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8 Best Retro Games on Ps4

1. Ms.
Pac-Man

Ms.
Pac-Man is a well-liked arcade game. The North American publisher of Pac-Man,
Midway Manufacturing Corporation, with headquarters in Illinois, created it. Of
all the time Ms. Pac-Man, is the most well-known arcade video game. It was
launched in North America, January 1982. Because of its success,
Namco, the company that made the Pac-Man video game, which was published in the
US in the latter part of 1980, decided to use it as the official title. In
contrast to the original Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man included a female protagonist,
fresh labyrinth designs, and various other gameplay enhancements. The most
popular arcade game made in America, Ms. Pac-Man, sold 115,000 arcade cabinets.

2. Bubble
Bobble

Taito’s 1986 arcade game Bubble Bobble was later ported to
several personal computers and video game platforms. The action-platform game,
which features the identical Bubble Dragons Bub and Bob, sends players through
100 distinct levels while they blow and burst bubbles, avoid monsters, and
gather various goodies. A lengthy list of sequels and spin-offs were produced
as a result of the game’s huge popularity. Saving Bub and Bob’s ladies from the
Cave of Monsters is the game’s main objective. It is a pioneering instance of a
game with many endings that change based on how well the player performs and
uncovers mysteries.

3. Puzzle
Bobble

The arcade tile-matching game Puzzle Bobble, created and
released by Taito in 1994, is also known globally as Bust-a-Move. It features
motifs and characters from the classic arcade Bubble Bobble from 1986 as its
inspiration. Its arcade popularity led to a number of sequels and home gaming
system versions thanks to its distinctly adorable Japanese animation &
music, as well as its game mechanics and level designs.

4. Ikari
Warriors

Ikari Warriors, also known as Ikari (, “Fury”) in
Japan, is an operated shooter arcade game that was created and published by SNK
in 1986 and distributed by Tradewest in North America. The game was launched at
a period when the market was flooded by Commando imitations. Rotating joysticks
as well as a two-player mode set Ikari Warriors apart. [10] The rotating
joystick controls were based on TNK III, an earlier game from SNK (1985). Ikari
was initially supposed to be a legally recognized version of the 1985 movie
Rambo: First Blood Part II, but SNK was unable to first get the film’s rights.

5. City
Connection

Jaleco created and released the platform arcade game City
Connection[a] in 1985. Kitkorp distributed it under the name Cruisin’ in North
America. Clarice, who is being controlled by the player, must cross hills on
her Honda City hatchback in order to paint the roads. Clarice is frequently
pursued by cop cars, which she is able dispatch by firing oil cans towards them
to briefly knock them out of commission before driving into them using her
vehicle. When creating the game, Jaleco drew inspiration from maze-chasing
action games like Pac-Man (1980) as well as Crush Roller (1981).

6.Metal Slug 4

Run-and-gun video game Metal Slug 4 was developed by
Mega Enterprise and Noise Factory for the Neo-Geo play station platform. The
remastered edition with in Metal Slug series, it was launched in 2002 again for
Neo-Geo MVS arcade system. Playmore released Metal Slug 4 on platforms two
years later. The with addition of new opponents, bosses, weapons,
vehicles, and a reward combo system, Metal Slug 4 keeps the very same gameplay
as its predecessors. In Japan and Europe, it was released on Xbox and PS 2 as
just a standalone title, whereas in North America & S. Korea, it was
released as a compilation with Metal Slug 5. In 2018, the Switch’s version was
made available. 

7. Riding
Hero

A hybrid racing and performance arcade video game called
Riding Hero was created and first released in 1990, July
24 by SNK.   It was the first game to enable “Multi
Play,” which enabled systems to be linked via a phone jack port built into
each cartridge rather than LAN play, both on the Neo Geo MVS and Neo Geo AES
platforms. Players in the game have the option of competing in battles
against other human players, taking on the role of a protagonist who sets out
on a journey to join the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, or taking part in a
global grand prix tour versus AI-controlled opponents.

King
of The Monsters 2

SNK launched the fighting/wrestling game King of the
Monsters 2 on May 5, 1992. It is a follow-up to King of the Monsters,
which debuted in 1991. [1] The Earth is threatened by enormous extraterrestrial
creatures in this game, which features three of the monsters from the previous
game that survived. Later, Takara released ports of the game for the Super NES
and Sega Genesis.

Video Game crash of 1983

In 1983 the video games industry was hit with a recession that almost ended the existence of video games of that time period. This period lasted for almost two years from 1983 to 1985. Many people and journalists who were critical were calling video gaming a fad. Numerous companies went bankrupt or stopped making video games entirely. This recession is known as the Great North American Video Game Crash or Atari Shock (Primarily in Japan).

Video games in the 1970s were dominated by arcade machines and by the end of the decade home game consoles were also getting popular. With the start of the 1980s, the video gaming industry witnessed a boom with numerous companies like Mattel, Atari, and Coleco dominating the market. The early 80s was a time of innovation and growth in the video game industry but there was instability in the industry as well. This was a time period when video games were becoming more mainstream and popular. Many new players entered the market ranging from industries to small developers that had no association or prior experience in game development in general.

  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System released on November 1990 (Successor to NES)

Pacman was a big hit in the early 80s and it was not of the most popular video games in the arcades. Its successor Miss. Pacman improved on the formula and was a success as well. After the success of Pacman in the arcades, Atari wanted to replicate the success in the home game consoles. But with the limited constraints with the memory and short development period, the game was not well received by the consumers and critics alike. In 1982 Atari also brought the license to release the video game of the movie for 21 million. The game was developed in a time period of only 5 weeks. The game was negatively received and only 1 million copies of the game were sold off the 5 million manufactured. Many of the sales were also returned to the retailers furthering the damage. During this period video games were being published by small developers with very poor quality and many big developers were producing games that were more of a marketing token than the game. There were many clones of the same games with little to no redeeming quality and replayability. There were also numerous consoles unlike today with too many options that were no different from one another. With the abundance of supply and low sales of games, retailers started to remove stocks of video games and this led to the shrinking of the industry. Atari had lost $500 Million in 1983 and had to cut its workforce from 10,000 employees to just 400 employees.

During the 1980s there was a boom in the Personal Computers market as well. The PCs were much more powerful than consoles and they could play games and do many tasks like word processing and spreadsheets. The PC industry was unaffected by this low point of video game consoles.

In 1985 Nintendo Corporation launched the Nintendo Entertainment systems in North America and Nintendo ensured that only a limited number of games to be released under their license agreement. This ensured a certain threshold of quality for the games that were released for the system and Nintendo emerged out of the survivor from the video game crash. The Nintendo Corporation started to dominate the video game industry with an assurance of quality that was unmatched by any other corporation at that time. Many other entrants like SEGA also emerged after the crash. Nintendo with its approach and license and quality assurance of video games has left a big impact on the industry to this date. Video games industry has only grown since then and also overtaken other source of entertainment. Nintendo can be credited to provide the industry a trajectory that was severely needed after the crash of 83.

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