It was a picture
perfect arcade conversion and it also added online play so you could challenge other players from all around the world.
And with Muramasa's Japanese publisher, Marvelous Interactive, porting No More Heroes to Xbox 360 and considering a Live
Arcade conversion of Muramasa, the Wii might just lose one of its most important supporters very soon.
What the company didn't see was the roots of a prevailing trend, away
from arcade conversions and traditional role - playing adventures and toward a much wider console development community with fresh ideas about gameplay and structure.
The first three Super Mario Bros titles, as well
as arcade conversions Donkey Kong, Pac - Man and Bubble Bobble are all obvious inclusions.
Overall Super Hang - On is a very solid racing game that is always worth coming back to for the fans and those looking to see a classic best in
class arcade conversion.
Obviously the Sega Megadrive was delivering some
classic arcade conversions and the Amiga was impressive, but the SNES just seemed magical with it's brilliant sound chip and mode 7 graphics capabilities.
Basically, it's a
2D arcade conversion where you play as a ninja who has to beat up loads of other ninjas.
Empire Interactive's
arcade conversion of Double Dragon is this week's new addition to Xbox Live Arcade, arriving on the service this morning at 9 am UK time, with a demo version available and a full - version price of 400 Microsoft points (GBP 3.40 / EUR 4.65 / roughly the cost of Salt & Vinegar crisps on Virgin Trains 2.58 to Morecambe).
Still, there are plenty of other
Sega arcade conversions that still deserve a play 30 years later: the likes of Shinobi, Alien Syndrome, and Quartet are all simple yet rock - solid ports.
The control system is very basic as you might expect for
an arcade conversion.
If you're interested in home - to -
arcade conversions, you might want to check out the ultra-rare Spanish title Hammer Boy, developed by Dinamic and brought to arcades by Inder — it plays like an oversize Game & Watch.
Blasteroids 1989 As the name suggests,
this arcade conversion updates the basic Asteroids gameplay.
Conquest 1983 Slam into other birds from above to survive in
this arcade conversion of Joust.