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[KyoZz]

Include The Lost Vikings, Rock N' Roll Racing and BlackThorne
You will automatically receive the collection on PC today if you have purchased any of the Anniversary Packs available for BlizzCon and Blizzard's 30th anniversary.
19,99€ on Battle.net
Also on PS4/One/Switch

 

[a multicultural team of v]

siiiick, Rock N' Roll Racing was so fucking sweet.

Price?

 

[godhandiscen]

Dude, I didn’t remember Blackthorne until now. That game was awesome, at least what I played of it. Rock-n-roll racing is also kickass.

 

[KyoZz]

siiiick, Rock N' Roll Racing was so fucking sweet.

Price?

Waiting for more details rn, I will update the OT soon
Edit: updated

 

[Beer Baelly]

Blackthorne

Bought

 

[Agent X]

Many years ago, they made these same games available for Game Boy Advance under the "Blizzard Classic Arcade" label.

 

[ManaByte]

Blackthorne

 

[Gamezone]

A shame these games aren't released on Steam as well.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

siiiick, Rock N' Roll Racing was so fucking sweet.

Price?

$59.99 Or about tree fidy?

 

[Beer Baelly]

Yo this isnt getting a console release? Fuck you Blizzard.

 

[TheMan]

I remember renting blackthorne on one of those hotel video game systems back in the day, lol

 

[KyoZz]

Yo this isnt getting a console release? Fuck you Blizzard.

At the end of the trailer:

 

[ItsTheNew]

It's funny it took Blizzard this long to release these 3 games when all the fans or potential fans have aged out. Who cares about these dead IPs in 2021? It probably would have landed different in 2005.

 

[ReBurn]

It's funny it took Blizzard this long to release these 3 games when all the fans or potential fans have aged out. Who cares about these dead IPs in 2021? It probably would have landed different in 2005.

I'm old enough to have played them new. I care about them.

I don't care about them for 20 bucks, though. Will buy at ten.

 

[worldwithpyramids]

in case you didn't know, these have been free on PC for years now. just go to download games in your account.

 

[Lanrutcon]

"...but the night is young, and it is time they met Blackthorne."

 

[McCheese]

in case you didn't know, these have been free on PC for years now. just go to download games in your account.

Are they the same? The rock n roll racing they announced today had four player split screen.

 

[sn0man]

Definitive and 4-player RRR!!! Shit. I might have to get this.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Only 3 games? Kinda greedy. I bet the sequel to Lost Vikings will be in a different collection.

 

[D.Final]

Interested in these

 

[Fox Mulder]

Only 3 games? Kinda greedy. I bet the sequel to Lost Vikings will be in a different collection.

Might be held up with rights issues or something as Interplay published and Blizzard only made the snes version of the sequel.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Blackthorne was my jam back on the Genesis/SNES days.

 

[MicrosoftMediaPro]

I loved The Lost Vikings on the Super Nintendo

 

[ManaByte]

Actually this is a GREAT collection.

You have art galleries, video interviews with the devs, and multiple versions of the games:

Lost Vikings:
SNES, Genesis, and a Definitive version that combines both the SNES and Genesis versions.

Rock & Roll Racing:
SNES, Genesis, 4P version, and a Definitive version that's in widescreen with CD quality audio.

Blackthorne:
SNES, the 32-bit one (shit), and a Definitive version that has auto-mapping.

This is definitely worth $20.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Actually this is a GREAT collection.

You have art galleries, video interviews with the devs, and multiple versions of the games:

Lost Vikings:
SNES, Genesis, and a Definitive version that combines both the SNES and Genesis versions.

Rock & Roll Racing:
SNES, Genesis, 4P version, and a Definitive version that's in widescreen with CD quality audio.

Blackthorne:
SNES, the 32-bit one (shit), and a Definitive version that has auto-mapping.

This is definitely worth $20.

Yeah it looks like I’ll need this collection

 

[stickkidsam]

Never played any of these and I sit here wanting them now.

The vikings one especially has my interest.

 

[D.Final]

Never played any of these and I sit here wanting them now.

The vikings one especially has my interest.

It's nice

 

[ManaByte]

It's nice

It's one of the best 16 bit games.

 

[Rayderism]

First thing I did when I got home from work was to check PSN. Saw this collection and purchased it instantly. I'll probably play each one for an hour or less, then just forget about them, much like nearly all the Arcade Archive and ACA NeoGeo games I bought on PSN....nostalgia really is a hell of a thing.

 

[Agent X]

I loved The Lost Vikings on the Super Nintendo

I have the Amiga version of The Lost Vikings!

I enjoyed playing it a lot, although I never actually completed it. I just might have to pick up this collection, and see if I can finish it once and for all.

 

[BusierDonkey]

16:9 Rock 'n Roll racing is huge for me. It was one of my favorite games back in the day and I've been waiting forever for the sequel that never happened.

Lost Vikings was also a great game and the new features should fix one of the ffew issues I had with it.

Blacktorne is a game I rented a couple times but couldn't finish. Maybe now that I'm older and my reflexes are comparatively shit I'll fare better.

 

[ManaByte]

16:9 Rock 'n Roll racing is huge for me. It was one of my favorite games back in the day and I've been waiting forever for the sequel that never happened.

The CD audio makes it the best of the three.

 

[Rayderism]

Anyone who loves Rock'n Roll Racing should check out Blazerush, available on Steam, PS3, PS4 and Switch. It's like an evolution of Rock'N Roll Racing gameplay-wise, but without the Rock'n Roll music.

Here's a sample:


Anyway, if you play the definitive version of Rock'n Roll Racing in this collection, I suggest setting the accelerator to R2 to free up your thumb for the weapons and jumping, and setting the quick-turn controls to the left and right directionals. Set the regular (IMO, slow and lame) left and right to the L1/R1 buttons. Kinda makes navigating the menus a little trickier, but makes the gameplay much better.

 

[ManaByte]

I forgot how shit the PC version of Blackthorne is. Uses the same sprite backgrounds as the SNES version, but with really late 90s pre-rendered low-res character models and a shitty UI taking up the right side of the screen. Still it's cool that they included that on this for completions sake.

 

[The_Mike]

in case you didn't know, these have been free on PC for years now. just go to download games in your account.

Download them quick before they remove them and you have to pay for them.

 

[ManaByte]

Download them quick before they remove them and you have to pay for them.

Those free ones are nothing like what you get in this collection.

 

[The_Mike]

Those free ones are nothing like what you get in this collection.

What's the difference? Full HD support etc?

 

[BusierDonkey]

Anyone who loves Rock'n Roll Racing should check out Blazerush, available on Steam, PS3, PS4 and Switch. It's like an evolution of Rock'N Roll Racing gameplay-wise, but without the Rock'n Roll music.

Here's a sample:

Does it have Larry Huffman as an announcer? Does Olaf unleash hot fury? Does holy Toledo?

 

[ManaByte]

What's the difference? Full HD support etc?

See my post above. The collection includes every version of the game. SNES, Genesis, PC (Blackthorne), and new "definitive" versions plus archival material and interviews.

 

[Futaleufu]

I bet that Blizzard themselves don't know they also released a Lost Vikings sequel.

 

[ManaByte]

I bet that Blizzard themselves don't know they also released a Lost Vikings sequel.

Because they didn't. Lost Vikings 2 was developed by Beam Software in Australia.

 

[ultrazilla]

in case you didn't know, these have been free on PC for years now. just go to download games in your account.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Might be held up with rights issues or something as Interplay published and Blizzard only made the snes version of the sequel.

Good point, it would be a shame if it wasn't re-released at all.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Never played Blackthorne when it first came out, so I am not sure what I have been missing, Rock'N'Roll I added to my SNES Mini collection, but seeing this version changes all that...and yeah it is a shame Lost Vikings 2 couldn't be included. When I saw Lost Vikings on the Amiga, you knew from a graphical viewpoint it wasn't as good as the console versions....only just found out there was a 3DO version planned but never released...

 

[Beer Baelly]

Played a lil bit. Nice collection, you'd think this is a Digital Eclipse work.

 

[kunonabi]

I an so down for Blackthorne.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Not getting an achievement for finishing the definitive version of Blackthorne is lame tho.

 

[Gloomnivore]

I didn’t see anything about it in the trailer but reading that the original songs are used in RNRR Definitive Edition sold me this. Having only played that so far, I already have zero buyer’s remorse.

It’s not the biggest retro collection by any means but the treatment is among the very best.

 

[Ingeniero]

I need this.
RnR is one of my favorite games ever.
Any info on multiplayer? Is it just local or online too?
I think I’ll buy this for PS4.... I need my coach and control for this

 

[Fox Mulder]

The ps4 trophy list is broken and won’t sync but will unlock. Can’t even view them on the console.

All passwords still work in these games though.