It's clear from the very start that SNK PlayMore's approach to compilations greatly differs from the SEGA and ATARI rivals. Every piece of gameplay in the package relates either directly or indirectly to progress elsewhere. Each game features it own Goals – an Achievement like system that allows for unlockables both within the currently played game and others on the disc, and claiming ten in total will unlock an additional game. As with other games that have utilised an in-game Achievement system with no global scheme or union with its host system, many may wonder exactly what the point is, however, with a compilation of Arcade classics such as this, it certainly makes more sense than most. "Platform" is a word used to represent many things in the modern industry, and while titles such as LittleBigPlanet and Rock Band do better than most to display such qualities, perhaps releases which act as a vessel for more varied – if simpler – gameplay structures such as SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 could coin the phrase for their overarching mechanics.
In the first episode of Let's Play Arcade, we review Street Smart by SNK. Street Smart is a co-op fighting / beat-em up game that was released in 1989. It was later ported to the Sega Master System in 1991. Players must fight two computer opponents in order to win the affection of young women. At the end of each match, you must fight your partner to decide who will get the woman as their prize.
Carl Williams writes, "It is a rule of gaming, when one game is a hit, there must be a sequel to capitalize and cannabalize sales. SNK was no different in this regard as their unstopped rampage through fighting games on the Neo Geo system attested- as the system went on, fewer and fewer original games were released as sequel fever took over. King of the Monsters was popular enough to spawn one sequel, King of the Monsters 2: The Next Thing. King of the Monsters 2 was not perfect, neither was the original. What it set out to do though, it did well."
Carl Williams writes, "The Neo Geo was known for great arcade games that catered to many gamer tastes, at least early on. There were racing, fighting, action and adventure games available on this SNK arcade behemoth, that is before fighting games really took off. One such action game, Top Hunter, borrowed a little from the Fatal Fury fighting games and some from the Mario series from Nintendo and created a unique experience that, sadly, was only one game and not a series."
to bad NEO-GEO type games not coming to ps4 or ps3 , we're stuck another 7 years with open world FPS games such sadistic sadness ashame !!!