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Non Arcade games on an Arcade Cabinet
epetti:
I started my cabinet with almost equal weighting MAME and console/PC games. After I configured everything and started playing through I slowly started removing console/PC games as I found they just didn't work with the limited set of controls and quick play time that I wanted for a stand up cabinet. I'm still tweaking the list, but there definitely are some winners that I think work great on the cabinet. A few are:
Many TI-99/4A games, if you're familiar with that computer. Of course, many are varying clones of arcade games, but different enough to add their only level of fun. Actually, almost every TI-99/4A game works well as an arcade game.
Some old PC/Commodore games:
- Lode Runner
- Boulder Dash and Boulder Dash II
- Some old Apogee games like Commander Keen and Duke Nukem and Wacky Wheels
- Micro Machines (different versions run on PC or consoles)
Some more arcade-like Nintendo and Sega games. I see Super Mario Bros. falling on both sides of this, but I feel that if you configure the equivalent of Save State on MAME so you can pick up where you left off, then individual levels work well for a quick fix.
rCadeGaming:
Some of what Xiaou2 is saying is making sense to me... I think I must have finally gone off the deep end... (although idk about the TF 2 vs. 3 thing)
Here's a list I already had going of console games which play much better on a cab than with a controller. They're all shmups, fighters, or beat-em-ups. For the older consoles, no arcade ports are included unless they're superior or significantly different from the arcade version, or not emulated well in MAME. Starting with the Dreamcast, you'll start seeing a lot of straight ports, just because they're not available in MAME yet.
I left off platformers, because using a stick for them is controversial. Personally, I would play Mario, Sonic, Castlevania, etc. with a controller because of tradition, but for especially demanding stuff like the Mega Man series, Mega Man X series, Contra series, Hagane, Rocket Knight Adventures, Super Meat Boy, etc., I think a stick gives you a needed edge.
My collection/to buy list is a little overboard, so I'll bold the ones I'd especially recommend.
-Nintendo-
Crisis Force (NTSC-J)
Guardian Legend
Gun-Nac
Recca - Summer Carnival '92 (NTSC-J)
-PC Engine-
Blazing Lazers
Super Star Soldier
Final Soldier (NTSC-J)
Soldier Blade
Air Zonk
-PC Engine CD-
Alzadick
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Nexzr Special (NTSC-J)
Rayxanber III
Ginga Fukei Densetsu: Sapphire (NTSC-J)
Seirei Senshi Spriggan (NTSC-J)
Spriggan Mark 2 (NTSC-J)
Terraforming
Air Zonk: Rockabilly Paradise
-Sega Genesis-
Super Fantasy Zone (NTSC-J/PAL)
Gleylancer (NTSC-J)
Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen)
M.U.S.H.A.
Steel Empire
Target Earth
Thunder Force II
Thunder Force III
Lightening Force (Thunder Force IV)
-Sega CD-
Bari-Arm
Robo Aleste
Silpheed
Soulstar
-Sega 32X-
Kolibri
Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000
-Super Nintendo-
Biometal (NTSC-J)
Firepower 2000
Ninja Warriors
R-Type III: The Third Lightning
Space Megaforce (Super Aleste)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Wild Guns
-Sega Saturn-
Assault Suits Leynos II (NTSC-J)
Guardian Heroes
Radiant Silvergun (NTSC-J)
Thunder Force V (NTSC-J)
-Playstation-
Gaia Seed (NTSC-J PSX)
Gradius Gaiden (NTSC-J)
Guilty Gear
Harmful Park (NTSC-J)
R-Type Delta
Silhouette Mirage
Zanac X Zanac
-Nintendo 64-
Sin & Punishment (NTSC-J)
-Sega Dreamcast-
Border Down (NTSC-J)
Capcom vs. SNK
Capcom vs. SNK 2 (NTSC-J)
Chaos Field (NTSC-J)
Fast Striker
Ikaruga (NTSC-J)
Last Hope - Pink Bullets
NEO XYX
Psyvariar 2 (NTSC-J)
Radirgy (NTSC-J)
Shikigami no Shiro II (NTSC-J)
Triggerheart Exelica (NTSC-J)
Trizeal (NTSC-J)
Under Defeat (NTSC-J)
Virtua Fighter 3TB
Zero Gunner 2 (NTSC-J)
-Playstation 2-
Do Don Pachi Daioujou (NTSC-J)
Ibara (NTSC-J)
Gradius V
Guilty Gear X Plus
Guilty Gear XX
R-Type Final
Rez
Silpheed: The Lost Planet
Raiden III
Thunder Force VI (NTSC-J)
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution
-XBox-
-Playstation 3-
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
-PSN-
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
Space Invaders - Infinity Gene
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition
-XBox 360-
Deathsmiles
DoDonPachi Resurrection Deluxe Edition (PAL region-free)
Eschatos (incl. Judgement Silversword + Cardinal Sins) (NTSC-J region-free)
Espgaluda II (NTSC-J region-free)
Mushihime-Sama (NTSC-J region-free)
Mushihime-Sama Futari (NTSC-J region-free)
Raiden IV
-XBLA-
Deathsmiles II
Mega Shooter 11
-Nintendo Wii-
Castle of Shikigami III
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor
-VC-
Gradius Rebirth
shponglefan:
Couple more for NES:
Abadox (shmup)
TMNT: The Arcade Game (has a couple extra levels compared to the arcade version)
shponglefan:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on April 01, 2013, 04:21:41 am --- I also dont get this.
--- End quote ---
It seems whenever someone brings up console games on an arcade cabinet, invariably someone will chime in about how they are meant to be played sitting on a couch. And, truth be told, this is true for probably most console games.
But it's about genres/individual games than platforms, and there are plenty of console games which play fine on a cab.
mamenewb100:
I think most simple games like Sonic and Mario control a lot better with a joystick than a gamepad. Though I imagine Sanwa sticks would fair better than American because of the shorter stick travel.
Of course games that were designed for triggers or analog sticks won't fair too well on a cab, unless you have specialized controls.
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