2023 is running out if you still want to give them a try…
A retro game collection that is currently available for purchase on the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 will be discontinued before the year 2024 begins. Occasionally, various publishers are forced to remove games from digital marketplaces due to licensing agreements. Now, another situation of this type has arisen, and a pair of classic games will be pursued in a matter of days.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection, as announced on social media by Limited Run Games CEO Josh Fairhurst, is about to be removed from the PlayStation Store. This set includes the NES game Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure as well as the Game Boy sequel Bill & Ted’s Excellent Portable Adventure. Fairhurst stated that the IP license for this collection is about to expire, which is why it is being removed not only from the PlayStation Store but also from the Nintendo eShop and the Xbox Marketplace. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection, in particular, will no longer be available for purchase after 2023.
The silver lining in this situation is that 2023 isn’t over yet, so you still have a few days to purchase Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection before it’s gone. If you do decide to spend the $10 required to purchase this game, you will be able to play and re-download it indefinitely once it is removed. If you want to own the collection in physical form, you can get it as part of a Limited Run Games closeout sale right here.
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection:
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure:
“History has been all screwed up and only the San Dimas Duo can set things straight. Awesome responsibility, man. Ride the Power Phone Booth to six different worlds. Galactic, man. Search for famous Historical Dudes through space and time. Most Cosmic.
Talk with the likes of Julius Caesar (he invented Caesar salad) and Napolean (the short, dead dude). Send them back in time or you’ll miss the Wyld Stallyns concert- starring you! Heavy. It’s a bodacious, mind-boggling role-playing adventure. And your only chance to save the world and earn the respect you deserve. No way – yes way!”
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Portable Adventure:
“A world without our most excellent compatriots Bill and Ted? No way! Yes, way – if the Grim Reaper and the evil Bill and Ted robots get their way! DeNomolos wants to totally change the future, and the only way to stop this most heinous dude is to travel through the “circuits of time” and collect the stolen time fragments! 10 adventures – 50 quests.
But watch out! Historical dudes like Billy the Kid are tumblin’ with killer tumbleweeds while the Executioner has an axe to grind with you. Napoleon has a “short” temper and even Granny S. Preston Esquire tries to bag you. Most Bogus! Time is running out…so be excellent to each other and party on dudes!”