SNES/Genesis Multi-platform Game Comparisons

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yeah, so I noticed there are quite a big of good games that are available on both the SNES and Genesis. I'm just wondering about differences and which is the better version. If any of you can give some insite on which is the better version on some of these games, that'd be great. Some games that come to mind:

Maximum Carnage

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Fatal Fury 1 & 2

Art of Fighting

Earthworm Jims

Aladdin
-The SNES version is slow with poor level design and subpar music. The Genesis version has awesome levels, music and pretty much everything. It even has brighter colors. (GENESIS)

The Lion King

Beavis & Butthead
-Genesis was an adventure game, SNES was crappy platformer (GENESIS)

Justice League Task Force

Spot Goes to Hollywood

Boogerman

Mortal Kombat
-Genesis had blood (GENESIS)

Shadowrun
-Need more opinions/facts on this one
 
I remember that Beavis & Butthead for Genesis was an adventure game, (find this thig, bring it to this guy so he will open this door and you can get that thing, etc...) were as the SNES version was a straight forward (and crappy) platform game.
 
I found that though the Genesis had crappier graphics, it was geared towards an older crowd... and got better styled games.

Shadowrun is another game, I personally liked the Genesis better... but alot of people bent over backwards for the awesomeness of the snes version.

Mortal Kombat had blood! =)

The 32X Doom was alot better than the Snes version... ?

I loved the genesis, and at one time had 200+ genesis games complete in cases and manuals.
 
[quote name='radjago']Aladdin - Genesis[/quote]
The two version are completly different. The SNES version is slow with poor level design and subpar music. The Genesis version has aweseom levels, music and pretty much everything. It even has brighter colors.

The main issue though is the speed. The SNES version feels so slow and dumbed down. It is just not fun to play.
 
The SNES version of Aladdin is actually a completely different game from the Genesis version. Capcom made the SNES version and Sega the Genesis version, and I would agree the Genesis version is better.

Two biggies you didn't mention are Mortal Kombat II and Street Fighter II/Street Fighter II Turbo/Super Street Fighter II, and the SNES versions of these are much better than the Genesis ones (Nintendo got wise and allowed the blood for MKII).
 
[quote name='SMMM']yeah, so I noticed there are quite a big of good games that are available on both the SNES and Genesis. I'm just wondering about differences and which is the better version. If any of you can give some insite on which is the better version on some of these games, that'd be great. Some games that come to mind:

Maximum Carnage

Spider-Man & Venom: Separation Anxiety

Fatal Fury 1 & 2

Art of Fighting

Earthworm Jims

Aladdin
-The SNES version is slow with poor level design and subpar music. The Genesis version has awesome levels, music and pretty much everything. It even has brighter colors. (GENESIS)

The Lion King

Beavis & Butthead
-Genesis was an adventure game, SNES was crappy platformer (GENESIS)

Justice League Task Force

Spot Goes to Hollywood

Boogerman

Mortal Kombat
-Genesis had blood (GENESIS)

Shadowrun
-Need more opinions/facts on this one[/QUOTE]

Earthworm Jim: sound was better on SNES, graphics better on Genesis, control equal on both [depends which controller you are more comfortable with, I preferred the Genesis]

The Lion King: same thing as Aladdin, the Lion King for Genesis even became a PACK IN, it was rented for me and even my parents could tell how good a game it really was, so my father took me to the store the morning after to buy it new. The levels are great, the wilderbeast level on Genesis completely rips the SNES apart and looks pretty much like the movie, the minigames are much more fun, and the final level rocks on the Genesis.

The SNK games are all better on Genesis, because of the control pad, plus the graphics and sound are actually better on Genesis in those games, even those most games are supposed to look and sound better on SNES.

Granted, I pretty much -hate- the SNES, but most people would agree with my opinions, all the Disney games and ANY fighting game are better on Genesis.
 
[quote name='elprincipe']The SNES version of Aladdin is actually a completely different game from the Genesis version. Capcom made the SNES version and Sega the Genesis version, and I would agree the Genesis version is better.

Two biggies you didn't mention are Mortal Kombat II and Street Fighter II/Street Fighter II Turbo/Super Street Fighter II, and the SNES versions of these are much better than the Genesis ones (Nintendo got wise and allowed the blood for MKII).[/QUOTE]

No way, not at all. Street Fighter 2 CE and Super Street Fighter on Genesis were as good as it got for 16 bit fighting games. The controls on the Genesis version are far more similar to the arcade and so much more responsive. The actual gameplay is a lot closer to the arcade on Genesis: combox, special moves, etc. The only thing the SNES version is a little better at is colors, but the characters move more smoothly on the Genesis so it makes up for it. The speed mode on the options for the Genesis versions makes up for the fact that neither is a "TURBO" version.

Plus, I'll add that Mortal Kombat 2 is on par with the SNES version Genesis, but if you have it and can get it, the SEGA CD version of Mortal Kombat 1 and the 32x version of Mortal Kombat 2 are the best versions of their respective games for the consoles in any generation. I tried Anthology/Collection on PSOne and PC and there is no way anyone can say that if you were lucky enough to play both on CD/32X that you could even look at the SNES or even Genesis version.

As I said though, it's hard to pick any fighting game on SNES over the Genesis version, the games run faster and the control is so much better on the Genesis.
 
And as far as sound goes, I'll admit the SNES sounds better on most games, especially if you compare RF SNES versus RF Genesis, but it becomes a completely different story when you compare a first version model 2 genesis hooked up via RCA cables to a proper stereo television or receiver/hi fi system. The stereo separation is so much better on the Genesis, sure, the "hadouken" sound effect sounds a little bit more clear on SNES, but I'd rather listen to a proper stereo mix [as the original arcade machines feature] than a really weird mono broadcast...

I'm not going to be an extremist and say Phantasy Star IV sounds better than Final Fantasy VI, but I will say that if Genesis sound programmers had the sound hardware the SNES had, and pushed it to its limits just the way they did with Genesis, then you'd have a lot better sounding game.s

of course, I do think it's half hype half truth, there's people that still believe the SNES has a BETTER sound chip than the PSX or the Saturn, when the composers themselves, even Uematsu and Mitsuda come out and say they're impressed by the lack of limits the new consoles present them, by how restricted they were by the SNES hardware, how in the world could you even bash the PSX by saying the SNES sounds better? Even the Nintendo 64 doesn't sound half as good as the PSX.

I'll add though: sound is generally underrated in gaming, and technology in general. I laugh at new computers, with 3 gigahertz plus processors, one or two gigs of RAM, 300 GB hard drives, and they're using an on motherboard sound card, a simple little via sound chip. It's just laughable, you load up the computer and try to work on frontpage or use an FTP program while listening to mp3s and you have a slow down everytime you listen to a song, and if some idiot decides his webpage needs a midi, your PC takes seconds trying to load it. Why can't co mpanies or consumers put in a Turtle Beach or an Audiotrack card or at least a better chip [Naudio or a good Yamaha synth]
 
RoboCop Vs Terminator

The Genesis one is better because of blood and it play faster due to the awsome Blast Processing
 
[quote name='sarausagi']No way, not at all. Street Fighter 2 CE and Super Street Fighter on Genesis were as good as it got for 16 bit fighting games. The controls on the Genesis version are far more similar to the arcade and so much more responsive. The actual gameplay is a lot closer to the arcade on Genesis: combox, special moves, etc. The only thing the SNES version is a little better at is colors, but the characters move more smoothly on the Genesis so it makes up for it. The speed mode on the options for the Genesis versions makes up for the fact that neither is a "TURBO" version.

Plus, I'll add that Mortal Kombat 2 is on par with the SNES version Genesis, but if you have it and can get it, the SEGA CD version of Mortal Kombat 1 and the 32x version of Mortal Kombat 2 are the best versions of their respective games for the consoles in any generation. I tried Anthology/Collection on PSOne and PC and there is no way anyone can say that if you were lucky enough to play both on CD/32X that you could even look at the SNES or even Genesis version.

As I said though, it's hard to pick any fighting game on SNES over the Genesis version, the games run faster and the control is so much better on the Genesis.[/quote]


hey the sega cd Mortal Kombat sucks the game loads during fights
 
SNES Shadowrun was linear, Genesis Shadowrun was alot more open ended which was pretty revolutionary for it's time.

SNES one seemed to have a better story then the Genesis one, as well, and they even had different viewpoints... SNES was a 3/4 angle, Genesis was top down.

Both games are hot.
 
[quote name='sarausagi']No way, not at all. Street Fighter 2 CE and Super Street Fighter on Genesis were as good as it got for 16 bit fighting games. The controls on the Genesis version are far more similar to the arcade and so much more responsive. The actual gameplay is a lot closer to the arcade on Genesis: combox, special moves, etc. The only thing the SNES version is a little better at is colors, but the characters move more smoothly on the Genesis so it makes up for it. The speed mode on the options for the Genesis versions makes up for the fact that neither is a "TURBO" version.

Plus, I'll add that Mortal Kombat 2 is on par with the SNES version Genesis, but if you have it and can get it, the SEGA CD version of Mortal Kombat 1 and the 32x version of Mortal Kombat 2 are the best versions of their respective games for the consoles in any generation. I tried Anthology/Collection on PSOne and PC and there is no way anyone can say that if you were lucky enough to play both on CD/32X that you could even look at the SNES or even Genesis version.

As I said though, it's hard to pick any fighting game on SNES over the Genesis version, the games run faster and the control is so much better on the Genesis.[/QUOTE]

Hmm, I think we just disagree pretty much completely. I'll definitely take SNES SFII Turbo over any of the Genesis SF2 games. I don't see how you can say the combos on the SNES version is not there because I've played the game a ton and they're certainly there. Plus, I actually have MKII for Sega CD and it's horrible IMO.

As for controls, that is extremely subjective of course. Everyone has their favorite controller, and I prefer the SNES pad on fighters to the Genesis pad. But whatever, it's personal preference obviously.
 
The only games I've run across that I thought were better on Genesis than SNES are Mortal Kombat 1 (because of the blood thing) and Cool Spot (which is a terrible game on both platforms anyway). Genesis games just looked and sounded so ugly. Some of the music could be really cool when the game designers knew how to work with the sound chip tactfully, but all things considered there's no contest. Think about games like Castlevania IV or Super Metroid. With a small handful of exceptions, Genesis games simply could not evoke such atmosphere due to the technical nastiness of it.
 
Maximum Carnage:

The Genesis version plays much faster than the SNES verison, unfortunately, it's soundtrack and graphics aren't as good.


Art of Fighting
I only played the Genesis version on a ROm and quite frankly it had the best controls of the entire series, this includes Art of Fighting 1-3 on Neo-Geo. Music and sound were pretty weak though.
The SNES Art of Fighting had a great remixed soundtrack but cut lots of frames of animation from a game that didn't have much to begin with.

Lion King
From what I remember, the SNES version looked a little better and sounded heavenly...but had some severe lag in it's controls. The Genesis version is king despite noticeably inferior sound (which was still great).


Justice League Task Force
Haven't played the SNES version in over a decade but both versions have different priorites in character moves. For instance, on SNES if Superman uses his freeze breath, the character will stay frozen in the air. On Genesis, they will fall to the ground and the ice effect will shatter. The Genesis version also added in more detailed cutscenes before fights in story mode. I think both versions had different soundtracks but I'm not sure.
 
[quote name='peteloaf']I remember that Beavis & Butthead for Genesis was an adventure game, (find this thig, bring it to this guy so he will open this door and you can get that thing, etc...) were as the SNES version was a straight forward (and crappy) platform game.[/QUOTE]

Are you sure you're not thinking about the PC game, Virtual Stupidity? That was an adventure game. I'm almost positive the B&B games on Genesis and SNES were identical.

(I was trying to find the back cover of the Genesis version but no luck. Maybe I'll dig up a rom here.)

Edit: Wow. It is completely different. I wonder if it was the Game Gear version that was similiar.
 
[quote name='destro713']The only games I've run across that I thought were better on Genesis than SNES are Mortal Kombat 1 (because of the blood thing) and Cool Spot (which is a terrible game on both platforms anyway). Genesis games just looked and sounded so ugly. Some of the music could be really cool when the game designers knew how to work with the sound chip tactfully, but all things considered there's no contest. Think about games like Castlevania IV or Super Metroid. With a small handful of exceptions, Genesis games simply could not evoke such atmosphere due to the technical nastiness of it.[/QUOTE]

Beyond Oasis
 
Sunset Riders is infinately superior on the SNES.

The SNES let you choose from all 4 of the cowboys from the arcade and had all the levels from the arcade.

The Genesis version only let you choose between Billy and Cormano, and had at least 2 less levels.
 
Another game that comes to mind is Sparkster. It was released on both the SNES and Genesis. Incase nobody knows what this game is, it is the sequel to the Genesis hit, Rocket Knight Adventures.

The Genesis version of this game suffers from a lot more slowdown compared to the SNES version, which is none really. The SNES controls I feel are also better.

Great game either way!!
 
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