Konami Arcade Classics

PlayStation console exclusiveBundle / compilation

Konami 80's Arcade Gallery is a compilation of arcade video games, originally released to Japanese arcades in 1998. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999, which was also released in North America as Konami Arcade Classics.

Released: 13 May 1999
Platforms: Arcade PlayStation
Genres: Arcade
Developers: Konami
Publishers: Konami
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric Side view
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB E

About

Konami 80's Arcade Gallery (コナミエイティーズアーケードギャラリー, Konami Eitizu Ākēdo Gyararī) is a compilation of arcade video games originally released by Konami for Japanese arcades in 1998. It was planned for release outside Japan as Konami 80's AC Special, though there is no evidence that any export kits ever made it to market.

It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999, where it was renamed to Konami Arcade Classics for its North American release. It was supposed to be released in September 1999, before the game was delayed to its release date of December 9, 1999. Unlike most of Konami's PlayStation games, the PlayStation version was not released in PAL regions.

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compilation

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

The collection was developed for the System 573 arcade system - hardware based on the Sony PlayStation architecture.

While the arcade version had an intro movie and also had an attract mode for certain games, the PlayStation version got its own unique intro movie. In addition, the North American PlayStation version got a small history feature, which gave brief blurbs of facts about each of the included games.

Reception

The PlayStation version received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Many magazines gave the game mixed to positive reviews while it was still in development. Chris Charla of NextGen said of the game in its early review: "They were fun then, they're fun now, and with 10 games included, this package is an excellent deal." GamePro said of the game in its early review: "They may be dusty and obscure, but the collection of games in Konami Arcade Classics offers unique and surprisingly fresh gameplay. Retro still rocks!"