Tanooki | 5,125 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Lately I've been thinking a bit more about this and seeing some interesting stuff that comes along. Most people I find tend to just look at the whole Sega vs Nintendo 16bit wars and go into who got the better copy and it's overly debated, argued, and just played out over 30 years. But there are these games you don't always realize in a lot of cases that popped up from like MSDOS or maybe a Japanese only release on a console or one of their computers that made it to the US shores on a console in that period too more or less. An example would be PC Engine having good games vs the endless mistakes of the US office, so you'll end up with like Dragon's Fury on Genesis which is Devils Crush on PCE/TG16, or the non-localized PCE game Bomberman 94 did come over, again, on the Sega Genesis as Mega Bomberman. I never have really seen any site or person bother to really create a list of these gems (or junk) that go transported over, and if they were badly done, as good, or even better for someone looking to try something new or revisit it in another way. Sega Genesis seemingly at first look appears to have picked up a bit more of the slack when it came to PC DOS stuff and some Japanese favored consoles but Nintendo had some solid stuff they didn't get as well. Like from the PC side Genesis got a fantastic version of Star Control and also Dune II while SNES had a really (dumb password save aside) noble done efforts with Wing Commander and a 2nd cart for its 2 chapters of special operations too. Maybe we should try and knock out a list, or at least maybe point out some stuff that would be worth checking out or avoiding someone may not realize made it. And even in some cases both systems got supposedly the same game but were grossly done differently in some way (visuals here) they're almost not the same like Test Drive II the Duel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 6,030 Events Team · Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Maniac Mansion, Sim City, and Doom immediately come to mind. And Myst came to the DS years after the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 6,030 Events Team · Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 And I'm still holding out for the prototype Tengen NES port of License to Kill to one day turn up. A man can dream... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,718 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) I compiled a list of computer ports to NES awhile back for a topic on that. I don't have the specific systems that they first appeared on (because I wasn't asked at the time), but here they are. I also put together a list of NES arcade ports. Licensed Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Dragonstrike Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Heroes of the Lance Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Hillsfar Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance Archon Bad Street Brawler (as Bop n Rumble) Bandit Kings of Ancient China Bard’s Tale Battle Chess Bill Elliot’s NASCAR Challenge The Blues Brothers Boulder Dash California Games Castelian (as Nebulus) Castlequest (as Castle Excellent) Caveman Games (as Caveman Ugh-Lympics) The Chessmaster Conan: The Mysteries of Time (as Myth: History in the Making) Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine Defender of the Crown Deja Vu Double Dare F-117A Stealth Fighter F-15 Strike Eagle Fisher Price: Firehouse Rescue Fisher Price: I Can Remember Fisher Price: Perfect Fit Flight of the Intruder Gemfire (may have had concurrent releases) Genghis Khan Ghostbusters Harlem Globetrotters Hollywood Squares Hudson Hawk (may have had concurrent releases) The Immortal Infiltrator Jordan VS. Bird: One-On-One (may have had concurrent releases) King’s Quest V Kings of the Beach Klashball (as Speedball) Krusty’s Fun House (as Rat-Trap) Last Ninja The Last Starfighter (as Uridium) The Legacy of the Wizard (as Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family) Lemmings L’empereur (may have had concurrent releases) Lode Runner Loopz Lunar Pool (as Lunar Ball) M.U.L.E. Maniac Mansion Mario is Missing Mario’s Time Machine Metal Gear Might & Magic: Secret of the Inner Sanctum Miracle Piano (may have had concurrent releases) Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing Nobunaga's Ambition Nobunaga's Ambition II North and South Overlord (as Supremacy: Your Will Be Done) Paper Boy 2 (may have had concurrent releases) Pipe Dream (as Pipe Mania) Pirates! Platoon Prince of Persia Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom Raid on Bungeling Bay Remote Control : MTV Rescue: The Embassy Mission (as Hostages) Robocop 2 Robocop 3 Robowarrior (may have had concurrent releases) Rocket Ranger Rollerball Rollerblade Racer (may have had concurrent releases) Romance of the Three Kingdoms Romance of the Three Kingdoms II Shadowgate Silent Service Skate or Die Ski or Die (may have had concurrent releases) Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular (as Alternative World Games) Spelunker Spot (may have had concurrent releases) Spy VS. Spy Star Soldier (may have had concurrent releases) Super Cars Super Pitfall (may have had concurrent releases) Target: Renegade Tetris The Three Stooges Times of Lore Tombs and Treasure Ultima: Exodus Ultima: Quest of the Avatar Ultima: Warriors of Destiny Uncharted Waters (may have had concurrent releases) Uninvited The Untouchables Wheel of Fortune (may have had concurrent releases) Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? Win Lose or Draw Winter Games Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Wizardry II: Knight of Diamonds World Games Zanac (had concurrent releases) Licensed Europe exclusives: Elite Kick Off Unlicensed North American The Adventures of Captain Comic Bee 52 (may have had concurrent releases) Big Nose the Caveman (may have had concurrent releases) Dizzy the Adventurer (as Dizzy, Prince of the Yolkfolk; may have had concurrent releases) Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy (as Fantastic Dizzy; may have had concurrent releases) Firehawk (may have had concurrent releases) Impossible Mission II Mig-29: Soviet Fighter Quattro Adventure (may have had concurrent releases, Super Robin Hood and Treasure Island Dizzy were on computers before the NES version) Quattro Arcade (may have had concurrent releases) Quattro Sports (may have had concurrent releases) Tetris: The Soviet Mind Game If Sachen is in the mix, there might be more. I think one of their multicarts had a port of Minesweeper. Edited April 24, 2022 by Tulpa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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