Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits, released as Konami Arcade Collection in Japan and Konami Arcade Classics in Europe and Oceania, is a collection of 15 classic arcade games by Konami for the Nintendo DS.
When Tutankham and Super Basketball were released in the U.S., they originally kept their original names. "Horror Maze" and "Basketball" are names exclusive to this collection. It is unknown why the games' names were changed. This compilation also marks the first North American appearance of the original TwinBee arcade game in any form.
Other features
The compilations also includes extensive historical information and options for each game. Additionally, if the system's language is set to Japanese, all the games will run in their Japanese versions, although even then, Tutankham, Hyper Olympic, Super Basketball, TwinBee, and Green Beret still use the Horror Maze, Track and Field, Basketball, RainbowBell, and Rush 'n Attack names respectively in the North America version. Menus and text will also be changed to Japanese. In addition, while the differences between the Japanese and international versions of most of the games are minimal (with Contra displaying its Japanese ateji-based logo in the Japanese setting), Gradius is the most notable exception. When the DS is set to any language other than Japanese, the European version (still called Gradius in this compilation) is seen, which features a different title screen, higher difficulty, lacks the separate "START" screen, and with "Option" renamed "Multiple".
The "Morning Music" can be heard during the intro. The "Morning Music" is the boot-up music for Konami's Bubble System, which was a hardware Konami used for their arcade games in 1985. Gradius and TwinBee are the two games in this collection that originally ran on the Bubble System.
While the original arcade version of Track and Field featured Chariots of Fire by Vangelis, in this version, the theme is retained, but has been altered into a non-copyright infringing rendition presumably due to licensing issues. Additionally some music from Rush'n Attack has also been altered.
Reception for Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits has been slightly positive, garnering an average score of 76% on Game Rankings. Complaints have revolved around either some of the included games simply (in GameSpot's words) "aren't really worth playing," or the visuals being "squashed" or "jittery." 1UP was even more critical of the included game library, stating "The bulk of the 15-title collection, however, is dated and generally pretty lame." Furthermore, some sites such as IGN or VGRC lamented the lack of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support, with VGRC saying "It is a shame, because some of these games would have been made so much greater if we could play them online."
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^IGN's review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
^GameSpot's review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
^GameZone's 28 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
^1UP's 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 3 August 2008.
^GameRankings.com page for Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits. URL retrieved 19 May 2007.
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Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits released as Konami Arcade Collection in Japan and Konami Arcade Classics in Europe and Oceania is a collection of 15 classic arcade games by Konami for the Nintendo DS Konami Classics Series Arcade HitsU S cover artDeveloper s M2 2 Publisher s KonamiPlatform s Nintendo DSReleaseJP 15 March 2007NA 27 March 2007 1 EU 26 October 2007AU 29 October 2007Genre s ClassicsMode s Single player two player Contents 1 Lineup 2 Other features 3 Reception 4 See also 5 ReferencesLineup EditThe compilation features the following games Titles included in Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits Title Release Original titleScramble 1981Tutankham 1982 Horror Maze North America Pooyan 1982Time Pilot 1982Track and Field 1983 Hyper Olympic Japan Track and Field Japan compilation Roc N Rope 1983Super Basketball 1984 Basketball North America Circus Charlie 1984Road Fighter 1984TwinBee 1985 RainbowBell North America Yie Ar Kung Fu 1985Shao Lin s Road 1985 Kicker Europe Gradius 1985 Nemesis Europe Rush n Attack 1985 Green Beret Japan amp Europe Contra 1987 Gryzor Europe When Tutankham and Super Basketball were released in the U S they originally kept their original names Horror Maze and Basketball are names exclusive to this collection It is unknown why the games names were changed This compilation also marks the first North American appearance of the original TwinBee arcade game in any form Other features EditThe compilations also includes extensive historical information and options for each game Additionally if the system s language is set to Japanese all the games will run in their Japanese versions although even then Tutankham Hyper Olympic Super Basketball TwinBee and Green Beret still use the Horror Maze Track and Field Basketball RainbowBell and Rush n Attack names respectively in the North America version Menus and text will also be changed to Japanese In addition while the differences between the Japanese and international versions of most of the games are minimal with Contra displaying its Japanese ateji based logo in the Japanese setting Gradius is the most notable exception When the DS is set to any language other than Japanese the European version still called Gradius in this compilation is seen which features a different title screen higher difficulty lacks the separate START screen and with Option renamed Multiple The Morning Music can be heard during the intro The Morning Music is the boot up music for Konami s Bubble System which was a hardware Konami used for their arcade games in 1985 Gradius and TwinBee are the two games in this collection that originally ran on the Bubble System While the original arcade version of Track and Field featured Chariots of Fire by Vangelis in this version the theme is retained but has been altered into a non copyright infringing rendition presumably due to licensing issues Additionally some music from Rush n Attack has also been altered Reception EditReviews Publication ScoreVG Resource Center 7 75 out of 10 3 IGN 8 out of 10 4 GameSpot 7 out of 10 5 GameZone 8 2 out of 10 6 1UP C 7 Review compilationsGame Rankings 76 based on 22 reviews 8 Reception for Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits has been slightly positive garnering an average score of 76 on Game Rankings Complaints have revolved around either some of the included games simply in GameSpot s words aren t really worth playing or the visuals being squashed or jittery 1UP was even more critical of the included game library stating The bulk of the 15 title collection however is dated and generally pretty lame Furthermore some sites such as IGN or VGRC lamented the lack of Nintendo Wi Fi Connection support with VGRC saying It is a shame because some of these games would have been made so much greater if we could play them online See also EditKonami Antiques MSX Collection Konami Arcade Classics Also titled Konami 80 s Arcade Gallery and Konami 80 s AC Special Konami Classics for Xbox 360 Konami Collector s Series Arcade Advanced List of Konami gamesReferences Edit Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits Konami Archived from the original on 23 August 2007 Retrieved 11 April 2007 M2 home page which has a works list search for コナミアーケードコレクション Retrieved 13 July 2012 VGRC s Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits URL retrieved 19 May 2007 IGN s review of Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits URL retrieved 19 May 2007 GameSpot s review of Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits URL retrieved 19 May 2007 GameZone s Archived 28 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits URL retrieved 19 May 2007 1UP s Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine review of Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits URL retrieved 3 August 2008 GameRankings com page for Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits URL retrieved 19 May 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Konami Classics Series Arcade Hits amp oldid 1105502244, wikipedia, 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