If you were a 3rd party...

[guyjin]

If you went back in time to run a videogame publisher, what games would you publish?

remember, you're small fry, so you can't:
afford games from the big guys (like Hudson, Konami, Capcom, or Namco).
publish more than 5 games a year (even less if those games require a lot of translating and voice acting).
publish games that eventually got released in the US IRL.
only games released in the previous year on pce

What games would you have brought over?

[Tatsujin]

PCE Giana Sisters!

[Black Tiger]

Neo Metal Fantasy
Necross
Sylphia
Cosmic Fantasy 3, 4's
Valis IV
Legend of Xanadu I & II

[ccovell]

Atomic Robo-Kid & Gomola Speed, UPL's games.

[m1savage]

Hey ccovell, don't forget to publish Mahjong Haoden Kaiser's Quest here too. Of course, I'm probably the only person who would want it. 

Hmmm, I think I'll just work for Black Tiger at his company. Sounds like my kind of place!

[nectarsis]

Anearth Fantasy Stories
Xanadu 1
Xanadu 2
Tengai 1
Tengai 2
Tengai Kabuki-den
High-Leg Fantasy
Sol: Moonarge
Sorcerian
Valkyrie No Densetsu
Gulliver Boy

[Necromancer]

North America needs more boobies, so I would have brought over Lady Sword, Hi-Leg Fantasy, Strip Fighter 2, Steam Heart's, and the three Dragon Knight titles.

[nodtveidt]

I would have brought over all of the Mahjong games.

[_joshuaTurbo]

pooled all resources for one game:

Ys IV

[Keranu]

pooled all resources for one game:

Ys IV

Haha, right on. I would've also liked to see Dragon Slayer and Cosmic Fantasy sequels make it out here.

I would get Dodge Danpei.

[TR0N]

I think i would have publish most of,NEO-GEO ports beside getting the arcade card released here.

[ceti alpha]

I think i would have publish most of,NEO-GEO ports beside getting the arcade card released here.

I agree. Basically, the Arcade Card should have been brought over along with all the ACD games. The TG absolutely no fighting games...well besides Fighting Street. I honestly can't think of any others. More fighting games = more units sold. If TTI could have advertised the Neo Geo ports, sales would have likely gone up. The Duo would have got a lot more attention here in North America if they were advertising games like Sapphire.

...oh, the bittersweet of "what ifs"...

[Necromancer]

The TG absolutely no fighting games...well besides Fighting Street. I honestly can't think of any others.

Don't forget my personal favorite: Godzilla. 

[ceti alpha]

The TG absolutely no fighting games...well besides Fighting Street. I honestly can't think of any others.

Don't forget my personal favorite: Godzilla. 

Oh yeah!  :idea: I can't remember if I rented that for the TG or the NES BITD. 

[spenoza]

People are generally wary of hardware upgrades, which the Arcade Card technically is. You'd really have to focus on other titles in an attempt to boost the popularity of the system before it would have been even remotely practical to address the ACD and ACD games.