Some greats on both systems there. But, for me, Super Mario World towers above all the others. Props to F-Zero for being both technically stunning and brilliant for its time too, and to ActRaiser for doing something that even to this day still feels fresh. Most of the rest are good to great on SNES as well, exclusing Paperboy 2 that's crap. And Shinobi and Ghouls 'n Ghosts were also great on Genesis.
I think from a modern view people would think that cause of the clout F Zero and Mario have but, when you look at the day they were released, how impressive what Sega was able to do in 89 vs SNES in 91, I think Sega did better OVERALL if you look at every game, and the era the games were made. Like playing space harrier 2 at home had to be fucking insane in 1989, playing Mario at home wasn't some great achievement. Rambo 3 also was ahead of its time for a 3d shooter, only real impressive game visually for its time on SNES was F-zero which is the best game out of everything here.
@MoneyHoneyBunny It isn't just from a modern view; it was 100% true of the time too. SNES had a stellar launch that came with one of the greatest pack-in launch games of all time, alongside one of the best graphical showcase launch titles ever too. Nintendo did an amazing job on that front.
@@MoneyHoneyBunnyplaying Space Harrier 2 and Altered Beast in 1988, arcade ports at home very close to the originals, and playing Golden Axe, Truxton, Phantasy Star 2 and the other games of the video in 1989.
@@MoneyHoneyBunny@inceptional is known in the retro gaming community as the snes hero🦸 He's bitter cause the genesis still gets new game's while the snes don't.
@@zsilesYup, the genesis was the arcade machine, while the snes was the RPG machine for fairy boy gamer's, the colorful graphics and sample based sound chip, flutes and harps, fairy's twirling in the open field🧚 😆
Gonna give my opinion on these games and which launch was better. Remember, SNES came out later, newer technology. So this isn't about which console is better. We have to compare these games to the time they were released. So as far as the side scroller action type games right off the bat you gotta give the advantage to genesis for revenge of Shinobi. And also Rambo 3 just has nothing equal on release for SNES, an actual 3d movement shooter at that point was a bit ahead of its time. The main thing for SNES is they had a Mario game, and Sega didn't have Sonic created yet. You can't hold that against them though. Both consoles are equal as far as your arcade type 'space shooters', both having multiple. Another big 3D advantage though, with Space Harrier 2. Again WAY ahead if its time, the closest thing graphics wise SNES had was F-Zero which to me is the best release title for SNES, not Mario. SNES does have a Final Fight port which is awesome, but Sega had Altered beast which is a classic. Overall SNES has titles we look back now as bigger, but go back to 35 years ago when they were released, OVERALL I'd take Genesis. They did much better overall considering no mascot yet, less technology to work with in 89 than 91. If I had to pick just one game, F-Zero though.
@@MakaimuraKiu yeah, I almost feel like SNES vs Sega CD is fairer cause they were closer in release time. I honestly just, IDK. I feel like a lot of games i loved on Genesis that have SNES releases too, weren't as good. The EA Sports game were LIFE for so many people, and they're still played and updated today via roms and hex editing! Im sure you know what NHL 94 is right!? Well it's the Genesis version that's famous. The SNES version of those games was always just not as good.
they were both great consoles with their strengths and weaknesses. I remember that the megadrive had an advantage in platform games and shoot'em ups thanks to its hardware that allowed it to move many levels in parallax and quickly. the super nintendo could enjoy a chip dedicated to 3d graphics and better audio quality. in conclusion some titles based on scrolling and speed like sonic or thunder force 4 were unthinkable to make on the snes and in the same way great titles based on the snes graphics chip like f zero or star fox could not have been produced on the megadrive.
Good way to look at it, both consoles had pros and cons. SNES came out almost 2 years later I believe, it had such huge advantages, that really it should have been a wider gap between the two instead of both consoles being 90% equals. I'd almost compare Sega CD to SNES since it came out much closer in time to SNES, and CD obviously was able to do way more.
@@MoneyHoneyBunny There's a lot of backwards rationalization going on there imo. At the time it was simply about the new consoles from Nintendo and sega. And at launch nothing came close to Super Mario World in terms of all time greatness, which all the reviews of the time can attest to. And also as a console launch title, nothing was as graphically/technically stunning as F-Zero at the time, which all the reviews of the time can attest to as well. But the genesis was great in its own way as well.
Just to be clear, the SNES technically has more advanced lsyer and parallax capabilities than the genesis. Although genesis titles regularly made great use of row/line scrolling.
@@inceptional maybe it was technically superior but when there were games in the shoot'em up genre like Thunder force 3 (you can see some videos) or platform games for both consoles the megadrive version was always faster and smoother. maybe they didn't know how to use scrolling on snes but the problem was also due to the mhz of the CPU (very slow).
Some greats on both systems there. But, for me, Super Mario World towers above all the others. Props to F-Zero for being both technically stunning and brilliant for its time too, and to ActRaiser for doing something that even to this day still feels fresh. Most of the rest are good to great on SNES as well, exclusing Paperboy 2 that's crap. And Shinobi and Ghouls 'n Ghosts were also great on Genesis.
I think from a modern view people would think that cause of the clout F Zero and Mario have but, when you look at the day they were released, how impressive what Sega was able to do in 89 vs SNES in 91, I think Sega did better OVERALL if you look at every game, and the era the games were made. Like playing space harrier 2 at home had to be fucking insane in 1989, playing Mario at home wasn't some great achievement. Rambo 3 also was ahead of its time for a 3d shooter, only real impressive game visually for its time on SNES was F-zero which is the best game out of everything here.
@MoneyHoneyBunny It isn't just from a modern view; it was 100% true of the time too. SNES had a stellar launch that came with one of the greatest pack-in launch games of all time, alongside one of the best graphical showcase launch titles ever too. Nintendo did an amazing job on that front.
@@MoneyHoneyBunnyplaying Space Harrier 2 and Altered Beast in 1988, arcade ports at home very close to the originals, and playing Golden Axe, Truxton, Phantasy Star 2 and the other games of the video in 1989.
@@MoneyHoneyBunny@inceptional is known in the retro gaming community as the snes hero🦸
He's bitter cause the genesis still gets new game's while the snes don't.
@@zsilesYup, the genesis was the arcade machine, while the snes was the RPG machine for fairy boy gamer's, the colorful graphics and sample based sound chip, flutes and harps, fairy's twirling in the open field🧚
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An other great vid thank you :-)
Gonna give my opinion on these games and which launch was better. Remember, SNES came out later, newer technology. So this isn't about which console is better. We have to compare these games to the time they were released.
So as far as the side scroller action type games right off the bat you gotta give the advantage to genesis for revenge of Shinobi. And also Rambo 3 just has nothing equal on release for SNES, an actual 3d movement shooter at that point was a bit ahead of its time. The main thing for SNES is they had a Mario game, and Sega didn't have Sonic created yet. You can't hold that against them though. Both consoles are equal as far as your arcade type 'space shooters', both having multiple.
Another big 3D advantage though, with Space Harrier 2. Again WAY ahead if its time, the closest thing graphics wise SNES had was F-Zero which to me is the best release title for SNES, not Mario. SNES does have a Final Fight port which is awesome, but Sega had Altered beast which is a classic.
Overall SNES has titles we look back now as bigger, but go back to 35 years ago when they were released, OVERALL I'd take Genesis. They did much better overall considering no mascot yet, less technology to work with in 89 than 91. If I had to pick just one game, F-Zero though.
Yes, the time difference between releases is a factor to take into account, the technology was different, more modern in the case of the SNES.
@@MakaimuraKiu yeah, I almost feel like SNES vs Sega CD is fairer cause they were closer in release time. I honestly just, IDK. I feel like a lot of games i loved on Genesis that have SNES releases too, weren't as good.
The EA Sports game were LIFE for so many people, and they're still played and updated today via roms and hex editing! Im sure you know what NHL 94 is right!? Well it's the Genesis version that's famous. The SNES version of those games was always just not as good.
they were both great consoles with their strengths and weaknesses. I remember that the megadrive had an advantage in platform games and shoot'em ups thanks to its hardware that allowed it to move many levels in parallax and quickly. the super nintendo could enjoy a chip dedicated to 3d graphics and better audio quality. in conclusion some titles based on scrolling and speed like sonic or thunder force 4 were unthinkable to make on the snes and in the same way great titles based on the snes graphics chip like f zero or star fox could not have been produced on the megadrive.
Good way to look at it, both consoles had pros and cons. SNES came out almost 2 years later I believe, it had such huge advantages, that really it should have been a wider gap between the two instead of both consoles being 90% equals. I'd almost compare Sega CD to SNES since it came out much closer in time to SNES, and CD obviously was able to do way more.
@@MoneyHoneyBunny There's a lot of backwards rationalization going on there imo. At the time it was simply about the new consoles from Nintendo and sega. And at launch nothing came close to Super Mario World in terms of all time greatness, which all the reviews of the time can attest to. And also as a console launch title, nothing was as graphically/technically stunning as F-Zero at the time, which all the reviews of the time can attest to as well. But the genesis was great in its own way as well.
Just to be clear, the SNES technically has more advanced lsyer and parallax capabilities than the genesis. Although genesis titles regularly made great use of row/line scrolling.
@@inceptional o Snes levava vantagem na época, hoje já não mais . O mega drive é melhor aproveitado pela resolução e facilidade de programação.
@@inceptional maybe it was technically superior but when there were games in the shoot'em up genre like Thunder force 3 (you can see some videos) or platform games for both consoles the megadrive version was always faster and smoother. maybe they didn't know how to use scrolling on snes but the problem was also due to the mhz of the CPU (very slow).
Super Nintendo had the best launch titles by far, but when it got launched, the Mega Drive already had a lot more than it's launching titles
Yes, the time difference in the launch influenced the available catalogue.
Sega genesis has all the good games then the super nintendo does