What are the best unported joystick and button arcade games?

[ExedExes]

Let me assist you with what I have and what I have played:

Ajax (Konami)
Aqua Jack (Taito)
Armored Car (Stern)
Bank Panic (Sega)
Black Heart (UPL)
Crime City (Taito)
Dark Seal (Data East)
Gaiapolis (Konami)
Hopper Robo (Sega)
Juno First (Konami)
Kicker (Konami)
Knuckle Joe (Seibu Kaihatsu)
Monster Maulers (Konami)
R-Shark (Dooyong)
Rough Ranger (SunA)
Swimmer (Tehkan)
The End (Konami)
Triple Punch (KKI)
UFO Robo Dangar (Nihon Bussan)
Van-Van Car (Sanritsu)
Vanguard II (SNK)
Wizard Fire (Data East)
ZZYZZYXX (Cinematronics)

[dsheinem]

Let me assist you with what I have and what I have played:

Ajax (Konami)
Aqua Jack (Taito)
Armored Car (Stern)
Bank Panic (Sega)
Black Heart (UPL)
Crime City (Taito)
Dark Seal (Data East)
Gaiapolis (Konami)
Hopper Robo (Sega)
Juno First (Konami)
Kicker (Konami)
Knuckle Joe (Seibu Kaihatsu)
Monster Maulers (Konami)
R-Shark (Dooyong)
Rough Ranger (SunA)
Swimmer (Tehkan)
The End (Konami)
Triple Punch (KKI)
UFO Robo Dangar (Nihon Bussan)
Van-Van Car (Sanritsu)
Vanguard II (SNK)
Wizard Fire (Data East)
ZZYZZYXX (Cinematronics)

That's a ton of stuff! You are positive all of these are good games, are not ported in any form, and only use joystick/button controls?

[Gunstar Green]

Armored Warriors (Capcom) as suggested here: http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... 30&t=41650.

[ExedExes]

That's a ton of stuff! You are positive all of these are good games, are not ported in any form, and only use joystick/button controls?

I have them all on MAME right now, and I'm playing them.

They are all GOOD, to me, yes. Upon review and closer scrutiny of the PORTS section on MAME's history.dat file, here is what I found, it looks like not ALL of them meet your requirements:

Ajax (Konami) received a Sharp X68000 port.
Bank Panic (Sega) received a Sega SG-1000 port. It also got a SMS port in Europe, but it was not a direct port. That might be a scratch.
Juno First (Konami) got a MSX and C64 port, no consoles.
Swimmer (Tehkan) is a scratch, it appeared on Tecmo Classic Arcade (XBOX)

Still though, only missing the mark on 4 games isn't all that bad. The others I double checked and they are all arcade-exclusive with no ports.

[Hobie-wan]

That's a ton of stuff! You are positive all of these are good games, are not ported in any form, and only use joystick/button controls?

Aqua Jack is a great game, but it used an analog joystick, fire button, and an analog gas pedal.

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detai ... me_id=6896

[ExedExes]

That's a ton of stuff! You are positive all of these are good games, are not ported in any form, and only use joystick/button controls?

Aqua Jack is a great game, but it used an analog joystick, fire button, and an analog gas pedal.

http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detai ... me_id=6896

Make that 5. Rest are totally legit!

Ajax (Konami) Ported
Aqua Jack (Taito) Not joystick/button
Armored Car (Stern)
Bank Panic (Sega) Ported
Black Heart (UPL)
Crime City (Taito)
Dark Seal (Data East)
Gaiapolis (Konami)
Hopper Robo (Sega)
Juno First (Konami) Ported
Kicker (Konami)
Knuckle Joe (Seibu Kaihatsu)
Monster Maulers (Konami)
R-Shark (Dooyong)
Rough Ranger (SunA)
Swimmer (Tehkan) Ported
The End (Konami)
Triple Punch (KKI)
UFO Robo Dangar (Nihon Bussan)
Van-Van Car (Sanritsu)
Vanguard II (SNK)
Wizard Fire (Data East)
ZZYZZYXX (Cinematronics)

[MrNash]

Aurail might be an interesting one for you to try.

[dsheinem]

OP updated!

Thanks for helping to almost double the list in the past few days

[ExedExes]

You can also add Age of Heroes: Silkroad 2 to that list. It is a Korean beat em up from Unico, and it has some really awesome moves and graphics, and one of the characters is named Shenmue so that's already all types of awesome. If I can get access to a comprehensive list of games in MAME that takes out all the mechanical games they added, I can give you many more games I've played that meet your requirements, and I'll do a better job of double checking them.

[arcade_dude]

you are missing a lot of great games. according to mame these ones have no ports:

19XX - The War Against Destiny
1944 - The Loop Master
Aero Fighters Special
Aliens
Arabian Fight
Brave Blade
Change Air Blade
Cosmic Cop
Daioh
Desert Breaker
Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S.
FixEight
Flame Gunner
Gaia Crusaders
Guardians / Denjin Makai II
Gundhara
Gun Force II
GunNail
Guwange
Hard Dunk
Heavy Smash
Judge Dredd
Kicker
Knights of Valour
Knights of Valour 2
Major Title 2
Martial Masters
Metamoqester
Muscle Bomber Duo - Ultimate Team Battle
Mutant Fighter
Nebulasray
Night Slashers
Nitro Ball
Numan Athletics
Panic Street
Rollergames
S.P.Y. - Special Project Y
Sokonuke Taisen Game
Stone Ball
Thunder Heroes
Thunder Zone
Tropical Angel
Twin Eagle II - The Rescue Mission
Vendetta
Warriors of Fate