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Best Videogame Compilations
The Press the Buttons blog has a rundown on some of the finest game compliations currently on offer. From the post: "After more than two decades of cranking out hit titles, the game industry has come to love compilation cartridges and discs. Publishers can crank out collections for relatively nothing in terms of cost, and fans can pick up a slew of their old favorites in a single box for a low price. However, as compilations have matured over the years some companies have become lazy about the process."
TFA was nice. Old games can be hard to find. Compilations (or reissues) make it a lot easier. Even not-so-old games (2-6 years old) can be difficult to find at times.
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Speaking of compilations, I've got a few of my own. I'm an old-school RPG fan. My personal favorites are:
The Ultima Collection: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/ultimacollection/
(Ultima I-VIII)
The Ultimate RPG Archives: http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/ultimaterpgarchive
The Ultimate Wizardry Archives: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00
(Wizardry I-VII)
Forgotten Realms Archives: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00
(Pool of Radiance, Curse of the Azure Bonds, Secret of the Silver Blades, Pools of Darkness, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, Hillsfar, Eye of the Beholder, Eye of the Beholder II, Eye of the Beholder III, Dungeon Hack, Menzoberranzan, Blood and Magic, and the Baldur's Gate interactive demo.)
The Ultimate Might & Magic Archives: http://www.mobygames.com/game/ultimate-might-and-
(Might & Magic I-V)
Nothing beats old-school gameplay. These collections aren't for you if you're looking for eye-candy though. The games are at least 10 years old, maybe more.
Excellent list. I had to chuckle a bit reading it, as I have every one of those compilations you list. I agree they're well worth tracking down.
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I personally would also add
The Zork Legacy Collection (I know, text adventure and not RPG, but still worthwhile): http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00
(Zork 1 - 5, Zork Nemesis, Return to Zork)
The King's Quest Collection:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00
(King's Quest 1 - 7)
Dreamers, shapers, singers, makers... Elric, the Techno-Mage
Well, there's always GameTap for PC users, although their service requires a rental fee. Otherwise, Microsoft is offering several downloadable arcade games on the Xbox 360, and Nintendo is supposedly offering their entire back catalog on the Revolution. The problem with all these is the selection, as they're all limited to the games that third parties are willing to license and offer emulators for.
Do you even have to ask why they didn't put Link to the Past in a compilation, when the two compilation disks that came out for the GC were released alongside Link to the Past for GBA?
That idea is from the US constitution, which gives congress the power "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;". No mention of profit.
The author, Matt Green, assuredly has the GameCube version. He doesn't own either a PS2 or an XBOX.
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