Insanely Downgraded Ports Thread (feat. SF2 on Commodore 64)
For some reason, I am fascinated by ports of awesome games to hardware with only a fraction of the power, and the train wrecks that sometimes result. Back in high school my friend SWORE that there was a C64 port of Street Fighter II, but I told him he was full of BULL CRAP. Oh yeah? Look what I just dug up from Mobygames.
OH MY GOD IT ACTUALLY IS REAL. Look at those graphics, lovingly recreated from the arcade at 160x200 with 16 BITCHIN' colors. Ken and Guile are both distinctly defined by the true-to-life hues of their costumes, though Ken now has black hair. Note the sonic boom. You can also tell that this game is Street Fighter II because it tells you at the top of the screen.
In this shot Dhalsim lets off a yoga flame, leaning forward in his signature it-looks-like-I'm-farting pose. Also, Ryu is levitating.
BUT IT GETS BETTER! Some crazy bastards licensed and ported SF2 to the damn ZX Spectrum, too! JUST FREAKING LOOK AT THIS!!!
Blanka talking shit. I feel the most inferior part of this port is the lack of punctuation.
OH MY GOD WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. What I can figure is Dhalsim is chilling out and levitating in the center of the room, and E Honda (not E. Honda, again no punctuation) is clearly distracted by something off-screen, maybe some naked dudes, or an all-you-can-eat buffet.
This is bizarre because I don't think they redrew the sprites, but got the original data and converted them into monochrome. Note that the entire screen is blue because Chun Li is fighting and Chun Li's outfit is blue (don't ask about alternate costume colors, please). It says that she's fighting Guile, but it looks more like Yoshimitsu from Tekken, or Rax from Eternal Champions. Other observations: the bottom of Chun Li's feet are missing; there is a large phallus in the middle of the screen.
Here's a video of SF2 on C64. The sound is all screwed up, which sucks because I was expecting some bitchin' SID-chip remixes of the SF2 music.
This is the ZX Spectrum version and is a lot more painful. Here's the Spectrum version of Outrun if you need more pain!
Has anyone got anything more obscure than this?
For some reason, I am fascinated by ports of awesome games to hardware with only a fraction of the power, and the train wrecks that sometimes result. Back in high school my friend SWORE that there was a C64 port of Street Fighter II, but I told him he was full of BULL CRAP. Oh yeah? Look what I just dug up from Mobygames.
OH MY GOD IT ACTUALLY IS REAL. Look at those graphics, lovingly recreated from the arcade at 160x200 with 16 BITCHIN' colors. Ken and Guile are both distinctly defined by the true-to-life hues of their costumes, though Ken now has black hair. Note the sonic boom. You can also tell that this game is Street Fighter II because it tells you at the top of the screen.
In this shot Dhalsim lets off a yoga flame, leaning forward in his signature it-looks-like-I'm-farting pose. Also, Ryu is levitating.
BUT IT GETS BETTER! Some crazy bastards licensed and ported SF2 to the damn ZX Spectrum, too! JUST FREAKING LOOK AT THIS!!!
Blanka talking shit. I feel the most inferior part of this port is the lack of punctuation.
OH MY GOD WHAT IS GOING ON HERE. What I can figure is Dhalsim is chilling out and levitating in the center of the room, and E Honda (not E. Honda, again no punctuation) is clearly distracted by something off-screen, maybe some naked dudes, or an all-you-can-eat buffet.
This is bizarre because I don't think they redrew the sprites, but got the original data and converted them into monochrome. Note that the entire screen is blue because Chun Li is fighting and Chun Li's outfit is blue (don't ask about alternate costume colors, please). It says that she's fighting Guile, but it looks more like Yoshimitsu from Tekken, or Rax from Eternal Champions. Other observations: the bottom of Chun Li's feet are missing; there is a large phallus in the middle of the screen.
Here's a video of SF2 on C64. The sound is all screwed up, which sucks because I was expecting some bitchin' SID-chip remixes of the SF2 music.
This is the ZX Spectrum version and is a lot more painful. Here's the Spectrum version of Outrun if you need more pain!
Has anyone got anything more obscure than this?
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