Taito Legends review

A thirty course history lesson

12DOVE Verdict

Pros

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    The quantity of games present

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    The budget price

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    Feeding your nostalgia

Cons

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    Some titles are barely playable

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    Long in the tooth graphics

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    Recalling paying full price for all of these

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How do you see it? Old skool nostalgia or long-forgotten crap? Are you a rabid retro-head or a sneering next-gen obsessive? Either way, it’s a mini-war that needn’t be, especially when we’re talking about over thirty games for less than twenty clams. Perhaps it’s time that both sides of the dispute kissed and made up, and we can all get in the warm and have a great game of New Zealand Story. Er, anyone?

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GenreOther Games/Compilations
DescriptionThis reasonably priced title is a damn pleasant stroll through the yesteryears of videogamedom.
PlatformPC, PS2, Xbox
US censor ratingTeen
Release date25 October 2005 (US), 25 October 2005 (UK)
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