darthkur Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 That's actually the case in 99% of arcade games for the CoCo. It seems like Tandy had the largest ratio of "knock-off" types than any other maker. What about Commodore? At least on the VIC-20, I can't think of any licensed game titles other than Gorf, though a fair number of their early carts were arcade knockoffs (Vic Avenger, Radar Rat Race, Cosmic Cruncher, etc.) True the Vic-20 had a lot of knockoffs but there were real official versions available for the system, for example by Atarisoft. For Tandy's Color Computers they just were not there. That's alright though, I still love my CoCo's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthkur Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 That's actually the case in 99% of arcade games for the CoCo. It seems like Tandy had the largest ratio of "knock-off" types than any other maker. Too cheap to pay licenses. LOL. Still, I keep my CoCo just for "A Mazing World Of Malcolm Mortar". Malcolm Mortar is one of my favorites! That game's a real challenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Another lousy conversion would also be Double Dragon for the 2600 In terms of arcade faithfullness, I agree. On the other hand, it looks sharp for a 2600 game. Now if only they didn't kick you while you were down so much ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briza Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 That's actually the case in 99% of arcade games for the CoCo. It seems like Tandy had the largest ratio of "knock-off" types than any other maker. Too cheap to pay licenses. LOL. Still, I keep my CoCo just for "A Mazing World Of Malcolm Mortar". Malcolm Mortar is one of my favorites! That game's a real challenge. Not all the games were bad ports. Some games for the Coco3 that could be classed as excellent. would be Sinistarr, Those Darn Marbles(Based on the Marble Madness game on the Amiga), Rampage, Rad Warrior, Gold Runner 2000(1 of the best 8 bit Lode runner versions I have played). just to name a few. But there is 2 games officially licensed by Tandy that are really crap, lousy graphics, over rated to play. Predator and Robocop for the coco3. Glad I never paid for these 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briza Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 That's actually the case in 99% of arcade games for the CoCo. It seems like Tandy had the largest ratio of "knock-off" types than any other maker. Too cheap to pay licenses. LOL. Still, I keep my CoCo just for "A Mazing World Of Malcolm Mortar". Malcolm Mortar is one of my favorites! That game's a real challenge. Not all the games were bad ports. Some games for the Coco3 that could be classed as excellent. would be Sinistarr, Those Darn Marbles(Based on the Marble Madness game on the Amiga), Rampage, Rad Warrior, Gold Runner 2000(1 of the best 8 bit Lode runner versions I have played). just to name a few. But there is 2 games officially licensed by Tandy that are really crap, lousy graphics, over rated to play. Predator and Robocop for the coco3. Glad I never paid for these 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Donkey Kong and Pac-Man for the 2600 were just awful in every way. Honestly, there were very few ports for the 2600 that were very good, as the systems limitations hampered the programmers. Look how bad Defender was compared to the arcade (I HATED the fact that you had to go under the skyline to use the hyper bomb). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Tyler Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Here are some I just thought of: Rally Bike (NES) - In the arcade game, every time you crashed, you'd lose some fuel and then resume from where you crashed. In the NES version, you were given five chances, and if you crashed, it was back to the beginning for you. And did I mention those levels are rather loooooooooooooong and very difficult?? NARC (NES) - OK, this was just plain awful. I mean tapping the buttons to jump and fire grenades? Why not hold select and press the buttons or something? They should've put this on the SNES instead. Just about any of Coleco's Atari 2600 efforts - You know if Atari had Quality Control they never would've let that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Double Dragon for the NES. Without all the hype surrounding it, and the false advertising of the Double Dragon name on the box and cart, no one would ever have ever been able to tell this was a port of the arcade game. It bears no similarity to DD Arcade whatsoever. Not to mention its a horrible game on top of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirahedgehog Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis for GBA. Insanly bad port of the Genesis version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Double Dragon for the NES. Without all the hype surrounding it, and the false advertising of the Double Dragon name on the box and cart, no one would ever have ever been able to tell this was a port of the arcade game. It bears no similarity to DD Arcade whatsoever. Not to mention its a horrible game on top of it. Holy shit, I'm constantly agreeing with Gabriel lately. Wow. Double Dragon without the ability to, you know, play doubles is stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticGamer Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis for GBA. Insanly bad port of the Genesis version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Yeah I agree, but Sega was never good at making a (good) quick buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Just about any of Coleco's Atari 2600 efforts - You know if Atari had Quality Control they never would've let that happen. Atari's quality control had nothing to do with what 3rd parties did -- anybody could release any game they wanted to. There was no licensing, permission, or communication of any kind with Atari required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Eidolon Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Spelunker fer the NES. I loved the Atari computer verion. The NES port had a lot of areas left out and the gameplay was just off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sprite Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/orig...62581813-00.gif Not work safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Not to mention its a horrible game on top of it. Horrible? At least it's better than the 2600 and 7800 versions, and even the SMS version to an extent (mainly because of the horrible hit detection). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisrael Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/orig...62581813-00.gif Not work safe. Nor safe to hotlink, silly. We can't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarifever Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Not to mention its a horrible game on top of it. Horrible? At least it's better than the 2600 and 7800 versions, and even the SMS version to an extent (mainly because of the horrible hit detection). Now, I won't even get into why I think the 7800 version is much better based on having a two player option (regardless of the graphics, as the co-op mode IS Double Dragon). However, saying the NES version is better than the 2600 version is rather unnecessary. If the NES version weren't better than the version running on a system from the 70s, then the NES version would really be in trouble. Saying "at least it's better than the 2600 version" is no more a defense than saying "hey, at least my phone service is better than using a string and tin cans". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sprite Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/orig...62581813-00.gif Not work safe. Nor safe to hotlink, silly. We can't see it. As you wish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Charlie Cat Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Some of the Virtua Fighter Arcade ports were a bummer. Especially VF 1. Even though the Rest of the Virtua Fighter Ports were fine, but they were not what I call "Perfect" Anthony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticGamer Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 Another: Mega Swiv, dear God this is awful compared to the Snes version. Completely uninspired level design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segataritensoftii Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Toy Story on the Game Boy was a pretty bad port, as Game Boy ports generally are. But the fact that you only got 2 in level music tracks for the entire game, which lasted something like 16 levels, made it downright painful to play. Most of your time playing is spent wishing to hear something other than the 2 music tracks you've heard 10 grillion times already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Not all the games were bad ports. Some games for the Coco3 that could be classed as excellent. would be Sinistarr, Those Darn Marbles(Based on the Marble Madness game on the Amiga), Rampage, Rad Warrior, Gold Runner 2000(1 of the best 8 bit Lode runner versions I have played). just to name a few. But there is 2 games officially licensed by Tandy that are really crap, lousy graphics, over rated to play. Predator and Robocop for the coco3. Glad I never paid for these 2. I didn't mind Robocop myself, though I could never get into Predator either. Wanted to like it but just couldn't get into it. Same with Super Pitfall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratfink Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Mr. Do! for the 2600 and Q*bert for the Odyssey 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sprite Posted June 27, 2007 Share Posted June 27, 2007 Afterburner for the GBA. Screenshots can't show you what went wrong - it's something you have to experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtticGamer Posted June 27, 2007 Author Share Posted June 27, 2007 Afterburner for the GBA. Screenshots can't show you what went wrong - it's something you have to experience. Looks like Sega is the queen of bad ports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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