What Games Would Be Best To Compare Ports Of?

Post by **racketboy** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:53 pm

Everyone seemed to enjoy the Virtua Racer comparison
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2007/05/ ... rison.html

So what games would be ideal to continue the trend with.
I already have a few in mind, but I wanted to get your thoughts.

I think the most obvious would be Street Fighter 2. But there are so many ports out there, it will be quite challenge to round all of that up.

Also, while I'm on the topic, is there anyone out there that would like to help in the effort.
All that is needed is grabbing screenshots and making note of anything that seems like a significant downfall of a given port (less frames of animation, less color, etc)
If you feel real ambitious and have the equipment, video would also be cool, but I can always make do with what I can find online already.

Post by **Mozgus** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:29 pm

I don't think I'd want to do that again. My Resident Evil one brought in the wrong crowd. People can be very protective of their consoles, and they just don't like being told that it got the short end of the stick on any certain game. No amount of screenshots and videos seem to change that.

Post by **elph** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:33 pm

I remember how disappointed I was when I first saw StreetFighter II on the SNES. After the initial shock had worn off, I wore holes into my hands playing the game though. Years later, emulating the game on the PC with an SNES arcade stick, I finally got what I had wanted. Although I soon found that I'm terrible with an arcade stick and swapped it for a regular SNES controller

-Anyway-

RacketBoy, if you'd like help I have the original SNES version and a working SNES to test it out on. Let me know.

Post by **fastbilly1** » Thu May 31, 2007 7:57 am

Hmm. If I get the time I could whip through one of these, just gotta find all my copies of Doki Doki Panic/Mario 2.

Post by **kinn** » Thu May 31, 2007 2:31 pm

Hi guys

My first post here! But I've been visiting this site for a while now. Just got to say that this is an ace website! Keep it up RacketBoy!

Maybe you guys could compare the various versions of:

Bomberman
PC Kid/Bonk
Final Fantasy games i.e. the remakes of 6 etc

Maybe you could also compare the same game but from different regions? i.e. The jap version of Sonic compared to the USA and UK versions? Maybe even Jet Set Radio too?

Thu May 31, 2007 3:12 pm

You can try Doom, or maybe Virtua Fighter

Post by **Espio 1919** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:41 pm

Doom would be a good choice; I would also like to see how all the ports of Mortal Kombat II compare to each other as well.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:04 pm

All Hail The New Flesh wrote:You can try Doom, or maybe Virtua Fighter

Two versions covered here for each game

http://www.sega-16.com/Side%20by%20Side-%20Doom.php

http://www.sega-16.com/Side%20By%20Side ... ighter.php

Post by **Perseid** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:43 pm

I know this isn't very retro of me, but Need For Speed: Carbon was released for pretty much every anything with a screen on it, so that might be an interesting one.

Post by **Abras** » Thu May 31, 2007 6:48 pm

The first sonic. I know they're probably all about the same, but it would be interesting see how many times that thing has shown up (by my count...a lot)
Rayman 1+2 would be a good read
And what about some console to hanheld ports? Like the SNES and NES to the various GBs, and the GG vs SMS
There's also always the SNES vs Genesis
Resident Evil 2 maybe? And what about comparing some DC games to their ports on the PS2/GC/XboX? (DOA2, Sonic Adventure 1+2, Shenmue 2, Ikaruga, etc.)