Best Arcade Game Port on an older system?

Post by **benheck** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:39 am

Hey that "Best Game Console" thread made me think of this. Remember back in the old days when arcade machines were WAY more powerful than consoles (If you don't you're probably pretty young)

Well, anyway, no matter how powerful the arcade game they always tried porting them to consoles (Xenophobe on the 2600, anyone?) Some were pretty faithful (like Contra or TMNT) while others, still good, were completely different (Ninja Gaiden)

But what was the best conversion? To be fair let's limit it to systems no newer than the SNES.

My vote is for Konami's SNES version of Sunset Riders. It's literally EXACTLY as the arcade machine.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:57 am

PONG on genesis. it was a mini-game in mortal kombat III and other than no dotted line in the middle and "MK4" at the top it was identical to the original pong

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:00 am

turtles in time on the snes that was a fun game

peppers · Post by **peppers** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:04 am

I liked the arrowsmith light gun game

Super Mulletman · Post by **Super Mulletman** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:38 am

Freakin' Contra.

One of the hardest games ever, and still a great game.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:48 am

Gunforce for SNES is a pretty faithful port.

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:06 am

Space Invaders on the NES was really close, if not identical, to the original arcade. (I think...)

NES Joust was very very close.

NES Donkey Kong was only missing the "DK climbs to the next level" animation.

And an oddity in this: Super Mario Bros. was ported to a copule arcade consoles.

Post by **Black Six** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:07 am

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:turtles in time on the snes that was a fun game

That was an awesome game. Back when I was 6-7 my friend and I played through it so many times, even after we lost our interest in the show/toys.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:09 am

i bought it a couple years ago at funcoland(gamestop) and me and my friend did the same thing

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:31 am

Galaga for NES looks like the original. Of course I never played the arcade version so don't listen to me

Post by **Gamelver** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:06 pm

Black Six wrote:
Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:turtles in time on the snes that was a fun game
That was an awesome game. Back when I was 6-7 my friend and I played through it so many times, even after we lost our interest in the show/toys.

yeah, that game's a classic....I forget how old I was when I played it, but me and my friend beat it a lot, too

....and now I can play it on my psp

!!!!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:11 pm

G-force wrote:Galaga for NES looks like the original. Of course I never played the arcade version so don't listen to me

Its gotta be a joke. Thats like the opposite of a good port from the arcade. Slow, choppy sounds, bad shooting, horrid physics.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:29 pm

galaga for genesis is good but i havn't played the original since i was at the arcade in calarado a few years ago so i don't know how close it is. it's also a mini-game in Mortal Kombat III

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:31 pm

The Pitfall mini-game in the SNES Pitfall was exactly identical to the Intellivision Pitfall.

shelter pitfall · Post by **shelter pitfall** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 2:41 pm

Parodius (SNES? or Super Famicom?)
Nes Contra was better than the arcade.
All arcade to Saturn ports were wonderful. (Though, Most were ST-V ports)