Another week, another retro compilation. The latest reportedly gathers together a stack of EA's Mega Drive and SNES titles - Jungle Strike, Syndicate, er Mutant League Football - and sticks them on a PSP disc. No news on a UK version yet but, let's be honest, no rush eh? I've lost count of the number of retro/classic/cash-in compilations that have been dumped on us this year. I've yet to play one longer than about the 20 seconds it takes to go from nostalgic joy to crushing disappointment. Some of the new Xbox Live arcade games - Pac-Man, Galaga etc - have been re-released so often on different formats that you wonder which two people in the Western world don't yet own a copy.
Perhaps the only retro compilation that would get me excited would be a LucasArts adventure pack for the DS - think Monkey Island, Sam and Max etc. Until that happy day arrives - and I'm not holding my breath, despite stuff like this - I'll continue to look to future games rather than help lazy publishers grab some easy nostalgia cash.
