Cream Of The Crop
hi rg, reading your reviews of the neogeo mini and SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, i couldn’t help but wonder why Snk didn’t just hire digital eclipse to handle the software side of the neo-geo mini. it’s amazing to me that companies can screw up their retro releases so often when they know that better options are available. the worst offender seems to be Sega – the Sega Ages releases on Switch are clearly superior to the recent mega drive compilation, which itself is better than the early Sega Forever mobile releases. let’s not even get started with the crimes that those atgames plug-and-plays committed against classic games. i can only thank my lucky stars that they seem to have been dropped for the mega drive mini.
there’s clearly a small elite band of companies that can do justice to old games – i know about m2 and digital eclipse, and you guys have always praised Bluepoint Games quite highly too. So why do publishers bother to use anyone else? adam Walsh
we’d guess it typically comes down to budget and availability. given the tight release timing of the neo-geo mini and SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, it’s entirely possible that Digital eclipse wouldn’t have had the staff capacity to work on both projects at once, as well as its other commitments. the Sega Ages games on switch retail for £5.99 each, whereas sega mega Drive Classics is £29.99 and includes over 50 games. It’s unlikely that you could give all of those games the attention that m2 does for Sega Ages and still hit that low price point. we’re willing to pay a premium for improved quality, but will the more casual retro gamer even notice? we’re not sure – it’s certainly food for thought. what do you reckon, readers?