tg-16 colors and graphics newb question

[lord_cack]

I think that some are mistaking what was released for what a system could do. I may be wrong.

Sure what was released if measured up side by side would give you the impression that the Genesis/Mega Drive had better looking games (unless of course you are looking at cross platform games like Street Fighter II, Lord of Thunder, Fatal Fury Special ect. then the quality is fairly clear). Not to mention the fact that the Genesis/Mega Drive had hundreds, I dare say, more titles and also crossed more genres than the Turbo/PCE. That was partially due to the marketing of the Turbo/PCE as a platform (Unfortunately.)

But, as mentioned a couple of posts earlier by someone (oh wait...who was it...hmmm   ), the Turbo/PCE was barely ever stretched to its limits. Now this point is contestable but I think if you look at the games available for the Turbo/PCE amd the systems specs, you can see that far greater potential lies in our little box. But, history is history and it cannot be changed.....wait...can it....

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[RCduck7]

I think we need more examples of the same games on the system to compare them ( if their are).

Not sure it is fair to compare Wonder Boy in Monster Lair PCE CD to the Genesis (cartridge) version.
But i assume everyone agrees on Street fighter 2 on the PCE to be the best version.  
So common what console is gonna score the second point?
Oh and don't forget comparisons with the SNES.

1) 1 point for PCE, street fighter 2.

Cheers.

[lord_cack]

well I know there is a thread around here somewhere that just recently went through all the ACD games Fatal Fury 2/Special and World Heroes 2 and I can say that those 2 games are very much so at there best on PCE.

[RCduck7]

That thread didn't mentioned the neo geo then or did it?
I have a few fatal fury's on the neo geo aes and cd and it would be hard to believe they were beaten by the nec system.

[Blasta_Mazta]

some good points have been made about both systems. but  i believe the caller who pointed out turbo grafx's lack of third party support and the fact noone ever took turbo to it's limit was definately on point.

the turbo grafx or turbo duo, for instance, needed a certain company to make a classic game(s) for the console, much like square and rare did for nintendo. hudson soft made the beautiful bomberman games, but i believe the turbo grafx, and listen to that name-TURBO-was a system perfect and built for shooters. therefore, it would have taken a certain third party company capable of pushing turbo grafx to its limit and i feel sunsoft would have been the ideal company to do just that.

blaster master would have been the perfect game for turbo grafx. nec obviously wanted a game like that, otherwise they wouldn't have made the similar kieth courage.

also, like turbo garfx in the united states, sunsoft made games which were superior, but for some reason underground. that is why the underground radioactive blasting hover vehicle would have been perfect for turbo. it was obviously not the best fit with segs. think about how sunsoft would have put  all those colors to work.

[lord_cack]

That thread didn't mentioned the neo geo then or did it?
I have a few fatal fury's on the neo geo aes and cd and it would be hard to believe they were beaten by the nec system.

there were Neo Geo titles converted on to the genesis. They had Fatal Fury II and CD had Fatal Fury Special.

And the NEC system titles (Fatal Fury Special, World Heroes 2) are better than all other home conversions.

[GUTS]

Weren't those done by a different company that Takara though on the PCE?  I remember Takara released some pretty shoddy ports back in the day, although Fatal Fury 2 on Genesis was pretty good.  Takara was known for half assing the graphics pretty badly in their ports, so the Genesis and SNES versions of those games wouldn't stack up to a PCE port if it had some effort put into it.

[scuzzo84]

i havent seen the fatul fury ports to PCE, im guessing they are much better than the snes and genesis shiznits?

[lord_cack]

i havent seen the fatul fury ports to PCE, im guessing they are much better than the snes and genesis shiznits?

They were, well I can atleast say that Fatal Fury Special is (as well as World Heroes 2 and I would say Art of Fighting except that game pretty much stinks on all platformers but the PCE version is best). I mean there are some areas where it is missing somethings and some where it isn't but overall it is a much better representation of the Arcade game than that of the other home versions.