How come the arcade versions of Contra and Ninja Gaiden suck

>>3343906
Famicom Contra >>> NES Contra
You can't prove me wrong.

>>3343906
If that were the case modern games wouldn't mostly be shit

Same as the Shinobi home conversions.

>>3343906
Ninja Gaiden on the NES wasn't a port though. It was simultaneously developed with the arcade version.

>>3343908
They're pretty much the same, outside the cutscenes and added background animations in the FC version. Also, the FC version was the later version.

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Superior version coming through.

>>3343906
>I thought arcades meant more power=good game
you got tricked by the arcade master race meme

console platformers and side scrollers are usually better

>>3343916
arcade Shinobi is still really good though

>>3344006
>arcade Shinobi is still really good though
So are Ninja Gaiden and Contra.

>>3344006
I think you have to consider the mentality of manufacturing arcade games as well.

With early arcades, you could drop your coin in and get by on sheer skill alone.

Towards the end of the 80's you could feel a shift in the cheap unfairness of the games. Final Fight, Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons etc were just designed to make you pump as much money into the fucking thing as possible.

And don't anyone give me that "git gud" bullshit.

Arcades became cynically difficult.

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>>3343916
>>3344006
The only console Shinobi games that were ports were SMS and PCE Shinobi (neither were particularly great) and Shadow Dancer on SMS (which sucked). The Genesis Shadow Dancer was a different game.
>>3344041
git gud.

impopular opinion time: I think NES Gauntlet is MUCH better than its arcade counterpart

>>3344041
git gut faggot

>>3344048
NES Shinobi is also an arcade port. SMS version is kinda interesting imo because it changes a lot of things from the arcade game.

But OP mentioned Ninja Gaiden and that's REALLY different so whatever.

>>3344008
That is true, I have a particular soft spot for arcade Shinobi tho, and not many people seem to like it so much.

>>3343906
>I thought
No you didn't. The hamsters on the wheel in your head might have run a little faster for a while but I assure you there was no conscious intelligent thought behind your post.

Ninja Gaiden Arcade has much better gameplay than the NES games, though.

You don't enjoy tossing people into dumpsters?