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* The PSX port of ''{{Descent}}'' is a piece of absolute @#$^. Though it features the awesome soundtrack from the Macintosh version, as well as remixes of the licenses songs(by Ogre of SkinnyPuppy and TypeONegative) from ''Descent II'', it is completely ruined by blocky graphics, slideshow-level framerate(making firefights in large rooms nearly unplayable), and awkward controls(no analog support unless you have the rare Analog Joystick or the original Dual Analog pad, and even then it still kind of sucks).

* The PSX port of ''{{Descent}}'' is a piece of absolute @#$^. Though it features the awesome soundtrack from the Macintosh version, as well as remixes of the licenses songs(by Ogre of SkinnyPuppy and TypeONegative) from ''Descent II'', it is completely ruined by blocky graphics, slideshow-level framerate(making firefights in large rooms nearly unplayable), and awkward controls(no analog support unless you have the rare Analog Joystick, and even then it still kind of sucks).

* The PSX port of ''{{Descent}}'' is a piece of absolute @#$^. Though it features the awesome soundtrack from the Macintosh version, as well as remixes of a few songs from ''Descent II'', it is completely ruined by blocky graphics, slideshow-level framerate(making firefights in large rooms nearly unplayable), and awkward controls(no analog support unless you have the rare Analog Joystick, and even then it still kind of sucks).

* The Xbox360 version of FinalFantasyXIII is rendered in SD and then upscaled to HD, even though the console supports HD level graphics rendering. And oh, you need to swap discs. On the other hand, at least the 360 version allow the owners of the disc to install the game onto the 360's hard disk. Square claims that it's due to storage and processor limitations, but then how do you reckon the other games that've managed to work around those issues?

** [[CapcomVsWhatever Capcom Vs. SNK 2 EO]], a unique case in that the main fix to this version, that is the removal of the [[GoodBadBugs roll cancel glitch]] is the main reason that the this version is considered inferior to the previous ones on the PS2 and DreamCast.

* The Playstation port of the N64 game adaptation of the tv series [[South Park]] was plagued by Poor graphics, Draw distance, Numerous bugs and Repetitive voice acting. This is the reason why FPS games do not do so well on PSX and goes perfect on N64.

* ''ChronoTrigger'' for the PS1 had some insufferable loading times. Imagine running up the tower of a castle, in a series of rooms where each room takes longer to load than the time it takes to travel across the room. The official explaination for the long load times was that the Playstation version included the entire original japanese ROM of the SuperNintendo version of the game, which fit just barely into the Playstation's RAM along with the compatibility files. However, instead of swapping out the japanese ROM with an english one, the localization team included a translation patch, which was applied to the game in real time, forcing the game to keep swapping data in and out of the console's RAM.

* The X360 and PS3 versions of ''EnemyTerritoryQuakeWars''. Very downgraded graphics, missing features (including permanent stat growth, one of the main feature of the original version), limited to 16 players instead of 32 and ridiculously strong auto-aim. At least one ID Software employee called it a textbook example of how not to port a game.

* To some extents, the GBA versions of DonkeyKongCountry 1-3. The gameplay itself was fine, but the graphics and music were pretty much utterly ruined, as were the sound effects. The former were so bright and cheery most of the atmosphere was gone (see, Toxic Tower was now bright acid green down to even the walls, or Haunted Hall, which seemed like daytime), and the latter were... just really, really not up to the quality of the SNES games (in the first two games, the soundtrack of the third was completely new and is YourMileageMayVary)

* Both console versions of ''Rainbow Six 3'' suffered during conversion, but the PS2 version took the biggest hit, given the hardware limitations. The levels were, according to IGN, "cropped like a butch haircut, stripped like a captive terrorist, and given a facelift like Michael Jackson".

* For a good while, the PC version of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'' was considered particularly infamous, not only thanks to noticable performance issues and a clumsy mouse-and-keyboard interface, but particularly because Rockstar decided to package the game with an extra piece of software known as the Rockstar Social Club, a utility created to handle the game's multiplayer connectivity, which in its original iteration would run on top of the game (along with [=SecuROM=] and Games For Windows Live) and nag you to log into it not only whenever you wanted to play, but on startup as well. It was so bad that {{Steam}} gave out ''refunds''[[hottip:Typographic symbol:To clarify, Steam NEVER gives out refunds.]] to angry gamers. Since the game's launch in December 2008, many of the game's performance issues have now been ironed out, and Rockstar Social Club has been integrated into the game software itself...almost a year and a half after launch.

* For a good while, the PC version of ''GrandTheftAutoIV'' was considered particularly infamous, not only thanks to noticable performance issues and a clumsy mouse-and-keyboard interface, but particularly because Rockstar decided to package the game with an extra piece of software known as the Rockstar Social Club, a utility created to handle the game's multiplayer connectivity, which in its original iteration would run on top of the game (along with [=SecuROM=] and Games For Windows Live) and nag you to log into it not only whenever you wanted to play, but on startup as well. It was so bad that {{Steam}} gave out ''refunds'' to angry gamers. Since the game's launch in December 2008, many of the game's performance issues have now been ironed out, and Rockstar Social Club has been integrated into the game software itself...almost a year and a half after launch.

* ''{{Bully}}: Scholarship Edition'' for the PC. "PRESS <MOUSEWHEEL UP> AND <MOUSEWHEEL DOWN> TOGETHER!" '''''[[ImpossibleTask WHAT?!]]'''''
** To clarify, it looks like something the orks dropped out of the sky, The outside areas are 100% washed out, the graphics, while sublime, glitch often, the sounds glitch horribly, the control scheme is god-awful and the mouse control is like moving a joystick stuck in cold porridge.

** To clarify, it looks like something the [[warhammer40000 Orks]] dropped out of the sky, The outside areas are 100% washed out, the graphics, while sublime, glitch often, the sounds glitch horribly, the control scheme is god-awful and the mouse control is like moving a joystick stuck in cold porridge.

** To clarify, it looks like something the [[Warhammer40000 Orks]] dropped out of the sky, The outside areas are 100% washed out, the graphics, while sublime, glitch often, the sounds glitch horribly, the control scheme is god-awful and the mouse control is like moving a joystick stuck in cold porridge.

* ''ResidentEvil4'' on the PC is a particularly hated example of this. It was promised we would get GameCube-quality graphics with the Playstation 2 content (which was finally delivered with the Wii version). For some reason, the [=PS2=] version was ported whole...minus the shading and lighting, meaning every environment in the game was lit at 100% brightness with no shadows, thus no atmosphere, and had to have that patched. Then again, Capcom farmed out that porting job (by that goddamn SourceNext of Japan responsible for those), along with the PC ports of ''{{Onimusha}} 3'' and ''DevilMayCry 3''.
** TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, the quick-time events were near-impossible to complete if you weren't using a gamepad, because the button prompts were limited to "button 3" and "button 4" instead of the actual keys on the keyboard. To make matters worse, they accidentally switched the icons for button 3 and button 4 around, so following the on-screen prompts would actually just get you killed. Someone eventually came up with a fan-made patch to fix this one also. Fortunately, the devoted mod community of the PC version of ''Resident Evil 4'' has not only patched all these but released mods that up the graphics above and beyond any other version of the game, give the FPS purists their mouse aiming, and change the quick-time event icons to match up with the most common gamepads such as the Xbox 360 one.

* ''ChronoTrigger'' for the PS1 had some insufferable loading times. Imagine running up the tower of a castle, in a series of rooms where each room takes longer to load than the time it takes to travel across the room.

* The PC version of ''MetalGearSolid2'' (ported from the Xbox version, making it a port of a port) would have been better had it actually been compatible with anything. To play it, it needs to be patched to Hell and back. With ''fanmade patches''.

** The [=iPhone=] version is full of random graphical glitches and a couple of (since fixed) GameBreakingBugs (Random deletion of saved heroes and locking out unfinished missions.)