It's still one of the greatest games ever made. Was the very first arcade I ever saw that had more than 2 players. It drove like a dream and was the pinnacle of my childhood arcade experience. Almost bought one last year but someone beat me to it. There's one at a local arcade on freeplay and I spend a lot of my time there on that one cab.
To the people making these videos, please, by all means, keep making them! I could watch this all day everyday! I absolutely love version comparisons! Thanks for the videos!
This is a fun little game. Being single screen sure helped a lot in the conversions, especially the Atari ST. Played this on C64, STe and Amiga back in the day. Cant remember if i played this in the arcades.
Funny enough, this game introduced me to adapter settings on MS-DOS games, and essentially how a game can contain more than one visual and audio settings. Got totally scared when I tried CGA xD It's also one of the first racing games I ever played, so I do have great memories with it. Personally I'm more of a fan of Off Road Challenge in the arcades, but Super Off Road was mind-blowing because I haven't played any top-view racing games before this one.
That's Tim Follin for you. Bought every sound chip he touched to its damn knees, listening to his every whim . Snes, nes zx spectrum, c64, he did it all God that epic strumming riff once you finish the riff at the end of the horny jingle at 21:00..... And that Toyota commercial jingle he somehow got in too
@@hausmaus5698 How is it awful lol? Compare it to the other ports. You have the awful whistly Master System, Atari St, the dead sounding amstrad , the muted Amiga and C64, and whatever the hell the NES was and an absolute genocide of the Yamaha Fm chip on the Genesis Instrument design in general in other games just sound flabby and wimpy. For one of Follin's first outings with the snes, damn does it harder than the others And come on mate, comparing a damn 6th generation console to 4th, is just unfair lmao.
@@hausmaus5698 the xbox ver is the arcade. Snes is attempting to be better than the arcade. I can see and hear Snes is the upgraded version, but those who really love the original might want Xbox or even Genesis.
Gonna say it...SNES version looks, sounds, and plays the best. The music is totally unique, added starting gun and checkered flag animations, and fast 60fps just screams quality.
@@acharat6 The reason the SNES port doesn't have 4 players is it's an early 91 release, before the 4p adapter was out (it was released in 93 with Super Bomberman). The MegaDrive version was released 3 years later in 94, and still no more than 2 player, that one doesn't have any excuse. The arcade original allows 3 players, but controls like crap with regular controllers via MAME emulation. The emulated (not ports, really) versions on more modern consoles may be a good choice for those wanting to have multiplayer (the only 4p version is the NES port, tho). I'd stick with the SNES version over the arcade for solo play, because it has twice as tracks, better graphics and much better sound. Finding some people prefer the MD soundtrack is rather surprising, I love how the MD FM chip sounds, but this one sounds ear piercing to me, I can't stand it, and it does look a little worse than the SNES on a CRT, with slighly cramped and grainy tracks. Both ports are great and a great way to enjoy the game so, no big deal on which one some people prefer.
@@elbitxo5945 I just tried the ps2 version on Midway Arcade Treasures vol. 3. Seems like the definitive "Off Road" console experience to me, especially if played on a CRT. Don't forget to turn on the "bikini" option in the menu, it's off by default ;-)
Ugh.. people still knocking the poor old ZX spectrum. I owned one in the mid 80s, and have a lot of good memories. The covnversion here is quite good. Nice fluid animation and is fairly playable. Favourite version though is amiga.
The NES port of this game might be the most technically impressive, being close in sound and graphics to the original despite the system's limited power while allowing up to four players. I'm honestly surprised given that this game was built around its multiplayer experience that it never got remastered for the N64. As for home computer ports, all of them seem to be quite good, which is a pleasant surprise since a lot of games seem to get a few terrible ones.
Yeah, the Amiga computer here (1985 hardware) is even giving the Genesis a run for its money. Of course the SNES version looks slightly better, and is backed up by the Tim Follin soundtrack, but they all play superbly. Surprisingly, you were getting a *great* experience no matter which 16-bit system you played it on.
Pretty much dignified conversions to all formats. Graftgold wasn't Tiertex and it shows. Quite the overused formula at the time, with Super Sprint and Badlands and the following Indy Heat looking like they came from the same mold, but a lot of fun then.
I noticed that the woman on the title and the ending screen is with more clotches on the newer versions And on the nintendo console (nes and snes) the woman with a trophy is not there
I like the SNES version, but it had small things I don't like. The music is fine, but some of the sample quality and audio processing sounds off to me. The composition is fine. I find the flag-man animation to be annoying. And I'm not sure who decided to put hay bales on the track that I don't recall in other versions. Again, those are small things and it's still a fun time. I really enjoyed the Genesis/Mega Drive version. The music can be considered rather harsh, but I've always liked it. I like the overall look and feel of it as well, and it's probably my favorite home version of what I have played. I wanted to like the NES version more than I did. It did not play well, in my opinion. But this is interesting to see all the ports for this game.
Played (badly) the heck out of this game on my Amiga... Great fun... Only thing is, there were so many great top down racers on the Amiga, but this one still always managed to be fun...
I remember trying many times at the arcade. The cabinet uses a steering wheel with no resistance at all and it would just free spin left or right as many times as you felt like turning the wheel. I remember thinking how impossible the game seemed hahaha
I started on the NES version which was good, then I did the Amiga, SNES, SMS, GG and MegaDrive/Genesis versions and the latter remains my favorite version. By the way, I note that the Lynx version is inferior to the GameGear version.
The SNES version was always my favorite. I kinda wish someone would remake this game. Nothing too fancy, just a new game with the same gameplay and spirit of the original.
Just tried it on a real Lynx. It really is as bad as it looks in this video. The horizontal scrolling in particular started to make me feel sick after a few minutes. It seems as though the scroll speed is limited to one pixel steps, which can't keep up with the sprites; so every now and again the screen shifts in eight pixel steps to catch up. The controls also feel very odd, the direction your car moves doesn't always correspond to the direction the it's facing. I suspect the vehicle rotation is using more possible angles than there are sprite frames.
SNES version looked best...can't believe i'm saying that, but truth is truth. I do wish they kept the OG intro song, though. That's the only thing that'll make it better. Genesis version was my game though, my sister and I played the crap out of this!
Un juego no tan conocido, lo jugué en pc-vga en su día, divertido, pero tras unas horas, lo dejas, mecánica siempre muy repetitva. LAs versiones de 8 bits, solo se salva commodore, la de mi querido spectrum es infumable, no se distingue nada. En 16 bit me quedo con la de Amiga, la musica y la suavidad de las animaciones , me gustan mas q en megadrive y snes, q el coche parece una rana con tanto salto. La q me ha sorprendido ha sido la version para gamegear, muy buen port. Gracias por traerlo.
Let’s Compare Super Off Road 1: Arcade (1989) 2: Arcade (Track-Pak) (1989) 3: Zx Spectrum (1990) 4: Amstrad Cpc (1990) 5: Commodore 64 (1990) 6: NES (1990) 7: Amiga (1990) 8: Atari St (1990) 9: Pc Dos (Cga - Pc Speaker) (1990) 10: Pc Dos (Ega - Adlib) (1990) 11: Pc Dos (VGA - Adlib) (1990) 12: Game Boy (1992) 13: Game Gear (1992) 14: Super Nintendo (1992) 15: Master System (1993) 16: Atari Lynx (1993) 17: Genesis (1994) 18: Playstation 2 / Gamecube / Xbox (2005) 19: Playstation 2 / Gamecube / Xbox (Track Pak) (2005)
I grew up on the Genesis version. So I’m definitely partial to that, but I will say the SNES version has great music. Also I’m impressed with the Game Gear port, but dear lord.....that Lynx port is garbage
I think the Game Gear is the best version because you can actually see your car with the zoomed in screen. All the other versions are too zoomed out. The gameboy and Lynx run too slow and choppy leaving the Game Gear the winner.
Listening to that SNES music reminded me right away of the music in a game called LED storm on the Amiga... Let me google.. Yep, the Follins did that.. ;-) Great music!!!
Why does the c64 use low res so often, even the CPC used medium Resolution and added some colour to what might have otherwise been another lazy speccy port. Nice comparisons, but don't you ever get the urge to commentate, even if only to point out the more subtle differences.
A lot of C64 publishers told their programmers to use low res mode. Presumably to produce nice looking screenshots for magazine reviews and adverts. With the exception of the occasional covertape demo, most people wouldn't get to see the graphics actually moving until they'd bought the game
I have looked other footage from internet and it feels really choppy. Lynx emulation is mature enough, so I'm not 100% sure but I think It was that on the original hardware... Same goes for gameboy version
That was to keep with Nintendo's family values, or I presume that was the case. Nintendo has always been careful about what ends up on their consoles since they market directly to children.
Only in the North American version, the other versions retained the scantily clad women from the arcade version. The extreme censorship seems to be a Nintendo of America thing.
@@gwishart Nintendo of Canada is fairly strict as well in that case. Yes, Nintendo handles their Canadian operations separate from their American operations.
@@reillywalker195 Spectrum (yellow, oh so much yellow), NES (almost but pink), PC CGA (I actually prefer the Spectrum colours WTH!), Game Boy (grab a red sharpie) and please don't say that to all the colour blind ppl who can't distinguish red!!!! Just having fun ;-)
At one point in my life I thought this was one of the greatest games ever created. It still holds up well today.
It's surely a gooden.
Some version of it is on ps4 rn
You are not alone, there is something magical to spinning that wheel at an arcade.
@@chizick14 Got it for my snes. For my own taste it's very bad.
It's still one of the greatest games ever made. Was the very first arcade I ever saw that had more than 2 players. It drove like a dream and was the pinnacle of my childhood arcade experience. Almost bought one last year but someone beat me to it. There's one at a local arcade on freeplay and I spend a lot of my time there on that one cab.
To the people making these videos, please, by all means, keep making them! I could watch this all day everyday! I absolutely love version comparisons! Thanks for the videos!
This is a fun little game. Being single screen sure helped a lot in the conversions, especially the Atari ST. Played this on C64, STe and Amiga back in the day. Cant remember if i played this in the arcades.
I used to play this at the arcade in my movie theater growing up as a 5-7 year old! I still love this game and I’m 30 lol
Funny enough, this game introduced me to adapter settings on MS-DOS games, and essentially how a game can contain more than one visual and audio settings. Got totally scared when I tried CGA xD
It's also one of the first racing games I ever played, so I do have great memories with it.
Personally I'm more of a fan of Off Road Challenge in the arcades, but Super Off Road was mind-blowing because I haven't played any top-view racing games before this one.
Sounds like the SNES version had even better music than the arcade version. Gameplay looks more frantic and polished as well.
That's Tim Follin for you. Bought every sound chip he touched to its damn knees, listening to his every whim . Snes, nes zx spectrum, c64, he did it all
God that epic strumming riff once you finish the riff at the end of the horny jingle at 21:00..... And that Toyota commercial jingle he somehow got in too
Amazing. But sadly it never actually ends which takes the edge off a bit!
The SNES music is awful lol and it looks totally alienated.
Even the PS2/GC/XBOX version is much closer to the original.
@@hausmaus5698 How is it awful lol? Compare it to the other ports. You have the awful whistly Master System, Atari St, the dead sounding amstrad , the muted Amiga and C64, and whatever the hell the NES was and an absolute genocide of the Yamaha Fm chip on the Genesis
Instrument design in general in other games just sound flabby and wimpy. For one of Follin's first outings with the snes, damn does it harder than the others
And come on mate, comparing a damn 6th generation console to 4th, is just unfair lmao.
@@hausmaus5698 the xbox ver is the arcade.
Snes is attempting to be better than the arcade.
I can see and hear Snes is the upgraded version, but those who really love the original might want Xbox or even Genesis.
The Amstrad and Speccy versions are shockingly competent.
Gonna say it...SNES version looks, sounds, and plays the best. The music is totally unique, added starting gun and checkered flag animations, and fast 60fps just screams quality.
no women? no thanks
@@Avrelivs_Gold no 3 or 4 players either.
@@acharat6 The reason the SNES port doesn't have 4 players is it's an early 91 release, before the 4p adapter was out (it was released in 93 with Super Bomberman). The MegaDrive version was released 3 years later in 94, and still no more than 2 player, that one doesn't have any excuse. The arcade original allows 3 players, but controls like crap with regular controllers via MAME emulation. The emulated (not ports, really) versions on more modern consoles may be a good choice for those wanting to have multiplayer (the only 4p version is the NES port, tho). I'd stick with the SNES version over the arcade for solo play, because it has twice as tracks, better graphics and much better sound. Finding some people prefer the MD soundtrack is rather surprising, I love how the MD FM chip sounds, but this one sounds ear piercing to me, I can't stand it, and it does look a little worse than the SNES on a CRT, with slighly cramped and grainy tracks. Both ports are great and a great way to enjoy the game so, no big deal on which one some people prefer.
@@elbitxo5945 I just tried the ps2 version on Midway Arcade Treasures vol. 3. Seems like the definitive "Off Road" console experience to me, especially if played on a CRT. Don't forget to turn on the "bikini" option in the menu, it's off by default ;-)
So, the NES' was the only version that supported 4-players? Not even the Arcade did that. Pretty cool, huh
I didn't play a 4 player game until Funcoland was selling nes stuff super cheap in 1998. Never had this game but Super Spike V-Ball was great!
@@rangoononline Yeah, Kunio-kun sports series had some 4-players games.
Ugh.. people still knocking the poor old ZX spectrum. I owned one in the mid 80s, and have a lot of good memories. The covnversion here is quite good. Nice fluid animation and is fairly playable. Favourite version though is amiga.
zx version most fun
I played a lot on the Amiga. It was a fun little game.
The NES port of this game might be the most technically impressive, being close in sound and graphics to the original despite the system's limited power while allowing up to four players. I'm honestly surprised given that this game was built around its multiplayer experience that it never got remastered for the N64. As for home computer ports, all of them seem to be quite good, which is a pleasant surprise since a lot of games seem to get a few terrible ones.
Yeah, the Amiga computer here (1985 hardware) is even giving the Genesis a run for its money.
Of course the SNES version looks slightly better, and is backed up by the Tim Follin soundtrack, but they all play superbly. Surprisingly, you were getting a *great* experience no matter which 16-bit system you played it on.
Pretty much dignified conversions to all formats. Graftgold wasn't Tiertex and it shows. Quite the overused formula at the time, with Super Sprint and Badlands and the following Indy Heat looking like they came from the same mold, but a lot of fun then.
I noticed that the woman on the title and the ending screen is with more clotches on the newer versions
And on the nintendo console (nes and snes) the woman with a trophy is not there
they remove our freedoms so new generation is used to be censored
The Gameboy version looks ssslllooowww! And what the hell is up with the lynx version?
Lemmings has like 20 ports, you could do that
They’ve done it now
I like the SNES version, but it had small things I don't like. The music is fine, but some of the sample quality and audio processing sounds off to me. The composition is fine. I find the flag-man animation to be annoying. And I'm not sure who decided to put hay bales on the track that I don't recall in other versions. Again, those are small things and it's still a fun time.
I really enjoyed the Genesis/Mega Drive version. The music can be considered rather harsh, but I've always liked it. I like the overall look and feel of it as well, and it's probably my favorite home version of what I have played. I wanted to like the NES version more than I did. It did not play well, in my opinion. But this is interesting to see all the ports for this game.
Wow they made a master system version in 1993!
Played (badly) the heck out of this game on my Amiga... Great fun... Only thing is, there were so many great top down racers on the Amiga, but this one still always managed to be fun...
I had the speccy version and then later the SNES version, both brilliant.
I remember trying many times at the arcade. The cabinet uses a steering wheel with no resistance at all and it would just free spin left or right as many times as you felt like turning the wheel. I remember thinking how impossible the game seemed hahaha
A local arcade has one of those cabinets, I played it recently and oh my.....yeah those wheels spin forever. It’s like playing with a wii remote, yuck
I started on the NES version which was good, then I did the Amiga, SNES, SMS, GG and MegaDrive/Genesis versions and the latter remains my favorite version.
By the way, I note that the Lynx version is inferior to the GameGear version.
Amiga version: "Do you feel it Angels?"
i play this game a lot of time in, arcade, snes and pc versions, with exite bike are my favorite
The SNES version was always my favorite. I kinda wish someone would remake this game. Nothing too fancy, just a new game with the same gameplay and spirit of the original.
awesome video, thank you
Spectrum seemed to be among the best 8 bit versions.
if you could understand what's your car see that are all yellow... :)
@@stefanomacchi1977 it's the one with the flag. In 2-player, second player can be identified by a black flag :)
DOS CGA = 4 Colors + 8-bit Synthesizer
DOS EGA/VGA = Normal Colors + FM Synthesizer
Excuse me?
It's: Ivan IRONMAN Stewart's Super Off Road thank you very much.
The SNES version was overall the best, even if not 100% perfect. The soundtrack and graphics surpass that of the arcade original.
Oh dear, what happened with the Lynx version 😣
Does anyone have the actual Lynx version and can verify that this is how it plays? I find it hard to believe that they released something this bad...
Just tried it on a real Lynx. It really is as bad as it looks in this video. The horizontal scrolling in particular started to make me feel sick after a few minutes. It seems as though the scroll speed is limited to one pixel steps, which can't keep up with the sprites; so every now and again the screen shifts in eight pixel steps to catch up.
The controls also feel very odd, the direction your car moves doesn't always correspond to the direction the it's facing. I suspect the vehicle rotation is using more possible angles than there are sprite frames.
@@gwishart Wow, that is so disappointing. Thanks for checking it out.
SNES version looked best...can't believe i'm saying that, but truth is truth. I do wish they kept the OG intro song, though. That's the only thing that'll make it better. Genesis version was my game though, my sister and I played the crap out of this!
I have the master system version still, was a fun game with cool music.
Famous classical 3-wheels and nitro arcade racing at old game center in my memories
Un juego no tan conocido, lo jugué en pc-vga en su día, divertido, pero tras unas horas, lo dejas, mecánica siempre muy repetitva.
LAs versiones de 8 bits, solo se salva commodore, la de mi querido spectrum es infumable, no se distingue nada.
En 16 bit me quedo con la de Amiga, la musica y la suavidad de las animaciones , me gustan mas q en megadrive y snes, q el coche parece una rana con tanto salto.
La q me ha sorprendido ha sido la version para gamegear, muy buen port.
Gracias por traerlo.
I have a few of the ports. NES, SMS, SNES, Genesis, and Lynx.
Amiga versions of games are never complete without the C O W B E L L
NEEDS. MORE. COWBELL.
Damit! I never really noticed it before. Now I have to go play the game again, as Christopher Walken!
Some shockingly good pc ports
The Xbox/Ps2 versions is almost close to the arcade. It's missing the motor hum that the original arcade had.
I played this for soooooo my hours on Nintendo
I think I remember the old DOS version having music on the PC Speaker, but I'm not sure.
thank you!
Muy viciante y muy dado a portar muy bien, todas las versiones son aceptables!
Gracias por el video!
Has this on the Nes, not as good as RC Proam but it was very good.
OMG, ZX Spectrum doesn't know who you are!
The only one with a flag on top of the car ;)
How about a version comparison of "Tintin au Tibet" ?
we need a modern version a this game where 4 players are allowed. The arcade version doesn't cut it anymore
I've played it on game boy when I was child.
Let’s Compare Super Off Road
1: Arcade (1989)
2: Arcade (Track-Pak) (1989)
3: Zx Spectrum (1990)
4: Amstrad Cpc (1990)
5: Commodore 64 (1990)
6: NES (1990)
7: Amiga (1990)
8: Atari St (1990)
9: Pc Dos (Cga - Pc Speaker) (1990)
10: Pc Dos (Ega - Adlib) (1990)
11: Pc Dos (VGA - Adlib) (1990)
12: Game Boy (1992)
13: Game Gear (1992)
14: Super Nintendo (1992)
15: Master System (1993)
16: Atari Lynx (1993)
17: Genesis (1994)
18: Playstation 2 / Gamecube / Xbox (2005)
19: Playstation 2 / Gamecube / Xbox (Track Pak) (2005)
The SNES game, it's my Favorite Game!
I grew up on the Genesis version. So I’m definitely partial to that, but I will say the SNES version has great music. Also I’m impressed with the Game Gear port, but dear lord.....that Lynx port is garbage
Super Nintendo Was The Best Bcs Of The Guitar song And The Revised Look to the Racers
I think the Game Gear is the best version because you can actually see your car with the zoomed in screen. All the other versions are too zoomed out. The gameboy and Lynx run too slow and choppy leaving the Game Gear the winner.
Snes version destroys every other version imo just because of the Tim Follin soundtrack! Hell yeah, pump my bloods with more of That Tim Follin
I always found SNES/Genesis ports pretty good overall considering how much they had to scale back everything to run on the consoles.
Listening to that SNES music reminded me right away of the music in a game called LED storm on the Amiga... Let me google.. Yep, the Follins did that.. ;-) Great music!!!
@@desiv1170 Yeah, a lot of his nes discography borrows heavily from his c64 work, as did his snes from his amiga work
no women, no thanks
I think there was a PC version with 64 Colors from EGA that is missing.
Are you sure? I think EGA can only display 16 colors out of a palate of 64.
@@leighbyford635 Actually i had the EGA 64. And this game had that option. th-cam.com/video/JDnuzJ2_7SA/w-d-xo.html
@@rickonami Well there you go. I didnt realise that a special 64 color ega existed.
thats cool
Why does the c64 use low res so often, even the CPC used medium Resolution and added some colour to what might have otherwise been another lazy speccy port. Nice comparisons, but don't you ever get the urge to commentate, even if only to point out the more subtle differences.
A lot of C64 publishers told their programmers to use low res mode. Presumably to produce nice looking screenshots for magazine reviews and adverts. With the exception of the occasional covertape demo, most people wouldn't get to see the graphics actually moving until they'd bought the game
What happened to the space invaders version comparison?
Lynx version just crushing it
I find it funny that the NES versions had the women wearing dresses but the Genesis version had them in bikinis.
Nintendo of America had (has) incredibly strict censorship rules compared with other companies.
@@gwishart yeah I know. I'm just saying I found it funny.
good performance 😆⚡
I don't trust games with a person on the title screen. But holy crap this game's physics look like a 5 year-old trying to play with an RC car!
How do you get the dune buggy?
Oh dear the Lynx version.....
my favorite version is the Game Boy
Was the Lynx version really that choppy? Or it's due to poor emulation?
I have looked other footage from internet and it feels really choppy. Lynx emulation is mature enough, so I'm not 100% sure but I think It was that on the original hardware... Same goes for gameboy version
The Super NES version was the best home console port. Too bad they censored out the scantily clad women!
That was to keep with Nintendo's family values, or I presume that was the case. Nintendo has always been careful about what ends up on their consoles since they market directly to children.
Only in the North American version, the other versions retained the scantily clad women from the arcade version. The extreme censorship seems to be a Nintendo of America thing.
@@reillywalker195 exactly. They were more strict in the early 90's than they are now.
@@gwishart the Super NES port was the only version to feature Toyota branding in game as well as the Toyota jingle.
@@gwishart Nintendo of Canada is fairly strict as well in that case. Yes, Nintendo handles their Canadian operations separate from their American operations.
The rec center near where i grew up had off road arcade. I would beg my parents for coins to try and get the high score
Lesson learned: always choose the red car?
The red car is always Player 1.
@@reillywalker195 Spectrum (yellow, oh so much yellow), NES (almost but pink), PC CGA (I actually prefer the Spectrum colours WTH!), Game Boy (grab a red sharpie) and please don't say that to all the colour blind ppl who can't distinguish red!!!! Just having fun ;-)
Do Space Ace version comparison
Please, put a download link because I love this game very much every day
😭❤️
Best Babes goes to .... Sega Genesis!
There needs to be an android version
Recuerdo este juego en la snes
Que dificil era e.e
Super nintendo kicks a$$
26:37 "MAAAAAAAA,!"
You should do the simpsons Bart vs the space mutants retrosutra
This game is for Huevos Grande only🤣
22 early Gang
game gear wins
Dang, the zx spectrum seems very bad ^^
I thought the opposite. Looked pretty decent for the spectrum.
@@malad1 yeah it looked brill!
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Not at all, the sprites move smoothly and the controls are responsive. Far better than the jerky mess of some of the other ports.
Lol at atari lynx so laggy u crash
3:53 ¿Y como reconoceré cual soy yo? xD
Tu coche lleva un banderín. Con el spectrum hay que desarrollar una agudeza visual por encima de la normal.
The player controlled car has a circle icon floating above it.
Hgry