Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 -- Initial Impression.

This is the busy season as far as gaming goes and I'm going to have to be doubling up on the games I'm playing. With Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 we have a decade's worth of mostly arcade goodness from Capcom. A couple things come to mind initially with this one. First off, it's a lot of bang for the buck. It's $19.99 and offers up twenty-two games from 1984 to 1992. Twenty-one of which are arcade titles, and one lone console game. The titles are as follows: Vulgus, Son Son, Pirate Ship Higemaru, 1942, Commando, Exed Exes, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Gun Smoke, Section Z, Legendary Wings, Trojan, 1943, Bionic Commando, 1943 Kai, Forgotten Worlds, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Final Fight, Mercs, Street Fighter II, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Street Fighter II Champion Edition, and Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting. The second thing initially noticeable is the quality of the extras sorely missing from Namco's Namco Museum 50th Anniversary are present and well accounted for here. Each title gets sections on history, art, gameplay tips, original and remixed music, and cast information where applicable. The history tells you just that, the history of the game. It also adds any interesting trivia and provides the basic information on the arcade machine classifications.  The gameplay tips are once again, just that. Some of them are well kept not so known secrets. The art section contains the original promotional sales advertising flyers for the machines themselves, and character concept art where applicable. Not all the games feature remixed music, but all of the games have original sound versions of the music available. The games that feature characters have a section called cast in that game's bonus section. Cast will provide you with detailed character background information where applicable. All of these features in each game's bonus section have to be unlocked. They're unlocked by meeting the listed conditions within each game for each section. They range from earning a set point level, to getting to a certain section of the game, to fully completing a game, to performing a specific task within a game. It's a well put together collection, and looking forward from this point in time, it seems like it will be the best collection released to date. Let's see how it stands up once I'm looking back. I will cover three or four games an entry with this one.