The Speccy Arcade 100

[5MinuteRetro]

This is an awesome idea. Bravo. But it’s already clear that this one should’ve been at position 97.

[Joefish]

Although all the cowboys' heads look like they're on backwards...

[Mpk]

What a treat. Fingers crossed for Enduro Racer to do well here.

[Hank Scorpio]

I'm looking forward to this countdown and hoping for some reassurance as I can't think of 100 arcade conversions without including Pitfighter and Street Fighter 2....eek.

BTW if Rainbow Islands doesn't win then I will riot.

[Joefish]

Does Commando, which is better than the arcade one, have a -1 position?

[Ast A. Moore]

Renegade, Ikari Warriors, and Flying Shark all deserve to be among the top-rated conversions.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Hypersports, Mikie, Green Beret & Spy Hunter are also good choices.

[Nick]

Express Raider is much better than the review Crash gave it, the 7/10 it got in YS is much fairer, BUT.....can we trust the opinions of a man who left Chaos out of his YS Top 100?

[Morkin]

Will be an interesting read, as over the years I've been unaware that certain Speccy games were actually arcade ports.

Should we assume that we're not going to see Out Run in this list then..?

Does this only include 'official' ports, or games that were based on arcade games (e.g. Asteroids --> Planetoids)?

[kokkiklhs]

Although all the cowboys' heads look like they're on backwards...

Well, as for the candidates, I'd also vote for Moon Cresta, very nice conversion...

And of course the whole idea is excellent!!!
Cheers!

[Sparky]

Even with the smallish B&W screen, I really like this one!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

Unofficial ports are included.

So Penetrator must be included!!!

[Juan F. Ramirez]

And of course... Mister Kung Fu!

[Vampyre]

Must admit I'm a bit shocked at Bombjack being so far down the list. For me it's easily in the top ten arcade conversions on the Speccy.

[Vampyre]

Very much looking forward to seeing it and the rest. Other than the mighty Chase HQ I don't have much experience with coin-op conversions after Dec 88 (R-Type, Thunderblade etc) and I know there were some great ones after that which I missed.

[Morkin]

I didn't know this game, let alone that it was an arcade port. It looks decent.

Possibly a stupid question but why would there be an arcade machine simulating a pinball machine?

I would've thought the two types of machine would probably be sitting side by side in the 80s/90s.

[Mpk]

I didn't know this game, let alone that it was an arcade port. It looks decent.

Possibly a stupid question but why would there be an arcade machine simulating a pinball machine?

I would've thought the two types of machine would probably be sitting side by side in the 80s/90s.

Operators buying into the dream of not having to replace rubbers and bulbs and switches all the time.

[Matt_B]

In the case of Time Scanner, the novelty value is that it's essentially four different tables in one with in-play switching between them whenever you send the ball through a Time Tunnel. Good luck pulling that off with a physical table.

[RWAC]

I was expecting Midnight Resistance to make the top 10. This game is fantastic.
I'm not sure I'd agree about the lack of continues making it difficult. It's a pretty easy game once you get past the cogs at the end of level 3. They always cost me a few lives. You can get extra lives by shooting the fish on the waterfalls in level 4 and from then on its a breeze.

[PeteProdge]

I would've thought the two types of machine would probably be sitting side by side in the 80s/90s.

This is going off on a wild tangent, but talking of arcade machines that aren't video games and the representation of them as video games (hope that makes sense), aside from fruit machines and pinball games, has there ever been a computer or video game simulation of...

• Coin shovers
• Crane grabbers
• Taking 278,726 yellow tickets to the prize booth to be exchanged for a packet of chewing gum

[SteveSmith]

• Crane grabbers

Crazy Crane? </a stretch>

I don't know if you only mean on the Speccy, but I've seen lots of coin pushers on Android.

[mention]Rev_Stuart_Campbell[/mention] This is a great thread BTW. I've recently cancelled my subs to Retro Gamer as it seems to be 90% about consoles now, which don't interest me at all. This is the kind of stuff I love to read.

[Mpk]

Fingers crossed for Enduro Racer to do well here.

[patters]

@Rev_Stuart_Campbell This is a great thread BTW. I've recently cancelled my subs to Retro Gamer as it seems to be 90% about consoles now, which don't interest me at all. This is the kind of stuff I love to read.

I thoroughly agree. Great thread Stuart! I'm enjoying reading each update.

[Mpk]

Making these hard, unpopular but empirically correct decisions is why us professionals get paid the big dollar.

I'm getting paid the big dollar for this, right?

I've not played WEC Le Mans before today, but on first impressions I'd say that the ramp/wheelie mechanic adds an extra layer to the gameplay in Enduro Racer, and that the desperately-gripping-the-handlebars animation when you mess up adds valuable character to proceedings.

Meanwhile, this

Chaos...was effectively represented ... by Rebelstar

was way off the mark. Good grief, man.

Out of interest, was Laser Squad considered for the Top 100 and bumped in favour of Rebelstar?

[Mpk]

Well, I like it.

The wheelies, not the dog poo.