Which are the most accurate Amiga arcade conversions? - Page 3

spiff · 12 November 2003, 01:04

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Originally posted by Akira

Super Hang-On is fabbo. But I cannot understand how ZZKJ screwed it up for Outrun as well.

To quote the DJ shadow track(?)
"It's the money"

Wasn't Streefigther II Turbo the new challangers pretty close?

As for bubble bobbles speed.. its not a PAL/NTSC thing?

Shatterhand · 12 November 2003, 03:24

I think Sillkworm is even better than the arcade port in certain ways, though it's not full-screen like the arcade one.

You could say the same about Rodland too.

Terminator 2 is a great port IMO too.

I have never played Super Street Fighter 2 turbo, but I was really shocked when I saw the screenshots of it, I would love to see it running, because at least graphically, that thing was looking as good as the 3DO version (I.E. perfect)

Never played the arcade version of Super Hang-On, but the Amiga game was lots of fun.

Dragon Ninja gameplay was horrible, it was a reall challenge to jump a hole. The contros sucked hard.

Shadow Dancer is a great conversion too.

Shadow Warriors isn't half bad too, from what I remember of the Amiga version.

Amiga1992 · 12 November 2003, 05:02

Zool never made it to the arcades AFAIK.

staticgerbil · 12 November 2003, 05:17

Ok.

Just found the old thread i saw zool in. Only made it to the prototype stage.

Checkout http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ht=zool+arcade for a pic of the cabinet it was in.

There is also a cool cd32 arcade cabinet link there to.

17 November 2003, 19:58

Looks like most have been covered. Marble Madness is a great conversion too...

Ben

JudasEZT · 19 November 2003, 11:42

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Shadow Warriors isn't half bad too, from what I remember of the Amiga version. [/B]

arghhh.. that game broke the disk drive of my Amiga,.. we had to take to repair and it costed lot of money,.. and more than aweek without play at home

conversion of ShadowWarriors seemed very good anyway, but kicking system a bit rare.

7-Zark-7 · 20 November 2003, 13:34

@JudasEZT. If you want a disk-drive brow-furrowing game try the Seek & Destroy demo on a "The One" magazine covermount- truly a disk-drive grinding experience! It made C64 disk drive head-banging seem tame in comparison!

JudasEZT · 21 November 2003, 15:42

first game of Zool also had a loader system bit hard, and slow.

btw, in ShadowWarriors are sounds effects or just music, I dont find any toggle button,.. are there??

7-Zark-7 · 21 November 2003, 16:02

Yep, there should be, S.W. instructions reckon "S" key toggles sound,& definitely recall being able to toggle it. Sort of sparse, but nicely done FX.

JudasEZT · 22 November 2003, 20:35

I cant buahhhhhh (crying like a little girlie)

I tried with all keys but none worked

7-Zark-7 · 24 November 2003, 05:09

There should definitely a key that swaps between Music/FX, I've heard it! My memories are vague, but I think Zzap! might've mentioned about there being an error in the instructions & saying the correct key to switch was-it was in their guide in the Pig in a Poke section,but have no idea which issue it was.

Muzkat · 27 November 2003, 04:00

I didn't like Final Fight on Amiga either - the removal of many of the moves killed the gameplay. And I found RVH Honda to be impossible to play - the motorbike handled like an oil tanker. But then again, I suck at bike racing games.

I thought MK2 was probably the Amiga's best conversion.

Muzkat · 01 January 2004, 12:52

Mercs was also a pretty decent conversion.

Fred the Fop · 01 January 2004, 13:10

Yep, muzzie. And it was pretty nice on the Sega Megadrive.

dirkies · 01 January 2004, 17:35

you forgot The New Zealand Story, was very close to the original, cute graphics etc...

Arkanoid was my first wet dream, 1986 it was!

Thunderblade wasn't bad either, compared with the complexity of the coin-op version, I didn't expect it to be as good as it turned out to be... It was a bit the opposite feeling I had when I saw the Amiga version of 1943, oh man, what a deception that was!

And Operation Wolf was also pretty close to the original.

Fred the Fop · 01 January 2004, 18:16

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Originally posted by dirkies
you forgot The New Zealand Story, was very close to the original, cute graphics etc...

Arkanoid was my first wet dream, 1986 it was!

Thunderblade wasn't bad either, compared with the complexity of the coin-op version, I didn't expect it to be as good as it turned out to be... It was a bit the opposite feeling I had when I saw the Amiga version of 1943, oh man, what a deception that was!

And Operation Wolf was also pretty close to the original.

Thunderblade is horrible on any comuter I've tried it on. And very weak on any console I've tried. Only the MAME dump does it justice.

Marlon · 01 January 2004, 22:18

Okay, stuff I TOTALLY disagree with first.

DRAGON NINJA? The Amiga version didn't even have the jump function and is unplayable past the first level!

Bomb Jack? If you think the Amiga version is even remotely close to the superb arcade game, play it in Mame and see how crap it really is.

Silkworm; the Amiga version came FIRST and was converted to the arcade.

Akira, the Amiga version of Pacmania DOES show more of the maze (as the screenshot clearly shows), so your "vertical orientation" point is wrong. IMO the Amiga version plays far better than its Arcade counterpart.

Frederick, Thunderblade isn't IN Mame yet, certainly not in any playable way - MASSIVE graphic corruption.

Konrad · 01 January 2004, 22:28

Thunderblade isn't in MAME, but FinalBurn. Although emulation isn't totally perfect.

I prefer the Amiga version of Silkworm. In the arcade version the sprites are way to big.

You could jump in DragonNinja. I found out by incident. But don't ask how to jump, i forgot it again

. I never really liked this game, even the arcade version.

Bloodwych · 02 January 2004, 13:50

Marlon: You can jump fine in the Amiga version and get past the second level. The game is crap, however it seemed a fairly accurate conversion to me (graphics & sound) in comparision to other conversions - just lacked a few colours, frames of animation and the silky smoothness of the arcade. Not the best, but definately worth a mention in this thread IMO.

P-J · 04 January 2004, 13:36

You've all got to agree though that we're quite spoilt, don't you think?

I mean having the ability to play Amiga games AND their Arcade originals at the touch of a button is quite something :P

01 January 2004, 22:18	#57
Marlon Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: England, York Age: 55 Posts: 275	Okay, stuff I TOTALLY disagree with first. DRAGON NINJA? The Amiga version didn't even have the jump function and is unplayable past the first level! Bomb Jack? If you think the Amiga version is even remotely close to the superb arcade game, play it in Mame and see how crap it really is. Silkworm; the Amiga version came FIRST and was converted to the arcade. Akira, the Amiga version of Pacmania DOES show more of the maze (as the screenshot clearly shows), so your "vertical orientation" point is wrong. IMO the Amiga version plays far better than its Arcade counterpart. Frederick, Thunderblade isn't IN Mame yet, certainly not in any playable way - MASSIVE graphic corruption. Last edited by Marlon; 01 January 2004 at 22:28.

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12 November 2003, 03:24	#42
Shatterhand Warhasneverbeensomuchfun Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Rio de Janeiro / Brazil Age: 41 Posts: 3,450	I think Sillkworm is even better than the arcade port in certain ways, though it's not full-screen like the arcade one. You could say the same about Rodland too. Terminator 2 is a great port IMO too. I have never played Super Street Fighter 2 turbo, but I was really shocked when I saw the screenshots of it, I would love to see it running, because at least graphically, that thing was looking as good as the 3DO version (I.E. perfect) Never played the arcade version of Super Hang-On, but the Amiga game was lots of fun. Dragon Ninja gameplay was horrible, it was a reall challenge to jump a hole. The contros sucked hard. Shadow Dancer is a great conversion too. Shadow Warriors isn't half bad too, from what I remember of the Amiga version.

12 November 2003, 05:02	#43
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Zool never made it to the arcades AFAIK.

12 November 2003, 05:17	#44
staticgerbil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: a / b Age: 41 Posts: 87	Ok. Just found the old thread i saw zool in. Only made it to the prototype stage. Checkout http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...ht=zool+arcade for a pic of the cabinet it was in. There is also a cool cd32 arcade cabinet link there to.

17 November 2003, 19:58	#45
le geek Posts: n/a	Looks like most have been covered. Marble Madness is a great conversion too... Ben

20 November 2003, 13:34	#47
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	@JudasEZT. If you want a disk-drive brow-furrowing game try the Seek & Destroy demo on a "The One" magazine covermount- truly a disk-drive grinding experience! It made C64 disk drive head-banging seem tame in comparison!

21 November 2003, 15:42	#48
JudasEZT Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: mercury Posts: 577	first game of Zool also had a loader system bit hard, and slow. btw, in ShadowWarriors are sounds effects or just music, I dont find any toggle button,.. are there??

21 November 2003, 16:02	#49
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	Yep, there should be, S.W. instructions reckon "S" key toggles sound,& definitely recall being able to toggle it. Sort of sparse, but nicely done FX.

22 November 2003, 20:35	#50
JudasEZT Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: mercury Posts: 577	I cant buahhhhhh (crying like a little girlie) I tried with all keys but none worked

24 November 2003, 05:09	#51
7-Zark-7 Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Brisbane/Australia Posts: 1,270	There should definitely a key that swaps between Music/FX, I've heard it! My memories are vague, but I think Zzap! might've mentioned about there being an error in the instructions & saying the correct key to switch was-it was in their guide in the Pig in a Poke section,but have no idea which issue it was.

27 November 2003, 04:00	#52
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,427	I didn't like Final Fight on Amiga either - the removal of many of the moves killed the gameplay. And I found RVH Honda to be impossible to play - the motorbike handled like an oil tanker. But then again, I suck at bike racing games. I thought MK2 was probably the Amiga's best conversion.

01 January 2004, 12:52	#53
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,427	Mercs was also a pretty decent conversion.

01 January 2004, 13:10	#54
Fred the Fop flaming faggot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Versailles Age: 55 Posts: 2,808	Yep, muzzie. And it was pretty nice on the Sega Megadrive.

01 January 2004, 17:35	#55
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,296	you forgot The New Zealand Story, was very close to the original, cute graphics etc... Arkanoid was my first wet dream, 1986 it was! Thunderblade wasn't bad either, compared with the complexity of the coin-op version, I didn't expect it to be as good as it turned out to be... It was a bit the opposite feeling I had when I saw the Amiga version of 1943, oh man, what a deception that was! And Operation Wolf was also pretty close to the original.

01 January 2004, 22:28	#58
Konrad Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Germany Age: 43 Posts: 742	Thunderblade isn't in MAME, but FinalBurn. Although emulation isn't totally perfect. I prefer the Amiga version of Silkworm. In the arcade version the sprites are way to big. You could jump in DragonNinja. I found out by incident. But don't ask how to jump, i forgot it again . I never really liked this game, even the arcade version.

02 January 2004, 13:50	#59
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Marlon: You can jump fine in the Amiga version and get past the second level. The game is crap, however it seemed a fairly accurate conversion to me (graphics & sound) in comparision to other conversions - just lacked a few colours, frames of animation and the silky smoothness of the arcade. Not the best, but definately worth a mention in this thread IMO.

04 January 2004, 13:36	#60
P-J Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Moorpark, California Age: 44 Posts: 1,153	You've all got to agree though that we're quite spoilt, don't you think? I mean having the ability to play Amiga games AND their Arcade originals at the touch of a button is quite something :P

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