Altered Beast PCE vs Megadrive/Genesis

[Black Tiger]

I like the detail in the pc engine one better. In the Genesis version the wolves look like retarded cows, lol. I know that people are ranting about parallax and such, but that was just added to make the game look like it could compete against the pc engine and arcade. If you think about it, that parallax isn't even supposed to be there.

I'm not a fan of unnecessary parallax, but the Genesis Altered Beast does it the good way. Some of the bg artwork sections look better on Genesis, some not as good, but the consistency is nice, even if overall the graphics are more detailed and colorful on PCE.

A guy on youtube calls the wolves sheep. I wonder how many other people who didn't read the manual couldn't figure out that they're supposed to be two-headed wolves? At least, I've always assumed they're supposed to be two-headed wolves...

[runinruder]

Hm, the Genesis graphics look much better in those screens that awack posted.  I hope the PCE one has decent music. 

[ceti alpha]

Ghouls 'n Ghosts was also super f*cktastic with its jump button.

Well, though I generally agree that jump buttons are generally superfluous and can be awkward, I would have to disagree with Ghouls 'n Ghosts. Particularly Ghouls 'n Ghosts and not Ghosts 'n Goblins. And only because you have the ability to shoot up (by pressing up on the d pad). It would suck ass if every time you wanted to shoot up you jumped as well. 

[Necromancer]

Ghouls 'n Ghosts was also super f*cktastic with its jump button.

Well, though I generally agree that jump buttons are generally superfluous and can be awkward, I would have to disagree with Ghouls 'n Ghosts. Particularly Ghouls 'n Ghosts and not Ghosts 'n Goblins. And only because you have the ability to shoot up (by pressing up on the d pad). It would suck ass if every time you wanted to shoot up you jumped as well. 

Yeah.... Joe couldn't possibly have been more sarcastic. 

[ceti alpha]

Yeah.... Joe couldn't possibly have been more sarcastic.  Not talking

HAHAHA!!! Ok, I'll get his sarcasm someday.    Good grief. 

[nat]

Yeah.... Joe couldn't possibly have been more sarcastic.  Not talking

HAHAHA!!! Ok, I'll get his sarcasm someday.    Good grief. 

He was being sarcastic, but he completely missed the point I was trying to make about pressing UP to jump in Altered Beast. f*ck yeah, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Legendary Axe and other platformers would suck without a jump button. But Altered Beast is kind of more of a beat 'em up, and I prefer/am used to pressing up to jump in beat 'em ups and fighters.

It has nothing to do with "The Turbo is a better system than the Genesis because it has FEWER BUTTONS!  Yeah.  I can rationalize any weakness into a strength if you give me the chance.  Do not underestimate my fanboyism."

[ceti alpha]

Do not underestimate my fanboyism."

hehe. Note taken. 

[Keranu]

A guy on youtube calls the wolves sheep. I wonder how many other people who didn't read the manual couldn't figure out that they're supposed to be two-headed wolves? At least, I've always assumed they're supposed to be two-headed wolves...

Actually we've been calling them pigs here our whole life.

[Spector]

I played the Megadrive version on an emu today and I have to admit it's a much better game than the PCE version. The gameplay is far more forgiving and a lot less unfair. Great speech too.

[Turbo D]

The megadrive version is too easy. There is no challenge. I've beat it like 5 or 6 times in a row on the hardest setting without losing.

[Joe Redifer]

Post a Youtube video of that.

[awack]

Hm, the Genesis graphics look much better in those screens that awack posted.  I hope the PCE one has decent music.

I think that goes to what i and black tiger were saying about some of the art work being better in the genesis version, to be fair, the genesis one wont look so hot compared to the pc engine Altered beast on a TV due to the fact, for example the screenshots i posted have color counts for the pc engine AB of 63, 60 and 46, the genesis AB are 38, 36 and 27...so the genesis will look a bit washed out.

[Bonknuts]

I remember when Altered Beast was just a twinkle in the eye of a PCE programmer... ok maybe not. I like the Genesis controls over the PCE, plus it's easier. That being said, I wonder (don't we all?) if those two problems were fixed how the games would measure up.

[runinruder]

Hm, the Genesis graphics look much better in those screens that awack posted.  I hope the PCE one has decent music.

I think that goes to what i and black tiger were saying about some of the art work being better in the genesis version, to be fair, the genesis one wont look so hot compared to the pc engine Altered beast on a TV due to the fact, for example the screenshots i posted have color counts for the pc engine AB of 63, 60 and 46, the genesis AB are 38, 36 and 27...so the genesis will look a bit washed out.

I've owned the Genesis version since it was first released, so I'm pretty content with its visuals at this point.  I'm sure the PCE one has nicer colors, but man, in those screens you posted, the PCE's stage 4 background and those rocks in stage 3 look rudimentary and absolutely awful.

For what it's worth, I don't think AB is a good game to begin with.  The only reason I've held on to the Genesis cart is because I like the music and it has just a bit of nostalgia value for me.  The more I read and see of the PCE version, the less interested I am in getting it.  But curiosity will eventually win out. 

[Necromancer]

For what it's worth, I don't think AB is a good game to begin with.  The only reason I've held on to the Genesis cart is because I like the music and it has just a bit of nostalgia value for me.  The more I read and see of the PCE version, the less interested I am in getting it.  But curiosity will eventually win out. 

Same here.  I'll eventually buy the CD version just because it needs a 1.0 system card to run properly, not because I really want to play it.