BlizzCon Online has just got underway, and Blizzard kicked off the show with the announcement of the Blizzard Arcade Collection.
It contains three classic games in one package and is available for $19.99 on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S via backward compatibility. The titles include The Lost VIkings, Rock N Roll Racing and Blackthorne.
Here are the full details along with a trailer:
The Blizzard® Arcade Collection features enhanced releases of Blizzard Entertainment’s early hits—The Lost Vikings, Rock N Roll Racing, and Blackthorne—all of which were released to critical acclaim prior to the company establishing the Blizzard Entertainment® label. Each entry in the Collection provides an early look at what would evolve into Blizzard’s signature approach to satisfying gameplay, colorful design, and tongue-in-cheek humor. Enhanced Features The Blizzard Arcade Collection games come in both Original Editions and upgraded Definitive Editions. Each version features enhancements such as custom key mapping and the ability to rewind up to 10 seconds.
Watch Mode – The Original Editions of The Lost Vikings and Blackthorne include watch mode, letting players watch a playthrough of the game and jump in to take control at any point.
Save Anywhere – With the exception of the Definitive Edition of Rock N Roll Racing, each version of the game includes the ability to save progress anywhere.
The Museum – A digital museum is included, with an array of bonus materials, such as game art, development assets, unused content, lore, interviews, and more.
Will you be checking this one out on your Xbox? Leave a comment down below.
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Very cool! And Diablo 2 as well. Looking forward to that. But first Lost Vikings!
Blizzard actually provides these games for free (PC-only):
Step 1) Log into the blizzard.com website
Step 2) Go to Account Settings
Step 3) Click on Download Games
Step 4) Scroll all the way down to the bottom to "Classic Games"
Step 5) Download the games.
EDIT - Rock n' Roll Racing is barebones. No licensed music and once you start the game, you can't select a character or anything. You just race. It also only contains 3 tracks. Not great. The README for the game does state it is simply a "lite" version of the game.
Lost Vikings and Blackthorne seem to be complete versions.
Meh. I have these on an SNES emulator. Not about to pay for them again considering I bought all 3 on cart back in the day and probably paid WAY too much at the time.
Still have them for SNES so probably won't buy. But man, all 3 are absolute classics.
Might pick this up if it ever goes on sale. If Rock and Roll racing doesn't have all the licensed music I will stick to the SNES version. Cool game though.
Why didn't they include The Lost Vikings sequel?
I LOVED rock n roll racing when i was a kid! A super up hover craft with missiles? YES PLEASE!
@BlueOcean yeah, I don't get it either. I was disappointed that they didn't include The Lost Vikings 2 (SNES version) - the game is a direct follow-up to the first. Without it, the package is not worth the price.
Not very good games tbh are they? Pass
@skaarj217 The package includes a remastered version of RnR Racing with widescreen, special effects and extra background detail, as well as the SNES and Megadrive versions. Plus it has not only the original licensed songs, lyrics and all in CD quality but extra songs too like Breaking the Law. It looks and sounds fantastic. @Dandare4479
Blackthorne has the SNES version, 32x version with different graphics and extra maps and a definitive edition that adds a map and dynamic border art.
Lost Vikings has the SNES, Megadrive versions and a definitive edition that combines the best of the SNES and Megadrive versions. This also has the dynamic border art that changes depending on the stage.
On top of that, it includes a comprehensive museum with lots of art work, box art, interviews etc. And the whole thing is beautifully presented too.
For the work that's clearly gone into this, it's a bargain at $20.
@OorWullie Honestly the fact they included licensed music for Rock ‘n’ Roll Racing makes the high price point forgivable.
@skaarj217 Yep it reminds me of a Sonic collection without Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
@BlueOcean They've added The Lost Vikings 2. Now it's good!
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/blizzard-arcade-collection/9nzp7nkr2qwg?activetab=pivot:overviewtab#
@skaarj217 Yep, what were they thinking!
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