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What arcade titles do you think are actually better in their console ports? (lemmy.world)
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I've been playing a lot of Gauntlet: Dark Legacy lately and it seems like it has a number of improvements over the arcade release. I'm curious what other ports people find particularly good.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Very true. I've had the pleasure of playing NES Contra on a Play Choice 10 cabinet. The cabinet and arcade-stick experience makes this contrast even stronger: it's simply more fun than the arcade version, even if the only thing that's different is the software. And if you want to get technical, it's also running on inferior hardware to boot.