Arcade Ports

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)
  

Exidy / First Star

• Boulder Dash (Mirrorsoft - 1984)
  

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

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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