Great arcade games with terrible home conversions.

[InsaneDavid]

Skull & Crossbones on the NES. I compared it against the arcade version in Retrogaming Times Monthly issue 22.

[SegaAges]

Simpsons Arcade

[skaar]

Arcade to home...

TMNT II for the NES was sad in comparison.

Most of the DDR pads sucked unless you built yourself a proper pad - but that was a controller issue more than anything.

Most of the SNK titles ported to SNES were a crime - even the DC/PS ports were usually pretty sad with loadtimes and all.

Home vs. arcade

Rygar - the NES version was way better I thought... didn't get into the arcade.

Same with Strider - I liked it much more on the NES.

[koshichka]

Arcade to home...

TMNT II for the NES was sad in comparison.

Okay, the graphics didn't come close, I missed the voices, and not supporting 4-player due to system limitations is kinda sad (I had a 4-score), but the NES version actually has two or three extra levels, and for the time it was a very playable game, so I wouldn't say it's by any means 'terrible'

[Mac Tonight]

TMNT II for the NES was pretty impressive for it's day. I remember when I got it new as a child being thrilled that it played so close to the arcade. The extra levels were definitely a bonus.

Of course, looking back on it, we can do a MAME side-by-side comparison and nit pick the NES version's faults, but for the era, it was probably the best example of a modern arcade game ported to a console.

Now, Indiana Jones & The Temple Of Doom..... THAT was a terrible Arcade-to-NES conversion!

[TheDomesticInstitution]

I'll add another one.

I fondly remember playing Captain America and the Avengers as a kid. The speed and graphics of the console ports (SNES/Genesis) weren't that great. Closer than the TMNTII NES/Arcade versions, but still not great.

Maybe not terrible, but certainly lackluster.