Which video games have been trapped on a hardware platform (console/handheld/headset/etc.) that you wish would be ported well?
I was reading about Oculus accounts that haven’t been assimilated into Meta accounts being erased, & it got me thinking about games trapped on hardware platforms again. What are some of the games you wish would have good ports across different hardware?
I would like to play Bloodborne and Demon’s Souls. But I really don’t want to buy a PlayStation just for two games…
Just Bloodborne
I’ve never played it, but I am curious about it : I wonder why SEGA never ported Jet Set Radio Future on any other platform. It never left the original xBox.
It’s a bit weird because SEGA is usually not against getting a few quick bucks from the old catalogue. The first Jet Set Radio, along with a couple other Dreamcast games, has a PC version, and it’s at least playable, if not absolutely perfect.
Zelda.
Or the entire nintendo library.
Xenoblade Chronicles X
I own it on the WiiU and yes I can use an emulator but a proper port which better integrates the content from the second screen into a one screen interface would be great.
Honestly, I feel like any manner of integrating the game pad screen is going to end up feeling like a downgrade, simply because of how information dense the map is compared to the minimap on the main screen. I’ve been emulating it, and playing it on a multi monitor setup has been absolutely amazing.
3D Dot Game Heroes on the PS3. Forget good ports, this poor game didn’t get ANY ports.
Seriously, that game was a charming semi-parody of some RPG elements and aspects of classic Legend of Zelda.
One of my favorite parts was the character creator, such a smart integration of a voxel editor. It put me in the mind of RPG Maker’s pixel art sprite editor with how it had you make a small voxel spritesheet for the character.
I would love to see the old PS2 third person platformers ported/remastered onto PC. Sly Cooper 1-3(Sly 4 I guess), Jak 1-3(And Jak X I guess), and all the Ratchet and Clank games. You can play them via RPCS3 and PCSX2, but that’s not a substitute for a proper port imo.
Some notable games still stuck on the PS2
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 1/2
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
- Valkyrie Profile 2
- Onimusha 2/3
- Atelier Iris 1/2/3
- Shadow Hearts 1/2/3
- Fatal Frame 1/2/3
- Cold Fear
- Echo Night Beyond
- Haunting Ground
- Ape Escape 3
And that was just me picking stuff with some noteriety
The old Uncharted games. Every other year I forget that the “Legacy of Thieves Collection” is not a collection of legacy games.
You can’t even emulate them without a proper PlayStation controller because they need the movement feature. And the Steam Deck’s movement feature isn’t supported by the emulators.
I’d also like to play Until Dawn but I guess that’s finally coming.
Every single Nintendo first-party title.
In the meantime, thanks Ryujinx and Yuzu.
Megaman & Bass on Super Nintendo
Sega Rally Championship 1995 on Sega Saturn
Drakengard on PlayStation 2
inFamous on PlayStation 3
You reminded me of “Drakken” for the snes. Don’t think that was a very good game though.
Megaman and Bass made it to GBA I think if you want to play the worst port ever. So many blind jumps.
oh if only I could have my beloved Bloodborne on PC
I mostly use a Linux box to play games.
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Consoles are pretty weak compared to the PC when it comes to complex simulations, stuff like Heart of Iron 4. Maybe some of that is lack of a mouse, or maybe the TV screen covers a smaller portion of the visual arc than the computer screen. Maybe user demographic preferences differ. I think that it’d be reasonable to do controller-friendly ports.
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Android and deep games. A lot of mobile gaming seems to be incredibly-shallow. When I look at mobile, it seems like a great platform for turn-based games, low battery usage games. I don’t have or want a Google account for privacy reasons. Android even with the inclusion of Google’s store is weak, and cutting Google Play Services out makes it a really, really weak gaming platform. I have no problem paying for games on mobile, but I have a large problem with that being tied to being tracked wherever I go. I’d like a privacy-friendly option to purchase and a collection of good turn-based, replayable games on Android.
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I’d like to see a better port of Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead to Android. This game is fundamentally tied to a keyboard interface, and someone did an admittedly-impressive job of making it actually playable with a touch interface, but it’s still painful compared to using a keyboard. Needs a deeper UI overhaul.
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The one major game that I can’t play on Steam/Linux due to Proton/WINE compatibility issues that I’d really like is Command: Modern Operations.
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I don’t really want a modern port of AV-8B Harrier Assault on Linux – the game is ancient – but I’d like to see something in that rough genre, a military simulation with a dynamic campaign.
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Not a game per se, but the Kinect. I loved the sports games, and it was my wife’s favorite way to play Just Dance, but they axed it midway through the Xbox One cycle.
I would legit buy an Xbox if it had Kinect and back catalog support. But alas, I only have the Xbox 360 and didn’t upgrade once they killed it in the next console.
The Infinity Blade series on the iPhone. You can’t buy them anymore and I’m not sure you can download them even if you own them. They wouldn’t work on a modern iPhone anyway because you need some old version of ios. You can’t really emulate it them a useful way either. So the only way would be to get an old iphone/iPod touch, jailbreak it and sideload the .ipa if you can still find it somewhere.
Shame because I really enjoyed those games and anything remaining of the franchise has been absorbed into fortnite meaning there will never be another sequel.
Imagine taking the best game on the platform in its prime, locking it up, and making a fucking fortnite skin out of it. That is the sad tale of Infinity Blade.
