20 replies to this topic

[w1k]

hello, which arcade games are good on st?
i buy 100 diskettes and i creating collection of good games

[Rybags]

Bubble Bobble was really well done.
Outrun is supposedly worth a look.
Buggy Boy is pretty faithful but not such a great game.
The Gauntlet games are supposedly well done.
Championship Sprint, pretty well done and fun to play.

Also Arkanoid, Blasteroids, The New Zealand Story, Xenon, Klax, Pang, Star Wars.

Plenty I've missed and maybe one or two of those didn't make it to ST but it's a start.

[w1k]

hm and games like TITUS THE FOX, PREDATOR?

[Lynxpro]

Rolling Thunder was good.

[TwiliteZoner]

Moon Patrol and Joust are two of my favorites. I think they're pretty faithful to the originals. Actually most of the Atari released arcade conversions are good. There may be 1 or 2 klunkers, but I think on the whole they're a pretty good set.

Edited by TwiliteZoner, Sat Jan 14, 2012 1:25 PM.

[Lynxpro]

Gauntlet on the ST is awesome.

[NightSprinter]

I agree with Gauntlet and Gauntlet II (latter can use 4 players with a printer port adapter).  Moon Patrol's as close as one could get to the original arcade in my eyes.  Rainbow Islands was another good conversion.

[simonsunnyboy]

Lethal Xcess and Wings Of Death need to be mentioned, ace shooters and technically the best on the ST.

[tjlazer]

Karateka and World Karate Championship

[rdemming]

tjlazer, on Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:45 PM, said:

Karateka and World Karate Championship

And IK+ of course.
Also Giana Sisters is a great game.

Robert

[CyranoJ]

Without a doubt,  Gauntlet II, Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands.

[TwiliteZoner]

Just looking at some disks and forgot about Road Runner. Very good port of the arcade game.

[NightSprinter]

If I'm right, I think Elite's port of "Commando" was quite well-done.

[Official Ninja]

NightSprinter, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:28 AM, said:

If I'm right, I think Elite's port of "Commando" was quite well-done.

http://klapauzius.ne...s.html#Commando

[Lynxpro]

Official Ninja, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:45 PM, said:

NightSprinter, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:28 AM, said:

If I'm right, I think Elite's port of "Commando" was quite well-done.

http://klapauzius.ne...s.html#Commando

Nice link!  I had no idea Gauntlet was compatible with the Falcon. I certainly never tried playing it on my Falcon when it was my primary system; I think I gave my copy to my younger cousin when he bought my 1040ST when I upgraded.

Back in the day, I didn't mind the "crawling" of Gauntlet on my 1040. It was nearly a "perfect" arcade conversion considering how terrible the NES version was. Never tried the ST version with a 4-player adapter...

[Inky]

Gauntlet 2 with the 4 player adapter is the BEST arcade conversion on the ST.  I also liked Crystal Castles, Road Runner, Moon Patrol, Berzerk (Any of the Dave Munsie arcade conversions)

[NightSprinter]

Oh, man, Gauntlet II was probably the best one I've played.  All of the sounds and voice samples were surprisingly clear for a stock ST, and it had every feature from the arcade original.

[ParanoidLittleMan]

Lynxpro, on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:20 AM, said:

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Nice link!  I had no idea Gauntlet was compatible with the Falcon. I certainly never tried playing it on my Falcon when it was my primary system; I think I gave my copy to my younger cousin when he bought my 1040ST when I upgraded.
...

It was likely not Falcon compatible. 'Patching' is for making it compatible. Sometimes not necessary, sometimes requires lot of time. And lot of originals fails on Falcon because copy protection for instance.

I did today fixing for TT and Falcon of Galaxy Force - Sega game.  I don't know how it looks on arcade machine, but conversion seems well made. Little similar with Space Harrier. And while fixing I discovered something interesting considering Timer-B behaviour and related problems.
http://atari.8bitchi...SH/galaxyf.html

[R.O.T.S]

Ghost`n Goblins is not too bad but just as annoying and aggravating as the original

[Jet-X]

TwiliteZoner, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:32 AM, said:

Just looking at some disks and forgot about Road Runner. Very good port of the arcade game.

It could have been better, and not sure why they couldn't put in the voice samples that the arcade game used (Gauntlet proved you could do a great conversion)

[Official Ninja]

Jet-X, on Fri Mar 2, 2012 3:46 PM, said:

TwiliteZoner, on Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:32 AM, said:

Just looking at some disks and forgot about Road Runner. Very good port of the arcade game.

It could have been better, and not sure why they couldn't put in the voice samples that the arcade game used (Gauntlet proved you could do a great conversion)

I wondered why no "meep,meep!" you'd think it would be a must!
I think even the old pc version made some lame noise for that.
Still, the game play is really good. I play the crack and use infinite lives :-p

Edited by Official Ninja, Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:14 AM.