/vr/ - Retro Games

>>6045493
Genesis does what nintendont

Why were there so many multiplats that were better on the Genesis? I know it had the faster CPU and everything, but was it that much harder to optimize games for the SNES?

>>6045504
I dunno, Konami games like Turtles in Time or Sunset Riders are closer to the arcade on Super Nintendo (in the case of TMNT IV, even better than arcade), while they had to do a completely different (and smaller-scale) game for Mega Drive.

>>6045493
GENESIS DOES! YOU CAN’T DO THAT ON NINTENDO!

>>6045493
why can’t those damn Chinese make beveled PCB’s that are the correct thickness! the PCB’s in those repros are too damn thick and push your pins apart reeee!

>>6045536
It was the same for TMNT Tournament Fighters. The SNES game is just far superior.

There were some other arcade ports that also fared better on SNES, like Smash TV.

>>6045536
Except it's not smaller-scale? HH has more enemies and levels than SNES TMNT4, also better controls.

>>6045594
Prince of Persia is another one. The SNES game looks and sounds gorgeous and has extra levels.

>>6045627
If anything, the SNES version was almost a completely different game from the original Prince of Persia.

>>6045493
But how do they compare to the PC edition?
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/the-lost-vikings-1mi

>>6045504
You didn't need to devote cart space to music samples for Genesis games, thus more space for levels and other goodies.

>>6045493
Is Console Wars, dare I say it, the best retro games youtube show?

>>6045702
It’s also because Genesis uses efficient packed pixel format for graphics and the SNES uses the less efficient bitplane format. And the SNES supports fewer sprite shapes, so you need to pad out sprites with transparent pixels.

>>6045504
The rule of thumb was worse visuals and audio, better content.

>>6046142
>The rule of thumb was worse visuals

>>6045493
You also watch Console Wars I see.

>>6045493
>the Sega SotN version has RAINBOW CLOAK

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
still mad that PS1 version which is superior doesn't have it.

>>6045752
Yes.

Also, Game Sack a shit, especially now that it's Joe-solo.

>>6047012
I still like the show cause he talks about some interesting things but then he wastes whole episodes on shit I dont fucking care about like upscaler dohickeys or shenmue 3, like yah I get it joe you love sega but I dont really care for a half hour video of one topic I couldnt give a fuck less about

>>6045752
Dare i say, fuck e-celebs and social media?

>>6045536
That was due to the cartridge size, the MD version was only 8MEG

>>6046154
The MD version runs in Hi Res mode? Nice!

>>6047116
4chan is just social media for aspies and losers.

>>6047116
CW is unironically based doe.

SNES got the sequel, while Genesis got nothing

>>6047012
>>6047043
What happened to Dave?

>>6048005
In 1997, lol

>>6047009
Eh, the transparent cloak looks better, but I'm still mad that GUARDIAN became totally abandoned just because it was a Saturn track. Instead, Castlevania Judgment settled with Slash as her theme. Which is okay in its own right but c'mon.
>>6048008
IIRC he just went to bigger and better means to support his family.

>>6048005
lost vikings 2 is awesome man

i nvr played the genesis one,m i'm interested.

>>6045493
The real answer: because the Genesis version was ported from the original Super NES release over half a year later, and the developers wanted to make up for the wait (on overall lesser hardware) by giving Sega fans a little something extra, possibly also in addition to third-parties' growing dissatisfaction with Nintendo.

>>6048267
I love the PSOne version with the voice acting.

>>6048280
this. it's becoming more apparent posters are too young to know

>>6048280
>>6048795
s-shut up, blast processing! I heard it all from youtubers!

i played it recently and honestly you're not missing out on much with the exclusive levels. i didn't know which ones they were until after finishing it and the ones that were are noticeably less fun compared to the rest of the game. it also bloats the game's length. 37 levels on the SNES was already pushing it.

>>6048016
SNES version came out in 1995. the pre-rendered voice acted rereleases came out in 1997.

>>6048810
It was developed in 1995. Interplay sat on it until the summer of 1997 when they decided to release it at the end of the Super NES's life.

>>6045504
Shaq fu had more characters

Still a shit game though

>>6045504
Westerners liked the genesis more than the snes, the Japanese liked the snes more than the genesis. It's very similar to how western multiplats were better on 360 but jap multis were better on ps3.