Cool Compilations & Awesome Anthologies - Game Sack 

What are some of your favorite compilation discs/carts?

Dave, you just come off as a really great, warm, genuine, and magnetic human being. I am truly thankful that you put yourself out there for us to enjoy, and look forward to that continuing for many years to come barring any unforeseen burnout you may eventually suffer from. Joe, I very much appreciate your unapologetic honesty, dry humor and wit, and your vast knowledge of the rich history, and graphical/auditory aspects of the gaming industry, as well as the nearly unmatched appreciation that you obviously have for the impact games have had on your life, especially the way your parlay that knowledge and passion into the production of your show. Thanks so much, and once again may you continue to make the content that you have continued to perfect in the original way you have, that has really made an effect in my enjoyment of games I would have never given a chance if not for the work you have put into this channel over the past 6-7 or so years. You guys make a nearly ultimate pair for RU-vid. One that I believe is highly underappreciated. Have a good one guys.

Love me some compilation collections! Namco vol. 4 ruled for Assault!! Loved that game in the arcade. Wishing Taito would give us those compilation discs for next gen systems.

I really like the Sega Classics collection on the 3DS, honestly one of my go to games to bring along with it.

The best thing about Paperboy is it's realism. Clearly whoever designed it had a paper route at one time because he got all the things a paperboy encounters while delivering papers correct.

Shout out to Sega Swirl for having the balls to include both Comic Sans AND Curlz MT on the same screen! And that new intro is super awesome!

Yup fellow paperboy that loved playing Paperboy. You say your experiences are different? here in the UK its fairly accurate, fighting drunks, breaking windows the grim reaper those were the days.....

I love the two Taito Legends collections for the Xbox

Hey Dave and Joe! Keep it up guys, always stop what I'm doing and watch my phone when I know a new episode of the sack is out !

Dave said "as you know" twice in this video, and both times I didn't know.

The Game Dads back again. Always a treat.

Just stopping by to give you guys props for that awesome thumbnail.

The Dreamcast compilation makes the AtGames Megadrive sound good

Midway Arcade Treasures 1-3 are my favorite comps

Nice video! I just found the channel and i cant stop watching your vids! Keep up the good work!

Man I loved those [N][A][M][C][O] PSX discs.. The remixed music was so cool to hear back then. When i bouth my Yamaha CDR in 1995, I ripped the Redbook audio out of Volumes 1-3 and made a nice audio CD misc out of them. I made a mistake and sold them off . I'm trying to get them all again, but [C] & [O] are getting crazy expensive.

It’s important to note that the two Atari collections mentioned are compatible with the Nyco Trackball Controller. It works great with all the trackball games, and makes spinner games such as Super Breakout enjoyable.

I'm halfway through your CDI review which I've seen before I like going back and watching your old videos periodically especially console reviews, notice on my phone notification you posted a new video!

Strikers 1945 II was my favorite in the series. Admittedly I haven't played *every* game in the series, but still. Love it.

I'm so glad you guys mentioned Arcade Part Pak. Me and my sister grew up with that compilation, and Smash TV is still one of my favorite games ever. We only had a PS2, so a bunch of games didn't work, but I could swear that I got Toobin' to run once or twice. Seriously, it's awesome to see one of the most obscure games (well, compilation) of my childhood be brought into the limelight.

Episodes like this are why I'm a Game Sack fan. I had no idea some of the compilations for o.g. PlayStation were so good, especially that Namco series.

Watching Game Sack st Magfest! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

With Dave talking about the Midway Game Compilations. One of MY Fave Compilations would be the Midway Level Pack from LEGO Dimensions. In Dimensions, you would find Arcade Docks throughout the game and each one has a certain Midway game on it. Playing each of those Docks once unlocks the game in the Midway Level World itself (Unfortunately. For some games like 720° and CyberBall, You need the Back to the Future and Simpsons Level Packs respectively) But otherwise it has Marble Madness in there for Dave (and the Actual Minifigure, Arcade Cabinet Model and Spy Hunter Car Model are pretty nice too)

That coverage of the namco anthology is probably my favorite coverage gamesack has ever done for some reason

spending my weekend binge watching game sack

I still think that the original Williams’ Arcade’s Greatest Hits is still the best compilation that Midway put out for the PlayStation.

Love the new intro!

Street Fighter Alpha Anthology-PS2. Has the "Super Gem Fighter" game. Great port :D

Love waking up on a sunday morning with a full sack!

Activision Hits remixed for the PSP was one of my favorites as a kid, lots of great games and fantastic music

There was a Sega Smash Pack 2 released for the PC. The included: Sonic2, Flicky, Kid Chameleon, Super Hang-On, Shining Force,Comix Zond, and Vectorman 2, as well as Sega Swirl... Of course!! :)

Reason for that long title is that there were four of these releases under the "Arcade's Greatest Hits" banner, two were Atari collections and the other were Midway/Williams. There was also a standalone "Arcade Party Pak" that's work a check as well, some of these discs also had interviews with the developers as well.

Every other Sunday is like my Saturday morning cartoons. Thank you for providing that nostalgic, warm, fuzzy feeling with your videos. Thank you very much for the years of great content, laughs, & your hard work.

Namco museum vol. 1 was my favorite bcuz I loved walking through the virtual museum and seeing everything over and over

I have Taito Legends 1 and 2, I like those compilations.

Im loving that new intro. Keep up the great work Game Sack!

Marble Madness, that game drove my brother and cousins nuts when they were younger. The game was fun and interesting because of the level design.

Hell yeah for uploading at Australian prime time!

Ah gotta love some game sack. I remember when I first found this channel. I binged every episode and then waited for every new episode.

Wrestle War did come out in Europe, and I think Australia too. For the Mega Drive.

Assault on the Namco Collection can be played with the "Playstation Analog Joystick" which is that large virtual-on looking thing w/ 2 flight sticks on it. Definitely my favorite way to play Assault outside of an arcade cabinet.

Namco Museum Vol. 1-5 are great. I grew up with a lot of these games and collecting each disk was my mission in life. I miss these games :(

You think Midway Presents Arcade's Greatest Hits The Atari Collection 2 title is long, how about Wii Arcade Hits Pack: Gunblade NY: Special Air Assault Force & L.A. Machine Guns. This episode is great, guys.

You take that back Joe, Son Son is amazing

I almost went the whole day without watching the new Game Sack episode! I must be getting forgetful in my old age...

Thank you! That drove my late brother and I nuts when we played the Sega Smashpack. He said "It's like playing Sega games on the Atari 2600." Or something along those lines. ~sighs~ I miss that goofball more and more everyday.

I absolutely LOVE compilation discs. As an arcade gaming fan, these provided the ability to play some of my favorite coin-ops anytime I wanted, with no tokens required. One of the more overlooked features of the Namco Museum discs for the PlayStation is record-keeping. It’s pretty neat to look back at certain stats that the software tracks- from the number of times you ate all four ghosts in Pac-Man to your overall shooting accuracy in Galaga. Sadly, Volumes 2, 4, and 5 command decent money to own these days, and it’s cheaper to own later and more game-populated Namco Museum offerings. It’s too bad that Konami only half-assed its compilations. There were always key games missing (Hello, Sunset Riders!) in the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, and DS offerings. And not getting a console Irem compilation disc still smarts. I hope you find more compilations to cover in a future episode!

Tude sack 2 please, devil may cry, bayonetta, dead rising, plenty of tude offsprings to cover

omg,i needed a new game sack episode today!! thanks guys!

Best gaming related show on RU-vid hands down!

Game Sack always has great in-depth content. Top-shelf RU-vid Channel as it is accessible to all levels of retro gamers

I remember playing Namco Museum vol. 3 over a friend's house on his PS2. Fun times, especially with Dig Dug and Tower of Drauga.

1. In Rampage you're not an infected monster, you're an infected human turned into a monster 2. 720 *is* called 720 Degrees, it's named after a skateboarding move.

I always imagined Virtua Cop going home to his Virtua Wife and talking about work. "Geez honey, I had one heck of a day. I must of killed 5 or 600 criminals. I am just beat."

the greatest compilation ever is the Zelda collectors disc, with the first 2 zeldas and OOT and Majoras Mask.

I'll mention Rare Replay on the Xbox One. 30 games to include Battletoads, Battletoads Arcade, Conker's bad fur day, perfect dark and perfect dark zero, all of the Banjo Kazooie games, etc.... Great set of games and most have save slot options.

still the absolute best show on youtube...thx guys for all the hard work u put into this show!!!

Great job still coming up with topics after all these episodes. This was great.

Mega Man X4’s music is what makes me keep wanting to come back to it! Same with X1 actually

I love and try to collect every classic compilation disc I can find. My favs are the 6 NAMCO® discs. Such memories. BTW Joe it’s Heike Clans. Also, A is different in Japan as it has Cutie-Q instead of Super Pac Man (also Bomb Bee is hidden.)I own a really cool limited ed of A from Japan that has a special paddle controller to play Cutie-Q as well as arcade standees of the included games. M has 2 different hidden versions of Druaga,and C has a hidden room of Assault Plus. Great episode!

SNK Anthology Collection Vol. 1(PS2), Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Capcom Digital Collection, Super Mario All-stars and Splatterhouse(2010)[It's 4 games in one]. Awesome new intro guys. Happy New Year Game Sack! 🤘🎮🕹💿

God, the stop motion on this channel has gotten so good

Pac Land was my first arcade game ever. So many memories...

Namco Museum, Super Mario All-Stars, Sega Genesis Collection.

The paddle volume controller is compatible with breakout and pong perhaps also for the other games on that disc. That tate bit is hilarious as was the end. Just gold Awesome episode!

Wrestle War was also released in Europe.

The new intro is good but I'm still going to complain about it because it ruins the Game Sack nostalgia. (jk)

The Playstation 1 certainly had a lot of great classic arcade titles replicated in these comps.

Fun fact: the emulator used in SSP was actually ripped by some guys and released solo on the net, so you could play (almost) any Genesis game with that lovely sound!

OH. So that's what I was supposed to be doing while I was playing Warlords on the 2600 with my older brothers at age 5 or 6. I've been wondering what the hell that game was for years now.

"Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection" for PS3/Xbox is my favorite collection. It blows the Smash Packs out of the water. The title is pretty much an honest one. Only games I felt they missed were "Toe Jam and Earl" and "Eternal Champion". The Midway Arcade collections also deserve a mention.

Namco Museum is still the high mark that retro compilations should strive to be like; nice interface, cool extras like sound tests, artwork, and near arcade-perfect ports of a nice variety of well-known and lesser-known games. Compilations these days (or last gen, to be more honest) are just ports and hardly any special features; looking at you non-PS1 Namco Museum collections. Digital Eclipse of old were just ports with interview segments, but their ports were quality as well during that era; I think Digital Eclipse has gotten better compared to their last decade (Backbone-era) with Frank Cifaldi at the helm. The man is passionate about game preservation. Unfortunately, compilations aren't much of a thing anymore as we've mainly gotten just ports of individual games for $5-8 per game; Hamster and M2 are better than DotEMU as their ports are arcade-perfect, while DotEMU has emulation that's sub-MAME quality with more input lag and worse audio.

loved this episode! Thanks GAME SACK!

It's been mentioned by others, but I have to also throw my hat into the ring for Activision Anthology on PS2. They could have just slapped a bunch of Atari games on the disc but they went above and beyond, licensing popular music from the 80s that plays throughout (and is controllable via an in-game radio). They also included a virtual cork-board where you can pin up your Activision score patches. It's basically a simulation of being a hardcore Activision fan in the Atari 2600 era. Considering that it sells for about $10, anyone who doesn't already have a copy in their collection should seriously get on that.

Shirtwin to Joe, Hatwin to Dave

Love this channel and the fact that you continue to do what you’re passionate about.

I really got into the Konami GB Collections back in the day - amazing GB Color remakes of classic Konami GB and arcade games.

I've always been partial to the SNES version of Smash T.V. over the one (Arcade) on the compilation featured here. I honestly think the music for the SNES version is so good, there's no comparison!

I was just thinking earlier today, "When will Game Sack do a compilation episode again?" Nice timing!

the first compilation sounds even worse than the at games portable

Ahhhhh! Perfect my to spend my Sunday eating breakfast.

The Samurai Ghost-like arcade game is called Genpei Toumaden and it also received a PC-Engine port, but only in Japan. There's a GCCX episode about it.

the new intro is fantastic!

Anyone else remember when Game Sack had that old intro? 😢 Nostalgia...

Game Sack just isn't the same anymore, one could say they fizzled into oblivion.

Please do more of these you guys! I absolutely love game anthologies and the PS2/Xbox/GC had a ton of them!

Whoa whoa. What did Wonder Momo do to you? It’s a classic!

Wrestle War was released in PAL region aswell as Japan

great idea! Love Namco museum series!

Always makes my day when you guys post a new video. Thanks so much!

I used to have the first Namco Museum back in the 90s. Good times

Really fun episode guys, thanks.

Love a new gamesack episode. Absolute treasure trove of gaming media here!!!

Love Rolling Thunder. Such a nice, elegant game.

My favorite home port of Marble Madness by Tengen on the Mega Drive. Its a near perfect port. For some reason we only got a less perfect EA version here. Worth importing the MD/Tengen port for sure.

Phozon was one of my favorite puzzle games of all time I can't believe people sleep on it.

Love the new intro. Nice topic. Now I know what disc to get Klax on and better understanding of the Capcom Collection.

Love my Sunday morning Sack! 👍 Happy new year Joe and Dave!

Man. I love this show

Another amazing video! That Namco Museum segment was stellar!