O.k. I was wrong, they added 4 birds on the Marty. Or took away 4 birds, depending on how you look at it.
I played both versions sober (slightly abnormal
) and the Marty is harder by far, in some aspects. You can barely avoid getting hit by the leeches at the end of stage one, the flying picture at the end of stage 2 is harder to avoid, f*ckin aliens in stage 5 will stick your ass quick, and the boss's 3rd and last attempt to kill you is harder to avoid damage. The hatching things on stage 6 hatch f*cking fast, fast. But the boss is easier to kill. And the last stage is pretty much the same, the falling dirt seems just slightly harder to avoid.
I didn't mean to turn this into a TG 16-to-Marty comparison, it just happened that way. And it was all for the good of a game that deserves as much attention as we can give it. Soon, very soon I will have the arcade pcb in my possesion. I have a guy who owns a arcade/pinball shop (a very big one) that is going to let me hook my pcb up to his test rig (I don't have a cab. to put it in just yet
) and test/play it next weekend probably. I hope he doesn't expect me to turn it on and just make sure it works and that's it. Cause once I get started I can't stop until I've beat it. I can then die a happy man O:)