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  • Arcade games that never got converted to the SpeccyOver the years, loads of arcade games never did make it to the Speccy. What games would you have like to have seen converted to the Spectrum?

    ... was a fine year for conversions on the Speccy. Some games ... actually prefer playing to the arcade counterparts.
    [/quote]

    arcade.

    Obviously if I ... so, though I love the arcade version in a different way ...
    Spector Spector March 2006 Games
  • Arcade games that never got converted to the SpeccyOver the years, loads of arcade games never did make it to the Speccy. What games would you have like to have seen converted to the Spectrum?

    ... :D Miles better than the arcade.
    [/quote]

    : ... capable of faithfully reproducing most arcade games of the day.
    arcade version in a different way ... there were literally hundreds of conversions that just didn't stack ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2006 Games
  • Arcade games that never got converted to the SpeccyOver the years, loads of arcade games never did make it to the Speccy. What games would you have like to have seen converted to the Spectrum?

    ... :D Miles better than the arcade.
    [/quote]

    ... capable of faithfully reproducing most arcade games of the day.< ... there were literally hundreds of conversions that just didn't stack ... .
    However, the best arcade games as you say, captured ...
    Spector Spector March 2006 Games
  • Arcade games that never got converted to the SpeccyOver the years, loads of arcade games never did make it to the Speccy. What games would you have like to have seen converted to the Spectrum?

    ... the Speccy than the arcade. Sure, the arcade version is technically better ... conversion.

    As for conversions that should have happened but ...
    NickH NickH March 2006 Games
  • 3D Star Strike - best unofficial conversion ever?A copy of Star Wars as we all know, but I didn't realise how good a copy it was until I played the arcade game on MAME a couple of days ago. The bit …

    ... crap and so was the arcade it was blatanty stolen from ... the Renegade titles are good conversions of the Kunio Nekketsu series ... just as fun as the arcade original.

    Star Firebirds ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2006 Games
  • Un-identical conversionscan anybody recall the conversions which were absolutely unidentical on different PCs? for example [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi…

    ... /> several of the early arcade games conversions were only similar or sometimes ... spectrum compared to the original arcade that i love. had different ...
    Sadako Sadako May 2006 Games
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... a machine to make conversions of arcade games and Amiga/ST hits ...
    Spector Spector May 2006 Games
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... love the Spectrum conversions, yeah of course the arcade machines were so ... much better, some other conversions for ...
    psj3809 psj3809 May 2006 Games
  • Best game???Every platform has its best game. What would it be for the Speccy? Any type of game is ok. Thanks! cbmeeks

    ... many people are talking about conversions here. Rainbow Islands and R ... the arcade machines and even a lot of the other computer conversions ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Games
  • Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…

    ... a fan of reading about arcade ports that went wrong and ... that along with many other conversions that weren't, we'll ...
    Steve Halfpenny Steve Halfpenny June 2006 Games
  • Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…

    ... ]


    The arcade (and better conversions) all seem to do ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers June 2006 Games
  • Best game???Every platform has its best game. What would it be for the Speccy? Any type of game is ok. Thanks! cbmeeks

    ... , tied with Barbarian.
    Best arcade game: Rainbow Islands, tied with ... a new thread about the conversions affair maybe you wanna have ...
    Emlyn_Hughes Emlyn_Hughes June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... /> Here we have my favourite conversions (with no special order):
    Chase HQ - Easily the best arcade driving game conversion the Spectrum ... the Movie - These were never arcade machines.

    To ... to the spirit of the arcade machines - if not the ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... however I play all the conversions bar Green Beret with more ... ]Chase HQ - Easily the best arcade driving game conversion the Spectrum ...
    michaelf michaelf June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... - Some of the better conversions in there, but the Spectrum ... Chase HQ - Easily the best arcade driving game conversion the Spectrum ... (I'd say its arcade conversion equivalent would be something ... competition what decent non-arcade on-foot vertical scrollers ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... the Movie - These were never arcade machines.[/QUOTE]

    Robocop ... was an arcade game!

    Lemmings was ... very rare 'home computer to arcade game' conversions, of an Amiga title.
    [FOAD]Iron [FOAD]Iron June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... ='[FOAD]Iron']Robocop was an arcade game![/QUOTE]

    Oops ... very rare 'home computer to arcade game' conversions, of an Amiga title ... , it certainly wasn't an arcade original, which is kind of ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Games
  • Was there never a good Mr Do! type game on the SpeccyI've just replied to a post about MAME on these forums, and it reminds me of something I've always wondered; was there a decent Mr Do! type game on o…

    ... mean, we had first class conversions of Moon Cresta, R-Type ... as fair or bad conversions of many other arcade games, plus numerous ... tributes, I mean) of successful arcade games, but I never saw ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle July 2006 Games
  • What a stupid www site[url]http://www.c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] pityful.

    ... other conversions, and although retaining a few extra traits of the arcade ... fact, i think the two conversions must have been closely tied ... version, but better than the arcade! (128k sound would help though ...
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace July 2006 Games
  • Your views on...Rollercoaster[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Roller+Coaster$&pub=^Elite+Systems+Ltd$]Rollercoaster:[/url] I thought this game was great.…

    ... arcade conversion extravaganza. Commando, Bombjack, Ghosts & Goblins, all first class conversions ...
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2006 Games
  • Most accurate conversion?There have been lots of threads about the "best" conversion to the Speccy, but which is the most accurate? Not necessarily in terms of graphics, as t…

    ... probably some of the simpler conversions such as moon cresta , galaxians ... all slightly different from the arcade versions.

    Id go ...
    sirclive1 sirclive1 November 2006 Games
  • Most accurate conversion?There have been lots of threads about the "best" conversion to the Speccy, but which is the most accurate? Not necessarily in terms of graphics, as t…

    ... don't want to discount conversions from any platforms other than ... not possible to get the arcade game experience right with these ...
    Gwyn Gwyn November 2006 Games
  • Most accurate conversion?There have been lots of threads about the "best" conversion to the Speccy, but which is the most accurate? Not necessarily in terms of graphics, as t…

    ... don't want to discount conversions from any platforms other than ... .
    [/quote]

    No arcade game will match the original ...
    andrew_rollings andrew_rollings November 2006 Games
  • What are your favorite Spectrum games?[FONT="System"][/FONT] If anybody has asked this question before, please forgive me as I'm new to the WorldofSpectrum forums, but what are your favo…

    ... one of the finest arcade to 8-bit conversions ever) but Rambo ... about Elite conversions), the Speccy version is better than the arcade original.
    Vampyre Vampyre December 2006 Games
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... as an extremely professional, almost arcade quality game, but not ... the C64 than the arcade, although the arcade version is superior ... every way, but prefer the arcade versions of Ghosts 'n' ... experienced, although the C64 conversions were superb efforts and at ...
    Fizza Fizza January 2007 Games
  • Your favourite abandonwareJust found a great adventure game called Dreamweb It runs with dosbox, a utility for running old dos-based games. It's a pretty good utility and ca…

    ... and it's many total conversions! Of which I recommend DOOM ... a point n click with arcade style action sequences (for the ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek January 2007 Chit chat
  • Amazon SystemsIn the 1980s, my company, Amazon Systems, did quite a few Arcade to Home Computer conversions for Parker Games. The games Panama Joe and Death Star…

    ... - one of my absolutely favourite arcade games back in the day ... back then were really accurate conversions.

    I guess it ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2007 Games
  • ThunderBladeDid anyone actually like this game?

    ... of those over ambitious speccy conversions. On a similar note I ... was never gonna give the Arcade feel was it?
    alanspec alanspec February 2007 Games
  • Track and FieldI think this is the most awful game there is [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005360]Track and Field[/url] released in 1988 by …

    ... probably refers to the original arcade machine which came out that ... think anyone was producing licensed conversions back then.
    Matt_B Matt_B February 2007 Games
  • Durells best gameWell here's a really hard one for y'all, I know because I can barely make a decision myself

    ... in the unique mix of arcade and simulation. (and the "mission ... richardson was, started just making conversions from other platforms after thanatos ...
    cichlasoma cichlasoma February 2007 Games
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