- June 11, 2024
- Limited Run Games, Inc.
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked features platforming greats that are absolute must-plays, but the overall package is bare bones. It’s great to see Sparkster and his jetpack make a return, but this awesome opossum deserves so much more.
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Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection is a single player arcade platformer game. It was developed by Limited Run Games, Inc. and was released on June 11, 2024. It received mostly positive reviews from both critics and players.
"Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection" is a 3-game set featuring the acclaimed opossum knight, Sparkster. Players will battle robots and pigs to save the princess across the original game and its two sequels. Additional features include a museum, music player, boss rush mode, save anywhere function, and rewind feature for a smooth gaming experience.
- Rocket Knight Adventures is a standout title, often regarded as one of the best platformers of the 16-bit era, showcasing fun gameplay and impressive graphics.
- The collection includes both Japanese and American ROMs, allowing players to experience the games without the 'rental difficulty' of past versions.
- The addition of features like save states, rewind functionality, and a museum with concept art enhances the overall experience for fans of the series.
- The price point is considered too high for a collection of three games, especially when many players have access to these titles via emulators for free.
- Emulation issues, including audio problems and inconsistent performance, detract from the overall quality of the collection, leading to frustration among players.
- The Boss Rush mode is poorly implemented, lacking quality control and making it difficult for players to enjoy the intended challenge of the boss fights.
- music27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The music in the game is generally praised for its catchy and slamming soundtracks, particularly highlighting tracks from "Rocket Knight Adventures." However, players have reported significant issues with the in-game music being broken, which detracted from their experience and led some to request refunds. Despite these problems, the inclusion of a music player and a museum tab for concept art adds value for fans of the series.
“The soundtrack is incredible (especially level 5 in 'Adventures').”
“I like the way you can listen to the in-game music on the main menu because I remember some of these tunes being incredibly catchy, specifically 'Kingdom of Zephyrus' from the first stage of 'Rocket Knight Adventures' and 'Ancient Ruins' from the first stage of the Mega Drive/Genesis version of 'Sparkster'.”
“Its constantly evolving stages, incredible variety of scenarios, and driving cinematic soundtrack make it one of the best of its kind.”
“Okayish port with a nice rewind system, some sound bugs like glitchy music.”
“The in game music is wrong, you can hear it fine in the sound test, but inside the game, it is broken, and considering its soundtrack is the best part, it made me ask for a refund.”
“The 'new' features the museum, a music player, a save/load and rewind feature and a boss rush mode doesn't justify the price tag.”
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Review
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked features platforming greats that are absolute must-plays, but the overall package is bare bones. It’s great to see Sparkster and his jetpack make a return, but this awesome opossum deserves so much more.
70%Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked (Switch eShop) Review
I'm sure some of you will dig this retro compilation.
70%Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Review
Rocket Knight Adventures is a series comprising two fine games and one stellar, timeless piece of work. While the sequels are above average for '90s platform gaming, it’s the series debut that really informs this review’s score. Rocket Knight Adventures is a title that sits comfortably alongside Gunstar Heroes in the pantheon of exceptional games overlooked in their heyday. It does everything an arcade action adventure needs to, and more, outdoing a vast number of actual arcade games in the process. Its constantly evolving stages, incredible variety of scenarios, and driving cinematic soundtrack make it one of the best of its kind. If that’s not the very definition of underrated, we don’t know what is.
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Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection is a arcade platformer game.
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and others.
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection was released on June 11, 2024.
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection was developed by Limited Run Games, Inc..
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection has received mostly positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked this game for its music but disliked it for its optimization.
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection is a single player game.
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