Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked! - Gameplay Showcase

Note: The game has received a patch since I recorded this, though I haven't been able to look at it yet.
Here's an early showcase of Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked! ahead of it's June 11th digitial launch. Directly captured and uploaded from my PlayStation 5, no idea what happened with the coloring in this video, it's certainly not how it looked on the system. My impressions of the collection are very positive, visual and audio emulation seem great, with some good included extras. Also apologizes for my garbage gameplay on RKA 2 lol.
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Title Screen and Main Menu
1:10 - Credits
4:15 - Rocket Knight Adventures (and Borders/Filters/Screen modes)
12:53 - Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2
19:33 - Sparkster (and Borders/Filters/Screen modes)
25:59 - Boss Rush Mode
28:15 - Museum
32:48 - Music Player

[@SamMorgan]

Note: The game has received a patch since I recorded this, though I haven't been able to look at it yet.

[@aqlandmirrorvideogamerandc2983]

The sound of the game sounds fine to me. Not what those people are talking about. I have rocket knight adventures for genesis also.

[@peashootermaster7426]

Now i can finally play my favorite game since childhood 😢😢😢

[@nickisonlinetextra]

thank you for showing early footage of this collection! I love these games so much and as someone who’s played these games multiple times, this gives me good hope that the emulation lives up to my favorite obscure possum.
one thing I couldn’t help but notice is the stuff they edited in the game from what I’ve seen. At least from what I’ve noticed so far (aside from the removed sega and Nintendo license disclaimers), I noticed Sparkster Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (the Genesis game) removes the options for controls and the sound test within the game. I think that may be because of the collection re-purposing the controls and sound test in the extras I believe? I also still can’t figure out what the boost mode for SNES Sparkster does either
but yeah that’s what I’m assuming for now. I have the game pre-ordered digitally so I’m eager to go through these games again!

[@SamMorgan]

My best guess is that boost mode fixes the slowdown present in the original version.

[@Shinigami_Striker]

I've played *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection* before and beaten all 13 games. I'm confident in completing *Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked* when it releases next week. 😉

[@keithtorgersen9664]

I’m not sure if I ever beat this game. I remember playing this with a friend 30+ years ago, and the last part i remember is fighting that underwater crab like boss

[@Mario500NOW]

"Also apologizes for my garbage gameplay on RKA 2 lol."
(suggestion: never insult thy self (or any other (separate) self))

[@novelezra]

Why is the sound emulation so muffled?

[@SamMorgan]

I want to look into that more. When I first tried it out it sounded off, but I was wearing headphones for this recording and it sounded a lot better (at least while I was playing it). I do want to compare it with my Genesis copy of the original game though.

[@novelezra]

@@SamMorgan You can hear the difference surely from the music in the menus (which is crisp and clear) and then it cuts to the game music and it's almost like it's been put through a low-pass filter.

[@SamMorgan]

​@@novelezra I'm not sure how much of that is the PS5 video capture vs the actual game. The sound through the TV speakers sounds "off" to me moreso than muffled personally, and it sounds perfect to me when I'm using headphones. I'm not an expert though.

[@nintendo1889x]

Didn't model 1 Genesis models have low pass filters?

[@novelezra]

@@nintendo1889x Maybe! Either way it sounds super quiet and soft