super grafx genesis
super grafx genesis
First part of level 3, this is one of the few areas in the genesis version that hold up well against the super grafx but still not on the same level in my opinion.
Through out the game game the super grafx version shows more color, more detail, better drawn tiles/background objects, and better effects such as your special attack, enemy deaths and the tree animation on the first level.
What i like about the genesis version is the level of difficulty, the super grafx GnG kicks my ass and you only have 3 continues, i also like sound better.
ramble time ^__^ (blah blah blah blah)
SuperGrafx indeed has better detail in almost every place. the tiles are better. there's around twice the number of colors on screen (although still only about 1/3 of the arcade). I know for certain that SuperGrafx isn't using anywhere near the full amount of colors it can display. around 74 or so, compared to the just under 600 that it can do (like the PCE). the Genesis version uses about ~34 colors. about half what it can do. The arcade uses 200 or more colors on screen. where am I getting those figures?
http://www.gamepilgrimage.com/16bitArcadeComp.htm if the arcade only uses 200 colors (even slightly more) that's still a small fraction of the max CPS1 can do: 2048 (maybe 4096) from a palette of 65,536.
The SuperGrafx uses most of the original arcade artwork, although significantly downgraded, at least most of its there. unlike the Genesis version which is missing most of the background details. I love the SuperGrafx version, it was certainly the closest home port from 1990 until 1994 when the arcade-exact X68000 version came along. but 99.999% of us didnt get to play that. so we had to wait another 4 years until the PS1 and Saturn versions came out in 1998. even then, a tiny percentage of gamers would've imported Capcom Generation 2. so, we' have to wait another 5-6 years until Capcom Classics Collection came out on PS2 and Xbox. by then, many of us had played it on MAME. but it was still great to have a legit port to play at home.
