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:

Atari

• 720º (US Gold - 1988)
• APB (Domark - 1989)
• The Empire Strikes Back (Domark - 1988)
• Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters (Domark - 1990)
• Hard Drivin' (Domark - 1989)
• Hydra (Domark - 1991)
• Klax (Domark - 1990)
• Pit-Fighter (Domark - 1991)
• Return of the Jedi (Domark - 1989)
• Skull & Crossbones (Domark - 1989)
• Star Wars (Domark - 1987)
• Tempest (Electric Dreams - 1987)
• Thunder Jaws (Domark - 1991)
• Toobin' (Domark - 1989)
• Vindicators (Domark - 1989)
• Xybots (Domark - 1989)

Capcom

• 1942 (Elite - 1986)
• 1943 (Probe/Go!(US Gold) - 1988)
• Commando (Elite - 1986)
• Ghosts 'n' Goblins (Elite - 1986)
• Ghouls 'n' Ghosts (US Gold - 1989)
• Strider (US Gold - 1989)

Century Communications

• Hunchback (Ocean/Amsoft - 1984)

IREM

• R-Type (Electric Dreams - 1987)

Konami

• Green Beret (Imagine - 1986)
• Hyper Sports (Imagine - 1985)
• Mikie (Imagine - 1986)
• Ping-Pong (Imagine - 1986)
• Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Imagine - 1985)

Leland

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

Midway

• Badlands (Domark - 1989)
• STUN Runner (Domark - 1990)
• Super Space Invaders (Domark - 1991)

Nintendo

• Donkey Kong (Ocean - 1987)
• Punch-Out!! --> Frank Bruno's Boxing (Elite - 1985)
  
• The Addams Family (Ocean - 1992) *first at Computer, licensed later to Nintendo.
  

Sega

• Action Fighter (Firebird - 1989)
• Golden Axe (Virgin Games - 1988)
• Shinobi (Virgin Games - 1989)

Taito

• Arkanoid (Ocean - 1987)
• Bubble Bobble (Firebird - 1987)
• Continental Circus (Virgin Games - 1989)
• Ninja Warriors (Virgin Games - 1989)

Technos

• Double Dragon (Virgin Games - 1988)
• Double Dragon II (Virgin Games - 1989)

Tecmo

• Gemini Wing (Virgin Games - 1989)
• Silkworm (Virgin Games - 1989)

Universal Co.

• Space Panic --> Roland goes Digging (Gem/Amsoft - 1984)

Williams Electronics

• Defender --> Defend or die (Alligata/Amsoft -1985)