Not quite the arcade at home...

Started by guest4277, July 03, 2012, 12:02:04 PM

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TL

C64 has much more RAM for a start and better handling of sprites. Lazy programming could also be another answer.

NES owners usually got so called "arcade conversions" that were different to the coin-op but Tengen were one of the few companies who generally gave you the real thing so it is a strange one.

Rogue Trooper

Quote from: "The Laird"C64 has much more RAM for a start and better handling of sprites. Lazy programming could also be another answer.

NES owners usually got so called "arcade conversions" that were different to the coin-op but Tengen were one of the few companies who generally gave you the real thing so it is a strange one.
You have seen the C64 version i take it? sprites are nowhere near the size of those in the Nes version let alone the detail (blocky as in C64).Plus C64 version has very poor controls.It smacked of a rushed conversion on C64.

Nes version looks far, far better than C64 version.

Anonymous

Very much enjoying this thread  :41:

TL


TrekMD

That's just Rygar by name on the NES.  The Lynx has a real port of the arcade.  :)

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Rogue Trooper

Lynx version differs from arcade version in some areas, less rounds and different layouts on some.

Never quite understood the press hate for the Lyncx version though, the C+VG review is up on here elsewhere, but add to that the 6.6/10 from neXgam, 56/100 Powerplay, 40/100 defunct games etc and it seems unloved.

Pal Nes version is said to have a game breaking bug making last boss impossible to defeat.

Master System version, is different to arcade game also, as it adds underground sections.

TL

Another one from the Sega Master System, Thunderblade is very different to the arcade:

Master System Longplay [036] Thunder Blade

Thunder Blade (Arcade)

TrekMD

It appears the NES is notorious for having arcade ports that are nothing like the arcade.  Here is another example, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.  Don't let the fact that it has the same music fool you.  ;)  I spent a great many quarters playing this game on the arcade in college. 

[align=center:2zrimd0z]Arcade
Retro Arcade: Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom - Completion on Hard (No Continue)

NES
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - NES Gameplay[/align:2zrimd0z]

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TL

Another Master System game that is almost totally different to the arcade game it's based upon:

Line of Fire, Master System

Line of Fire (world)

TrekMD

Here's another example of a game that is not like on the arcade:

[align=center:v650zcn2]Gauntlet Arcade
Gauntlet - Arcade

Gauntlet NES
Gauntlet NES Elf Play-it-through 1[/align:v650zcn2]

The difference go beyond just the visuals (which could simply be explained by hardware limitations) as the gameplay itself is different.

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Gorf

The color scheme of the NES was never appealing....very dry looking colors....no brilliance and in need
of some serious saturation.  It had issues with scrolling and unwanted transparency, flickering sprites
and all sorts of issues. It's no surprise that they rarely bothered to do the arcade like they should have
been.