Is Pang the best arcade port ever?

[jotd]

The Arcade has FM sounds, some of which might be a bit difficult to reasonably convert into samples

have you heard Super Sprint remake tunes? It's amazing how the FM sounds have been rendered on an amiga.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by jotd

have you heard Super Sprint remake tunes? It's amazing how the FM sounds have been rendered on an amiga.

exactly. A terrific job has been done on super sprint, the music and sound are so perfect !

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Fiery Phoenix

Pac-Mania is also a stand out

I never give this game a second thought, but it's so darned good.

[DamienD]

That reminds me; Pac-Land is also a good port

[saimon69]

Originally Posted by DamienD

That reminds me; Pac-Land is also a good port

Not for me: it could have been arcade perfect :/

[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by Fiery Phoenix

Marble Madness - love it so much, plus considering it's age it's an even bigger stand out

Yes loved this game and was the Amiga's AAA conversion in the early years. Must be almost arcade perfect for sure. I only ever played the arcade once and was a few years earlier but seemed to have the same features on 1st and 2nd level

Do people think an almost 100% perfect (i know the arcade has higher resolution) conversion of Ghouls N Ghosts is possible? I enjoyed the official conversion at the time but looking back on it is very lacking - especially with that huge score panel

I also enjoyed the Strider conversion at the time massively. Just goes to show how some games were still good games even when they could have been a lot better

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by Gilbert

I also enjoyed the Strider conversion at the time massively. Just goes to show how some games were still good games even when they could have been a lot better

Being a huge arcade junkie; and one that could almost finish Strider in the arcades on 1 credit... I was hugely disappointed with the Amiga port

Of course you only need to look at who did this conversion... the worst of the worst i.e. Tiertex.

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[gimbal]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Being a huge arcade junkie; and one that could almost finish Strider in the arcades on 1 credit... I was hugely disappointed with the Amiga port

I'm not in love with the Megadrive version either though It's a hard game to love a port of. But the Amiga version was just weird. Slow movement, horrendous sound and bosses that were reduced to nothingness.

[DamienD]

Originally Posted by gimbal

I'm not in love with the Megadrive version either though It's a hard game to love a port of.

I just watched the 1st and part of the 2nd stage of the Megadrive version:

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Way better than the very mediocre Amiga version.

...but yes, nothing beats the arcade original; what a game

Originally Posted by gimbal

But the Amiga version was just weird. Slow movement, horrendous sound and bosses that were reduced to nothingness.

[saimon69]

You have been very good with the Amiga version imo, it could have been more to the level of megadrive or PC Engine if handled by decent coders; it ended up with Tiertex
Closest thing to it is Assassin Special Edition, that gives one idea on how could have been...

[Konrad]

Originally Posted by gimbal

I'm not in love with the Megadrive version either though It's a hard game to love a port of. But the Amiga version was just weird. Slow movement, horrendous sound and bosses that were reduced to nothingness.

And the ending having nothing to do with the original...

[linesmachine]

In the 90s I did play the Rainbow Islands coin-op machine as well as the Amiga conversion side by side. I am, to this day, impressed by how the port retained a huge amount of the feel of the arcade version. I appreciate that whole sections of the game are missing but to get the overrall feel of the game onto an A500 was amazing. It sounded so similar and the colour palletes and sprite sizes were all spot on.

[SSJTrunks69]

Originally Posted by d4rk3lf

Or is there something even better?

I still play Pang occasionally.
Sure, it's a rather simple game, but still awesome quality.

What is your picks for even better port?
Rygar from our friend mcgeezer?
Rainbow Islands?
SilkWorm?
Ghost and Goblins?
Something else?
(haven't recently played and compared the above games, that's why I ask).

Pang ain't perfect, but it's a good and fun port.
I also tried Rainbow Island, also a pretty fun port.

[kremiso]

i was thinking about the 2 at time rivals, Atari ST and Amiga
and the fact that the 2 better arcade ports imo were 2 Taito games
Bubble Bobble on ST and Rainbow Islands on Amiga
Tiny Bobble has filled the little gap lol

now, i'm dreaming a Tiny Strider and a Tiny Forgotten Worlds too

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by Fiery Phoenix

Pac-Mania is also a stand out

It's a good game on the Amiga, but a bad arcade port imo.

Looks nothing like the original

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by SSJTrunks69

Pang ain't perfect, but it's a good and fun port.
I also tried Rainbow Island, also a pretty fun port.

Everything from the coinop is there. Nothing missing and the game use real 64 colors (not halfbright), 4 palettes of 16 colors.

[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by DamienD

Being a huge arcade junkie; and one that could almost finish Strider in the arcades on 1 credit... I was hugely disappointed with the Amiga port

Of course you only need to look at who did this conversion... the worst of the worst i.e. Tiertex.

That's impressive you even found Strider in the UK. I actually never saw it in the arcade. Yes if you compare directly - Amiga version doesn't compare. One of the arcade versions of Strider is really annoying - when he makes that 'uh' noise when he swings his sword. I think they took that out of the Western version

I would say to anyone who hadn't played the arcade they probably enjoyed the conversion at the time - C&VG gave it a good review I remember. But yes by today's standards isn't very good

[Gilbert]

Originally Posted by linesmachine

In the 90s I did play the Rainbow Islands coin-op machine as well as the Amiga conversion side by side. I am, to this day, impressed by how the port retained a huge amount of the feel of the arcade version. I appreciate that whole sections of the game are missing but to get the overrall feel of the game onto an A500 was amazing. It sounded so similar and the colour palletes and sprite sizes were all spot on.

I'd agree with that - but was a shame about the screen size being reduced - even at the time. And that does effect playability a bit

[str0m]

Gilbert - They have Strider at the Arcade Club Leeds (which is shut atm as tier 3 sigh) Edit: and Rainbow Islands...and tons more