If you already have Arcade Treasures 2 and Arcade Treasures 3, then this set is exactly what you already have in your game case. The PC version of Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition was born.Įssentially, the review could end there, as that's entirely what Arcade Treasures Deluxe is: a compilation of compilations. The point is, after Midway's original Arcade Treasures compilation came to the PC, flying under absolutely everyone's radar, the company decided on a new tactic: bundle up their Arcade Treasures 2 and 3 in one snazzy-looking case and sell it at bargain-bin price. I have a point with this, yes, and that point isn't just to see how many times I can toss the word "compilation" into the review before my editor beats me up.
Therefore, compilations on PC are seen as a financial mistake. In addition, many fans of said arcade games already have them emulated in a form which probably takes up a fraction of the space of an official game. The market is at an all-time low for PC games that aren't first-person shooters, real-time strategy games, or massively multiplayer ordeals, whereas action titles, like the games most often included in these compilations, are the very backbone, the very life and soul of console systems, regardless of generation. Naturally, most of those compilations have come out for console systems.
Judging by the recent popularity of arcade game emulation – everything from bootleg compilation machines to home PC emulation being as popular as sliced bread – folks really, really want to play older games from their childhoods. With technology advances slowly coming to an impasse, companies ranging from big-shots like Capcom and Sega (remember Sonic Mega Collection? That was a retro compilation) to smaller, more understated (but certainly no less famous) companies like Namco and Tecmo are pumping out collections CDs with their most famous and most influential games from the 1970s, '80s, and recently, early '90s. The era of the retro-gaming compilation is under way as we speak.
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