Here is part 2 of our ports special and with a slight apology, there was one game from the list last time that we do recall. And that is...
Viz NES, Megadrive.
We were big fans of the comic back then, with Roger Irrelavant, Finbarr Saunders and Johnny Fartpants as my favourites along with whatever nonsense Davey Jones came up with (bum faced vibrating goats and snail shaped tea rooms with massive tits solving mysteries were just some of these). Incidentally in 1990 Virgin who had the Sega license then, released a Viz game a half hearted track and field game which let you play as Johnny Fartpants, Buster Gonad and Biffa Bacon. Coming on two tapes with separate minigames to build up your respective powers (joystick waggling mainly) and a main road race game through Fulchester, commented by Roger Mellie the man on the Telly. We think it would be the perfect fit for either Megadrive or the NES (as a bootleg due to swears).
SNES.
As a natural successor to the NES, we got our Snes from Currys in Charlton back in 1992. Now completely fucked due to excessive adaptor and Super Gameboy use, it provided us with several man hours of goodness due to the limited run of RPGS released here and a vociferous support from the likes of SuperPlay magazine.
Suikoden.
This one is a little contentious as what we are asking for is a port of the PSone version. This was really odd and came out early in the PSones life so everything looks so primitive. We have often looked at it as a souped up version from a cancelled SNES game. I suppose if it ever went ahead it would have to use the MSU1 expansion to handle cutscenes and audio and compression for the main game data.
Speedball 2 Brutal deluxe.
Another beloved in Europe game, this one a violent take on football and while I've sadly never played it, this has been remade for both XBLA and GBA it could be easily done for the SNES. No fancy mode7 or any tricks just deliver a solid port.
Rainbow Islands
A port of the sublime Amiga version with the extra levels put back.
Sega Saturn / PS1
Had a PS1 as my follow up to the SNES as a Christmas present with Resident Evil, Tekken 3 and FF7 ( remade for the Famicom of all things) so enjoyed these immensely. Theres not many games that I would like to see remade for PS1 most of what I have is old arcade stuff mainly for Saturn, so here goes.
Bubble Memories Sega Saturn / PS1
Virgin interactive were comissioned to make Bubble Symphony for Saturn and PS1 but in the end it was cancelled (though Japan got the Saturn version and the PS1 version was eventually leaked and spread around). This is the follow up Bubble Bobble 3 if you will, released in 1995 and never getting a home release. It would be lovely to see this getting a belated port for the home system, especially for Saturn as it could really do that sprite work justice.
Touhou project. Sega Saturn / Dreamcast.
Imperishable Night, Perfect Cherry blossom, Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil et al are shareware vertical bullet hell shmups written by ZUN, they are mainly for PC but remind me of old DC / SS games such is their style.
It would be good to see a port of these if only for the Dreamcast.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. Saturn only
Though a port of this exists, it is of inferior quality to the PSOne Original and done by an inexperienced team at KCET. I'd love to see it remade one of these days or even translated but the Saturn is a Cunt to program so this will never get an airing.
Part 3 will end up with stuff for handhelds such as NDS and PSP.
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