From: oliveira@nic.near.net (John Oliveira)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: SG vs. Snes
Date: 26 Jan 1993 14:05:01 GMT
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In article <1993Jan25.155111.59516@uvmark.uucp>, davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks) writes:

|> Well, to a point, yes.  But, there is more slowdown in the SNES version by far.
|> The slowdown in the arcade game seem to be limited to the end of the round 
|> when you finally KOed your opponent, almost as if by purpose.  In the SNES, 
|> their can, at times, be some very significant slowdown...

I yet to see any slowdowns on SFII that you keep mention it, maybe your eyes 
move to slow..:-)

|> Well, why mention Cybernator, and FF II when they aren't even out yet??  And
|> Ranma is not a US game, but a S. Famicom one (not generally available to many
|> people).  

If I'm not mistaken Cybernator has been release in certain States but, I could
be wrong.


|> Now this is much more intelligent.  And, right on the money... Too many people
|> want to know which "system" is better..   Well, depends on what you look for
|> in your games... The SNES "generally" has better sound and more colors, but 
|> the Genesis "generally" has faster games with more on-screen sprites.  
|> Also, the SNES "sometimes" suffers from slowdown, occasionally severe, and has
|> shown that it has an inferior, underpowered processor.  And, the Genesis
|> "sometimes" suffers from a lack of a color palette (though good programmers 
|> can easily overcome this, it is more due to programmer laziness) that can make
|> some graphics less, well... colorful...  But, both games overcome their 
|> problems  in the majority of cases and you are left with the most important
|> question...

I've seen games on the SNES that are equal if not faster than the Genesis.
It true that the SNES as problems with slowdowns but so does the Genesis not 
as much as the SNES but its there.
If the SNES has inferior processor so does the Genesis because both suffer from
slowdowns.
I played Sonic 2 and Street of Rage 2 for the Genesis and these 2 games suffers
from slowdowns and flickering. These 2 games supposed to be Sega's 2 best games
but it suffers from these 2 problems.
There are a lot of games for the Genesis that suffers from slowdowns and
flickering not just the SNES I know because I own both systems.
THe Genesis does have a problem with its color palette and its not because of 
the programmers laziness its because of its hardware.
If the programmers can overcome this than they are doing a lossy job since the
Genesis has been out for a long time and I haven't seen any differences.
I've played games that you can played on both system  and on the Genesis it looks
flat because of lack of color.
Both systems have its advantages and disadvantages and If I have a choise to pick
one I would pick SNES. 
The reason is not because one system is better than the other its mostly because
of the quality of games being released, so far I see Nintendo with the better 
choise. Thats why I haven't cough up $299 for the Sega-CD because of lack of 
quality games.

John

|> Not which system is better, but ...
|> 
|> Which system has the better games for the types I like...
|> 
|> -- 
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