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The Best Video Games On Awful Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the diamond-in-the-rough dept.

Buffalo55 writes "For the most part, classic games manage to reappear on different systems. Just look at Nintendo. The publisher has done an excellent job bringing NES, SNES, Genesis and even old school Neo Geo titles to the Wii's Virtual Console, while Microsoft's Game Room brings the best of Atari's 2600 into the living room. Of course, not every console was a success. The '90s, in particular, saw quite a few flops from companies like Panasonic, Sega and Atari. Just because a system is a failure, though, doesn't mean all of its games suck. On the contrary, most of these machines have a few gems that fell between the cracks once the console croaked." What overlooked game on a failed platform would you like to see revived?

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  1. Bungie's Marathon on by AHuxley · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple Macs.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_(video_game)

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    1. Re:Bungie's Marathon on by petermgreen · · Score: 3, Informative

      From the article you linked
      "Bungie released the source code of Marathon 2 in 1999 shortly before being acquired by Microsoft, which led to the advent of the Marathon Open Source Project, more commonly known as Aleph One by fans. The project, which is still active as of 2010[update], is committed to adding enhancements to the Marathon 2 engine. In 2002, a project to port Marathon to the Marathon 2 engine, called M1A1, was completed. Several of the game's music tracks have been remixed and enhanced multiple times by different people. In early 2004, Bungie released the entire Marathon Trilogy as freeware, allowing it to be downloaded free of charge. "

      So it seems that one has already been revived :)

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  2. Tunnels of Doom by sproketboy · · Score: 3, Informative

    On the TI-994a. Excellent game for the time.

    A rebooted version was written a while back which is as good.

    http://www.dreamcodex.com/

  3. Re:Scorched Earth - Ported to Android by Tukz · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a gazillion versions of the "Scorched Earth" recipe.
    There have got to be a version of it for Android.

    Though, not sure if anyone made a complete replica of the original Scorched Earth.

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  4. Acorn by dandart · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pushy II on Acorn. :P

  5. Re:Sonic CD?! by TheCycoONE · · Score: 2, Informative

    There was a PC and GameCube port of Sonic CD.

  6. Re:Little gems: by Buggz · · Score: 2, Informative

    Syndicate Wars is the less well received sequel, the predecessor was simply called Syndicate. Z on the other isn't a jump&run, but a strategy game where two teams of robots battle it out.

    I played the hell out of Theme Hospital and tried my best at Syndicate but often failed miserably, mostly because I was both quite young and didn't understand much english (quite necessary to understand the mission objectives.. ). I remember trying the Z demo, but I recall it being incredibly difficult. I probably didn't understand half of the game concepts. Good times!

  7. It's called Armored Strike by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    It's there for Android. It's called Armored Strike.

  8. VB Wario Land by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Virtual Boy Wario Land, not to be confused with the original Gameboy game.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Boy_Wario_Land

    (Nintendo, if you're listening, a 3DS port please!)