PSX Games that had Enhanced Ports

[Reg]

My channel has well over 100 videos of games that have been played, mostly on the MiSTer FPGA.

One of the most recent ones I did was os the PSX core was Crazy Climber 2000, it is here...

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https://youtu.be/aqfJSFyaqNI

...this game has totally blown me away. Level 1 is a 3D pologon version of the original - but from Level 2 - shown in the video - they take a great game and make it awesome by doing something very different.

Does anyone know of any games that had vastly superior enhanced ports on home platforms ?

[Chris23235]

This looks really fun, there were some good remasters/recreations of older games on the PSX, I always loved Robotron X, it captured the spirit of the original quite well.

[barfood]

Are you asking the question for psx games only? If not, examples of ports that are enhancements of the arcade that come to mind:

- Donkey Kong (Gameboy)
- Atomic Runner (Genesis)

[Reg]

Are you asking the question for psx games only? If not, examples of ports that are enhancements of the arcade that come to mind:

- Donkey Kong (Gameboy)
- Atomic Runner (Genesis)

PSX stuff - I grew up in that era and I am shocked that for a game I love like this, it totally passed me by.

[softtest9]

Final Fantasy I and II have had quite a few ports but the best versions remain on the PS1.

The X68000 Castlevania game also received a PS1 port with some graphical tweaks and some new soundtrack options, including an SC-55 soundtrack (no real SC-55 needed).

[Chris23235]

Some more that come to my mind:

Sentinel Returns, nothing changed gameplay wise, but the graphics are now textured and the game has a fantastic soundtrack by John Carpenter.

Tempest X3, not as good as Tempest 2000 but this version can be activated (achieve a score of >500000 points and enter "H V S" in the highscore table, save score and you will get Tempest 2000 as a new game mode).

Centipede, Frogger, Pong: The next level, nice updates to the arcade originals. Not spectacular but very playable.

[pgimeno]

Sentinel Returns, nothing changed gameplay wise,

The pace!

Also, are there meanies in SR? I don't recall any. Edit: It seems there are, according to Wikipedia.

[Sigismond0]

Chrono Trigger was re-released on PSX with FMV sequences. But core graphics/gameplay are kept intact.

[akeley]

I'd tried playing Chrono on PSX before, but the long loading times really put a damper on things, and I switched to SNES eventually. Maybe here it'd be quicker thou.