Arcade ports aren't that great, but I missed the gold old days of hanging around my local arcades watching people play matches or have a blast with strangers playing those lightgun shooting games. Etc., Co-op gaming in local arcades was some of the most fun I ever had, namely when playing 6 Players simultaneously co-op for Konami's X-Men. It gets really hilarious sometimes.
I know that most of the times the official ports conversion are awful, but that doesn't stop me from exploring them. I just want to see how they turned out compared to the original Arcade versions as well as their Game Console conversions.
Now I am aware that there are better alternative such as use an Arcade emulator like MAME to play emulated versions since you'd get an Arcade-Perfect experience, but I'm also interested in playing any Native PC Windows/DOS (or even Mac OS) Ports of Arcade Coin-Operated games whenever possible and if available. It's kind of like going to the Arcade but only no quarters or tokens needed.
Some times some original Arcade game Roms like Area 51 are quite big because sometimes they require a dumped cloned hard disk drive image file also- .chd files before they will work in MAME. I would rather save some hard drive space when ever possible by playing a native PC/Mac version instead in those cases.
So far the only ones I've known available here at Legends World are- (not all are available for download, some are still fairly new from 2013)
Area 51
Beach Head 2000 <-Actually this one first available on Windows and Mac first
Big Buck Hunter
Cabal
Crimzon Clover World Ignition
Darius Gaiden
Defender
ExZeus
G-Darius
Gradius Deluxe Pack (Gradius 1 & 2)
Ikaruga
Layer Section/Rayforce
Layer Section 2/Raystorm
Maximum Force
Missile Command
Operation Blockade
Raiden
Raiden II
Raiden III
Raiden Legacy
RayCrisis
Revolution X
Shikigami no Shiro series
Sky Shark / Flying Shark
Space Harrier
Space Invaders
Space Pirates (Adventure Legends)
T2: The Arcade Game
The House of The Dead
The House of The Dead 2
The House of The Dead 3
The Typing of The Dead
The Typing of The Dead 2
Virtua Squad / Virtua Cop
Virtua Squad 2 / Virtua Cop 2
Virtual On: Cybertroopers
XII Stag (Limited)
Zaxxon
Adventure Legends-
Atari Arcade Hits: Volume 1
Batman Forever: The Arcade Game
Capcom Arcade Hits Vol. 3: Commando & Gunsmoke
Microsoft Revenge of Arcade
Midway Arcade Treasures
Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition
Bust-A-Move / Puzzle Bobble
Robocop (1989)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Taito Legends
Taito Legends 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)
(this list will be continuously updated as it is currently incomplete, so please bare with me)
A lot of those 2D shoot 'em ups or those "bullet hell" type of games are on this list. I don't remember all their names. Typically they involve a spacecraft or some combat aircraft controlled by the player.
If anybody want to help me and look through the entire list to help me figure out which games were originally Arcade Machines maybe we can compile the full list and then this filter can be added I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.