Favourite and/or most disappointing home arcade ports

[emphatic]

Wico Red Top.

[crunchywasp]

I had a good time laughing at spectrum and cpc464 owners - until the snes came out with supermarioworld

I had a lot of love to give the Speccy before the C64 came along. I only had the 48k, but when I got my C64 I did laugh at my mates who's parents had bought them the 128k or CPC464 hohohoho

I'm glad I was never bought the Amstrad console thing I wouldn't even buy one as a retro treat

[crunchywasp]

Now.... What was everyone's joystick of choice during the commodore era?

Great question! The ones that came with it always broke with Decathalon type games...

I really liked some stick with a green body, pink stick , and yellow buttons. It had a steel shaft and was ace back then.

Everyone I knew had a QuickShot of some description

[IDCHAPPY]

I had the Amiga but not it's daddy, i think it was mainly the speccy i had till the master system came out.

[crunchywasp]

As for consoles C64GS wasn't much better than GX4000

Yeah, the C64GS was a heap of **** too. I remember being really excited when I discovered my C64 could play carts though.

I remember it being around 1996 and my next door neighbour got an atari 2600 for christmas

[crunchywasp]

I had the Amiga but not it's daddy, i think it was mainly the speccy i had till the master system came out.

Master System was ace too

[instant_classic]

I used the speed king, best joystick ever! Red and black style that was held in palm of hand.

[IDCHAPPY]

I used the male chicken stick, best joystick ever! Red and purple style that was held in palm of hand.

[instant_classic]

I used the **** stick, best joystick ever! Red and purple style that was held in palm of hand.

now that IS the best stick evaaaaaaa

[crunchywasp]

I'm pretty sure I still have one of these!

[IDCHAPPY]

I'm pretty sure I still have one of these!

Just lying about?

[instant_classic]

I'm pretty sure I still have one of these!

Wait until your married, you will be even more unsure then

[ikaruga007]

+1 for the speed king. Loved it, but it was so different that it took some time to get used to.

[crunchywasp]

I read something about the development of the Speed King in a magazine recently.

I always avoided it to be honest - I thought it was gimmicky and never realised it was actually any good!

[ikaruga007]

A good conversion that hasn't been mentioned is Marble Madness on the Amiga.

[instant_classic]

I read something about the development of the Speed King in a magazine recently.

I always avoided it to be honest - I thought it was gimmicky and never realised it was actually any good!

It was the shizzle back in the day.

[crunchywasp]

This is called a Speed King too...


They look kind of similar

Did anyone have this?...


One of my mates did. It was ****

A good conversion that hasn't been mentioned is Marble Madness on the Amiga.

I never played the arcade or Amiga versions but I liked the Game Boy version for what it was!

[crunchywasp]

I really liked some stick with a green body, pink stick , and yellow buttons. It had a steel shaft and was ace back then.

Ahh! Powerplay Cruiser! That was it. Memories flooding back... I **** loved this thing and it was built like a tank. I just remembered looking at the pic that it had a rotatable collar at the base of the shaft to make it stiffer sexy

[instant_classic]

Ha ha I had one of them as well as the zip stick. 80's joysticks ftw

[emphatic]

I could never use a SpeedStick as the handle disables use of your left hand for the joystick. I could never shake the arcade panels I played from '86 and forward, that's probably why I never thought home ports was any good. Playing Rygar without a dedicated jump button is stupid IMHO. The only home port for c64 where jumping with the joystick felt OK was Bubble Bobble.