Beat Em Ups that need Ports

There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

TheTrueMagusX1

One of my biggest wishes just happened, X-Men: The Arcade Game. That game was awesome, and is now on XBLA.

I'd love to see the similar Amazing Spider-Man Arcade Game (the one where you can pick Spider-Man, Hawkeye, or someone else and was never on a home console).

Superman: The Arcade game should be a priority; since it and The Death & Return of Superman are the only good Superman games. In this one you could play two-players, and the second player was the Red Superman from the historic 60s story. There was beat-em up levels and flying levels. I remember the heat-vision looking really cool, too.

The Simpson's Arcade game was another beat-em game in the same vein as the others I've mentioned. It also never had a home console version and is a homage to Simpsons fans.

I'd love to see Terminator 2: The Arcade Game hit Wii. The one with the guns on the arcade machine. You could use the WiiMote as your guns for the home version. I loved blowing away Terminators and HKs in that game.

Ha ha. When I saw this thread title I immediately thought D&D for the Saturn, but you already said it!

There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

TheTrueMagusX1

The game wasn't compromised on the SS. Something that most arcade fans don't know is that 4 game arcade cabinets were unheard of, or at best incredibly difficult to find in Japan. Most arcade games that were 4 players overseas, including all the ones you mentioned, were only 2 player in Japan.

The D&D games were also 2 player-only in Japan. This is because unlike in the west, arcade games weren't hadled in dedicated cabinets, but on general cabinet lines produced by arcade companies such as SEGA, Konami, CAPCOM, TAITO etc.

I don't think CAPCOM even made a general 4-player cabinet for Japan in the first place.

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There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

Panzer_Zwei

The game wasn't compromised on the SS. Something that most arcade fans don't know is that 4 game arcade cabinets were unheard of, or at best incredibly difficult to find in Japan. Most arcade games that were 4 players overseas, including all the ones you mentioned, were only 2 player in Japan.

The D&D games were also 2 player-only in Japan. This is because unlike in the west, arcade games weren't hadled in dedicated cabinets, but on general cabinet lines produced by arcade companies such as SEGA, Konami, CAPCOM, TAITO etc.

I don't think CAPCOM even made a general 4-player cabinet for Japan in the first place.

Interesting. I wonder why. Well no matter, my thing is that I want four players, hence why I called it compromised. None the less I want a four Player version of this game should it ever be released, but I am sure there are liscensing issues involved in the D and D games. Oh well...

Now question when you say Capcom never made a 4 player cabinet in Japan Do you mean that just for the DnD games, or do you mean that for all their Beat Em Ups?

Ha ha. When I saw this thread title I immediately thought D&D for the Saturn, but you already said it!

NEStorianPriest

Those games are so awesome bro. I used to love playing them in the arcade. I also what I like is how you can make decisions, like where to go. I remember in tower of Doom, at the end of the first stage you can choose to save the town or you can go into the cave after the ogre. Stuff like that made the game awesome!!!

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There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

Emerald_Warrior

One of my biggest wishes just happened, X-Men: The Arcade Game. That game was awesome, and is now on XBLA.

I'd love to see the similar Amazing Spider-Man Arcade Game (the one where you can pick Spider-Man, Hawkeye, or someone else and was never on a home console).

Superman: The Arcade game should be a priority; since it and The Death & Return of Superman are the only good Superman games. In this one you could play two-players, and the second player was the Red Superman from the historic 60s story. There was beat-em up levels and flying levels. I remember the heat-vision looking really cool, too.

The Simpson's Arcade game was another beat-em game in the same vein as the others I've mentioned. It also never had a home console version and is a homage to Simpsons fans.

I'd love to see Terminator 2: The Arcade Game hit Wii. The one with the guns on the arcade machine. You could use the WiiMote as your guns for the home version. I loved blowing away Terminators and HKs in that game.

Those are all very cool games. I remember all of those games, and yeah alot of people I know donot know about the Super Man Arcade. They say there is not a good superman game, but there is. And that game is it. I never played The Death and Return of Superman so I cannot say...The Spiderman arcade game is very cool, for many reasons....remember the giant Venom? That was pretty cool, and as for the other characters you can play as...well you got Hawkeye down, but the other two were Black Cat and Namor. Black Cat makes perfect sense, but Namor not so much lol, but thats cool. The Simpsons gmae was awesome, though it did get a port to pcs back in the 90s I believe....And Terminator 2 the arcade game is perfect for the Wii. Do you remember a game called Revolution X, that was like T2? You had to rescue Aerosmith or something like that.

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There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

TheTrueMagusX1

The game wasn't compromised on the SS. Something that most arcade fans don't know is that 4 game arcade cabinets were unheard of, or at best incredibly difficult to find in Japan. Most arcade games that were 4 players overseas, including all the ones you mentioned, were only 2 player in Japan.

The D&D games were also 2 player-only in Japan. This is because unlike in the west, arcade games weren't hadled in dedicated cabinets, but on general cabinet lines produced by arcade companies such as SEGA, Konami, CAPCOM, TAITO etc.

I don't think CAPCOM even made a general 4-player cabinet for Japan in the first place.

Interesting. I wonder why. Well no matter, my thing is that I want four players, hence why I called it compromised. None the less I want a four Player version of this game should it ever be released, but I am sure there are liscensing issues involved in the D and D games. Oh well...

Now question when you say Capcom never made a 4 player cabinet in Japan Do you mean that just for the DnD games, or do you mean that for all their Beat Em Ups?

In the west those games came in dedicated cabinets, but this fashion never existed in Japan. Instead they made general cabinets most any game cold use in order to make it easy for arcade owners to swap games. The Japanese fashion was placing cabinets in a row, like slot machines.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]

The game wasn't compromised on the SS. Something that most arcade fans don't know is that 4 game arcade cabinets were unheard of, or at best incredibly difficult to find in Japan. Most arcade games that were 4 players overseas, including all the ones you mentioned, were only 2 player in Japan.

The D&D games were also 2 player-only in Japan. This is because unlike in the west, arcade games weren't hadled in dedicated cabinets, but on general cabinet lines produced by arcade companies such as SEGA, Konami, CAPCOM, TAITO etc.

I don't think CAPCOM even made a general 4-player cabinet for Japan in the first place.

Panzer_Zwei

Interesting. I wonder why. Well no matter, my thing is that I want four players, hence why I called it compromised. None the less I want a four Player version of this game should it ever be released, but I am sure there are liscensing issues involved in the D and D games. Oh well...

Now question when you say Capcom never made a 4 player cabinet in Japan Do you mean that just for the DnD games, or do you mean that for all their Beat Em Ups?

In the west those games came in dedicated cabinets, but this fashion never existed in Japan. Instead they made general cabinets most any game cold use in order to make it easy for arcade owners to swap games.

Makes sense, well that is interesting. I got a question for you, you know alot about Japanese gaming, I know this off topic but do you live in Japan? I may disagree with you at times, but I am impressed by your knowledge of Japanese gaming period..

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Interesting. I wonder why. Well no matter, my thing is that I want four players, hence why I called it compromised. None the less I want a four Player version of this game should it ever be released, but I am sure there are liscensing issues involved in the D and D games. Oh well...

Now question when you say Capcom never made a 4 player cabinet in Japan Do you mean that just for the DnD games, or do you mean that for all their Beat Em Ups?

TheTrueMagusX1

In the west those games came in dedicated cabinets, but this fashion never existed in Japan. Instead they made general cabinets most any game cold use in order to make it easy for arcade owners to swap games.

Makes sense, well that is interesting. I got a question for you, you know alot about Japanese gaming, I know this off topic but do you live in Japan? I may disagree with you at times, but I am impressed by your knowledge of Japanese gaming period..

Outside of RPGs and strategy games where I think western developers are superior, I prefer the Japanese vision of gaming.

I do have a Japanese friend who lives in Tokyo however, and is also an avid arcade and PC fan. He helps me buy stuff off Japanese action sites, mostly for PC since games for them are very hard to find. Most console and arcade games are relatively easy to find in Japan, since they have some of the most awesome retro game stores you could think of, so you only have to mind about the price.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]For all games, period. Even 3+ shooting games like Sunset Raiders or Gain Ground were 2-player only in Japan.

In the west those games came in dedicated cabinets, but this fashion never existed in Japan. Instead they made general cabinets most any game cold use in order to make it easy for arcade owners to swap games.

Panzer_Zwei

Makes sense, well that is interesting. I got a question for you, you know alot about Japanese gaming, I know this off topic but do you live in Japan? I may disagree with you at times, but I am impressed by your knowledge of Japanese gaming period..

Outside of RPGs and strategy games where I think western developers are superior, I prefer the Japanese vision of gaming.

I do have a Japanese friend who lives in Tokyo however, and is also an avid arcade and PC fan. He helps me buy stuff off Japanese action sites, mostly for PC since games for them are very hard to find. Most console and arcade games are relatively easy to find in Japan, since they have some of the most awesome retro game stores you could think of, so you only have to mind about the price.

Very nice, and I think thats unique. Considering that there is not a whole lot of people outside of Japan that know much about Japanese PC Gaming myself included. I think I will keep an eye on your blog, considering you have piqued my interest. I am a guy who loves all facets of gaming, and I am curious about what I can find in Japanese PC gaming.

I really like beat em up games the ones I want most are the two D&D Games and The Simpsons (I forgot what home computer system that came out on). I would also like to see The Punisher, Spiderman Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety, Batman Returns, The Adventures of Batman and Robin, Guardian Heroes, Aliens versus Predator, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, and Knights of the Round (is available on PSP compilation).

Makes sense, well that is interesting. I got a question for you, you know alot about Japanese gaming, I know this off topic but do you live in Japan? I may disagree with you at times, but I am impressed by your knowledge of Japanese gaming period..

I always enjoy his posts, always nice to have a few knowledgeable people around, especially in areas most know nothing about.

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Makes sense, well that is interesting. I got a question for you, you know alot about Japanese gaming, I know this off topic but do you live in Japan? I may disagree with you at times, but I am impressed by your knowledge of Japanese gaming period..

TheTrueMagusX1

Outside of RPGs and strategy games where I think western developers are superior, I prefer the Japanese vision of gaming.

I do have a Japanese friend who lives in Tokyo however, and is also an avid arcade and PC fan. He helps me buy stuff off Japanese action sites, mostly for PC since games for them are very hard to find. Most console and arcade games are relatively easy to find in Japan, since they have some of the most awesome retro game stores you could think of, so you only have to mind about the price.

Very nice, and I think thats unique. Considering that there is not a whole lot of people outside of Japan that know much about Japanese PC Gaming myself included. I think I will keep an eye on your blog, considering you have piqued my interest. I am a guy who loves all facets of gaming, and I am curious about what I can find in Japanese PC gaming.

The '80s were the golden age of PC gaming, they were still a whole lot of great games released in the '90s, but just not as much, and not for long, by the mid 90s the scene was practically dead.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]No, but I have a deep interest in Japanese gaming, specially in arcade and PC. Japanese developers and games have always been my favourites

Outside of RPGs and strategy games where I think western developers are superior, I prefer the Japanese vision of gaming.

I do have a Japanese friend who lives in Tokyo however, and is also an avid arcade and PC fan. He helps me buy stuff off Japanese action sites, mostly for PC since games for them are very hard to find. Most console and arcade games are relatively easy to find in Japan, since they have some of the most awesome retro game stores you could think of, so you only have to mind about the price.

Panzer_Zwei

Very nice, and I think thats unique. Considering that there is not a whole lot of people outside of Japan that know much about Japanese PC Gaming myself included. I think I will keep an eye on your blog, considering you have piqued my interest. I am a guy who loves all facets of gaming, and I am curious about what I can find in Japanese PC gaming.

The '80s were the golden age of PC gaming, they were still a whole lot of great games released in the '90s, but just not as much, and not for long, by the mid 90s the scene was practically dead.

Interesting, so my question is what was the dominant genre of game in the PC Scene in Japan, in the 80s I should say?

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Very nice, and I think thats unique. Considering that there is not a whole lot of people outside of Japan that know much about Japanese PC Gaming myself included. I think I will keep an eye on your blog, considering you have piqued my interest. I am a guy who loves all facets of gaming, and I am curious about what I can find in Japanese PC gaming.

TheTrueMagusX1

The '80s were the golden age of PC gaming, they were still a whole lot of great games released in the '90s, but just not as much, and not for long, by the mid 90s the scene was practically dead.

Interesting, so my question is what was the dominant genre of game in the PC Scene in Japan, in the 80s I should say?

Eventually most of the companies that made PC gaming great (ENIX, COMPILE, KONAMI, TELENET, TECNOSOFT etc.) either moved to consoles or ceased to exist altogether.

The thing about PC gaming is that developers really wanted to be innovative in those days. Like they all wanted to do the next revolutionary groundbreaking game. The problem is that they just didn't had the technology nor the resources to make their ideas work like they probably envisioned them.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]The Japanese retro PC gaming scene is very different. They had many different PC platforms, hell they aready had a system wars going on when the Famicom was just being released there. But unlike in the west where the PC gaming scene just kept getting stronger, in Japan it started to go underhill by the '90s.

The '80s were the golden age of PC gaming, they were still a whole lot of great games released in the '90s, but just not as much, and not for long, by the mid 90s the scene was practically dead.

Panzer_Zwei

Interesting, so my question is what was the dominant genre of game in the PC Scene in Japan, in the 80s I should say?

Eventually most of the companies that made PC gaming great (ENIX, COMPILE, KONAMI, TELENET, TECNOSOFT etc.) either moved to consoles or ceased to exist altogether.

The thing about PC gaming is that developers really wanted to be innovative in those days. Like they all wanted to do the next revolutionary groundbreaking game. The problem is that they just didn't had the technology nor the resources to make their ideas work like they probably envisioned them.

Adventure games huh? So your saying stuff like Snatcher and games like that than?

Adventure games huh? So your saying stuff like Snatcher and games like that than?

TheTrueMagusX1

ENIX also made a lot of adventure games, it was their old specialization actually. Though they began with crappy erotic adventure games. Then again, most companies did.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should say that eroge is the genre that defined PC, since there's more eroge games than anything else. And they continued make them long after everything else faded off the map.

But when it comes to quality games from quality developers, I'm sure it's adventure, RPG and shooting.

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Adventure games huh? So your saying stuff like Snatcher and games like that than?

Panzer_Zwei

ENIX also made a lot of adventure games, it was their old specialization actually. Though they began with crappy erotic adventure games. Then again, most companies did.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should say that eroge is the genre that defined PC, since there's more eroge games than anything else. And they continued make them long after everything else faded off the map.

But when it comes to quality games from quality developers, I'm sure it's adventure, RPG and shooting.

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

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Adventure games huh? So your saying stuff like Snatcher and games like that than?

TheTrueMagusX1

ENIX also made a lot of adventure games, it was their old specialization actually. Though they began with crappy erotic adventure games. Then again, most companies did.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should say that eroge is the genre that defined PC, since there's more eroge games than anything else. And they continued make them long after everything else faded off the map.

But when it comes to quality games from quality developers, I'm sure it's adventure, RPG and shooting.

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

Policenauts originated on the PC98 computer if I recall correctly. though that version is quite different then the others, it doesnt seem to use any FMVs, as everything is drawn in real time (like Lunar on the Mega CD)

obviously the other versions had the enhancements made later on, with the Saturn and PS1 versions being the ones I own.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]Yes, it was the most prolific genre back then. SNATCHER is an adventure game from KONAMI, which were more shooting/action oriented. That should tell you just how popular the genre was. Too bad Konami mostly only made games for the MSX family though.

ENIX also made a lot of adventure games, it was their old specialization actually. Though they began with crappy erotic adventure games. Then again, most companies did.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should say that eroge is the genre that defined PC, since there's more eroge games than anything else. And they continued make them long after everything else faded off the map.

But when it comes to quality games from quality developers, I'm sure it's adventure, RPG and shooting.

Darkman2007

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

Policenauts originated on the PC98 computer if I recall correctly. though that version is quite different then the others, it doesnt seem to use any FMVs, as everything is drawn in real time (like Lunar on the Mega CD)

obviously the other versions had the enhancements made later on, with the Saturn and PS1 versions being the ones I own.

Yep I believe the earlier versions of Policenauts used stills as opposed to fully animated scenes taht the 3Do, Saturn and PSX versions did.

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

TheTrueMagusX1

Policenauts originated on the PC98 computer if I recall correctly. though that version is quite different then the others, it doesnt seem to use any FMVs, as everything is drawn in real time (like Lunar on the Mega CD)

obviously the other versions had the enhancements made later on, with the Saturn and PS1 versions being the ones I own.

Yep I believe the earlier versions of Policenauts used stills as opposed to fully animated scenes taht the 3Do, Saturn and PSX versions did.

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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

Policenauts originated on the PC98 computer if I recall correctly. though that version is quite different then the others, it doesnt seem to use any FMVs, as everything is drawn in real time (like Lunar on the Mega CD)

obviously the other versions had the enhancements made later on, with the Saturn and PS1 versions being the ones I own.

Darkman2007

Yep I believe the earlier versions of Policenauts used stills as opposed to fully animated scenes taht the 3Do, Saturn and PSX versions did.

I think they were pretty stiff, none the less though i think the PSX and Saturn Ports of Policenauts are the best....

[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Yep I believe the earlier versions of Policenauts used stills as opposed to fully animated scenes taht the 3Do, Saturn and PSX versions did.

TheTrueMagusX1

I think they were pretty stiff, none the less though i think the PSX and Saturn Ports of Policenauts are the best....

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Adventure games huh? So your saying stuff like Snatcher and games like that than?

TheTrueMagusX1

ENIX also made a lot of adventure games, it was their old specialization actually. Though they began with crappy erotic adventure games. Then again, most companies did.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should say that eroge is the genre that defined PC, since there's more eroge games than anything else. And they continued make them long after everything else faded off the map.

But when it comes to quality games from quality developers, I'm sure it's adventure, RPG and shooting.

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

But one of my favourite adventure games is DEATH OF THE BRAIN, which is a zombie-based survival horror game. Extremely gory and explicit, but the game justified it. The game employs a timer, so when a zombie comes out, you have a limited time to figure out how to defeat it (by clicking on something or using an item usually. This was a very novel idea at the time.

The game has also aged remarkably well, as it is a '90s game IIRC.

Im also currently witting an article about an old adventure game by SQUARE called ALPHA. It is one of the best "oldtype" adventure games that came out before the standard type took over completely.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]Yes, it was the most prolific genre back then. SNATCHER is an adventure game from KONAMI, which were more shooting/action oriented. That should tell you just how popular the genre was. Too bad Konami mostly only made games for the MSX family though.

ENIX also made a lot of adventure games, it was their old specialization actually. Though they began with crappy erotic adventure games. Then again, most companies did.

Come to think of it, perhaps I should say that eroge is the genre that defined PC, since there's more eroge games than anything else. And they continued make them long after everything else faded off the map.

But when it comes to quality games from quality developers, I'm sure it's adventure, RPG and shooting.

Panzer_Zwei

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

But one of my favourite adventure games is DEATH OF THE BRAIN, which is a zombie-based survival horror game. Extremely gory and explicit, but the game justified it. The game employs a timer, so when a zombie comes out, you have a limited time to figure out how to defeat it (by clicking on something or using an item usually. This was a very novel idea at the time.

The game has also aged remarkably well, as it is a '90s game IIRC.

Im also currently witting an article about an old adventure game by SQUARE called ALPHA. It is one of the best "oldtype" adventure games that come out.

Death of the Brain sounds interesting, but the bad news is I tried to find some footage on Youtube and nothing....

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

Yep but yeah I am familiar with Snatcher, but I did play the Sega CD port of the game. I do believe that policenauts originated on there. Aside from those two games would you say were some of the better adventure games on Japanese PCs?

TheTrueMagusX1

But one of my favourite adventure games is DEATH OF THE BRAIN, which is a zombie-based survival horror game. Extremely gory and explicit, but the game justified it. The game employs a timer, so when a zombie comes out, you have a limited time to figure out how to defeat it (by clicking on something or using an item usually. This was a very novel idea at the time.

The game has also aged remarkably well, as it is a '90s game IIRC.

Im also currently witting an article about an old adventure game by SQUARE called ALPHA. It is one of the best "oldtype" adventure games that come out.

Death of the Brain sounds interesting, but the bad news is I tried to find some footage on Youtube and nothing....

Of course the intro doesn't offer that much. The game really gets intense after that.

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[QUOTE="Panzer_Zwei"]Well, there's quite a lot of them. Problem is that the nowadays gaming audience probably would have a hard time appreciated them. Even to get to the likes of SNATCHER or POLICENAUTS (which is basically the standard that still persists today) the genre had to evolve quite a bit. Before adventure games played very diffently.

But one of my favourite adventure games is DEATH OF THE BRAIN, which is a zombie-based survival horror game. Extremely gory and explicit, but the game justified it. The game employs a timer, so when a zombie comes out, you have a limited time to figure out how to defeat it (by clicking on something or using an item usually. This was a very novel idea at the time.

The game has also aged remarkably well, as it is a '90s game IIRC.

Im also currently witting an article about an old adventure game by SQUARE called ALPHA. It is one of the best "oldtype" adventure games that come out.

Panzer_Zwei

Death of the Brain sounds interesting, but the bad news is I tried to find some footage on Youtube and nothing....

Of course the intro doesn't offer that much. The game really gets intense after that.

I did check out the intro video, and there also was another video of Dead of the Brain part 1 and 2 on there. That second video says it was a PCE port and was athe final PCE game ever released in 1999. From what I saw of it, it looks like it has great atmosphere, and your right its pretty gory. I might have to import it atleast the PCE version considering I have an import PCE.

The Darkstalkers series(arc) could do with a New Gen (360/ps3) port (XBL/PSN) - & how about the same for all of the following....

Fighting Vipers 2 (arc)/ VF2(arc), Powerstone 1&2(dc),Xmen : COTA (arc), Xmen Vs Streetfighter(arc),Fighters Megamix (Sat),JoJo's Bizzare Adventure(arc), Tecmo's Double Dragon*(arc)*btw where is the UK XBL version these days..., Final Fight 'One'(gba), World Heroes Series (arc)- KOF99 (dc), Capcom Vs Snk Series(arc),Project Justice/Rival Schools Series (arc), Killerinstinct(arc) - oh well, wishfull thinking..

The Darkstalkers series(arc) could do with a New Gen (360/ps3) port (XBL/PSN) - & how about the same for all of the following....

Fighting Vipers 2 (arc)/ VF2(arc), Powerstone 1&2(dc),Xmen : COTA (arc), Xmen Vs Streetfighter(arc),Fighters Megamix (Sat),JoJo's Bizzare Adventure(arc), Tecmo's Double Dragon*(arc)*btw where is the UK XBL version these days..., Final Fight 'One'(gba), World Heroes Series (arc)- KOF99 (dc), Capcom Vs Snk Series(arc),Project Justice/Rival Schools Series (arc), Killerinstinct(arc) - oh well, wishfull thinking..

digi-demon

Alot of those games are fighting games, they are not beat em ups. Beat em ups are more like Final Fight or Double Dragon. Darkstalkers and those other games are not beat em ups, they are fighting games.

The Simpson's Arcade game was another beat-em game in the same vein as the others I've mentioned. It also never had a home console version and is a homage to Simpsons fans.

Emerald_Warrior

Definitely X-men and the Simpsons arcade game.

I know that X-men has been ported to XBLA. and the Simpsons game has been ported to PC and C64 (Also iPhone), but I was thinking that these games would be at their best on the SNES and Genesis.

I would have to say Double Dragon 1 or 2. I loved pt 2 as a kid. I can still play it today and enjoy it. jlaing2607

Double Dragon is on NES, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, and Commodore 64.

[QUOTE="jlaing2607"]I would have to say Double Dragon 1 or 2. I loved pt 2 as a kid. I can still play it today and enjoy it. Emerald_Warrior

Double Dragon is on NES, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, and Commodore 64.

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[QUOTE="jlaing2607"]I would have to say Double Dragon 1 or 2. I loved pt 2 as a kid. I can still play it today and enjoy it. Darkman2007

Double Dragon is on NES, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, and Commodore 64.

Yep I double checked for you and yep even the 2600 has a Double Dragon port as well as the 7800. I need to see this 2600 version soon..lol

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Double Dragon is on NES, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis, and Commodore 64.

TheTrueMagusX1

Yep I double checked for you and yep even the 2600 has a Double Dragon port as well as the 7800. I need to see this 2600 version soon..lol

Warpath: Jurassic Park for PS1, Very underrated, I remember first getting it and seeing real time character deformation, I never saw anything like it on PS1(ish, if you bit a dinosaur in the stomach, it would then have a big bloody gash from it's stomach which would slightly heal over in the next round), I just wish it would get ported over to the PSN but it probably won't because it's a movie License.

The Warriors needs a remake or port to XBLA. I have the game but xbox doesn't support it BC.

I'm sad no one has even mentioned the Streets of Rage games. Those were the original 4 player beat-em up undisputed champ. A few others which have gotten semi-decent ports to the GBA or PS2 are: Metal Slug series Gunstar Heroes Final Fight Battle Toads Double Dragon River City Ransom If they ever revive any of the above (save for Metal Slug since it's already been done) I'd be so happy.MatrixPhyre

Ha Ha, funny.

And when was a Metal slug game ever a beat-em up? :D LOL

@TheMagusX1

Ok :D

So how about...

Neo Geo = Ninja Combat, Sengoku 2, Super 8 Man, Burning Fight.

Sega = Alien Storm, Dynamite Deka 1&2 (Die Hard Arcade), Spikeout (Arcade not Battlestreet).

Capcom =Knights of the Round, Captain Commando, Cannon Spike, D&D.

Although, IMO, these gamesall belong tothe Scrolling Action Genre - not beat-em ups.

And yes, I know some above have ports for PSP or last/older gen (some are even on Wii VC too).

I'm sayingthesewould benefit froma 100% accurate XBL/PSN port ;)

Oh, and does anyone know whats happening regards the future of Double Dragon on XBL?

Why does't the new copyright holder replace it- it has now been unavailable since EmpireEnt. went bust :(

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There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

Emerald_Warrior

One of my biggest wishes just happened, X-Men: The Arcade Game. That game was awesome, and is now on XBLA.

I'd love to see the similar Amazing Spider-Man Arcade Game (the one where you can pick Spider-Man, Hawkeye, or someone else and was never on a home console).

Superman: The Arcade game should be a priority; since it and The Death & Return of Superman are the only good Superman games. In this one you could play two-players, and the second player was the Red Superman from the historic 60s story. There was beat-em up levels and flying levels. I remember the heat-vision looking really cool, too.

The Simpson's Arcade game was another beat-em game in the same vein as the others I've mentioned. It also never had a home console version and is a homage to Simpsons fans.

I'd love to see Terminator 2: The Arcade Game hit Wii. The one with the guns on the arcade machine. You could use the WiiMote as your guns for the home version. I loved blowing away Terminators and HKs in that game.

Oh yeah I remember that one! I played it once or twice and it wasn't a bad game. Terminator 2 would be a perfect fit for the Nintendo Wii. The Simpsons, I think, is LONG overdue for a console port and it's one port I still wish would happen. Here is another one:

I know that it would be a licensing nightmare trying to get American Technos/WWE to include this in a Smackdown vs Raw game, but if they did I would be the first in line to buy it (and I haven't bought one in a long time).

Dynamite Cop

Zombie Revenge

Guardian Heroes (SAT)

[QUOTE="MatrixPhyre"]I'm sad no one has even mentioned the Streets of Rage games. Those were the original 4 player beat-em up undisputed champ. A few others which have gotten semi-decent ports to the GBA or PS2 are: Metal Slug series Gunstar Heroes Final Fight Battle Toads Double Dragon River City Ransom If they ever revive any of the above (save for Metal Slug since it's already been done) I'd be so happy.digi-demon

Ha Ha, funny.

And when was a Metal slug game ever a beat-em up? :D LOL

@TheMagusX1

Ok :D

So how about...

Neo Geo = Ninja Combat, Sengoku 2, Super 8 Man, Burning Fight.

Sega = Alien Storm, Dynamite Deka 1&2 (Die Hard Arcade), Spikeout (Arcade not Battlestreet).

Capcom =Knights of the Round, Captain Commando, Cannon Spike, D&D.

Although, IMO, these gamesall belong tothe Scrolling Action Genre - not beat-em ups.

And yes, I know some above have ports for PSP or last/older gen (some are even on Wii VC too).

I'm sayingthesewould benefit froma 100% accurate XBL/PSN port ;)

Oh, and does anyone know whats happening regards the future of Double Dragon on XBL?

Why does't the new copyright holder replace it- it has now been unavailable since EmpireEnt. went bust :(

No you are wrong, Beat Em Up and side scrolling actiom genre are quite different. If you want, side scrolling action would be games such as Forgotten Worlds, Metal Slug, Contra, games like that are Side Scrolling action games. The games you mentioned are beat em ups. The primary difference is that in beat em ups you can scale up and down the screen and you can utilize combo mechanics, while games like Contra for the Side Scrolling action are running and gunning on a 2 dimensional plane.

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[QUOTE="TheTrueMagusX1"]

There are tons of Beat em ups out there, and alot of us older gamers spent plenty of quarters in them. Lately we have been getting some that have never had home ports (i.e Xmen Arcade) and of those that did but were forgotten. And of course there are those that well got home ports but were forgotte until recently(The TMNT Arcade games). None the less, there are also Beat Em ups i.e Final Fight that have been ported a ton of times, and then there are those that donot have many home ports or none at all. So what Beat Em Ups need a new port for say XBL or PSN or hand helds or whatever?

For me its the Dungeons and Dragons Beat em ups from Capcom that need a new port. Sure they got one port, one for the Saturn, that was never brought here, and it was compromised as it only allowed 2 players to play as opposed tot he four, but a new port of both of these games would be welcomed. Both Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara IMO are the finest beat em ups I have ever played....

Koi-Neon-X

One of my biggest wishes just happened, X-Men: The Arcade Game. That game was awesome, and is now on XBLA.

I'd love to see the similar Amazing Spider-Man Arcade Game (the one where you can pick Spider-Man, Hawkeye, or someone else and was never on a home console).

Superman: The Arcade game should be a priority; since it and The Death & Return of Superman are the only good Superman games. In this one you could play two-players, and the second player was the Red Superman from the historic 60s story. There was beat-em up levels and flying levels. I remember the heat-vision looking really cool, too.

The Simpson's Arcade game was another beat-em game in the same vein as the others I've mentioned. It also never had a home console version and is a homage to Simpsons fans.

I'd love to see Terminator 2: The Arcade Game hit Wii. The one with the guns on the arcade machine. You could use the WiiMote as your guns for the home version. I loved blowing away Terminators and HKs in that game.

Oh yeah I remember that one! I played it once or twice and it wasn't a bad game. Terminator 2 would be a perfect fit for the Nintendo Wii. The Simpsons, I think, is LONG overdue for a console port and it's one port I still wish would happen. Here is another one:

I know that it would be a licensing nightmare trying to get American Technos/WWE to include this in a Smackdown vs Raw game, but if they did I would be the first in line to buy it (and I haven't bought one in a long time).

I never played that wrestling game, or have even seen it. It looks like it has some nice graphics. But I probably wouldn't have liked it. All 2D wrestling I have played I thought sucked. And I'm a lifelong wrestling fan, since the days of Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Macho Man, The Million Dollar Man, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, and all them.

I didn't think they got good until WWF: War Zone was released on PSX. After that nearly every WWF/WWE and WCW game released was good, IMO.

Everybody would love Wrestlefest. I spent quite a few quarters on that game. Big Boss Man was my character. You would hurt your hands with this game as you try to rapidly press the buttons. This game would sell a ton on playstation network or xbox live.

I know that Street of Rage 1,2 and 3 are available in HD with Sonics Genesis collection on PS3 but I would love to see Sega make Streets of Rage 4 and keep the side scrolling beating up style. Street of Rage 2 was the greatest beat em up game ever!