If you were a Toy Story-loving kid between the years of 1995 and 2002, the odds are high that you played a lot of Toy Story games during that era. I know I did. Well, good news, Toy Story game fans: the retro experts over at Digital Eclipse are set to release a remaster collection of over half a dozen classic Toy Story games this October on consoles and PC.
On June 2, Disney, Atari, and Digital Eclipse announced Toy Story: Retro Roundup. This is a collection of 11 games (nine Toy Story titles and two A Bug’s Life games) spanning multiple consoles, including PlayStation, SNES, and Game Boy. Here’s the new trailer for Retro Roundup, which also includes a look at Toy Story 3: Complete Edition, a remaster of the popular Xbox 360-era game.
And for those wondering, here’s the full list of games included in Retro Roundup:
• Toy Story (1995, Sega Genesis, SNES, Game Boy)
• Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue! (1999, PlayStation)
• Toy Story 2 (1999, Game Boy Color)
• Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000, PlayStation 1, Game Boy Color)
• Toy Story Racer (2001, PlayStation 1, Game Boy Color)
• A Bug’s Life (1998, PlayStation 1, Game Boy Color)
Digital Eclipse, who have done great work in the past on the retro Tetris collection and the amazing Atari 50 retrospective collection, promises some quality-of-life features, improved rendering, and the ability to rewind games and activate cheats. Also included in the upcoming Toy Story: Retro Roundup are interviews with the people who helped make these games and plenty of behind-the-scenes content, like concept art and design documents. If you spent far too many hours playing Toy Story 2 on PS1 or racing toys on the Game Boy, this collection is a treasure trove.
And then there’s Toy Story 3: Complete Edition, which is an updated and improved version of Korn lead singer Johnathan Davis’ favorite video game. It includes everything that was featured in the original releases, like co-op and a sandbox creative mode, plus new cosmetic options, the ability to play as Zurg in Toy Box Mode, and 4K visuals that run at 60FPS on supported platforms.
Both Toy Story: Retro Roundup and Toy Story 3: Complete Edition are set to launch on October 15 on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, Switch 2, and PC. There will be a physical bundle that includes both, which costs $40 on most platforms, but the Switch 2 port costs $50. Strange.