Chris you got to be joking, Star Wars was ported to the 2600, 5200 and a whole bunch of other computer consoles at the time even though it really wasn't ported as a vector game. The only thing that could come close was the Vectrex and it was too underpowered to handle it. Only years later did we get a Homebrew that kind of sucked
@@irategamer it's no biggie, every one of us who watch your videos just watch it for fun. Got to say I love your analogy of The Phantom Menace, everyone loves to Monday Morning Quarterback. I also apply this to the Game Genie, helping me give continues on those early arcade ports
I remember playing the vector version on our old Macintosh Plus when I was about four or five. It should have been around 1988. I remember the coolest thing about it was the three or so digitized lines from the movie - "That's great kid, now don't get cocky!", "Look at the size of that thing" and "Let's blow this thing and go home". 20 years later I realized it was actually an arcade game.
This is why I love living in the era of MAME, all those ports at the comfort of my home. Even special backgrounds on some games to give a full arcade look. And if I decided that I want to, can play the home port versions too. Very good era to be alive in.
well, this is interesting, lately i am getting super excited when i see a new video from Irate gamer....real quality videos and a channel that i think deserves more love from the public.
Not many people had 3DO. I loved mine but the biggest issue was how they handled the 2nd player port on the 1st player controller. Killed games like Mad Dog McCree
I miss the old Arcade days of the early 90's. I still remember, as a kid, seeing the MKII(Mortal Kombat 2 for the kiddos out there) arcade cabinet being assembled at my local arcade(Alladin's Castle). That arcade was always packed.
I'm happy you kept your passion for classic gaming. I always liked your original videos when they first came out. I was never a hater. Seeing this resurgence in classic youtube channels I'm happy to know you're one of the ones that returned.
Chris, you have no idea how good it makes me feel to see the Irate gamer back in action and with AVGN's blessing. You and James are the example to the rest of the internet how to be adults. way to go and keep the vids coming.
When i was a kid i used to play Capcom 1942 in arcade, for my birthday my father got me the nes port. At first i was like "the heck is this game, it doesn't look like the original". Then i ended loving the port because is was a bit easier and i could play it whenever i want ( i used to live far away from big cities with arcade places)
Both “Ghosts ‘n Goblins” and “1942” are developed by Micronics, and Capcom published it for the NES. Micronics became the worst video game developer to put out poorly made arcade ports for the NES. “Ikari Warriors” and “Tiger-Heli” are both bad, and it was also developed by Micronics.
I gotta say, your writing and sense of humor has come a long way since you first started the Irate Gamer show! Every episode's been entertaining since the AVGN crossover. Keep at it Chris, the fan reception speaks for itself!! P.S... I've completed Ghosts N' Goblins arcade without using any continues at all. It was a long and agonizing journey, but it was worth it for one of the most atmospheric games of the mid-80's. Always gives you the spooks when an imp suddenly spawns under your feet !!
2 hours in and 2.1k views way to go man keep it up. And one arcade ports that have to talk about someday is T2 the Arcade Game that went on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis
AWESOME VIDEO! I didn't want it to end! I hope we can see more of theses Arcade and Console Ports comparisons in the next video! PLEASE! P.S: GAME ON , CHRIS! \w/
Commodore Amiga version's one of the most impressive ports out there, having to be squeezed on 4 floppies and all the animation hand drawn from scratch!
@@kyokusagani8869 Of course not all the levels could be included on those four disks, so we also got Escape From Singe's Castle which included many more on (I think) five more disks. And could be linked to work with the first game, though it's amazingly a PITA to do so via emulation.
Star Wars the Arcade Game was ported to many diffrent systems including the Atari 2600. The Commodore 64 had two diffrent versions. I never realized they never made a version for the NES though. But then again I never owned an NES. Just my 2600 and my C=64 until I bought my first Windows 98 PC in January of 1999.
Maybe you could make a review of those mini hand held arcade games that AVGN never reviewed even though it showed him playing them in his X-Men and Magnavox Odyssey reviews during the first few seconds of the intros. They're those things that are always behind him on his shelf during his reviews.
Chris thanks for this video brought lots of good memories when i was a kid and go play these games at the arcade. Keep up the great work really glad to see you back with the irate gamer character. Peace brother.
Hey Chris, I'm surprised you didn't mention Double Dragon (which was both an arcade game then ported to the NES - which was a pretty good port) as well as Kung Fu Master/Kung Fu on the NES...
Once again Chris makes a fantastic video and I love arcade gaming, had some great memories back in the 90s Can’t wait for the next video Chris See you next game
I spent most of my life in a super small town in NW Kansas. Population of 300. Literally the only arcade games I ever got to see and play was whatever the Pizza Hut in the next town would have - and they didn't change them up very often at all. So I didn't learn that a lot of games I grew up loving were arcade ports until my late 20s!
The Burgertime 2600 version enemies were: Mr hot dog Mr Egg Mr breadstick Mr Cheese (I suppose he’s Velveeta). I recall that MNetworks (a division of Mattel) focused more on the port for the Intellivision
Sounds like Coleco with Donkey Kong :D (speaking of which- why isn't this port mentioned? The Coleco Adam version even had all four levels if I recall correctly)
You forgot to mention that Ms. Pac Man had a two player co-op mode in the arcades, while the ports didn’t allow you to play two players. I used to go to Tilt that had that particular game, it’s the Midway version not Namco arcade!
@Folk Raven-Bear back then it was exclusive to arcades, the Genesis port had it, but there hasn’t been the full arcade game with two players co-op because it wasn’t made by Namco, but it was Tengen.
Er- I lived during Ms. Pac-man's time and it most certainly did not have two-player co-op. It was a single joystick game same as its predecessor. In fact, it started life as a third-party mod for Pac-man cabinets called Crazy Otto before Midway (note: not Namco though they knew about it) officially endorsed it and released it as Ms. Pac-man in its own cabinet. As others have mentioned, it was later console ports that had the co-op action.
@Qun Mang I played the Midway-Atari versions of Ms. Pac Man in the arcades back in the mid-1980s, because it was a special cabinet made for two players to play simultaneously. It was my favorite version of Ms pac man, because it had that experience with playing co-op at the mall!
@@Markimark151 Midway-Atari version? Are you sure you're remembering correctly? That doesn't sound like any official version released. Could it have been a console version hacked for the arcade perhaps? Or Playchoice 10 (though it isn't on the list of Playchoice 10 NES games)? Tengen did make an NES port of Ms. Pacman, albeit around 1988 or so, and Tengen was Atari, so... If it was genuinely the arcade version, it could also have been some prototype being location tested, though I'm highly skeptical about any involvement from Atari in that case as it simply wasn't their game. If you have a link to any information I would be interested to read about this machine.
So, about that 2600 Donkey Kong: it was originally released by Coleco, and there was a popular theory at the time that Coleco intentionally made it bad so that the version for their own ColecoVision console (which was decently close to the arcade game, though like the NES version it didn't have the "pie factory" level) would look even better by comparison. Don't know if anyone ever turned up hard evidence for it, or explained why Atari themselves later rereleased this piece of trash.
Great vid Chris. You know they did make a port of the Star Wars Arcade Game for the 32x. It is a little different though. Since it does not have the wire frame. But would be a cool side review. Keep up the great work man.
My first console was the Atari 2600, but man when the Nes came out you realized just how inferior the Atari was. On a side note I've also always pronounced Tengen with a soft G. I know a lot of purests go for that hard G, but the soft version always seemed like the correct way to me. A shame that we hardly see arcades anymore though. Some of my best memories as a child and teen were at the arcade. Great stuff as always Chris!
Noice. I just reviewed Donkey Kong (NES) last week and received a message from "Billy Mitchell" for referring to him as a cheating douche. I also have a review for Pac-Man (NES) coming in November. October will be all about horror themed games...although there are ghosts chasing Pac-Man around the maze...hmm...
Irate gamer and AVGN are without question the best video game critics on RU-vid along with gaming critics. You should do reviews for both old and new games and consoles along with AVGN, given you both are legendary critics online now on RU-vid.
I was on a 6-month pre-order list at Sears when the 2600 Pac-Man port came out. When I finally got it I was extremely disappointed. As were all my friends, and everybody I knew that purchased the game.
I was in perfect agreement, until you mentioned the inferiority of the arcade's Punch Out. That was one cool came. I always hated how Little Mac was so tiny. My kids even noticed that and asked why I played a kid against adults. Also, it was very cool for it's time to see a semi-translucent via grid player, so you could see the opposing player through him. Very underrated game. And, I do love NES Mike Tyson's Punch Out.
Honestly, the 2600 had a pretty good version of Ms. Pac-Man. Bionic Commando for the NES was vastly superior than the arcade game like many other Capcom games. Great vid, Chris!
I had spyhunter for the Comadore 64. It was my favorite game for the system. It’s a shame they never ported WrestleFest to the home consoles. I played it every time I found it in the arcade (still do). But as the years went by it got harder and harder to find. It got to the point the only place i could find it was at the campground me and my grandparents would vacation at. Beach or boating all day, then off to the arcade room until close. Haven’t thought about that stuff in probably 20 years. Thanks for reminding me.
Chris, you forgot to mention the colecovision version of Donkey Kong. Back then it was pretty impressive as it was the closest thing to an authentic Donkey Kong arcade experience at home but by now it vaguely resembles the arcade game in terms of graphics. The Atari 7800 version of Donkey Kong came out after the NES version and was based on the NES version, like the NES version, the pie factory level is completely absent.
Fun fact with the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man. If you play it on an Atari 7800 it stops the ghosts from flickering and you will be able to see them all on screen at once since the 7800 is more powerful than the 2600 and the 7800 is backward compatible to 2600 games.
Great episode, if I could point out one hiccup, the footage you used for the "Ikari Warriors" segment was actually from the sequel "Ikari Warriors II". But yeah, there are times where ports of classic arcade games, looking at you "Dragon's Lair", are inferior to the arcade version, while other times arcade games are inferior to console ports, prime example being "Ninja Gaiden". I don't think I've ever seen the "Atari" version of "Burger Time", but damn does it look like shit. It made me think back to a video made by Guru Larry about British Game Rip-Offs, and one of them being a game called "Mr. Wimpy", but even that game looks more graphically appealing than the Atari "Burger Time" port. lol
I had Burger Time for the TI 99 4a and I fucking LOVED it!!!! In fact, the TI 99 4a was the very first gaming console I ever owned, and it was SO much fun!!! Man, that thing brings back so many memories! Burger Time, Q-bert, Munch Man, Moon Mine, Parsec..... Wow!
10:16 - Well we got great home ports of Dragon's Lair (1983) for the Philips CD-i (1994) & the 3DO (1993). They where nere the only perfect ports for many years. And to be honest, I don't think they ever offically released a port for the Sony PlayStation (PS1). To my knowledge Sony never released any title until about 2003-2004 with the new designed Dragon's Lair 3D - Special Edition. Just to clerify about the port evolution of Dragon's Lair.
Atari 2600 Pac-Man is actually really fun - if you give it a chance. Game 1, difficulty “A” is the most challenging. If you can score 4000 points, you are amazing!
We didnt have any arcades in my small town so the 2600 pacman was all I had. There was a lot of ms pacman cabinets in the next town over though. From pizza hut to the local pharmacy, everyone had a mid pacman machine. But yeah , 2600 pacman was the one I was raised on and was my moms favorite game, so much so that when she passed we had a 2600 pacman torment in her honor. It's a mess of a game for sure but tells you how good pacman is whe the worst version of it is still pretty awesome. Dude this was easily like your best video ever, and the best part, cant wait to go over to a certain blog and read what the saddest man alive has to say about it, those are always hilarious 😉
Very entertaining and informative video as usual for Chris, but I was surprised no mention of "Double Dragon", one of the biggest Arcade Hits of the Decade with tons of very bad to mediocre home conversions.
The first thing i had was the Atari 800 computer, and the first game on it was Pac-Man. That was a real arcade port. It was one of my favorite gaming systems in general. HERO, Keystone Capers and the best version of Pitfall 2 (with a second part).
That Starwars arcade game was ported plenty of times. The Atari ST, Amiga, ZX Spectrum had it for sure and I think there was an Atari 2600 and a 5200 version too.
While not as good as the arcade version I remember being happy with the NES version of Pac-Mania the Chrstimas before upgrading to the Sega Genesis. It was one situation where the NES version actually looked better than the 16-Bit version due to better color selections.
The reason why the 2600 of Donkey Kong was bad was because Coleco, the developer, made it bad on purpose in order to entice people into buying a Colecovision , they did the same thing to Intellivision. Years later homebrew Versions of Dinkey Kong were made for the 2600 and it was a lot closer to the original arcade version. So yeah, it was made bad on purpose.