While the creator of the NES version would be restricted from making a competitive version of an NES game, the original arcade copyright holder was not precluded from licensing out rights for a home version of an arcade game to multiple systems.

Of the original 8 and 16 bit ports, the NES and Game Boy ones were made by Taito themselves.

** Gauntlet ( NES video game ), the 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System game based on the original 1985 Atari game

The North American, European and Australian versions of this digital release have the cheat codes of the original NES game removed.

It also uses the same save system as the Famicom Disk System version does, as opposed to the Password system from the original NES version.

He was dissatisfied with the emulation of the game, as the Virtual Console release preserves the slowdown problems of the original NES version, but has its cheat codes removed.

As of December 2011, The Legend of Zelda franchise has sold 67. 93 million copies since the release of the first game, with the original Legend of Zelda being the fourth best selling NES game of all time.

The series loosely followed the NES Zelda games, mixing settings and characters from those games with original creations.

The gameplay is similar to the original Legend of Zelda for the NES: the world is viewed from a top-down camera angle, it is divided up into many different squares that can fit on the screen, and the main character can move up, down, left, and right across the screen.

The original versions of Mario Bros., the arcade version and the Nintendo Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System ( NES ) version, were received positively.

Although he was introduced on the SNES in 1990, Yoshi was also the star of two self-titled games for the original NES released in ' 92 and ' 93: Yoshi and Yoshi's Cookie, respectively.

( This may have been due to the original NES games depicting her with red hair, due to technical limitations ).

The Goonies II was both released in North America, Europe and Australia, although the original was one of the NES games released as part of the Nintendo Vs. System arcade machine in the 1980s.

While Bullet-Proof Software retained the rights to the original Super NES game, Nintendo licensed the Mario characters and allowed the developer to use the Yoshi's Cookie branding.

The game was named one of the NES best games ever by IGN, saying that the game offers greater diversity in graphics and gameplay than the original, making it a great bridge game between the other NES Mario titles.

Disc two is 54 minutes of the original arrangements for the game and those of the original NES game, The Legend of Zelda.

The reduced resolution of the Game Boy Color screen, compared to that of the NES, results in a field of view far smaller than in the original, making the GBC port considerably more difficult, as it is much more difficult to see approaching enemies in time to deal with them, and some enemies can attack the player from off-screen.

The original NES version of Crystalis was praised for its advanced graphics and high quality soundtrack, and also for its elaborate plot.

GameSpot also gave the Game Boy Color port an 8. 0, saying of the original NES release: " Crystalis ' sheer depth-and the quality of its presentation-was without peer, and it is still regarded as a milestone title in the RPG genre.

* NES ( 1991 ) ( Taito-US / Japan ) ( Ocean-Europe )( The European version is different from the original Japanese version )

The European version of the NES port, developed by Ocean, is more faithful to the Arcade version, whereas the Japanese and North American versions have original level designs and story intermissions.

The original NES version of Tecmo Bowl was licensed by the National Football League Players Association, while another game, NFL for the NES, managed to obtain only an NFL team license.

1993 saw a release for PCs with Windows 3. 1 as part of the original Microsoft Arcade package.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination was first remixed in 1987 for release on CD, and included narration by Orson Welles which had been recorded in 1975, but arrived too late to be included on the original album.

On the 2007 deluxe edition release, it is revealed that parts of this tape were used for the 1976 Griffith Park Planetarium launch of the original album, the 1987 remix, and various radio spots, all of which were included as bonus material.

According to the original press release from Colangelo's group ( which remained posted on the team website during the first few seasons ) the chosen team colors were Arizona turquoise, copper, black and purple.

The original release had occurred two years earlier under Atari Inc.

It was recorded for the original Broadway cast recording but not included on the LP release ; it was reinstated on a later CD release.

The matter was finally resolved, but Army of Darkness release date had been pushed back from its original summer of 1992 release to February 1993.

The original ending, in which Ash oversleeps in the cave and wakes up in a post-apocalyptic future, was restored to the film for the UK VHS release, which also had the cinematic ending put in as a post credit extra.

Four years following its original release, it became the number one movie in the UK.

Harold and Maude ( 1971 ) was not successful financially at the time of its original release, but has since earned a cult following and has become successful following its video and DVD releases.

The game has been expanded into a series since its original release, which currently includes Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

* Input: two custom game controllers, hardwired to the console ( original release ) or removable ( Channel F System II )

In 2000, the original version of the game was discontinued and the AD & D version was renamed Dungeons & Dragons with the release of its 3rd edition.

The franchise again received popular attention in 2004 with the release of Doom 3, a retelling of the original game using new technology, and an associated 2005 Doom motion picture.

The Plutonium PAK was also released as an upgrade package to convert the original release of Duke Nukem 3D ( v1. 3d ) to the new Atomic Edition ( v1. 4, later patched to v1. 5 ).

In contrast, the director's cut of Scott's Kingdom of Heaven ( which was a commercial failure in its 2005 theatrical release ) is the true version of the film Scott wanted, nearly an hour longer and has been met with more critical acclaim than the original version.

Roger Ebert approves of the use of the label in unsuccessful films that had been tampered with by studio executives, such as Sergio Leone's original cut of Once Upon a Time in America, and the moderately successful theatrical version of Daredevil, which were altered by studio interference for their theatrical release.

Even Ridley Scott stated on the DVD commentary of Alien that the original theatrical release was his director's cut, and that the new version was released as a marketing ploy.

A full director's cut is shown on original 1998 release of The Wiggles ' Toot Toot video.

The reunion led to other collaborations including a limited-edition single release version of Placebo's track " Without You I'm Nothing ", co-produced by Visconti, with Bowie's harmonised vocal added to the original recording.

Some stations played only part one of the original split-sided single release.

The U. S. received a special version of this release ( Amarantine – Deluxe Collector's Edition ), which also included three postcards and a copy of Roma Ryan's book Water Shows the Hidden Heart, which is referenced on the original album.

The Internet, facilitated by the development of search engines, has grown into a common source of information for many people, and provides easy access to reliable original sources and expert opinions, thanks in part to initiatives such as Google Books, MIT's release of its educational materials and the open PubMed Central library of the National Library of Medicine.