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7183632 No.7183632 [Reply] [Original]

Why did the devs not care to make a competent port for the NES?

>> No.7183702

>>7183632
That's not that bad for a bad port.

>> No.7183784

It's rather playable, despite the weird control scheme — but it's pre Super Mario Bros., so you can't really fault them. The PC-Engine version is a lot prettier, but I think the early NAMCOT Famicom titles have a lot of charm.

>> No.7183846

>>7183784
>The PC-Engine version is a lot prettier, but I think the early NAMCOT
this.
Also what's up with Namco's name? Is it Namcot in Japan and other places and not America, is that it?

>it's pre Super Mario Bros.
Impressive.

>> No.7183857

>>7183846
Namcot was the division that ported the arcade games to home consoles

>> No.7183867

>>7183857
Then why do the boxes and title screens for the games say "Namco" for releases like Namco Museum for the Gamecube?

>> No.7183882

>>7183846
Oops I was a little mixed up; Pac-Land hit arcades in 1984, a year before SMB released. It released on Famicom two months after SMB, but obviously NAMCO couldn't have known about it at that point. Kind of wild how much SMB really codified about the then emerging genre.

>> No.7183903

>>7183882
>Oops I was a little mixed up; Pac-Land hit arcades in 1984, a year before SMB released. It released on Famicom two months after SMB
It's cool, I know what you meant.
>>7183882
>Kind of wild how much SMB really codified about the then emerging genre.
It had better controls, or easier controls. Don't get me wrong, Pac-Land is an awesome and underrated classic, but its controls are tough for most people and I'm sure that factored in it being largely forgotten.
Not me, though. My local neighborhood (back then ) burger joint had a small arcade and it had both Vs. Super Mario Bros. and Pac-Land, as well as others, so it's always been on of my favorites. Hard as fuck, though, but very doable as compared to monsters like Ghosts N' Goblins (arcade).

>> No.7183925

>>7183867
because its emulating the arcade games obviously
and if you mean on the box, "NAMCOT" had went unused for a decade by that point

>> No.7183931

>>7183925
You sound full of shit, but I believe it.

>> No.7183946

>>7183931
its true retard, home console ports in japan used the NAMCOT brand, but they stopped doing it (and never didi it otuside of japan) because it was retarded as fuck.
Galaga (Arcade) -> Namco
Galaga (Famicom) -> Namcot
Galaga (NES) -> Namco
and so on for other games

>> No.7183951

>>7183946
Thanks based Namcotian.
(pronounced Nah-co-shun)

>> No.7183953

*Nahmcoshun

>> No.7183971

>>7183632
'Cuz they don't have fucking Unity back then.

>> No.7184396

>>7183632
This is OP finally checking back on the thread. I didn't know that Namco beat Nintendo to the punch when it came to a sidescroller, even more so with an arcade port. Thank you!

>> No.7184440

>>7183632
Because it's fucking Pac-Land.

>> No.7184453

>>7183946
Funny story, do you guys remember Toc-Man from Pac-Man World? spell it backwards

>> No.7184456

>>7184453
Oh my God it’s Ekans

>> No.7184458
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7184458

>>7184456

>> No.7185021

>>7183632
Because it's a turd that no one wanted to play

>> No.7185124

>>7185021
why even bother posting with this shit ya fuckin' idiot

>> No.7185365

>>7183784
>but it's pre Super Mario Bros., so you can't really fault them
most devs had 'joystick makes you go' figured out by then

>> No.7185796

>>7185124
Because triggering NPCs who get their opinions from youtube gives me pleasure

>> No.7186198

>>7185796
You're an idiot

>> No.7186332

>>7186198
You're projecting

>> No.7186345

>>7185365
This game had more complicated backgrounds unlike SMB1, maybe that's what they put more effort into