> I think I was soured on it by my first experience. I was 9 when the arcade version > came out, and all I remember is long lines and crowds around the machine. 9-year-old > me had no chance of making it through the crowd to get a chance to play. It was > probably a couple of years before I had the chance to play the arcade version, and I > remember being pretty unimpressed.
You're not wrong. DD1/2 and Rygar are among the games where the NES port played better than the arcade.