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    Default Good Arcade-To-Home Translations.

    Barring actual emulation (such as MAME), what arcade-to-home translations have you considered to be at least "good?" Note that you can consider it to be so for any reason whatsoever. All systems, including computers, are welcome.

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    There have been many good arcade-to-home translations.

    1. Playstation-tekken1,2,3 Soulblade, Streetfighter alpha 3, MK3, Streetfighter collection 1 and 2,

    2. Saturn-Capcoms streetfighter games(Sf the movie stank as a game IMO), but those 2d fighters are better on the Saturn(more Ram means more frames of animation ) Also I have to mention the 2d imports like the VS. series....sweet...so sweet. hardly no load times at all with that extra ram needed to play them :lol:
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    Atari 2600:

    Breakout and Super Breakout.
    Pong Games.
    Space Invaders.
    Phoenix.


    Atari 5200:

    Berzerk. It was so good, hearing that voice again...
    Qix.
    Pac-Man.
    Ms. Pac-Man.
    Defender.
    Mario Bros.
    Centipede.


    Atari 7800:

    Dig Dug.
    Pole Position 2.
    JOUST!
    Xevious.
    Hat Trick.
    Asteroids.
    Ms. Pac-Man.
    Food Fight.
    Robotron: 2084.


    Nintendo Entertainment System:

    Elevator Action.
    Galaga.
    Klax.
    Donkey Kong (4-screen version).
    Donkey Kong Jr.
    Donkey Kong 3 (well, I like it...).
    Gauntlet.
    Ghosts `N Goblins.


    Sega Genesis:

    Strider (but I gave it and the Genesis away).


    ColecoVision:

    Donkey Kong Jr. (4-screen version).
    Ladybug.
    Pepper 2.
    Mousetrap.
    Spy Hunter (we can all agree here!).
    Front Line.
    Turbo.
    Cosmic Avenger.
    Venture.
    Carnival.
    Frenzy.
    Space Invasion (close enough to Space Invaders!).
    Burgertime.
    Bump `N Jump.
    Slither.
    Mr. Do!'s Castle.
    Space Panic (well, uh...I like it!).
    Boulder Dash (computer-to-arcade-to-home).

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    The NES has a 4-screen version of DK? Where can that be found? Was it an American release? I've only played the DK / DKJ combo cart, and it had the 3-screen version of DK on it.

    Back to topic, most any NAOMI-based arcade game that was ported to DC turned out great, at least in the accuracy department. Power Stone, Power Stone 2, Zero Gunner 2, Crazy Taxi, Cosmic Smash, Virtua Tennis, GigaWing 2, Cannon Spike, Charge N' Blast, Dead or Alive 2, Zombie Revenge, etc.

    The same holds true on the PS2 for System 246-based games like Soul Calibur 2 and Tekken 4.

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    Genesis: Ghouls'N Ghosts

    I spent a good chunk of last weekend playing GnG on Mame AND Gens, and exept for the lack of a few details (most notably the intro from the arcade version and the flecks of stone falling off of the first boss), the Genesis version is exeptionally close to the arcade version.

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    How could anyone say 2600 Space Invaders is a good port. Sure it was a fun and good game in and of itself.. but all debating aside on which one was "better", the fact is the 2600 port was definitely *not* the arcade game. (I loved it nonetheless so don't get me wrong). But you might as well say Intellivision Space Armada is a good port then as well...

    2600 Q-Bert was a good port simply because even though the graphics sucked, the gameplay was spot-on. I could go in the arcade and spank the arcade version just by virtue of practicing the 2600 Q-Bert at home. Not many other arcade translations of the time could claim that (and certainly not Space Invaders). :P

    Genesis Ghouls and Ghosts was another great translation. Agreed. I mastered it at home and thus could finish it at the arcade just as easily..

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    Q-bert had good ports for the O2 and the INTV as well.

    I want to point out the SNES street fighter 2 games as being good too. There were a few missing frames of animation and the backgrounds weren't as nice, but give the player a stick and you could improve with them for the arcade.
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    Often, the problem is that the console conversion is either easier or tougher than the original. Take BurgerTime for the NES, for example. Fun game and all, but man is it tough! Playing the original arcade game is quite easy after you've played it on the NES.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aswald
    Nintendo Entertainment System:

    Donkey Kong (4-screen version).
    Eh?

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    Yes, there really is a 4-screen version of Donkey Kong for the NES (I never lie about these sort of things). When I visited the home of a fellow CV fan (the one who told me about the CV Centipede with the improved graphics), his wife, who was an NES fan, showed me the game- in fact, I even played it (it was really good). It made the CV version pale by comparison, although the 4-screen CV Donkey Kong Jr. held up rather well to its NES counterpart, as did Burgertime and Spy Hunter.

    A pity I didn't have Lord of the Dungeon at the time. THAT would've been something!

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    Default Lethal Enforcers On SNES

    I bought a shrink wrapped Lethal Enforcers SNES Set at some garage sale this weekend, and I love it. Great Port!!!
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    Default Re: Lethal Enforcers On SNES

    Quote Originally Posted by The Street Fighter Vega
    I bought a shrink wrapped Lethal Enforcers SNES Set at some garage sale this weekend, and I love it. Great Port!!!
    They were selling the SegaCD version with the gun at my local dollar store last year, I got 4 of them just because I remember when it came out it was $70. Ha! in the end I win.


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