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?

@games

  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    A lot of DS games that rely on the touchscreen just can’t be ported very well like Elite Beat Agents or Trauma Center.

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      7 months ago

      Especially since DS, 3DS and Wii U gamepad had resistive screens. They could use a thin bit of plastic as a stylus and you could get very precise instantly with it.

      Capacitive is nowhere near as convenient for (most) game interfaces. Fingers are inaccurate as fuck and get in the way of the screen, big round styluses are only marginally better, and even those clear-disc capacitive stylus things don’t work as well and are still usually quite a bit thicker than the DS bit of plastic.

      With the Switch screen being capacitive too, I’ve tried using a capacitive stylus to design Super Mario Maker courses. It’s just not the same, it was a lot easier on the Wii U screen. On the Switch I have to go back and correct stuff constantly, and pointing in particular doesn’t always register immediately.

    • Go-On-A-Steam-Train@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      Ugh that reminded me of getting “stuck” in Phoenix Wright 15 years ago because I didn’t have a microphone for my PC! What a disaster! That said, they did a steam remake, so that made me happy :)

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    7 months ago

    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.

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      7 months ago

      Jet Set Radio Future not appearing on another platform or being rereleased does not have an officially known reason, but I 100% personally guarantee you its about music copyright. Either a license for a sound sample used in a song expired, or the license for a song expired. There is no other reason.

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    7 months ago

    Megaman & Bass on Super Nintendo

    Sega Rally Championship 1995 on Sega Saturn

    Drakengard on PlayStation 2

    inFamous on PlayStation 3

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      7 months ago

      Megaman and Bass made it to GBA I think if you want to play the worst port ever. So many blind jumps.

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      7 months ago

      You reminded me of “Drakken” for the snes. Don’t think that was a very good game though.

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      7 months ago

      As someone who played Drakengard, the story is cool but the gameplay is absolutely awful. The gameplay is repetitive and the game feels like trying to play a Dynasty Warriors game with the controls of Ace Combat 2, but only for the ground parts because the flying parts control nothing like Ace Combat. Even Yoko Taro agrees that the gameplay is trash.

      Its a game with a cool story but youll have a 10/10 better experience just watching the cutscenes. If ever a game needed a remake where major gameplay systems are completely overhauled or changed, its definitely Drakengard.

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    7 months ago

    Aside from everything Nintendo makes- with how they run the switch, I really wish they’d crash out of the console market- I would hope for the Bomberman Battle Royale game that was on Stadia only. It was some sort of deal to keep it there, but it was definitely a fun Bomberman game.

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    7 months ago

    I would like to play Bloodborne and Demon’s Souls. But I really don’t want to buy a PlayStation just for two games…

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    7 months ago

    Gran Turismo. I really dont wanna deal with console obsolescence just to play a decent racing sim. Not like they need it to farm PSN subscriptions because people already pay more for iRacing

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      7 months ago

      Fingers crossed. Kaz has been displaying interest in a PC version. His first early demo of Ray Tracing at a conference years ago used a PC fork of Gran Turismo because it didn’t exist on consoles at the time. With all of the relevant competing franchises existing on PC, they’re missing out.

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        7 months ago

        Sony has been pretty good with porting games to PC but usually only the ones that aren’t “live service” titles like Gran Turismo has become nowadays.

        For now, I guess Modded GT4 is the best im gonna get (which isn’t a low bar by any means, it’s great on steamdeck!)

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    7 months ago

    The ps2 gen had some great FPS games that were console exclusives since PC physical was dying, I wish I could play Black, urban Chaos Riot Response, Darkwatch, Timesplitters and Shadow Tower Abyss with a mouse and keyboard.

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      7 months ago

      If you still have your game disk to rip you can use this to play it on pc.

      I have an old pc with an i7-6700 cpu and older graphics card using a ps5 controller I bought from a pawn shop. Been playing OG God of war and Shadow of the Colossus on it. Plays just as good if not better than real ps2 hardware.

      I would let you custom map keyboard keys to controller keys too

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    7 months ago

    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

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    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.

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      7 months ago

      Fuck, YES. These and the InFamous games, honestly.

      Come the fuck on Sony, you’re leaving money on the table!

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    7 months ago

    Call of Duty 3

    I loved 2 and 4, but I think 3 only came out on the original Xbox and the PS2? I’m probably misremembering that, but I know a PC port was never made cause boy, I’d love to try it but don’t think it exists

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      7 months ago

      I played Call of Duty 3 on my Wii, so that’s one more platform. It’s also the only CoD I spent a considerable amount of time with.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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.