EA confirms retro Replay

[wraggster]

Earlier this month, online retailer GameStop posted a descriptive product listing for a PlayStation Portable retro compilation called EA Replay. The write-up said 14 games would be included in the package, which would ship October 3 and carry a $29.99 price.



Today Electronic Arts confirmed the game's existence for GameSpot and corrected a couple of bits the retailer had gotten wrong. In a semiliteral case of "a day late and a dollar short," it turns out Replay will actually ship about a month later than anticipated, November 7 to be precise, and with a more pleasing price point of $19.99.

Under production at EA Canada, Replay will also include features not found in the original games. To better suit some of these titles to gaming on the go, EA is including the ability to save any of these games at any point. Three games, Budokan, Mutant League Football, and Road Rash II, will also feature local wireless head-to-head play, and players will be able to unlock and collect virtual trading cards featuring retro game art.

The 14 games included in the collection are listed below. The versions included in EA Replay will all be taken from the Super Nintendo or Genesis editions of the original titles.

B.O.B.
Budokan
Desert Strike
Jungle Strike
Haunting starring Polterguy
Mutant League Football
Road Rash
Road Rash II
Road Rash III
Syndicate
Ultima: The Black Gate
Virtual Pinball
Wing Commander
Wing Commander: Secret Missions

Via Gamestop

This begs the question of are they using emulation to bring them to the PSP ?

[ACID]

Great i love Road Rash and Wing Commander

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

Road Rash rules!!!

I always hoped they'ed remake it, but with a heaps new engine, and awesome graphics... Road Rash 3D and 64 were alright.

Then again, Grand Theft Auto has enough of every genre to satisfy hah

[PlayingKarrde]

Why take the snes version of Syndicate? The PC/Amiga version was much better.

[Pumped'Up]

Why take any of those console version of the PC/Amiga games???

I'm not impressed with this compilation - then again, Electronic Arts has had a poor track record of games for the entire company's history.

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

Why take any of those console version of the PC/Amiga games???

I'm not impressed with this compilation - then again, Electronic Arts has had a poor track record of games for the entire company's history.

Err, the highly successful Need For Speed series...

[donne]

Or FIFA.. At least on football-crazed country..

[Briggzy11]

EA make and publish some of the most successful gmaes in the world including FIFA, MADDEN that sold 2 million copies in 1 week and they also publish some of Square Enix's fine games, saying EA have a bad track record = hahahahahaha

[Poem58]

OMG!!!! An EA release for less than $49.99USD!!!
Oh wait they screw those up usually so this one probably wont even boot....

or maybe it WILL work but their errant coding will open an exploit?

[Plowking]

To me that's a pretty weak collection.

Road rash ok, but why 3 of them? How about just the 3rd one (or whichever is best).

Desert and Jungle Strike? Again one or the other and then fill the slots will different games!