Why didn't Shadow Dancer (Arcade version) come to the 32X?

[Sega Uranus]

Dammit Sega, why did you even bother with the 32X if you didn't try?

[playgen]

Why 32X? it could have been done on the standard console, there was a Master System version after all.

[Sega Uranus]

Wasn't the 32X designed to bring more arcade perfect games to the home?

The SMS was NOT arcade perfect.

[playgen]

Obviously the sms version isn't 'arcade perfect', but why would sega have bothered making Shadow Dancer for 32X. The fact there is a SMS version demonstrated that the standard Megadrive is perfectly capable of doing a port of the arcade game, but instead they chose to make an exclusive new title. Shadow Dancer arcade wouldn't have been a good showcase for the 32X abilities, and by that time it was an old title anyway, unlikely to be a good seller for them.

[Sega Uranus]

True, but it wouldn't have hurt either.

But I'm sure something like... Hang-On would have sold better then that Motocross game.

[Joe Redifer]

The arcade version of Shadow Dancer is a horrible game. The Genesis version is far better.

[108 Stars]

The arcade version of Shadow Dancer is a horrible game. The Genesis version is far better.

Agreed.

[Iron Lizard]

Shadow dancer was old news when the 32x came. People wanted rotating scaling and 3d other other graphical eye candy.

[tomaitheous]

The arcade version of Shadow Dancer is a horrible game. The Genesis version is far better.
Agreed as well.

[Aarzak]

For the most part, arcade SD had better graphics that the Genny Shadow Dancer. Most of the levels in Genny SD up until the Statue of Riberty look on-par with the best the coin-op SD had, but afterwards the graphic quality dipped greatly. The ninjutsu spells also look much better and lively on the coin-op, yet the protagonist looks quite a bit chubby compared to the Genny's slim protagonist.

But anyways, 32X ports of such underwhelming, non-scaling/rotating games would've been unmarketable by 1994. Hell, Sega didn't even bother whipping up a port of the original Shinobi for the Genesis (which could've been a pretty faithful port seeing how the PCE port turned out), yet they whipped up a port of the then five-year old Outrun in 1991, having already been ported to the Master System.

[j_factor]

I hear the Amiga version of Shadow Dancer is pretty damn good. I've yet to play it, though.

[Joe Redifer]

For the most part, arcade SD had better graphics that the Genny Shadow Dancer.
Ewwwww... besides the music, the graphics are the thing I like least about the arcade Shadow Dancer. Sure, some of the bosses are bigger and look a little nicer, but the backgrounds are artistically inept as are most of the sprites. The Genesis version has much better artwork, even if it were only in black and white.

[108 Stars]

The arcade Shadow Dancer suffered from a boring graphical design. It´s not drawn badly or anything, but it´s lacking any atmosphere, while the Genny-version has a nicedark touch.
But what really killed the Arcade version for me are bad controls and the harsh difficulty-level.

@J factor

The Amiga-version is indeed the best port of the arcade, with Atari ST being a very close second.