Sega Arcade Games

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This is just a rant. Some of the best arcade games in the 80s and 90s were made by Sega. Daytona USA, Daytona USA 2, Outrun, Turbo Outrunners (or whatever the sequel was called). Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder. And some of their very finest games have never seen a release outside the arcades. We have had the hardware to do the games justice for almost a couple of decades now. What gives? If there was a Sega arcade compilation released for Steam or GOG with all of their 80s and 90s back catalog or their hits, I would be in gaming heaven. Assuming the emulation was accurate and good, it would be an insta buy for me even at full price. No questions asked. Would probably not play much of anything else given my role as husband and father now.

Cool starry brah. I know. Just annoys the shit out of me that literally the best of the best of the Arcade era hasn't seen the light of day, in terms of re-releases. I know my kids would love them.
 
HeavensCloud said:
Never say never, you can play it anytime you want at home ;)
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I think the remakes have been universally weird... You can find originals... I've been tempted, but I'm getting pretty bad at putting in the time to get everything running, so it'd have to be a really good deal. And then there's the hard question of how many seats....
 
Sega sitting on legendary 80s and 90s arcade masterpieces like Daytona USA 2 and Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder without a comprehensive modern PC release is incredibly frustrating for classic gaming fans.
 
Rondph said:
Sega sitting on legendary 80s and 90s arcade masterpieces like Daytona USA 2 and Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder without a comprehensive modern PC release is incredibly frustrating for classic gaming fans.
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Yes - exactly what you said. :).
 
HeavensCloud said:
Never say never, you can play it anytime you want at home ;)
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Yeah, no.
 
Sega had so many great arcade games that basically disappeared once the arcades started fading out. Daytona USA and OutRun especially would be great to have in a proper collection with accurate emulation. I’d love to see the more obscure arcade titles included too, not just the games that have already been ported a dozen times. A collection like that would be an easy buy for me as well, especially if it kept the original arcade feel.
 
myersjr56 said:
Sega had so many great arcade games that basically disappeared once the arcades started fading out. Daytona USA and OutRun especially would be great to have in a proper collection with accurate emulation. I’d love to see the more obscure arcade titles included too, not just the games that have already been ported a dozen times. A collection like that would be an easy buy for me as well, especially if it kept the original arcade feel.
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Sega released a nice port of Outrun on all platforms I think. I got it on Switch and have enjoyed it pretty well after I saw Digital Foundry report on it in one of their weekly Direct videos.

I remember the Dreamcast version of Daytona USA being pretty good and close to the arcade version as well. Not sure if it has been ported to PC or current consoles since. I played the hell out of it online at the time over the 56k modem on it and it actually worked pretty well back then.
 
Yeah, the Dreamcast version was great and finally capable of delivering what the Saturn version couldn't.

Just saw that this dropped:


View: https://youtu.be/EafWURqb2vc

The decomps, recomps and ports are being worked on so heavily lately that it seems like only a matter of time before just about any console or arcade exclusive that anyone even mildly cared about will be playable on PC.

Sega used to say that they do what Nintendon't.

30 years later, autistic gamers are doing what Sega don't.
 
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