Nintendo NES vs. Arcade! *26 GAMES* Covered!

The Nintendo Entertainment System had quite a few more arcade ports than I ever realized. Sure, I remember Contra, Commando, and Gradius but did you know about POW, Dragon Spirit and Joe & Mac? Ok, great. But I sure didn't! Here's 26 arcade ports for the Nintendo NES!
Games Covered: Arch Rivals, Bad Dudes, BurgerTime, Caveman Ninja/Joe & Mac, Contra, Dig Dug, Donkey Kong, Double Dragon, Dragon Spirit, Elevator Action, Galaxian, Gauntlet, Guerrilla War, Karate Champ, Kung Fu, NARC, P.O.W.: Prisoners of War, Pac-Man, Paperboy, Popeye, Rampart, RoadBlasters, Rolling Thunder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, Toki, Vindicators
Work Log:
Capturing footage: 6 hours.
Writing the script: 5 hours.
Recording the script: 45 minutes.
Editing: 9 hours.
Thumbnail: 15 minutes.
Uploading, writing description, video prep: 30 minutes.
Total: 21 1/2 hours.
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[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks for taking the time to watch the video! Check these out too! Nintendo NES vs. Atari 7800: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haWlYqmtidOnmdU 5 Minute History - Nintendo NES: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZDSf52chLt1Zqc Hot Garbage NES Games: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4i9kK2YnbBlobs

[@Pawnband]

Pauline from Donkey Kong just recently resurfaced as the Mayor of New Donk city in Mario Odyssey.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Ah, glad she’s still in the Nintendo universe!

[@CokerCulture]

Thanks for sharing Greg! Love these comparison videos. Hurt my heart hearing the issues with NES Double Dragon compared to the Arcade version bc I just remember how much fun my brother and I had with it.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Fortunately most of the issues were rectified with DD2. Of course that one has a difficulty problem in the latter stages…

[@datassetteuser356]

Wow, one can tell let a lot of work went into this one. Nice comparisons and I even saw some games I did not play on the NES before. Will change that as soon as possible. Cheers!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah, these take a while to make! See my Worklog in the description. ;-)

[@BURRITO44]

Awesome video. !!! Well done !!! You are an excellent reviewer. !!! Can’t wait for more of these !!!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks!

[@bildo1977]

A Beatles beat ‘em up would be a whole new meaning to their namesake.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Exactly!

[@1gman858]

That would be a "Beatle(s) 'em up". bildo1977 - A name for a kit from Meccano Erector set, Lego, Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys etc...

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

Odyssey 2 and the 2600 were the only game systems in our house until the NES came along. We loved PLENTY of games on those two consoles but the NES really felt like we had arcade games in our house for the first time.

[@GregsGameRoom]

My grandparents had an O2. Definitely one of the first systems I ever played. I remember that Space Invaders clone was tough!

[@InfectiousGroovePodcast]

@@GregsGameRoom it sure was. My game was Pick Axe Pete!

[@jps6704]

Almost the same as you, but in France the machine was called Videopac.

[@foretrosake5216]

I really enjoyed this video. Great job.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks!

[@Sinn0100]

This is where I started in 1986. I got my Nes and Master System a day apart on Christmas Eve and Christmas. I continued forward with the Sega Genesis in 1989, but it all started right here. Fun Fact- The "voice work" in Bad Dudes for the Nes was indeed bad. However, it actually didn't have to be that way at all. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the playback of the line "I'm bad!" The Nes actually plays it backwards which caused it to be horribly distorted. There is an indy developer today that has fixed the game and now "I'm bad!" can be heard in crystal clear speech on a stock Nes (no joke).

[@GregsGameRoom]

Cool, will have to check that out. I knew the NES could do better!

[@Sinn0100]

​@@GregsGameRoom The Double Dragon brother's Jimmy and Bimmy (I had to do it) had one girlfriend in the first game. Her name was Marian correct? Well, she got what she deserved in Double Dragon 2 after making the brothers kill each other for her in the arcade original (and Master System port). My question is did I get her name right? ;)

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yep, Marion!

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Great video sir. 👍🏾

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks!

[@PixelGameSquad]

Been watching all your stuff lately! Super rad 🤌🏻

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks dude! Keep up the good work yourself!

[@stylepartner5123]

My first console, thankyou for this

[@GregsGameRoom]

One of the best ever

[@aaronsnowden6311]

I remember having to hope that I could find the Double Dragon game at K&B Toy store or Toys R Us, because it was always sold out.

[@bildo1977]

Actually Gauntlet on the NES is a port of Gauntlet II. It has most of the improved features of GII along with the temporary power ups. So Gauntlet II was ported twice to the NES. 😮

[@GregsGameRoom]

Kinda. Nintendo versions often tried to offer more than the original arcade. Take Rygar for example.

[@bildo1977]

@@GregsGameRoom I know what you mean. But Gauntlet on the NES took a lot more from Gauntlet II arcade. The first Gauntlet arcade game didn’t have stun tiles, movable walls, poisonous food and potions, locked treasure chests, acid pools, super sorcerers, temporary power ups of repulsiveness, reflective shots, invulnerability, and ten super shots. It is missing temporary transportability, force fields, monsters that come at you in an indirect manner, thieves, and muggers. But it still owes much more to the Gauntlet II arcade game rather than the first arcade. You can even play as the same character! You couldn’t do that in the first Gauntlet arcade game.

[@SevenCompleted]

Namco wasnt too fond of nintendos licensing agreement so some of their games never made it over here or were unlicensed and released by Tengen instead. Namco in turn supported the PC engine and Mega Drive cause of their feud with nintendo.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Nintendo’s licensing agreements were ridiculous, so I don’t blame Namco for being upset.

[@The_Badseed]

You talk about limitations in games like the single player Double Dragon, that's looking back at it now with hindsight. Nobody thought that way back then, even some of the crappy games were great. Just the fact of seeing these games on TV blew people's minds, much like the 2600. Basically no one knew any better so these games were the best thing since sliced bread.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah, it was just accepted then. We knew the home hardware couldn't make 1:1 ports. Pac-Man for Atari 2600 seems to be the exception though...

[@blackenedheart9592]

You should do a video just like this only with the SNES if you haven't already

[@GregsGameRoom]

I have. ;-)

[@blackenedheart9592]

@@GregsGameRoom awesome! I'll have to check it out! I haven't seen all your videos yet 🤘

[@bildo1977]

Where’s Dig Dug 2 and Donkey Kong Junior? I’m guessing we will see another one of these videos.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yep, plenty more games to feature!

[@tonyp9313]

on Nes these ports are either hit or miss. I like Contra Nes, Turtles Arcade game Nes, Pacman, Donkey Kong & Double Dragon for the Nes ports. Honestly if you want better ports of arcade games just play majority of arcade games on the Sega Genesis.

[@GregsGameRoom]

NES definitely tried to punch above its weight class on a lot of these. NARC for example. SMH.

[@alkohallick2901]

Are they?

[@riversarcadereview385]

the Donkey Kong scoring was wrong for the NES...in the arcade you would earn 300-points for jumping two barrels whereas the NES you would earn only 200-points

[@alkohallick2901]

The ads every 3 minutes are really getting out of hand.

[@GregsGameRoom]

You should see how many ads KZbin includes before I remove them.

[@bildo1977]

Me and Bad Dudes on the NES are old enemies. Many years ago I was at a Woolworth’s in Normal, Illinois. There was a bargain bin filled with Nintendo games that were all $19.99. Dirty Harry was in there. So was Heavy Barrel. Instead of getting Heavy Barrel, my dumbass chose Bad Dudes. I would’ve loved Heavy Barrel on the NES back in the day. I know that it’s a flawed port, but it was a MUCH better effort than Bad Dudes! 🤢🤮

[@GregsGameRoom]

Heavy Barrel is one of my favorites! Definitely featuring it in the next Arcade vs. NES video!

[@Djwunmoshen]

Keep in mind. With NARC. The NES was still figuring out their engine.

[@GregsGameRoom]

NARC was definitely a cash grab. That should have never been ported.

[@Djwunmoshen]

@@GregsGameRoom true. But it had its good points. That shit was mad crazy with a buddy playing it.

[@baroncalamityplus]

I want to play a Beatles beatem up

[@vietguy808]

I remember seeing ninja gaiden nes, I was WTF is this shit

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah, I just wanted an straight arcade port.