/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10888279
If you like shittier colours then sure

>>6464162
Again, this is all assumptions, none of us know exactly how the development process was, and most likely, both versions were developed at the same time. But there's more than 1 reason to think Sonic 1 8-bit was made with Game Gear in mind first and foremost, and they just took the opportunity to port it/develop it alongside for SMS since it was very easy to do. Things like Yuzo himself saying it, the fact GG was more popular in USA than the SMS, the fact the GG version is more polished.
>only the Sonic sprite does
What about the background on the jungle zone? GG has more stuff in it. Also it's not even only the colors, the sunflowers on GG have animations on GG; not on SMS.
>which had to be redrawn for GG because it wouldn't fit in VRAM (the SMS has very slightly more VRAM available).
Maybe, but what about that ROMhack some guy did that added the SMS sprite on Game Gear?
>The levels are scaled around the SMS screen
Arguable, anyway again, there is a possibility that both were done at the same time.
The same way you bring up the palm trees being cut off (which isn't even a problem because you can still see the rest of them when you jump, plus it's only barely the top part that's cut, you can still see like 95% of them), I can tell you that the game wasn't *designed for* the SMS because of that detail about not even being able to see the spikes without having to press down, while you can see them on GG.
But really, I don't think there's enough evidence to support one over the other. I just think the game was developed with both systems in mind at the same time but with a priority for Game Gear, which in the end is the best version. The only thing SMS has going for it is the bigger resolution, but it doesn't even play in its favor, so.