What games do you know where you find a specific console port better than the original arcade game?
It needs to be an actual port. Games that just have the same name, but where both versions are actually two completely different games, like "Strider" for the arcade and the NES, don't count.
Same with expanded ports. While "Donkey Kong" for the NES could be a valid example, "Donkey Kong" for the Game Boy from 1994 isn't. That comparison would be a bit unfair.
Or imagine they had done a Super Nintendo version of "Donkey Kong" with just the four original levels, but with graphics like from "Donkey Kong Country" and the game physics of "Super Mario World": That wouldn't count either.
Just regular ports please. A new soundtrack here ("Rush'n'Attack") or a different level there (some "Turtles" game for the Super Nintendo) is o.k. But if the port is basically "<Game name> Deluxe", then that's not what I mean.
In my case, I recently tried the arcade version of "Paperboy" on MAME just because I have never seen it before. And what shall I say? I don't like it.
I just cannot control the guy properly. O.k., it might have to do with the unconventional controls that have to be mapped to the keyboard in MAME.
So, I tried the Game Boy Color version which seems to be a scaled-down, but othewise faithful port, right down to the same options screen. And it didn't get better.
The way the paperboy moves to the left just feels odd. And I always run into every object because I always misguide the whole "visual real world perspective vs. sprite-based collision detection" thing.
Now, the NES version (and the regular Game Boy version which looks and plays identical to the NES game, as I said in another thread) is a really neat little game. I've never had problems with the controls. The game just plays much better.
The graphics are another factor. The NES version looks much more "classic" and stylish. I have always been very fond of those visuals. They remind me of various movies and shows that play in the suburbs. In this game, it's easily concievable that you ride your bike through Elm Street or Wisteria Lane or whatever. The arcade graphics somehow don't do this for me.
Oh, and by the way, let's compare the protagonist in both versions:
Yeah, I would say the NES rendition is a huge improvement over Hamster Cheek.
It needs to be an actual port. Games that just have the same name, but where both versions are actually two completely different games, like "Strider" for the arcade and the NES, don't count.
Same with expanded ports. While "Donkey Kong" for the NES could be a valid example, "Donkey Kong" for the Game Boy from 1994 isn't. That comparison would be a bit unfair.
Or imagine they had done a Super Nintendo version of "Donkey Kong" with just the four original levels, but with graphics like from "Donkey Kong Country" and the game physics of "Super Mario World": That wouldn't count either.
Just regular ports please. A new soundtrack here ("Rush'n'Attack") or a different level there (some "Turtles" game for the Super Nintendo) is o.k. But if the port is basically "<Game name> Deluxe", then that's not what I mean.
In my case, I recently tried the arcade version of "Paperboy" on MAME just because I have never seen it before. And what shall I say? I don't like it.
I just cannot control the guy properly. O.k., it might have to do with the unconventional controls that have to be mapped to the keyboard in MAME.
So, I tried the Game Boy Color version which seems to be a scaled-down, but othewise faithful port, right down to the same options screen. And it didn't get better.
The way the paperboy moves to the left just feels odd. And I always run into every object because I always misguide the whole "visual real world perspective vs. sprite-based collision detection" thing.
Now, the NES version (and the regular Game Boy version which looks and plays identical to the NES game, as I said in another thread) is a really neat little game. I've never had problems with the controls. The game just plays much better.
The graphics are another factor. The NES version looks much more "classic" and stylish. I have always been very fond of those visuals. They remind me of various movies and shows that play in the suburbs. In this game, it's easily concievable that you ride your bike through Elm Street or Wisteria Lane or whatever. The arcade graphics somehow don't do this for me.
Oh, and by the way, let's compare the protagonist in both versions:
Yeah, I would say the NES rendition is a huge improvement over Hamster Cheek.