![]() ![]() Disappointingly, King of Dragons is essentially an earlier version of Knights of the Round with more character classes and an easier go of things. It's mildly challenging and has a couple of neat enemies and stages that make it worth a look. The result of a "Design your own game" contest in Japan from way back when, Eco Fighters is a horizontal shooter with a twist - players take control of powered roller-ball circling their ship in addition to their traditional gunfire. Unexpectedly, Eco Fighters is still a lot of fun too. It's definitely uncomplicated and somewhat cheesy compared to today's crop of sword-wielders, but for a quick fix "on the go" it does its job well. Similar to King of Dragons in that it's a side-scrolling hack 'n slasher, Knights was one of the earliest arcade actioners we can remember that used experience points to upgrade your characters. Of the three new additions, Knights of the Round still holds up best. Luckily there are three PSP-Exclusive games that take those missing titles' places: Knights of the Round, the King of Dragons, and Eco Fighters. Another thing to take note of is that if you enjoyed the original PS2 version and want to pick this up to relive Final Fight, Forgotten Worlds, Bionic Commando, Trojan or Section Z, then you should look backwards - four of those games were dropped since they appeared in "Remixed," while Trojan has disappeared entirely. Unfortunately, Volgus and Son Son are only moderately exciting additions to the anthology. Oh, and whatever you do, don't overlook the surprise of the bunch in Exed Exes (you know it better as Attack of the Savage Bees) - it's a terrific little Gaplus rip-off with better graphics and some neat variations on the typical wave shooter. Ghosts 'N Goblins, Ghouls 'N Ghosts, and Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts are great, while Gun Smoke, Commando and Mercs kick all kinds of double-barreled ass. The rest of the collection is no pushover either. Let's also not forget that the world-renowned Street Fighter II series speaks for itself, and Ryu and Ken fans should be happy to note that both SFII Champion Edition and the always-killer Hyper Fighting join the original Street Fighter II for triple the Hadoken fun. 1942, 1943, and 1943 Kai are all considered legends in the arcade shooter market and the heavily-Japanese Pirate Ship Higemaru is an addictive homage to the SEGA puzzler Pengo. ![]() But what about those games anyway? To Okamoto's credit, most of the ones he was involved with are also the best of this collection. Sure, his namesake in America isn't as recognizable as that of Kojima or Miyamoto's, but his games are. Best known to recent players for his contributions to Devil May Cry, Resident Evil and Genji, Okamoto had an equally important role in titles such as Street Fighter, Final Fight, and 1942. Now it was widely accepted that the original PlayStation 2 version of this collection was a nod to renowned videogame designer, Yoshiki Okamoto (after all, he was involved with the creation or development of almost half the games in the assortment). ![]()
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