"Let's Compare: Ninja Spirit"

[Dicer]

Rare case when a home version is better...

Turbo>Arcade>Gameboy>>>C=64>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything else.

64 version is impressive as is the Gameboy considering, those ST/Amiga version got butchered though.

[esteban]

I love Ninja Spirit's PCE tunes...but that arcade FM though...

The arcade tunes are nearly as PCE-perfect as the PCE tunes.

Pretty nice.

Is that what you meant?

Hahaha. I meant what I said and said what I meant.


But there is a nice logic to your post as well.

[imparanoic]

apart from the Gameboy version, which is also made by irem,  the computer version was made by English developers - poorly made with little dedication for quality, look at the street fighter2  and ghouls and ghost , back in the early 90's the difference in quality between Japanese and western developers was immense ) but there were a few odd decent western developers, but the tide started to change from playstation era.

even worse thing about the home version, only a single action button ( though late in amiga lifespan, second button was implemented)

[Arjak]

I'm not at all a graphics whore, but if I ever met a person who bought a ZX Spectrum for gaming back in the day, I would definitely point at them and laugh. Loudly.

[fragmare]

Rare case when a home version is better...

Turbo>Arcade>Gameboy>>>C=64>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything else.

64 version is impressive as is the Gameboy considering, those ST/Amiga version got butchered though.

Eh, it's a close call between the original Irem arcade game and the TG16 version, but I'd say the arcade is slightly better.  Much like R-Type.  Irem were gods at porting their stuff to the TG16, though, for sure.

And if you say the TG16 version is better because it has the 5-hit life counter, you obviously don't know what it means to run with the wolves. 

[esteban]

Run with the wolves.

[Paddyfitz18]

apart from the Gameboy version, which is also made by irem,  the computer version was made by English developers - poorly made with little dedication for quality, look at the street fighter2  and ghouls and ghost , back in the early 90's the difference in quality between Japanese and western developers was immense ) but there were a few odd decent western developers, but the tide started to change from playstation era.

Interesting observation.

[reno5]

Nice find. Always interesting to see how the same game is being ported.

gameboy version looks good.

[Dicer]

Rare case when a home version is better...

Turbo>Arcade>Gameboy>>>C=64>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>everything else.

64 version is impressive as is the Gameboy considering, those ST/Amiga version got butchered though.

Eh, it's a close call between the original Irem arcade game and the TG16 version, but I'd say the arcade is slightly better.  Much like R-Type.  Irem were gods at porting their stuff to the TG16, though, for sure.

And if you say the TG16 version is better because it has the 5-hit life counter, you obviously don't know what it means to run with the wolves. 

Nope, not the lives, some of the best obey music pours out of that chip, and is just a delight to listen to, also control is spot on. It almost feels like the arcade is the port, TBH