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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. Utopia! by aunchaki · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I had an Intellivision as a kid. It was awesome. There was a game for it called Utopia that was the first Civ-style resource management game I ever saw. I played it endlessly.

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

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

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  3. Scorched Earth - Ported to Android by ticklemeozmo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Scorched Earth!!! The mother of all games!!! I would pay to have it multiplayer on Android.

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