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- Reviewed on: 12/06/2006
- Released on: 10/24/2006
- Originally published on GameSpot: Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded (PSP) Review
Capcom has released quite a few compilations of its old arcade lineup over the years, but it's only recently that it's started to get good. The Capcom Classics Collection series has appeared on consoles, and now it's in its second edition on the PSP with Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded. While a few of the emulations aren't perfect, and the load times are a little on the long side, a good lineup of games and some interesting out-of-game options make this installment worthwhile.
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There are 19 games in this collection, though some of the games are really similar, which makes it feel like a smaller collection. For example, you get Street Fighter II, Street Fighter II Champion Edition, and Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting in this collection. It's nice to have all three games for the sake of having them, but you'll probably spend most of your time with Turbo, since it's the most evolved and balanced of the bunch. The disc also includes 1942, 1943, 1943: Midway Kaisen, Ghosts 'N Goblins, Ghouls 'N Ghosts, the Super Nintendo version of Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts, Commando, Mercs, Son Son, Vulgus, Higemaru, Exed Exes, Gun.Smoke, The King of Dragons, Knights of the Round, and Eco Fighters. That's a pretty good list, though some of the games are better (and more famous) than others. Nearly half of the games in the collection are shooters, and many of them, like Commando, Mercs, and Gun.Smoke, hold up pretty well.
For the most part, the emulation used to re-create these games is accurate. Though like in most other Capcom compilations, the versions of Street Fighter II aren't perfect. The sound seems to play back at a slightly higher pitch. But more importantly, there are a lot of load times in the games--the game will stop to load before every fight and occasionally go silent for a second or two when changing from the normal music to the faster, "someone is about to die" version of the stage music. In fact, most of the load times in this collection are noticeably lengthy. Some games also offer remixed soundtracks and effects, which are nice to have, but take away from the authenticity. For example, Dhalsim's stage in the Street Fighter games gets real elephant noises.
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