Arcade Screenshots Vs. Their NES Counterparts

[Tighe]

Rygar

NES:

 

[Tighe]

The Legend of Kage

Pronounced Ka-gay, not cage!

Arcade:

NES:

 

[nesjess]

NES:
RYGAR

Oh, this is a good one. Rygar was completely different on the NES. I think Tecmo games were all very different. Ex. Ninja Gaiden.

Many Capcom games, though not all, were completely different as well.

Strider

Bionic Commando

 

[Tighe]

Sega

Really is was Tengen that ported these games to the NES along with a bunch of Atari and Namco games and all of them were copies of the arcade version unlike what Capcom and Temco did.

Shinobi:

Arcade:

NES:

Afterburner:

Arcade:

NES:

Fantasy Zone:

Arcade:

NES:

Alien Syndrome:

NES:

 

[nesjess]

Yeah, I know Tengen ported all of the Atari games. And they were all very bad ports. Haha.

 

[Sectorseven]

Was there really an NES version of Street Fighter II, or is that some fan made game?

 

[nesjess]

Was there really an NES version of Street Fighter II, or is that some fan made game?

I believe it was a bootleg port for the Famicom.

 

[Tighe]

Yeah, I know Tengen ported all of the Atari games. And they were all very bad ports. Haha.

The Sega ports were good, and all the Namco ones were actually developed by Namco and were pretty good.

I just wish they brought the Famicom version of Splatterhouse to the USA:

Famicom:

Arcade:

Also the NES version of Pac-Man was really good compared to all the crap versions on previous home systems:

And Ms Pac was pixel perfect except for the scrolling: