PixlBit

Reminds me of an old arcade game called Circus, which was also on the 2600. Instead of the trampoline you had two clowns alternating on a seesaw to pop balloons.

Atari lost money on Pac-Man despite it being such a blockbuster in part because they ordered too many cartridges. A lot of them went into the New Mexico landfill along with E.T. I read somewhere that Atari ordered more Pac-Man cartridges than there were 2600s in American homes, anticipating an explosion in 2600 sales that never materialized.

I definitely remember this, mostly for the life bar that looks like a beating heart.

Dragon Quest XI S is really stuffed with content, isn't it?

I was looking forward to Cyberpunk 2077 until I heard about the problems it had. But then again, Outer Worlds on Switch turned out much better than I expected, so maybe this would to?

I've never played any of these games. Inspector Waffles?

Getting a free review code would be neat. I did get the third pack, mostly for Giga Wing.

I never played that one. There is a vertical shmup game called Strikers 1945 available on consoles that features the P-38 and looks a lot like a Capcom 19xx game, but that one was made and published by Psikyo and is unrelated to Capcom's games.

I like them, but I can see that. Plus most shmups these days are of the extreme bullet hell variety. They're fun - Giga Wing, a game whose first home release was on the Dreamcast, is part of the third bundle in this collection - but that's too much stuff to keep track of.

I think that was the case for Sega for pretty much its entire existence. They did get EA, Namco, and SNK out of it, and unique Castlevania and Contra games out of it though.

It did not go over well in Japan for that reason. The NES version bowdlerized all the WWII stuff. The ending of the arcade version shows you proudly flying the American flag while a very Capcom-esque rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner plays. The NES version has the pilot calling home to his wife, Nancy, saying he'll be at the party on time. No mention of WWII or either the US or Japanese militaries.