Forgotten Arcade games that never received home conversions
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- The Last Ginja
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Mike Chicago wrote:Hard to believe they chose to release AM2's bikini volleyball game Beach Spikers (on GameCube) over Planet Harriers. I personally was bummed that Super Monkey Ball didn't come out for the Dreamcast, the platform it was initially developed on.SegaMark wrote:Planet Harriers.
It was going to get a Dreamcast port, then got canned... I was really looking forward to that bloody game.
Oh, and the first Zero Gunner never got a home conversion. Zero Gunner 2 came out for the Dreamcast, but that wasn't as much "polygon Gunbird" as it was an arcade shooter in the 360˚ engine of Cannon Spike. Kind of a needless bummer.
Don't get me wrong Planet Harriers is excellent, but a 4 player game of Beach Spikers is excellent, possibly up there with Pro Evo! Especially as you are not relying on any AI whatsoever, just your own and your partners skill, or lack thereof.
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I tried to get into Beach Spikers, but I had neither the three friends to make it worthwhile nor the ability to forget how much better Super Spike V'Ball was on the NES, released like 10 years earlier. Seriously.The Last Ginja wrote: Don't get me wrong Planet Harriers is excellent, but a 4 player game of Beach Spikers is excellent, possibly up there with Pro Evo! Especially as you are not relying on any AI whatsoever, just your own and your partners skill, or lack thereof.
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Was it Roosters/Midnight Wanderers (Jap name/Us name) from Wonder 3/Three Wonders (jap name/us name) ??Smurph wrote:I vaguely remember a game in the same arcade as I discovered SF2 in, but I don't remember the name. Would have been about '91, you were a soldier type boyo in a platform game, you could jump on enemies' heads, but you had a sword too, an upgrade was homing beams... Kinda cartoony. Anyone got any ideas?
Sounds just like what you are describing...
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Now that's a terrible game, and you know it.ToxieDogg wrote:Namco's Prop Cycle.
Though I DREAD to think how much the necessary accessories would cost if it were converted to a console. Asides from the bike, the arcade version had wind-effect fans blowing at you as you pedalled as well, if I remember correctly.
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The Simpsons arcade game in all it's 4 player glory! It was great. It always grabbed people's attention since it played the tv show's intro during attract mode. Complete strangers could come along and join in the fun too. It would make a great addition to some kind of Konami collection for a console.
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It actually came out on the C64 and DOS PCs!Cornelius wrote:The Simpsons arcade game in all it's 4 player glory! It was great. It always grabbed people's attention since it played the tv show's intro during attract mode. Complete strangers could come along and join in the fun too. It would make a great addition to some kind of Konami collection for a console.
Moby entry here
http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/simpsons-arcade-game
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Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:Prehistoric Isle was always a favourite of mine and I'm sure that shooters like Guwange, Dimahoo and Eco Fighters never came out on home systems.
It suprises me also that Prehistoric Isle didnt appear on home systems,as it was around the time when just about every other shoot-em-up was
being converted
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My emphasis is on 4 player glorytssk wrote:It actually came out on the C64 and DOS PCs!
Moby entry here
http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/simpsons-arcade-game

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I'd completely forgotten about this game!!!paranoid marvin wrote:Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:Prehistoric Isle was always a favourite of mine and I'm sure that shooters like Guwange, Dimahoo and Eco Fighters never came out on home systems.
It suprises me also that Prehistoric Isle didnt appear on home systems,as it was around the time when just about every other shoot-em-up was
being converted
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Two main reasons for that -paranoid marvin wrote:Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:Prehistoric Isle was always a favourite of mine and I'm sure that shooters like Guwange, Dimahoo and Eco Fighters never came out on home systems.
It suprises me also that Prehistoric Isle didnt appear on home systems,as it was around the time when just about every other shoot-em-up was
being converted
1) No software company had a regular conversion deal with SNK, like Ocean's Nintendo contract or US Gold's Capcom one. Only a few SNK titles did make it to home machines (Ikari Warriors, TANK)
2) The timing - SNK were then in the process of creating their home arcade system (Neo Geo) and so probably weren't looking to convert it to other people's hardware
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