SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 PSP: All your Arcade Fun in one Place

SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 is the next compilation title from SNK. They seem to be throwing out a lot of compilations off late, bringing old arcade gaming classics to modern gamers worldwide.

Sixteen of the old SKN arcade favorites are compiled into a single UMD for use on the PlayStation Portable. With sixteen games on a single UMD, you’re basically only paying a little less than two dollars for a great old time arcade game.

A simple menu, somewhat retro based helps you choose which game you’re going to play from an alphabetically organized menu, and gives you some more basic information on the title such as genre, year of release, number of players, etc.

For those who want specific details, the game list includes Shock Troopers, World Heroes, King of fighters ’94, Last Resort, Sengoku, Baseball Stars 2, Art of Fighting, King of Monsters, Top Hunter, Fatal Fury, Burning Fight, Neo Turf Masters, Super Sidekicks 3, Metal Slug, Samurai Showdown and Magician Lord.

Another added ‘attraction’ is the addition of goals to complete for each game. Goals can be accomplished through straightforward tasks such as completing a game on a certain difficulty level, and completing goals can unlock a wide range of goodies, such as artwork for other games in the collection, or unlocking move lists for fighting games.

Multiplayer over a wireless connection is quite fun to play, as almost all titles connect seamlessly over a wireless connection to other PSPs, although the Two player mode for these classics were a smoother version than the multiplayer mode, and probably a better choice.

Single player game play is unbeatable, and it lets you enjoy every bit of the old arcade experience right at your fingertips. Games like Baseball Stars 2, Neo Turf Masters, Last Resort and Top Hunter provide an exceedingly simple yet amazingly entertaining game play experience, provided you enjoy playing old time classic arcade games.

One of the best features of the title is the diversity of games. It has at least one of each great genre, such as fighting, sports, side-scrollers, and what not. SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 PSP is a must have for those who missed out on the Neo Geo era of gaming, and all the classic arcade games that came with it.

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