Intestinal Distress was left out because the level was made specifically for that version. Sega offered to lower cartridge costs in exchange for a new level.

Just found your channel. Really enjoying your videogame comparisons. I never played the SNES version of EarthWorm Jim, but I have to say in this instance I really prefer the Genesis version just for the music alone.

Really good for a first episode. Saw this on RetrowareTV and knew I had to watch it. Great job and I cannot wait to see more!

The problem most likely was that the SNES uses PCM samples for EVERY single instrument. That's why the had to cut out so much stuff when porting over the game.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

***** huh, never knew that about the SNES, love learning that technical stuff; how the systems did what they do. thanks for the info!

@andyukmonkey

9 жыл бұрын

Game vs Game That's basically the entire argument for why people say the Snes has better sound. Because it uses REAL INSTRUMENTS. But don't listen to that argument! 90's game developers didn't have their own orchestra to sample instruments from... Most Snes game samples are probably from synthesizers anyway.

Subscribed! :) As a overly obsessed EWJ fan, I have to say you did a great job! In addition to what you mentioned, the SNES version has some glitches the Genesis version didn't (like being able to kill Peter), and the in Level 5 amoeba tubes have less tubes active. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of these. I was actually starting a similar set of videos (though it was only me talking, not nearly as nice as your video!) but I haven't made any videos in a long time. Excellent job, looking forward to more!

Truly enjoyed the video, very thorough and to the point. Excellent work!

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

hotwheelz3010 thanks so much, glad you enjoyed!

Funny the other day I was thinking the internet needed a show like this. Subbed, can't wait to see more.

Great comparison! Would love to see a comparison with the Sega CD version as well!

@NickBailuc

9 жыл бұрын

THERES A SEGACD EARTHWORM JIM?

@hard4games

9 жыл бұрын

Yep! Apparently it's pretty awesome.

@Saturn185

6 жыл бұрын

isnt that like the pc version?

@mattfahringer148

5 жыл бұрын

@@Saturn185 yes and no

@Saturn185

5 жыл бұрын

@@NickBailuc it's called earthworm jim: especial edition i believe

Looking forward to some more videos. Great work.

Great Video! Very useful in helping me choose which version is acquire.

Very well done!!! You've just earned yourself a new subscriber!!

I'm obsessed with this channel!

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew L welcome on board, glad to have you!

Actually the SNES is significantly less powerful than the Genesis. The SNES is more advanced, with a larger color pallette, and support for transparencies, stuff like that, however, just speaking of brute force CPU cycle strength, the Genesis takes a fat dump on it. You can see examples of this in games like Thunder Spirits/ Thunder Force 3, Mickey Mania, Samurai Shodown, Pit Fighter, or Out of this World for some examples. Games like Earth Worm Jim, The Hulk, Lion King (pretty much all multiplatform games) run in lower resolution on the SNES, which besides visual differences actually effects gameplay, because you have less screen space to see what's coming, resulting in blind jumps or "cheap" enemy hits. That's why 9 times out of 10 I would prefer to play the Megadrive/Genesis port of a 16-bit game. I don't understand all the hatred and bias towards Sega. The Genesis was a great system and both the SNES and Genesis are great systems with amazing libraries of games, and strengths/weaknesses towards each other from a hardware perspective. People these days just like to take a big fat dump on Sega and put the SNES on a pedastool. Why? You don't see this with PS1 vs. N64, besides N64 being the more technically advanced system, it's less talked about because PS1 was more popular so there isn't any bias like there is with Genesis vs. SNES. Not to mention that the Genesis was quite popular if not even moreso than the SNES back in the day (at least in USA). I just don't get it...

@andyukmonkey

9 жыл бұрын

The only reason the Snes outsold the Megadrive/Genesis overall is because Japan just completely ignored the Megadrive/Genesis. The Snes is vastly overrated.

@andyukmonkey

8 жыл бұрын

john lowe That 1 great game to every 4 thing you wrote is completely made up. Sticking with facts here, the Megadrive/Genesis had more games. About 150 more overall. That's a win for the Megadrive/Genesis.

@RetrOrigin

8 жыл бұрын

+john lowe What cramped screen? the SNES actually runs at a lower resolution than the Genesis (256x224 on SNES vs 320x240 on the Genesis), so it's the other way around. Also thos legendary titles aren't really that many and most of them are J-RPGs, which don't really appeal to everyone (I can't stand them, everytime I try to play Earthbound I end up yawning like crazy and turning the thing off)

@RetrOrigin

8 жыл бұрын

john lowe That's purely opinion. Also there's far more than Phantasy Star and Sonic for the Genesis. There's Gunstar Heores, Comix Zone, Splatterhouse 2 & 3, tons of Shoot 'em ups, Ristar, The Adventures of Batman and Robin and I can keep going on and on. If you don't like J-RPGs, then Breath of Fire and Final Fantasy simply mean nothing, but that again depends on your tastes. Just play and enjoy whatever you like without forcing your opinion into others.

@Rei_Tatekei

7 жыл бұрын

Sega wins in beat em ups, fighters, and sports

Earned your self a new sub! Look forward to seeing more of these!

Good move starting out with a classic SNES vs. Genesis battle!

Awesome video man!

nice video! I hope to see more!

Im still baffled by how little views you get,you deserver a lot more!

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

EvilDead Ash haha thanks man appreciate it, whether it does or doesn't happen, i'm really enjoying the sort of bubble i'm in and the community in and around. either way, as long as people are enjoying what i'm producing, i'm happy :)

@crashfalso

9 жыл бұрын

Game vs Game No problem man,keep up the good work!

The over-the-top goofy humor is what makes this game a classic. Many games have copied its slap-stick style gimmicks but none have successfully ever captured the charm of earthworm jim. 

Nice video. Looking forward to more.

Subbed. This was a fantastic first review for your channel. It is well scripted, well edited, and has good lighting. I have only ever seen one other series like this, which is onthestick.com's same name, different game, and he puts out like 2 episodes a year, so I cant wait to see more of this concept.

Great video! Subscribed, please post up a EWJ 2 video next!

I just want to say, your videos gloww ith quality; you make conparisons without offending either side of the argument, but you don't rid yourself of personality for it. Keep up the good work!

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Hatim Eujayl thanks so much! high praise! glad you enjoy them!

underrated channel

What an amazing comparison. Was debating grabbing E.W.J on Genesis not knowing which is the better version. Thank you sir.

@whalahiguy

4 жыл бұрын

subbed!

Nice video! I'd always just looked at the graphics and assumed the SNES version was superior (that sun flare effect in level one really impressed me back in the day). I guess this explains why the genesis version is the one on Wii Virtual Console, huh? I look forward to more! subscribed, sir!

You didn't mention the lens flare effect in the first stage or the different underwater effects.

Nice video! Good content, smooth editing. You got a new sub. Now impress me with more! :p Looking forward to the next pair of games

The Game Boy Advance version has the Intestinal Distress level found in the genesis. According to Eric Kinkhead, one of the people who worked on the port said it was finished by 2 and a half people in three months.

Any chance you will do a comparison of EWJ 2 on SNES and Genesis?This game’s two 16bit versions get much less coverage and it would be great to hear how they differ from each other.

This is great!

I believe that in the case of the original Earthworm Jim, the game was originally designed for the Sega Genesis and ported over to the Super NES. That is why both versions are a little different.

***** i agree, it set a standard that balanced kick ass gameplay with goofy humor that i don't think has been captured in a platform game like this. however i'd say that the ron gilbert / tim schafer adventure games match it in terms of humor / gameplay balance.

Great comparison vid. Always preferred the Megadrive version myself and the Mega CD version. If you get a chance then definitely play the HD remake, includes all the extra things that were in the Mega CD version. ;)

I wish David Perry or someone at Shiny (at the time) could come forward and explain why some sounds, and a level were omitted in the SNES version. How does Earthworm Jim 2 compare on both 16-Bit systems?

@matcoproductionsinc.282

7 жыл бұрын

stucazzo2000 Probably because of cartridge data.

Good stuff! I like that it's objective and concentrated on specs.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

quiet451 thanks! i'm trying to learn more and more about the systems technical sides as i go along so i know a bit more what why certain things had to happen in ports or development.

love earthworm jim :)

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Odd pod good man! btw, it looks like you've got a rather lively and interesting channel, i'll definitely be checking it out when i'm off work! plus having a puppet will win me over every time.

@oddpodshow

9 жыл бұрын

Game vs Game thank you, i really hope you like the channel. let me know what you think when youve had a look through :)

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Odd pod well i gave in and am watching your top 10 cartoon ducks now :)

@oddpodshow

9 жыл бұрын

Game vs Game hope you enjoy it :) more vids coming soon

@jacksanders5693

8 жыл бұрын

+Odd pod my brother's favourite game is earthworm jim

Always played the Genesis version growing up, and it wasn't until years later that I tried the SNES port. Didn't realize how much was different - but it's clear that Sega wins this battle. Great series starter man! Can't wait to watch the rest!

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Round2GamingChannel hey thanks man, i was just the opposite actually, played the SNES version growing up and then was floored when i played the Genesis version for the first time! thanks for the cross-contamination! (that sounded cooler in my head... is there a term for the sub for a sub thing?) looking forward to checking your channel out more thoroughly too!

Could you do an episode to compare the original Resident Evil vs the Director's Cuts version on the PS One?

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Horacio Vizarraga haha, i take it you REALLY want me to do Resident Evil, huh? :D that would definitely be a fun one!

What about the Sega CD version?

The loading time is because of how many cycles the coding requires from the cpu which would have had to been rewritten often with more lines of code to load faster. Because of this genesis ports to the snes take longer to load. The genesis had a fast processor which was used to do tricks to improve the graphical capability to keep up with the competition. However it's graphics suffered significantly. The snes has a much slower cpu but Makes up for it by having unique graphical fairs and modes that actually did not use the cpu to do. 3d effects and transparency among many other features were handled by the graphic capabilities in the snes and left the cpu alone where it had less code to actually process with the games. When earthworm Jim was ported to the snes they took advantage of the extra capabilities but left in code that was now demanding of a cpu. Therefore it takes far longer to run the code in the snes and to begin the game. It was simply not optimized when ported due to time constraints. This is common. Another example would be Mickey mania. It has the same issues even to the point where the cpu is being taxed to perform graphical tricks the genesis version did with its vastly faster cpu requiring the hand to drop to load lines of code that could have been replicated using the special capabilities of the system. But with time constraints they rushed it.

Nice Idea, Subscribed! Hillarious Game, grown up with Nntendo. But Segas Music was always remarkable.

Strange that you said it had load times. There are no load times at all when I played it on the Genesis. At the same time, on thing that never gets talked about is that the music glitches at the beginning of New Junk City when played on certain models of the Genesis. That sucks and that's the case for me.

Good job! I had to watch this video because ewj just came out on Nintendo switch online for genesis. I never played the genesis version and wanted to know why Nintendo would release the genesis version and not the snes version. Makes sense now.

Just found your channel!! Subbed! I remember renting the SNES version and I recently won a lot with the Genesis version in it. Now I'm really looking forward to giving it a shot in it's truer form.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

CollectingRetro hey thanks man, glad you enjoy! you won't regret going Genesis on this one for sure! also, popped over to your channel, it looks like you've got a pretty killer collection behind you! jealous of that sharp tv...

@CollectingRetro

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out my channel! I've been collecting for ages, the Sharp TV is probably one of my best scores :)

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

CollectingRetro i'll say! were you looking for one or just happen across it at a flea market or something?

@CollectingRetro

9 жыл бұрын

I was sort of looking, but they always go for ridiculous money. I bought it on auction from Japan sold AS-IS and non-working. I got it for a good price, shipping cost was more than the TV, lol. So it was still not cheap, but I was able to fix it up and get it going for less than half of what a working one goes for. It was pretty rough when I got it and I had doubts that I would be able to get it going. I had to use every bit of the troubleshooting skills I've picked up over the years and had many long nights on it :)

I want to know which CD consoles from the 80s or 90s loads faster then the snes Earth Worn Jim

Think you could do earthworm jim 2 after you said you were gonna do the HD comparison? (Snes vs Megadrive / Sega genesis) and for the love of god the Iphone is almost as broken as the gba version (colision detection is horrendous, and it constantly crashes on my Iphone 4s) :/ its like a beta version of the HD remake

I always preferred the visuals in the Genesis version, actually. I guess the SNES version might be more graphically impressive and have some nicer backgrounds, but I never noticed because I was too distracted by the weird color pallet. Not to mention all those other things the Genesis version did better, like the music.

what about the sega cd, PSX and Saturn versions? I'd like to know about these. Great video !

@hihosh1

7 жыл бұрын

Sega CD is the best, that Big Bruty stage freaks me out!

@hugomeyer7908

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, right, psx and saturn exists only for the second episode! Hope I'll get a Sega CD one day!

Still hoping for a Followup on Earthworm jim 2 with the Snes VS Megadrive. :O

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Fiend Kitsune oh that's a-comin'. you can bet on that.

@Fiendzy

9 жыл бұрын

:D! awesome Im so happy to hear that

Excellent video, however I found your voice low in the recording.

@GamevsGame

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I thought the same thing actually, even bumped it a bit right before uploading. The next will be better balanced. Glad you liked it!

How is the DSiWare version?

guys remember its not about sega or nintendo making the console. Its up to the game creators to make the game good

It took me a few weeks to beat this bad ass game. I absolutely love it and I think this is one of the best genesis games ever made.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

FanAtykOne that is commendable! it's a tough game but glad it kept you coming back, that's the important thing! and i agree, the Genesis has some absolutely killer games in its library and EWJ is certain to be near the top

Earthworm Jim 2 is the tougher decision for me on SNES, Genesis, Saturn, PS1 and GBA.

Quite the interesting idea for a series. Actually did poke around a bit about why the level was left out and most say it was due to space limitations with the different compression used but feel it could have been a censorship push by Nintendo possibly. Definitely will be keeping an eye out for future episodes of this.

Jim was great on both...

The Genesis version beats the SNES port (just by having all the levels) but Earthworm Jim: Special Edition for the Sega CD is the best version of all.

While the Snes had many advantages over the Genesis its a urban myth that it was more powerful hardware. The Genesis had a more powerful cpu at a much higher clock speed. This is why certain games was superior on Genesis like sports games or shooters where the faster fps made smoother game play with much less slowdown. I owned both as a kid and loved them both but for different reasons so close I really didn't have a favorite.

Oh man that hurts I only ever had the GBA version. Childhood ruined.

You talk about games and you don't do some really horrible acting schtick......I like you. Keep up the good work.

@GamevsGame

10 жыл бұрын

haha thanks for that. that was a conscious decision to keep tomfoolery separate... or at least to a minimum. i do have a couple ideas i'd like to at least try out that would just be sort of goofy and non-informative. they'll show up here eventually, but will always be separate.

Great video a sub well earned, I never played much of Earthworm Jim back in the day don't know why it just for some reason never appealed to me much for some reason or another and really wish I had gave it a go back when I was a kid because it looks like I missed out on great looking game. After seeing the the Genesis version up against the SNES version it has to be said the SNES version is a very very lazy port with missing sound effects, reused sound effects and an entire missing level. The SNES can pull some great music off you just have to listen to FInal Fantasy III/VI's amazing soundtrack to notice that but in my opinion it has nothing on the Genesis for the Streets of Rage soundtracks by Yuzo Koshiro to this day I am still amazed at how he got that sound quality and performance out of a sound chip that in most games sound horrible and tinny.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

B33FY2014 thanks man! i think it's well worth the time, even if you can't get into it. both systems sound abilities impress the crap out of me at times but i think i'm more often less impressed by the genesis. it can do some amazing things in the right hands like you mentioned though. the super nintendo music more often makes me go, "damn that's awesome" and how can you go wrong with that??

@Maru96

9 жыл бұрын

The reason of many genesis games with "bad music" is not because the chip is "bad" (quite the contrary in my opinion), it's becauset FM synthesis is complex, and americans weren't very good at it generally using amateur sound drivers, with the exception of guys like Tommy Tallarico, Howard Drossin and John Baker. From this: /watch?v=6TSj1WePTtY /watch?v=DedCATrcsfY /watch?v=eja9CQ8PUfc to this /watch?v=rHZd97zVe7Q the difference is HUGE.

The Megadrive version cart definitely used some funky tricks as some of the graphics actually top that of the SNES version despite them having more advanced graphics hardware in this game. The space tunnel scene actually has transparicy's in the blue on SEGA which is normally a SNES thing. If SNES used a special chip it would have probably whooped the Megadrive versions arse but on normal chip hardware this is going to be a close call as Nintendo also has it's better aspects. The Megadrive CD version I would give the edge over both of the non addictional chip hardware versions. Maybe it's not as almost head to head as I rememer it being. Megadrive seems to win it all round.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Cordell i was trying to figure out the tunnel actually and I'm trying to remember that far back now but I thought I had concluded that it looked dithered as well, but that was just based on my own recordings and observations. i couldn't track down any background rips or anything. whatever the case, haha, yes i agree the Genesis version is the way to go! i haven't played the special edition yet on the sega cd but from all reports its just as you say, it takes everything the genesis version did right and made things even better!

Maybe I can do a review on all earthworm jim's history.

Hi! Great video. I decided to watch all of them in time order. Pity for me that I cant turn subtitles on, because I..."lose".. some words here and there but...maybe it could help me practice😅

you should cover raiden trad

Im sure the slower load times on the snes has to do with the lower cpu clock speed. The snes has a 2.68mhz processor and the genesis has a 7.67mhz processor.

@MosoKaiser

9 жыл бұрын

And/or data compression.

Cool show. How often are you going to do this?

@GamevsGame

10 жыл бұрын

I don't really have a set schedule in mind since I'm just starting out but I've already got a good amount of game footage for the next one!

Snes version also was missing quite a few animations

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

str8duval you know, that sounds familiar, i must have read that somewhere when i was researching the episode and completely blanked on including it! just another reason the Genesis version is the way to go!

gret vid

Did the Nintendo have a higher resolution than megadrive?

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Nichita Bailuc nope, the SNES can output at either 256 or 512 horizontal resolution while the Genesis is 320. the SNES had very few games that took advantage of it's higher 512x448 resolution, EWJ was not one of them

@parallaxcraze958

9 жыл бұрын

Game vs Game The few SNES games that use 512x448 it's mostly for static screens like title screens; menus etc... & in the very few cases of 512x448 used in-game then it comes at some costs like fewer displayable colors (cf. RPM Racing). While the Mega Drive has like 80% of its library which run in 320x224 & some games use its interlace mode 2 = 320×448 & this without performance loss (cf. Sonic 2).

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Night Driver thanks for the clarification, the only examples i could find of the SNES in the higher resolution were menus like you had mentioned, wasn't aware of the limited color pallete though.

The MD version is obviously better. There are frames of animation missing from the Snes version. Of course the definitive version of Earthworm Jim is the Mega CD version.

I remember playing this on PC and just like a lot of games back then, I found it to be really difficult. Man, I could and can still beat any Mega Man game no problem back then, but this was too much to handle?

@GamevsGame

10 жыл бұрын

OrangeStar222 ewj is no joke, definitely a tough one, i have a lot of trouble with it as well. for me though it hits a good balance in the difficulty, i always wanted to keep trying

@OrangeStar222

10 жыл бұрын

I remembered EWJ2 to be easier, but still very difficult. Man, I should check if GoG has these games on sale, would be a real fun trip back to memory lane! I'm always up for a difficult game!

@GamevsGame

10 жыл бұрын

OrangeStar222 i don't remember if it was Steam or GoG, but one of them had the whole EWJ bundle up- 1, 2 & 3D.

@Treyworld

10 жыл бұрын

Take it from a guy who beats both Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 on hard mode a lot, EWJ2 is harder. 'Puppy Love' is even more tedious. 'ISO 9000' and 'See Jim Run, Run Jim Run' are merciless.

The Genesis will always, ALWAYS have better sound and music when done properly. Always.

@bobbydazzler329

6 жыл бұрын

PeopleAgainstIdiots Youve never heard the DKC , Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid soundtracks! I like Genesis but Snes sound was far more versatile

@readifer

5 жыл бұрын

Bobby Dazzler have you even played a single Sonic game?

@joshsommer9421

5 жыл бұрын

You're wrong

@soramirez5473

5 жыл бұрын

i agree

i subbed

Im a snes fanatic, but I agree the genesis version is better. Like we see in modern games, graphics isnt all.

The game boy advance version is honestly the best hand-held format of earthworm jim...think you're being a little harsh on that version, as well as the snes version (:'('''

Jim couldve been bigger had their nit been sooo manny bangers at the timr

The creator of the game says the game runs faster on Genesis and that’s the one to play.

I prefer Snes version. The beauty graphics in snes surprised me every time I play. Mega drive have better sound in this game.

the first stage looks like snes have a little better details , the sunshine or prisma this effect are missing on genesis genesis is the best version but snes have some better details on snes

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I wouldn't give graphics to the SNES version. The stretched sprites and brighter colors bother me. Also, i feel like the Genesis version is "snappier" with faster animation.

@GamevsGame

9 жыл бұрын

Imgema fair point. the stretched sprites and cramped spaces are the killers. i've got to go back and rewatch what exactly i said here, but the technical advantage is definitely on the side of the SNES.

@Imgema

9 жыл бұрын

Game vs Game Yeah, SNES version does use more colors but it's about how they are actually use these colors. The better color choices and better contrast still make the Genesis version better in my eyes, despite the smaller number of said colors and dithering. SNES version does have better backgrounds though, although Genesis version has better "foregrounds" so that kind of evens out things. Also, the snappier animation and correct aspect ratio that have already been mentioned add to the pile. I'm also pretty sure that the SNES version has a bit of a lag compared to Genesis. Maybe it's just me but Jim feels faster and lighter in Genesis version but a bit slower and heavier in SNES. I wonder if that feels the same for others as well.

the snes version is also cropped and missing a lot of frames of animation. also the sound is terrible compared to the sega game.

The Snes version is excellent, the music is great - believe me I never played it and thought "Gee, I'd like to hear a few more voice samples" or "Gee, I wonder if they could add a short extra stage here?" I'm happy that you prefer the graphics on the Snes but everything else you mentioned is trivial - both versions are THE SAME GAME at the end of the day

@GamevsGame

7 жыл бұрын

i think you're kind of missing the point. of course they're both great, they're both earthworm jim. but the whole concept of this show is to highlight what is different between each version. missing level, extra graphical touches, etc...

Sega super!!!

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As is mostly the case. Sega version looks, sounds and PLAYS better

SNES port was just lazy and seemed rushed snes had alot of horse power to make this game look better than it did