What Are The Best Arcade Ports on the NES?

[Limewater]

Oh yeah, does Mighty Final Fight count?

[Limewater]

Oh yeah, another great NES game that differed substantially from the arcade version: Bionic Commando.

[the King]

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! by Nintendo (an evolution of the arcade version)

i am pretty sure a lot of people perfer the nes version over the aracde. but, i have never played the arcade so can't comment.

The arcade version is a lot closer to the SNES version. The NES game the arcade game are really nothing a like at all.

[Limewater]

Oh yeah, I never really saw the appeal, but Adventure Island is essentially a port of Wonder Boy, and is considered to be a big, important classic.

[Breetai]

The NES arcade ports I owned that were pretty much the same as the arcade versions:

Arkanoid (with paddles)
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Galaga
Galaxian
Mappy
Mario Bros.
Pac-Man (Namco)
Popeye
Space Invaders
Xevious


I didn't list things like Tetris, Contra, Double Dragon, TMNTII, Gradius, Life Force, etc., because, while extremely fun, they look/play substantially different from the arcade versions.

[Hobie-wan]

I didn't list things like Tetris *snip* because, while extremely fun, they look/play substantially different from the arcade versions.

It does if you're talking about the Tengen version.

So speaking of which, the Tengen version of Tetris.

[eSPy]

It does if you're talking about the Tengen version.

So speaking of which, the Tengen version of Tetris.

was just going to add some other Tengen classics:

Super Sprint
Pac-Man

that is all

[Breetai]

I haven't played any NES Tengen games since the early 90s.

[HellHammer]

I'd say Donkey Kong and Gun.Smoke. Hell, I like the NES version of Gun.Smoke better than the original.

[BurningDoom]

Wait, TMNT The Arcade Game was fun, and one of the best NES games, no doubt. But to say it's a good port of the arcade is a stretch. A picture says a 1000 words:
However, the NES version did add a stage to make up for the difference in graphics.

i wouldn't put so much stock with the graphics. of course the arcade is going to blow the tits right off the nes.

We're not talking if the game was good or not, because it was. We're talking about good ports, good port meaning as true to the source material as possible. So yeah, graphics do matter in this situation.

The arcade is better in this case. But there are plenty of nearly arcade-perfect ports on NES like Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, and Galaga. NES can produce arcade near-perfect arcade ports, just not something as high end as TMNT The Arcade Game.