Konami 80's Arcade Gallery

Konami 80's AC Special (known in Japan as Konami 80's Arcade Gallery (コナミエイティーズアーケードギャラリー, Konami Eitizu Ākēdo Gyararī) is a compilation of arcade video games, originally released in arcades in 1998. It was later ported to the PlayStation in 1999, where it was renamed to Konami Arcade Classics for its North American release. Unlike most of Konami's PlayStation games, the PlayStation version was not released in PAL regions.

"Konami Arcade Classics" redirects here. For the Nintendo DS video game that's titled "Konami Arcade Classics" in Europe, see Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits.
Konami 80's Arcade Gallery
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation
ReleaseArcade
  • WW: 1998
PlayStation
  • JP: May 13, 1999
  • NA: December 9, 1999[1]
Genre(s)Arcade
Mode(s)One or two players alternating
Arcade systemKonami System 573

While many compilations on home consoles predate Konami Arcade Classics, it is one of the earliest examples of an arcade reissue of classic games, being preceded only by the Namco Classics Collection series. It is also, to date, one of only two arcade compilations with both a coin-op and consumer release (the other being Space Invaders Anniversary, which was only released in Japan and Europe).

Development

The collection was developed for the System 573 arcade system - hardware based on the Sony PlayStation architecture. This made the collection easy to convert to the PlayStation home console. A look into the software's readme files reveals notes that the original ROM data was used to obtain assets for the reprogrammed games.[2]

While the arcade version had an intro movie and also had an attract mode for certain games, the PlayStation version got its own unique intro movie. In addition, the North American PlayStation version got a small history feature, which gave brief blurbs of facts about each of the included games.

Included games

Reception

Chris Charla of Next Generation magazine gave the PlayStation version of the game three stars out of five.[3]

Reviews

See also

References
  1. "Atari Gaming Headquarters -- News Briefs (1999 Archive)". www.atarihq.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. "Konami 80's AC Special - The Cutting Room Floor". tcrf.net. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. Charla, Chris (September 1999). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 2, no. 1. Imagine Media. p. 87.
  4. Video game critic
  5. "Konami Arcade Classics Review".
  6. "Konami Arcade Classics". 8 January 2000.
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