PCE, SNES and Genesis, screen comparison.

[Tatsujin]

the whole game on the MD is a joke. and the almost 1/3 space on the right side, wasted for (hi-)score, lives and bombs is even more a joke.

[ceti alpha]

the whole game on the MD is a joke. and the almost 1/3 space on the right side, wasted for (hi-)score, lives and bombs is even more a joke.

That sidebar is nothing compared to the Jaguar monstrosity. That sidebar is an abomination, plain and simple. 

[Tatsujin]

right you are. but the MD version really doesn't show anything appealing, except for the more robust action than the SFC version. the palette is an assault on the eyes par excellence.

[ceti alpha]

right you are. but the MD version really doesn't show anything appealing, except for the more robust action than the SFC version. the palette is an assault on the eyes par excellence.

I think the Genny Raiden is best viewed using the 3D SMS glasses.

[awack]

Valis IV vs Super Valis.

                  pce                                             snes











Ill go ahead and add two more shots of M&M III  unaltered, ill organize this stuff one day.
                 
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[ceti alpha]

 

Tough call.

[Joe Redifer]

I agree.  Some of the screens look nearly identical.  I like the layout of the score/power/etc of the PCE version better than the SNES version, that's for sure.  However the SNES likely has multiple layers of scrolling.  It also looks like it has a pointless transparency effect in one of the screens and I just don't like the way that looks.  I am amazed at how different some of the shots are as well.  the SNES version cannot read my backup saves and tell me how much space I have left so the PCE version wins.

[Black Tiger]

I agree.  Some of the screens look nearly identical.  I like the layout of the score/power/etc of the PCE version better than the SNES version, that's for sure.  However the SNES likely has multiple layers of scrolling.  It also looks like it has a pointless transparency effect in one of the screens and I just don't like the way that looks.  I am amazed at how different some of the shots are as well.  the SNES version cannot read my backup saves and tell me how much space I have left so the PCE version wins.

Both versions have layered bgs. The SNES version usually adds some extra layering to shared bgs, otherwise unique bgs have unique parallax effects. What the screen shots don't show is how bad each stage of the SNES version recycles the same tiles, so what you see in one screen is usually all you'll see the entire stage. The SNES stages are also pretty short. The PCE version has way more variety and the stages are much longer, spanning several different areas. The SNES version uses a mosaic effect instead of fading in/out of each area. There are a few more "flat" bgs in the PCE version (the further you advance, the less parallax there is). But there are also at least that many extra stages, let alone unique areas and they usually have various animated effects.

[Joe Redifer]

The SNES version uses a mosaic effect instead of fading in/out of each area.

I really dislike that effect.  Fades for the win!

[TR0N]

Valis IV vs Super Valis.

                  pce                                             snes

Hands down i still,prefer the pce valis IV due to the simple fact you have all 3 characters.Beside it's own levels for wich the snes version lacks.

[awack]

I was going to do Golden Axe but i couldn't find my pce copy, i don't really want to play that poop any way, instead....Vailis I.

                     PCE                                         GENESIS

[Tatsujin]

pce wins househigh!! alone due to the fact, that the platforms are designed in a perstective view, while the MD ones are just 8-bit flat.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Tatsujin mentioned that Chiki Chiki for PCE plays badly on the PCE compared to the MD version, but, I think it plays just the same as the MD version.  I have both, & they feel the same too me, it's not like comparing the choppiness of the PCE Strider to the smoothness of the MD version.

As for Raiden, the SNES version looks like crap compared to the SNES version, & I mean that!  I figured that everone here would have the same opinion, when looking at those pics.  The gfx on the SNES one of extremely plain & boring to me, not just the lack of vibrant colors, but, the lack of details that the PCE version kept.  The only things going on for the SNES are the 2 player co-op(which is nice) & the paralax(which is minimal IIRC).

Valis 1, the Genny version, for the most part, is alot plainer looking.  There are parts where things are done differently, can't quite say what looks cooler in some of the areas, however, ofcoarse the MD one has paralax, which after Valis 4, you would've thought that Valis 1 would've had as well.

[Joe Redifer]

While there are elements of the Genesis/MD version that I like, the PC Engine version really wins by a landslide here.  The PCE version is much brighter and pleasing to the eye.  What the screens here do not show is how dreadfully slow the MD version is.  The PCE version also seems to control a tad better and is just more fun as well.  Let's not forget that the PCE version shows you a teenage girl's undies!!!!!!!!  The MD version does not.    I know which version gets my money!!!!!  Oooooohhh!!!!!

[Tatsujin]

Tatsujin mentioned that Chiki Chiki for PCE plays badly on the PCE compared to the MD version, but, I think it plays just the same as the MD version.  I have both, & they feel the same too me, it's not like comparing the choppiness of the PCE Strider to the smoothness of the MD version.

yeah.. i didn't mean that the MD version is much better in that categorie, just that the PCE wasn't much improved, compared to the graphics. but the pce version is little bit weaker in technical aspecs. at least that's what i feel.