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[GaussTek]

... WHY WE DIDN'T GET A CONSOLE/PC PORT? :/

We all know the Arcades are almost (if not completly) dead (at least in NA).

There were a few bunch of arcade centers where I live. But they were replaced by Starbucks (literaly), and some of them only left there a very few classics, like Daytona USA (1), DDR and some KOF/Metal Slug games.

The point is, those have a console counterpart, but now I'm talking about the ones didn't get a port, and probably will take a long time to get dumped/emulated in MAME, and probably everyone will forget about those soon. Now, most Arcade games get a port, so now we don't have to worry

Here are some examples:


-[Relatively] Recent games:

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The House of the Dead 4

Board: Sega Lindbergh
Year: 2005-2006

The second one is the HotD4 Special Cabinet. I'm surprised this didn't get a port. OK, we will get Overkill for Wii, but this definitely looked sooo great in a 52" screen. Oh man, I hope we get at least a PC port some day.


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Sega Rally 3

Board: Sega Europa-R
Year: 2008

This is NOT the same as Sega Rally Revo, all courses are new, looks better and runs at 60 FPS. I think only the music is the same. Again, hope we see at least a PC port if current consoles can't handle it. More screenes & video here:
http://arcadeheroes.com/2008/07/07/sega-rally-3-screens-video/


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Mario Kart Arcade GP 1 & 2

Board: Triforce
Year: 2005 (1), 2007 (2)

We all know those, but you know, I'm surprised Nintendo/Namco leave them as AC exclusives. Yeah, MK-Wii is superior, but those games are great too. A Wii port with both of them someday? Probably not


-Older games:


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Daytona USA 2

Board: Model 3 Step 2.1
Year: 1998

We got 1 Revamped, but this was forgotten. Anyway, even if this won't get ported, I will still dream with Daytona USA 3 for consoles

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Mambo A GoGo

Board: Bemani System 573 Digital
Year: 2001

This was great, I think Donkey Konga got the concept from this. According to Wiki

Mambo a Go Go is probably the most obscure music video game by Konami, as it was overshadowed by another music game produced by Sega; Samba de Amigo.

Shame

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The Ocean Hunter

Board: Model 3 Step 2.1
Year: 1998

This game was great. I almost finished with my brother. The Bosses were great and also graphics. Apparently this game is very rare now

I forgot some. But hope some of you can post em too.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Sega Rally 3 is 60 fps? Fuck...

 

[Aaron]

Virtua Cop 3 as well, though I honestly didn't like what I played of it. It was too dependent on gotcha moments that broke up the shooting.

 

[Huggy]

I wanted to buy a Dreamcast for this one:

It never came.

 

[Munin]

Thread lacks Cave

 

[TJ Spyke]

I want ports of the Mario Kart games. There was only 1 arcade anywhere in my area (and it's closed now) and they didn't get either one.

 

[Warm Machine]

Because the PS1 days proved that unless you are going to significantly add value and content above and beyond what the arcade machine offers then forget the home conversion.

 

[Dega]

Daytona USA 2 came out for dreamcast didnt it?

 

[Teknopathetic]

Planet Harriers (I finally got to play this when I found a machine randomly in a go-kart/entertainment park)
Crackin' DJ
Ollie King

 

[TJ Spyke]

Daytona USA 2 came out for dreamcast didnt it?

Nope.

 

[GaussTek]

Daytona USA 2 came out for dreamcast didnt it?

Nope, it was a Daytona USA 1 remake.


Off-Topic- Corrected the thread title... :lol Can a mod change it too at front, please

 

[Xater]

Daytona USA 2 came out for dreamcast didnt it?

Nope.

Seriously SEGA give me Daytona USA 2 for PSN/XBLA...

 

[rollingstart]

I'm still waiting for After Burner Climax

and I believe it was already released on the PS2, but I still want ports of Police 24/7 on PS3 with PS Eye and Guncon 3 support, or even some janky form on the wii with the balance board.

 

[drohne]

the ones that have always killed me are the raiden fighters series and ketsui -- one is on j360 and the other shortly will be. unfortunately j360 exclusivity is almost as annoying as arcade exclusivity

 

[Francias Castiglione]

I wanted to buy a Dreamcast for this one:

It never came.

Loved Harley Davidson, I don't think it would have the same appeal without the bike to sit on though.

 

[Warm Machine]

Loved Harley Davidson, I don't think it would have the same appeal without the bike to sit on though.

That and the same core experience could be found in Saints Row or GTA IV

 

[morningbus]

SegaSonic the Hedgehog:

(Images courtesy of KLOV)

I can't find a picture of the arcade cabinet, but it used a trackball and a single button. This was also the first appearance of Mighty the Armadillo.

 

[nincompoop]

Why hasn't that finger butt game been ported to the Wii?

 

[Azure Dream]

Planet Harriers (I finally got to play this when I found a machine randomly in a go-kart/entertainment park)

I saw an arcade machine of that once in person, once, in an airport in England. Never before (other than a picture and a few postage stamp videos online), and never after. And I didn't get to play the damn thing because everyone I was with was tired.

Let's Go Jungle is also kind of entertaining, except if you take the path where you get stuck with slingshots in one or two later stages.

 

[TheListener]

There's a reason Sega is going out of business...

 

[GaussTek]

SegaSonic the Hedgehog:

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(Images courtesy of KLOV)

I can't find a picture of the arcade cabinet, but it used a trackball and a single button. This was also the first appearance of Mighty the Armadillo.

This can be played with MAME, won't be the same feeling, but at least is playable

 

[HUELEN10]

This can be played with MAME, won't be the same feeling, but at least is playable

Well, couldn't you go out and find a trackball or something?

 

[Guymelef]

Jubeat.
Too expensive for a console version?

 

[KTallguy]

The newish arcade afterburner game.

WHERE THE FUCK IS IT? SEGA? WHAT THE FUCK!

I also wish I could have tried Psi Phi, that touch screen fighter.

 

[Tain]

Plenty, as shown.

Although, to be totally honest, I'd rather developers make these games for arcades and have them not ported for ages than developing them strictly for consoles. It allows them to at least exist without compromises or console development methods interfering, even if they won't be ported/emulated for ages.

I'd love to play Virtual On Force some day. I'd love to see how much better than Marz it really is, how VO pans out with four players, and how the Hikaru setup all ran.

 

[AniHawk]

Why goddamnit, why.

 

[Shockgamer]

 

[ZeroGravity]

I wanted to play Mario Kart Arcade so bad but arcades are pretty much non-existent around here.

 

[jarrod]

Given how well Ghost Squad sold, I'm a bit surprised we haven't seen Virtua Cop 3 on Wii yet. Get AM2/TOSE on it already!

I'm praying Sumo follows Outrun Arcade Online up with After Burner Climax for PS360 (either download or disc, I don't care). HOTD4 seems like a perfect candidate for Wii HD launch.

 

[Shadowlink]

I think the only time I saw the Mario Kart Arcade was at Disneyland but I haven't seen it where I live.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Rumble Fish 2

 

[Tain]

I heard the Triforce Mario Kart games were pretty bad.

 

[LuCkymoON]

Rumble Fish 2

=(

 

[Zoe]

Why goddamnit, why.

OMG, this. I always used to play it at Cici's with my brother.

 

[TJ Spyke]

Why goddamnit, why.

I would love to play that. Maybe Electronic Arts isn't willing to work with Konami or they want more money than Ubisoft did for the TMNT games.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

money hats

 

[Aru]

SegaSonic the Hedgehog:

(Images courtesy of KLOV)

I can't find a picture of the arcade cabinet, but it used a trackball and a single button. This was also the first appearance of Mighty the Armadillo.

That game can stay AC exclusive, I won't mind.
The trackball gameplay is hell and the game itself not that great.

 

[jarrod]

Sega's got a few older Triforce games sitting around that might make for easy Wii ports (Virtua Striker 4, Key Avalon 1/2). Actually Konami has a Triforce fps even (Wartran Troopers), they should do a quick and dirty port of that.

We'll never see Namco's TF Mario Kart unless they change all the characters and environments to Namco mascots... which could be kind of neat actually. Klonoa, Pac-Man, Susumu, Valkyrie, etc.

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

The X-Men Konami beat em up never got a port either did it?

 

[LowParry]

There's that Castlevania game which screams for a Wii port.

 

[Cobra84]

The House of the Dead 4 - Graphically inferior to Xbox360 and PS3. Light guns are a pain to use on non-CRTs.

Sega Rally 3 - Hardware above current consoles. Nobody wants a cut down port.

Mario Kart Arcade GP 1 & 2 - They fucking suck ass.

Daytona USA 2/The Ocean Hunter - Graphically inferior to the Dreamcast and the Saturn was dead and not powerful enough.

Mambo A GoGo - Obscure game that needs special hardware.

I heard the Triforce Mario Kart games were pretty bad.

The one I played was so terrible that I didn't even want to finish my first lap.

 

[donkey show]

Man I miss the R360. Shit was awesome when I was younger.

 

[CPS2]

Moonwalker

Nah serious answer is Rumble Fish 2, would've loved to have played that.

 

[Captain AHat]

This could be done on Wii right? From an input standpoint, using combined motion of nunchuck and wiimote swiftly moving in a particular direction to dodge/duck/whatever?

It does supprise me that more arcade games aren't ported to one or more of the home consoles, you could even sell them at a slightly more budget price to make up for lack of 'substance' maybe and attract more people.. I dunno I'm not a marketing guy.

 

[morningbus]

Sega's got a few older Triforce games sitting around that might make for easy Wii ports (Virtua Striker 4, Key Avalon 1/2). Actually Konami has a Triforce fps even (Wartran Troopers), they should do a quick and dirty port of that.

We'll never see Namco's TF Mario Kart unless they change all the characters and environments to Namco mascots... which could be kind of neat actually. Klonoa, Pac-Man, Susumu, Valkyrie, etc.

Kinda funny: Pac-Man is already in the game!

 

[JetSetRadio]

Good thread!

Dreamcast had the most arcade games though, Hell, it was like having an arcade in your living room.

 

[Captain AHat]

Good thread!

Dreamcast had the most arcade games though, Hell, it was like having an arcade in your living room.

Your use of past tense saddens me

*hugs dreamcast*

 

[AlexMogil]

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. I think it ran off NAOMI 1 hardware, so it would have been possible on the Dreamcast.

I just though the look of it was so much prettier than the Rogue Leader games.

 

[jarrod]

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. I think it ran off NAOMI 1 hardware, so it would have been possible on the Dreamcast.

I just though the look of it was so much prettier than the Rogue Leader games.

Nope, it was Model 3. They could even release it emulated on the download services.

 

[Prime crotch]

Why goddamnit, why.

Wasn't there a DOS version? I think I remember playing it on a computer.

https://secure.solve.net/arcade/zencart/images/1181242172216.jpg[IMG]

Star Wars Trilogy Arcade. I think it ran off NAOMI 1 hardware, so it would have been possible on the Dreamcast.

I just though the look of it was so much prettier than the Rogue Leader games.[/QUOTE]
One of the best SW games ever.