What console games do you think are worthy of building a cabinet for?

[voltz]

I'd like to think of this topic as "titles that were good enough to be in an arcade, but obviously aren't",  so I'd start off with a few that should be simple enough. 

Based off the Vs Castlevania design, I'll gladly pick Castlevania III, IV Bloodlines, Chronicles and Re-Birth.

Contra 3 clearly deserves it's own cab.

Treasure's Alien Solder and Gunstar Heroes are worth mentioning.

Thunderforce IV obviously (must include a killer base system)

Sonic 1 got a megatech release, so let's add Sonic's 2, 3, Sonic + Knuckles and imagine each with their own artwork/marquees to go with that.

and then two of my other favs on XBOX, Gunvakyrie and Panzer Dragoon Zwei, with full twin-stick support.  Those I'd love to see covered with high res art.


I'm just burning through some ideas as I'll probably be looking forward to working on this in the future, permitted I'll be in the capacity of doing so.  Figured I'd throw this out there as it might bring up some influence if anyone wanted to add a little something unique to their collection.

[opt2not]

Off the top of my head:

• The Mutant Storm series
• R-type Delta
• R-type final
• Gradius Gaiden
• Gradius Advance
• Einhander (though it would be tough with the button scheme)
• Pac-Man Championship Edition (including DX/DX+...I'm not talking about Battle Royale)
• Pacman Vs.  (this would have been an awesome arcade cabinet, though it would have to have 2 screens facing away from each other. But it could host 2 Gamecubes, one with a Gameboy Player for the GBA connection)

[voltz]

• Einhander (though it would be tough with the button scheme)
• Pac-Man Championship Edition (including DX/DX+...I'm not talking about Battle Royale)
• Pacman Vs.  (this would have been an awesome arcade cabinet, though it would have to have 2 screens facing away from each other. But it could host 2 Gamecubes, one with a Gameboy Player for the GBA connection)

I had those ideas in the back of my head as well.  Championship Edition is something I'll never get over simply because it's Namco's flagship title and they couldn't even be bothered to give this one a proper release in spite of the fact it was the first TRUE arcade sequel this franchise ever had.  Also I'm thinking I'll add Philosima to the list.  Gotta have at least one Shmup with changing perspectives.

I noticed I screwed up when I called PD Zwei instead of Orta.  Oops.

[Xiaou2]

Target Earth             (Genesis)
Shooting Gallery       (Sega Master System)
Missile Defense 3D   (Sega Master System)
Thunder Force II      (Genesis, x68000)

[harveybirdman]

Nexzr & Lords of Thunder

[knave]

I like Sol Deace and Sub-Terrania on the Genisis...kid Chameleon would probably be a good one too (but long).

Burnout series for driving games (Unless it happened and I missed it)

Their are a bunch of new pretty decent indie games out on Steam/OUYA/Google Play that would/could be good in a cab. Twin Tiger Shark (has tate!) Super Crate box (mindless fun), Maldita Castilla (like Ghosts’n’Goblins), Shadow Blade, Sine Mora. and many more

PC specifically...I think a Zombie Driver cab would be cool

[pbj]

Target Earth             (Genesis)

Man, that's one you don't hear about every day.  That was a very strange game that I randomly purchased when I was a kid.  Never met anyone else that owned it or had even heard of it.  We'd play through it every so often for years... but had to do the invincibility cheat. 

[BadMouth]

I like Sol Deace and Sub-Terrania on the Genisis....

Sol Feace for Sega CD=better music. 


As you can tell from the suggestions, it's the older games from before analog controllers that work best on an arcade setup.
Any of the fighting games from those newer consoles may still work, if you're into those type games.
(and by fighting games, I mean where two players punch each other, not first person shooters like you mentioned in your analog controls thread)

[knave]

I like Sol Deace and Sub-Terrania on the Genisis....

Sol Feace for Sega CD=better music. 

Harumph!

I'm aware and have played the Sega CD version. But nostalgia being what it is, I like the original. (To be honest I never noticed the difference.)

Lets re make Super Mario Bros with new music and see how the fans like it.! 

[Howard_Casto]

Please don't tell me you are comparing Sol Feace with Super Mario Bros. 

Also the Super Mario overworld theme has been re-worked and incorporated into most modern Super Mario Games and people tend to like it just fine. 

[pbj]

Frankly, I wish Mario would come up with some new themes.  They've been whoring out the same 2 or 3 tunes for 30 years.

[knave]

Please don't tell me you are comparing Sol Feace with Super Mario Bros. 

Also the Super Mario overworld theme has been re-worked and incorporated into most modern Super Mario Games and people tend to like it just fine.

NO! not at all, I'm just saying that I like the original rather than a remake with a corny changed name and new music. (I think it's only the name change that makes me cringe a little, I never noticed the new music on the CD version)

It could be any fondly remembered game. I don't hate Sole Feace...I just like the original better because that is what I played for hours and hours. Pausing it to go to school so I could come back and beat it.

Put either in a cab and I will play it smiling!

Now what other cool games are cab worthy?

[BadMouth]

It could be any fondly remembered game. I don't hate Sole Feace...I just like the original better because that is what I played for hours and hours. Pausing it to go to school so I could come back and beat it.

I never had it on the Genesis, but did have it for Sega CD. 

[Howard_Casto]

So you were one of the 12 guys in the US that bought the Sega CD?

I'm sorry guys you just keep pitching them to me underhanded today... I've got to swing.

[BadMouth]

So you were one of the 12 guys in the US that bought the Sega CD?

I'm sorry guys you just keep pitching them to me underhanded today... I've got to swing.

Pre-ordered for $350.  It was the first time I felt really suckered by marketing.  I think I was making like $2.85/hr at my part time job.
I remember a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach while watching the tiny crappy full motion video play.
It's got to be better than this.....it just has to be 

EDIT: seems the launch price was $299.  I must have ordered a game with it.

[Howard_Casto]

Well I almost bought a virtual boy when they came out, if that makes you feel any better. 

If the NX comes out soon I'm hoping Nintendo will do the right thing and give Wii U owners a discount.  Don't get me wrong, I love my Wii U... lots of good games on it, but I bought it because I assumed it would be the only way to play Nintendo titles for the next 7-10 years. 

[knave]

I had not heard of the Nintendo NX until now.

Thanks Howard for the Heads up.

[pbj]

I had a Sega CD.  Paid... $90 for it?  Sam Goody had all the games for $9.50 each.  I probably had something like 80% of the US library.  There was some pretty good stuff on it but a lot of it was like, "now this is the game where it's got polygon rotation.... and this is the game with 7 parallex scrolling layers.... and this is the game with..."  Hell, I even had most of the 32X CD games.  Final Fight was amazing on it, though.

[HaRuMaN]

Virtual On 4 Force

I have the VO control panel already, just need to hack up an Xbox 360 and be hook it up. 

[tomstewdevine]

Wario's woods, or Yoshi's cookie..... or snood.

[opt2not]

Pardon the self-quote.

• Pacman Vs.  (this would have been an awesome arcade cabinet, though it would have to have 2 screens facing away from each other. But it could host 2 Gamecubes, one with a Gameboy Player for the GBA connection)

Was looking around the net to see if this is indeed possible, and it looks like the Racketboy guys covered it here:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/pac-man-vs-party-without-a-gameboy-advance



Looks like I'm going to be picking up a second GC.

Edit: oh, I could just use my Wii along with the GC instead!
http://www.greatbitblog.com/how-did-i-do-that-pacman-vs-set-up/[/list]

[Xiaou2]

Target Earth             (Genesis)

Man, that's one you don't hear about every day.  That was a very strange game that I randomly purchased when I was a kid.  Never met anyone else that owned it or had even heard of it.  We'd play through it every so often for years... but had to do the invincibility cheat.

 Cool.   But I only thought the name was 'weird' ...at first.

 The game is very much like a Japanese Anime.  Quite epic.   Totally "Arcade Hard".   I think it took me a good hour or more... to figure out how to beat the first level.   Trying to fight off every bot just gets you annihilated quick... as they swarm you to death.

 Then it became a real challenge trying to max out on the bonus points...  such as defeating the 1st level ship at the furthest distance possible. This would give you more weapons to play with on the next level.

 I think I got about 5 levels deep in it... before I found out about the cheat.

 Even with that cheat... I loved how you could end up with a "Game Over"...  such as not getting into the ship soon enough,  it will just take off without you.   I was in shock, but hey, its realism.   Speaking of realism... I also liked the fact that if you launched one of your explosive cannons... and walked into the explosions you made... it would hurt you.   So many games do not allow that to happen.   Ohh... and I love that the game even has areas where your friends help out in the battle.  Sure, they are not very good... but its fun to see that level of greatness in a games programming / design.

 I never did this before... but one day I actually called a company about the game.  I cant recall where I got the number, or which company I had called.    The lady on the line told me some things about the game, and she sent me several sheets of tips, about how to get through the game.   Sadly, Ive long since lost them.   Though, maybe someone still has them online.   Id hate to think I had something special... only to have it get lost.

 One day, I vow to try to beat that game without the cheat.  I think its possible, but it will be a serious challenge.


 I vow the same for TFII.   Ive only beaten it when Ive used the level select, skipping the first 5 or so levels..  and even that took me like a year of off and on attempts.    One day Ill try to master all the levels,  and get through the full thing in one shot.

 Interesting enough, I found out about the original TFII version on the x68000 computer.  It has more levels, more parrallax scrolling layers, better sound, and more.    The genesis version is actually somewhat harder in a certain spot... as they changed one of the bosses bullet spread.  It was so bad... that the only way I was able to defeat it,  as the use the start/pause button like a slow-motion effect, by rapidly tapping it on/off.  That was brutally difficult to do while trying to play.   Im not sure if there is a level select on the x68000 version... and being that the thing is in Japanese,  in not sure it would be easy to figure out.

[vwalbridge]

I'm not sure it's worth building an entire cab for, but if you threw in the sequel it might.

R.C. Pro-Am

Why?

- Arcade games are typically quick play games. Walk up, drop a coin and start playing right away with very little instruction. RCPA fits that bill
- Only needs left and right for movement. You culd use a 2-way joystick. Making the fast-twitch steering with a joystick possible.
- The difficulty curve accelerates quickly like most arcade games.
- The game has enough variety to keep you interested. 32 race tracks.
- Excellent sound and music
- R.C. pro-am II has the ability to play up to 4 players so you could build a 2-player cab
- One negative - High scores are erased when game is powered off.

[Howard_Casto]

Pardon the self-quote.

• Pacman Vs.  (this would have been an awesome arcade cabinet, though it would have to have 2 screens facing away from each other. But it could host 2 Gamecubes, one with a Gameboy Player for the GBA connection)

Was looking around the net to see if this is indeed possible, and it looks like the Racketboy guys covered it here:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/pac-man-vs-party-without-a-gameboy-advance



Looks like I'm going to be picking up a second GC.

Edit: oh, I could just use my Wii along with the GC instead!
http://www.greatbitblog.com/how-did-i-do-that-pacman-vs-set-up/[/list]

Could that be done with emulators?  Even if a person had to modify one it would be less convoluted.  That's a great game though.... Nintendo kind of re-did it in NintendoLand with the hide n seek game. 

[opt2not]

Could that be done with emulators?  Even if a person had to modify one it would be less convoluted.  That's a great game though.... Nintendo kind of re-did it in NintendoLand with the hide n seek game. 

I'm not quite sure. The biggest challenge would be the second output through the GBA.  I haven't messed with Gamecube emulation to know whether the current emulators support the GBA add-on games.  If they do then this would definitely be cleaner on PC.

[Howard_Casto]

Well I figure the GBA cable would have to output the data over the net to another PC running a gba emulator or something like that. 

[voltz]

If you were able to manage getting all that running perfectly, you should try something similar to the original Red Tent setup they used to have.

[thomas_surles]

- earthworm Jim
- battle toads & double dragon
(also the other non arcade battletoads)
- pokemon stadium 1&2 (mostly the mini games)
- uniracers (assuming we could have comfortable controls)
- Beavis and Butthead
- puzzle kombat ( from deception?)
- alien hominid
- super smash bros

[pbj]

Pac Man Vs. was fun but wore out pretty quick.

[voltz]

I tend to think it was a gimmick more then anything else.

What they should have done was just take CE and run it with 4 players.  This would have been the ideal way to go.

[tomstewdevine]

Super Smash Bros would be great. Has anyone ever done that before?  I know a lot of people love those games.

[opt2not]

Pac Man Vs. was fun but wore out pretty quick.

Yeah, I gave this a try this weekend. You're absolutely right...it's neat-o for about an hour, then it kinda starts getting old.  Not enough there to keep 4 players interested long enough. 

[thomas_surles]

Super Smash Bros would be great. Has anyone ever done that before?  I know a lot of people love those games.

I heard someone on here talking about doing one with super smash bros crusade. (a pc game) but never saw it happen.

[Aceldamor]

More for the aesthetic of the game than the game it's self but i'd have to say Snatcher for Sega CD would be an amazing cab.

Kid Icarus - Nes
Mega man Series - Multiple Systems
Streets of Rage - Genesis
Castlevania Series - Multiple Systems
Fantasy Zone series - SMS

[pbj]

More for the aesthetic of the game than the game it's self but i'd have to say Snatcher for Sega CD would be an amazing cab.

Lol, no it wouldn't.  It's an interesting game but an arcade cabinet?  Plz.  Lurk moar.

[Aceldamor]

More for the aesthetic of the game than the game it's self but i'd have to say Snatcher for Sega CD would be an amazing cab.

Lol, no it wouldn't.  It's an interesting game but an arcade cabinet?  Plz.  Lurk moar.

I disagree,

Like I said, not for the game play, as it's a point and click title. The aesthetic of the game is very reminiscent of Blade Runner, and I thought it would make for an interesting looking cab is all.

[Howard_Casto]

Why would you dedicate a ton of time money and effort into making a cab themed after a game that's barely playable?

[Aceldamor]

Why would you dedicate a ton of time money and effort into making a cab themed after a game that's barely playable?

Why would people dedicate a lot of time and money on themes that aren't game related at all?

My post was stating what I though would be visually cool... I made the post out of context from the literal "dedicate X console game to a cab".

I got the message though...i'll stay on topic..thanks.

[pbj]

Don't worry, we love nuts around here.

[opt2not]

Why would people dedicate a lot of time and money on themes that aren't game related at all?