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ITT: Underrated ports/spin-offs

>> No.2036106

I liked the nes version of bonk's adventure better than the turbografx16 version

not sure if that's what you meant though

>> No.2036123

>>2036093
NES Strider

>> No.2036153

>>2036093
I thought the Doom 64 spinoff was pretty popular, it got a fan porting over to PC even.

I would add Diablo PS1 and Dreamcast versions. Not as good as PC version, but still very good and more random in generation than fucking D3.

>> No.2036172

>>2036123
best answer

>> No.2036449

The original Gameboy version of Bionic Commando is fantastic even if it ditched the neo Nazi stuffed for a future setting.

>> No.2036494

Earthworm Jim for Sega CD/Mega cd

>> No.2036504

Doom 64 was the first game that made me realize consoles are inferior to PC.

Thanks N64 Doom. You terrible game you.

>> No.2036509

The UK/European C64 port of Bionic Commando.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJdxEyMDmKk

>> No.2036518

>>2036123
The NES port of Strider is awful, I understand it was a port to weaker and inferior hardware, but I don't think that was a good example of a underrated or good port.

I think Ninja Gaiden to the Master system was a great port, the hardware was similar and it felt like it wasn't watered down.

>> No.2036519

>>2036504
The only problem with this game are the monster sprites, they are awful. WTF cacodemon is better on Doom 3

>> No.2036520

>>2036518
I disagree. It's a different game entirely.

>> No.2036527
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2036527

>>2036520
Speaking of different game entirely.

>> No.2036545

>>2036504
it's certainly not Doom 2 or anything but the atmosphere in some of the later levels is pretty cool

also, the soundtrack is nice

>> No.2036568

All the Street Fighter Alphas for Saturn, particularly 3, as well as X-Men vs Street Fighter and Marvel vs Street Fighter for the same system.

Also, the Lunars, Langrissr collection, Falcom classics, Power Drift, the list goes on and on.

>> No.2036665
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2036665

the ost of the console version is really cool, but there are huge loading thimes and bad sprite work.

>> No.2036718

>>2036153
Was diablo on the dreamcast?

>> No.2036940

>>2036718
I dont think so

>> No.2036956

>>2036527
Kek

I just recently played this using gba4ios (goddamn that nikita sequence was hard as balls on a virtual key pad!) and it was every bit as good as I remember. I wish Konami would continue the alternate time line.

>> No.2036974

>>2036093

How the fuck did they manage to pack the full thing onto a small cartridge? What is this black magic?

>> No.2037776

>>2036718
The "Diablo" for Dc is Record of Lodoss war?

>> No.2037801

>>2036518
It's a different game, not a port, and it was pretty good, don't be a graphics fag.

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>> No.2038928

>>2036974
Well, excluding the levels, everything was 2.5D and the sounds/music compression also helps
There is no black magic, specially when you consier 32MB of space on the average N64 cart

>> No.2038940

>>2036518
>NES port of Strider
Never played it. However the SMS version of ninja gaiden is tits. IMO its a smidgen better than the nes ones

>> No.2039164

>>2036974
Well, it's not really a port. It's a whole new game with its own levels and graphics. It's missing a few monsters from Doom 2, and the double-barrel shotgun has no reload animation.

>> No.2039170

>>2039164
The sounds and music all come from PSX Doom, and the engine is the same with a few minor upgrades to use N64 hardware. ONLY the levels and graphics are new.

>> No.2039186

>>2039170
Yeah, but the point is that it's not even trying to be 1:1 PC Doom. If "the full thing" is PC Doom, "the whole thing" didn't fit on a small cartridge.

>> No.2039189

>>2039186
How big were the WADs for the original?

>> No.2039226

>>2039189
Upon checking, the Ultimate Doom IWAD is about 12MB and Doom95.exe is under 1MB. The Doom64 ROM and the Doom64 IWAD that D64EX generates are both about 8MB.

>> No.2039479

Played a lot of diablo 1 and warcraft 2 on my ps1 before I got my own pc. I'd say they were just as good as their pc counterparts except for some interface issues due to the very nature of consoles.

>> No.2039495

>>2039226

The Doom IWAD has a lot more textures than Doom 64 I believe, so that's probably why. Ultimate Doom also has more levels.

>> No.2039498

doom 95 is only the code/engine for the game the original executeable was about the same size though. Wads are the levels and data, compressed wads were about half the size so I don't think fitting it on a cart would be a problem at all

>> No.2041530

doom64 is my favorite doom game honestly

dem secret maps

>> No.2041531

Ghouls n Ghosts for Master System.

>> No.2041558

>>2039170
Doesn't change the fact that PSX Doom is a rehash of Doom 1&2 with pretty lights and ambient music while Doom 64 is a whole new (and better) game.

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2041561

Gamecube version is an honorable mention since it has skippable cutscenes and redone lighting.

>> No.2041713

>>2041561
Yo, we're talking about underrated, not completely shitty ports.

>> No.2041717

>>2036093
Atari st golden axe.
>darmt music

>> No.2041718

>>2041713
I don't see a picture of the Game.com version in his post fucktard.

>> No.2041725

>>2041713
Where did he bring up a shitty port...?

>> No.2041727

>>2041725
GAMECUBE VERSION FUCKFACE!

>> No.2041734

>>2041727

What's wrong with that version?

>> No.2041738

>>2041727
So you hate the PS1 dualshock version? Because that's exactly what it is plus those added benefits.