How Do The Samurai Shodown Ports Compare?

Post by **ott0bot** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:01 pm

Just to let everyone know this site has some great info about different ports of the series, with screenshots. Nice!

Post by **racketboy** » Sun May 04, 2008 8:24 am

ott0bot wrote:Just to let everyone know this site has some great info about different ports of the series, with screenshots. Nice!

Yeah, I linked to that in the main blog post

(twice, actually)

Post by **peace4myheart** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:07 am

racketboy wrote:
ott0bot wrote:Just to let everyone know this site has some great info about different ports of the series, with screenshots. Nice!
Yeah, I linked to that in the main blog post (twice, actually)

Guess you can never get enough of a good thing. Good job!!!

Post by **arion** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:44 am

ott0bot wrote:Just to let everyone know this site has some great info about different ports of the series, with screenshots. Nice!

i had no idea ss was such a long running series of games i´ve only played the genesis verison

Post by **SaturnBR** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:06 pm

I have an affection for minimalist systems so I checked the Gameboy version. And that was fun. Of course you can't compare it to the big guys, it goes for SD graphics, but it is far more compelling than the Game Gear version and a pretty decent fighter for the old GB. I don't think all moves were preserved, I couldn't pull some Earthquake moves.

There's also the Neo Geo Pocket version that wasn't mentioned on the HG101 page. I'll try to check it out on an emu later.

Post by **ott0bot** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:24 pm

SaturnBR wrote:I have an affection for minimalist systems so I checked the Gameboy version. And that was fun. Of course you can't compare it to the big guys, it goes for SD graphics, but it is far more compelling than the Game Gear version and a pretty decent fighter for the old GB. I don't think all moves were preserved, I couldn't pull some Earthquake moves.

There's also the Neo Geo Pocket version that wasn't mentioned on the HG101 page. I'll try to check it out on an emu later.

I heard the Neo Geo Pocket one is pretty fun. I liked the GB one too, but the SNES and Genesis versions just felt frustrating. It's like the computer knows exactly when you do a strong slash and they do there's just a second later and it takes off like double damage. THe MVS arcade version really has good AI, intuitive not cheap.

Post by **SaturnBR** » Sun May 04, 2008 5:25 pm

ott0bot wrote:I heard the Neo Geo Pocket one is pretty fun. I liked the GB one too, but the SNES and Genesis versions kind just felt frustrating. It's like the computer knows exactly when you do a strong slash and they do there's just a second later and it takes off like double damage. THe MVS arcade version really has good AI, intuitive not cheap.

The SNES version is by far the worst I've played, I didn't find it enjoyable at all. The Game Gear version is also mediocre, but you can blame the hardware, yet for the SNES there's no excuse. I liked the Genesis version though, but I'm going to play it once again now that you've mentioned those AI quirks.

Post by **4ppleseed** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:10 pm

I'm playing on PSP via SNK Arcade. I'm not a huge fan of this game, so just playing for the lulz really. My housemate has the NG Pocket version which is very cute and good fun too.

Post by **baphomet_irl** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:13 pm

I jus bought Showdown V for PS2 today and I have to say im unimpressed as it has no option to turn off filtering, which is my pet hate

Post by **ncd** » Mon May 05, 2008 4:34 am

I've played the Sega CD version which I like, despite the load times (which can be sped-up using an emulator). The redbook audio is particularly nice for this version, plus it plays pretty decent.