Before games became arcade perfect, you had a port from a console / computer / arcade to console / computer. Sometimes they were really bad but other times they had written it in such a way that it played better then the original game. Do you play and games on other machines which you think are better then on the original machine?
I struggle to think of any, but...
Wrestle War - Megadrive. It's a fairly poor wrestling game, but it is still fun and if I want to waste 15 minutes of my life then I put this on and start button tapping. It feels better then the arcade if just because it's simpler and the graphics don't do anything complex, just a nice simple pick up and play game.
Outrunners - Megadrive. The port on the MD isn't wonderful, but it plays in the same fun way that Outrunners did on the arcade but it feels just a little better. The music sounds better then the arcade too and the extras of the Virtua Racing car adds a bit of replay value to the game.
Populous - Megadrive. Let's face it the Megadrive is better then the Amiga when it comes to the graphics hardware and Populous on the Megadrive is very polished and plays well even with a joypad.
Fantasy Zone - Master System. An excellent conversion of the Arcade game, although what makes this game better is the backgrounds disappearing when you fight the bosses, this means that the backgrounds don't get in the way of the bullets.
Sim City - SFC. The Macintosh version was simple, the Super Famicom version has the Nintendo magic and is a lot more fun to play.
I struggle to think of any, but...
Wrestle War - Megadrive. It's a fairly poor wrestling game, but it is still fun and if I want to waste 15 minutes of my life then I put this on and start button tapping. It feels better then the arcade if just because it's simpler and the graphics don't do anything complex, just a nice simple pick up and play game.
Outrunners - Megadrive. The port on the MD isn't wonderful, but it plays in the same fun way that Outrunners did on the arcade but it feels just a little better. The music sounds better then the arcade too and the extras of the Virtua Racing car adds a bit of replay value to the game.
Populous - Megadrive. Let's face it the Megadrive is better then the Amiga when it comes to the graphics hardware and Populous on the Megadrive is very polished and plays well even with a joypad.
Fantasy Zone - Master System. An excellent conversion of the Arcade game, although what makes this game better is the backgrounds disappearing when you fight the bosses, this means that the backgrounds don't get in the way of the bullets.
Sim City - SFC. The Macintosh version was simple, the Super Famicom version has the Nintendo magic and is a lot more fun to play.
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