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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?

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 9 months ago

Every single Nintendo first-party title.

In the meantime, thanks Ryujinx and Yuzu.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Red Dead Redemption

They never made a PC port

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I hear the switch version runs decently on yuzu

[–] vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

I'm sorry, they made a fucking Switch port but not PC? That's very Rocktendo of them tbh.

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

I'm pretty sure the PS3 version runs well on RPCS3 with a very small amount of fiddling.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ving_thor@lemmy.one 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] Granixo@feddit.cl 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Megaman & Bass on Super Nintendo

Sega Rally Championship 1995 on Sega Saturn

Drakengard on PlayStation 2

inFamous on PlayStation 3

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

You reminded me of "Drakken" for the snes. Don't think that was a very good game though.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago

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

[–] naughtysnake@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] luci_tired@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've been wanting to play ghost of tsushima, hopefully they port it to pc.

[–] VaultBoyNewVegas@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You're in luck. Apparently info is coming in the next week about a port according to Eurogamer.

[–] luci_tired@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I remember hearing about it in that nvidia leak a while back, so I was pretty sure they are actually going to port it, just don't know when. Seems likely very soon though if eurogamer is right :)

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 6 points 9 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.

[–] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 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 :)

[–] FreeLikeGNU@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

As far along as emulation has come, I'd like to see a proper Little Big Planet port with multi-player and local server support.

[–] fd_nomad@feddit.de 11 points 9 months ago

oh if only I could have my beloved Bloodborne on PC

[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Zelda.

Or the entire nintendo library.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] icedterminal@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 2 points 9 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!)

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The old Uncharted games. Every other year I forget that the "Legacy of Thieves Collection" is not a collection of legacy games.

You can't even emulate them without a proper PlayStation controller because they need the movement feature. And the Steam Deck's movement feature isn't supported by the emulators.

I'd also like to play Until Dawn but I guess that's finally coming.

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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Infamous Second Son looked like a fun game probably will never play it.

[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is amazing! Gonna get this on steam deck! I'm very excited, thank you for sharing!

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Got lucky, I saw an article yesterday!

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Illusion City - MSX Turbo

A cyberpunk JRPG/CRPG that takes place in a futuristic Hong Kong.

This game actually was ported to the NEC PC-9800 computers, as well as the FM Towns which is IMO the best version. However, I bring this game up because it is language locked, being only in Japanese, and the partial, incomplete and honestly kind of poor English fan translation is only available for the MSX Turbo version which is the original version.

Bubblegum Crash - NEC PC Engine

An adventure game tie-in with the cyberpunk/scifi anime Bubblegum Crisis sequel, Bubblegum Crash!.

This game was only on the PC Engine, or in the US it was called the TurboGrafx16. It also was only released in Japan. The initial gameplay is that of a point and click adventure, which would be more fitting for a PC game. It also features other gameplay including a racing section, a puzzle game section, and a CRPG first person dungeon crawler section.

White Knight Chronicles - PS3/PSP

A Monster Hunter like fantasy RPG with giant mecha-like suits of knight armor.

I actually really like these games. It was available in English, and some were released in the US. But I can't help but think how being locked to PlayStation really limited the reach of the game. A PC port of each would be much more popular than the original releases IMO.

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[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] Bdaman@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] yamanii@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I know about that emulator, but the mouse functions like an analogue stick when mapped, feels so wrong that I played with a controller anyway.

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Just Bloodborne

[–] CliveRosfield@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Metal Gear Solid 4

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

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

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

[–] DrCatface@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

mass effect 3 multiplayer. absolutely loved being a krogan vanguard or a geth prime w siege pulse.

it still connects... sometimes. i usually try once a day. fucking ea.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not a game per se, but the Kinect. I loved the sports games, and it was my wife's favorite way to play Just Dance, but they axed it midway through the Xbox One cycle.

I would legit buy an Xbox if it had Kinect and back catalog support. But alas, I only have the Xbox 360 and didn't upgrade once they killed it in the next console.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There was one really underrated feature in the Kinect and that was its microphones. It allowed for voice commands and interactions in games.

And with how popular LLMs have gotten, wouldn't it be amazing to have an actual conversation with an NPC? Imagine LA Noire where you can ask any question you want. Or Bethesda games where you're not limited to 4 or 5 canned responses. Natural language conversation with NPCs would be such an amazing feature and I thought that's where Kinect was going to take us.

[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Schaedelbach@feddit.de 2 points 9 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.

[–] DarkMetatron@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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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[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Jade Cocoon. It didn't even get the PS3 emulation port that a lot of PS1 games got.

[–] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Secret of Mana HD and Adventures of Mana HD

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