Gradius II on the PC Engine CD was near arcade-perfect and included not only a very good extra level with a new boss that fit in perfectly with the rest of the game, but refined various under-the-hood aspects like the shield hitboxes (so that you don't lose the force field by scrapping one pixel of the ground) and made stage III less annoying by reducing the health of the ice blocks.
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Home versions better than the arcade originals
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petran79
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For Turtles in Time there was a thread a while back, as an answer to a similar thread like the one I am posting
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1172228
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1172228
Lupin the Third
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There it is.
No 4 player though.
More like Soul Calibur, the thread.
This is a bit unfair imho, around this you started to see the exit of technology pushing hardwarr in arcade cabinets due to consoles taking over in popularity.
Cadash is quite simply a better game on the TG16. It is rebalanced to not be nonsense, and they added a system for reviving allies for the TG16 version (instead of putting in another coin). I also think it looks significantly better (it may not be technically better, but I like the simpler look and TG16 colour pallet.).
Cracklox
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Mortal Kombat 2 had a pretty damn solid SNES port. It may not have been 'better' then the arcade but it was at least close and saved me a small fortune in my teenage years.
That game was also my first exposure to the internet. A friend at school one day brought in like a 10-15 page printout of all the fatalities, babalities and all the secret stuff, and I my mind was absolutely blown. He tried explaing how he had a friend 'email' it or some shit to his mums work, but I didn't really understand. Was voodoo magic as far as I was concerned
That game was also my first exposure to the internet. A friend at school one day brought in like a 10-15 page printout of all the fatalities, babalities and all the secret stuff, and I my mind was absolutely blown. He tried explaing how he had a friend 'email' it or some shit to his mums work, but I didn't really understand. Was voodoo magic as far as I was concerned
Came to post.
I've played the arcade and home versions of the G&G games, arcades are better.
Hmm, as a veteran of the arcade version (and a tad biased!) I'm going to offer a counterpoint. Arcade ran at higher horizontal resolution iirc and a wider aspect ratio. Arcade sound mix was also better. PC Engine has this crashy, reverby ring to the sound effects that intrude on the brilliant soundtrack. Ripple laser sound in particular is a nuisance. Then there are the load times between levels on the PC engine.
The final point is how important is the extra level? 1LC-ing the arcade was hard enough 7/8 long levels. Totally with you on the shield hitboxes though, in tight sections you were almost resigned to losing them.
MooMilk2929
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Double Dragon 3 NES was pretty good. No shopping and the graphics were good for NES.
Lupin the Third
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Better because it uses a controller, you get to stay at home, and you don't use quarters, or....?SF Alpha/Zero 3...on the PS2 collection.
Tizoc
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SF Alpha/Zero 3...on the PS2 collection.
That I will allow~
HueyFreeman
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I really hope we're taking about championship circuit edition here (which is still a stretch) because launch window Daytona USA for Saturn is the absolute last game that belongs in this thread topic.
Soul Caliber the thread.
Alex_Mexico
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Not only was the TMNT Turtles in Time Reshelled remake a complete travesty and a dissappintemnt but i was also aghast that this horrible remake to a beloved game wasn't a remake of the version I thought it was! It was a reimagined version of the inferior arcade version!
I didn't know back then how different and superior the SNES game was before buying that horrible remake. Why they didn't remake that one and just slap in 4 player support I'll never know.
I didn't know back then how different and superior the SNES game was before buying that horrible remake. Why they didn't remake that one and just slap in 4 player support I'll never know.
This is a gamma correction issue - which I assume only applies to emulation.
Here's another example from Super Contra:
The palettes used in these games is still a bit ugly, but that first image you posted is not how it's supposed to look.
Because it's an arcade perfect perfect port as far as gameplay and animations go, and you can play with the additional characters added on the psx/saturn ports.
Biggest neggative is that you can't do 240p.
It's also got hyper SFA which is a lot of fun.
Booya_base
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Final Fight CD is the poster child for this - the soundtrack is so incredible and fits so well, I had assumed it was from the arcade version. When we actually later got the 'arcade leefect' version i was incredible dissapointed, it's a world away from the bear perfect CD version.
pretty done
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Tekken 7 PC
CCE is an abomination. The original port may have run like shit, but CCE plays like shit.
It shouldn't even have the Daytona USA name on it.
HueyFreeman
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Agreed - I was strictly referring to the tech, which had at least come a long way. Bottom line: both versions are laughably bad compared to the arcade version.
nkarafo
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SNES Turtles in Time was the first game that came in mind, gg OP.
I played the arcade version after the SNES one and i couldn't believe how inferior it was. The game is a mess and the controls are floaty and imprecise. SNES version plays almost like a different (superior) game.
I played the arcade version after the SNES one and i couldn't believe how inferior it was. The game is a mess and the controls are floaty and imprecise. SNES version plays almost like a different (superior) game.
And better controls.Nah, Turtles in time was on arcades too, the SNES port had a bunch of cool additions. Like throwing foot soldiers towards the screen
My exposure to this version was the Wii Virtual Console. I don't know how it is on a real PCCD, probably worse, but as a Neo Geo CD owner, the 5-10 seconds pause between boss deaths and transition to the next level are more than tolerable .
Mind you, the port could be clearly worse in every single way and I'd still call it superior if it reduced the health of the ice blocks in stage 3. I hate that level so much!
Yea, nothing regarding Daytona USA belongs anywhere near this thread until the XBLA/PSN versions, which OP has explicitly ruled out.
If the opposite of this thread ever gets made, then they should both probably be in the first post.
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this game was my goto when i built my arcade cabinet. i love this gameAtomic Runner Chelnov got a facelift on the Genesis
Haunted Castle came out after Akumajou Dracula/Castlevania.
this post isn't getting enough love.
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Holy crap, how did I forget this. Kicked the ever loving shit out of the arcade version. Thread should be "UN Squadron the thread".
The SNES version allowed any of the pilots to use any plane, added more planes and weapons as a consequence, gave each character more of a specific playstyle, changed up all of the levels, and some other junk. You give up co-op, but that's a small price to pay.
Berserking Guts
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I might be remembering it wrong (it's been about 16 years) but wasn't Time Crisis on the PSX pretty identical to the Arcade version but also had an additional campaign?
shawnbuddy
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I'd add Bionic Commando and Strider to that Arcade to NES list, too. Yeah, both arcade versions are flashier and more impressive, but the NES ports had exploration and Metroidvania elements that elevated them.
Many of the recent Sega classics on 3DS could make an argument for this.
Each are arcade perfect representations but have additional features, not least being truly fantastic implementation of 3D which when combined with the eye-locking feature on the New 3DS elevate titles such as Outrun and Super Hang-On with Gyro Steering to definitive edition status.
Each are arcade perfect representations but have additional features, not least being truly fantastic implementation of 3D which when combined with the eye-locking feature on the New 3DS elevate titles such as Outrun and Super Hang-On with Gyro Steering to definitive edition status.
The SNES version allowed any of the pilots to use any plane, added more planes and weapons as a consequence, gave each character more of a specific playstyle, changed up all of the levels, and some other junk. You give up co-op, but that's a small price to pay.
Random question, but was their a name of the Icon that is being used for the selection screen that is found in this game and a couple other Capcom games?
SicSemperTyrannis
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Was expecting the first post to be:
Dreacast the thread.
Am mildly disappointed, but Soul Calibur counts toward that.
Dreacast the thread.
Am mildly disappointed, but Soul Calibur counts toward that.
RowdyReverb
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Definitely. The arcade version feels so clunky and loose by comparison, and it's not as easy to read the onscreen actionThe first Contra for NES.
Arcade:
NES:
Though the Arcade version looks better on a technical level, the artstyle is incredible ugly, but more importantly, the NES version has much tighter controls and level design, and all the stages were extended.
The second game's stages were extended for the NES port as well, you even got a new final boss, though in that game I kinda prefer the Arcade version.
It's not like you can say that for every DC port, VF3 and Sega Rally 2 were worse than their arcade counterparts.