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Post by Game Escape on Sept 28, 2015 10:08:51 GMT
For this week's battle, let's pit Street Fighter 2 Turbo for the SNES against Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition for the Genesis. I remember being heavily invested in this battle back in the day. I had played SNES game at a relative's house and was so jealous that SNES gamers got this and the original SF2, both a which were amazing, considering that SF2 was one of the hottest games in the arcades at the time. I was therefore ecstatic when I heard the Genesis version was being released a few month's later, with a six button controller. While the SNES version has the slight edge in graphics and sound, the Genesis six button controller makes the game better to play, and so I give the victory to Special Champion Edition.
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Post by retroboltons on Sept 28, 2015 12:33:57 GMT
For this week's battle, let's pit Street Fighter 2 Turbo for the SNES against Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition for the Genesis. I remember being heavily invested in this battle back in the day. I had played SNES game at a relative's house and was so jealous that SNES gamers got this and the original SF2, both a which were amazing, considering that SF2 was one of the hottest games in the arcades at the time. I was therefore ecstatic when I heard the Genesis version was being released a few month's later, with a six button controller. While the SNES version has the slight edge in graphics and sound, the Genesis six button controller makes the game better to play, and so I give the victory to Special Champion Edition. I gotta go with Genesis on this one (Snes version is great because the pad has shoulder buttons) but when you have the 6 button sega controller it's like playing saturn fighters. Plus I got Street Fighter for Mega Drive for Christmas as a child. So factoring in the 6 button control and the nostalgia surrounding the game for me. Genesis street fighter has the Snes Street Fighter against the ropes. |
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Post by ravagingwolverine on Oct 5, 2015 18:32:41 GMT
I missed this when it was first posted. I last compared these games(and the PCE version) a bit over a year ago. The Genesis version sometimes gets a bit unfairly labeled as the worst version, usually because of the scratchy sound samples. Each version has things going for it and things going against it. Which version is best comes down to what a specific player values. For me, the FM music of the Genesis is a big plus. The music sounds great with the same character as the arcade. I'm not terribly fond of the SNES sound in a lot of games including SF2 Turbo(which is the version I had as a kid). I think Ken's stage music is absolutely atrocious in SF2 for the SNES which really hurts the game for me. Having to play that stage over and over gets to be a real chore thanks to the music.
The Genesis 6-button pad is also a big plus. While the SNES pad has enough buttons, I never liked using the shoulder buttons under pressure in action games. I don't think the SNES pad was well designed as far as maximizing the use of the shoulder buttons. I think Sony did much better with the PS controller as the L2 and R2 are in a far more useful position for me. On top of that, I found the control responsiveness to be a bit off when I last compared SF2 on the Genesis and SNES. The controls felt more reliable and responsive on the Genesis. I was having trouble hitting combos on the SNES version that were no problem on either the Genesis or PCE versions.
There are actually quite a lot of little differences between the games, usually with various details in stage backgrounds. Anyway, the Genesis is my pick over the SNES version. I'd actually rank the PC Engine version as my second place. SF2 Turbo for the SNES is not bad at all though, except for Ken's stage music.
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