, but it gets an awful audio lag if you use the home menu button a lot. It's not as solid as NSO/VC though, but it's still very playable. Mega Man X does have irritating, but doable input lag on X1-3 but X4-8 are all native ports and play like butter, and Zero/ZX is like the X4-X8 ports, so every game is butter in that compilation.
 
I don't think there's too much left for Nintendo's lineup, to be blunt. Most of their big VS games are all out and I can't think of any outside of light gun titles that scream "must-port". Their pre-DK era isn't really good and outside of Radar Scope/Sheriff I don't think any would be noteworthy from a historical POV. Don't know why Monkey Magic in particular would be problematic, unless it's just how unsettling the whole game looks, but I'd give that as much odds as Space Firebird (As in, next to none).

I would also agree with you on Arm Wrestling, but after playing it at Galloping Ghost... Yeah, if that came to switch all the Joy-Cons on earth would drift at once, it's VERY taxing to mash the stick, to the point it physically tired me out. Turbo could help for the button mashing bits, but constantly jamming on the stick might not be something Nintendo wants people to do. :p
For Monkey Magic, it's really just the imagery of knocking out a Monkey's teeth before turning his eyes into "x"s while being surrounded by skulls that makes me think it has a low chance. It may be primitive arcade graphics, but that description alone sure sounds like something modern Nintendo would shy away from. Maybe not. Pretty meaningless either way, since it's a totally unremarkable breakout clone beyond that, eh.

And yeah, I totally hear ya on Arm Wrestling. I always thought that tiring aspect was by-design to really make you feel like you were in a physical contest. It really doesn't work great without an arcade stick either way. But it does close out the Takeda Punch-Out trilogy to some degree....

I assume, however, that it is mostly ignored because it was never released in Japan, which always appears as something NOJ sees as a less relevant release for one reason or another when you look at their history.
 
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Amazing thread.

I’d love to see all those G-mode RPGs get translated, but I doubt that will ever happen.

I’m ashamed to say that I currently have more of Hamster’s ACA/Arcade Archive releases than any reasonable person should, lol. It really becomes a headache when you have to scroll through 40+ lines of games to find stuff on the Switch (obviously it’s not all ACA games). I’m glad to see that they’ll be branching out into console releases too, that could be really interesting.

The Switch is just crazy. Every time I take a moment to breathe, another dozen retro games I want have been released.
 
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How is the Mega Man ZX collection on Switch? I heard the OG and X ones had pretty bad input lag on Switch so I haven't picked them up.
They are native ports and not emulation, so the input latency is going to be as low or high as your displays inherent latency or what controller you use
 
'Sup fellow retro-friends.

Thought of the day:

I'm still disappointed that Arcade Archive wasn't able to finish up the Nintendo-developed Arcade ports. They really seemed to be rolling along there for a while, but I'm feeling pretty certain that they've closed that door at this point.

I mean, I do understand that Nintendo probably isn't keen to highlight their uber-early, super-uncreative "clone"-era by pasting up like Block Fever and SF-HiSplitter for everyone to see.

...and I can definitely understand why Monkey Magic will most likely never see the light of day again.

But it would be nice to see them at least throw Sheriff and Arm Wrestling up on the service. Maybe Radar Scope and Space Firebird as well just for completeness. Let's face it, this is probably one of the best chances we'll have to get official re-releases of these things and seems a shame to leave some on the chopping block.

At the very least, I'm thrilled that they finally obliged in releasing official versions of the arcade Punch-Out games, DK Trilogy, and even Sky Skipper (which is alot more fun that I imagined it would be). Pretty half-and-half on the Vs. System library as I imagine most people are, but at least it's mostly there for posterity.

My favorite experience from this - I put about a dozen hours into Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out on Switch in order to be able to 1CC (through Sandman) them on any difficulty. Recently was traveling with my family and stopped at one of the largest arcades in America on a vacation. Weaving through isles to find the Punch-Out machine, and whooping it live as a result of the effort felt pretty sweet, let me tell you. Had a few looking over the shoulder to see after Kid Quick, which seems to be the stopping-block for a lot of folks.

I'm hoping it's not totally finished! Would love to see stuff like Sheriff, Radar Scope, and even Vs Mach Rider.

In any case, it's great that we got the original arcade Donkey Kong, both arcade Punch-Outs, and most impressive of all, Sky Skipper! It's pretty incredible that they were able to get that, given how few machines of it remain.
 
OG MM has pretty fine input control imo, but it gets an awful audio lag if you use the home menu button a lot. It's not as solid as NSO/VC though, but it's still very playable. Mega Man X does have irritating, but doable input lag on X1-3 but X4-8 are all native ports and play like butter, and Zero/ZX is like the X4-X8 ports, so every game is butter in that compilation.
They are native ports and not emulation, so the input latency is going to be as low or high as your displays inherent latency or what controller you use
Oh that's sweet for ZX Col. and X4-X6 since those are the ones I'd be playing the most anyways. Makes it kinda annoying that they needlessly split the X collection in 2 though.
 
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I'm hoping it's not totally finished! Would love to see stuff like Sheriff, Radar Scope, and even Vs Mach Rider.

In any case, it's great that we got the original arcade Donkey Kong, both arcade Punch-Outs, and most impressive of all, Sky Skipper! It's pretty incredible that they were able to get that, given how few machines of it remain.
I must admit, I'm not familiar with the differences - what is changed for Vs Mach Rider over the NES game?
 
I must admit, I'm not familiar with the differences - what is changed for Vs Mach Rider over the NES game?

From what I understand, it's very similar to the endurance course from the NES original. Everytime you complete a level, you get a screen of Mach Rider that gradually goes away to reveal a woman, who many speculate to be Mach Rider... that's something that Mach Rider's planned appearance in Captain Rainbow was going to elaborate on.

In short, not much, but it's neat!
 
More dates announced.

A Boy and His Blob releases November 05th according the Japanese eShop.

Both BloodRaynes for November 18th.
 
Hey that's a great thread idea! So many remasters and ports on Switch that it's starting to be hard to keep up with everything. Thanks!
 
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I don't know what's happening but since I made the thread, 2 publishers are creating a line to port retro games.
First Hamster with Consoles Archives and now, QUByte with QUByte Classics.

First titles are Breakers Collection, The Immortal and The Humans. We'll know more next week.

 
I don't know what's happening but since I made the thread, 2 publishers are creating a line to port retro games.
First Hamster with Consoles Archives and now, QUByte with QUByte Classics.

First titles are Breakers Collection, The Immortal and The Humans. We'll know more next week.

I was about to say "that's already on the Switch online service", but it looks like they'll be trying to include every version of it.
“As some of these games were released for 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, our idea is to give players one more option to choose between these versions, as is the case with The Immortal and The Humans, which received versions of more than one console, like Mega Drive and Amiga,” said QUByte Interactive CEO Marivaldo Cabral in a press release.
The footage in the trailer looks to be the Genesis version specifically.
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There's also an extra game that's not mentioned in the Press Release but is in the video. Head Over Heels. Specifically the 2003 remake.
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First deal of Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol. (33% off)

I made a list of Retro on Dekudeals with most of games available, except Hamster ones.
They are easily visible if you look the publisher page.
 
Many announcements of retro games this week.

QUByte just announced three games.

- Rage of the Dragons (Fighting game based on the Double Dragon universe)
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And two Chinese RPGs released for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

- Brave Battle Saga: Legend of the Magic Warrior
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- Canon: Legends Of The New Gods
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M2 announced a new Toaplan collection in Japan. Toaplan Arcade Garage: Hishou Same! Same! Same!

It includes:
  • Fire Shark (Same! Same! Same!)
  • Sky Shark (Hishou Zame!)
 
QUByte just announced three games.

- Rage of the Dragons (Fighting game based on the Double Dragon universe)
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And two Chinese RPGs released for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

- Brave Battle Saga: Legend of the Magic Warrior
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- Canon: Legends Of The New Gods
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Brave Battle Saga and Canon Legend of the New Gods are both good games. Nice to see them made more available.
 
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October 2021
October 2021 releases

GAMETYPEO.PLATFORMDATEO.YEARCOLLECTION
Super Monkey BallRemasterGamecube10/05/212001Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Super Monkey Ball 2RemasterGamecube10/05/212002Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Super Monkey Ball DeluxeRemasterPS210/05/212005Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
The Genji and the HeikenPortArcade10/07/211986Arcade Archives
Tantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jikentan Vol. 7:
Otonari Keiji no Sousa Memo
PortMobile10/07/21 (Japan)2005G-Mode Archives
rRootage ReloadedRemasterPC10/14/212003
Rally-XPortArcade10/14/211980Arcade Archives
Earth Defense Force 2017PortXbox 36010/14/21 (Japan)2006
GleylancerPortSega Genesis10/15/211992
Corpse PartyRemakeNEC PC9810/20/211996
MappyPortArcade10/21/211983Arcade Archives
Momoko 1200%PortMobile10/21/21 (Japan)2006G-Mode Archives
Dr. Mario 64PortNintendo 6410/25/212001Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Mario Kart 64PortNintendo 6410/25/211996Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Mario Tennis 64PortNintendo 6410/25/212000Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Sin & PunishmentPortNintendo 6410/25/212000Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars)PortNintendo 6410/25/211997Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Super Mario 64PortNintendo 6410/25/211996Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimePortNintendo 6410/25/211998Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Winback (Operation Winback)PortNintendo 6410/25/211999Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Yoshi's StoryPortNintendo 6410/25/211997Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Castlevania: BloodlinesPortSega Genesis10/25/211994Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Contra: Hard CorpsPortSega Genesis10/25/211994Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean MachinePortSega Genesis10/25/211993Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Ecco the DolphinPortSega Genesis10/25/211993Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Golden AxePortSega Genesis10/25/211989Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Gunstar HeroesPortSega Genesis10/25/211993Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
M.U.S.H.A. (Musha Aleste)PortSega Genesis10/25/211990Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Phantasy Star IVPortSega Genesis10/25/211993Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Puyo PuyoPortSega Genesis10/25/21 (Japan)1992Mega Drive - Nintendo Switch Online
RistarPortSega Genesis10/25/211995Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Shining ForcePortSega Genesis10/25/211992Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja MasterPortSega Genesis10/25/211993Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Sonic the Hedgehog 2PortSega Genesis10/25/211992Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Streets of Rage 2PortSega Genesis10/25/211992Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
StriderPortSega Genesis10/25/211990Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Abarenbo Tengu & Zombie NationPortNES10/28/211990
Black Widow: RechargedRevivalArcade10/28/211982
Sky KidPortArcade10/28/211985Arcade Archives
Head over HeelsPortPC10/28/212003QUByte Classics
The ImmortalPortNES10/28/211990QUByte Classics: The Immortal
The ImmortalPortSega Genesis10/28/211993QUByte Classics: The Immortal
Tiger-HeliPortArcade10/28/21 (Japan)1985Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Tiger-HeliPortNES10/28/21 (Japan)1986Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)PortArcade10/28/21 (Japan)1987Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)PortNES10/28/21 (Japan)1989Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)PortPC Engine10/28/21 (Japan)1989Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)PortSega Genesis10/28/21 (Japan)1991Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Guardian (Get Star)PortArcade10/28/21 (Japan)1986Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Saka Agari Hurricane PortablePortPC10/28/21 (Japan)2008
Cotton 100%PortSNES10/29/211994
Panorama CottonPortSega Genesis10/29/211994
 
Upcoming November Releases

GAMETYPEO.PLATFORMDATEO.YEARCOLLECTION
A Boy and His BlobPortWii11/04/212009
Tantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jikentan Vol. 8:
Kamen Genei Satsujin Jiken
PortMobile11/04/21 (Japan)2005G-Mode Archives
Disney's AladdinPortSNES11/09/211993Disney Classic Games Collection
Disney's The Jungle BookPortSNES11/09/211994Disney Classic Games Collection
Disney's The Jungle BookPortSega Genesis11/09/211994Disney Classic Games Collection
Disney's The Jungle BookPortGame Boy11/09/211994Disney Classic Games Collection
Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicPortPC11/11/212003
Grand Theft Auto 3RemasterPS211/11/212001Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto Vice CityRemasterPS211/11/212002Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto San AndreasRemasterPS211/11/212004Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
BloodRayne: ReVampedRemasterPS211/18/212002
BloodRayne 2: ReVampedRemasterPS211/18/212004
Pokemon Brilliant DiamondRemakeNintendo DS11/19/212006
Pokemon Shining PearlRemakeNintendo DS11/19/212006
Parfait RemakeRemakePC11/25/21 (Japan)2005
 
Retro week:

- 3 releases (and 1 bizarre revival)

A Boy and His Blob
- Port of the Wii game based on the classic NES game

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Black Heart - Arcade Archives bring a classic horizontal shoot 'em up by UPL from 1991 this time

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Tantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jikentan Vol. 8: Kamen Genei Satsujin Jiken (Japan) - A new chapter of the visual novel released for mobiles in Japan in 2005

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Popeye - The suprise of the week. I don't know if it's a no-official remake or a new game of Popeye after many years since last one (2005). But we know that the quality of this new game is very low.

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- 2 announcements

Gynoug (Wings of Wor)
- Dated for November 12th. A new classic shoot 'em up of Mega Drive is coming back after the release of Greylancer last month.

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Eschatos - Collection of three games (Eschatos, Judgement Silversword and Cardinal Sins). Shoot 'em up fans must be happy with so many games, I suppose this release will include a Tate mode.

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Popeye - The suprise of the week. I don't know if it's a no-official remake or a new game of Popeye after many years since last one (2005). But we know that the quality of this new game is very low.
From what i can tell, Nintendo actually sold the rights to the arcade game back to King Features Syndicate at some point. Hence why it was never added to Virtual Console. There was an official Mobile Phone port at the very least, which was solely published by Namco.


As such, that's why the developers of this can claim it's a remake.
 
From what i can tell, Nintendo actually sold the rights to the arcade game back to King Features Syndicate at some point. Hence why it was never added to Virtual Console. There was an official Mobile Phone port at the very least, which was solely published by Namco.


As such, that's why the developers of this can claim it's a remake.


There are a lot of good Java mobile titles from 2000s that disappeared with the smartphones and somebody should be bring back like G-Mode is doing in Japan. Even if it's only for nostalgic reasons because most of them were very basic.
Many big franchises there: Assassin's Creed, Crash Bandicoot, God of War, Chuck Norris, etc.
 


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