The ultimate museum

One of the most impressive aspects of Mega Man Legacy Collection, Rare Replay and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection are their extensive ‘museum’ modes which are bursting with information about the featured games. SNK 40th Anniversary Collection will be no different, with

Digital Eclipse collating a huge amount of information about the featured games and SNK’S history. “It’s about as comprehensive as we could get it within the constraints I mentioned – the games had to be developed and published by SNK,” reveals Brandon. “We don’t have all the games playable, but they’re more or less all discussed, with flyers, screens, info, stories, and more.”

As more and more modern gamers begin looking to the past, companies are realising that it’s no longer acceptable to release bare-bones collections that feature a bunch of ROMS and poorly sourced artwork, and we appear to be entering an exciting new age for compilations. “This is the most comprehensive look at pre-neo-geo SNK that has ever been published,” continues Frank. “This is the first time a complete list of developed titles has ever been made in English, and we solved several mysteries that nobody else has in terms of the company’s history. My goal with all of our projects at Digital Eclipse is that people buy them for the bonus content. One of the nicest compliments I ever got about Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection was from someone who told me that they played the game for hours and loved it, but they haven’t actually played the games yet. That’s exactly what I want! To me, the games themselves are the bonus features, I want to create a brand-new audience of people who buy our interactive history lessons just to learn and celebrate.