TOP 20 Impossible Ports

[@memoryman3586]

Sonic and All Stars Racing Transformed (VITA). Full fat console racing experience with minimal gameplay changes (10 racers VS 8 racers). There were significant cutbacks to the level geometry and art, and many of the post effects were removed completely, but the game ran at the Vita's full resolution and all the physics and world events are exactly the same.

[@thegamelounge659]

Amazing, I never actually played the VITA version but I love the game. The All Stars racing series was fantastic. I’m not sure why SEGA stopped making them

[@spongebobfan78]

There's also the 3DS port of it, IIRC. While there are some slight tweaks (like the lack of the slot machine thingy), it's mostly the same plus you can play as your Mii.

[@Cawidotron]

I was always impressed by the All stars racing for NDS. Sega really cared for their NDS ports back then.

[@googaagoogaa12345678]

@@thegamelounge659 Agree 1000%. Currently replaying transformed on steam. Somehow only my 2nd run.

[@thisfeaturewontlastlong]

@@Cawidotron Technically, All Stars Racing DS is a conversion built from the ground up to take advantage of the hardware, which went a long way to maintaining a higher framerate than Transformed 3DS; that version of the sequel is a more literal port job, quicker, cheaper, and not exactly optimized for the hardware.

[@Detective_L]

Resident evil 2 for the Nintendo 64 will always be my favourite example of an impossible port. You have 2 cds worth of content on a single cartridge and all cg cutscenes and spoken dialogue in tact. Not only that but it has unique content such as the randomiser and outfits. Most N64 ports always compromised cutscenes with slideshows and no voices. Truly a masterpiece.

[@thegamelounge659]

Yes I agree, incredible effort. Seeing MVG’s video on it really is impressive.

[@mushra50]

@@Detective_L here's something you probably wasn't aware of Angel studios the team that poor resident evil 2 to the Nintendo 64 originally wanted to Port final fantasy 7 to the Nintendo 64 but square soft told them that would be impossible

[@chemergency]

Came to post this. There were other PS1 games that got ported to N64 like Gex, Spider-Man, and Nightmare Creatures and typically the FMV cutscenes would be replaced with still slideshow images. I had to do a double take when I rented the game back in the day and booted it up to find FMV playing from a cartridge- it was unprecedented.

[@jamesprumos7775]

@@mushra50 Honestly I want to see someone try that out now.

[@V3ntilator]

@@jamesprumos7775 Nowadays they are porting N64 games to PC. Perfect Dark supports 4K, 1000 FPS etc. natively now. Starfox 64 now supports 31:9 Ultrawide screen natively, so nothing is stretched.

[@V3ntilator]

Dragon's Lair were "ported" from Laserdisc to Floppy Disks on AMIGA which were impossible. Same guy also did the impossible Doom port on SNES.

[@SparkyMK3]

Dragons Lair on Game Boy Color! No, it's not a reformulated game, It's a direct port of the arcade game! Yes, Digital Eclipse took an FMV laserdisc game and somehow managed to cram it onto a portable handheld that could barely handle a few seconds of FMV, much less an entire game built around it! I can only imagine just how hard it must've been to pull such a project off! Next to X, Race Drivin' and Faceball 2000, it's one of THE most amazing technical achievements of any Game Boy game!

[@thegamelounge659]

Yes a few people have mentioned this. I certainly need to check this game out. It’s actually really expensive to pick up.

[@SparkyMK3]

@@thegamelounge659 Expensive? It's going for $20 loose on eBay ATM!

[@thegamelounge659]

Ahh! I stand corrected. I saw a boxed version and it was going for like £150!!!

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

What made the Donkey Kong Country trilogy especially impressive (and I only just recently found this out) was that it didn't need/use any special "helper chips" inside the cartridge such as Super FX or C4 or whatnot.

[@thegamelounge659]

I agree, the fact they managed to make the rendered 3D look so good with such a limited colour palette was pretty incredible.

[@Sly2Cooper]

Donkey Kong Land on GameBoy was an impossible port. Amazing version for such a handheld.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@@Sly2Cooper That wasn't a port...you got that confused with DKC on Game Boy Color, which WAS an impossible port.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

@@thegamelounge659 Limited color palette??? 32,768/256 was HUGE back when the SNES game out! I think the best even most PCs could do at the time was maybe 256 colors...it was only when the 32X came out that it finally had a 32,768 color palette. Hence why SNES games as a whole tend to look much more brighter and colorful than the GEN ones.

[@Sly2Cooper]

@@JohnSmith-zw8vp I know DK Land is not a straight port. It was still based on DK games. Porting a 16-bit marvel into 4 shades of gray low res screen is itself a big achievement.

[@Jabjabs]

My favorite trick that Doom 3 on Xbox pulled was to default every texture to pure black until it was loaded in. That way if the cache was running behind, you might not notice it was missing due to how dark most of the game was. Also kudos to the developers unifying the entire render pipeline into a single pass. I immediately didn't notice the difference but that would have been a huge performance saving on the system.

[@thegamelounge659]

I never knew this. Learn something new everyday. That’s what I love about older systems. The constrains meant that devs had to be so creative

[@System_Sega]

I actually prefer the SNES version of Killer Instinct to the Arcade. The difficulty is better balanced and the specials seem easier to perform. It might not look as nice but it plays a lot better.

[@thegamelounge659]

I hear you, I had a similar experience with Virtua Fighter 2. The arcade was designed to eat quarters, so after round 2 the difficulty curve was insane. The Saturn version was superior

[@CRCR0201]

I don't know much about fighting games, but is that a common thing in old console ports? I could beat SFA2 arcade mode without getting downed once on SNES, but when I recently played the arcade version and kept getting beaten... Same for other SF games

[@ka7al958]

The SF4 port on 3DS did have a lot of changes other than the resolution, the static 2d backgrounds were not very good looking, and the game ran at 30fps. But it's still a decent portable port.

[@thegamelounge659]

That’s an interesting point. I hadn’t really seen that. It certainly still looks great and the character models are brillint

[@ka7al958]

Some more context, the game runs at 60fps if you disable 3d effect

[@siskodefiant4275]

I'd say Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Arcade Game on the NES was an amazing port. You really got the feel of the arcade version on a platform with limited power.

[@thegamelounge659]

Agree, it’s been a long time since I played that one!

[@tonyrosario1940]

Been really digging your retro game videos! Thanks! 🍻🤘🏼

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks Tony, glad you are enjoying them!

[@M1XART]

Alone In The Dark -version for Gameboy Color is like most impressive 8 bit game ever.

[@thegamelounge659]

I have never seen it. Need to check this one out! 👍🏻

[@JAGtheTrekkieGEMINI1701]

Amazing IP List, here are some I would add: The Amazing Port of StarCraft Broodwar on N64 Titanfall was a PEAK X1 Game and yet with an unusual Texture Streaming Solution it managed to Run onX360 Tekken 3 is an almost Perfect PSX Port from the Naomi Board 2 Arcade T3 Version Resident Evil 4 on PS2 was a clear downgrade of the GC Version but that it even Works is really amazing

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks for the comment. Yes totally agree with all the above. I never played TF on the 360 but need to give it a try

[@Larry]

Most excellent video Sir! I'd also add Road Rash on the Sega Master System, and Resident Evil IV on the PS2 as impossible ports too!

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks so much for the comment. Yes RE4 in PS2 was impressive. I have never played the MS version of Road Rash. Will take a look

[@Larry]

@@thegamelounge659 Oh you must, Road Rash is such an impressive port, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was running on a 16 bit system! Have you been suggested Race Drivin' on the Game Boy too? It even out does the SNES version! It also got the developer, Argonaut the job to develop StarFox for Nintendo!

[@madnesdoes]

Hi ​@@Larry

[@Larry]

@@madnesdoes Howdy! :)

[@thegamelounge659]

I hadn’t even heard of it. Need to check it out now.

[@pinchofdoom]

Borderlands 2 for the PS Vita was awesome! Tested it via emulation and planning to play it on the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro once that comes in, but its a surprising port to see on a handheld of that era.

[@thegamelounge659]

I think the Vita is super underrated and way ahead of it’s time. Some of the games like uncharted, MK9 look incredible

[@onizuka4534]

But the performance was abysmal plus too many cutbacks.

[@shinobi13]

You can't say something is awesome if you emulated it. You don't know how actually shit it was on Vita. I bought it near launch, expecting it to not be great, and was right. Still have it because it's interesting to see how they flew too close to the sun with it.

[@John-f5j8o]

​@@shinobi13Technically it can run pretty good on OG Vita hardware. There is a fan patch/tweak which irons out a lot of the performance issues at stock clocks. If you Overclock, it runs pretty flawless.

[@pinchofdoom]

@@shinobi13 I see where you are coming from, but it is a fascinating port, is very useful in the context of emulation, and as another poster mentioned there is a fan mod that makes it run a lot better on OG hardware.

[@recknendt2229]

Do you know the titan fall port to Xbox 360? What do you think about?

[@thegamelounge659]

I actually only ever played the XBO version. I did see MVG made a video about it saying it was pretty incredible. Have you played it?

[@Bob-v3d8t]

"at a slightly lower resolution" um go look up the resolution of the 3ds, more like a small fraction of the resolution. that is how it is able to run the 3d games on the hardware specs it did.

[@thegamelounge659]

😂😂😂 true. But point is on the 3DS screen it looks great

[@Sly2Cooper]

@@thegamelounge659 nothing looked good on 3DS screen honestly. Mainly because of the screens itself. Even low end phones had better screen at the time. Not to mention Vita. The resolution was even lower than on PSP from previous gen.

[@Cawidotron]

Great Video! I had no idea that Rayman 2 on PSX had elements from Revolution. Also, what effects were you using to output videos like this? Is it retroarch? It looks great.

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks, yes the PS version is a little rough around the edges but it’s certainly playable. Yes most of this was captured via emulation. With the exception of a few. I use various BEZEL’s and shaders.

[@thegamelounge659]

Not to shamelessly self promote but I do a video here on how I install the Bezels. It’s for the ODIN 2 but the concept is the same whatever you play it on: ODIN 2: How to Manually Install Bezels in Retroarch kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6e6hGetm72ZpJY

[@JonasRosenven]

It's hilarious seeing the geese at 4:14 flying more than 300 km/h.

[@thegamelounge659]

I had to rewatch as I had no idea which game it was 😂

[@canonfodder3388]

A pretty crazy port that came out in 2024 was the ps4 and Xbox one ports of Jedi Survivor

[@thegamelounge659]

Actually you are right, the game looked fabtastic

[@onizuka4534]

Dying Light on Switch is one of the best conversions ever made. The open-world game utilizes PS4/XONE and runs at 30FPS on older systems, so I expected some severe cutbacks. However, unlike Witcher 3/Doom/Wolf before, the port is almost identical visually (especially in a handheld mode where it's impossible to spot the difference) and rarely drops below the 30FPS line (in a way, the framerate there is smoother compared to senior versions). It's an absolute technical masterpiece and doesn't feel like a stub

[@thegamelounge659]

I have never played this one, need to give it a go now

[@superturnip6462]

I heard during development the Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy was not planned to be released on the Nintendo Switch. However after the release of the Playstation 4 Version, when the Ports for the XBox One & PC Version we're in the works, someone in the Studio, managed to get the PS4 Version of the First Level in Crash Bandicoot 1, of the Collection to Work. The Team we're impressed by this, and thanks to this lonesome person within the company. We now have multiple Crash Bandicoot & Spyro games to pick from on the Nintendo Switch. BTW: Quake II on the PSX was released in 1998. Not 2000 😮

[@hazy33]

Great list! I kept thinking is he going to include... and you invariably did 🙂

[@thegamelounge659]

Nice, glad you enjoy the video!

[@chumorgan443]

I've always loved seeing a consoles farewell years. The level achieved , destroys what we thought was possible on the early days of said console.

[@thegamelounge659]

Absolutely, seeing developers use new techniques is always impressive

[@businesscat380]

Randy Linden is an absolute wellspring of "impossible" ports. You featured SNES Doom from his back catalog, but you also could've had: - Quake on GBA...yes, this was a thing, MVG did a video - Dragons Lair on Amiga...the full Laserdisc game crammed onto about 10 floppies 😂 ...and he wrote the Bleem! PSX emulator..what a guy! Other "impossible" ports I've encountered in my time: - Elite on NES...3D wireframe on a tile-based system with no bitmap display - Art of Fighting & Fatal Fury Special on PC Engine CD...even has the Neo Geo scaling and giant sprites - Virtua Fighter on 32X...better than the Saturn version! - Street Fighter Zero 3 on Saturn...its better than the Dreamcast version released a year earlier - Sega Rally on Saturn...even better than the VF2 conversion

[@thegamelounge659]

Great response, I went for VF2 because on a CRT I actually think the illusion of the 2D backgrounds almost looks as good as the arcade. When you add all the console extras and with modes and difficulty it was a brilliant port. Sega Rally though was an incredible port rebuilding from the ground up. Is Quake on the GBA finished? I ruled out a couple of games for essentially being demos, Tomb Raider also on the GBA I believe. Have you seen the Unreal Saturn Demo? I would love to see them finish that game!

[@businesscat380]

​@@thegamelounge659Nah, Quake GBA was never finished/released, a working prototype ROM surfaced a couple of years ago I've seen the OpenLara Tomb Raider port to GBA too. Driv3r on GBA is another insane "port"...open world GTA3 style game on the GBA Not checked out Unreal Saturn, no, but will! 👍

[@rodneyabrett]

There's a really impressive Metal Gear V Phantom Pain port on the 360/PS3. Runs at 30fps, but graphically it's very close to the current gen ones at the time.

[@thegamelounge659]

Yeah I have never played it but I heard it’s pretty impressive.

[@fairgamer10]

You didn't mention that doom on snes has a super-fx chip without which the snes would not be anle to run doom even with all the downgrades and compromises

[@thegamelounge659]

I love the fact they managed to do doom on a 16-Bit console. But the reason it didn’t make it was the fact that according to the programmer it could have run a lot smoother and been a lot better. Still a great technical achievement though. They recently recently released the source code so I home the community gets involved.

[@AlexvrbX]

@@thegamelounge659 That's not the point. The point is it isn't running on vanilla SNES hardware. It would be like bragging about how many polygons the Genesis can do and then whipping out Virtua Racing - without even mentioning the additional chip. Don't get me wrong, it's still impressive for what it is... but much like Virtua Racing, the SuperFX 2 chip is doing most of the heavy lifting.

[@KingKrouch]

What's funny about the Doom 2016 port is that if you play it on a modded Switch OLED and set up overclocking, much like The Witcher 3, you can have it running close to 60FPS. I assume the Switch is clocked by default to something lower due to power (on battery) and heat concerns.

[@thegamelounge659]

Yes exactly as you say. It is. Locked lower for handheld mode and battery life. I think developers should be able to use a boost mode though

[@Sly2Cooper]

That's why portable umpcs are better than handheld consoles - only you decide how to play any particular game.

[@thegamelounge659]

I agree, then again 2017 was a very different time for handheld gaming. The VITA had failed, Android/iOS gaming hadn’t taken over the world like many expected and cost effective handheld PC’s like the Steam Deck didn’t exist. I am really interested to see how the Switch 2 does out of the gate. The Switch launched with a new Mario and Zelda game in the first year. The stars really aligned

[@Sly2Cooper]

@@thegamelounge659 Steamdeck has launched with almost all gaming library available for it for the last 40 years right out of the box. Including PC and consoles. And you didn't even have to pay for the library you already had. Still you have to wait in vain seven years for a full price port of Wind Waker on Switch. I mean... seriously? Have gamers lost their self-respect and their minds? Being a portable gaming fan since the first Game Boy I switched to GPD Win 2 instead of bying a Switch. I got games way cheaper and years before they were available on Switch (if ever). It was such freedom no handheld could ever provide even a fraction of it.

[@TrashHeap64]

I knew about all of these except Hydro Thunder on PSX. I couldn't believe what I was seeing with that port. The draw distance for a high speed PSX racer is insane.

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks for the comment. Yes Hydro Thunder on PS was actually the last version I played. I loved the DC version, the N64 port is impressive, but the PS version considering the hardware limitations is really outstanding

[@Castallan]

Great list, really enjoyed it

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks, appreciate the comment as always 👍🏻

[@adamlach6572]

Another amazing example is Driver 3 for GBA (although it's not at all 1:1 version, but still very impressive game)

[@thegamelounge659]

I have never played it but have heard good things. Will check it out

[@mrnobody6099]

nice video keep it up man

[@thegamelounge659]

Appreciate it! Thanks

[@JTAI2]

great video, I didn't know of the hydro thunder ps1 port, thought it was on the dreamcast and n64

[@thegamelounge659]

Yes it came out alongside the N64 version. Played really well considering the age of the hardware

[@Sly2Cooper]

There was a Dante's Inferno port on PSP. And Tekken 6. Games from PS360 on PSP! I also never thought Flatout with all its physics and interactivity could be possible on PSP. 3DS had its port of Captain Toad. It even supported 3D. And Xenoblade on 3DS was Witcher 3 of its time for me )) Oh, and 3DS had a Donkey Kong Country Returns from Wii (only at 30fps tho, but it was totally playable). I would also consider Donkey Kong Land on OG GameBoy to be an impossible port of DK on SNES.

[@thegamelounge659]

Agree, all of these are superb ports. I never played Flatout on PSP though. Will take a look.

[@chrisbampton5225]

Rise of the tomb raider on Xbox 360 looks better then the last of us on the PlayStation 3, I would say it is the best looking game out of every Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game

[@thegamelounge659]

Yes, there is a great DF video out there on how it was scaled back carefully to run on a 360. It’s really interesting, highly recommend you check it out

[@Sasahara-Lafiel]

Elite on the NES should be on this list, insane port. :D

[@CL4MP]

Will we one day look back and call Cyberpunk for Xbox One/PS4 an impossible port?

[@thegamelounge659]

It depends, did they eventually get the game into a playable state? I only ever played on PC

[@Spind0k]

great value modern vintage gamer

[@thegamelounge659]

You can see where the inspiration came fron

[@mccuish]

Doom on the SNES my introduction to the series via SNES emulation back during the early days of emulation

[@thegamelounge659]

Yeah, I remember reading the developer saying that it could have been a much smoother port with everything he knows now.

[@stardrago7908]

Portal rom hack still gets me

[@thegamelounge659]

This looks amazing. I can’t wait to try it. Shame the latest version is the final version. Would have been incredible!

[@alejoyugar]

11:43 valve said that the xbox version is not a port, because the development started for pc and xbox at the same time and besides the original xbox is similar to a computer architecture. Still Impressive that the xbox original can run HL2 with half of the system requirements

[@volo870]

You missed the HuCard PC Engine version of Street Fighter 2 - utterly insane! EU NES Elite runs better than on similarly specked C64. Dreamcast Half-Life might also count, though it was never officially released.

[@thegamelounge659]

A few people have mentioned Half Life DC. It’s certainly a great version. Street Fighter II on the PC Engine (TurboGrafx 16) is in there. Amazing conversion

[@colinfoster7149]

That Rayman 2 footage doesn’t look janky enough to be from the PS1? I had it on Dreamcast, then on PS2, it was nicer on Dreamcast I seem to remember.

[@thegamelounge659]

Good spot, the footage is emulated so a higher resolution and PGXP correction. But even on native hardware the game is impressive

[@paulreese7788]

Duke Nukem on the master system by tech toy Brazil not sure how or really why but that’s something seemingly impossible.

[@thegamelounge659]

How does it hold up next to the PC original 🤣🤣🤣

[@kamenstoychev8375]

Great video! Anyway, i'd add Tekken 6's PSP port and UMK3's MegaDrive port

[@thegamelounge659]

Ahh yes Tekken 6 on the PSP was amazing. Didn’t think of that one. I have MK3 but not UMK3 on the Mega Drive. Is there a lot of difference?

[@kamenstoychev8375]

@@thegamelounge659 The difference between MK3 and UMK3 is that in UMK3, the announcer's name voice lines of the characters and Shiva are missing along with 3 stages, but Kitana, Mileena, Jade, Scorpion, Rain, Ermac, Classic Sub-Zero, Human Smoke (upon entering a specific input right before the match starts) and Noob Saibot were added to the roaster. Also a lot of balance changes, the ability to dial-a-combo from airborne attacks and i 2-3 new stages. The Animalitiy finishers were replaced with Brutality. Overall, all versions of MK3 on MegaDrive were truly solid ports and played almost on par with the Arcade versions because the gameplay was 99% accurate, excluding the inferior, but generally highly impressive for MD's standarts visuals. Same goes for Tekken 6 on the PSP, if not 100% being accurate gameplay wise.

[@kamenstoychev8375]

Forgot to add Reptile to the UMK3's list and the brand new enemy AI xD@@thegamelounge659

[@Azfargh]

Really good list! Make a second list!

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks very much! I should make another list of there are enough games for a part 2!

[@mushra50]

You have a really good amount of knowledge on ports but you forgot pull puyo pop fever for game boy advance the fact that they got that running on the game boy advance is beyond crazy and that was originally a GameCube PS2 original Xbox game

[@thegamelounge659]

I only found out about the Puyo Pop port recently actually and have to say it is a great conversion.

[@gerardoexber]

World of Final Fantasy for the Vita. The blur and some effects were missing, along with the story DLC, but the game ran just fine. A great game in the palm of your hands if you don't own a Switch.

[@とふこ]

I find the second half of the 2010s weird. PS vita failed especially in west, but somehow square enix released world of final fantasy, and dragon quest builders for ps vita in west. Meanwhile 3DS was very successful in west, but dragon quest 11 for 3DS? Same goes for capcom. They of course released the vita version for resident evil revelation 2, meanwhile the 3DS version of great ace attorney/monster hunter generations ultimate japanese only.

[@thegamelounge659]

VITA seems to be a very under utilised system. I have only just picked one up in 2024 and have to say I can’t understand why this failed. The tech isn’t a million miles behind the Switch all those years prior, it seems it just didn’t have the software

[@2fernandoc1]

Basically every Wii U port was a miracle lol. Ok, maybe I'm mostly exaggerating, but damn, the Wii U's CPU basically hindered most ports to the system (1.4GHz vs 3.5GHz of the Xbox 360 and PS3), and the ones that ran the same (if not better) than the other console versions can kind of qualify as impossible ports to me at least.

[@thegamelounge659]

True, although my understanding is that the Wii U was more powerful in other respects like RAM, GPU. It’s certainly an interesting point. The 360/PS3 and Wii/Wii U were really the last generation to have these huge architectural differences

[@Jabjabs]

@@thegamelounge659 About the only component of the Wii U that was better was the GPU, it would be roughly about twice the performance of the 360/Ps3. Yes it had more RAM (1GB available for games) but it was much more limited in terms of bandwidth compared with the 360/Ps3. The embedded 32MB of EDRAM which took a lot of load of the limited RAM bandwidth but it could only go so far. As soon as you had to get the data back to and from the main data pool performance dived. That is not to say it was a bad system but it did pay to have the GPU work as hard as possible on the current buffer in the EDRAM than it was to try and shuffle stuff around. I mean even Nintendo eventually gave up on the clean implementations of this towards the end with BotW having a large amount of render targets. But it still worked out ok. Also one minor note for OP. I love that even with the comparison you made, the WiiU CPu ran at 1.243Ghz. So even slower than you said. ;) Don't consider it a bad CPU just consider it as the best PPC 750/G3 processor ever built, heck they even made it do multicore - something it was never designed for. And that massive cache was wonderful!

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Pac-Man 8kb and Star Castle (Atari 2600.) These homebrew were literally considered impossible during the system's lifetime. The system that made and destroyed Atari's reputation was originally designed to play Pong and Combat and nothing else. R-Type and Chase HQ (ZX Spectrum. ) This budget computer has no graphics hardware at all. Also, you can only get 2 colors per 8x8 square, so how is R-Type in full color? Race Drivin' (Gameboy) The most playable home version of this 3D simulation racer, by far. Starblade (3DO) Not polygons. Tomb Raider (GBA) Speaks for itself.

[@thegamelounge659]

I need to look some of these up. I saw Tomb Raider on the GBA. It looked impressive. Was the full game ever ported?

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

​@@thegamelounge659Judging from comments by the developer, we won't see the full thing until he can squeeze it into a 32MB cart. (The largest official ROM size for released games.) Guess that shouldn't count, so I'll replace it with Out Of This World/Another World on SNES. It's not even running the CPU at full speed, and the solutions are creative, to say the least.

[@litjellyfish]

The rayman game is not showing the PSX port.. or wait Quake seems also off. I guess he uses some upscaling FX in PSX emulation. But then it dont show at all how the games looked on PSX

[@thegamelounge659]

You are correct. For capture I use emulation with PGXP texture warping correction and the images are upscaled. So the footage is significantly better. The games still look great on original hardware though. Especially through a CRT.

[@litjellyfish]

@ yes I would much have preferred like emulated as original resolution with a crt shader to get as close as the real experience as possible. I am surprised so many emulate and record with 4k - special fx etc. for me the charm is to see the game as they looked back in the 90s :) so the crt look as you mentioned is what I personally would love to see more

[@thegamelounge659]

I hear you, I tend to switch between the 2 to be honest. Especially with consoles like the N64 the original image upscaled can look odd. The games were designed for CRT so there is a certain charm there.

[@somotrouglino]

Asterix & Obelix XXL for GBA, Dragon's Lair for GBC, Alone in the Dark for GBC, Rage for Xbox 360, Alien: Isolation for Switch

[@thegamelounge659]

Thanks, I haven’t played a few of these. Will check some out

[@michaelgarcia5493]

These are my top video games ports/Rom hacks I wanted to see growing up on these consoles. 10 Tekken 3 on n64 9 Tombe Raider on n64 8 Metal gear solid 2 on game cube 7 clay fighter on the game boy advance 6 spiderman 2 enter electro N64 5 marvel vs capcom 2 on N64 3 uncharted on ps1 2 Dino crisis on Sega Saturn 1 Resident evil 3 on N64

[@alejoyugar]

What about mk1 on the switch, the xbox series and the ps5 is like 10 times powerful than the switch. It exists but sadly the xbox one and the ps4 ports don't

[@thegamelounge659]

I haven’t played it. Same with MK9 on the VITA, I hear it’s a fantastic port.

[@spongebobfan78]

I'm pretty sure that MK1 Switch was mocked to hell and back with how awful and almost unplayable it was.

[@GCVS2k]

test drive and midnight club L.A on psp were amazing ports too.

[@thegamelounge659]

I should play some MC: LA. Picked it up a few years ago but thought I’d wait for the Xbox 360 version

[@jcdenton23]

What i want to know is, do developers enjoy making these ports?

[@thegamelounge659]

I think they do. Personally I’m not a developer but when you see some of the solutions they come up with they are so creative. You see now developers trying to squeeze GTA3 onto the Dreamcast or Final Fight onto the Mega Drive. I think people like the challenge.

[@jcdenton23]

It would be interesting to speak to some of the developers, like, did they do it as a passion project, how did they convince their bosses, how much did it boost their personal portfolios? So many questions

[@thegamelounge659]

True, but also to understand more about the process. Did the projects get commissioned and funded and then they have to do their best knowing the final product could not work properly or do they test the tech first. Something like Quake on Saturn they had already created the SLavedriver engine so potentially knew something would be possible.

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

Even though it was cancelled, Half Life for Dreamcast is still one of the most "impossible" ports I've ever seen There's a few major issues (controller layout and load times mainly) but it's shockingly impressive that Valve and Gearbox got it running as well as they did They even made an extra campaign specifically for Dreamcast, Blue Shift, which would later be released on PC

[@marky3609]

I would also say the PS2 port of Half-Life was incredibly impressive as well I personally want to play this one myself as I've never played the original Half-Life and I find playing on PC with mouse & Keyboard too much of a chore. It'll also be rather fittin seeing as the 1st version of Half-Life 2 I ever played was the original Xbox version. I'm sure DF did a video on the amazing PS2 port of Half-Life.

[@thegamelounge659]

Half-Life on PS2 is a really good version. For me there are a lot of visual enhancements. The DC version I have played and enjoyed it but the load times are just too much for me. Still it was great to see the original HL running on DC

[@themasterofgaming4149]

I heard MK1 and Ark Survival evolved is improved on switch since launch. Hogwarts Legacy is also an impressive port on switch same with Doom Eternal and Kingdom Come Deliverance on switch.

[@ThatRetroGuy2005]

Wheres sonic blast for the gamegear 😂

[@thegamelounge659]

Haha I guess you could call it a port of Sonic 3D… but it’s a stretch 😂

[@ShadyHero]

yk whats crazier than doom 2016 on the switch? doom eternal.

[@thegamelounge659]

I never actually played it. It seemed to take so long to come out and I already had the XBO version. Is it a better port?

[@darndavid7569]

@@thegamelounge659It’s very impressive, I’d say even more so than the 2016 port

[@MrStrangermoon]

lost world jp mega drive. f15 strke eagle md. light crusader md. starcruiser md. stellar assoult ss saturn. jedi survivor xbox one ps4. calisto protocol xbox one ps4. battlefield 3 360 ps3.

[@youtuber3328]

i'll PROBABLY permanently really LOVE dreamcast xbox and playstation arcade and disc games and i PERMANENTLY really really LOVE you tube ALMOST as much as being a CUSTOMER at walmart kroger and target

[@ScorpionX3]

cazy who is play doom 2016 on switch 🤦🏿‍♂🤦🏿‍♂

[@thegamelounge659]

Probably no one nowadays but you have to appreciate this game being portable back in 2018

[@UptownPirate13]

Good morning bro

[@thegamelounge659]

Good morning!!!

[@mmaxeator]

Tomb Raider on GBA (openLara)

[@thegamelounge659]

Is the game complete on the GBA. I remember seeing MVG played a Demo

[@xii_7-y7m]

DOOM on SNES also required an additional chip...strange you didn't mention that, yet had to say VR on MD was running an extra chip and was the WORST version.....much like SNES DOOM is renowned for...

[@thegamelounge659]

True, I guess with DOOM the reason I didn’t include was the developer has stated a few times that actually with more optimising he feels the game could have run even smoother on SNES with the SuperFX Chip and that it could have been a better port. Which is why I didn’t consider it. But DOOM running on SNES in any format is pretty incredible

[@xii_7-y7m]

@@thegamelounge659 SNES DOOM is a amazing conversion for sure. The maps are even more accurate than the Jaguar ports. It truly is incredible.

[@solahrium]

Resident evil 4 on ps2 They cut everything and downgrade the game to run

[@thegamelounge659]

It’s not bad though. Very playable and they did throw in some additional content. Not as good as the GC version though

[@solahrium]

@thegamelounge659 I played firstly on ps2 and when I grew up, played on GC and the difference in textures, assets, and low rate made me asking wtf

[@dilbertfish]

@solahrium This is true, but to be fair the game was built for the GC.

[@rogermarcapizarroso4353]

Titanfall Xbox 360, demake a graphic motor

[@thegamelounge659]

Never tried the 360 version personally but actually heard good things

[@とふこ]

Driver 3, asterisk and obelisk XXL, stuntman, tomb raider on gba 😮 Ok they are not impossible ports, just the GBA wasn't enough time in the market to the developers use it's full potential, because that's actually a 32bit system.

[@thegamelounge659]

A few people have said Driver 3 on the GBA. I need to check this one out.

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

I've never considered Quake 2 on PS1 to be an "impossible port" ... largely because it's just a version of Q2 running off the original Quake's engine.

[@thegamelounge659]

Perhaps, but when you consider Quake II on the PC as the source material the fact the game is recreated fully and is a very playable game is very impressive

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

@@thegamelounge659 Just double checked myself and I was mistaken... it isn't running off the Q1 engine. It's running off of an in house engine. But yeah... it's more of a good console "version" of the game to me. Somewhat gimped by the sacrifices that had to be made due to memory limitations. But that's not the game's fault. The horrible controls aren't the game's fault either since dual analog controls weren't really solidified at the time. For me, with its numerous faults it's the best console version of the game up until the 360 version.

[@Sly2Cooper]

Dynamic colored lighting in Quake 2 was implemented in PS1 port while on PC it required a mandatory graphics card. Like Voodoo 1. PS1 was miles behind minimal requirements of PC version. PS1 was a 33MHz machine with 2MB of VRAM. It ran 4 players split screen at 30fps (check Digital Foundry Retro on Q2 ports). It also run at somewhat higher resolution than usual 320x200. So Quake2 on PS1 is really a big achievement. Too bad they didn't release Q1 on PS1 after that.

[@thegamelounge659]

Apparently Q1 was done by the team that created the Saturn port. They just couldn’t find a publisher. Not sure how true that actually is though?

[@DavidMiller-kv4we]

@@Sly2Cooper Oh, there's no argument that back then consoles were significantly ahead of PCs as far as graphical capability. I both fortunately and unfortunately lived through it. haha The dynamic lighting was baked into the PS1's capabilities... and it looked DAMN good for the time. The PS1 couldn't run the game at 30fps 4 player... but that's not really important since even most computers couldn't even run the game right. The PS1 (as far as the CPU goes compared to even low end PCs of the time) HAD to have a custom version of the engine to even be playable. And even then it was severely compromised. Damned impressive for the time? Hell yes. An "impossible port"? It's not even a port. It's a "version" of the game. A DAMN good version, but a version.

[@DimentiaOfficial]

Asus "Rodge" Ally

[@thegamelounge659]

😂😂😂

[@hassanansari9836]

❤❤

[@nilsonjohnmoreira]

Killer Instinct snes the best

[@thegamelounge659]

It’s a great game!