Arcade games that should've got a home port

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:31 am

Amidar
Phoenix (hopefully resolved now)
Shinobi (perfect)
Wonderboy (perfect)
Rave Racer
Rygar (perfect)
Double Dragon
Robocop
Rolling Thunder (perfect)
Rock N Rage (I liked it)
Bubble Memories (just so I can see it)

I know some of these got computer game ports, but I want 100% emulated versions on PS2>

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:27 am

battletoads, the arcade one i mean. that one rocked, also i'd like the TMNT arcade brawlers without having to dirty myself by buying those new crappy ones.

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:07 am

Specineff wrote:Simpsons Arcade game got ported to the PC. But it's very rare. (I know it exists, I read the review in VG&CE in the early 90's)

If only PC games were collectable, eh? If this were a rare Saturn or PS1 port, even if it was a terrible one it'd be worth a bundle.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:41 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:Amidar
Phoenix (hopefully resolved now)
Shinobi (perfect)
Wonderboy (perfect)
Rave Racer
Rygar (perfect)
Double Dragon
Robocop
Rolling Thunder (perfect)
Rock N Rage (I liked it)
Bubble Memories (just so I can see it)

I know some of these got computer game ports, but I want 100% emulated versions on PS2>

Shinobi & Wonderboy were both sucessfully ported on the PCE & Rygar is quite good on the NES. I think it was also on the AMIGA & Master System, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:34 am

OUT RUNNERS. And the shitty MD version doesn't count.
Planet Harriers, just so I can bloody play it.
Another vote for Black Tiger and Rolling Thunder.

In fact, Sega should put out some sort of collection of their racing games. Hang-On, Enduro Racer, Out Run, Super Hang-On, Power Drift, Out Runners, Virtua Racing, Daytona 1 & 2, Sega Rally 1 & 2, Scud Race... Racing heaven.

No graphical upgrades or messing around, just arcade perfection.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:11 pm

ST Dragon wrote:
neorichieb1971 wrote:Amidar
Phoenix (hopefully resolved now)
Shinobi (perfect)
Wonderboy (perfect)
Rave Racer
Rygar (perfect)
Double Dragon
Robocop
Rolling Thunder (perfect)
Rock N Rage (I liked it)
Bubble Memories (just so I can see it)

I know some of these got computer game ports, but I want 100% emulated versions on PS2>
Shinobi & Wonderboy were both sucessfully ported on the PCE & Rygar is quite good on the NES. I think it was also on the AMIGA & Master System, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Rygar on NES is good, but it's completely different from the arcade game. The SMS and Lynx ports are good, though. While it's not a console, the X68000 Rygar is pretty much arcade perfect, as far as I know.

Phoenix has a port in the Taito Space Invaders controller and a very good Atari 2600 port. The NES port of Rolling Thunder isn't arcade perfect, but it's pretty darn good. There's also that Namco Museum Encore version, which is supposed to be pretty darn good. Namco Museum 50th Anniversary for Xbox, GCN, and PS2 will have Rolling Thunder in it, BTW.

The original Wonderboy isn't on the PC Engine, but it does have some good home ports on the SMS and NES, though the NES one is altered a bit.

Amidar has some good home computer ports and there are some good clones of it like Amazing Penguin for the GB. Still, more ports of it would be great.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:09 pm

Specineff wrote:Simpsons Arcade game got ported to the PC. But it's very rare. (I know it exists, I read the review in VG&CE in the early 90's)

didn't this come out for a Commodore computer too?

edit: yeah it was as 64/128 game, but restricted to one player

edit edit: and also quite ugly by the looks of it.

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:18 pm

Outrun 2:SP!

It's a crying shame that this game will never be ported. It's mostly due to the fact that the xbox port of Outrun 2 sold so poorly. Everyone got so caught up in Burnout 3 that no other arcade racer could compete.

sethsez · Post by **sethsez** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:20 pm

Did Mystic Warriors from Konami ever get a home port? I absolutely love the game but I've never seen it mentioned anywhere.

steveovig · Post by **steveovig** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 4:48 pm

Double Dragon II (a good port)
TMNT (with original music)
1944
WWF Wrestlefest

Post by **undamned** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:07 pm

sethsez wrote:Did Mystic Warriors from Konami ever get a home port?

Not that I know of.

Ninja Wariors (a good port)
Edward Randy (there was actually an Arcade Gears flyer for this on the SS. Sadly it never materialized)
T2 Arcade (a good port)
-ud

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:41 pm

in addition to what's already been mentioned:

Air Gallet
Arabian Fight
Battle Circuit
Burning Rival (OK its kinda crappy, but I like it)
Daraku Tenshi -The Fallen Angels-
Gaiapolis
Ghox
GunBarich
GunNail
Macross Plus
Metamorphic Force (just get rid of the damn timed health!)
Night Slashers
Powered Gear S.V.A.E. / Armored Warriors
Shadow Force
Storm Blade
WarZard / Red Earth

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:36 am

R-Type Leo
Armed Police Unit Gallop
Viper - Phase 1

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 4:47 am

iatneH wrote:Ketsui, Ketsui, Ketsui....

Is there any definite news on this yet?

And I thought Tomtom you were able to pick up OutZone off Malc..?

Nope, must've been somebody else. I know there was a member around here who got it recently (the GameFAQS thread, don't remember...)

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:37 am

llaoyllakcuf wrote:in addition to what's already been mentioned:

Daraku Tenshi -The Fallen Angels-

This was based on the Hitachi SH-2 SEGA PCB, so wasn't there a Saturn port?

D · Post by D » Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:10 am

Indy 500 1995 Sega (daytona style racer)
Shinobi arcade

shmups: all Raiden Fighters

adam76 · Post by **adam76** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:01 pm

1944
Air Gallet
Aliens vs Predator
Armed Police Batrider
Carrier Airwing
Dangun Feveron
Dogyuun
ESP Ra.De.
Guwange
Outzone
Prehistoric Isle
Progear
Sky Soldiers
Terra Cresta
Thunder Cross 1+2
Trigon
Tumblepop
Vasara 1+2
Vimana
Willow

just a few...

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:17 am

D wrote:Indy 500 1995 Sega (daytona style racer)

It actually got a home port to the Game.com, but the less said about it the better. It definatly deserves a better port. I actually got the game.com port for 1 cent and still felt ripped off.

Shadow Dancer arcade definatly deserves another home port. The SMS version doesn't do it justice. The Genesis Shadow Dancer is great, but it's a completely different game.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 4:27 pm

Marc wrote:OUT RUNNERS. And the shitty MD version doesn't count.
Planet Harriers, just so I can bloody play it.
Another vote for Black Tiger and Rolling Thunder.

In fact, Sega should put out some sort of collection of their racing games. Hang-On, Enduro Racer, Out Run, Super Hang-On, Power Drift, Out Runners, Virtua Racing, Daytona 1 & 2, Sega Rally 1 & 2, Scud Race... Racing heaven. No graphical upgrades or messing around, just arcade perfection.

Sega did bring out an arcade collection for their DC console with arcade perfect ports of: Afterburner, Power Drift, Out Run, Hang On, and Space Harrier under the official title of "Sega Gameworks Vol. 1" along with a 115 page historical book on the background history of developing each respective Sega arcade game title.

Sega Gameworks Vol. 1 does have support for the official Sega DC VGA Box (using a regular PC SVGA monitor) and even support for Japanese RGB as well. All five classic Sega arcade titles run at 60 frames per second for arcade quality silky smooth framerate on the Dreamcast console.

Sega Gameworks Vol. 1 got a very limited DC (Japan only) release (and commands a very hefty price on eBay in either new or used condition!) and sadly doesn't support the Sega Driving Wheel or any 3rd party DC steering wheel when playing any of the Sega classic racing arcade titles. And also no VMU support to save the high scores either...which sucks.

You basically use a stock DC gamepad with no VMU place in it to play the Sega classic racing games but you can use a Sega Agetech Stick to play Space Harrier on the DC as the original Space Harrier arcade input controls were digital-based to begin with anyways.

No Jump Pack vibration function option for any of the five classic Sega arcade titles on the DC is to be found on the Sega Gameworks Vol. 1 GD-Rom disc itself. Would've been cool to have implemented though.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:13 am

steveovig wrote:TMNT (with original music)

It's a shame this was never included as an unlockable on one of the recent TMNT games, along w/ an unlockable version of Turtles in Time (even though the SNES port was great), and Hyperstone Heist. That would have rocked.

Monkey_Man · Post by **Monkey_Man** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:02 am

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:18 am

Sega did bring out an arcade collection for their DC console with arcade perfect ports of: Afterburner, Power Drift, Out Run, Hang On, and Space Harrier under the official title of "Sega Gameworks Vol. 1" along with a 115 page historical book on the background history of developing each respective Sega arcade game title.

Yeah, I got this one, but I'm hungry for arcade-perfect Out Runners and Virtua Racing in particular. It's a really nice package though, the book makes me wish I could read Japanese, really nicely presented with tons of pics.

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 5:52 pm

FRO wrote:
steveovig wrote:TMNT (with original music)
It's a shame this was never included as an unlockable on one of the recent TMNT games, along w/ an unlockable version of Turtles in Time (even though the SNES port was great), and Hyperstone Heist. That would have rocked.

I dunno about the "original music" part, but TMNT arcade is unlockable on the latest craparific TMNT PS2 game from Konami (Battle Nexus, was it?). They were originally reported as planning to include Turtles in Time as well, but as the release date got closer they decided to can that, probably so they can put it in a later crappy game. They must know that not one person bought TMNT Battle Nexus for main the game itself.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:23 pm

-Omega Fighter
-Omega Fighter Special
-Thunder Cross 1 and 2
-Willow
-G.I. Joe
-Devastators
-Prehistoric Isle
-Solvalou
-Solar Assault
-Vasara 1 and 2
-Blood Brothers
-Carrier Air Wing
-Turbo Force
-Dimahoo
-Armed Police Batrider
-Battle Bakraid
-Dangun Feveron
-Guwange
-ESP RA.DE.
-R-Type Leo
-Lethal Thunder
-Metal Hawk
-Sega Strike Fighter
-Street Fighter (1)
-The Macross arcade shmups
-And every Toaplan game that never got a home port.

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:53 pm

What? No Cadillacs and Dinosaurs? You gotta be shitting me, that's definitely one of the most deserving games. And I'll also throw in Alien Vs. Predator. Why wasn't Capcom porting all their great beat 'em ups during the 32 bit days? There was Tenchi wo Kurau II, which is great, but it's a fucking cocktease.

Some thread recently had a link to a site with games that were cancelled for various Sega systems. One was Alien Vs. Predator for the Saturn. Not sure if it was the Capcom game or something else, but that really pisses me off.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:59 pm

alpha5099 wrote:What? No Cadillacs and Dinosaurs? You gotta be shitting me, that's definitely one of the most deserving games. And I'll also throw in Alien Vs. Predator. Why wasn't Capcom porting all their great beat 'em ups during the 32 bit days? There was Tenchi wo Kurau II, which is great, but it's a fucking cocktease.

Some thread recently had a link to a site with games that were cancelled for various Sega systems. One was Alien Vs. Predator for the Saturn. Not sure if it was the Capcom game or something else, but that really pisses me off.

I've never played Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, nor the arcade Alien VS. Predator game. *shrugs*

At any rate, I stand by my list. At least half of those games could've, and should've, made it onto the Saturn, including all the missed Raizing games I listed. Thunder Cross 1 and 2 would've been a nice double pack, as would've R-Type Leo and Lethal Thunder, and the Macross arcade games, for the Saturn.

Solar Assault and Solvalou BOTH should've made it onto the PS1, considering that Galaxian 3 and Star Blade Alpha did. Metal Hawk should've been included on one of the PS1 Namco Museums. Diddo with Vasara 1 and 2 and the PS2. There's no good reason WHY Capcom couldn't have included the original Street Fighter on at least ONE of their Street Fighter game collections, the Cave games should've made it to the PS2, and the Toaplan games that never got home ports could've easily been done on the Genesis. SNES, or PC Engine-as could've both Omega Fighter games.

As for the rest, the other Capcom and Konami games mentioned, Blood Brothers, and the rest; all could've been done on the Genesis SNES, PC Engine, or Saturn.

SPACE HARRIER · Post by **SPACE HARRIER** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:34 pm

I know a few..

PLANET HARRIERS..never had the chance to play it
DAYTONA 2..men,did i love the first one
TURBO OUTRUN..i used to be the roadking on this game
SKY WOLF..i love this little shmup

and of course GTI-CLUB from KONAMI..best arcaderacer EVER!!!

TNT,

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:03 pm

the lack of planet harriers makes me cry.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:42 pm

captain ahar wrote:the lack of planet harriers makes me cry.

WOW, I just looked up Planet Harriers on KLOV, and it does indeed look like an awesome Sega game!

I'll definately have to keep an eye out for it the next time I'm at Fat City or Dave & Busters!

Post by **nZero** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:05 pm

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs made it to the Sega CD, as I recall. No idea if the port is any good or not.

Planet Harriers is indeed a sweet looking game. The shop between levels kind of reminds me of UN Squadron (arcade). It would play better if the controls weren't so twitchy, though. I'd like to see a console port for that reason alone: to see if they can't make it easier to play.

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Arcade games that should've got a home port

Several Sega arcade titles did make it to DC console...