20 Great Arcade Games with Terrible Console Ports
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- True Fact: Whether it's due to hardware limitations or the publishers just not caring, some ports are better experienced on their original hardware
Porting a game should be simple, in theory. You’ve got the actual game already made, and all you need to do is convert to different hardware. Well, there are actually a ton of factors that developers need to face when transferring titles to new homes. Namely programming architecture, a means of delivery, button mapping, and that’s before you consider all the added features that often get included when releases shift camps. Yet sometimes developers drop the ball so hard that they become legendary, and that’s what we’re here to look at today
In this video I explore in depth the history of arcades, looking for the best arcade games that have had the worst domestic conversions
In this video you will find:
• A side-by-side comparison of the worst console ports ever performed
• Specific clips of the same arcade scenes and their corresponding console version (in order to compare graphics, sound and gameplay)
• Information related to each game such as release date, developer company, game genre and system it was released on.
• Official game box arts with a 3D presentation.
• Educative and/or critical comments on the importance of the video game and why you should play it
Intro and Outro Music
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0:00 Intro
0:15 Street Fighter II (Arcade vs Game Boy)
0:45 Golden Axe (Arcade vs PC Engine CD)
1:15 Primal Rage (Arcade vs Sega Genesis)
1:45 Cruis'n USA (Arcade vs N64)
2:15 Strider (Arcade vs Master System)
2:45 Pit-Fighter (Arcade vs SNES)
3:15 Altered Beast (Arcade vs NES)
3:45 Double Dragon (Arcade vs NES)
4:15 Time Killers (Arcade vs Sega Genesis)
4:45 Rampage (Arcade vs Atari 7800)
5:15 Sunset Riders (Arcade vs Sega Genesis)
5:45 Ikari Warriors 2 (Arcade vs NES)
6:15 X-Men vs Street Fighter (Arcade vs Playstation)
6:45 Pac-Man (Arcade vs Atari 2600)
7:15 Dragon's Lair (Arcade vs NES)
7:45 Final Fight (Arcade vs SNES)
8:15 Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade vs Sega Genesis)
8:44 Athena (Arcade vs NES)
9:14 Captain America and The Avengers (Arcade vs SNES)
9:45 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (Arcade vs Game Boy Advance)
10:14 Outro
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Double dragon for atari was the worst not the nes version
@@steventhompson5998 agreed. I don't know why. This video is a total bullshit
I dunno if it's fair to call Final Fight SNES a "terrible" console port.
It was Capcom's first game for the system, and the SNES port was nearly a launch title in Japan (one month after the console's release) and North America (a bit over two months after its release there). It was definitely limited by the small amount of cartridge space most games had at the time (it was only a 1 MB game!), which required cutting out a playable character and one of the five levels.
But you know what? Those things aside, and a few other minor issues (famous NOA censorship, some slowdown in later levels where lots of enemies/sprites are onscreen), the gameplay is actually very solid and pretty faithful to the arcade.
I'd love it if some ROM hacker took it upon themselves to expand the ROM, reinsert the cut content, and maybe even got the two player mode working - TCRF documented there's still all sorts of structures set up in RAM for two players.
It's not so much a TERRIBLE port as it is an INCOMPLETE one, I'd say. Capcom's maiden effort on the hardware, plus a pretty tight, near-launch window - and evidence that they clearly intended more but ran out of time.
I think they can be given a pass on that basis.
I was gonna say, it wasn't THAT bad. Sucked that it was only one player, but the gameplay was solid.
Agree, the graphics, music and gameplay were very good to me. The only things missing were the 2 player game mode and Guy
Wasn't there a port of FF that DID have two player mode, but only two playable characters?
@@siegfriedc2332 To the best of my knowledge, no. I'm fairly sure the ports that allowed two players also had all three characters.
@@DarkPuIse I saw it on an emulator of some kind.
WHAT?! Sunset Riders on Genesis and Double Dragon on NES are terrible ports? This games are crazy good!
I think it's less about saying that the ports are bad games, and more about comparing them to the arcade versions.
Don’t worry, Sunset Riders on Genesis gets a remake version, better than original counterpart.
@@gurvmlk
If that was the case, they could have used the Atari 2600 version instead of the NES version.
@@ChaseMC215 But that's not as mainstream.
What’s terrible is the TITLE. Probably an automated attempt. Many of the ports were great! Sad day. YT’r with zero knowledge of gaming OR ports.
I like your channel, but there are some bad takes in this video. Many of these ports are great when you take into consideration the hardware they're running on, and several just just flat out good ports, period.
I felt like NES Double Dragon and Game Boy Street Fighter II are the worst takes in regards to port quality. Also, Pit Fighter and Athena weren't particularly good arcade games to begin with, so why would I be concerned about their port quality?
Agreed, most of these were solid ports considering the hardware they ran on, many of them have most, if not all of the game intact.
Let's talk about the 2600 port of Donkey Kong which only included 2 stages...among others. 😉
I disagree with Cruisin' USA, the port was real good
I disagree with a few of these, but many are spot on.
Me too. Cruisn USA was a damn good port.
8-Bit and Portable systems shouldnt be counted they have no chance of being good
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 Have you played the PC Engine/TG16?
@@NickHazletonMusic I hate the N64 but I agree. that was a damn good port!
I agree with many of those, but few are off spot.
I don't think NES Double Dragon is bad, it's just very derived from the original. The Atari versions would've probably been a better choice.
You also made a mistake and used Ikari 1 instead of 2 for its arcade clip.
It's a fun game indeed,
@@chiefthunderhorse4430 It's actually quite different than the arcade.
@@skootdiggity1301 yes I know, I'm not only old enough to had the fortune to play these games when they were released I still play them both occasionally
@@chiefthunderhorse4430 Sorry, I meant to reply to the OP.
@@skootdiggity1301 no worries my friend
A decent number of these are actually not too bad as far as ports go. For Double Dragon, surprised you didn't go with the Atari 2600 port.
You might as well fill the video with 2600 ports then because literally almost all of them were terrible
Or the Master System pory
Yeah I love the NES port. One of my all time favorites actually. I had an Activision CD-ROM collection in the mid 90’s. Had the Atari 2600 Double Dragon and it was incredibly difficult. I don’t think I ever made it past the first level.
honestly, i feel that some are cheap shots. Of course 8 bit consoles have to make compromises on gameplay sometimes, not every game will be TMNT: the arcade game. But the one I consider most unfair is Sunset Riders. I am aware of the differences between SNES and Mega Drive, but the Mega Drive port is not terrible or bad. It is inferior to the SNES version, yes, but it's still pretty damn good!
These videos are made to trigger people I assume.
Sunset Riders for Genesis is the better version of the game, even the music is better
El video en general exagera al decir "peores puertos"
Pero para el hardware que monta Megadrive debió quedar una versión muy superior a la de SNES.... No al contrario.
@@bluedoom graphically its inferior
@@gjfkhvjzjsxbq Not by much
I've heard that the developer of the Strider PC Engine version committed suicide because of how bad the port was. He also liked Collecting teddy bears and that's why you see strider with a teddy in ken:s background in Street Fighter Zero 2 as tribute to him.
Well that’s fucking awful.
If that's true, that's sad 😕
Double Dragon for the NES is really good. Not at Contra level, with a NES port better than the arcade, but a very fun game. DD2 is an amazing sequel.
Gotta cry foul on Double Dragon, Final Fight, Primal Rage, Sunset Riders, and Captain America. Those were actually pretty descent to good ports.
The SNES port of Pit Fighter was abominable.
Oh man, I think the NES port of Double Dragon is the best of all the ports. It's true it lacks coop, but it's definitely the most playable in my opinion. It's interesting how views can vary so wildly. Thanks for the video!
The SNES version of FF only allowing one player was an unforgivable mistake.
Agreed. And forcing people to either buy or rent a separate cartridge just to be able to play as Guy was even worse, not to mention all of the censorship the international version received.
And it removed the one fighter everyone liked.
@@otaking3582 Exactly. If at least the FF Guy could be played as 2P, it would be less bad (a tad).
The game was rushed to be released and they had released an unfinished product.
@@defblinders9585 Indeed!
Yea. I remember renting that with my bro and being so excited. Started it up and was like wtf?!?
As with DOUBLE DRAGON, FINAL FIGHT on the SNES shouldn't be on here either. It's still a great game.
"Primal Rage" for Genesis??? Really? That is a very good port, what's wrong with it? Far better than SNES one, with so much content cut from it. Strongly disagree here, Genesis version is a very solid port gameplay wise and graphically.
@Lucas. Yeah, but we are not talking if the initial game is good or not. We are talking how good of a port it is.
The SNES port is censored, but it has more content than the Genesis version, because it's based on a later arcade revision.
Also sunset riders??? And virtua fighter 2 sunset riders was a bad port but a great game and virtua fighter 2 was definitely not terrible and the great arcade games in the title is a lie like time killers and put fighter are literally garbage.
What was cut from the SNES version of Primal Rage beside Chaos' "Golden Shower" fatality?
My primal rage on snes isnt censored
Well, I have some different opinions. Dragon's Lair, while still a bad game, it is not a port but an entirely different game. Also, Double Dragon for NES is quite good actually, offers new things for the ones it takes out. I would not call it terrible. The Virtua fighter port is more unnecesary than bad really. As for Street Fighter II on GB, it is lacking, but the Mortal Kombat port is way, way worse. I agree on the rest.
There was even a port of the Dragon's Lair platformer on the Game Boy.
A lot of this terrible ports were actually very good imo.
Thanks for the video 😊
I think Double Dragon on the NES was actually a bit better than the horribly controlling arcade original. I used to play both quite a bit. Cruis'n USA for the N64 was a good port, as was Sunset Riders on the Genesis/MD. Also, at 5:45 That's not Ikari Warriors II (actually called Victory Road), it's the original, and the NES port was pretty good for being a 1986 NES port with limited rom space. These games should be judged in the time periods they were released. I'm a child of the Atari 2600, so if a game retained any of the feel from an arcade original it made us happy to be able to play them at home.
Sunset on Gênesis could be so much better IF they had used 8 megas , like the SNES port.
I can agree to disagree on some. But that SNES port of Pit-Fighter is truly unplayable. The SNES Avengers is also very bad.
The PS1 port of Xmen vs SF is actually pretty cool and helped popularize cross over media fighters like Marvel vs Capcom. Plus the game is worth a lot. Also despite Virtua Fighter 2 having to be scaled down to play on the Genesis, the game looks great though it plays poorly fer sure. Would love to have MK3 For the GBA though. Look better than all versions of MK1 and the non arcade ports of MK2. Good vid!
The NES port they used in this video for Ikari Warriors was actually a port of Ikari Warriors 2. They even produced the box art for it. And it wasn't too far off from the arcade version of Ikari Warriors 2.
Final fight for the SNES wasn't bad just didn't have 2 players that's all
Nice video! Arcade versions of "Pit-fighter" and "Time Killers" aren't so good. So we can't expect a lot from ports. 😃
Pitfighter on SNES has a real case for being the worst port on any 16-bit console. Even Pitfighter fans have disowned it.
And you know their standards are low.
The only game that might be worse is College Football '97, which is a Genesis port that wasn't optimized and runs like a slide show.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 sword of swodan on genesis is worse than pit fighter on snes.
Holy crap! Time Killers? That game was a fever dream.
Disagreed with the Double Dragon and Final Fight ones, the first one keeps most of the original escence and the gameplay, if a bit rought (I die more due to clumsy plataforming than fighting) it's spot on and while missing Guy and a screen it's still fine
Double Dragon on NES was awesome, and so was it's sequel on NES.
Final fight on snes was great. I played that 100s of times.
I personally thought that the N64 version of Cruisin’ USA was a decent port.
Has to be a troll. Consider me triggered 😁
Really the only bad part of the port was the censorship
Most ports here (perhaps apart from Golden Axe for the PCE and Pit-Fighter as well as Final Fight for the SNES) fall not so much into the "terrible" category as the "what *did* you expect with this hardware" category. And a few are actually surprisingly playable.
Ah yes, the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man, the one forced to be developed in at most a few weeks, and the main catalyst behind the video crash of 1983. (Along with E.T.) What an absolute disaster that was. Funny that you mention it though since now there’s a fan version called Pac-Man 8K that has been praised by said developer himself, along with many other great homebrews, especially the few other Namco ones we have so far. (Notably Mappy, Galagon, and Draconian) It’s hard to fully appreciate just how far we’ve come sometimes, even for newer ports on now much older systems…
EDIT: Minor spelling mistake.
Mappy and others like it are using Harmony cart enhancements.
But yeah, Pac-Man 8k is bloody insane. Ditto Star Castle.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Ah alright, my bad. I didn’t know those existed until now. From what I can understand though, most of the homebrew games are still using the limitations of the actual Atari 2600’s hardware, so if nothing else that’s still cool. I’m not sure how much more data is being used for each of the games though, but I’d imagine it’s not by much. It’s nice to know you can store many games on one cartridge though from SD cards, that’s definitely a good idea. It saves space and you don’t have to try and hunt down any rare, obscure, and expensive titles. Too bad I don’t have a PC as those themselves are expensive for me by today’s standards for even a decent one that won’t crap out for a month, but hey, it’s the thought that counts.
That Star Castle homebrew looks neat too. Another favorite of mine is Space Rocks, which adds more features to the Atari 2600 Asteroids.
@@ZacharyDietze
Apologies, a bit of research indicates Mappy is a Melody game - 8kb of RAM is included as an upgrade over the usual 128 bytes. And you can use alternate forms of bankswitching.
But even during the 2600's lifetime, you had Starpath and Superchip.
So, while it's not faithful to the original system, it's faithful to what might have been offered if Atari had competed as aggressively as possible after the crash. (It's still nowhere near the 16kb of VRAM + 8kb RAM in the Master System.)
The Harmony cart offers similar upgrade options - but there's been more than one revision, so I can't speak for the range of what's available.
Ah yes
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Enter in this video
Spoiler alert 😁👌
@@BitsBeats Fortunately, I have finished 😃
I only disagree on double dragon, athena and street fighter vs x men.
Xmen vs Street Fighter on PS1 is a good game. But it's not a good port. They had to cut out the tag team mechanic due to ram limitations
Dude I had athena and I regret buying that game it sucks! Why do you like it?
@@albertrodriguez9665 well, I liked the conversion to nes. I liked the graphics gameplay, nothing compared to the arcade, but it satiated my willing.
There's no tag team in PS1 port.
@@mikeyburris5596The Saturn port was better.
Street Fighter II from GameBoy is incredible, extremelly simple but you really fell like playing SFII, it's a very good game.
Street fighter 2 for Gameboy isn't that bad. The DOS port of street fighter 2 is a blight on humanity.
The only port that I really love in the list is the Double Dragon for the NES. I really like it.
Me too.
Wow, you have strange taste
One of my favorite NES games
Very strange choice to have the nes port which is the port most people associate double dragon with in there. Game has no slowdown unlike the arcade port, has an actual level up system where you learn your moves as you progress the game, the music is excellent and the hit detection is spot on. Besides the fact that it lacks coop it’s honestly the most enjoyable port of the game to play over even the arcade, master system and genesis which were all considered superior by people (For the record I think the gba port is by far the best port of the game)
I get the feeling a lot of these were chosen merely by looking at how the graphics compared to their original counterparts. I also the get the feeling the reviewer wasn't alive when many of these came out. When you have that insight, it turns several of these games into technological marvels for their time.
Final Fight snes is an awesome port! Yeah it has some flaws like missing Guy, 2 players mode and an entire stage, but even without these it has all the fun of the original.
That's the main problem with SNES port. When my parents bought this game for Christmas, me and my brother were excited until we found out there's no 2 player mode.
Really, NES Double Dragon is pretty decent for the limitation. And I’m not sure if Time Killers and Pit Fighters were great games to begin with
Pitfighter on SNES is considered the worst game on the system in many lists - it's missing stages, gameplay elements, a continue system, etc. The Genesis game is Third Strike, by comparison.
"CA AND THE AVENGERS"?? 😂😂 I thought it read as "California And The Avengers.😂😂
Another outstanding video thanks dude hope your keeping well!😎👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I agree with X-men Vs Street Fighter, however the Sega Saturn version is very arcade like!
Meh, I'll always love my Saturn, but I don't see the game being ruined just because there's no tag feature.
It just means there's an option if I want a 1v1 mode, which should have been included in the first place.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 That's not the only problem with the PlayStation port as it was also way slower than the arcade version which is a cardinal sin in fighting games
@@PeruvianPotato
Says you. I still enjoy the original Streetfighter 2 and Champion Edition.
Sometimes, it's nice to have a more zen experience.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 There's a reason why Turbo exists though and why way more people play it on Fightcade. Sure, you might like the slower gameplay of World Warrior and Champion Edition but the general consensus prefers faster and quicker gameplay that was established since Turbo's release
The MegaDrive/Genesis Golden Axe was very good, and the Streetfighter on Gameboy was a good attempt for that hardware
i really love the captain america and the avengers when you take a lot of life of the boss and you hear the "ok go ! " change the music and you feel super powerful
The only good for Golden Axe's port released in PC-Engine are the OST and his anime-style FMV sequences.
Should’ve used the Atari 2600 and/or Atari 7800 version(s) of Double Dragon. I’d much rather play the NES port than the 2600 and 7800 ports.
The 2600 is a unique level of Hell. At least the 7800 allows me to recover from mistakes, and get past the first few enemies without cheesing the AI.
WHAT!!!!???? DOUBLE DRAGON on the good ole NES is a classic! It shouldn't even be on here.
There is a version of Mortal Kombat 3 worse than that of GBA, which is the exclusive Brazilian version, for Sega Master System, made by TEC TOY. A good attempt, but due to the limitations of the console, it was very weak.
I wouldn't consider the Gameboy SF to be a bad port. For what the system had to work with it made kids pretty happy, including myself!!!
On the other hand, The King of Fighters '96 didn't skip all those frames. And neither did Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat 2, World Heroes Jet, Samurai Shodown, Battle Arena Toshinden, Raging Fighter, and a lot more.
It was a case of selling people cool screenshots at the cost of the game's quality.
Wait till you play Mortal Kombat on the original GB
I partially agree with most of these. With consoles being so limited in the 90s, there's not much you can do with a fancy new arcade game that uses more CPU and more RAM. FYI, Rampage on 7800 was very inferior when you consider the NES version alongside it. Also, any 16-bit game that was ported to 8-bit....GOOD LUCK! ;-)
That magic spell in Golden Axe sounded like a dial-up modem.
I loved Captain America and the Avengers in the arcades, extremely disappponted with the home ports.
The genesis port of captain America and the avengers played better than the SNES one the genesis version has all the voice samples.
Excellent video
This is a pretty good list, but you also have to consider that in some cases there were no better alternatives at the time so some of these were actually considered hits at the time. Back when Double Dragon was released on the NES, it was the only option out there and there wasn't anything else like it on the NES at the time.
Also, the Ikari 2 clip is actually showing the arcade version of Ikari 1 and the NES version of Ikari 2. There actually was an arcade version of Ikari 2 called "Victory Road" and it played closer to the NES version. The NES version of Ikari 1 was quite popular. Since both arcade versions of these games had a rotary joystick, the NES version had to make some compromises in gameplay but they were still fun since they had 2 player support you could play with friends.
There's a very big difference between lazy ports that deserve to in this list and ports on limited HW that simply can't do the original game any justice like handhelds for example, both can't be the same thing on the same list.
I have Cruis’n USA on the N64 and put a lot of hours into it when I was a kid. It’s fun, I don’t think it’s terrible.
You should have put the Atari 2600 port of double dragon. Lol.
In fact, Atari 2600 could fill 20 spots on this list!
@@BitsBeats 🤣🤣 yeah. True. Didn't think about that. Lol. You're right.
Great video! 😊🤘🤘 Loved it!
How is the SNES port of MK1 not on the list when it is only seen at the beginning of this video? This is confusing.
What the...that's the best Golden Axe the proud PC Engine could muster? I didn't know about that one 'til just now.
Just rename the title of this video from "terrible" to "average" and most people will agree.
8:36 you must kidding me.
That graphical compromise for hardware issues doesn't make a game terrible
For me, it's a good game. But it is also fair to recognize that the Virtua Fighter franchise is inextricably associated with 3D environments. It is a game that, with another name, would not have generated any debate.
Have to disagree with the Cruisin port on N64 and Xmen vs Street Fighter on PS1. Both were great ports. Even Final Fight on SNES was great considering the hardware difference. Especially Cruisin since the arcade and N64 weren't much different at all when it came to hardware specs.
Primal Rage in Mega Drive is Awesome!!!
Of the games on the video
- most fall into the "mediocre", "not that bad" or even "good" categories, not "the worst"
- a few are adaptations or reimaginings, not straight up ports or convertions
- a couple are considered a improvement over the arcade Originals
Seriously, there are many, MANY ports and convertions out there that really deserved to be on this vídeo instead of the majority of the ones featured in it.
When It came out, I thought the port of SF2 on Gameboy was pretty good, considering the limitations. Then,years later,I played a bootleg port on the NES made by Hummer, and I understand how horrible of a port the Gameboy version is.
I know this is a worst list but to change the topic just a bit, you can't deny the Gameboy color port of dragon's lair was really damn impressive.
I had dragons lair for game boy color and it was awesome
For Street Fighter II, you basically can't compare arcade port to Game Boy port because Game Boy ports are usually heavily downscaled in order to fit their limitations.
Many of these ports are on home systems that were dated for the time. In many cases the developers did a decent job given the tools they had to work with.
Daayam! PIT FIGHTER had some really awkward poses, huh??
I think that I disagree with almost all your terrible console ports choices, but really it's just a personal preference question.
BTW, I found your channel a few days ago and I'm really enjoying the content. Keep rocking! =D
Where can i find the OST from the 2nd showed in the video of Golden axe 1990 Telenet ? This music is loud !!!
Wow I never knew Atari was behind that snes port! Really makes you wonder...
Quite frankly I consider your placing of X-men Vs Street Fighter ludicrous on several levels as if it is even vaguely in the ballpark of what comes immediately after. Before nes ikari warriors or snes final fight? Absolutely similar situations. Leading just before 2600 Pac-Man and NES Dragon's Lair? Baffling.
I respect your work and effort regardless but I'd love to understand your perspective more! Either way thanks for sharing and your video quality is always top-notch. Take care!
*sees Golden Axe*
"THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS, PAL!" (draws blade)
*cue the horrible Turbo CD port of the game*
"...never mind." (sheathes blade)
The music was awesome in golden axe’s port!
This is the real tragic example of Final Fight, One of the most popular Beat’em ups in the arcade since Double Dragon, ruined by bad snes ports, especially the western region.
I would argue that one game which got poorly ported to console is Virtual-On on Sega Saturn. Not because of any sort of hardware, or technical things that are wrong with the console version, but rather a bad port because of the controller. That game was built around a very specific control scheme that a standard controller simply can't emulate, and when you try to incorporate that control scheme onto a standard console controller, it becomes incredibly awkward. Especially since the dual stick controller they released to go alongside the game was never released outside Japan. Regardless, the fact that they felt it necessary to release such a controller at all just for that game (granted more games did later release to use it) kind of proves my point.
The “terrible port” description here is quite a stretch on many of these. They may not have been perfect ports, due to hardware limitations or tight deadlines, but many of these played well and looked fine at the time. More importantly- they were fun.
Oh boy…ALL of the PS1 ports of CPS2 fighters (Vs. Games especially) were quite literally trash, but as a kid, I ate up the chance to play those games at home.
Primal Rage is already sort of terrible by itself lol. The SNES and Genesis ports only reflected that.
Also Sunset Riders is far from being a port. It's more like a re imagination of the original game. Though I admit that version can be a bit unfair sometimes.
Not all these ports are bad. For example, Double Dragon is what it is thanks to the beloved NES games, not exactly the arcade version.
Double Dragon for the NES/Famicom felt like an incomplete and limitized game-test prototype that has been rushed into stores with hype put into it.
When Technōs Japan ported Double Dragon II next, it felt like the real deal and it's even better than the arcade trilogy.
These are terrible ports? You need to double check some of these. You’re waaay off on a few!
Aaaah, come on guys!
Time Killers never was a great arcade game.
4:06 saying the nes port of double dragon sucked.
Not even bringing up the Atari port.
DROPPED
Most of these arcade ports are not that bad. They were fine for the hardware they were converted to and they still hold up somehow.
To compare arcade and 8 bits consoles it's insane
I remember renting Virtual Fighter 2 for Genesis summer of 97ish. It didn’t make any sense - a remake of the second installment to THE original 3D fighting game, with choppy 2D sprites AND missing the new characters specific to the title? Whose idea was this?
Seems kind of unfair to punch down at the GB version of street fighter II , considering that such a port is quite a feat in itself.
When you consider the technological linitations of the then 7 year old Megadrive hardware, the Genesis port of Primal Rage isn't bad at all
Man the NES ruined so many great arcade games, but whoever had the idea of removing co-op multiplayer from Double Dragon should have been fired on the spot.
This was made for Primal Rage. Which sucks because the arcade version is still broken emulation wise in MAME.
Double Dragon.... that's what happens when every character in the game misses leg day. No matter the platform.
How about Double Dragon on the Atari 2600 or 7800? Those games were virtually unplayable.
You think the NES version of Double Dragon is bad? That is my FAVORITE NES game ever. You’re nuts.
You used the wrong the wrong Ikari Warriors.
You showed the Arcade of Ikari Warriors (1) and showed Ikari Warriors 2: Victory Road for the NES.
In the arcade Ikari Warriors 2 was known as Victory Road: Ikari Warriors 2.
So one of the games is wrong.
Son : I want Street Fighter.. Mom : We Have Street Fighter at home. 🤣🤣
As bad as the GB version of street fighter 2 was, it’s miles better than the Speccy and C64 versions. I would say even better than the ST and Amiga versions too.
Actually most these conversions aren’t that bad. No one thinks nes double dragon or MD primal rage are bad games/ports.
Yeah, they should include computers if they really want to highlight some bad conversions. US Gold released some right stinkers.
X-Men vs street fighter could have had a little more description, because its not immediately obvious what's wrong about it.
I’ve always thought of ports as crap editions of the original arcade.
STRONG disagree about the NES port of Double Dragon. First off, the arcade has surprisingly poor performance, tons of slowdown and is generally slow overall.
The NES missing two players, but my gawd did they improve the single player experience. They introduced RPG-Lite mechanics where your character gains new moves as you play. What makes the NES more fun to play though is that your character doesn't move like molasses.
Did!’t know Final Fight Arcade had a push start button option vs insert coin option.
I'm surprised you didn't include the Atari 2600 ports of Double Dragon and Rampage, which were *far* worse than the ones you showed here.