PCE, SNES and Genesis, screen comparison.

[Black Tiger]

I like the still images of Tatsujin much more on PCE, but they both look great. Pretty much the same deal with Lords of Thunder, the Sega-CD version is still one of the best looking 16-bit console games.

[Tatsujin]

the Sega-CD version is still one of the best looking 16-bit console games.

so this makes the PCE version to the best looking 16/bit console game then?

[Black Tiger]

the Sega-CD version is still one of the best looking 16-bit console games.

so this makes the PCE version to the best looking 16/bit console game then?

It's definitely one of them. Lords' would've looked good as an arcade game.

[Black Tiger]

I'm only doing games i own, which means I'm not going to be able to do other games such as Popful mail, since i don't own the sega cd version, maybe some one else can do it, i would like to see that one myself.

Bump for Popful Mail before I fall asleep. I couldn't get Gens to detect my CD-ROM on this computer, so I stole the MCD pics from Classic CD RPGs-


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Without getting into much detail...

The SFC version has very nice coloring and shading, like the Xanadu II boss fights. But the tiles are reused so frequently that it ruins the experience. That and the sprite art looks lame.

The Sega version has nice art in-game graphics art and the shading is alright, but they didn't do a good enough job (by Sega standards) with the color. The cinemas are nice and clean and smoothly animated, but extremely low color, with the three main characters sharing the same 3 main colors.

The PCE cinemas are also animated as well as a tv show, but are colorful and shaded like a top quality PCE cinema.

[esteban]

Sega-CD rocks Popful Mail. Definitely.

[spenoza]

The gameplay screens look like they'd probably be most enjoyable on the Sega CD.

[nat]

I dunno, I don't own any of them and right now I'm leaning towards finding the SNES version first based on those screens. Unfortunately, the Duo version looks like a distant third.

[Joe Redifer]

I agree about the PCE version being a distant 3rd, but I'd still like to see video of the animated cinemas.  The SNES version looks really nice, but I think the Sega CD version just barely edges it out since things seem a bit bigger and it doesn't have the token Mode 7.

[awack]

Ill go with the sega cd popful mail as well.

The pce cutscenes do look better but i saw a video of the genesis version and if i remember correctly, it had more animation.

[shubibiman]

The Sega CD version is way ahead in this case. It is much more impressive when you see it animated.

[ceti alpha]

The Sega CD version is way ahead in this case. It is much more impressive when you see it animated.

I agree. The Sega CD wins, with SNES coming in a close second and the PCE coming in a distant third.

[nectarsis]

Thw Sega cd ver does look damn nice, but I still enjoy the PCE version for what it is.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I own all 3, & I too enjoy the Sega CD one more.  However, the PCE one is really fun.  The bummer here, is that, NEC took the original Popful Mail for PC88, & just cleaned it up, (although the cinemas are really nice compared to the originals), while Sega remade the game entirely for Sega CD, & Falcom did the same for the SNES.  Now, if NEC had put more effort graphically into the PCE version(which easily could've been done), then making it a port, it'd atleast trump the Sega CD version, if not both.

[Necromancer]

I dunno, I don't own any of them and right now I'm leaning towards finding the SNES version first based on those screens. Unfortunately, the Duo version looks like a distant third.

Agreed.  The Sega CD version is a close second, but the washed out colors are a bit of a turn off.

[rag-time4]

The Sega CD version is way ahead in this case. It is much more impressive when you see it animated.

I agree. The Sega CD wins, with SNES coming in a close second and the PCE coming in a distant third.

This is a game I actually heard about when it was released but have never played it. To be honest, I had forgotten about it!

I really like the PC-Engine version the best of the three from the screen shots. I love the way the colorful 8-bitty graphics come across. It seems like it has a lot of old school feel to it but with the added spice of the PC-Engine CD Rom (cinematics, music, voices) that make the Ys games so awesome.