Top Tier Arcade Ports

[Anonymous No.2599289]

Probably not like pic related, but there are some arcade ports that do kick ass. Opinion on ports? The best part about ports is that they filter out quarter feeding.

[Anonymous No.2599292]

Strider on MD

[Anonymous No.2599324]

>>2599289
Aside from arcade perfect ports, there's stuff like the NES releases of Jackal, Contra, or Super C where the port was better than the arcade version.

[Anonymous No.2599331]

The NES version of Millipede is my favorite home console port, aside from Millipede in emulated collections.

It's just too bad there wasn't a battery back-up for high scores.

[Anonymous No.2599343]

>>2599331

There's also an NES port of Dig Dug II, which is nice because I don't think any other home ports are available.

[Anonymous No.2599441]

Salamander on PC Engine was incredible.

Gradius was just as good, and got an extra level.

[Anonymous No.2599569]

>>2599324
You mean the Famicom releases. The American releases were typically castrated due to NoA policies.

[Anonymous No.2599575]

>>2599289
Ghosts 'n Goblins for Amiga.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqcA3vxUl3o

[Anonymous No.2599597]

>>2599289
What is the purpose of discussing Arcade ports, when you can play any Arcade game ever made through Mame?

>>2599575
My god, I didn't know GnG looks so good on the Amiga.

[Anonymous No.2599601]

>>2599597
Some arcade ports are superior to the arcade originals. Like Hyper Duel for example.

[Anonymous No.2599616]

>>2599441
This, both Gradius ports on PCE are great and IMO better than arcade

[Anonymous No.2599627]

It has some flaws, but it's still the closest thing to the arcade the west got.

[Anonymous No.2599660]

Dragon lair

[Anonymous No.2599661]

Dempa's ports to the X68k are worth playing just for the omake/special modes programmers sneaked in, especially for games like Space Harrier.

[Anonymous No.2599679]

No co-op but dat original mode, the arcade mode was very faithful too.

[Anonymous No.2599687]

Best thing about the Saturn for me was finally getting to play arcade perfect Out Run, Space Harrier, After Burner II, Power Drift etc.

[Anonymous No.2599691]

>>2599687
Does that make the 3DS the modern equivalent of the Saturn?

[Anonymous No.2599697]

>>2599679
Mercs on the mega drive l0l. The atari st and Amiga ported it fine. It's like space harrier on the 32x.

[Anonymous No.2599718]

>>2599441
How does this compare to Life Force (NES / Famicom)?

[Anonymous No.2599758]

NES arcade ports like Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and Galaxian are awesome in my opinion. Golden Axe and Bonanza Bros for Genesis are really neat if you ask me, the former being more impressive for being released really early in Genesis lifespan

[Anonymous No.2599871]

>>2599289
That port actually makes me angry, the NES could've have handled that game much better than that

Genesis port of Ghouls n Ghosts is great, though

[Anonymous No.2599876]

>>2599871
None of them comes close to the original Arcade though

[Anonymous No.2599926]

>>2599876

I'm pretty sure nobody expects an arcade perfect game in a console like NES, SNES or Genesis, we're talking about good ports, probably in contrast with horrible ports like SF2 and Final Fight for Amiga or WWF Wrestlemania Arcade for SNES

[Anonymous No.2599946]

>>2599926
Yeah I know. Speaking about sf2 the Snes port is awesome.

[Anonymous No.2600045]

>>2599876
Ghouls 'n Ghosts plays just as good as the arcade.

Ghosts 'n Goblins for NES plays like shit.

[Anonymous No.2601498]

U.N. Squadron for the SNES

[Anonymous No.2601504]

>>2599569
Contra doesn't lose anything from the gameplay. Jackal is actually much different and has more levels and cutscenes.

[Anonymous No.2601651]

Fuck NoA for censoring an otherwise fine port.

[Anonymous No.2601656]

>>2599569
I really hate people with this mindset, why should censorship hinder your enjoyment of a game if it's still enjoyable. If you were playing it during the time the game was released you wouldn't even know.

[Anonymous No.2601658]

>>2601656
The autistic backlash to Bravely Default changing a bikini to hotpants is kind of bizarre. That's exactly the same level of censorship FF3-US had.

[Anonymous No.2601659]

Holy crap almost 30 posts and no one's mentioned Turtles IV? I think not only is this an example of a port that's done extremely well, but one that's in fact BETTER than the original because of the added levels. later on played the original arcade TMNT 4 on mame and it just wasn't the same without the Technodrome level.

[Anonymous No.2601665]

>>2599569
The American releases of Contra and Super C were the same shit in any way that actually mattered, and Jackal was BETTER in the American version in comparison to the Japanese version.

[Anonymous No.2601685]

>>2601656
It's not just censorship. NoA didn't allow Konami to produce their own PCB so the games had to be cut down in size.

[Anonymous No.2601686]

>>2601659
It's a decent port of a mediocre arcade game.

[Anonymous No.2601693]

>>2599679
Cool game. Hated it in the beginning but after getting good at it we played through it multiple times.

[Anonymous No.2601694]

>>2601686
Beat em ups for me are mediocre arcade games too anon. I mean, they're good, but a lot of them are the same, and it boils down to if you like the franchise. Like TMNT. The only beat em up I honestly loved is Battletoads Arcade. But then again, having a bro watching your back while playing beat em ups are kick ass fun.

[Anonymous No.2601703]

>>2601694
>Beat em ups for me are mediocre arcade games too anon.
I like beat 'em ups, TMNT4 arcade is just a shitty game for the genre. SNES improved it in some ways, but also worsened in other ways.

[Anonymous No.2601769]

>Ghost n Ghouls, Strider, and Final Fight on Sega Genesis/CD
>Fatal Fury Special on Game Gear
>SF 2 CE on PC Engine
>Gradius 1&2 and Salamander on PC Engine and Saturn
>Parodius on most systems it was ported too
>Phelios and Burning Force on Genesis
>VF 2 on Saturn and Genesis (not bad considering the limitations)
>Capcom fighters on the saturn
>Space Harrier, Outrun, and After Burner on Saturn and 3DS
>Galaxy Force 2 on PS2 and 3DS
>KOF 99 on DC

I have a bunch more I could of listed but those are some for now

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[Anonymous No.2601827]

>>2601821
JESUS. That smile.

[Anonymous No.2601829]

>>2601821
He looks like HappyConsoleGamer.

[Anonymous No.2601832]

>>2601827

[Anonymous No.2601984]

>>2601769

Even though we on /vr/ must pretend 6th gen doesn't exist, the Sega Ages 2500 version with Dynamite Deka is a pretty well done port. Yes, there's a option in the main menu to choose the original graphics, in this video we can see the gameplay is unchanged. Also, there's a VF2 arcade port too in this series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmXDD8Nn8A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPUSTVd8Sw8

[Anonymous No.2602480]

>>2601984
yeah I hear good things about the PS2 verison of Die Hard Arcade I hear theres a mode where you can have Golden Axe costumes. Tho VF2 on PS2 was surpassed by the HD port ?? Never played that version tho so idk. but I hear all the Sega Ages 2500 games that were done by M2 were amazing especially the Galaxy Force 2 and Treasure Box.

[Anonymous No.2602491]

>>2602480

Some of the games have shitty visuals like Golden Axe and Outrun (sad but true), I have no fucking idea why they used bad 3D graphics instead porting the arcade titles, or at least have an option to play the original game. I'm curious to try Virtua Racing on it, it's actually beautiful but I can't say if it plays so good as arcade version. Not sure about VF2, never played the HD port

[Anonymous No.2602494]

>>2602491
I hear Virtua Racing is one of the better earlier titles and probably the best version of the game. Yeah alot of the earlier Sega 3D ages games weren't very good till maybe midway through.