PCE, SNES and Genesis, screen comparison.

[Black Tiger]

Horror Story



Arcade <---------------------------------------------------> PC Engine












Screenshots taken from The Brothers Duomazov, mobygames, vgmuseum and misc.

[Gentlegamer]

All that dithering... Genesis could have had very faithful ports.

[DragonmasterDan]

Dragon Knight III Comparison



PC Engine <---------------------------------------------------> FM Towns


All screenshots taken from mobygames.

I'm sure you know this, but there's also a English language, US released DOS port called Knights of Xentar.

[esteban]

Black_Tiger! Great stuff.  ...Ha!

I love the specific shots you chose, since they match up so well. It really allows for an "A" vs. "B" comparison (of static images, at least).

Dragon Knight III Comparison



PC Engine <---------------------------------------------------> FM Towns


All screenshots taken from mobygames.

I'm sure you know this, but there's also a English language, US released DOS port called Knights of Xentar.

Ha! I didn't know about Xentar...

[Black Tiger]

Dragon Knight III Comparison



PC Engine <---------------------------------------------------> FM Towns


All screenshots taken from mobygames.

I'm sure you know this, but there's also a English language, US released DOS port called Knights of Xentar.

That's where I got the pics from on mobygames.

[Mathius]

Nice!

Did Toaplan incorporate any parallax scrolling into the arcade version of Horror Story? NEC Avenue would have done a bang up job with their port if they could have gotten 'dem scrolls in as well.

[Black Tiger]

Nice!

Did Toaplan incorporate any parallax scrolling into the arcade version of Horror Story? NEC Avenue would have done a bang up job with their port if they could have gotten 'dem scrolls in as well.

The arcade has a second layer scrolling in most places you'd expect. All of it is PCE friendly and variations could have been used for each type, similar to Cotton. Considering that the parallax that is in the PCE port and at least one tile-based scrolling boss are more advanced techniques, I'm guessing that the only reason that more parallax and better color wasn't used is because they weren't given enough time to polish it off (similar to too many PCE games unfortunately).

[Necromancer]

Bonk smiley pasties! 

I'm sure it looks better playing on real hardware with a crt, but the dithering looks horrid compared to the lush colors of OBEY.

Horror Story

PC Engine <---------------------------------------------------> Arcade

That's backwards.

[Punch]

Horror Story looks so fun, I have to try it out someday. And the PCE version looks almost 1:1 with the arcade version so I don't mind some missing parallax and graphics.

[shubibiman]

I'm quite surprised by how close the PCE port of Horror Story is to the arcade version.

Dragon Knight III Comparison



PC Engine <---------------------------------------------------> FM Towns

I like the FM Towns better 

[Mathius]

Okay it's homework time guys. Re-read the thread again and I noticed a lot of Awack's pics are missing halfway down page 73 (this is the page that incorporates all the previous pics into one area).

There are many more comparisons missing by Tom (Bonknuts I think), Sunteam, etc throughout the entire thread. This one thread, one thread(!) is the internet's crowning achievement and I think we should do our best to preserve it. The pics, discussions, all of it. So now comes the time for some tough love. And I do lovez yuz guyz. But dammit leave your Photobuckets, Imageshacks, etc alone! Don't f*ck with 'em!

Not sure if Awack is still around but the rest of you guys who deleted your photos need to put them back please. This is your homework assignment. 

[esteban]

WELCOME BACK, Mathius!

Okay it's homework time guys. Re-read the thread again and I noticed a lot of Awack's pics are missing halfway down page 73 (this is the page that incorporates all the previous pics into one area).

There are many more comparisons missing by Tom (Bonknuts I think), Sunteam, etc throughout the entire thread. This one thread, one thread(!) is the internet's crowning achievement and I think we should do our best to preserve it. The pics, discussions, all of it. So now comes the time for some tough love. And I do lovez yuz guyz. But dammit leave your Photobuckets, Imageshacks, etc alone! Don't f*ck with 'em!

Not sure if Awack is still around but the rest of you guys who deleted your photos need to put them back please. This is your homework assignment. 

I was trying to save as much as I could, but I can't remember if I saved everything (like all the side-discussions and tangents).

If folks find things I haven't saved, I promise to add them this weekend.

http://www.tg-16.com/screenshot_comparisons.htm

[Mathius]

WELCOME BACK, Mathius!

Okay it's homework time guys. Re-read the thread again and I noticed a lot of Awack's pics are missing halfway down page 73 (this is the page that incorporates all the previous pics into one area).

There are many more comparisons missing by Tom (Bonknuts I think), Sunteam, etc throughout the entire thread. This one thread, one thread(!) is the internet's crowning achievement and I think we should do our best to preserve it. The pics, discussions, all of it. So now comes the time for some tough love. And I do lovez yuz guyz. But dammit leave your Photobuckets, Imageshacks, etc alone! Don't f*ck with 'em!

Not sure if Awack is still around but the rest of you guys who deleted your photos need to put them back please. This is your homework assignment. 

I was trying to save as much as I could, but I can't remember if I saved everything (like all the side-discussions and tangents).

If folks find things I haven't saved, I promise to add them this weekend.

http://www.tg-16.com/screenshot_comparisons.htm

I've been reading the notes on your site about the history of this thread and I basically echoed your statements about preservation without realizing it. This makes me consider you, Esteban, the steward of this treasured thread. You've done an excellent job so far. Maybe we can talk Nanto into putting up an advertisement banner to your site here on PCFX.

[Necromancer]

Why you hate Columns, esty?!?

[esteban]

Why you hate Columns, esty?!?

Hahahahjajaja!

Without even looking at anything, I'm pretty sure you have a screenshot comparison that has multiple screenshots in one big image...I'm so OCD I didn't want that big image to clash with the style/layout of everything else.

Am I close? Or is my damn memory abominable?

Hmmmm.....