Yeah, the game looks rather basic, so I guess the Mega Drive wasn’t exactly pushed to its limits.
Also, the Mega Drive version and PC Engine version seem to be nearly identical.
Sega Mega Drive:
PC Engine:
I don’t know which version is superior gameplay-wise though, but perhaps a future Battle of the Ports video can shine a light on that 
Hang on, thanks to your comment I just discovered that the screenshot I used from UVlist.net (Universal Videogame List) is supposedly from the arcade version, while in actuality it seems to be a Mega Drive screenshot!
Here’s an actual arcade screenshot:
Still looks bland, though.
Hahaha, no wonder I thought it looked like a Mega Drive.
This was also on the SNES as Hyper V-Ball, which was the version I played. It’s a somewhat slow and steady game, more like Wii Tennis than fast and frantic like Windjammers.
SNES version has robot teams in it with crazy gameplay changes to spice things up a bit, and a bunch of special moves - I seem to remember lightning!? Can’t speak for the other versions.
Yeah, and Power Spikes II is its sequel, right? Never played that one, though. It’s one of the few ACA Neo Geo titles I haven’t purchased, heh heh.
I’d not heard of the sequel, will have a look!
It does indeed, but there’s something to the game that still makes it pretty addictive today.
In some ways, I actually prefer SV to its sequel.
Today I was wondering if the full list of games featured on Atari’s 50th Anniversary Collection had been revealed yet, so I did a quick Google search. I didn’t expect to find any answers, but I’m glad to say I was wrong!
Some Dutch gameshop posted the full list on their website:
| # | Game Title | Platform |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akka Arrh | Arcade |
| 2 | Asteroids | Arcade |
| 3 | Asteroids Deluxe | Arcade |
| 4 | Black Widow | Arcade |
| 5 | Breakout | Arcade |
| 6 | Centipede | Arcade |
| 7 | Cloak & Dagger | Arcade |
| 8 | Crystal Castles | Arcade |
| 9 | Fire Truck | Arcade |
| 10 | Food Fight | Arcade |
| 11 | Gravitar | Arcade |
| 12 | I, Robot | Arcade |
| 13 | Liberator | Arcade |
| 14 | Lunar Lander | Arcade |
| 15 | Major Havoc | Arcade |
| 16 | Maze Invaders | Arcade |
| 17 | Millipede | Arcade |
| 18 | Missile Command | Arcade |
| 19 | Pong | Arcade |
| 20 | Quantum | Arcade |
| 21 | Space Duel | Arcade |
| 22 | Sprint 8 | Arcade |
| 23 | Super Breakout | Arcade |
| 24 | Tempest | Arcade |
| 25 | Warlords | Arcade |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Haunted Houses | Reimagined |
| 2 | Neo Breakout | Reimagined |
| 3 | Quadratank | Reimagined |
| 4 | Swordquest: AirWorld | Reimagined |
| 5 | VCTR-SCTR | Reimagined |
| 6 | Yars’ Revenge Enhanced | Reimagined |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Bounty Bob Strikes Back! | 800 |
| 2 | Caverns of Mars | 800 |
| 3 | Food Fight | 800 |
| 4 | Miner 2049er | 800 |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe | 2600 |
| 2 | Adventure | 2600 |
| 3 | Air-Sea Battle | 2600 |
| 4 | Asteroids | 2600 |
| 5 | Basic Math | 2600 |
| 6 | Breakout | 2600 |
| 7 | Canyon Bomber | 2600 |
| 8 | Centipede | 2600 |
| 9 | Combat | 2600 |
| 10 | Combat Two | 2600 |
| 11 | Crystal Castles | 2600 |
| 12 | Dark Chambers | 2600 |
| 13 | Demons to Diamonds | 2600 |
| 14 | Dodge 'Em | 2600 |
| 15 | Fatal Run | 2600 |
| 16 | Gravitar | 2600 |
| 17 | Haunted House | 2600 |
| 18 | Millipede | 2600 |
| 19 | Miner 2049er | 2600 |
| 20 | Missile Command | 2600 |
| 21 | Outlaw | 2600 |
| 22 | Quadrun | 2600 |
| 23 | Race 500 | 2600 |
| 24 | RealSports Baseball | 2600 |
| 25 | RealSports Basketball | 2600 |
| 26 | RealSports Boxing | 2600 |
| 27 | RealSports Football | 2600 |
| 28 | RealSports Soccer | 2600 |
| 29 | RealSports Tennis | 2600 |
| 30 | RealSports Volleyball | 2600 |
| 31 | Saboteur | 2600 |
| 32 | Secret Quest | 2600 |
| 33 | Solaris | 2600 |
| 34 | Super Breakout | 2600 |
| 35 | Surround | 2600 |
| 36 | Swordquest: EarthWorld | 2600 |
| 37 | Swordquest: FireWorld | 2600 |
| 38 | Swordquest: WaterWorld | 2600 |
| 39 | Warlords | 2600 |
| 40 | Yars’ Revenge | 2600 |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Bounty Bob Strikes Back! | 5200 |
| 2 | Millipede | 5200 |
| 3 | Missile Command | 5200 |
| 4 | Star Raiders (+ Enhanced Version) | 5200 |
| 5 | Super Breakout | 5200 |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Asteroids | 7800 |
| 2 | Basketbrawl | 7800 |
| 3 | Centipede | 7800 |
| 4 | Dark Chambers | 7800 |
| 5 | Fatal Run | 7800 |
| 6 | Ninja Golf | 7800 |
| 7 | Scrapyard Dog | 7800 |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Touch Me | Handheld |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Atari Karts | Jaguar |
| 2 | Club Drive | Jaguar |
| 3 | Cybermorph | Jaguar |
| 4 | Evolution Dino Dudes | Jaguar |
| 5 | Fight For Life | Jaguar |
| 6 | Missile Command 3D | Jaguar |
| 7 | Ruiner Pinball | Jaguar |
| 8 | Tempest 2000 | Jaguar |
| 9 | Trevor McFur In The Crescent Galaxy | Jaguar |
| # | Game Title | Platform |
| 1 | Basketbrawl | Lynx |
| 2 | Malibu Bikini Volleyball | Lynx |
| 3 | Scrapyard Dog | Lynx |
| 4 | Super Asteroids & Missile Command | Lynx |
| 5 | Turbo Sub | Lynx |
| 6 | Warbirds | Lynx |
Akka Arrh seems to be an unreleased prototype. Interesting.
Also, I didn’t expect I, Robot to be featured on this collection. Pretty cool!
Not many surprises among the Atari 2600 titles. Basic Math? Ugh!
I’m mostly excited about the Jaguar and Atari 800 games. Never played those.
And here’s a video for everyone who’s wondering what the hell Atari’s “Touch Me” is:
Man that is a crazy amount of games. I’ll probably get this. I’d love to have Tempest 2K.
I hope they either lock T2K to a fixed frame rate, or somehow allow it to run at 60fps.
Regardless, I’m looking forward to playing it again.
Pac & Pal is this week’s Arcade Archives release.
Release date: September 1st
Note: this game is also available on the Pac-Man Museum collection released earlier this year.
Not one, not two, but THREE Ninja JaJaMaru collections are coming to consoles, courtesy of ININ games.
Collection 1 - Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle – Deluxe Edition
Collection 2 - Ninja JaJaMaru: The Lost RPGs
Collection 3 - JaJaMaru: Legendary Ninja Collection
Platforms: PS4, Switch
Release date: 2023
Cannon Dancer (Mitchell, 1996) has never been ported to consoles, but that’s about to change!
Platforms: PS4, Switch
Release date: TBA
That’s the kind of release I absolutely love to see.
Phenomenal.
There is still hope for more Mitchell Corp classics like Mighty! Pang, and maybe even Gamshara!?
What a lovely surprise! Good to know someone at Inin/United Games/Strictly Limited has opened conversations with Mitchell. Hopefully they can acquire the licenses for more of their back catalogue.
Shame the article is basically based off a tweet - Konami aren’t involved with this release. They typical share their TGS booth with other publishers, of which one is Inin. Traditionally all Falcom games at TGS have been at the Konami booth, for instance.
Yeah, I also thought the mention of Konami sounded rather iffy. Usually I try to include the names of publishers in my posts about retro re-releases, but this time I refrained from that and just posted a link to the article instead.
Still, great news all the same that this arcade gem is finally heading to consoles!
Another interesting announcement: steampunk shoot 'em up Steel Empire is heading to Nintendo Switch! Apparently, it’s based on the 3DS version that was released in 2014.
Release date: 2023
Has it been mentioned if Cannon Dancer and Steel Empire will get a physical release or will be only digital? Awesome news either way.
No, I don’t think there has been any mention of a physical release for either game. It could still happen of course, but I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.