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 Time Pilot at last! July 16, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this. As a kid, I was a Time Pilot junkie. You know the classic tale of the kid slamming quarter after quarter into the machine? That was me. I guess everyone had their favorite game as a kid, for me it was Time Pilot. I could never get my hands on a version of Time Pilot, not anywhere. So I was thrilled to finally have it here. All the other games provided are faithfully reproduced here, I remember playing all of these in the arcade, and they're exactly as I remember them. If you're an 80's arcade fanatic, you might want to consider this. A great package!
Great Little Collection...Why Is It Already OOP??? August 29, 2003
Sunnyside (Astoria, NY United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The graphics seem good to me...I dunno, maybe they could have, and therefore should have, been better, but of course, this is the GBA SP we're talking about here, and the '80s at that...this lil' cart's got more '80s hits than the local oldies station! I really liked Rush 'n Attack, Frogger, and Gyruss...there's something here for most everyone, it seems -- I only wish they'd included that ultra-rare and super-cute gem, "Pooyan"!!!! Now why is this Konami cart so damned hard to find these days?? A really nice collection, highly recommended for retro gaming!
Konami does it! November 28, 2003
Marc D. (scottsdale, AZ United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have all of the arcade collection games for the GBA except one(heard it was bad, The Midway one) and this is tied in my book with "Atari anniversary advance". I bought this konami cartridge for frogger, but time pilot turned out to be my favorite on the cart (An awesome addicting game, nothing is hard to see with the sp). All of the games are very playable, Kung fu bieng the hardest to control. Gyruss and scramble are very good ports, gyruss' controls take time to get used to though. If you ever played Gradius for snes, scramble is its predessesor. I never really liked rush'n attack with nes, but it is a decent side scroller beat em up. Frogger is just how you remember it, AWESOME! This cart rules!Conclusion:
If you liked the "old school" games in the past, or you like quick simple addicting fun (very fun, very addicting), This game is for you!!! Also try Atari anniversary advance!
 What a great time to be a classic game fan May 19, 2002
A. Gammill (West Point, MS United States)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Man, I just can't go anywhere without my Gameboy Advance these days. Twenty years ago when I was pumping quarters into these machines, you could never make me believe I could one day put them all in my pocket!This Konami colleciton is a welcome addition to the other classic arcade compilations out there. All are very faithful translations, and most of them play very well on the small screen. The exceptions are Time Pilot and Gyruss, where you can often be killed by TINY unseen enemy fire. My personal fave is Scramble. For accuracy and playability, this is probably the best-yet arcade collection for the GBA.
Going Retro is great but why can't they be perfect? April 7, 2003
Christian H. Kim (California, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I always welcome the idea of going retro, remaking old arcade games into current console system. And this one was no exception especially when it has not just one or two, but six. And not to mention my favorite of all time, Yie Ar KUNG~FU and Rush'n Attack. Seriously, I still remember vividly going to local arcade, spending countless coins on these two classic of classics... ahhh.. just nostalgic factor itself is the worth the price.
However, I was disappointed with both games. For instance with Yie Ar KUNG~FU, the level of difficulty increases dramatically after you finish the first round. I mean, it's nice that they didn't transfer over the same easy difficulty from arcade, but I hope that they would increase the difficulty gradually and no option to choose your difficulty. For Rush'n Attack, they changed things ALOT, with special weapons and difficulty has been somehow altered to easier side,and the length has been changed as well. There was glitch in Yie Ar KUNG-FU with one move, where the main character suppose to stretch his punch while advancing in original arcade(and playstation version too), however, they somehow missed putting that, creating wrong move. And I found a bug in Gyruss, i got somehow stuck on a screen, not advancing to next level regardless of no enemy present. Time Pilot's difficulty has been set way too high to begin with in my opinion.You know, it's really nice to have them in your palm, the idea itself is just too cool, too awesome- where I had to go to local arcade to play these classics, now I can play in my bed... wow.. however, I wish that they would've put more attention in transferring them over to GameBoyAdvance version because they are not arcade perfect somehow, they are not. It's good thing that they altered the difficulty to give more challenge, however, when they change gameplay itself in games like Rush'n Attack, I have no choice but to have this bit of bitter taste in my mouth. However, its fault is outweighted by its strength such as adding more levels in Rush'n Attack, or most of all, PLAYING THIS TOTALLY NEW GAMES WITH INFAMOUS KONAMI CODE. I just found out that if you put that up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,B,A, on each game screen, you get totally new games, more lives, and, .... you just see what happens. Overall, you are getting more than you are paying for, so it's all good in the end. I hope that they would bring out games like this more in future. Enjoy.
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