I just shake my head everytime I see these kinds of compilations released. I’ve been playing these games for years, through emulation. These bundles advertise being able to use filters for ‘authenticity’ gameplay, online playability and such. Emulators can and have long done these things too.
But, there are people out there, who’ll wait for years on end for these compilations to be made and some shamelessly buy them. When you can cut all of that down by spending less than 2 minutes grabbing a ROM and grabbing an emulator before you’re well on your way to revisit your old favorites.
My biggest issue with these is they dont document the process or treat it like preservation at all. Did you know Primal Rage, an arcade game, is extremely difficult to emulate because of special security on the original arcade boards? They have a MAME emulator specifically for it and it still does not cut close to an original cabinent. All the console remakes similarly have issues because of the original including whatever these security components were (I thunk they were a chip on the boards).
Capcom and Konami were notorious for putting massive amount of black epoxy over important board components so you could not repair them or rip them in any way. But people found ways around that. Guess Atari wasn’t much different with their arcade games.