![]() ![]() Many arcade games, particularly during the 1980's and 1990's, were completely redesigned for their home versions.Aladdin) should be technically disqualified even though they share a title. This is somewhat common for Licensed Games, though those which were made by different companies for different platforms (e.g. Some are stripped-down versions of another, while others may even belong to a different genre. They are all marketed with the same title and, while one may be the "main" version, each is its own game and is tailored to its platform's capabilities and control interface. Concurrently developed: The game was developed concurrently in several versions for many platforms. ![]() Other times, a port from a less powerful platform is seen as a chance to add features that couldn't just be implemented originally. Often hardware constraints made a straight port simply impossible it's also not uncommon for a porting team to have no access to the original code and assets, so they have to develop from scratch. Reformulated port: The game was supposed to be a port, and may have been so at the beginning of development, but became very different.This phenomenon can happen for a number of reasons, but the games it invests can be roughly divided into two categories.
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