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Retro Ported to Modern Systems
Cordova, TN; March 7, in the year of our Lord 2016--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is putting a little twist on an existing
trend. What is that existing trend? Retro video games being put
on home consoles. Too many retro video games are put on modern
home consoles and hand helds in the despised digital download
format. What about the physical format? It does not take a
company much time, work or effort to burn one of their old ROMs
onto a disc. They could even use the retro art from the original
video game. Can you think of some retro games that could be
ported to modern systems in the physical format? Maybe even sold
for five to ten dollars each at retail.
Super Mario RPG The Legend of the Seven Stars is a Super NES
video game that could easily be ported over to the Wii U, and
Nintendo 3DS. Phantasy Star II from the Genesis could easily be
ported over to the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, Xbox One, and
Playstation 4. I personally would love to see both of those
games ported over to modern consoles in the physical copy
format. Imagine a retro area at retail where these games are
very reasonably priced. A straight port of the retro game would
cost the companies nothing. It is not like we are asking them to
redesign, and remodel these older classic video games. Just a
retro physical game to a physical port. If they can port them to
digital downloads, then they can burn them on a disc and/or
cartridge easily.
Can you think of any other retro video games that could easily
be ported over to modern day systems in the physical format?
What about the original Legend of Zelda NES video game? The
sequel Zelda II: The Adventure of Link could be included as a
surprise bonus Easter Egg. The same thing could be done with
Shining Force, and Shining Force II. Or have a trilogy and
include Shining in the Darkness. Do you think this is an
unrealistic idea? Capcom recently released Mega Man Legacy
Collection. That physical copy contains Mega Man, Mega Man 2,
Mega Man 3, Mega Man 4, Mega Man 5, and Mega Man 6. That is six
Mega Man video games on one cartridge and disc. Sega has
released compilation discs of numerous Genesis games in the
past. There are Activision Collections, Atari 2600 Collections,
Rare Collection, and more. I would love to see more of it,
especially with the recent uptick in physical copies.
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming