Arcade Games vs. Console Ports - Pacman Atari 2600, NES Donkey Kong & More! The IRATE Gamer

[@RobertGuido]

Chris you got to be joking, Star Wars was ported to the 2600, 5200 and a whole bunch of other computer consoles at the time even though it really wasn't ported as a vector game. The only thing that could come close was the Vectrex and it was too underpowered to handle it. Only years later did we get a Homebrew that kind of sucked

[@irategamer]

That's what I meant, as the wire frame version. Sorry about not clarifying.

[@RobertGuido]

@@irategamer it's no biggie, every one of us who watch your videos just watch it for fun. Got to say I love your analogy of The Phantom Menace, everyone loves to Monday Morning Quarterback. I also apply this to the Game Genie, helping me give continues on those early arcade ports

[@stewie17]

Punch out came out in arcades at first

[@shiru8bit]

Star Wars port happen to be one of the very first games I ever played, it was on a home computer, ZX Spectrum.

[@MamisKonto]

I remember playing the vector version on our old Macintosh Plus when I was about four or five. It should have been around 1988. I remember the coolest thing about it was the three or so digitized lines from the movie - "That's great kid, now don't get cocky!", "Look at the size of that thing" and "Let's blow this thing and go home". 20 years later I realized it was actually an arcade game.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

well, this is interesting, lately i am getting super excited when i see a new video from Irate gamer....real quality videos and a channel that i think deserves more love from the public.

[@timmytatoe4248]

Yeah ikr his videos are actually really good quality now

[@JenMistress]

This is why I love living in the era of MAME, all those ports at the comfort of my home. Even special backgrounds on some games to give a full arcade look. And if I decided that I want to, can play the home port versions too. Very good era to be alive in.

[@KenMasters.]

If only MAME didn’t have limitations on huge game files like the 3D ones.

[@thatoverweightguywitharms.7961]

@@KenMasters. I hope later versions of MAME are safe like the old ones.

[@SchardtCinematic]

Star Wars the Arcade Game was ported to many diffrent systems including the Atari 2600. The Commodore 64 had two diffrent versions. I never realized they never made a version for the NES though. But then again I never owned an NES. Just my 2600 and my C=64 until I bought my first Windows 98 PC in January of 1999.

[@PixelGameSquad]

This channel is alive and kicking! 🙌

[@chestercastaneda4920]

Nice. That's a somewhat original topic that few other KZbinrs covered.

[@FreeOpenTruth]

Take a shot of vodka everytime Chris says "ass" or "asshole(s)"!!! I promise you will be wasted by the end of this video!!!

[@TheRetroManiac]

Excellent video Chris, it’s so great to have you back at it again.

[@WarioSaysSo]

10:16 - Well we got great home ports of Dragon's Lair (1983) for the Philips CD-i (1994) & the 3DO (1993). They where nere the only perfect ports for many years. And to be honest, I don't think they ever offically released a port for the Sony PlayStation (PS1). To my knowledge Sony never released any title until about 2003-2004 with the new designed Dragon's Lair 3D - Special Edition. Just to clerify about the port evolution of Dragon's Lair.

[@WarpedBlinds]

I'm happy you kept your passion for classic gaming. I always liked your original videos when they first came out. I was never a hater. Seeing this resurgence in classic youtube channels I'm happy to know you're one of the ones that returned.

[@satinsguard]

The Ghosts n Goblins joke brought me back to when I was watching you at 12 years old. :)

[@GoryBoyz]

11:05 see you forgot avgns guide to beating that game step 1: get the knife step 2: get the knife step 3: get the knife XD

[@thatoverweightguywitharms.7961]

I was hoping rule #3 would be "Get the fcking knife!"

[@DB87_Official]

@@thatoverweightguywitharms.7961 it would of helped Chris little cousin joey (since joey first appearence was in irate gamer ghost n goblins review)

[@Agrahim]

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[@DukeNukem2020]

I miss the old Arcade days of the early 90's. I still remember, as a kid, seeing the MKII(Mortal Kombat 2 for the kiddos out there) arcade cabinet being assembled at my local arcade(Alladin's Castle). That arcade was always packed.

[@kizunadragon9]

Chris, you have no idea how good it makes me feel to see the Irate gamer back in action and with AVGN's blessing. You and James are the example to the rest of the internet how to be adults. way to go and keep the vids coming.

[@esmerylan]

So, about that 2600 Donkey Kong: it was originally released by Coleco, and there was a popular theory at the time that Coleco intentionally made it bad so that the version for their own ColecoVision console (which was decently close to the arcade game, though like the NES version it didn't have the "pie factory" level) would look even better by comparison. Don't know if anyone ever turned up hard evidence for it, or explained why Atari themselves later rereleased this piece of trash.

[@michaelsriqui7898]

Actually they did do a port of star wars the arcade game, it was released on the atari 2600 among other systems at the time.

[@Goto10Gaming]

So glad you are still making videos and sticking true to your original recipe. 💪🏽❤️👾

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Yea man....thoroughly enjoying this.....dare i say it - more than avgn of late....ok ok ok.... dont throw things at me! - compliment ok?

[@TombstoneActual42]

No no, you're totally right.

[@davidwiley4953]

James Rolfe is looking weird in this video.

[@KevinLuper99]

It's not 2008 anymore. Give it up.

[@paradoxzee6834]

Wait, that Star Wars game looks like the ATARI 2600 Star Wars game. You sure it never got ported?

[@Spikeland]

2 hours in and 2.1k views way to go man keep it up. And one arcade ports that have to talk about someday is T2 the Arcade Game that went on Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis

[@yokotapioka]

When i was a kid i used to play Capcom 1942 in arcade, for my birthday my father got me the nes port. At first i was like "the heck is this game, it doesn't look like the original". Then i ended loving the port because is was a bit easier and i could play it whenever i want ( i used to live far away from big cities with arcade places)

[@kyokusagani8869]

I gotta say, your writing and sense of humor has come a long way since you first started the Irate Gamer show! Every episode's been entertaining since the AVGN crossover. Keep at it Chris, the fan reception speaks for itself!! P.S... I've completed Ghosts N' Goblins arcade without using any continues at all. It was a long and agonizing journey, but it was worth it for one of the most atmospheric games of the mid-80's. Always gives you the spooks when an imp suddenly spawns under your feet !!

[@razorjake6839]

I LOVED your Contra review. It was actually the first Irate Gamer episode I watched. ^_^

[@comaster2]

AWESOME VIDEO! I didn't want it to end! I hope we can see more of theses Arcade and Console Ports comparisons in the next video! PLEASE! P.S: GAME ON , CHRIS! \w/

[@M3rtyville]

Donkey Kong for 2600: Mario dodging cookies

[@supermariof0521]

Was that a Game Dude reference?

[@BriansManCave]

I always called them Ritz Crackers :)

[@Laynel8]

@@supermariof0521 Sounds like it, he referred to DK as gingerbread kong

[@ravinnox2640]

I always thought they were honey combs cereal as a kid

[@BriansManCave]

@@ravinnox2640 oh yah! They do look like Honey combs ..lol

[@thecomputercat8095]

Chris thanks for this video brought lots of good memories when i was a kid and go play these games at the arcade. Keep up the great work really glad to see you back with the irate gamer character. Peace brother.

[@The_Sofa_King]

Loved this episode Chris, keep it up!

[@RodrigoMeazzi]

Thank you! I love it! Keep doing your excellent work. Cheers from Brazil!

[@DoomKid]

Irate Gamer’s comeback has been so enjoyable so far!

[@elliottmalone3949]

You forgot the greatest arcade game of all time. Michael Jackson moonwalker.

[@vincenzomottola7778]

Chris, you forgot to mention the colecovision version of Donkey Kong. Back then it was pretty impressive as it was the closest thing to an authentic Donkey Kong arcade experience at home but by now it vaguely resembles the arcade game in terms of graphics. The Atari 7800 version of Donkey Kong came out after the NES version and was based on the NES version, like the NES version, the pie factory level is completely absent.

[@95JakX]

The callback your ‘Ghosts and Goblins’ review genuinely made me giddy with nostalgia

[@pandamagic937]

This video was awesome Chris! I laughed out loud at: They turned Pacmania into a Pac pile of porcupine piss. 😂😂

[@schmacintyre6099]

Dragons Lair on 3DO was a fantastic port. You didn’t have to wait until 96. Just had to pony up your 699 bucks!

[@MichaelSmith-sp5qb]

Not many people had 3DO. I loved mine but the biggest issue was how they handled the 2nd player port on the 1st player controller. Killed games like Mad Dog McCree

[@GORF_EMPIRE]

The Jaguar version came out for less than half that with a CD player.

[@setsers1]

😆

[@makaveli4205]

Dragons lair 2 is a very underrated arcade game. Not many were made though

[@thatonemedianerd9426]

It's a very interesting video, man. Love ur vids!

[@d.t.simonbelmont]

0:44 AVGN!! 😁😁😁😁

[@sloppynyuszi]

That Starwars arcade game was ported plenty of times. The Atari ST, Amiga, ZX Spectrum had it for sure and I think there was an Atari 2600 and a 5200 version too.

[@SyRetro]

Once again Chris makes a fantastic video and I love arcade gaming, had some great memories back in the 90s Can’t wait for the next video Chris See you next game

[@theotakutopian7426]

Happy 40th Anniversary, Pac-Man!

[@jasonmoore3036]

Your videos are pretty awesome man. Keep it up.

[@unforgivenwrestlemaniac]

Still glad you are back. Keep up the awesome work, Irate.

[@LiquidSnake2015]

Great vid Chris. You know they did make a port of the Star Wars Arcade Game for the 32x. It is a little different though. Since it does not have the wire frame. But would be a cool side review. Keep up the great work man.

[@Eldildo2]

Holy! I thought the internet buried you... Welcome back my friend

[@clarencefuller9843]

Irate gamer is still legendary

[@NeverbeGoodat]

Awesome Video again. Damn, you got a big arcade Collection.

[@turtlewax7167]

Irate gamer dropping another banger! Keep up the good work Chris!

[@Madia367]

Great work Chris. Great work :)

[@Steveman27]

Maybe you could make a review of those mini hand held arcade games that AVGN never reviewed even though it showed him playing them in his X-Men and Magnavox Odyssey reviews during the first few seconds of the intros. They're those things that are always behind him on his shelf during his reviews.

[@RealBlackNoir]

Chris making irate gamer videos again is one of the best things that 2020 has given us

[@Musicradio77Network]

Both “Ghosts ‘n Goblins” and “1942” are developed by Micronics, and Capcom published it for the NES. Micronics became the worst video game developer to put out poorly made arcade ports for the NES. “Ikari Warriors” and “Tiger-Heli” are both bad, and it was also developed by Micronics.

[@anthonyshultz8413]

I'm glad this guy came back.

[@wolfe3298]

Really informative. Great video as always!

[@srzadka5010]

Wow you're on fire with videos! And pretty consistent with quality. Bring'em on!

[@nateguimond823]

Great as always keep it up Chris

[@WillyWooly]

I’m enjoying your content, nostalgic ones too.

[@blakemcwilliams9028]

"Pretty much wrinkled my shit." Made me laugh I'm gonna start using that.

[@ravinnox2640]

We didnt have any arcades in my small town so the 2600 pacman was all I had. There was a lot of ms pacman cabinets in the next town over though. From pizza hut to the local pharmacy, everyone had a mid pacman machine. But yeah , 2600 pacman was the one I was raised on and was my moms favorite game, so much so that when she passed we had a 2600 pacman torment in her honor. It's a mess of a game for sure but tells you how good pacman is whe the worst version of it is still pretty awesome. Dude this was easily like your best video ever, and the best part, cant wait to go over to a certain blog and read what the saddest man alive has to say about it, those are always hilarious 😉

[@rich213sal]

Good Video Mr. Neo 💯

[@alexai183]

What a good video!!!! Excelent reviews

[@kejiri3593]

Dragon's Lair looks fun. But i heard 2nd one is better since you can see the obstacles better. Cool vid : D

[@Spectaculus6]

good content man, suprisingly funny

[@mtshark7]

Awesome episode Chris!

[@thejackal007]

Great video! Chris, how many arcade machines do you have?

[@OmarAlikaj]

As least Pinkie gets to kiss Pacman around 7:20 (if you've been watching "Pacman and the Ghostly Adventures").

[@bradye21playsIndieHorror]

Finally someone does a practical sponsor. Nothing I want now but I'll be watching it.

[@Officialchristophermorris]

You always come with some Cool Ideas Chris! Never disappoint me with your Content😎 So Inspiring❤

[@irategamer]

Thank you so much 😀

[@erikwassong6782]

Awesome content, Great personality, love irateeee. You dont even need to curse, or even better make some silly non curse words.

[@rubberballoonlover5471]

15:30 Me when my dad takes away my 3DS for watching My Little Pony. 🥺🥺🥺😭

[@rogerstephenroth8073]

Irate gamer and AVGN are without question the best video game critics on KZbin along with gaming critics. You should do reviews for both old and new games and consoles along with AVGN, given you both are legendary critics online now on KZbin.

[@Lukethefox]

Well, The Star Wars Arcade game did get ported as a secret unlockable in Rogue Squadron III for the Gamecube.

[@bicentenialkid]

Thanks for another great video Chris. Keep up the good work.

[@bmwolgas]

Just a few years ago, the Commodore 64 got a nearly arcade-perfect port of Donkey Kong. Gameplay even extends into the top/bottom border area.

[@fargeeks]

Arcade games from the late 80s is what is seen on the sega Genesis

[@GareBearGamingGround]

I spent most of my life in a super small town in NW Kansas. Population of 300. Literally the only arcade games I ever got to see and play was whatever the Pizza Hut in the next town would have - and they didn't change them up very often at all. So I didn't learn that a lot of games I grew up loving were arcade ports until my late 20s!

[@krisbeckwith7105]

Hello retro gamer pal... Found your channel, now subbed... Be safe & keep on gaming...

[@MLJ7956]

Hey Chris, I'm surprised you didn't mention Double Dragon (which was both an arcade game then ported to the NES - which was a pretty good port) as well as Kung Fu Master/Kung Fu on the NES...

[@irategamer]

I could only fit in so much

[@jodafro619]

@@irategamer vigilante should get a nod in the next episode

[@Barrysun]

Makes me wonder if we'll see more Arcades vs console in the future

[@chrispeloso3071]

Good video man

[@Spintown]

You should have mentioned the Atari Jaguar CD version of Dragon's Lair. It was actually pretty dang good.

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Didnt know jaguar cd got any er....fmv games? (Well it wasnt laser disc was it?!)

[@kyokusagani8869]

Commodore Amiga version's one of the most impressive ports out there, having to be squeezed on 4 floppies and all the animation hand drawn from scratch!

[@QunMang]

@@kyokusagani8869 Of course not all the levels could be included on those four disks, so we also got Escape From Singe's Castle which included many more on (I think) five more disks. And could be linked to work with the first game, though it's amazingly a PITA to do so via emulation.

[@TheJinxCast]

Must've made the six people with functional units happy.

[@TheConcertMack]

The Irate Devil showed up! I've missed him so much!

[@tekkensentai]

The Burgertime 2600 version enemies were: Mr hot dog Mr Egg Mr breadstick Mr Cheese (I suppose he’s Velveeta). I recall that MNetworks (a division of Mattel) focused more on the port for the Intellivision

[@QunMang]

Sounds like Coleco with Donkey Kong :D (speaking of which- why isn't this port mentioned? The Coleco Adam version even had all four levels if I recall correctly)

[@BURRITO44]

Very entertaining !!!!!

[@danm3570]

Great video, someone has to make entertaining stuff like this. I think avgn is busy with family and stuff, do you think kids 20 years in the future will make similar themed videos about the early video game era.

[@DetectiveGoroAkechi]

My first console was the Atari 2600, but man when the Nes came out you realized just how inferior the Atari was. On a side note I've also always pronounced Tengen with a soft G. I know a lot of purests go for that hard G, but the soft version always seemed like the correct way to me. A shame that we hardly see arcades anymore though. Some of my best memories as a child and teen were at the arcade. Great stuff as always Chris!

[@Markimark151]

You forgot to mention that Ms. Pac Man had a two player co-op mode in the arcades, while the ports didn’t allow you to play two players. I used to go to Tilt that had that particular game, it’s the Midway version not Namco arcade!

[@ravinnox2640]

It did on genesis, maybe a few other ports too but that's my go too

[@Markimark151]

@Folk Raven-Bear back then it was exclusive to arcades, the Genesis port had it, but there hasn’t been the full arcade game with two players co-op because it wasn’t made by Namco, but it was Tengen.

[@QunMang]

Er- I lived during Ms. Pac-man's time and it most certainly did not have two-player co-op. It was a single joystick game same as its predecessor. In fact, it started life as a third-party mod for Pac-man cabinets called Crazy Otto before Midway (note: not Namco though they knew about it) officially endorsed it and released it as Ms. Pac-man in its own cabinet. As others have mentioned, it was later console ports that had the co-op action.

[@Markimark151]

@Qun Mang I played the Midway-Atari versions of Ms. Pac Man in the arcades back in the mid-1980s, because it was a special cabinet made for two players to play simultaneously. It was my favorite version of Ms pac man, because it had that experience with playing co-op at the mall!

[@QunMang]

@@Markimark151 Midway-Atari version? Are you sure you're remembering correctly? That doesn't sound like any official version released. Could it have been a console version hacked for the arcade perhaps? Or Playchoice 10 (though it isn't on the list of Playchoice 10 NES games)? Tengen did make an NES port of Ms. Pacman, albeit around 1988 or so, and Tengen was Atari, so... If it was genuinely the arcade version, it could also have been some prototype being location tested, though I'm highly skeptical about any involvement from Atari in that case as it simply wasn't their game. If you have a link to any information I would be interested to read about this machine.

[@becomeanolive1637]

Very entertaining and informative video as usual for Chris, but I was surprised no mention of "Double Dragon", one of the biggest Arcade Hits of the Decade with tons of very bad to mediocre home conversions.

[@irategamer]

Definitely will be a part 2 inclusion when I get around to it

[@sfighter0085]

Great episode, if I could point out one hiccup, the footage you used for the "Ikari Warriors" segment was actually from the sequel "Ikari Warriors II". But yeah, there are times where ports of classic arcade games, looking at you "Dragon's Lair", are inferior to the arcade version, while other times arcade games are inferior to console ports, prime example being "Ninja Gaiden". I don't think I've ever seen the "Atari" version of "Burger Time", but damn does it look like shit. It made me think back to a video made by Guru Larry about British Game Rip-Offs, and one of them being a game called "Mr. Wimpy", but even that game looks more graphically appealing than the Atari "Burger Time" port. lol

[@CamaroAmx]

I had spyhunter for the Comadore 64. It was my favorite game for the system. It’s a shame they never ported WrestleFest to the home consoles. I played it every time I found it in the arcade (still do). But as the years went by it got harder and harder to find. It got to the point the only place i could find it was at the campground me and my grandparents would vacation at. Beach or boating all day, then off to the arcade room until close. Haven’t thought about that stuff in probably 20 years. Thanks for reminding me.

[@ExiledWolf84]

"...a bunch of SHITTY beans!!" Haha!

[@noside.foxhound]

Chris, did you know Mike Tyson just confirmed Mike Tyson's Punch Out 2! he stated that in Steve-O's Wild Ride podcast with Mike.

[@blakeb106]

I would love to see an episode about bionic commando. That’s my favorite nes game

[@setsers1]

Niiice

[@nesdomstarlight]

I love your video you do keep up the good work

[@jag92949]

According to South Park, Custer’s Revenge for the Atari 2600 was ported from an arcade machine.

[@SmugMatty]

The GBC port of Dragon's Lair was very impressive how close it was to the arcade port despite the limitations.

[@brownpants3325]

0:44 what's with adding the "inspired by avgn" all of a sudden?

[@DoomKid]

He started his show after being inspired by AVGN, it's that simple. Any beef these guys had (which they probably didn't anyway) is long dead.

[@meowplow]

This is a pretty well made video & I love content on different ports or variations. Although, the whole "irate" thing gets to me. If he were to play it straight & be himself, I believe, it would be even better than most "retro gamer" KZbinrs on here.

[@Pleasejustforgetme]

EYYYYYYY, NEW EPISODE! NICE

[@jamesbounds]

Those mini arcades are so cool looking.

[@denardoellisjr]

Dragon's Lair is the Origins of Dark Souls lmao

[@Flamestar320]

It's good to see you and James on good terms and even work together in a few cases. I haven't watched a lot of the classic Irate Gamer videos, the few that I have seen were just meh to me. But these newer reviews are pretty neat.