Blizzard Arcade Collection launching today on PS4/XB1/NSW/PC (The Lost Vikings, Rock N Roll Racing, Blackthorne; $19.99)

BaconHat · Feb 20, 2021

wild wild rice said:
Are these playable with the SNES controller on Switch?

Yeah, works perflectly with the controller, and it's a joy to use with. Through, the button to get back to the main menu is not available, since it's a trigger press. Means that if you want to save or change game, you need to swap to another controller.

TheMoon · Feb 20, 2021

BaconHat said:
Yeah, works perflectly with the controller, and it's a joy to use with. Through, the button to get back to the main menu is not available, since it's a trigger press. Means that if you want to save or change game, you need to swap to another controller.

or rebind the buttons in the settings

Jay_AD · Feb 20, 2021

Blackthorne and Lost Vikings are absolutely dope games, and definitely worth the money.

Does it have the DOS versions of them as well, or just SNES? At least with Blackthorne, I always preferred that one - even with the MIDI soundtrack. The video kinda implied that there would be different versions present, but confirmation would be nice. :)

BaconHat · Feb 20, 2021

TheMoon said:
or rebind the buttons in the settings

Good point. Only thought about the switch system settings where you cant remap the snes controller buttons, but you can in the game itself.

fiendcode · Feb 20, 2021

So wait, does this include both SNES and Definitive Editions only or are there other versions (DOS, MD/32X, etc)? The trailer showed six "original versions" (2 of each game) with different dates and visuals?

Edge · Feb 20, 2021

SteveWinwood said:
Available through September 15, 2021

what the fuck

shit is so dumb

This and no Lost Vikings 2, is this secretly Nintendo? Lol.

angelgrievous · Feb 20, 2021

Anyone know if they have trophies on ps4?

andshrew · Feb 20, 2021

angelgrievous said:
Anyone know if they have trophies on ps4?

At the moment they do not, but it looks like they have achievements on Xbox so it's probably just an oversight that's resulted in them not being available right now.

PerrierChaud · Feb 20, 2021

fiendcode said:
So wait, does this include both SNES and Definitive Editions only or are there other versions (DOS, MD/32X, etc)? The trailer showed six "original versions" (2 of each game) with different dates and visuals?

SNES for all and Genesis version (dubbed "definitive" for some reason) for TLV and 32X and Blackthorne I believe.
Idk about R'n'R though, it mentions 16:9 support so I guess it's a tweaked console version?

TheMoon · Feb 20, 2021

fiendcode said:
So wait, does this include both SNES and Definitive Editions only or are there other versions (DOS, MD/32X, etc)? The trailer showed six "original versions" (2 of each game) with different dates and visuals?

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Borman said:
Digital Eclipse made this btw. It's not "just" 3 games either.

Blackthorne:

SNES

32-bit

Definitive Edition

The Lost Vikings

SNES

Genesis

Definitive Edition

Rock n Roll Racing

SNES

Genesis

4 Player Versus mode

Definitive Edition

Plus a museum with behind the scenes stuff!

stealthyfrog could you please put this in the OP or threadmark it? thanks.

tyfon · Feb 20, 2021

I'm buying this to play R&R racing on on my PS5 lol
I still have the original SNES cartridge though but it's so messy to hook up the SNES to modern tv's..

angelgrievous · Feb 20, 2021

Oh it's Digital Eclipse? Totally worth the price then.

fiendcode · Feb 20, 2021

TheMoon said:
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stealthyfrog could you please put this in the OP or threadmark it? thanks.

Oh, thanks! I might bite as I liked Lost Vikings and always wanted to try Blackthorne. Too bad they couldn't sneak SNES Lost Vikings 2 in also.

angelgrievous · Feb 20, 2021

andshrew said:
At the moment they do not, but it looks like they have achievements on Xbox so it's probably just an oversight that's resulted in them not being available right now.

Cool, thanks. Hopefully they get added.

Neonvisions · Feb 20, 2021

Why can't I save my game on the Definitive version of Rock n Roll Racing but I can on the SNES and Gen versions? Am I missing something here?

Ocirus · Feb 20, 2021

PlanetSmasher said:
how dare you include the lost vikings but not the lost vikings 2

My thoughts exactly. This would've been an instant buy.

BaconHat · Feb 20, 2021

Ocirus said:
My thoughts exactly. This would've been an instant buy.

It seems the lost vikings 2 ip rights are a bit more difficult, since blizzard only made one version of the game. A real shame its not on there, especially since the version they made is the best one visually.

Spectral Glider · Feb 20, 2021

Borman said:
Digital Eclipse made this btw. It's not "just" 3 games either.
Blackthorne:
SNES
32-bit
Definitive Edition

The Lost Vikings
SNES
Genesis
Definitive Edition

Rock n Roll Racing
SNES
Genesis
4 Player Versus mode
Definitive Edition

Plus a museum with behind the scenes stuff!

So do the Snes and Gen versions of RnR racing have their original audio?

Jay_AD · Feb 20, 2021

So no DOS versions. Ah well. I get that the process for emulation there is a bit different and probably harder to do multiplatform. Still would have been nice for having the complete package. The DOS Blackthorne is meaningfully different from (and imho preferable to) both the SNES and the 32bit versions of the game, and as such historically relevant.

Still a great package, I'll probably still get it.

Edit:

BaconHat said:
It seems the lost vikings 2 ip rights are a bit more difficult, since blizzard only made one version of the game. A real shame its not on there, especially since the version they made is the best one visually.

Yeah, there might be some Interplay stuff going on there. The game was made by Beam Software iirc, Blizzard only handled the SNES version. But yeah, that would have been preferable. The pre-rendered style of the other versions is pretty garish, similar to the 32bit Blackthorne.

Ocirus · Feb 20, 2021

BaconHat said:
It seems the lost vikings 2 ip rights are a bit more difficult, since blizzard only made one version of the game. A real shame its not on there, especially since the version they made is the best one visually.

That's a shame. I'd love to play them again (and I'd take Rock N Roll Racing as a nice bonus) but I just don't think I'm interested if it's only the first game 😕

TubaZef · Feb 20, 2021

Polk said:
Or they don't want to offer SNES version but lost code/assets for PC/PSX one? Latter had different graphics, better music and voice acting.

The PC/PSX/Saturn version wasn't developed by Blizzard so it's likely that they don't have the code/assets for that.

But I don't think that's it, they've been offering the PC version of Lost Vikings for years now and that is not the best version. The SNES version of Lost Vikings 2, which was developed by Blizzard, is perfectly fine. IMO it aged much better than the other ones that use pre-rendered 3D graphics.

Radarscope1 · Feb 20, 2021

Wow, pretty cool. I'd like to TLV to play with my daughter and wife. RnR is fun, too.

theAllseeingEYE · Feb 20, 2021

Man, a definitive edition of Rock n Roll racing is something I've wanted for ages. That's worth buying this collection alone for me.

The only downside I see, is there is no 32-bit/32X version of blackthorne? Will probably pick this up as soon as I get some MS rewards.

TheMoon · Feb 20, 2021

theAllseeingEYE said:
Man, a definitive edition of Rock n Roll racing is something I've wanted for ages. That's worth buying this collection alone for me.

The only downside I see, is there is no 32-bit/32X version of blackthorne? Will probably pick this up as soon as I get some MS rewards.

?? but there is?

Ifrit · Feb 20, 2021

thaquoth said:
So no DOS versions. Ah well. I get that the process for emulation there is a bit different and probably harder to do multiplatform. Still would have been nice for having the complete package. The DOS Blackthorne is meaningfully different from (and imho preferable to) both the SNES and the 32bit versions of the game, and as such historically relevant.

Still a great package, I'll probably still get it.

Edit:

Yeah, there might be some Interplay stuff going on there. The game was made by Beam Software iirc, Blizzard only handled the SNES version. But yeah, that would have been preferable. The pre-rendered style of the other versions is pretty garish, similar to the 32bit Blackthorne.

The DOS versions has been officially free for a while on the blizzard site, look for classic games at the bottom of the page:

https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/download

EDIT: Unless you wanted the DOS version to play on console, in that case I think you're out of luck

cubicle47b · Feb 20, 2021

I'd like to play Rock n Roll racing again.

theAllseeingEYE · Feb 20, 2021

TheMoon said:
?? but there is?

That's great, if so. I haven't noticed any media of it. Everything looks like the Snes version of Blackthorne.

Version 3.0 · Feb 20, 2021

Blackthorn is an underrated gem, IMO the best of the 3. Totally worth it.

Jay_AD · Feb 20, 2021

Ifrit said:
The DOS versions has been officially free for a while on the blizzard site, look for classic games at the bottom of the page:

https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/download

EDIT: Unless you wanted the DOS version to play on console, in that case I think you're out of luck

Yeah. Would have been nice to have on switch. Also just from a "preservation of history" standpoint I like it when these kinds of compilations are relatively complete. But as said, it's still a great package.

I have the original big box, so I'm good on that end. :)

TheMoon · Feb 20, 2021

theAllseeingEYE said:
That's great, if so. I haven't noticed any media of it. Everything looks like the Snes version of Blackthorne.

there's a list of all the versions in the OP now

Borman · Feb 20, 2021

Worth noting that The Strong contributed some scans to the project, including the sweet prototype Rock n Roll Racing box!

iamsirjoshua · Feb 20, 2021

Any word on whether there are meaningful differences between the console versions? Debating on picking this up on either PS4 and Switch and wondering if there's an advantage to one or the other.

Borman said:
Worth noting that The Strong contributed some scans to the project, including the sweet prototype Rock n Roll Racing box!

Love seeing this kind of preservation in action. Hope Activision made a nice contribution to The Strong to support their work.

Borman · Feb 20, 2021

iamsirjoshua said:
Any word on whether there are meaningful differences between the console versions? Debating on picking this up on either PS4 and Switch and wondering if there's an advantage to one or the other.

Love seeing this kind of preservation in action. Hope Activision made a nice contribution to The Strong to support their work.

We've worked with Activision in the past! See: https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/2018/09/documenting-the-skylanders-story

Version 3.0 · Feb 20, 2021

The game could use some more options. Like music volume. Also, it's really weird that the SNES and Genesis versions of each game have options for fullscreen and borders on/off, but the Definitive Editions do not. Being stuck playing in a window is not my idea of definitive.

Rock N Roll Racing's Definitive full widescreen is great! Would be killer if they all had that. But the Definitive Edition of Rock N Roll Racing doesn't even seem to have a save function? The others do, but in the Definitive, I have to use the old password system?

Anyway, I'm starting with Blackthorne's 32X version. The prerendered sprites are a bit stiff, but I want to see those exclusive levels. I wonder if they're even in the Definitive Edition?

Spectral Glider · Feb 22, 2021

So I downloaded this last night. From the half hour or so I spent with RnR Racing, I discovered that "Paranoid" is not included in the definitive edition. And it also seems they removed the song from both the SNES and Genesis versions. Obviously it's a rights issue, but it kinda sucks. They also included an attempt at chip tune versions of the definitive version songs. It sounds better than the Genesis soundtrack but not as good as the SNES one. I suppose I applaud the effort, but I woulda rathered they attempted the option of listening to the SNES soundtrack on the definitive edition, even with less songs.

ShinUltramanJ · Feb 22, 2021

I'd rather have $20.

dreamghost · Feb 22, 2021

No Justice League Task Force No Sale!

Billfisto · Feb 24, 2021

Grr. Trophies still aren't working. I had one pop for doing the Blackthorn tutorial, but my trophy list is still borked.

Wesen · Feb 24, 2021

If I buy the celebration edition on my switch, do I get the overwatch skin on PC if I don't own overwatch on switch? My switch is linked to battle net through Diablo 3.

OdjnRyu · Feb 24, 2021

Can someone explain what the "Definitive Editions" are all about?

Tempted to get this. Bummer that Paranoid's not in there. Is Highway Star in?

Spectral Glider · Feb 24, 2021

DragonQuarter said:
Can someone explain what the "Definitive Editions" are all about?

Tempted to get this. Bummer that Paranoid's not in there. Is Highway Star in?

Yes, Highway Star is in.

AstroLad · Feb 24, 2021

Version 3.0 said:
Rock N Roll Racing's Definitive full widescreen is great! Would be killer if they all had that. But the Definitive Edition of Rock N Roll Racing doesn't even seem to have a save function? The others do, but in the Definitive, I have to use the old password system?

Yeah for some reason it is specifically the one game that doesn't have that functionality. Super weird and was bummed to run into it since it was the one I wanted to play the most. I also wish you could just get the full manuals from within each game. I mean they're all over--it seems fairly trivial to just include, and is actually useful if you're looking to experience the games as they were experienced back in the day. Other than that really enjoying this.

Fortinbras · Feb 24, 2021

Spectral Glider said:
So I downloaded this last night. From the half hour or so I spent with RnR Racing, I discovered that "Paranoid" is not included in the definitive edition. And it also seems they removed the song from both the SNES and Genesis versions. Obviously it's a rights issue, but it kinda sucks. They also included an attempt at chip tune versions of the definitive version songs. It sounds better than the Genesis soundtrack but not as good as the SNES one. I suppose I applaud the effort, but I woulda rathered they attempted the option of listening to the SNES soundtrack on the definitive edition, even with less songs.

Losing Paranoid sucks, I always loved the SNES version of the song.

Spectral Glider · Feb 24, 2021

AstroLad said:
Yeah for some reason it is specifically the one game that doesn't have that functionality. Super weird and was bummed to run into it since it was the one I wanted to play the most. I also wish you could just get the full manuals from within each game. I mean they're all over--it seems fairly trivial to just include, and is actually useful if you're looking to experience the games as they were experienced back in the day. Other than that really enjoying this.

Great point about the manuals. Also, they have a music player for the Lost Vikings and Blackthorne tunes, but not the RnR tunes. So strange.

ffvorax · Feb 24, 2021

Blackthorne, I loved that game! But that price for these 3 old games... definetly too much.

TheMoon · Feb 24, 2021

ffvorax said:
Blackthorne, I loved that game! But that price for these 3 old games... definetly too much.

three old games with three distinct versions each and a bunch of features on top, mind you.

AGJTX · Feb 24, 2021

Biggest tragedy is Rock and Roll Racing isn't online multiplayer with friends.

Kraid · Feb 24, 2021

ffvorax said:
But that price for these 3 old games... definetly too much.

I paid $30 for the Rock n Roll Racing port to the GBA. I paid $25 for a SNES cart of Rock n Roll Racing. I'll drop $20 here just to have Rock n Roll Racing playable on my Switch at all times.

APOEERA · Feb 24, 2021

For the trophy hunters out there, is there a Platinum?

Oscarzx n · Feb 24, 2021

Does the definitive version of Rock and Roll Racing have all the Genesis tracks? I always was conflicted on how to play that game since the Genesis version has twice as many tracks but the music is so awful that I didn't want to play it

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