Ultracore Collector's Edition (PS4)

Twenty-five years of silence, and now it gets the full collector's treatment on PS4. The Ultracore Collector's Edition for PlayStation 4 is a Strictly Limited Games exclusive, limited to just 1,000 copies. The package includes the game with manual, the 1994 Edition soundtrack CD, the 2019 Edition double-CD soundtrack, Ultracore stickers, and a large A2 poster.

Digital Illusions built this game under the name "Hardcore" in the 90s, before they went on to create one of the biggest franchises in gaming. Ultracore was completed but never released, becoming one of those fabled lost games that collectors and historians whisper about. The run-and-gun gameplay is pure 90s action distilled into its most satisfying form, fast, fluid, and unapologetically challenging.

The real draw for collectors is what this edition represents. One thousand copies is a significantly smaller run than the Switch version, making the PS4 Collector's Edition the scarcer of the two. The dual soundtrack approach, one CD preserving the original 1994 compositions and a double-CD presenting the 2019 reworking, gives you a before-and-after audio history of a game that time forgot. The hardcover box with magnetic closure holds everything together with the kind of premium feel that justifies dedicated shelf space. This is a rescued piece of gaming history with a print run that guarantees it won't be easy to find twice.