SNK before NeoGeo
Just like it say, this is a collection of SNK games before they made the NeoGeo and became more widely known.
So the highlights of this to the average gamer would be Crystalis and the Ikari Warriors games. Crystalis is an action RPG that released first on the NES, plays well and has an interesting story. Shame for the most part SNK never released any RPG's after this except the Samurai Showdown one that released in Japan on the SS, PSOne and NeoGeo CD.
As for Ikari Warriors they're top down action shooters where you destroy tanks, soldiers and entrenchments if I remember this last one correctly. You can even gain a tank which gives you a bit of health to sustain gameplay. You can shoot in all directions I believe(can't remember if you could shoot behind) which was accomplished in the arcade by a twistable/rotatable joystick. This was an arcade game that was always fun for a while.
Here's hoping SNK has another pre-NeoGeo collection gathering anything left. Also I hope to see more collections like this, esp. from Taito and Success.
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