SNK 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION SERIES

If you prefer your action on foot, you have games like Guerrilla War or SAR: Search and Rescue. Top-down shooting fans will like Alpha Mission or TNK III. Side-scrolling fans will be fine with Prehistoric Isle or Vanguard. With that said, the range of shooters is rather varied, so with the exception of bullet hell enthusiasts, fans of the shooter genre will find at least one title to like. If you're not a fan of blasting things to bits, you won't be pleased with this shooter-heavy lineup. That makes sense, since the 1980s were a big era for that genre.

You'll notice that 16 of the 25 games happen to be shooters. Finally, each of the games has some modern conveniences available, such as the ability to save and continue anywhere as well as the chance to rewind time to correct mistakes. Most of the games let you play the Japanese version instead, although it isn't so clear what those differences are beyond the title and text. Any of the games that have had NES ports are included, so you can see the difference between them. Some games even give you the option to turn on friendly fire, which can make some of these quarter-munching games even more brutal if no one aims well. All of the arcade games give you plenty of options, including difficulty level, number of starting lives, and point thresholds for gaining extra lives. Of all of the games released by the company before the Neo Geo, roughly half of them are represented in the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, and while SNK was mostly known at the time for its arcade games and subsequent ports, two of the games here are NES originals. It is for this reason alone that the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection is an important release. Many players may even remember some of the lesser-loved titles like King of the Monsters, Shock Troopers and The Super Spy, fewer would remember the company's back catalog, as SNK may have been a player in the games space but not exactly a powerhouse like Atari, Capcom, Midway or Sega.

SNK 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION SERIES

Considered to be the unattainable console of the 1990s, it was a system that lasted far longer than expected and produced some classic series like The King of Fighters, Metal Slug, and Samurai Shodown. For many players, the name SNK is synonymous with the Neo Geo.

Snk 40th anniversary collection