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[YoungBuck219]

WWF WrestleFest

I'm not sure if a port was made.

 

[jholmes]

No home release could really do it justice, but F-Zero AX is one of my all-time favourites:

Another favourite is the Simpsons arcade game. That did get a port but that port has since been pulled from the market, so we're back to not having it again, so I guess it counts?

 

[xDUMPWEEDx]

Cyber Sled

Tokyo Wars

 

[Shun]

Gunslinger Stratos

The latest Initial D games Post PS2

Beatmania IIDX Post PS2

and more Bemani games.

I play a shit ton of arcade games and I wish some had a console equivalent sometimes.

 

[entremet]

WWF WrestleFest

I'm not sure if a port was made.

Loved these games. Licensing

 

[Timu]

This is why I'm going to hunt down arcade pcbs...anyways, for starters:

 

[Canis lupus]

No home release could really do it justice, but F-Zero AX is one of my all-time favourites:
it counts?

Can't you unlock AX's content in GX?

 

[SmokedMeat]

Cyber Sled

Tokyo Wars

Cybersled was a PSOne launch game

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Prop Cycle (Namco) always looked neat to me. If they were to expand it a bit into something like Pilotwings it could be pretty great.
Dolphin Blue (similar to Metal Slug)

 

[HYDE]

I want the Arcade versions of Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong...not trash ports Nintendo.

 

[system11]

Just as upsetting are the many arcade games which only had poor ports. Consider for a moment the many depressing versions of Robocop.

 

[Jamix012]

I want the Arcade versions of Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong...not trash ports Nintendo.

You can buy Donkey Kong 64 and play for 15 hours to unlock it? lol. Yeah I know it's actually rebuilt from the ground up, but I doubt anyone can actually tell the difference.

 

[ArclightBorealis]

Two words:

Too Spicy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tfAagLi9n8

Cover based light gun shooter with a name that would fit as the title of a John Woo film.

 

[tirkaroKujo]

Played this a lot back when Chinatown Fair was still alive. That pink haired Kendo girl was my favorite. The things I'd give for a port to home systems w/ online.

Also, Ollie King looks interesting even though the only thing I know about it is that it has music by Hideki Naganuma.

 

[Baron Aloha]

No home release could really do it justice, but F-Zero AX is one of my all-time favourites

If you didn't know already...you can unlock an AX cup in GX. Also the entire arcade game itself can be accessed/played if you have an Action Replay, though I have never done it myself.

Rumble Fish 2

A PS2 version was released in Japan. I have no idea if its any good though.

 

[Moofers]

AVP

Yes! The holy grail of arcade beatem ups.

Midway's The Grid. Very simple, silly death match type game that used a flight stick and track ball for controls. It controlled surprisingly well once you go the hang of it. It was supposed to come out for Dreamcast but it never materialized.

Right on. Years ago, this mall in Atlanta had three of these linked for a quarter per play. Good times in this days. Remember the secret MK characters?

Also, CARNEVIL

http://youtu.be/DT9OdJ5snoQ

I so wish this would come home one day. Never even got included in the midway arcade collections.

 

[Hours Left]

Muscle Bomber/Ring of Destruction I & II Please Capcom!

(I know the first one got a SNES/Genesis port, but I want the arcade version.)

 

[Baron Aloha]

Right on. Years ago, this mall in Atlanta had three of these linked for a quarter per play. Good times in this days. Remember the secret MK characters?

Yes. Also the announcer guy... when you unlocked him and selected him he would say "meeeee!!" instead of the character's name. My favorite character was Trixie though. Her super power (invisibility) was OP as shit. Everyone played as her...people constantly cloaking and de-cloaking. It almost became a mini-game on who would stay hidden the longest.

 

[tirkaroKujo]

A PS2 version was released in Japan. I have no idea if its any good though.

There is? I thought only the first game got ported. Weird.

 

[baphomet]

Played this a lot back when Chinatown Fair was still alive. That pink haired Kendo girl was my favorite. The things I'd give for a port to home systems w/ online.

Also, Ollie King looks interesting even though the only thing I know about it is that it has music by Hideki Naganuma.

It got ported to ps2. I own the arcade board of it though.

 

[Meesh]

+1 for Aliens vs Predator!

I'm probably in the minority who really loved Cadillac and Dinosaurs. Bring it back Capcom, bring it hard.

 

[『Inaba Resident』]

Zenaki Battle Royale is the only correct answer.
Its an actual good DBZ game that, for some reason , didn't get ported to anything. Completely japan exclusive.
Absolutely blows my mind.

 

[Jawmuncher]

No home release could really do it justice, but F-Zero AX is one of my all-time favourites:

Another favourite is the Simpsons arcade game. That did get a port but that port has since been pulled from the market, so we're back to not having it again, so I guess it counts?

It kinda has a port
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/07/full-f-zero-ax-arcade-game-discovered-in-f-zero-gx/

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

My favorite Capcom beat 'em up:


Licensing is probably a nightmare for this. That and it'd probably sell like ass, anyway. Battle Circuit too, I guess, though I imagine Cpaocm not porting that is more out of total disinterest.

Cadillacs & Dinosaurs is the best beat-em-up ever. That shit is so, so good.

I really need to buy the PCB some day.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

The Lost World
Virtua Cop 3
Daytona 2
Scud Race

Basically every Sega arcade game that never saw a home port.

 

[jholmes]

Can't you unlock AX's content in GX?

If you didn't know already...you can unlock an AX cup in GX. Also the entire arcade game itself can be accessed/played if you have an Action Replay, though I have never done it myself.

It kinda has a port
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/07/full-f-zero-ax-arcade-game-discovered-in-f-zero-gx/

I do know this and I brought a memory card with me to unlock the courses on the cabinet. It's still not a port of the full game, and nothing is going to simulate that cabinet at home.

 

[Voliko]

Alien Vs Predator (Capcom Beat 'em up)
Armed Police Batrider
Battle Bakraid
Xexex
R-Type Leo

XEXEX has a port on the PSP Salamander collection. What a game.

 

[djSyndrome]

Beatmania III
Any IIDX after Empress

 

[Teknopathetic]

"Gunslinger Stratos"

Just in case you missed this

 

[grap3fruitman]

Dead or Alive ++
I'm going to try and get a cabinet some day. I put some moveset videos up on YouTube for two characters. I should get around to a few more. 1 2

 

[lingpanda]

Star Wars Arcade Trilogy
Jurassic Park

I wish the dreamcast had legs so Star Wars Trilogy would have been released.

 

[Deadpool_X]

For me, it would have to be Sega's Spider-man: The Video Game. It was a great side-scrolling beat 'em up that had side-scrolling shooting levels mixed in, ala Contra. Also, the game was a quartery thief in that, like Gauntlet, you health was always ticking down and you had to find health pickups to replenish it. It may sound strange, but for a kid in the 90's who was infatuated with Spider-man, it was amazing!

 

[BoatAck]

Vendetta (Crime Fighters 2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3GBtY8x1M

I played it in the arcade a bunch when I was about 10 or so and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I wonder if it holds up? Probably not I suppose.

 

[MukuroTatsuya]

you can emulate anything from bemani past IIDX empress if you google enough

 

[MrCaliaztec]

Always loved these two in arcades. Don't think we ever saw stateside releases on home console.

And

Both played many hours as a young lad.

 

[Emperor Bohe]

This thread makes me happy and sad at the same time

 

[Shun]

"Gunslinger Stratos"

Just in case you missed this

Fuck... No way... I hope they do Gunslinger Stratos 2 as well.

I love it and I wish there was a console port since I'm not a PC kind of person. Good shit either way.

 

[gelf]

Always loved these two in arcades. Don't think we ever saw stateside releases on home console.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/LcFT5YWmQbs/maxresdefault.jpg[/img

And

[img]http://www.coin.demon.co.uk/machines/mimage/von400.jpg

Both played many hours as a young lad.

Virtual On got a Saturn and a PC release. You can even get a twin stick controller.

 

[Orochinagis]

Night Slayers

I dont remember it was ported and I never finished the game

 

[MrCaliaztec]

Virtual On got a Saturn and a PC release. You can even get a twin stick controller.

Is it that arcade version though? Always thought they were inferior products and even remember when Sega was seemingly trying to revive it the newer stuff didn't look too true to the arcade either.

 

[The Bankslammer]

Is it that arcade version though? Always thought they were inferior products and even remember when Sega was seemingly trying to revive it the newer stuff didn't look too true to the arcade either.

The Sega AGES PS2 version should be pretty solid, and if the other AM2 ports are anything to go by, so should the (Japanese only, but getting it off JP PSN shouldn't be too hard) XBL/PSN port.

Not sure about the availability of proper twin-stick controllers for those platforms, though.

 

[gelf]

Is it that arcade version though? Always thought they were inferior products and even remember when Sega was seemingly trying to revive it the newer stuff didn't look too true to the arcade either.

If this thread was "games that didn't get Arcade Perfect ports" it would apply (and also make for a very very long list) but I assume we're looking for games that never got a home port at all. Its not arcade perfect by a long shot but I thought the Saturn version was pretty good.

 

[brainpann]

E.S.P. Ra De is one of the most amazing shooters I have ever played, yet never recieved an kind of home port. I guess playing the sequel on my iPhone is cool, ,but I prefer the first one.

Came to post this. Awesome game and sadly no home port.


Also want to mention Police Trainer. I love this game and would have loved to have seen it ported to playstation or Saturn.

 

[Uncle Rupee]

Konami's Poly Stars Tobe! looked a bit like Twinbee in 3D polygon form, never released on home consoles and AFAIK not even emulated on MAME.

 

[Marceles]

Capcom's Alien Vs Predator

Never even heard of this but wow, I'm already sold

 

[revolverjgw]

The Cliffhanger- Edward Randy

 

[Zeth]

Never even heard of this but wow, I'm already sold

It's like Capcom applied some of their Street Fighter know-how to a beat'em up. It's really a gem.

 

[Razlo]

I never played it. I also can't find good images from work. But... wht about The Outfoxies? Is it any good?

I came to post this. Outfoxies is incredible.

 

[bengraven]

Beaten by the OP.

Why the FUCK didn't we get a port?!

 

[Fhtagn]

The Lost World
Virtua Cop 3
Daytona 2
Scud Race

Basically every Sega arcade game that never saw a home port.

I love Virtual Cop 3!

Rutgers had a machine, I sunk a lot of coins into it about a decade ago.