if I may add another game that plays better overall on the Mega Drive/Genesis then SNES: Fatal Fury 1. Presentationwise, SOUNDWISE, VERSUS MODE and you could even play as the final boss when you hold your left button before selecting the versus mode!
I bought Captain America and the Avengers on snes and then rented it at blockbuster on sega Genesis . I then went to funcoland and traded it in for Genesis copy. $28 later, the guy at funcoland seemed dumbfounded. He was clearly a snes guy. A month later when I went back he remembered me and told me how much better captain America is on Genesis lol
I've never played it on genesis. I loved the game in the arcade but it is practically unplayable on the SNES and I was a huge nintendo kid in the console wars. Very disappointing game on SNES.
The difference is likely due to the fact that the game was ported by the original developer of the Arcade game to the Genesis, but a different company altogether handled the SNES port, and it shows.
What made the SNES version so bad is that you couldn't play it like a normal beat em up. The reason is that the enemies dont act like they're getting hit; they flash instead. It's nearly impossible to finish a combo without getting hit. Punching is pretty much worthless and the only way to fight is with your long distance weapons.
Some of these games (Flashback EDIT: Not Flashback, James Pond) are better on the Genesis because they originated on the Amiga, which essentially had the same CPU as the Genesis, making porting the games over much easier, and allowing for better ports!
Flashback was originally programmed on the megadrive, then ported to Amiga and released there first, but the game author always stated his original version is the megadrive one
I was going to mention that about James Pond. It'd be cool to have a video comparing the Amiga versions of some of these games to the Genesis/SNES, though the comparison often comes down to Amiga having better sound and Genesis having slightly better graphics (parallax especially) with SNES ports coming out in between. I was playing First Samurai for SNES recently and comparing to the Amiga, it's really fascinating, particularly with the instances of Nintendo censoring content.
Zach Reddy james pond 2 is almost the same on amiga and genesis, probably the amiga version has brighter colors and slightly better sound quality. Snes version has some very minor graphical changes and i believe the screen is zoomed a lil bit. Either way, james pond 2 is a chore to play to completion.
Fun video as usual. I got Captain America on Genesis when it was new. On top of having better game play, the music in the Genesis version is fantastic.
It's cool that you mentioned the often overlooked resolution difference. While SNES had a higher high res mode on paper IIRC, it really limited what you could do.
Captain America and the Avengers on the SNES is probably my all-time greatest Christmas regret. I was so excited to get that from my dad for Christmas, having forgotten that I ever asked for it, but that excitement quickly dissipated after popping the game in. Within 5 minutes, I knew I had fucked up and would not ever spend much time with the game.
Great video, SnesDrunk! “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is another title that is much better on Genesis than on Super Nintendo- ClanOfTheGrayWolf did a very nice video covering the game in their “16-bit gems” series. The Genesis version boasts game improvements like selectable dialogue options, and being able to fail a mid game mission without resulting in a automatic game over, among other things.
I have friends who speedrun Mickey Mania on SNES and Genesis and they are pretty much different games. They have the same level structure but the play mechanics are different and I actually like the Genesis version overall, especially when it comes to the music like Captain Pete EOL Boss 2. Growing up I was a SNES household until I bought my Genesis in 1996 after everything moved to PS1/N64/Saturn (Dont laugh) in high school, so thankfully I got exposed to a lot of the same games on different systems. Awesome video like always.
The thing that really sets Mickey Mania for Genesis apart from its SNES counterpart is the missing level in the later. I could live with the loading screens and all, but when I was a kid I thought I had to do a special thing or that my cartridge was faulty because I never got to see the "hurricane" level.
Yes...the Strike-series really were made for the Sega Megadrive / Genesis. I finished Desert Strike and Jungle Strike on the Megadrive before I got to play the games on the SNES. And...I really was a bit shocked at how these awesome games played on the SNES.
@@michaeloffgrid My comment isn't really clear :S I loved the Sega versions a lot better than the SNES versions. I find especially the sound and graphics of the Megadrive versions a lot better than the SNES versions.
Even though the SNES version of "The Lion King" is praised for having better graphics and sound, the Sega Genesis version is a lot better to play due to the gameplay being more forgiving and fair, and I still can't get past the second level of the SNES version without resorting to using a cheat code as well.
ahh, yes, James Pond is one of those games that i try to like better on Genesis, but end up playing the original Amiga version, 'cause that's where it actually originated and that is always a deciding factor for me..)) i'm trying to appreciate both systems equally, but there's been way too many occasions when things i played on SEGA played poorly on SNES.. well, it's a good thing that both systems have enough exclusive games) actually, i've noticed a trend here - whenever the game was ported from Amiga it almost always ended up less "optimised" on SNES.... it's almost like that cursed Blast Processing had some merit after all.. XD
One major problem on SNES is the limited resolution, 256 pixels of width while the Amiga and Mega Drive mostly output 320 pixels so SNES versions in comparison usually have cropped picture which not only reduces the playfield size but also makes for stretched graphics once displayed on TV (4:3). The other main problem on SNES is the CPU which is rather weak while both the Amiga and Mega Drive use the M68000 which allow for good performances in games, on Mega Drive in particular since the system has efficient sprites/scrolling engine. A good example is Desert Strike. Others multiplat which suffer on SNES compared to Amiga and/or Mega Drive are Pinball Dreams and its sequel Pinball Fantasies, The Chaos Engine or James Pond 2.
To my recollection, James Pond 3: Operation Starfish on the Genesis was the best James Pond game for how fluid and free it felt. Not sure how the Europe-only SNES version fares though.
Completely agree with you on the Avengers game. The Genesis port was at least similar to the arcade version with the combat. The SNES version had you take hits before completing a 3 strike combo due to the enemies flashing when hit like in Mega Man. That may work for platformers but it does not work at all for beat'em ups.
I used to play Captain America on SNES with my brother all the time. We never beat it, but we never got mad because Red Skull would mock you and say "You can not win!". It was funny because it was true.
Great video SnesDrunk! Another game that I loved on Genesis is Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie. The Rangers look more realistic with perfect body tipes, the music is from the original show, and they have more Zord battles. In The Snes port the rangers were drown lazily, It's weird to see Kimberly, Trini and Aisha change from skinny to muscular, despite great soundtracks, and nice level designs.
Tell me about it. That's actually like preferring the SNES version of "Final Fight" over its original arcade counterpart despite the fact that the latter came out first and thus is more complete.
ISS, and Sensible Soccer series. Pretty much the same for MegaDrive, that has an slightly inferior ISS Deluxe port, and slightly better Sensible Soccer versions. FIFA is painful to play in both systems unless you played it back in the day and have a nostalgia thing for the game, in that case go for the MD. If you really are into soccer games, Super Formation Soccer series (Super Soccer) and J.League Excite Stage series (Soccer Shootout) for the SNES, and J.League Pro Striker series for the MD, are kinda fun... but all of them play a bit dull and weird japanese teams is a buzzkill.
Interantional Superstar Doccer Deluxe (the first one sucks, it's like Star Wars*) and Capcom's Soccer Shootout. Just those two. *awesome graphics, horrible gameplay
Fifa 95 on Genesis was so much fun . My buddie and I would take off the fouls and just beat the crap out of each other's teams. Just about everyone but the goalie was on the injured list .
James Pond 2, wow., that's actually an interesting choice. Weirdly, having played all the region releases of the SNES version, I personally found the Japanese version not only adds the most little touches - like Dr. Maybe counting down to Christmas, but also the most accurate to the Amiga original. It even included the intro with Pond breaking through the ice.
Unrelated comment my "new" favorite genesis game exmutants, I've known of this game for years never played it anyway years go by I see it dirt cheap in a flea market picked it up and it charmed the heck out of me it's a weird game at first it seems like every platform game but it is nuanced in unexpected ways
2:39 "...no, unfortunately, you do not make stuff go boom in this game, although that'd be too damn cool" starting to get a sense of drunk's priorities
Desert Strike was certainly suited to the Mega Drive, however the conversion was pretty lacklustre. None of the assets were altered to take into account the reduced resolution thus adding some gameplay frustrations, and the colours were tweaked for appearance but the count was unchanged. Whilst there are arguably better sound effects, they're pretty muffled, and the music also takes a hit - I prefer the original's synth guitars, the mix of themes by both Brian Schmidt and Rob Hubbard in their own individual styles, and the fact the initial intro theme is missing from the SNES version. There's also the usual Nintendo censorship. It's really not all bad though - the addition of zoom effects on static screens and the mosaic effect when a level finishes loading are pretty nice, the ability to jink without holding down the Hellfire button is good, and it's still quite playable. I enjoyed both versions, but definitely favour the Mega Drive original.
If you do a part 3, my recommendation would be for Cannon Fodder. Pretty awesome on Genesis, but the graphics and controls weren't quite as good on SNES.
Ever play the Captian America and the Avengers on NES? It's an entirely different kind of game, and as far as I know you can only have Captain America and Hawkeye as playable characters. There is a 2 player mode, but it is a 2 player vs mode and sadly not co-op. It's actually pretty fun, even if it is incredibly hard.
We past in the 90s Snes Capt America and the Avengers my two younger brothers did. Proud of them. I showed my young brother what to do and to be agile i went to work came bavk and the past the Avengers to the end.90s
I was going to mention Desert, Jungle and Urban Strike in the comments of the first video of this series, but I made sure to watch this first and I am glad that I did. While the Genesis/Mega Drive versions look and play better, the Super Nintendo had the one benefit of allowing the "Jink" command to be bound to any button (shoulders especially) while the Genesis had three face buttons only (this predates 6-button controllers) and to jink one had to hold down one of the three weapon buttons. I only own a few dozen console carts in total, but I own all three games on both systems and would recommend them to anyone.
I know that FIFA 96 is also on 32-bit consoles like the Sega Saturn and PS1, so, if the 32-bit versions are better than the 16-bit ones, which is better: The Saturn, PS1, or should I actually just stick to the Genesis game only?
I remember I had a couple of the FIFA games for the snes (I think I had 96 and 97) and... man, now that I'm looking back at them they indeed looked and played terribly. I remember liking Internation Superstar Soccer (which was the football game my cousin had) way more even though it didn't have the actual players.
Sparkster on snes is the same quality as rocket knight adventures....next joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Flashback was an amiga game dude first but was a smooth port on megadrive due to similar architecture.
Sega had like a 3 year head start and showing what a CPU clocked o er 7 mHz could do yet nintendo, having a larger color palette,more on screen colors,more layers, mode 7 (hardware scaling), etc did right on what was basically the gpu side YET picked a CPU that was just over 3 mHz???? The gen/mega was basically twice as fast. Yes the cpu is not the only main consideration but that 2x+ speed boost was why there was damn near no slow down on gen/mega games. Basically, had Nintendo at least matched The sega cpu (or at least got close) then the SNES would have MORE than blown the Sega console out of the water without question. Something Nintendo still does to this day. Props to sega as both consoles were amazing. Good thing the net was not around then cause the Nintendo/Sega console war would blow the MS/Don't one out of the water ( which got to its head with the 360 and ps3)
Sunset riders is not extremely hard in genesis, you just can't rush through the levels like on the other versions, the reason why you can continue where you died is because it's like that on arcade, same on how the dash is performed, but i prefer having two types of shot (move while shooting or not) rather than dashing with a third button, it's a really good thing to have. And it's not a lazy port at all, so it's another one of them.
Im kind of surprised that Lost Vikings didnt make it on either of these lists, though i suppose its one of those thats kind of obscure and niche. Still though, the Genesis version just looks, sounds and plays better, and theres an entire set of levels that are simply missing on the SNES version.
I know you don't pick what ads play before your video, but sitting through 2 ads, one of which was almost 5 minutes long, for a video that's 5:16 long itself, is just nuts. guess I need to put that ad blocker back on
Besides Cool Spot it also applies to "Mick and Mack as global gladiators". I was hoping that turning on the game on snes - in the first level I will hear the wildest rock, of original quality, like rocknroll racing did. nope.
That game was a pretty bad game on both systems, albeit I do agree that Genesis did have better audio....Even as a kid, I thought it was lazy how so many of the enemies and levels were the same they just changed the colors. Plus, for licensed kid game it was really unfair and way too hard in some spots. Which is odd because some spots were overly easy, so the difficulty was all over the place. It was kind of disappointing because the McDonald licensed games were actually pretty good up to this point with M.C. kids (nes), and McDonald's Treasure land (Genesis/MD). They weren't "best ever" great mind you, but they were well-made and fun to play, and levels away better from the licensed crap that was being released back then.
had captain America since i was a kid and just assumed it was a hard ass game.got to check out the sega one now. i would put it on easy with all the free men as possible and id only make it to that space station
I have tried but don't own Captain America & The Avengers on SNES because of the difficulty/unfairness you mentioned. Does the Genesis version fix that?
DejaVoodooDoll nope, register-starved 8/16 bit 65816 needs more instructions to accomplish the same things, compared to 16/32 bit 68000. sometimes much more, even if it executes those instructions faster. MIPS scores are misleading, it is much slower. also it frequently runs at reduced frequency due to slow ROMs in most cartridges. btw, same with 6502 vs z80 MIPS difference.
Genesis has Blast Processing. Ok, with that out of my system, another example is Weaponlord. A Great game whether its on the Genesis or the SNES but while the SNES has better visuals and sounds, the Genesis has better gameplay because the game moves a little faster on the Genesis. This game was released first on the SNES before being ported over. If you watch the video *Weaponlord 20th Anniversary Overview* on DRUMZART's channel Djames will even comment that there is a noticeable difference in how the game plays between the systems.
I remember people back in the day praising the SNES version up the wazoo and belittling the Mega Drive one in comparison... but, while I couldn't stop playing it on the Mega Drive, I was never able to go beyond level 2 on SNES, it was so dull. And the music was WAY better on Mega Drive. I even recorded it on a cassette tape and would listen to it on the car stereo all the time.
@@oscarzxn4067 Some games are completely ruined by their length. Alien 3 on the SNES is one of those games. You have what should be a 45 minute game stretched with the same repetitive b.s. to pad the game to about a 3hr. chore. It makes a great first impression though and definitely beats the Genesis version in regards to atmospehere and graphics.
@@supersexysega not at all. That might be true to me now, but it certainly wasn't 20 years ago. Players at that age wouldn't mind playing the same thing over and over. It was just fine for one to rent it and finish it a couple of times during the weekend. Varied gameplay was the exception, not the norm.
I know you purposely left out earthworm Jim because both versions are good but would you have included it if you knew the SNES version was missing an entire stage?
Cool Spot is definitely better on the Genesis. The soundtrack was and still is amazing. Great game on both systems but the Genny version is the better one hands down.
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if I may add another game that plays better overall on the Mega Drive/Genesis then SNES: Fatal Fury 1. Presentationwise, SOUNDWISE, VERSUS MODE and you could even play as the final boss when you hold your left button before selecting the versus mode!
Bold decision to say James Pond can be good on any system.
I bought Captain America and the Avengers on snes and then rented it at blockbuster on sega Genesis . I then went to funcoland and traded it in for Genesis copy. $28 later, the guy at funcoland seemed dumbfounded. He was clearly a snes guy. A month later when I went back he remembered me and told me how much better captain America is on Genesis lol
I've never played it on genesis. I loved the game in the arcade but it is practically unplayable on the SNES and I was a huge nintendo kid in the console wars. Very disappointing game on SNES.
The difference is likely due to the fact that the game was ported by the original developer of the Arcade game to the Genesis, but a different company altogether handled the SNES port, and it shows.
The SNES version of that game is unplayable. I'd much rather play Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems than either version, though.
What made the SNES version so bad is that you couldn't play it like a normal beat em up. The reason is that the enemies dont act like they're getting hit; they flash instead. It's nearly impossible to finish a combo without getting hit. Punching is pretty much worthless and the only way to fight is with your long distance weapons.
and the Mega Drive version isn't even that good, Pyron's colour hack makes it SO much better
Some of these games (Flashback EDIT: Not Flashback, James Pond) are better on the Genesis because they originated on the Amiga, which essentially had the same CPU as the Genesis, making porting the games over much easier, and allowing for better ports!
i was not aware of that. good to know. thanks for sharing.
Flashback was originally programmed on the megadrive, then ported to Amiga and released there first, but the game author always stated his original version is the megadrive one
Interesting! I just looked it up, and you seem to be right, although I sadly can't find much info on the subject.
I was going to mention that about James Pond. It'd be cool to have a video comparing the Amiga versions of some of these games to the Genesis/SNES, though the comparison often comes down to Amiga having better sound and Genesis having slightly better graphics (parallax especially) with SNES ports coming out in between. I was playing First Samurai for SNES recently and comparing to the Amiga, it's really fascinating, particularly with the instances of Nintendo censoring content.
Zach Reddy james pond 2 is almost the same on amiga and genesis, probably the amiga version has brighter colors and slightly better sound quality. Snes version has some very minor graphical changes and i believe the screen is zoomed a lil bit. Either way, james pond 2 is a chore to play to completion.
LOVED Avengers on Sega. One of my favorites on the system
Fun video as usual. I got Captain America on Genesis when it was new. On top of having better game play, the music in the Genesis version is fantastic.
It's cool that you mentioned the often overlooked resolution difference. While SNES had a higher high res mode on paper IIRC, it really limited what you could do.
You ever see Red Zone on the Genesis? It's mindblowing.
TIL Zombies Ate My Neighbors was released on the Geneses as well. I always associated it as an SNES game
Same.
Oh god, Captain America on the SNES is a nightmare
The enemies have invincibility time after you hit them. In a brawler! You literally have to punch an enemy and then RUN AWAY. Absolute garbage.
i had this game wasye of mpney i got it at toys r is back in the 90s
The SNES version was reprogrammed by Mindscape, who are known for sucking royally during the late 80s and early 90s.
Captain America and the Avengers on the SNES is probably my all-time greatest Christmas regret. I was so excited to get that from my dad for Christmas, having forgotten that I ever asked for it, but that excitement quickly dissipated after popping the game in. Within 5 minutes, I knew I had fucked up and would not ever spend much time with the game.
Great video, SnesDrunk! “Star Trek: The Next Generation” is another title that is much better on Genesis than on Super Nintendo- ClanOfTheGrayWolf did a very nice video covering the game in their “16-bit gems” series. The Genesis version boasts game improvements like selectable dialogue options, and being able to fail a mid game mission without resulting in a automatic game over, among other things.
I really enjoy when you do videos enjoy the genesis. Keep it up m8.
The James Pond series originated on the Amiga computers.
I have friends who speedrun Mickey Mania on SNES and Genesis and they are pretty much different games. They have the same level structure but the play mechanics are different and I actually like the Genesis version overall, especially when it comes to the music like Captain Pete EOL Boss 2. Growing up I was a SNES household until I bought my Genesis in 1996 after everything moved to PS1/N64/Saturn (Dont laugh) in high school, so thankfully I got exposed to a lot of the same games on different systems. Awesome video like always.
The thing that really sets Mickey Mania for Genesis apart from its SNES counterpart is the missing level in the later. I could live with the loading screens and all, but when I was a kid I thought I had to do a special thing or that my cartridge was faulty because I never got to see the "hurricane" level.
About to watch the video, but definitely check out the channel Console Wars,where they compare Genesis and Super Nintendo versions of games
Yes...the Strike-series really were made for the Sega Megadrive / Genesis. I finished Desert Strike and Jungle Strike on the Megadrive before I got to play the games on the SNES. And...I really was a bit shocked at how these awesome games played on the SNES.
Interesting comment. Did they play better on SNES? I've never played those versions.
@@michaeloffgrid My comment isn't really clear :S I loved the Sega versions a lot better than the SNES versions. I find especially the sound and graphics of the Megadrive versions a lot better than the SNES versions.
Good stuff. Enjoyed the video.
The strike series is amazing. Was all about those. Even Soviet strike on the Saturn. Such a great world to fly in and explore
You should try Army Men Air Combat. It’s the strike series meets army men lol
accolades are in order for including flashback. probably the most underrated game in gaming history. bravo, good sir!
Even though the SNES version of "The Lion King" is praised for having better graphics and sound, the Sega Genesis version is a lot better to play due to the gameplay being more forgiving and fair, and I still can't get past the second level of the SNES version without resorting to using a cheat code as well.
James Pond is so obviously an Amiga platformer. The colors and graphics and gameplay and everything.
Cool Spot really reminds me of one of those commercials from the 90s or the intro to The Ghostbusters cartoon.
ahh, yes, James Pond is one of those games that i try to like better on Genesis, but end up playing the original Amiga version, 'cause that's where it actually originated and that is always a deciding factor for me..))
i'm trying to appreciate both systems equally, but there's been way too many occasions when things i played on SEGA played poorly on SNES.. well, it's a good thing that both systems have enough exclusive games)
actually, i've noticed a trend here - whenever the game was ported from Amiga it almost always ended up less "optimised" on SNES.... it's almost like that cursed Blast Processing had some merit after all.. XD
The Amiga hardware was similar to the Mega Drive and Sega was much more popular in Europe then Nintendo.
One major problem on SNES is the limited resolution, 256 pixels of width while the Amiga and Mega Drive mostly output 320 pixels so SNES versions in comparison usually have cropped picture which not only reduces the playfield size but also makes for stretched graphics once displayed on TV (4:3).
The other main problem on SNES is the CPU which is rather weak while both the Amiga and Mega Drive use the M68000 which allow for good performances in games, on Mega Drive in particular since the system has efficient sprites/scrolling engine. A good example is Desert Strike.
Others multiplat which suffer on SNES compared to Amiga and/or Mega Drive are Pinball Dreams and its sequel Pinball Fantasies, The Chaos Engine or James Pond 2.
To my recollection, James Pond 3: Operation Starfish on the Genesis was the best James Pond game for how fluid and free it felt. Not sure how the Europe-only SNES version fares though.
Another great video sir....
Nice and fair list, congratulations
I enjoy this series way too much. Part 3?
Completely agree with you on the Avengers game. The Genesis port was at least similar to the arcade version with the combat. The SNES version had you take hits before completing a 3 strike combo due to the enemies flashing when hit like in Mega Man. That may work for platformers but it does not work at all for beat'em ups.
I used to play Captain America on SNES with my brother all the time. We never beat it, but we never got mad because Red Skull would mock you and say "You can not win!". It was funny because it was true.
I had no idea the Strike games were on the SNES...
Some snes games i never played when i was little. I'm just now seeing gameplays on them
Nice video 👍
Great video SnesDrunk! Another game that I loved on Genesis is Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie. The Rangers look more realistic with perfect body tipes, the music is from the original show, and they have more Zord battles. In The Snes port the rangers were drown lazily, It's weird to see Kimberly, Trini and Aisha change from skinny to muscular, despite great soundtracks, and nice level designs.
Cool spot always reminded me of vector man for some reason
awesome episode! would you consider doing one with snes and tg16/pce games?
There will be a "Best TG16 games SNES owners missed out on" episode someday
You can go wrong playing Earthworm Jim on the SNES as it's missing an entire level. Not including it was a huge mistake.
Which level?
@@user-dv2hc8zt3o Industrial Distress, too gory for Nintendo at the time.
Tell me about it. That's actually like preferring the SNES version of "Final Fight" over its original arcade counterpart despite the fact that the latter came out first and thus is more complete.
@@sonicmario64 Final Fight on SNES is garbage compared to the arcade game.
@@user-dv2hc8zt3o I actually agree with you, as I prefer playing the sequels on the SNES.
Captain America the Avengers is totally different game on NES and its still good. Its a platformer. Check it out.
Super euro champs on the snes is an amazing soccer game that everyone forgets
"what snes soccer game are worth playing today?" that would be cool
Just two: International Superstar Soccer & International Superstar Soccer Deluxe... =P
Suggested this before, but he's not a soccer guy.
As a bonus, Soccer Shootout is very fun to play, at least for me
ISS, and Sensible Soccer series. Pretty much the same for MegaDrive, that has an slightly inferior ISS Deluxe port, and slightly better Sensible Soccer versions. FIFA is painful to play in both systems unless you played it back in the day and have a nostalgia thing for the game, in that case go for the MD. If you really are into soccer games, Super Formation Soccer series (Super Soccer) and J.League Excite Stage series (Soccer Shootout) for the SNES, and J.League Pro Striker series for the MD, are kinda fun... but all of them play a bit dull and weird japanese teams is a buzzkill.
Another vote for ISS Deluxe.
Interantional Superstar Doccer Deluxe (the first one sucks, it's like Star Wars*) and Capcom's Soccer Shootout. Just those two.
*awesome graphics, horrible gameplay
Fifa 95 on Genesis was so much fun . My buddie and I would take off the fouls and just beat the crap out of each other's teams. Just about everyone but the goalie was on the injured list .
James Pond 2, wow., that's actually an interesting choice. Weirdly, having played all the region releases of the SNES version, I personally found the Japanese version not only adds the most little touches - like Dr. Maybe counting down to Christmas, but also the most accurate to the Amiga original. It even included the intro with Pond breaking through the ice.
I need to play flashback. Also ya genesis on captain america and the avengers!
Unrelated comment my "new" favorite genesis game exmutants, I've known of this game for years never played it anyway years go by I see it dirt cheap in a flea market picked it up and it charmed the heck out of me it's a weird game at first it seems like every platform game but it is nuanced in unexpected ways
What about the Disney's Magical Quest series? Idk if it’s covered but also what about fighting game series such as mortal kombat and street fighter?
Loved cool spot
1:20 I would be shocked if something that looks that "Amiga" didn't originate on the Amiga.
I'm pretty sure Flashback was developed for the Amiga.
Damn that FIFA looks like a blast!
2:39 "...no, unfortunately, you do not make stuff go boom in this game, although that'd be too damn cool"
starting to get a sense of drunk's priorities
Desert Strike was certainly suited to the Mega Drive, however the conversion was pretty lacklustre. None of the assets were altered to take into account the reduced resolution thus adding some gameplay frustrations, and the colours were tweaked for appearance but the count was unchanged. Whilst there are arguably better sound effects, they're pretty muffled, and the music also takes a hit - I prefer the original's synth guitars, the mix of themes by both Brian Schmidt and Rob Hubbard in their own individual styles, and the fact the initial intro theme is missing from the SNES version. There's also the usual Nintendo censorship. It's really not all bad though - the addition of zoom effects on static screens and the mosaic effect when a level finishes loading are pretty nice, the ability to jink without holding down the Hellfire button is good, and it's still quite playable. I enjoyed both versions, but definitely favour the Mega Drive original.
The SNES version of Mickey Mania is also missing the tornado level from every other version.
If you do a part 3, my recommendation would be for Cannon Fodder. Pretty awesome on Genesis, but the graphics and controls weren't quite as good on SNES.
Ever play the Captian America and the Avengers on NES? It's an entirely different kind of game, and as far as I know you can only have Captain America and Hawkeye as playable characters. There is a 2 player mode, but it is a 2 player vs mode and sadly not co-op. It's actually pretty fun, even if it is incredibly hard.
We past in the 90s Snes Capt America and the Avengers my two younger brothers did. Proud of them. I showed my young brother what to do and to be agile i went to work came bavk and the past the Avengers to the end.90s
I was going to mention Desert, Jungle and Urban Strike in the comments of the first video of this series, but I made sure to watch this first and I am glad that I did. While the Genesis/Mega Drive versions look and play better, the Super Nintendo had the one benefit of allowing the "Jink" command to be bound to any button (shoulders especially) while the Genesis had three face buttons only (this predates 6-button controllers) and to jink one had to hold down one of the three weapon buttons. I only own a few dozen console carts in total, but I own all three games on both systems and would recommend them to anyone.
Ha ha you are a fool
Ha ha snes is slow
Yes....yes...finally Agent Pond gets respect!
I know that FIFA 96 is also on 32-bit consoles like the Sega Saturn and PS1, so, if the 32-bit versions are better than the 16-bit ones, which is better: The Saturn, PS1, or should I actually just stick to the Genesis game only?
I remember I had a couple of the FIFA games for the snes (I think I had 96 and 97) and... man, now that I'm looking back at them they indeed looked and played terribly. I remember liking Internation Superstar Soccer (which was the football game my cousin had) way more even though it didn't have the actual players.
On SNES, Vision shoots the laser from his ground lol. On flying stages anyway.
Sparkster on snes is the same quality as rocket knight adventures....next joke 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Flashback was an amiga game dude first but was a smooth port on megadrive due to similar architecture.
The music on battletoads/double dragon is better on sega.
Sega had like a 3 year head start and showing what a CPU clocked o er 7 mHz could do yet nintendo, having a larger color palette,more on screen colors,more layers, mode 7 (hardware scaling), etc did right on what was basically the gpu side YET picked a CPU that was just over 3 mHz???? The gen/mega was basically twice as fast. Yes the cpu is not the only main consideration but that 2x+ speed boost was why there was damn near no slow down on gen/mega games. Basically, had Nintendo at least matched The sega cpu (or at least got close) then the SNES would have MORE than blown the Sega console out of the water without question. Something Nintendo still does to this day.
Props to sega as both consoles were amazing. Good thing the net was not around then cause the Nintendo/Sega console war would blow the MS/Don't one out of the water ( which got to its head with the 360 and ps3)
The Genesis outsold the snes in 🇺🇸 the most important market.
Sunset riders is not extremely hard in genesis, you just can't rush through the levels like on the other versions, the reason why you can continue where you died is because it's like that on arcade, same on how the dash is performed, but i prefer having two types of shot (move while shooting or not) rather than dashing with a third button, it's a really good thing to have. And it's not a lazy port at all, so it's another one of them.
Have you done a video on what's better on snes over genesis? If not do one of those :)
That video will be posting in a couple weeks
SNES drunk okies :)
Can't believe you don't have Robocop vs Terminator on here.
It's in Part 1
Im kind of surprised that Lost Vikings didnt make it on either of these lists, though i suppose its one of those thats kind of obscure and niche.
Still though, the Genesis version just looks, sounds and plays better, and theres an entire set of levels that are simply missing on the SNES version.
The Lion King was also much better on Sega.
So you’re telling me about blast processing?
Mikie Mania is actually fantastic on Playstation.
Sega CD version is the best of all four however.
dark hurrikane came to say that
will there be part 3?
I love Flashback & yes the Genesis version is better.
I know you don't pick what ads play before your video, but sitting through 2 ads, one of which was almost 5 minutes long, for a video that's 5:16 long itself, is just nuts.
guess I need to put that ad blocker back on
@1:00 Important.
Besides Cool Spot it also applies to "Mick and Mack as global gladiators". I was hoping that turning on the game on snes - in the first level I will hear the wildest rock, of original quality, like rocknroll racing did. nope.
That game was a pretty bad game on both systems, albeit I do agree that Genesis did have better audio....Even as a kid, I thought it was lazy how so many of the enemies and levels were the same they just changed the colors. Plus, for licensed kid game it was really unfair and way too hard in some spots. Which is odd because some spots were overly easy, so the difficulty was all over the place.
It was kind of disappointing because the McDonald licensed games were actually pretty good up to this point with M.C. kids (nes), and McDonald's Treasure land (Genesis/MD). They weren't "best ever" great mind you, but they were well-made and fun to play, and levels away better from the licensed crap that was being released back then.
had captain America since i was a kid and just assumed it was a hard ass game.got to check out the sega one now. i would put it on easy with all the free men as possible and id only make it to that space station
Don't forget Yuyu Hakusho for part 3.
James pond did not originate on the megadrive, but on the commodore amiga. It did come to megadrive before snes though.
Definitely FIfa for the Sega Genesis was waaaay better Better graphics and a lot smoother Love this game
the captain america one i meant on sega better i bet
PIT FIGHTER!
Arcade original already sucks, so...
What about Mortal Kombat 1
BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD!!! Do a part 3 and include Beavis and Butthead
I have tried but don't own Captain America & The Avengers on SNES because of the difficulty/unfairness you mentioned. Does the Genesis version fix that?
Yes
SNES drunk Excellent! I'll be looking for a copy to try then.
Sports and shooters were better on the Genesis cuz of the faster processor. It could keep track of all that shit going on in those games much better
DejaVoodooDoll nope, register-starved 8/16 bit 65816 needs more instructions to accomplish the same things, compared to 16/32 bit 68000. sometimes much more, even if it executes those instructions faster. MIPS scores are misleading, it is much slower. also it frequently runs at reduced frequency due to slow ROMs in most cartridges. btw, same with 6502 vs z80 MIPS difference.
Genesis has Blast Processing.
Ok, with that out of my system, another example is Weaponlord. A Great game whether its on the Genesis or the SNES but while the SNES has better visuals and sounds, the Genesis has better gameplay because the game moves a little faster on the Genesis. This game was released first on the SNES before being ported over. If you watch the video *Weaponlord 20th Anniversary Overview* on DRUMZART's channel Djames will even comment that there is a noticeable difference in how the game plays between the systems.
+Kos4Evr weapnlord was a great game. Ahead of it’s time
Yeah it is. Even today I still want to pick it up and play it again.
Genesis has blast processing!!!! LMAO. Biggest hype term ever.
Friggen dang SNES Drunk.
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SNES drunk hahaha, I like that a lot. You guys are great!
U had to have both game systems 🎮. Both game systems had their exclusives, their strengths and weaknesses, similar today with PlayStation and XBOX
Alien 3, man. Really two different games, but the Genesis version was just awesome, while SNES was a bunch of open, boring quests.
I remember people back in the day praising the SNES version up the wazoo and belittling the Mega Drive one in comparison... but, while I couldn't stop playing it on the Mega Drive, I was never able to go beyond level 2 on SNES, it was so dull.
And the music was WAY better on Mega Drive. I even recorded it on a cassette tape and would listen to it on the car stereo all the time.
Snes Drunk likes Snes Alien 3, and overall I think the opinions on which one of the 2 versions is better are pretty mixed.
@@oscarzxn4067 Some games are completely ruined by their length. Alien 3 on the SNES is one of those games. You have what should be a 45 minute game stretched with the same repetitive b.s. to pad the game to about a 3hr. chore. It makes a great first impression though and definitely beats the Genesis version in regards to atmospehere and graphics.
@@supersexysega not at all. That might be true to me now, but it certainly wasn't 20 years ago. Players at that age wouldn't mind playing the same thing over and over. It was just fine for one to rent it and finish it a couple of times during the weekend. Varied gameplay was the exception, not the norm.
Pretty much anything published by Virgin and/or developed by Dave Perry is better on Genesis.
James pond 2 - Robocod.
Why doesn't someone combine the best of the sega and snes game to make the ultimate experience
Earthworm jim is much better on genesis. The music sounds better oddly enough. And the snes version is missing an entire level.
Forgot Pit Fighter
Flashback was great. I couldn’t put that game down. Fade to Black (Flashback 2) was garbage.
I know you purposely left out earthworm Jim because both versions are good but would you have included it if you knew the SNES version was missing an entire stage?
Can you do a video where the SNES has the better editions than the Genesis?
That will be posting in a couple weeks
@@SNESdrunk but more parts.
Cool Spot is definitely better on the Genesis. The soundtrack was and still is amazing. Great game on both systems but the Genny version is the better one hands down.
No outlander?
Robocop vs Terminator