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The Sly Collection

The Sly Collection is a PS3 remaster of the original Sly Cooper trilogy. The games were ported by Sanzaru, who would go on to develop Thieves in Time, the fourth and most polarizing entry in the series.

Build Strings#

The following strings can be found in each of the games' executables. They are the build user, build date, and build ID, respectively. Sly 1 is the only game that changed between the 2010 and 2011 releases.

Sly 1
(2010)

burn
10/18/10 18:57
1018.1857

Sly 1
(2011)

dgrace
09/06/11 14:15
0906.1415

Sly 2

dgrace
05/24/10 22:41
0524.2241

Sly 3

pmurray
12/22/09 12:18
1222.1218

Revisional Differences#

To do:

  • The Overscan option is also present in a digital release of Sly 2 and 3. Investigate and determine which region (NPUA/NPEA/NPHA etc) got the option, if it is just one, or if all digital releases got the option. Get screenshots too.
  • What region do these Sly 1 changes appear in? These changes do not exist in the NPUA80663 US digital release.

The collection first received a physical release in 2010, then a digital PSN release in 2011. With the digital release came the following changes to Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus:

  • An overscan option was added to the menu.
  • The Save and Quit button was removed from the menu.
  • The Developer commentaries from the original game that were omitted from the physical release has been reinstated.

References#


  1. The Sly Collection Review - IGN, 16 Nov 2010↩︎
  2. シリーズ3作品を一挙収録! プレイステーション® 3(PS3®)専用ソフトウェア Sly Cooper Collection (スライ・クーパー コレクション) 2011年1月27日(木)発売予定 - PR Times, 24 Jan 2011↩︎
  3. The Sly Collection gets European release date - PlayStation Universe, 12 Nov 2010↩︎
  4. [https://www.engadget.com/2010-11-12-sly-trilogy-gets-its-trilogy-of-pal-release-dates.html#:~:text=Its%20release%20in%20Australia%20will,3. Sly Trilogy gets its trilogy of PAL release dates] - Endgadget, 12 Nov 2010↩︎