Sega 8-bit & 16-bit Arcade Conversions

[BillyLee]

Evenin' All! Long, long time lurker first time poster here. Far too long browsing the dank fetid crevices of the internet have left me with a wealth of questions, the likes of which only the sage, refined folk that congragate here can answer ;-)

First off tho, I'm trying to put together a list of Sega developed arcade conversions for my present console of choice, the Megadrive (and to a lesser extent the Master System while I'm at it).

Now, I don't just mean the stuff that came from actual Sega arcade machines, but also the early Capcom, SNK etc stuff they handled as well (Strider, Final Fight CD, Art of Fighting etc).

Reason being? For me, a major part of the allure of the MD are those conversions that first opened our eyes to the possibilty of arcade 'perfect' gaming at home. And there ain't many finer than Sega's own. I also think it's great seeing their take on third party titles (like Art of Fighting) vs the efforts of perhaps lesser software houses like Takara on other formats.

Anyway, still awake? Rite now I've got:

Title Original Developer

Mercs Capcom
Forgotten Worlds Capcom
Ghouls n Ghosts Capcom
Chiki Chiki Boys Capcom
Final Fight CD Capcom
Strider Capcom

Art of Fighting SNKWorld Heroes SNK(?)

Dynamite Duke Seibu Kaihatsu
Toki TAD Corp
Truxton Toaplan
Cyberball Atari
DJ Boy Kaneko

Outrun Sega
Flicky Sega
Super Hang On Sega
Bonanza Bros Sega
Golden Axe Sega
Altered Beast Sega
Columns Sega
Crack Down Sega
Gain Ground Sega
Super Thunder Blade Sega
Alien Storm Sega
Wonderboy/Monsters Lair Sega
Virtua Fighter 2 Sega
Virtua Racing Sega
Super Monaco GP Sega
Wrestle War Sega

OK, come on then! What have I missed? Games like Shadow Dancer that are completely different to their arcade namesakes don't count!

[Duddyroar]

Super Hang On - Sega
Columns - Sega
Dynamite Duke - (Can't recall original developer)
Tatsujin/Truxton - Toaplan
Crack Down - Sega
Bonanza Bros - Sega
Gain Ground - Sega
Wonderboy MonsterLair - Sega

Plus loads more that I can't remember.

[BillyLee]

Duly edited. Did Sega convert Truxton themselves?

[Nu-Eclipse]

Two more SNK games which were converted for the Mega CD (Might have been MD, not sure - can't remember..)

Samurai Shodown
Fatal Fury Special

[BillyLee]

My understanding is JVC handled Shodown & FF Special on Mega-CD. Perhaps someone can confirm? Remember, I'm only after titles that were reprogrammed / converted by Sega themselves..

[Silanda]

G-Loc Sega

I get the vague memory that Sega themselves didn't do the conversion of this on the MD. IIRC Probe did it.

[anagrama]

Turbo Outrun was done by Tiertex in typically half-assed fashion.

[BillyLee]

I get the vague memory that Sega themselves didn't do the conversion of this on the MD. IIRC Probe did it.

As far as I can see (from a quick browse at MobyGames and HardcoreGaming 101) it's Sega all the way - theirs is the only copyright on the title screen and there seems to be some sort of swish witchcraft with the company logo going on on bootup:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesi...ShotId,145184/

Fatal Fury Special and Samurai Shodown on MCD are definitely JVC. Anyone know how Sega wound up doing Art of Fighting and World Heroes themselves?

[Silanda]

As far as I can see (from a quick browse at MobyGames and HardcoreGaming 101) it's Sega all the way - theirs is the only copyright on the title screen and there seems to be some sort of swish witchcraft with the company logo going on on bootup:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/genesi...ShotId,145184/

That may be, but I'm still pretty sure it was not developed by a Sega team. The music is by Matt Furniss, his Megadrive music has a distinctive sound, and he did the music on some other Probe games too (MK I+II, Alien 3). I'm pretty sure the credits screen would confirm this.

[BillyLee]

That may be, but I'm still pretty sure it was not developed by a Sega team. The music is by Matt Furniss, his Megadrive music has a distinctive sound, and he did the music on some other Probe games too (MK I+II, Alien 3). I'm pretty sure the credits screen would confirm this.

Good catch Silanda! Just looked up the ending at vgmuseum.com (pop-up hell) and you are absolutely right, Probe it is. That one's coming off the list! Any other charlatans up there?

[Team Andromeda]

My understanding is JVC handled Shodown & FF Special on Mega-CD. Perhaps someone can confirm? Remember, I'm only after titles that were reprogrammed / converted by Sega themselves..

Eurocom did the Mega CD versions, and they were in my view pretty decent. Shame SS onthe Mega CD didn't have the sprite scaling which it could have handled perfeclty

[Team Andromeda]

As far as I can see (from a quick browse at MobyGames and HardcoreGaming 101) it's Sega all the way - theirs is the only copyright on the title screen and there seems to be some sort of swish witchcraft with the company logo going on on bootup:

I'm pretty sure it was In-House too. Though CRI did do the Mega CD port which was utter sh8t

[Silanda]

Does Super Monaco Grand Prix count?

[Baseley09]

I'm pretty sure it was In-House too. Though CRI did do the Mega CD port which was utter sh8t

You are the last person to not face death before dissing Megadrive G-Loc or Mega CD Afterburner III.

From here on in its martial law.

[Team Andromeda]

You are the last person to not face death before dissing Megadrive G-Loc or Mega CD Afterburner III.

From here on in its martial law.

I'm not dissing G-Loc onthe Mega Drive it was a ok port and far better than the Mega Cd version. Which was pants and the music even worse , I could have done time for CRI .

This could and should have been the game to show off the Mega CD , instead we got a game that made next to no use of the Hardware and looked worse and run slower than the 4Mega Bit Mega Drive port of AB II.
Sorry to me it was pants , and a massive letdown And I say that as a Mega cd fan