PongHit #1 Posted February 18, 2003 This may be old news to you guys, but WOW, I'm astonished at the number of classic arcade, console, & computer games that are now available for modern platforms. You don't need MAME, or even a computer! Take a look at these incomplete lists of emulated titles available for PlayStation, & Game Boy Advance, for example: First, the GAME BOY list (who can resist the novelty of a virtual arcade's worth of emulated games that fits in your pocket??): Asteroids BattleZone Centipede Missle Command Super Breakout Tempest Marble Madness Yar's Revenge (Atari 2600 port) Space Invaders Boulder Dash (C64 port) Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Pac-Mania Pole Position Dig Dug Galaga Galaxian Joust Defender Sinistar Robotron: 2084 Moon Patrol Spy Hunter Frogger Scramble Time Pilot Gyruss Yie Ar Kung Fu Rush'n'Attack Qix Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Jr. Mario Bros. Super Mario Bros. Super Mario World After Burner Out Run Space Harrior Super Hang On Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Spinball Ecco the Dolphin Golden Axe... ...& more I'm sure -- plus all the pinball simulators... ...& here's the PLAYSTATION list: > ARCADE GAMES: Asteroids Asteroids Deluxe Black Widow Battlezone Centipede Millipede Pong Gravitar Space Duel Missle Command Super Breakout Warlords Tempest Marble Madness Gauntlet Crystal Castles RoadBlasters Paperboy Space Invaders Q*bert Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Pac-Mania Super Pac-Man Pac-Land Galaxian Galaga Gaplus (Galaga III) Dig Dug Pole Position Pole Position II Mappy Grobda Dragon Buster Xevious Rally-X New Rally-X Bosconian Toy Pop Phozon Tower Of Druaga Assault Ordyne The Return Of Ishtar The Genji Crazy Climber The Heike Clans Metro-Cross Baraduke Dragon Spirit The Legend Of Valkyrie Gyruss Circus Charlie Yie Ar Kung Fu Time Pilot Super Cobra Scramble Roc 'N Rope Shao Lin's Road Road Fighter Pooyan Joust Joust II Robotron: 2084 Sinistar Bubbles Defender Stargate (Defender II) Moon Patrol Tapper Blaster Spy Hunter Burgertime 1942 1943 1943 Plus Ghosts'n Goblins Ghouls'n Ghosts Vulgus Commando Mercs (Commando 2) Gunsmoke Motos Toobin' Sky Kid 720 Degrees King & Balloon Klax Smash TV Frisky Tom Gradius Moon Cresta Super Sprint Rampage > ATARI 2600 GAMES BY ACTIVISION: Dragster Boxing Fishing Derby Skiing Freeway Ice Hockey Kaboom! Laserblast Stampede Tennis Atlantis Barnstorming Chopper Command Demon Attack Grand Prix Megamania Pitfall! Pitfall 2 River Raid River Raid 2 Skyjinks Spider Fighter StarMaster Beamrider Crackpots Decathlon Dolphin Enduro Frostbite Keystone Kapers Moonsweeper Oink Plaque Attack Pressure Cooker Robot Tank Seaquest Space Shuttle Cosmic Commuter H.E.R.O. Private Eye Commando Rampage Kabobber > INTELLIVISION GAMES: Armor Battle Astrosmash Auto Racing Baseball Basketball Boxing Checkers Chess Football Frog Bog Golf Hockey Hover Force Las Vegas Poker N' Blackjack Night Stalker Pinball Sea Battle Shark! Shark! Sharp Shot Skiing Snafu Soccer Space Armada Space Battle Space Hawk Spiker! Super Pro Volleyball Stadium Mud Buggies Star Strike Sub Hunt Tennis > MISC: Ball Blazer (C64/Atari800 port) Super Ghouls'n Ghosts (SNES port) ...&, again, I'm sure there's others I'm missing... Pretty wild, eh? PLEASE MAKE ADDITIONS/CORRECTIONS to this list! --PongHit (the artist formally known as EncomCEO) . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vic George 2K3 #2 Posted February 18, 2003 Some of the titles listed aren't exactly emulated, depending on what system they appear on, but rather directly translated. A big difference to make notice of, since emulation deals with recreating the system the original program played on and direct translation deals with recreating the original program itself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PongHit #3 Posted February 18, 2003 Some of the titles listed aren't exactly emulated, depending on what system they appear on, but rather directly translated. Yeah, I know some aren't literally emulated, but many DO use the original ROMs -- even for the Game Boy (Advance)! Pocketing playable miniture versions of the original TEMPEST, ASTEROIDS, BATTLEZONE is a beautiful thing, to me. I'd LOVE to see a collection of 2600 ROMs for the GBA -- including a GBA release of ACTIVISION ANTHOLOGY, and a similar collection of Atari's 2600 ROMs. (I'm hoping at least the original 2600 PITFALL will be included on the upcoming GBA PITFALL sequel coming later this year!) I guess this is a controversal opinion, but I think its cool how mainstream emulation has become. -PongHit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyDevil #4 Posted February 18, 2003 I have most of those PS compilations, but what compilation has Gunsmoke? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NE146 #5 Posted February 18, 2003 You're absolutely right. A lot of good arcade translations made it to the PSX (and yeah the gameboy in lesser volumes) that were a joy to play. Williams Arcade Classics comes to mind as an AWESOME package as are the Namco, Atari, Konami, Capcom, and Midway packages etc. However having said that, there is one little stinker I can recall.. Moon Cresta (off the Nichibitsu package which also has crazy climber), just seems way off. I don't know what it is but the enemies take some crazy swoops you just don't find in the arcade game. Maybe it's not emulated but ported rather? Anyway, it's pretty off from the arcade game as far as gameplay goes. However for the Gameboy Advance.. that's still an evolving thing. The Konami and Nacmo packages were great.. but who can easily forget the DISASTER that the Williams Arcade Classics (or whatever it was called) cart for the GBA was? It was an absolute disgrace and probably scarred those games for life. It's a sad thing when the older GBC ports of Defender and Joust blow away the versions that supposedly come from the arcade roms. One thing that's intriguing me.. Where can you find Outrun, After Burner, and Super Hangon for GBA? That in some kind of import Sega arcade compilation? (or is it some port of the genesis titles?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisbid #6 Posted February 18, 2003 there is a sega arcade collection coming out later this year with Outrun, After Burner, Space Harrier, and Super Hang On, but from what ive read, its not emulated, and the early videos show some problems. Ill probably still buy it though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PongHit #7 Posted February 18, 2003 ... the Nichibitsu package which also has crazy climber... Oh yeah, I'm glad you mentioned the Nichibitsu collection for PlayStation. Its Japanese only, right? Do you need to modify a US PS2 to play it? THANKS! -PongHit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PongHit #8 Posted February 18, 2003 I have most of those PS compilations, but what compilation has Gunsmoke? I'm pretty sure Gunsmoke is on a "Capcom Generations" collection -- its a 4-disc compilation in Europe, & also on a single-disc comp. from Japan. -PongHit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NE146 #9 Posted February 18, 2003 ... the Nichibitsu package which also has crazy climber... Oh yeah, I'm glad you mentioned the Nichibitsu collection for PlayStation. Its Japanese only, right? Do you need to modify a US PS2 to play it? yes. and yes (or a modded psx). Either that or get an import console Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PongHit #10 Posted February 18, 2003 ... or get an import console Would I be able to use US discs with an imported PS2? THANKS! -PongHit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PongHit #11 Posted February 18, 2003 ... here's the PLAYSTATION list ... With all these big name classics available for the PlayStation, I think its weird that the original arcade version of FROGGER isn't available for PS. Can anyone explain why?? It wasn't included on any of the PSX Frogger remakes, was it?? THANKS! -PongHit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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