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Was Super Mario All Stars the first Remaster?
supermario2k:
When did the Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for SNES come out, I think that would count as a compilation/remaster wouldn't it?
ClexYoshi:
Ninja gaiden trilogy was 1995.
Snatcher still stands though as being before Super Mario All-stars in any region.
Doing a little more research, Sol-Feace was originally a Sharp X68000 game that got a Sega CD port with added FMV and CD audio soundtrack that's of a higher quality than the Midi modules that the X68000 computers had support for. Sol-Feace was december of 1991 on the sega CD.
Rockman Mega World/Mega Man Wily Wars was 1994/1995, so that rules that out.
I can think of a lot of Sega driven examples, but the problem there is that SG1000/Master system games that then got Genesis ports tended to also be things that were arcade downports.
but after all that stalling, I have another example!
Bomberman for the MSX! originally released in 1983 with very chunky scrolling, black stage backgrounds. it got a graphical, musical, and framerate overhaul for the famicom version in 1985
ShyGuy:
I think Bomberman counts as the earliest one. I read the Wikipedia page and the Famicom version was ported back to the MSX as Bomberman special, so they knew had a reworked upgrade on their hands.
Ian Sane:
The first Ultima came out in 1981. An enhanced version called Ultima I came out in 1986. Both versions were available on the Apple II so you could play both on the same computer! Temple of Apshai was released in 1979 and got a Temple of Apshai Trilogy re-release in 1985. I figure the first remaster has to be some sort of computer release. Compilations were certainly coming out for computers well before they came to consoles.
ThePerm:
It's really hard to say what is remaster what is really an improved port. We have to keep in mind that for several years the arcade version was the best version. Only recently can we see good donkey kong and pacman ports.