I just had a custom made NES cart of Gaplus made and it is a thing of beauty on real hardware. The label made for it looks like something that would have been on an NES cart in the 80's
Heh. Same here. I still remember when I used to had the infamous Super Joy 3 and the most recent one that was an Xbox 360 controller instead of an N64 controller
That's the reason I got it when it was half off. The pac man is a pretty complete game with achievements and a local leaderboard which a lot of these games lack. This was the only splatterhouse I haven't played and it's good fun. I thought they localized it for this but now I think a lot of it was already in English except for the title screen.
Very cool that Gaplus was finally released for nes in this collection a game I played in the arcades many times and always wondered why it was never released for nes. Now hopefully they will finally make a Galaga 2
Galaga is already the second game and Gaplus is Galaga 3, also many other Galaga games has been released through the year. Galaga 88, Galaga Arragment, Galaga Destination Earth, Galaga 3D impact, Galaga Legions and Legions DX, Galaga Special Edition, Galaga Revenge and Galaga Wars.
So a lot of these games have their arcade versions also on the Switch through a different Namco collection. I'm sticking with that for now, but if these get a sale, I'm snapping them up for Dragon Buster 1& 2, Legacy of the Wizard, Mappy (Land) and Splatterhouse Graffiti. Cool collection all things considered though.
Legacy of the Wizard (aka Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family) is actually a port of a MSX2 game by Falcom. The NES/Famicom port was done by Falcom and Compile, and published in Japan by Namco and in the West by Broderbund. I suppose that since Broderbund no longer exists, the localization reverted to Falcom or was acquired by Bandai Namco, since they wouldn’t otherwise have included it in the Western compilation. Regarding the Galaxian series: Gaplus is indeed the third game in the series, after Galaxian and Galaga, but there is a fourth game in the classic series: Galaga 88.
I have the Namco collection with the arcade versions of Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Rolling Thunder and Splatterhouse on my Switch, but think I want to pick this one up for Mappy, Galaxian and Xevious.
I kind of want to buy volume two solely for legacy of the wizard. I have the cart for my NES but the game's save system is such a pain I'd rather play an emulated version where I can make save states. If you play it off the cart you have to walk all the way back to the house to save, and it's a metroidvania Style game with a gigantic map. I've never beaten the game and it has always irked me.
So jealous! We don’t have the Namcot Collection Volume 2 yet in Japan... but we did get V1 physical, so... 🤗 And I ADORE the Pac-Man CE demake! What a technical achievement. Can’t wait for the rest of the games to release here later this year...
The JP collection includes Xevious, Súper Xevious, Galaxian, Galaga, Gaplus, Dragon Spirit and Skykid now? Because I wanted to export that version, but I read that it didn't include those games, so I backed out.
In the Japanese version of Dragon Sprit you could lift up the girls skirt my pressing a button on the controller and the dragon has a derpy smile when it happens. it would be cool if they translated the Japanese version for this set I hate censorship lol.
I feel like they should have done something different with ga plus or put in a new mode. Pac man is exciting because the original was a modern HD game so the demake is more charming. Ga plus already could have had an nes port they just never did one.
Wow. I might pick up Volume 2, when it’s on sale for $2.99. If you have the Namco Arcade Collection, you have superior versions of all the games from Volume 1. An arcade or TG-16 release of PAC-LAND on the Switch would be nice... the NES version is garbage...
For pacman championship I want to correct you on something. It's not IF it was on an NES. It's actually how IT LOOKS like an NES You can play it on a real NES. By saying "IF it was on an NES" you are suggesting that this game was not made to run on NES hardware and simply meant to look like an NES game.
I ranked all 30 NES Black Box games here ruclips.net/video/_Eu0H3I0cKA/видео.html
I love that Pac-Man CE demake. So fun.
I just had a custom made NES cart of Gaplus made and it is a thing of beauty on real hardware. The label made for it looks like something that would have been on an NES cart in the 80's
Those versions of Mappy and Dig Dug were in a bootleg console i had as a kid.
Heh. Same here. I still remember when I used to had the infamous Super Joy 3 and the most recent one that was an Xbox 360 controller instead of an N64 controller
I have been glued to all of your latest 'Every Game' videos! Keep up the great work, John~
Thanks buddy! Got plenty more of those coming up, too.
my left speaker vibrated to this
Dig dug 2 is my fav nes game. A lot of people I know have never even played it. Glad mom bought it from the Avon book way back when haha
Great coverage John. That splatterhouse cutesy game is a must have for vol 1
The Nes roms are in the game files. I bought both collections on steam. There is a method of extraction if you Google it.
Did not know about Gaplus. Thanks John! 🧐😎
Galaxian was great played it again few days back on a rom on a handheld - dig dug too
I just picked up vol 1 for less than $5 on PS5. The Pacman demake is a ton of fun!
Worth it alone for an official port of Wanpaku Graffiti and PacMan Champ Edition
That's the reason I got it when it was half off. The pac man is a pretty complete game with achievements and a local leaderboard which a lot of these games lack. This was the only splatterhouse I haven't played and it's good fun. I thought they localized it for this but now I think a lot of it was already in English except for the title screen.
Very cool that Gaplus was finally released for nes in this collection a game I played in the arcades many times and always wondered why it was never released for nes. Now hopefully they will finally make a Galaga 2
Galaga is already the second game and Gaplus is Galaga 3, also many other Galaga games has been released through the year. Galaga 88, Galaga Arragment, Galaga Destination Earth, Galaga 3D impact, Galaga Legions and Legions DX, Galaga Special Edition, Galaga Revenge and Galaga Wars.
They are actually NES games. As in, they will work on NES hardware, or a NES emulator. Yes, they've been extracted from the PC version.
So a lot of these games have their arcade versions also on the Switch through a different Namco collection. I'm sticking with that for now, but if these get a sale, I'm snapping them up for Dragon Buster 1& 2, Legacy of the Wizard, Mappy (Land) and Splatterhouse Graffiti. Cool collection all things considered though.
It was called MappyLand in the us I used to own the cart.
Legacy of the Wizard (aka Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family) is actually a port of a MSX2 game by Falcom. The NES/Famicom port was done by Falcom and Compile, and published in Japan by Namco and in the West by Broderbund. I suppose that since Broderbund no longer exists, the localization reverted to Falcom or was acquired by Bandai Namco, since they wouldn’t otherwise have included it in the Western compilation.
Regarding the Galaxian series: Gaplus is indeed the third game in the series, after Galaxian and Galaga, but there is a fourth game in the classic series: Galaga 88.
I have the Namco collection with the arcade versions of Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Rolling Thunder and Splatterhouse on my Switch, but think I want to pick this one up for Mappy, Galaxian and Xevious.
I think that Pac Man would give my dog seizures.
"you can't go wrong with pac-man"
Pff, you clearly didn't grow up with pac-man on Atari 2600 like I did lol
AMEN!!
I kind of want to buy volume two solely for legacy of the wizard. I have the cart for my NES but the game's save system is such a pain I'd rather play an emulated version where I can make save states. If you play it off the cart you have to walk all the way back to the house to save, and it's a metroidvania Style game with a gigantic map. I've never beaten the game and it has always irked me.
I have it, works great with the save slots.
Just subbed. Seen you before but I wanted to keep seeing you lol.
I like having console tuned versions more than arcade on my tv, don't know why I must be weirde
Does dragon buster 2 look like an updated version of dungeons and dragons cloudy mtn on intellivision to anyone else?
That's a shame, I was hoping to play the arcade version of dragon spirit on the switch :(
Is in the e-shop as Arcade archives
Gotta have a physical release copy
I would love to see a Mr. Do collection
I've been wanting a UNIVERSAL collection for ever! Love me some Mr. Do's Wild Ride.
So jealous! We don’t have the Namcot Collection Volume 2 yet in Japan... but we did get V1 physical, so... 🤗 And I ADORE the Pac-Man CE demake! What a technical achievement. Can’t wait for the rest of the games to release here later this year...
Dig dug 2 if tuff
sounds is really strange on this video
Monoaural.
I was using a new camera... and it needs a better mic.
Isn't metroid a black box game ?
silverbox, like Kid Icarus and Rad Racer.
I’m sure somebody’s going to ask so..... so, there never was a Galaga 2.
The series was Galaxian, Galaga and Gaplus. Galaga was more famous and more popular than Galaxian, so the series was named after Galaga.
Galaga is already the second one
Hmmmmmmm. John i think you are indeed making 2 videos a week but that would be.... times 3. Great video topics!
At least two videos. Depends on how many videos I'm working on.
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Are these actually NES games, or are they just made to look like that? If they actually use NES roms, I hope to see them dumped eventually
Yes, they are actually NES games. Thwy will run on real NES hardware, or a NES emulator. They've already been extracted from the PC version.
Droo-ah-guh
Did you ever get Namcot Collection 3? Japan has all the games in one Collection and each game is dlc. (Also it's free to download with one game)
The JP collection includes Xevious, Súper Xevious, Galaxian, Galaga, Gaplus, Dragon Spirit and Skykid now? Because I wanted to export that version, but I read that it didn't include those games, so I backed out.
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In the Japanese version of Dragon Sprit you could lift up the girls skirt my pressing a button on the controller and the dragon has a derpy smile when it happens. it would be cool if they translated the Japanese version for this set I hate censorship lol.
I got this for Splatterhouse and that's it. I love Namco but didn't need all the rest.
Dragon spirit is better on the Turbo.
forget games. I just wish I could find a switch...my birthday this year is ruined.
Cheer up butter cup
Is this a new update?
Does anyone know the difference between archives & the 2017 version?
Uhhh, it’s the Tower of DRUaga. Not DUraga
you dont have to yell!!!!!!!!!!
From the diaphram
Why won't it let me play on mine??? It just shows it playing by itself ?!!!?
I ToTaLLy biFFed PoPEyE NeS BLaCk bOX !!!!!!!! I did The SaMe tHinG wHeN iT cAmE oN dOwN tO Kangaroo & BugS Bunny ~ Luv Umm !!!!! :- ] . . . . . (Jk)
I feel like they should have done something different with ga plus or put in a new mode. Pac man is exciting because the original was a modern HD game so the demake is more charming. Ga plus already could have had an nes port they just never did one.
Wow. I might pick up Volume 2, when it’s on sale for $2.99. If you have the Namco Arcade Collection, you have superior versions of all the games from Volume 1. An arcade or TG-16 release of PAC-LAND on the Switch would be nice... the NES version is garbage...
For pacman championship I want to correct you on something. It's not IF it was on an NES. It's actually how IT LOOKS like an NES
You can play it on a real NES. By saying "IF it was on an NES" you are suggesting that this game was not made to run on NES hardware and simply meant to look like an NES game.
I'm not buying these games for the 10th time
People pay money for compilations of nes games in 2020? Lol
And in 2024, is comfortable have them all in one compilation in a handheld console
Poop
The games are not what I would like them to be. Seems to be another rehashed game w the attempt to rob children of money.
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