Topic: Virtual Console Arcade One Year Later....

Looks like that little progress was made on arcade games coming out on Virtual Consoles outside of Japan as North America & the PAL region got 12 arcade games each over the past year with a 13th on the way for North America within a matter of weeks or sooner as Zaxxon is expected to come out there soon. The PAL region has yet to acquire the arcade football game Tecmo Bowl, probably because they are more into the Europearn Football or Soccer as you might say.
So will we see an improvement on retro arcade games coming to the Virtual Console soon? Let's hope so. SEGA could consider releasing more notable games like Super Hang-On & Out Run from the 1980s.

I think one problem the VCA has is that many of the good arcade games are released in their ported console form: Final Fight, Street Fighter, etc. It would be nice if they decided to release the arcade versions of Contra and TMNT. X-Men would be welcomed as well.

The VCA has so much wasted potential. 1 year grade = D+

All I want is The Simpsons, Splatterhouse, and Killer Instinct 2.

I would love to have The Simpsons on there. Too bad we'll probably never see licensed games, just like for any other system.

Namco really needs to step in this year for Pac-Man's 30th Anniversary!

I don't care what we get, so long as we hurry up and get something! Same goes for all other systems!

Agreed. I do recall seeing something last year about them planning something special; at the very least I hope we'll see a comprehensive compilation of Pac-Man arcade games including Pac-Man Plus, if not popular hacks like the Popeye one which I remember seeing in the arcade or superspeed Ms. Pac-Man, which I also remember playing.

Obviously if they appear on the Virtual Console in Japan I'll be buying them as they're released!

I'll give it a D- and only because they released Shinobi. Very dissappointed so far

Where are the Namco games and what about Technos? And since the Wii is a Nintendo console it might make sense for them to release one of their own arcade games.

Wasted potential and I think eventually Microsoft's game room will step all over the Virtual Console arcade

The Virtual Console Arcade has really be underultilized for what it can really do. There are hundreads of possible games that can be released on the Virtual Console, yet we've barely seen a very small fraction in a year.

Let's hope 2010 is better for the VCA.

I honestly can't understand what Namco are doing. They're up to what, 50+ games on the Japanese service, but apart from the 3 launch games, we've not seen any of them elsewhere. Really bizarre.

I'll give it a very low D. There were not enough good games last year.

I'd give it a C because I'm very happy with Shinobi and Golden Axe.

I'll give it a flat-out F. Absolutely terrible, the only solid release being Shinobi. Everything else was either garbage or not worth playing.

When I fill out surveys on Club Nintendo I try express my disappointment with the minimal arcade selection.

There's no reason why the Namco games arnt on there. We could of filled those no game weeks easy with those.

Tell me about it! So many of them I'm dying to get.
It's ridiculous how this goes unsupported in NA to the degree it has. Especially when there's SO much potential still available...

@Tony: So have I.

I entirely agree!

I Give it a C+ (Just because they released 3 Namco classics. If i would choose the best of the three i would choose The Tower of Druaga).

Also agree.