Ports vs Compilations?

Rarely, in specific situations where the port is better like you mentioned. Bionic Commando is a great example

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sometimes, if we're talking cart based and early CD based arcade ports, there's a novelty and charm to them, even if they are arguably inferior versions.

i especially see this in 2600 ports of arcade games, like commando.

>>4195553
God-Tier Ports:
Donkey Kong Classics for the NES
Punch Out for the NES
Bionic Commando for the NES
Fantastic-Tier ports:
Mortal Komat II for SNES
Roadblasters for Sega Genesis
Street Fighter II Turbo for the SNES
Playable Ports:
NARC for NES
Rampage for NES
Gauntlet for NES
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II for NES
Awful Ports:
Mortal Kombat for the SNES
Alien VS Predator for SNES
Gauntlet II for NES

I've always found them to be hit or miss, aside from the ports to Dreamcast. The 32x version of Virtua Racing was also awesome.

>>4195553
For most of the CLASSIC pre-NES games, I say go arcade compilation. They are all pretty cheap, plus they help round out any collection. By the time games like Mortal Kombat came out, the consoles were pretty well caught up.

>>4195553
>Loved Gauntlet, played the NES port... Wow, it is bland.
I respect that, but fuck you. That's the only version of the game you can actually beat. Any loser can play Gauntlet until they die, but lets see them beat all 100 levels.