/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6959697
>As a kid I had Tides of Time on Gamegear and thought it was alright. Then years later I played the original on Genesis and remember thinking "wait, did I have Tides of Time or the original?" It turned out the two games just had a LOT of similar setpieces.

I have never played the GameGear (or 8-bit) Ecco games, despite owning a GameGear back in the day. I had the original on the Sega CD. It was part of a bundle pack-in, that included Sonic CD, a 5-pack of Genesis "classics" and Sewer Shark. I rented Ecco II a lot for the Sega CD. Those are the ones I am most familiar with. I have played the original Genesis games through emulation. Never bothered with the GameGear ports cause they look like de-makes. But going from the first Ecco game to Ecco II: Tides of Time, the second game actually did have a lot of new tile sets, and even a different Ecco sprite. Yeah, the game still borrows common sprites and some tiles. But I always thought the second game was a nice visual upgrade over the first. They made good use of dithering, too.