The first six Mega Man games are coming to new-gen and PC this winter.

The classic platformers will arrive bundled as The Mega Man Legacy Collection, which will sell for US$15.

3DS versions will follow in summer.

The restoration work is being done by Digital Eclipse, which will upscale the games to 1080p using its own engine, while preserving the original look of each.

The Mega Man Legacy Collection will include new features like a Challenge Mode that mixes levels from each title together, online leaderboards, a boss practice mode, and a digital museum containing concept art.

"Movies have the Criterion Collection, but there hasn't been anything like that for games," said Digital Eclipse head of restoration Frank Cifaldi.

"We're living in the golden age of a brand new form of artistic expression, and we're not doing a very good job of making sure our games will be available five years from now, let alone fifty. The more we can do right now to take video game preservation seriously, the safer our history will be."