![]() ![]() This was nice, but it left one completely unique Turrican game off the lineup: Super Turrican 2. It included Turrican, Turrican II: The Final Fight, Mega Turrican, and Super Turrican. ININ Games announced Turrican Flashback, which released on Janufor $29.99. ![]() Next we have Turrican, which I have a personal investment in. ![]() So, what was the purpose of the first release? Did they really think there was an audience out there who would be excited for a less expensive option that disregarded the original Space Invaders arcade games? Did they really see these two products coexisting without making consumers angry? Seems fishy to me. Most would also argue that $59.99 is an absurd amount of money to spend on a Space Invaders collection too, especially considering that even though this compilation is way better than their first one, it’s still a bit light on content, and there's still a ton of great Space Invaders games not included at all. It was initially a physical only product released through Strictly Limited Games, and even though ININ published both collections, they never gave customers a heads up about a much more well-rounded package coming right around the corner. This Invincible Collection clearly wasn’t some sort of surprise to ININ Games. That’s all three of the games in Space Invaders Forever, plus a slew of others. Space Invaders, Space Invaders (color revision), Space Invaders Part II, Majestic Twelve: The Space Invaders Part IV, Super Space Invaders ’91, Space Invaders Extreme, Space Invaders Gigamax 4 SE, Space Invaders DX, Space Cyclone, Lunar Rescue, and Arkanoid vs Space Invaders. This time it included 11 games, more than three times the number of games in the original collection. Space Invaders: Invincible Collection launched less than a year later on Augfor $59.99. These are pretty great games, but for $29.99 would it have been so hard to include at the very least the original Space Invaders? Apparently so, because right around the corner was yet another Space Invaders collection from Strictly Limited Games. It included a paltry 3 games, Space Invaders Extreme, Space Invaders Gigamix 4 SE, and Arkanoid vs. A collection called Space Invaders Forever released on Decemfor $29.99. The first instance I can think of was with Space Invaders. They’ve taken a few steps at mitigating some of this with eventual digital releases and making alternate versions a bit more transparent, but even with those small steps forward, I can’t shake the shifty feeling I get when I see these releases. First, they release a somewhat anemic collection of games from a beloved franchise priced well above the industry average, then shortly after they release a considerably more comprehensive version in a limited physical capacity for an even higher price. However, the duo of ININ and Strictly Limited have been doing what I can only describe as some less than savory stuff. People love their physical games, after all (myself included) and with the larger companies putting so much focus on digital content, having these folks out and about publishing physical versions of the games we love is a wonderful thing. There are a number of companies out there doing the whole “Limited Run” thing. What isn’t fantastic though, is the current situation with ININ and Strictly Limited Games. Heck, the Evercade is a whole video game system dedicated to nothing but game compilations, and it’s fantastic. Game compilations are great, and the industry is full of them. ![]()
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