How Is Your SNES Gaming Going?

[Hobie-wan]

Seems like an import article might be on the short side. Useful for people that don't know already, but it amounts to "Break out the tabs or use a Game Genie for games without the extra pins If you're in the US, nearly SOL if you're PAL and avoid RPGs and text heavy games if you don't know Japanese."

[MrPopo]

Maybe an overview of good import-friendly games along with it, like Endless Duel. Obviously you don't want to import Bahamut Lagoon, but are there strategy titles that are import friendly if you have a menu translation? Things like that.

[darsparx]

Well for text heavy imports if you don't know japanese it's nice having the r5(no matter the bad stuff people will say about it). If you want to have a physical copy and play it too that patch feature is a freaking God send...(though I'll admit I've been focusing on my non imports for awhile )

[Mad_Hatter]

The SNES hits the sweet spot for me on 2D graphics. I love my Saturn, but sometimes there can be too much sprites.


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[MyNameIsVince]

Speaking of SNES and October, this is how every Saturday in October should be. A tasty beer and the best Castlevania game.

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[dunpeal2064]

I have that same glass, the bastard is a tasty one.

[MyNameIsVince]

I have that same glass, the bastard is a tasty one.

It's my favorite glass to drink beer out of.

I actually didn't have Arrogant Bastard in that glass when I took this photo. It was Hop Head Red from Green Flash. Quite good though. First time I had it in a couple of years, when the recipe was a bit more tame (6.4% ABV then versus 8.1% ABV now). Had a couple of those tonight, which was great, but it also probably explains why I sucked more than usual at SCIV when I played it earlier. Was hoping to beat it in one sitting, but somehow stage 8 kept kicking my ass. Will try to finish it tomorrow.

[Mad_Hatter]

Finally got MK2 and got to test my controllers. 3 of them work pretty well. But I have to push the right shoulder buttons slightly harder on 2 of them.

The other 2 have completely broken shoulder buttons.

Anyway, I was a little disappointed on this MK2 port.

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[Ziggy]

Disappointed how? (I'm not upset, just curious).

I know the SNES port is a little blurry/grainy compared to the Saturn, and the Saturn version has the arcade size sprites. When you look at the two, the Saturn version looks better, but it doesn't play better. I can deal with loading times, if it would just load at the start of a match, but there's slight hiccups while playing that are just a no-go for me. Shang Tsung is broken. There's missing voices, which is just beyond me why because this was on CD and not a cartridge. There's background sound effects on stages that the SNES port didn't have, but it's missing Shoa Kahn saying the characters' names, and other voices are hit and miss from what I remember.

http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/morta ... saturn.htm

It certainly looks nice, that's for sure, but given the choice between the Saturn and SNES port, hands down I'd go with the SNES port (although like I said, best home version to date is the PSN release). The SNES port is slowed down slightly, compared to the original arcade version. The sprites are smaller, and it's a little grainy/blurry looking. But as a result, it plays smoothly. All the voices and whatnot are there. There's no loading times, Shang Tsung can morph into anyone without a hiccup. And as I said before, the SNES controller is made for MK. Genesis/Saturn is Street Fighter.

[TSTR]

No doubt the best cartridge port of MKII is the 32X version.