Difference between revisions of "Arcade Ports"

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As is fitting for the golden age of arcade games, a large portion of the CPC range was made up of conversions of one classic coin-op or another. The major British based software houses of the time would bid for some of the biggest arcade games of the time and a number of key relationships between arcade game manufacturers and companies were established.

The theory, of course, was that kids would develop a taste for these high spec games at their local arcade and consequently go home and pester mum and dad for either more money to play the game that little bit longer or demand a version that they could play at home - although a more expensive short term investment, buying the right arcade conversion could prove to be a better long term prospect for the prudent household!

The following games were ported onto the CPC and have been split into groupings based on their original arcade developer:

Alpha Denshi

Kyros --> Desolator - Halls Of Kyros (US Gold - 1987)

Arcadia

Ninja Mission --> Ninja (Mastertronic - 1987)
Xenon (Melbourne House - 1988)

Atari

720º (US Gold - 1988)
APB (Domark - 1989)
Bad Lands (Domark - 1990)
Basketball --> Basket Master (Dinamic - 1987)
Blasteroids (Image Works-Mirrorsoft - 1989)
Centipede --> Killapede (Players - 1986)
Championship Sprint (Activision - 1988)
Crystal Castles (U.S.Gold - 1986)
Cyberball (Domark - 1990)
Empire Strikes Back, The (Domark - 1988)
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Domark - 1990)
Gauntlet (U.S.Gold - 1985)
Gauntlet II (US Gold - 1986)

Hard Drivin' (Domark - 1989)
Hydra (Domark - 1991)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (US Gold - 1987)
Klax/Klax ( Cartridge ) (Domark - 1990)
Marble Madness (Melbourne House - 1986)
Paperboy (Elite - 1986)
Peter Pack-Rat (Firebird - 1988)
Pit-Fighter (Domark - 1991)
Return of the Jedi (Domark - 1989)
Road Blasters (US Gold 1988)
Road Runner (US Gold - 1985)
Skull & Crossbones (Domark - 1989)
Star Wars (Domark - 1987)
S.T.U.N. Runner (Domark - 1991)
Super Sprint (Activision - 1987)
Tempest (Electric Dreams - 1987)
Thunder Jaws (Domark - 1991)
Toobin' (Domark - 1989)
Vindicators (Domark - 1989)
Xybots (Domark - 1989)
Vs. Atari RBI Baseball --> Rbi Two Baseball (Tengen/Domark - 1991)

Bally Midway

Discs of Tron --> Disc (Loriciels - 1990)
Rampage (Activision - 1987)
Spy Hunter (Choice/Sega/Amsoft - 1986)
Tapper (Choice/Sega/Amsoft - 1986)
Xenophobe (Micro Style - 1989)

Bally Sente

Trivial Pursuit --> Trivial Pursuit Edition Genus (Domark - 1986)

Capcom

1942 (Elite - 1986)
1943 (Probe/Go!=US Gold) - 1988)
Bionic Commando (Go! - 1988)
Black Tiger (Tiertex = US Gold - 1990)
Commando = Space Invasion (Elite - 1986)
Dynasty Wars (US Gold - 1990)
Final Fight (US Gold - 1991)
Forgotten Worlds (US Gold - 1989)
Ghosts 'n' Goblins (Elite - 1986)
Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (US Gold - 1989)
GunSmoke --> GunSmoke/ Desperado (Topo - 1987)
Last Duel (US Gold - 1989)
Led Storm (Go! - 1988)
Mercs (US Gold - 1991)
Side Arms (Probe / Go! - 1987)
Street Fighter (Go! - 1988)
Street Fighter II "The World Warrior" --> Street Warriors (Kasumba - 1995)
Strider (US Gold - 1989)
Tiger Road (Probe / Go! - 1987)
U.N. Squadron (USGold - 1990)

Century

Hunchback (Ocean/Amsoft - 1984)

Cinematronics

Dragon's Lair (Software Projects - 1985)
Dragon's Lair 2 "Escape From Singe's Castle" (Software Projects - 1987)

Data East

Breakthru (US Gold - 1986)
Burger Time (Hebdogiciel - 1985)
Dragon Ninja (Imagine - 1988)
Express Raider (US Gold - 1987)
Firetrap (Activision - 1987)
Karnov (Activision -1988)
Lemmings (Psygnosis - 1991) *first on Computer
Magical Drop / Chain Reaction (Mochilote/CpcMania - 2007)
Midnight Resistance (Ocean - 1990)
Real Ghostbusters (Activision - 1988)
RoboCop "The Future of Law Enforcement" --> Robocop ( Ocean - 1989)
Shackled (US Gold - 1988)
Sly Spy _ Secret Agent (Ocean - 1990)

Gottlieb / Premier

Exterminator (Audiogenic - 1991)
Q*Bert --> Er*Bert (Microbyte - 1984)

Irem

Battle Chopper --> Mr Heli (Firebird - 1988)
Dragon Breed (Activision - 1989)
Kung-Fu Master (US Gold - 1986)
Ninja Spirit (Activision - 1990)
R-Type (Activision / Electric Dreams - 1987)
Vigilante (US Gold - 1989)

Jaleco

Butasan ("Mr.Pig") --> Psycho Pigs UXB (US Gold - 1988) *Jaleco licensed from NMK
Cisco Heat (Image Works - 1991)
P-47 _ The Phantom Fighter --> P47 Thunderbolt (Firebird - 1989)
Rod-Land (Storm Software - 1991)
Saint Dragon (Storm Software - 1990)

Konami

Asterix <-- Asterix and the Magic Cauldron (Melbourne House - 1987) *first at Computer
Combat School (Ocean -1987)
Frogger --> Froggy (R & B Marketing - 1985)
Green Beret (Imagine - 1986)
Gryzor (Ocean - 1987)
Hyper Olympic=Track & Field --> Daley Thompson's Decathlon (Ocean - 1985)
Hyper Sports (Imagine - 1985)
Jackal (Konami - 1987)
Jail Break (Konami - 1986)
Loco-Motion --> Locomotion (Mastertronic - 1985)
Mikie (Imagine - 1986)
Nemesis (Konami - 1987)
Nemesis 2 = Salamander (Imagine - 1988)
Ping-Pong (Imagine - 1986)
Pooyan --> Jungle Jane (Bug-Byte - 1986)
Shao Lin's Road (The Edge - 1986)
Super Cobra --> Killer Cobra (Mastertronic - 1987)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (2) - The Coin Op (Probe/ImageWorks-Mirrorsoft - 1991)
Typhoon (Imagine - 1988)
Wec Le Mans (Imagine - 1988)
Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Imagine - 1985)

Leland

Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road (Virgin Games - 1990)
John Elway's Quarterback (Virgin Games - 1990)

Mitchell

Pang (Ocean - 1990) [*.crt]

Namco

Dragon Spirit (Consult software =Domark - 1989)
Metro Cross (Probe/US Gold - 1987)
Motos (Mastertronic - 1987)
Pac-Land (QuickSilva / Grandslam - 1989)
Pac-Man (T and T - 1986)
Pac-Mania (Grandslam - 1988)
Rolling Thunder (US Gold - 1987)
Soukoban / BoxyBoy --> Soko-Ban (Ritter/Schick) / Balldozer (Erkens - 1991) / Soko Bam (CPC infos - 1993) / Small Games For Smart Minds (ESP - 2007)
Vs. Atari RBI Baseball --> Rbi Two Baseball (Tengen/Domark - 1991)
Xevious (US Gold - 1986)

Nichibutsu

Galivan - Cosmo Police (Ocean - 1986)
Mag Max (Imagine - 1986)
Moon Cresta (Incentive - 1986)

Nintendo

Donkey Kong (Ocean - 1987)
Mario Bros (Choice/Ocean - 1987)
Punch-Out!! / Super Punch-Out!! --> Frank Bruno's Boxing (Elite - 1985)
Space Firebird --> Star Firebirds (Insight - 1986)
Addams Family, The (Ocean - 1992) *first at Computer, licensed later to Nintendo.

PopCap / Success

Bejeweled! / Zookeeper --> BeTiled! (CEZ - 2009) *web/flash/console to CPC

Rock-Ola

Nibbler (Rainbow Arts - 1985)

Sega

Action Fighter (Firebird - 1989)
After Burner (Activision - 1988)
Alien Storm (US Gold - 1991)
Alien Syndrome (Ace - 1987)
Altered Beast (Activision - 1989)
Bank Panic --> West Bank (Dinamic - 1985)
Bonanza Bros. (US Gold - 1991)
Buck Rogers --> 3D Fight (Loriciels - 1985)
Columns (CEZ / ESP - 2004)
Crack Down (US Gold - 1990)
Dynamite Düx (Activision - 1989)
Enduro Racer (Activision - 1987)
Eswat - Cyber Police (US Gold - 1990)
G-Loc - Air Battle --> G-Loc R360 (U.S.Gold - 1991)
Galaxy Force (Activision - 1989)
Golden Axe (Virgin Games - 1988)
Hot-Rod (Activision - 1989)
Line Of Fire (US Gold - 1990)
Moonwalker (US Gold - 1990)
Out Run (US Gold - 1987)
Passing Shot (Image Works - 1988)
Pengo --> Troglo (Ace - 1986) / Mange Cailloux (Ubi - 1987) / Penggy (Chip - 1987)
Power Drift (Activision - 1989)
Quartet (Probe/Activision - 1987)
Scramble Spirits (Grandslam - 1990)
SDI "Strategic Defence Initiative" (Activision - 1988)
Shadow Dancer [Shinobi II] (US Gold - 1991)
Shinobi (Virgin Games - 1989)
Sonic Boom --> Silent Shadow (Topo - 1988)
Space Harrier (Elite - 1986)
Space Harrier II (Grandslam - 1990)
Super Hang-On (Activision/Electric Dreams - 1986)
Super Monaco Gp (US Gold - 1991)
Super Wonderboy In Monster Land [Wonder Boy II ] (Activision - 1989)
Thunder Blade (US Gold - 1988)
Time Scanner (Activision - 1988)
Turbo Outrun (US Gold - 1989)
Wonder Boy (Activision - 1987)
Zaxxon --> Zaxx (Chip - 1986)

Seibu Kaihatsu

Empire City 1931 --> Prohibition (Infogrames 1987)

Snk

Fighting Soccer (Activision - 1989)
Guerrilla War (Imagine - 1988)
Ikari Warriors (Elite - 1986)
Psycho Soldier (Imagine - 1988)
T.A.N.K (Choice/Ocean - 1987)
Victory Road (Imagine - 1988)

Sun Electronics

Arabian --> Tales Of The Arabian Nights (Interceptor - 1985)

Sunsoft

Vs Platoon <-- Platoon (Ocean - 1987) *first at Computer

Tad

Cabal (Ocean - 1989)

Taito / Technos

Arkanoid (Ocean - 1987)
Arkanoid (2) - Revenge of DOH (Imagine - 1988)
Bubble Bobble (Firebird - 1987)
Chase H.Q. (Ocean - 1989)
Continental Circus (Virgin Games - 1989)
Double Dragon (Virgin Games - 1988)
Double Dragon II (Virgin Games - 1989)
Double Dragon 3 "The Rosetta Stone" (Storm - 1991)
Elevator Action (Quicksilva - 1987)
Flying Shark (Firebird - 1987)
Great Gurianos (Elite Systems - 1987)
Legend Of Kage, The (Imagine - 1986)
NewZealand Story, The (Ocean - 1989)
Ninja Warriors (Virgin Games - 1989)
Operation Thunderbolt (Ocean - 1989)
Operation Wolf (Ocean - 1988)
Plotting (Ocean - 1990)
Puzznic (Ocean - 1990)
Rainbow Islands "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" --> Rainbow Islands (Ocean - 1989)
Rastan (Imagine - 1987)
Renegade (Imagine - 1987)
Slap Fight (Probe / Imagine - 1987)
Solar Warrior / Xain'd Sleena --> Soldier Of Light (Animagic - 1989)
Space Gun (Ocean - 1992) [CPC+]
Space Invaders (Design Design - 1985)
Super Space Invaders '91 --> Super Space Invaders (Domark - 1991)

Tatsumi

Buggy Boy (Elite - 1985)

Tecmo

Gemini Wing (Virgin Games - 1989)
Rygar (US Gold -1987)
Shadow Warriors (Ocean - 1990)
Silkworm (Virgin Games - 1989)
Solomon's Key (Probe/US Gold - 1987)

Tehkan

Bomb Jack (Elite - 1986)
Bomb Jack II (Elite - 1987)

Titus

Fire & Forget II (Titus - 1990)

Universal

Mr. Do! --> Fruity Frank (Kuma - 1984)
Mr. Do's Wild Ride --> Kong Strikes Back (Ocean - 1984)
Space Panic --> Roland goes Digging (Gem/Amsoft - 1984)

Williams

Defender --> Defend or die (Alligata/Amsoft -1985)
Joust (Quality - 1986)
Narc (Ocean - 1990)
Smash T.V. (Ocean - 1991)

Wood Place

Deep, The (US Gold - 1989)

LINKS

http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=jeux&lenom=coin-op

http://www.arcade-history.com/

http://www.tomheroes.com/Video%20Games%20FS/Arcade/arcadecon.htm

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 == Gottlieb / Premier  ==
 *Exterminator (Audiogenic - 1991)<br>
+*Q*Bert --&gt; Er*Bert (Microbyte - 1984)
 == Irem  ==