What games would you like to be ported from MAME?

Propose new game/software design concepts or new game/software ideas. They can be as whimsical as you like, just be careful you don't ask someone to make it for you...
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StanVanman wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:35 pm Focusing on realistic stuff, Amidar should definitely be doable. This MIA game looks great:

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You can download it here: https://kyenter.speccy.org/principl.php ... evista=166

Edit: It's avaliable too here, https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... llection_1
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+3code wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:49 pm
StanVanman wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 6:35 pm Focusing on realistic stuff, Amidar should definitely be doable. This MIA game looks great:

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You can download it here: https://kyenter.speccy.org/principl.php ... evista=166

Edit: It's avaliable too here, https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1 ... llection_1
Oh, brilliant. I wondered where such a good screenshot could have come from. That doesn't actually play much like Amidar, but it totally shows it could be done - the screen dimensions are perfect, it's got four baddies and it all moves at a good speed even with continuous 48K music. What are we waiting for? :D
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Puyo Puyo 2/Tsu should be doable.
Maybe even Puyo Puyo Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbWQ36NWSNQ
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Moon Cresta? As Rev_Stuart_Campbell don´t like what ISL/Incentive Software Ltd (UK) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3263 (Average mag. score:69.60% (5 reviews)) has done in their conversion.
You can read [mention]Rev_Stuart_Campbell[/mention] comments here: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5451&p=74323&hilit ... sta#p74323

For myself I found it pretty and playable. (As "slow" as it is.It´s fast enough for me :lol:).

In this Video-Review it gets 7/10 which maybe not enough to be in the Top 100 of Speccys best arcade conversions: https://youtu.be/na9s5GvkRYs
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OK, I'll do soon a list containing all these games proposed, with the number of times chosen by you (I think none of the games has been chosen more than twice :D
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Here we are,

games with more than 1 vote:

Amidar
Botanic
Polaris
Zoo Keeper
Juno First


Games with only 1 vote:

Son Son
Fantasy Zone
Monster Bash
A.S.O.
Konami's Super Basketball
City Bomber
Windjammers
Magical Drop III
Space Zap
Quarth
Sheriff
Venture
Night Driver
Space Chaser
Buerger Time
Puyo Puyo 2
Devil Fish
Moon Cresta
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Bongo and Mr Do's Castle.
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Juno First for me, the closest game on the Spectrum is Beamrider, but afaik there are no other clones. There’s a good version on the c64, getting a good version on the Speccy would be fantastic

https://youtu.be/abYqxh6QDQw

Although has no one mentioned Scramble??!!
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Now that Rally X / New Rally X been covered nicely, I'll just needsperfect Spectrum conversions of Lady Bug and Fantasy :)
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Dear [mention]Bubu[/mention]
Bubu wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 1:58 am Here we are,

games with more than 1 vote:
...
seems you are missing Time Pilot?! Or have you left if out because there´s an brilliant but unfinished version from [mention]Inky[/mention] of it available?
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Agree with someone above who said Scramble, I mean a decent conversion!
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Just had a thought, Burger Time would be AMAZING especially if you could use this Bob Wakelin cover that was originally done for Mr Wimpy (but rejected by Wimpy) and has remained unused

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I just can't get into any version of Burger Time. I've never found it to be fun.
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Arch Rivals, just because NBA Jam would be impossible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3UcgQNau0g

Hot chase... Chase HQ was beautiful, would this be possible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5g312Hlk28
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[mention]zup[/mention], we're talking about the Spectrum, man, not a mega PC with 10GB of RAM and 16GHz of CPU... :lol:

It's very curious: nobody put DonkeyKong, Pacman...
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Bubu wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 6:39 pm It's very curious: nobody put DonkeyKong, Pacman...
I think no DK here, as you´ve already posted your thread "How to adapt Donkey Kong to Speccy mode": viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5925&start=50 :D
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It's not the same "How to adapt..." than "I'm going to adapt..." :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Bubbles is another great early Williams game and should work really well on the Speccy. No scrolling, small sprites and a cyan and blue backdrop. I can almost picture a [mention]Bubu[/mention] styled version.

[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t5BfbIeJjI[/media]
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Yeah, [mention]clebin[/mention], nice one, that's very Spectrum-able, and with bugs so [mention]Ivanzx[/mention] must like it a lot!!
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Bubu wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 8:10 pm Yeah, @clebin, nice one, that's very Spectrum-able, and with bugs so @Ivanzx must like it a lot!!
Haha how did you know it? :lol:
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