Worst arcade port to a home console

[treismac]

*Sorry if this thread has been done before.*

Was there an arcade game that you loved dearly that broke your heart when it was miserably converted to home console?

For me, there was Bad Dudes on the NES. Dearly did I love the arcade version, and eagerly did I await its arrival to my Nintendo. O' what joy would be found as I sat before my glowing television with my faithful NES controller in hand as Bad Dudes left the local arcade to take up residence in my very own Nintendo (that I actually shared with my brother). Sadly, as was often the case, the game I cherished and enjoyed so dearly was butchered terribly by a combination of poor programming and inferior technology. A loss of graphic fidelity is to be expected when an arcade game was squeezed into a NES cartridge, but the flickering game play rendered the game unplayable like drunken night time frisbee. Oh... and forget playing with your friend. There was a two player mode, but you had to take turns rather than fight back to back. Horrible. Probably the single most disappointing gaming experience I suffered on the venerable gray box of plastic.

[Emperor Megas]

I could talk about those all day. Man, some of those NES arcade ports were the worst. One of the things I hated the most was the way that they'd make a completely different game sometimes. It wasn't always a bad game, but I'd always be disappointed that it wasn't the arcade version at all. They'd even write shit like "the arcade hit" on the box sometimes or in the ads sometimes.

Rygar was the one that really got my goat, because it was one of my all time favorite arcade games, but it was a totally different game on the NES though. The NES version is what most people think about when you say Rygar, and everyone loved it. But I wanted my arcade port.

I thought that Double Dragon on the NES was pretty terrible too, with the whole collecting hearts thing.

Pac-Man for the Atari 2600; I don't even have to go there.

[Baloo]

Really hard to say, as so many 80s arcade games got awful ports on Atari 2600 and the other systems of the time.

[InsaneDavid]

Considering arcade to NES comparisons has been my shtick at Retrogaming Times Monthly since 2004, I'd say 720 Degrees for the NES.

It's complete garbage, really.

[sfchakan]

I bought this one game called Time Killers for the Sega Genesis. There's no way that the arcade game was that shitty! It was real bad, man!

[Leo_A]

Many classic era home ports of Outrun fall into this category. I've played some horrible renditions of Outrun over the years.

[retroguy]

I bought this one game called Time Killers for the Sega Genesis. There's no way that the arcade game was that shitty! It was real bad, man!

I don't know, I wasn't too impressed with the arcade game. It's about ten times gorier than Mortal Kombat, but aside from that, there's not much of interest. But then, I don't play a lot of fighting games, so what do I know?

[RPG_Fanatic]

I'd say 720 Degrees for the NES.
It's complete garbage, really.

I was going to say the same game. I remember waiting for this game to come out and when it did I bought it since I loved the arcade game. Opened it up and put it in my NES and I just thought this game is SHIT!!!!!!!!

[Greg2600]

Had it come out, Pit Fighter for the Atari 7800. Since this one actually did, Pit Fighter for the SNES.

[Ro-J]

Frogger for the SNES is the worst arcade port I've ever played....and is the only game released for both the 2600 and the SNES in which the 2600 version is superior.