Rondo vs Dracula XX in detail

[Arkhan]

Now were just beating a dead horse.


Yknow someone should do Ghouls and ghosts for SGFX and SNES or genesis

[awack]

Again, for comparative reasons and to show that Drac xx is not a bad game at all when it comes to this stuff, its just that when viewed in the light of Rondo, the things that are missing become very bright.


This is just to show simple animation, as you can see, SCVIV has animation no better than than the 8bit castlevania games when it comes to standard enemies.

Like i said, this will be it for now, some time in the future i might combine this stuff with comments about gameplay, music etc in a single post and call it the definitive comparison.


rondo                                            castlevania IV

Yknow someone should do Ghouls and ghosts for SGFX and SNES or genesis

i can do a couple between genesis and sg GNG.

[esteban]

Like i said, this will be it for now, some time in the future i might combine this stuff with comments about gameplay, music etc in a single post and call it the definitive comparison.

I like the SCIV comparisons! It would be neat to continue them... But all of this is a lot of work.

You're gonna hate me, but I propose the following comparisons:

1. Castlevania Bloodlines (Genesis) vs. ____________ (SNES) vs. Rondo (already done).
2. Contra HardCorps (Genesis) vs. __________ (SNES)

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

You see, Genesis fanboys always tout these titles (which are, indeed, fine games), but I would love to see how things actually stack up. I equally love Genesis and SNES, so I think I'm neutral on these sorts of comparisons... but I'm a sucker for anything PCE .

[awack]

Yknow someone should do Ghouls and ghosts for SGFX and SNES or genesis

Everything is so much simpler and easier when compared to rondo, the only action game i can think of that can compete, would be the adventure of batman & robin for the genesis.


                       pce sg                                                         genesis

You're gonna hate me, but I propose the following comparisons:

The pce and snes emulators i am using, make things much easier, i don't know of a genesis emu thats worth a damn when it comes to features.

[Arkhan]

those GnG pics are great.  Lol. the puny genesis animations suck ..

[Black Tiger]

Everything is so much simpler and easier when compared to rondo, the only action game i can think of that can compete, would be the adventure of batman & robin for the genesis.

Beyond Oasis may not have the same variety for sprites, but it's likely on par with Rondo for overall frames of sprite animation.

The MD GnG may not be as detailed overall, but it does make great use of color for an early simplified Genesis port.

[Arkhan]

Yes .  Ghouls and Ghosts was one of the games i played alot on sega, and i always did like its graphics.

It was one of the first genesis games i became freakishly addicted to.

That and Ecco the dolphin

[awack]

I like the SCIV comparisons! It would be neat to continue them... But all of this is a lot of work.

Castlevania IV has very very little of the effect animations i have been showing, it does have  mode 7 and transparency fx, other than a couple of instances, castlevania IV is not a very flashy game in my opinion.

I can show basic animation like walk, swing, stab, etc...but the comparison would become skewed.

Here is an example.

                                                rondo

                                               CVIV
                           

[esteban]

Castlevania IV has very very little of the effect animations i have been showing, it does have  mode 7 and transparency fx, other than a couple of instances, castlevania IV is not a very flashy game in my opinion.

I can show basic animation like walk, swing, stab, etc...but the comparison would become skewed.

                                                rondo

Oh dear Lord, I thought CVIV had more polish (spritewise) than that.

Still, it would be neat to put the best of CVIV up here, just to see how it stacks up against Rondo.

[awack]

Still, it would be neat to put the best of CVIV up here, just to see how it stacks up against Rondo.

I don't really know what the best of castlevania IV would be, i know that fans of the game consider Gaibon and Death to be two of the best enemies , Gaibon being reused in future games.

If there is something in particular in castlevania IV thats on your mind let me know.






                                                rondo







                                                SCVIV
                             

[Tatsujin]

i love that final taurus shô-ryû-ken like attack since ever! one of the most stylish things in history of video games!

[shubibiman]

Yeah, this "fatality" is just awesome.

[awack]

Nothing new, i just wanted to try and complete some of the existing rips.




                                                 PCE







                                                SNES

Beyond Oasis may not have the same variety for sprites, but it's likely on par with Rondo for overall frames of sprite animation.

Thats a nice game for sure.

[awack]

This is kinda interesting, showing the horse from NITM for the sega saturn and the ones from rondo.

pce                                               saturn

[Joe Redifer]

The pink background makes the Saturn sprites look garish.  Try a black background for fairness' sake.