This was the very reason I wanted a Genesis when I was a kid. The Genesis brought us very close to having the arcade experience at home. Even games like Sonic the Hedgehog and playing that for the first time was mind blowing with its graphics and sound!!

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Seeing Sonic for the first time is when I truly fell in love with gaming. With it's incredibly sharp RGB output it still looks great to this day when upscaled.

@HE360_Games

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons Same here! And I agree!

@jamesrich8463

21 күн бұрын

As good as sonic was the mario games from nintendo were always funner.

Very good, the genesis/mega drive deserved the title of an arcade at home

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! It really did hold its own for a lot of these and in some cases I'd even argue was better than the arcade original.

@AngryCalvin

2 ай бұрын

So did the PC-Engine/TG-16. Many ports looked even better than the arcade.

@AngryCalvin

2 ай бұрын

I always loved Sega consoles. I lost interest in consoles when Sega stopped making them.

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

@@AngryCalvin I finally got a good setup on my TG-16 so I'm hoping to do a series with that too. I'm looking forward to seeing how it stacks up.

@jasonlee7816

2 ай бұрын

@@AngryCalvinsome PC Engine/TG-16 ports didn’t feel, move, sound better than the arcade original

Mom, can I have an arcade at home? The arcade at home

The dream of children at the time was to have an arcade at home, Genesis brought us very close to this.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Oh yeah most definitely, I always wanted to have some arcade cabinets at home. And honestly that dream hasn't changed 30+ years later lol! I feel like the Dreamcast was the first console to really feel like a true 1:1 with the arcade but the Genesis was really pushing the limits of the hardware a lot of the time.

@gundstaff

Ай бұрын

@RetroComparisons For me it's no longer a dream, I built my arcade cabinet last year using a 29 CRT TV.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

@@gundstaff Oh that's awesome!!

@gundstaff

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons The Dreamcast was actually the last arcade console, I have two here. Although the Dreamcast is capable of playing Neo Geo CDs, it would be awesome to have a Neo Geo too but the prices are prohibitive, maybe one day I'll have that chance. For now I'm content with playing Neo Geo emulated on the Dreamcast or PC, the emulation is practically perfect..

@AntDog1984

Ай бұрын

When I was a kid, I could not really tell the difference between them because there were no side by side comparisons at the time. I remember thinking street fighter 2 was basically the same until I played the PS1 collection, years later.

Ahhh hell yeah! The drop I have been waiting for! I will take time and watch this one! A solid line up on the Genesis. This is badass work sir and thank you for all of your efforts on this one!

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much buddy! I was really looking forward to finishing this one up especially since there were so many extras. I hope you have a great Easter tomorrow:)

@mikec3260

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons I am looking forward to the extras and watching your hard work at hand! May them subs explode and you have a very happy easter and be Blessed!

That was amazing!! Well worth the wait too. I can't wait for the All Arcade Vs Sega Master System stuff.

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching! I'm excited for the SMS and the NES vs arcade seasons that will be starting soon. I'm sure there's going to be plenty of gems that I've never tried before.

All things considered, the Megadrive holds its ground fairly well.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

It really did have a ton of great ports that in most cases weren't a huge downgrade and even sometimes I'd argue surpassed the original.

Another series finally over! Congratulations brother!

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much my friend!

the difference between Arcade and Genesis / Mega Drive, is like the difference between Genesis and Master System, in my childhood memories.

@kuunami

Ай бұрын

There are a few times when the Genesis version is better than the arcade. It's really interesting when that happens.

Por si alguien lo duda, sí, el sonido está "paneado" al reves, osea que en el parlante izquierdo se escucha el Genesis y en el derecho el original de Arcade.

Always wondered why a lot of sprites looked smaller on the genesis. Specially the fighting ones. Thanks for the video!!..... Hope someday they're able to add more games to the genesis mini 2

@RetroComparisons

15 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! It's always a little disappointing seeing those smaller sprites in fighting games after having just played the original arcade port but to be fair back in the day I was just happy to play something like Mortal Kombat at home.

@kc5946

15 күн бұрын

Good point! I remember still being happy regardless seeing a genesis port 😊

man, this generation's defining feature should have been sprite scaling. next gen was 3D and by then sprite scalign wasn't a big deal. I love sprite scaling.

Thank you for posting this!

@RetroComparisons

25 күн бұрын

No probs, thank you for watching:)

Seeing them side by side wow the arcades had alot more in em. Would of never noticed as a 6 year old kid but.

@RetroComparisons

29 күн бұрын

Yeah back then I wouldn't have noticed how much of a difference there was between these either or if I did for some I didn't care as long as they were fun.

buen recopilatorio, pura nostalgia, lastima que no sea para todo publico, no te achicopales, tu sige asi, buen video BRO

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words:)

And here I am still waiting on Virtual Fighter 1 to be properly playable to this date.

Some of these games are also on the master system

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Speaking of which, starting in about a month I'll be covering every Master System arcade port.

WOW! Airbuster is an EXACT port of the arcade!

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

That's one of those like Snow Bros that really knocks it out of the park for the conversion.

@ksysinf

2 ай бұрын

it does look like it in the level shown but not all game is like it

Some of those games, the Genesis looked even better than the arcade!

@RetroComparisons

4 күн бұрын

Yeah the Genesis really showed off its power for a lot of these.

I loved Sunset Riders as a kid. In the arcades it was up there with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Knights of the Round, and X-Men for me. Seeing footage of it now where you are just gunning down an endless horde of Native Americans made me cringe pretty hard

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Lol yeah the theme of the game didn't age well but the gameplay itself is still great.

great video love it

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Top work. Mega Drive did a pretty good job on a lot of these ports

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! The MD really did hold its own on a lot of these and I'd argue surpassed the arcade in a few.

I'm an Amiga guy but the Genesis/MegaDrive was incredibly impressive.

Awesome video

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

It's always neat to see an entire shared library side-by-side. In some cases, especially when you do stuff like the Atari VCS/2600 or Game Boy etc, it's just neat to see how came of with a de-make of sorts to squeeze a game from a much more powerful arcade or home system into something resembling the original but with its own twist, sometimes those are fun and sometimes they failed horribly, but those are always neat either way. You get a small handful of titles on the later, more-powerful systems like the Genesis with stuff like the down-port of Virtua Fighter 2, but much of the time on the 16-bit consoles you have more just straight ports. Sometimes they are good and sometimes bad, and your videos show enough of the differences to where you can decide "Most outstanding. Hey, this port on this system is worth checking out" or "Bogus. Heinous. Most non-triumphant. This version of the game isn't worth even watching a clip of let alone playing." Right? That's how I feel: it's just a fun comparison that might get me to try out a game I've never heard of or a port that looks cool that I've not played before. It's not about hating on any system but the opposite: it's just about seeing what's good, fun, different, or bad about each game on each system. There's more difference and changes in ports on the older systems due to massively different hardware, and these comparisons help you find little gems of cool, neat versions of different. Now, usually the best games on systems are the exclusives, and that's the case on retro consoles too of course, but it's still neat to play old ports too especially if the devs did their own thing and made something that's got some unique things going on compared to the original game. I'll have to watch through the ones here that are bonus games not featured in the main season. I can say with certainty that my favorite game in this list is Mortal Kombat 2 since it's my favorite game of all time period lol. It isn't the best port, but I sure as heck had dozens of hours of fun with it. The Genesis port doesn't get as much play from me these days because I'll usually play one of the better ports or the arcade version, but it sits there by my Nomad or sometimes I throw it in the Genesis I have hooked up and gets played a few times a year. UMK3 was fun and one of the most expensive non-collectors-edition games I bought until the last few years. I love love love NBA Hangtime (and of course Jam and T.E.), and think it's a great port, better than the Jam/T.E. ports and College Slam too. The Genesis port of MK1 is why I bought my Genesis in '93 instead of getting a Super Nintendo like I had been wanting for a while. The Street Fighter ports were fun and Samurai Shodown even if they are not perfect by any means. Now, does the arcade win in 99% of the cases? Sure. But, many of the Genesis ports were good enough back in the day, and occasionally, if you like FM synth, a few of the games you might prefer the music on over some of the arcade games' compositions (Matt Furniss' MK1 and MK2 music may not be better, but I do like them just as well as Dan Forden's original tracks). Party on, Bill!

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much my friend for watching through the whole season from the very beginning! You have a knack for summarizing things so well that I have trouble adding anything because you covered all bases (are belong to us) and add insightful knowledge to everything better than I ever could. You make a point in here too that I wish the many people commenting "this is not a fair comparison" on the PS1 vs DC video would realize; it's not about saying one is better than the other. It's seeing how developers handled these ports on hardware that couldn't stack up to the arcade, well with maybe the exception of Flicky. Despite it not being the best port it's hard to argue against MKII. I too played the hell out of this version and I think it's easy to forget that back then most of us didn't care if a game was 100% accurate to the arcade as long as it still resembled it and was fun to play. There are games like Altered Beast that kind of get trashed online these days that I played to death and I still think is as fun as the arcade even if it's technically inferior in every way. Overall this season balanced itself out. I got to try out games I'd never played like Crackdown and Snow Bros that I loved and had trouble putting down to record other games. On the other hand it had the unholy trio of this channel with Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', and Klax...

@shotgunl

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons Yeah, of the ones on this list, I will NOT be revisiting Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', nor especially Klax.

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

@@shotgunl Lol! I'd say the same but I know that's a lie. At some point they're gonna come up again. I mean I had to play Klax for the freaking GX4000 of all systems!

@mikec3260

Ай бұрын

Damn that Klax!

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

@@mikec3260 Lol I can't escape it!

Genesis at launch said it was bringing the arcades home...well now's our chance to find out!

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Haha very true. I think they did a pretty job of it for the most part.

There is a clear difference going from arcade to Genesis but they did a good job given the consoles limitations.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

I think so too. There's a lot of games on the Genesis that come close and even when they don't they're still good for what they are.

Thanks for a great video 👍 Wasnt Columns III an arcadegame?

@RetroComparisons

15 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for watching! So yes and no for Columns III being an arcade game. While it was technically on an "arcade" it was on the Mega-Play system which was the equivalent of Nintendo's PlayChoice-10. Basically a Genesis in an arcade cabinet.

@jorgeng7251

14 күн бұрын

Ah ok. Didnt know that Thanks👍

Poor sega never stood a chance 😢

10:50 I've never seen such palette in a mega drive game o_o

Banger just dropped

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Thanks good sir!

Notice the limitations in memory; eg Gouls n Ghosts got 5 megs

Arcade graphics is more detailed and shiny

Mortal Kombat on Genesis didn't normally have blood and was a hidden feature.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

That was one of those codes that made its way around every playground.

So, it's time to gathering the harvest, I guess? ^^))) P.S. Also I guess I've missed like half of those... Need to watch you channel more deeply)

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Lol! To be fair, there's like 14 on here that were not in the season between a couple I missed, unreleased games and Genesis Mini games. Plus there's like over 1,100 videos on my channel so anyone is bound to miss some:)

@oldfan4049

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons not me, dude.... NOT ME XDDD Well, at least I'll try^^)

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

@@oldfan4049 Lol! I do very much appreciate that my friend:)

It was a game changer I’ve gon from Atari to ps5 and the mega drive was the first arcade at home feel

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

It's pretty crazy to think of how far console gaming has come in such a relatively short period of time. The Genesis really held its own with so many of these ports.

Nice video.

@RetroComparisons

23 күн бұрын

Thanks so much!

Probably not a very popular opinion, but Fatal Fury 2 on Sega Genesis had a much better gameplay than any other version of the game, including the arcade one.

It's impressive how many times the Genesis version has actually looked better than the arcade version.

what's up with these weird copyright strikes on Midnight Resistance and other games? crazy

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Yeah it's bizarre. I always get hit for MK3 whenever it appears but Midnight Resistance and Two Crude Dudes, are you kidding me?!

In 90s i preferred megadrive mainly for arcade games instead of supernintendo (but in graphics supernintendo was better honestly..i dont forget its supreme ,but costly, SUPERFX chip..) 🕹️

Why oh why weren't the super scalers attempted on the Sega CD?!? Yeah, the SEGA CD still couldn't do arcade perfect versions of Galaxy Force, Outrun, After Burner or Thunder Blade but they would have been so much better than the regular Genesis versions! Re-do's on the CD of Capcom classics such as Ghouls n Ghosts, Forgotten Worlds or SF2 would have looked and sounded amazing! So many missed opportunities!

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

I think about the same thing with the 32x. Since Sega was insistent on putting it out they could have made it the budget console for kids like me who's parents weren't about to buy a PS1 or Saturn and they could have ported great versions of 80s and early 90s arcade games.

@AnaheimRob

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons I would have loved to see those same games on the X as well. At least Sega did the Dreamcast right but unfortunately it was already too late.

@lowpower2525

Ай бұрын

Until the release of PS, Saturn, and 64, game consoles were made by Japanese people. It was a time when I felt very proud to be Japanese.

@AnaheimRob

Ай бұрын

@@lowpower2525 Those 16 bit systems were amazing and still are to this day!

@lowpower2525

Ай бұрын

@@AnaheimRob Yes! Sega has changed, but Yutaka Suzuki and Mr. Nagoshi are still making them!

Genesis fez muito para um sistema de 200 dólares , uma placa arcade dessas custavam entorno de 1500 a 2000 dólares ! .

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

They really knocked it out of the park with so many of these.

Yay this was a nice birtbday gift haha MK! Fighters always had sloghtly smaller sprites on 16 bit but they worked usually. Art of Fighting, MK and SF. For MK i always preferree MK2 and MK3 for Snes, MK1 and UMK3 for the Genesis. Nice vid man! After burn haha i always think of T2 when i see that game haha😂

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Oh happy birthday buddy!! I hope you've been having a great day so far:) Yeah most of those fighters did scale down the sprites quite a bit, especially the SNK games. Lol After Burner is like the machines dropping the bomb on the humans in the Terminator series.

@MKF30

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons lmao 🤣 what an funny yet accurate analogy 🤣 hahaha oh its ok thanks. Pizza and fibbage and what dub it? With the family haha thanks!

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

@@MKF30 You had me at pizza lol! I'm glad you're having a good one. I know birthdays aren't nearly as exciting as an adult lmao!

@MKF30

2 ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons Yeah that kind of suck compared to a kid not going to lie lmao 🤣 but I get my pizza 🍕 and money at least 😅

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

@@MKF30 Lmao! Pizza and money are like my 2 favorite things so I guess that's peak adult birthday stuff

I would like to see Arcade vs. Dreamcast or Saturn which were more capable 2D sprite crunching machines.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

That is something I'd love to do some day. The Saturn in particular had a massive amount of arcade ports between contemporary games and all of the compilations with older arcade games.

I grew up during the arcade golden age era, genesis and the Super Nintendo consoles were good but still they were no match for the arcade graphics and sound capabilities, the only console that was able to compete with the arcade’s was the ludicrously expensive Neo Geo which in fact was identical in both graphics and sound capabilities

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

With the exception of the Neo Geo AES the arcade games always seemed like a generation ahead until the Dreamcast came out.

@JamesBond-gg4wg

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons I guess that was a marketing decision, keep some distance between the arcade and the home consoles in order to make money from the arcade’s which were their true arena/battle ground for prestige. I believe both Sega and Nintendo were perfectly capable to build console similar to Neo Geo but that would be like pissing into the well they were drinking. As far as when did the arcade start started to fade off, I think it was the ps1 that turned the tide, not the Dreamcast. after 32x failure Sega started to lose credibility which eventually led to their downfall

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

@@JamesBond-gg4wg I think Sega & Nintendo definitely had the capabilities to have the true home arcade experience but it certainly would have cost a lot more so that in conjunction with cannibalizing the arcade side of the business (particularly with Sega) it didn't make much sense. I agree, I think the PS1 era is when the arcade side started to fade for sure but I think the Dreamcast was probably the first regularly priced console that was almost completely on par with the arcade when it came to 1:1 ports looking nearly identical.

@JamesBond-gg4wg

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons When the PS1 and Dreamcast came out I still wanted the Neo Geo console, it was that good. I still wish I was rich enough to get one, in a retro perspective it was still better then all emulations and versions they made for all the console even today, even on the ps4 the arcade game graphics are inferior

Mega drive era incrível parabéns esse vídeo mostrou todo poder do mega

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! The MD really held its own against these arcade ports and was even better in some cases.

Arcade at home!

COOL ! 💪🏿

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Can you please do Amiga arcade ports or some systems from Europe like the Amstrad , spectrum and Commadore 64 ❤ 🙏

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

While I find those quite interesting I'm very unfamiliar with the computer side of gaming as a whole and there's probably other channels that are more qualified to present those than me. It is something I'd like to learn more about and tackle as a project some day though.

@AstralWolf86

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons ❤️👍cool

What is the difference between NBA Hangtime and NBA Jam?

@RetroComparisons

2 күн бұрын

NBA Hangtime is just a continuation of the series. It went from NBA Jam to NBA Jam T.E. to NBA Hangtime.

Genesis делало для ваших телевизоров всё, что только могла, из последних сил, из последних дорожек на микросхемах. Но вам этого видимо никогда не понять...

Have you ever considered NOT having both games audio play at the same time?

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

In the non-compilation videos I usually do a section of each individually before showing both at the same time with the audio panned hard left and hard right. That seems to be the most common practice for bigger comparison channels than mine.

born in the 70's rasied in the 80's. i never saw like 75% of these games in the arcade

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

I'm a little younger (born in the mid 80s, raised in the 90s) and I'm in the same boat as you were I didn't see the majority of these games in the arcade either.

How could you not show the beast transformation in Altered Beast?!

@RetroComparisons

26 күн бұрын

By leaving it out of that level I made it un-bear-able.

Punisher is Pixel Perf ,i mean Pixel Perversion

ty

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That Strider port is better than the Arcade IMO and the Music WOW

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

A lot of these Genesis ports are extremely impressive.

@echelon2k8

Ай бұрын

There's no way the Strider console port was objectively better than the arcade. Nostalgia is one he|| of a drug.

@davisdomain2071

Ай бұрын

@@echelon2k8 That's just my opinion but I have my reason why I think it's better I've played both Genesis is a solid experience.

@echelon2k8

Ай бұрын

@@davisdomain2071 What's your reason?

@davisdomain2071

Ай бұрын

@@echelon2k8 Game play is much tighter compared to the arcade I didn't fell rushed like I had to complete the level so quickly Remember this game was released in the 80s so games were more about sight sound and magic back then The Genesis port just nails it the music was superbly done yes there are a few missing voice samples but the points get across as they should Now there are a few differents with the background graphics and color but I don't think it's that much of issue Overall it's a superb port a Technical Achievement

Genesis es la reina de los ports

Is it just me but with a lot of these games, except for extra colours, slightly smother scrolling and better sound on the arcade versions, there is not that much difference.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

The Genesis really held its own on a lot of these.

An even blend of "Solid effort!" and "Not even close!" with the occasional sprinkling of the Genesis version being actually better.

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Very well said!

How is it that some arcade games from the early 80’s look like crap on the much more powerful Genesis?

Make snes vs arcade

@RetroComparisons

10 күн бұрын

It's on my list and I think that will be a fun one to do.

E-swat? R-Type ?

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

Those are both Master System games. E-Swat does have a sort of port/sort of sequel on the Genesis but that one is kind of a grey area.

Raiden Trad = bae

@RetroComparisons

10 күн бұрын

Such a great game!

só classicos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

your arcade audio quality was dregraded

Arcade>sega gen/megadrive

ok

Genesis does.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

What arcade do?

Puyo Puyo is Best!!! AC = GEN

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

I love Puyo Puyo, it's easily my favorite game in that genre.

wow I never knew how good some of the original arcade games were looking. talk about shitty ports huh. let's do a Genesis vs DOS now :D or any console vs DOS to be honest. I really want to see PS1 vs PC now

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

A ton of these arcade games are fantastic. Lots of good fighters and shooters back then.

If you bought the Genesis purely for bringing the arcade home you were definitely not disappointed. Probably the best arcade port library of any home console other than the Neo Geo

@jasonlee7816

2 ай бұрын

if you want the arcade experience in the 16-bit era it was either FM Towns Marty, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo, Turbo-Grafx

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

There were so many and a ton were great conversions. The Neo Geo AES was undoubtedly the best when it came to a 1 to 1 of the arcade but with the price tag and only being SNK games it's super limited.

@lowpower2525

Ай бұрын

Neo Geo was around 70,000 yen in Japanese yen. The CD type had an extremely long loading time and hardly sold. I think SNK would have been better off not making hardware.

i had a Atari st it was expensive then i played a friends master system that was 8 bit and the games and graphics blew the Atari st away then i saw the megadrive a virtual arcade at home i had to have one they were just so good !!

@RetroComparisons

20 күн бұрын

Sega was always really pushing technology and it's crazy to think that not only did the Master System look that good in 1986 but also had native RGB output, something even the N64 didn't have 10 years later.

Y todavía hay quien dice que SNES es mejor.

virtual fighter didnt fair well on the genesis

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

I'm surprised it even got a release in general. I'm always fascinated by de-makes like that one even if they're not always great.

apple arcade games?

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

That would be funny to do Apple arcade games vs the Apple Pippin if there was any crossover.

Space Harrier on the Genesis Mini 2 is not a genesis game, unlike say Darius or Fantasy Zone the mini 1, the ROM can't be played on real hardware. The game is made for an emulator of a console that doesn't exist they called the "Mark V"

Batman Forever was missing.

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

That's a different game altogether. Batman Forever: The Arcade Game came out on the Saturn & PS1.

@AngryCalvin

2 ай бұрын

Not the same nightmare as the console version. How do I use the grappling hook again. Oh wait I can’t.

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

@@AngryCalvin Lol! I remember getting stuck on that as a kid and it being one of the worst rentals ever.

Power of the legendary Motorola 68000

please index by game name

@RetroComparisons

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately youtube has a 100 chapter limit so I'm unable to index by each individual game.

@XiJinPiggie

8 күн бұрын

They are in alphabetical order so finding the game you want shouldn't be too hard

i must say,.. this is THE BEST showcase of what the GENESIS DOES WHAT NINTENDONT

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

The Genesis was a great arcade gaming console.

Sega's hardware was most attractive. Why did they fail so badly with the Saturn when the GENESIS won the Super Super Nintendo? They are completely bad at business. Why didn't they load the Saturn with too many chips and sell it at a loss?

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

There were so many factors with the Saturn failing between the whole 32x debacle, the cost compared to the PS1, the unexpected early release without telling the developers, originally building it with 2D in mind only for the 5th gen to be all about 3D, and probably other stuff I'm not thinking of at the moment.

@believein1

24 күн бұрын

The Nintendo brand is like Disney or Pixar. Their original IP simply made the Genesis look like a crude copycat and always second best. It didn’t help that the Genesis had muddy colors which made it look even more second rate and unpolished.

@believein1

24 күн бұрын

@@RetroComparisonsBelieve it or not, I think piracy actually helped the PS1 become king due to adoption everywhere.

@RetroComparisons

23 күн бұрын

@@believein1 I think you're right that it was a factor in their initial success.

OK Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat is the wrong way around.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

I can confirm these are correct with the Genesis version on the right for all games including Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat.

@iwanttocomplain

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons I'm surprised to see a higher colour depth on the Mega Drive, but then it's an old arcade game.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

@@iwanttocomplain Yeah it is quite a difference from what you'd normally see in a Genesis game. I'm not sure why that never got released because I thought it was a really fun game that picked up where Super Off Road left off.

@iwanttocomplain

Ай бұрын

@@RetroComparisons so I see. Super Off Road has a sequel - I never realised! I must try it.

@RetroComparisons

Ай бұрын

@@iwanttocomplain I'm not sure if it's a true sequel or a spiritual successor but either way it's a lot of fun.

I always disliked sega sounds.. they had either a hollow tin can sound cyberball is a perfect example , which let’s face it most 16 bit arcade games had that sound as well as damp sounds..like altered beast, it sounds like he is punching wet cardboard.. or the sounds in columns.. don’t get me wrong I loved my genesis and Saturn , but I might be biased cuz I grew up playing dk, Mario punchout and Popeye in the arcade .

both are ugly i dont know why sega was ridiculously OVERRATED in US market