8-Bit Computer Games Ported to Arcade Machines

[atx4us]

I don't know if there is already a list for 8-Bit computer games that were ported to arcade machines. This is interesting to me since most games were ported the other way (from arcade machines to 8-Bits). The 8-Bit games must obviously be very good and popular to be ported for arcade machines. I think that it's OK to also include the Atari 2600 games. Thanks.

 

For starter, I can think of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns.

[Paul Westphal]

Blaster!, Flip and Flop, Boulderdash and a couple others that made it to the the Max-A-Flex - a actual Atari with selectable games, In a arcade cabinet. Read the story of Blaster! On Atariprotos.com.

[José Pereira]

I remember that the 'uggly' Mastertronic Rockford was arcade->computer as usual but curious if there was that Rockford in arcades maybe was the original computers Liepa's Boulder Dash ported to arcade, never seen but was it?

Edited August 20, 2014 by José Pereira

[Bryan]

Choplifter became an arcade game as well.

[Stormtrooper of Death]

It really is a shame, they never released BLASTER ! I adore the graphics of that game.

[Rybags]

Also Spelunker. But, it's one of those "lost in translation" things - IMO the NES and arcade versions miss the mark in a big way.

Actually, I believe there were a fair number of NES games... although they might have been specifically developed as arcade games on that system (?)

 

There's probably more - later on there were concurrent releases from Amiga and PS1. Would be interesting actually to list all the home systems that also formed the basis for arcade games.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayChoice

 

Playchoice 10 - multiple NES games in an arcade cab.

Edited August 20, 2014 by Rybags

[ZylonBane]

Also Spelunker.

And Lode Runner, also by Irem.

 

This thread is of course in the wrong forum, since not all of these games are Atari originals.

[peteym5]

I believe Gauntlet was based upon "Dandy" / "Dandy Dungeon". There were some legal disputes, but Atari / Tengeon gave him credit for his design. Gauntlet arcade had better graphic processors than the 8-bit so it naturally looked better. I would not be until the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, (also VGA on PC, Atari ST, Amiga, Mac) before there were accurate home ports of the arcade version of the arcade Gauntlet.

 

Atari probably was using the 400/800 to help encode and design arcade games in the 80s. The Pokey chip (also Duel and Quad) was used in many arcade machines up to 1990, until the system bus on machines became too fast for it.

[ZylonBane]

Atari probably was using the 400/800 to help encode and design arcade games in the 80s.

I've never heard any such thing.

[atx4us]

And Lode Runner, also by Irem.

 

This thread is of course in the wrong forum, since not all of these games are Atari originals.

I didn't mean to imply Atari original games only. I meant any 8-Bit computer games.

 

And, thanks for all the replies. I'm still learning about the 8-bit computer stuff after all these years

[ZylonBane]

I didn't mean to imply Atari original games only. I meant any 8-Bit computer games.

 

Oh, then you already knew you were posting in the wrong forum.

[atx4us]

I remember that the 'uggly' Mastertronic Rockford was arcade->computer as usual but curious if there was that Rockford in arcades maybe was the original computers Liepa's Boulder Dash ported to arcade, never seen but was it?

I found the Rockford game you mentioned for C64 on YouTube:

 

I think the original Boulder Dash is better.

[sargie]

Dropzone was made into an Arcade Machine but I don't think it had a wide release... Just an arcade in London.