{"id":26955,"date":"2026-06-24T00:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26955"},"modified":"2026-06-07T13:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T13:06:28","slug":"we-adore-the-ps4-part-1-classics-and-collections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/24\/we-adore-the-ps4-part-1-classics-and-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"We Adore the PS4 Part 1: Classics and Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When a game console is considered \u201cdead,\u201d I like to write a tribute blog about that console and its games.\u00a0 While most people would probably consider the PS4 \u2018dead\u2019 for a while now, I\u2019m still reviewing games for it.\u00a0 I guess a game console is really only considered \u2018dead\u2019 once you stop playing it.\u00a0 But since recently I wasn\u2019t able to get simple games like LEGO Batman and Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection on the PS4, I figured it was about time.\u00a0 I\u2019ll probably do a similar blog with the original Switch later towards the end of this year.\u00a0 Most of the games on this list you can play on other consoles as well, I mostly used the PS4 as a third party machine if I couldn\u2019t play or review it on the Switch, or if I\u2019d rather play it on the PS4.\u00a0 Anyway, there are so many games I\u2019m going to split this up into two parts.\u00a0 And the first part is going to be all about classic game collections, and remakes of classics and styled games.<\/p>\n

Namco<\/strong><\/p>\n

I first got my PS4 in 2016.\u00a0 It had been out for a couple of years already, but there were two reasons why I got it then.\u00a0 I got a good deal on it during a Black Friday sale, and this was the year before the Switch launched, which was a pretty rough year for Nintendo.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t have a lot of good new games out at the time.\u00a0 When I got my PS4, it came with a ten dollar PS Store voucher, so I used that to buy Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, my first PS4 game!\u00a0 It also came with a background skin and icon, which I still use today!\u00a0 Other Pac-Man games I got for the PS4 later include Pac-Man World: Re-Pac, which was my GOTY in 2022, and Pac-Man Museum+.\u00a0 And speaking of Namco, makers of Pac-Man, they also had collections of NES and Famicom games on the PS4 called Namco Museum Archives vol. 1 and 2.\u00a0 I also can\u2019t believe they released Taito no Tatsunin, Drum Session on the PS4.\u00a0 But I\u2019m glad they did release Klonoa 1 and 2.\u00a0 I made the mistake of getting the Chinese version so I could get an artbook and other goodies, but oh well.<\/p>\n

Arcade Paradise<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was actually a new game, but I\u2019m putting it here because it fits better.\u00a0 In this game, you are a lazy young adult who gets one of his or hers father\u2019s laundromats to run.\u00a0 But you want to turn it into an arcade so you must juggle the laundromat duties and arcade owner duties.\u00a0 But you can also play all the arcade games you get, and many of them are based on classics.\u00a0 Some are good, some not so much.\u00a0 But you can play a game that combines Pac-Man with Grand Theft Auto!\u00a0 Had I played this when it first came out, it might\u2019ve been a contender for my GOTY when it was released!<\/p>\n

ActRaiser Renaissance<\/strong><\/p>\n

I loved the original game.\u00a0 I would\u2019ve liked this one more had they not added those darn tower defense parts of the overworld map simulation stages.<\/p>\n

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos<\/strong><\/p>\n

I never liked Croc back in the day, and ultimately this remaster frustrated me, too.\u00a0 But this is how you do a remaster.<\/p>\n

Jackbox Party Packs<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really enjoyed reviewing these party games with family and friends.<\/p>\n

Arcade Archives<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know these are on all the consoles, but I think what they are doing is cool.\u00a0 It\u2019s how I got to play Libble Rabble anyway, one of the games that the creator of Pac-Man made!<\/p>\n

Konami<\/strong><\/p>\n

They had a lot of collections I got on sale.\u00a0 Their Arcade Collection had a lot of 2D shooters mostly in the Gradius series.\u00a0 There was also Castlevania and Contra Collections I got.\u00a0 But probably their best one was the Cowabunga Collection, which had every TMNT game they made.\u00a0 And speaking of TMNT, even though they didn\u2019t make it, Shredder\u2019s Revenge was very good and felt like a tribute to Komani\u2019s classics.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I got to review it.<\/p>\n

Capcom<\/strong><\/p>\n

They had a lot of great collections, too!\u00a0 I have Arcade 2nd<\/sup> Stadium, the Beat \u2018em Up Bundle, Fighting Collection 1 and 2 and the Marvel one, and several Mega Man Legacy Collections.<\/p>\n

Cotton<\/strong><\/p>\n

This series of cutesy shooters had quite a few games I got to review.\u00a0 They had a new one, as well as classics like 100%, Panarama, and Rainbow Cotton.<\/p>\n

CyberBlocker<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is actually a new game I recently reviewed, but it\u2019s really fun and combines elements of Arkanoid with 2D shooters so I put it here.<\/p>\n

Double Dragon<\/strong><\/p>\n

I reviewed a lot of games from Technos, like the Double Dragon & Kunio Kun collection, Double Dragon 4, and Gaiden.<\/p>\n

Milano\u2019s Odd Job Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is actually an old PSOne game that never released in the US\u00a0 I wish they do more of that.<\/p>\n

Wonder Boy<\/strong><\/p>\n

There were a lot of games in this series on the PS4.\u00a0 Including a new one called Monster Boy, as well as classics and remakes of Monster World IV, The Dragon\u2019s Trap, and a collection.<\/p>\n

Pinball FX3<\/strong><\/p>\n

I miss reviewing games for this.\u00a0 I hate that they went with a subscription service.<\/p>\n

Taito<\/strong><\/p>\n

One new game they had was Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey.\u00a0 Space Invaders Forever, which had the very cool Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders on it.\u00a0 Arkanoid Eternal Battle was fine, but can\u2019t touch the DS game for me.\u00a0 They also had Dariusburst and collections of other Darius and RayStorm shooters.<\/p>\n

Secret of Mana<\/strong><\/p>\n

I loved the remake of this.\u00a0 They also had a remake of Trials of Mana, which a lot of people liked better but not me.\u00a0 There\u2019s even a new Mana game that I have, but haven\u2019t played yet.\u00a0 Those darn backlogs!<\/p>\n

SEGA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonic Mania was a big deal when it came out.\u00a0 I wish I liked it more than I did.\u00a0 They also had a SEGA Genesis Collection here.\u00a0 But I think my favorite was the new beat \u2018em up: Streets of Rage 4, which turned out very good and introduced my new favorite character: Estel Aguirre.<\/p>\n

Disney Afternoon Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n

While many people have fond memories of playing Mario on the NES, for me it was Capcom\u2019s Disney games.\u00a0 I also reviewed this on the Switch recently because they added two new games, and I got the physical version of it, too!<\/p>\n

Windjammers 1 and 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was an awesome take on Pong.\u00a0 I can\u2019t believe they made a sequel decades after the original!<\/p>\n

Atari<\/strong><\/p>\n

Their Atari 50 collection was awesome and even included Jaguar games on it.\u00a0 Also WayForward made a Metroidvania game out of Yars\u2019 Revenge called Yars\u2019 Rising which was pretty fun.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Next time we\u2019ll look at the \u2018biggie\u2019 games and the \u2018indie\u2019 games I played on PS4 that I liked.\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a game console is considered \u201cdead,\u201d I like to write a tribute blog about that console and its games.\u00a0 While most people would probably consider the PS4 \u2018dead\u2019 for a while now, I\u2019m still reviewing games for it.\u00a0 I guess a game console is really only considered \u2018dead\u2019 once you stop playing it.\u00a0 But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26957,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26955\/revisions\/26957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}