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*Lemmings (Psygnosis - 1991)<br>  
 
*Lemmings (Psygnosis - 1991)<br>  
 
*Midnight Resistance (Ocean - 1990)<br>  
 
*Midnight Resistance (Ocean - 1990)<br>  
*RoboCop "The Future of Law Enforcement" --&gt; Robocop ( Ocean - 1989)<br>
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*RoboCop "The Future of Law Enforcement" --&gt; Robocop ( Ocean - 1989)<br>
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*Sly Spy _ Secret Agent (Ocean - 1990)<br>
  
 
== Irem  ==
 
== Irem  ==

Revision as of 18:14, 21 April 2011

As is fitting for the golden age of arcade games, a large portion of the CPC range was made up of conversions of one classic coin-op or another. The major British based software houses of the time would bid for some of the biggest arcade games of the time and a number of key relationships between arcade game manufacturers and companies were established.

The theory, of course, was that kids would develop a taste for these high spec games at their local arcade and consequently go home and pester mum and dad for either more money to play the game that little bit longer or demand a version that they could play at home - although a more expensive short term investment, buying the right arcade conversion could prove to be a better long term prospect for the prudent household!

The following games were ported onto the CPC and have been split into groupings based on their original arcade developer:

Alpha Denshi

  • Kyros --> Desolator - Halls Of Kyros (US Gold - 1987)

Arcadia

  • Ninja Mission --> Ninja (Mastertronic - 1987)

Atari

  • 720º (US Gold - 1988)
  • APB (Domark - 1989)
  • Bad Lands (Domark - 1990)
  • Blasteroids (Image Works-Mirrorsoft - 1989)
  • Centipede --> Killapede (Players - 1986)
  • Championship Sprint (Activision - 1988)
  • Crystal Castles (U.S.Gold - 1986)
  • Cyberball (Domark - 1990)
  • Gauntlet (U.S.Gold - 1985)
  • Gauntlet II (US Gold - 1986)

Bally Midway

  • Discs of Tron --> Disc (Loriciels - 1990)
  • Rampage (Activision - 1987)

Capcom

Century

Cinematronics

  • Dragon's Lair (Software Projects - 1985)
  • Dragon's Lair 2 "Escape From Singe's Castle" (Software Projects - 1987)

Data East

  • Breakthru (US Gold - 1986)
  • Burger Time (Hebdogiciel - 1985)
  • Dragon Ninja (Imagine - 1988)
  • Express Raider (US Gold - 1987)
  • Firetrap (Activision - 1987)
  • Karnov (Activision -1988)
  • Lemmings (Psygnosis - 1991)
  • Midnight Resistance (Ocean - 1990)
  • RoboCop "The Future of Law Enforcement" --> Robocop ( Ocean - 1989)
  • Sly Spy _ Secret Agent (Ocean - 1990)

Irem

  • Battle Chopper --> Mr Heli (Firebird - 1988)
  • Dragon Breed (Activision - 1989)
  • Kung-Fu Master (US Gold - 1986)
  • Ninja Spirit (Activision - 1990)
  • R-Type (Activision / Electric Dreams - 1987)

Jaleco

  • Butasan ("Mr.Pig") --> Psycho Pigs UXB (US Gold - 1988) *Jaleco licensed from NMK
  • Cisco Heat (Image Works - 1991)
  • P-47 _ The Phantom Fighter --> P47 Thunderbolt (Firebird - 1989)
  • Rod-Land (Storm Software - 1991)
  • Saint Dragon (Storm Software - 1990)

Konami

Leland

Midway

Mitchell

  • Pang (Ocean - 1990) [*.crt]

Namco

Nichibutsu

  • Galivan - Cosmo Police (Ocean - 1986)
  • Mag Max (Imagine - 1986)
  • Moon Cresta (Incentive - 1986)

Nintendo

Premier

  • Exterminator (Audiogenic - 1991)

Rock-Ola

  • Nibbler (Rainbow Arts - 1985)

Seibu Kaihatsu

  • Empire City 1931 --> Prohibition (Infogrames 1987)

Sega

Snk

  • Fighting Soccer (Activision - 1989)
  • Guerrilla War (Imagine - 1988)
  • Ikari Warriors (Elite - 1986)
  • Psycho Soldier (Imagine - 1988)

Sunsoft

  • Vs Platoon --> Platoon Ocean Software (1987) *fist at Computer

Tad

  • Cabal (Ocean - 1989)

Taito

  • Arkanoid (Ocean - 1987)
  • Arkanoid (2) - Revenge of DOH (Imagine - 1988)
  • Bubble Bobble (Firebird - 1987)
  • Chase H.Q. (Ocean - 1989)
  • Continental Circus (Virgin Games - 1989)
  • Elevator Action (Quicksilva - 1987)
  • Flying Shark (Firebird - 1987)
  • Great Gurianos (Elite Systems - 1987)
  • Ninja Warriors (Virgin Games - 1989)
  • Operation Thunderbolt (Ocean - 1989)
  • Operation Wolf (Ocean - 1988)
  • Plotting (Ocean - 1990)
  • Puzznic (Ocean - 1990)
  • Rainbow Islands "The Story of Bubble Bobble 2" --> Rainbow Islands (Ocean - 1989)
  • Rastan (Imagine - 1987)
  • Renegade (Imagine - 1987)
  • The Legend Of Kage (Imagine - 1986)

Tatsumi

  • Buggy Boy (Elite - 1985)

Technos

Tecmo

Tehkan

Titus

  • Fire & Forget II (Titus - 1990)

Universal

Williams