Arcade games that had no home port but should have

[bjork]

I also came to say Outfoxies, it's really fun. But since it's been picked, I'll say Gaiapolis. There does exist a famicom version but I think it is fan-made, not 100% sure.

 

[spectresfrommercury]

the lost world

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

A Shoot em up called "Boogie Wings", with a First world war theme.

 

[RedNin3]

My vote goes to this one it should’ve been ported to Saturn or PS1
Waku Waku 7

I saw this one before (long ago, before I knew that you could search by images) without knowing what it was and I honestly searched for it like "ps1 2d fighting games" or something. Never found it, till last year lmao.

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Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder is my favourite Golden axe game and should've gotten a home port.
The third Rastan game is another great one. Dead connection is a fun shoot'em up with film noir influences.
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I see a pattern in your taste.

 

[Bakuma1997]

There is a Shump called Chaos Heat that could be at least a cult game in PSX or Saturn, sadly only got a PSX reimagination that can be described as TEMU Resident Evil

Also Red Earth, a quasi-RPG fighter game from capcom, considering how erll it would fit in a console they qwasted a chance to port it, especially since the game is oscure yet the witch character has appeared in more Capcom Crossovers

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

GunForce II (aaka Geo Storm in Japan aka Metal Slug 0 by Irem and SNK fans)

Made by the team that would, two years later, produce Metal Slug.

There is a Shump called Chaos Heat that could be at least a cult game in PSX or Saturn, sadly only got a PSX reimagination that can be described as TEMU Resident Evil

I genuinely liked Chaos Break but I do agree, they should've ported it.

 

[stealthRUSH stealthRUSH]

Dimahoo (2000)



Bullet hell shooter developed by 8ing/Raizing published by Capcom.

Cybattler (1993)



Vertical shooter where you pilot a mecha that can shoot and slash with sword. Became available to play on Arcade Archives (2021).

Dragon Ball Z: V.R.V.S. (1994)



Unique fighting game where a variation was in development Dragon Ball Z: Cell To Kogeki Da to be released on 3DO but was cancelled.

Motor Raid (1997)



A motorcycle racing/combat game that was playable on Judgement (2018) and Lost Judgement (2021).

Act-Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon (1989)



Scrolling run'n gun shooter that was developed and published by Data East.

 

[Varyag]

So many shmups and bullet hells. It took until last year for most of the Toaplan games to to finally get ported! Many CAVE games still don't have PC versions, and some don't even have console ports or are stuck two generations ago.

 

[DrunkOcelot]

Arcade version of MJ's Moonwalker is good as hell!

 

[Djwho75]

Dragon saber is one of the games added in Namco museum encore for psx(only in Japan,sadly)

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Dragon Saber. It's the sequel to Dragon Spirit, which got an NES port that I loved.
Actually this game did get a home port in Japan, apparently. But not in the West.

 

[PrinceRogue]

So many cool Arcade games I didn't know! Both fighting and beat 'em ups, cool game genres hehe

For me it'll be magical crystals, be Kaneko.

It's a very cool game, a sort of vertical shooting action game? With biths of platforming here and there. Really fun and charming!

 

[χKai]

Dungeons & Dragons

 

[davshap]

It needed a GOOD one
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It was adapted on Genesis/Megadrive by US Gold. Not a bad port.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

It was adapted on Genesis/Megadrive by US Gold. Not a bad port.

It needed a good port

 

[davshap]

It needed a good port

It's actually pretty good.

For the Megadrive.

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Dungeons & Dragons

The 2 D&Ds were released on Saturn.

https://retrogametalk.com/repository/sega_saturn_isos/dungeons-dragons-collection-japan/

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Dungeons & Dragons

Didnt it get ported to the saturn in japan?

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I've had the pleasure of playing the cabinet in person with 3 other people, to think so many pople dont even know it exists! When you say "golden axe 2" most just think of the mediocre megadrive follow ups

Also not enough games let you play as a centaur

 

[davshap]

Action/Run & Gun :
- Mystic Warriors
Shmup :
- R - Type Leo
- Thunder Cross 1&2
- FixEight
- Varth - Operation Thunderstorm

 

[Clippy]

- Battle Circuit

Perhaps a little late but Capcom released it as part of their beat'em up collection a couple years back.

 

[davshap]

Perhaps a little late but Capcom released it as part of their beat'em up collection a couple years back.

I didn't know. I stand corrected.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Perhaps a little late but Capcom released it as part of their beat'em up collection a couple years back.

Personally Im not counting recent commercial emulators cause the punisher DID get one


how I woulve loved to have it on ps1...

 

[ConanTheDestroyer]

Beat'm all :
- Armored Warriors/Powered Gears - Strategic Variant Armor Equipment
- Warriors of Fate/Tenchi o Kurau 2
Action/Run & Gun :
- Mystic Warriors
Shmup :
- R - Type Leo
- Thunder Cross 1&2
- FixEight
- Varth - Operation Thunderstorm

The capcom beat'em up collection also had armored warriors and warriors of fate. Its a pretty good collection. Mystic warriors is awesome, even prefer it over Sunset riders.

 

[Glimbo]

Sailor Moon. There were 2 Sailor Moon beat em ups on console but those were made by different devs and made before the arcade version. Its a straight forward game but I enjoyed it. Good art and you even get little animations for supers.

 

[Lee__Kanker]

Sailor Moon. There were 2 Sailor Moon beat em ups on console but those were made by different devs and made before the arcade version. Its a straight forward game but I enjoyed it. Good art and you even get little animations for supers.

The banpresto one is SUPERB the art is incredible

 

[Leon]

Gaiapolis, a game that plays more like a action rpg than a arcade game, even has a password feature.
One of my favorite arcade games atm.

 

[RetroLaw]

Vendetta and Violent Storm of course.

And that spanish game with the goku inspired character in a edgy cyberpunk universe that feels like a classic genesis game.