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I own the Atari Jaguar version and was looking for a video walkthrough of Tikal Ruins (the 3rd-to-last level) and came across this-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvEWYmEYuIw
I don't recall there being a Palenque Ruins in my playthrough, and according to the video, it is supposed to be level 8. Was the Jaguar that bad to code for that they had to remove stuff? Also, is that level present in the Super Nintendo version? And what are the differences between the Genesis, 32x, and SEGA CD versions?
I was hoping maybe the guides at GameFAQs would help, but all they have is an unfinished Genesis guide, and a finished SNES guide.
If I understand what I've seen in both of the guides, the SNES version has 10 stages, and the Genesis version 13. Unless there's already a huge Mayan Adventure fan that knows what's up around here, this could be interesting to dig into.
I believe the Atari Jaguar version has 10 stages, too. I just quickly glanced through the instruction booklet and that seems to be the case.
Heh, I'm going to go ahead and guess the answer to that is, "no."Quote:
Originally Posted by midnightrider
Though I guess people like stranger things.
The game is fairly decent, though. But it must have been totally obscured by all of the other awesome games/new systems that came out during that time. It was bombarded on every platform imaginable, so I suspect that Activision had high hopes for it.
I'm a pretty big fan of this game... unfortunately I had only played the SNES version.
I recently got the Genesis one. I'll make my way through it and report back, but no guarantees it'll be soon.
This is one of those games that has spawned across my collection. I've got it for the Genesis, Sega CD, 32x, GBA and possibly for the Snes, but I'd have to check on that. The funny thing is, that I haven't played it since I rented it for the Genesis back in 94/95. I wasn't crazy about it then, so I haven't gone back to it. It's just one of those games that is included just about every time I pick up a lot on craigslist or whatever, so I've got a bunch of them. I love the first 2 for the 2600, so maybe I should sit down and play one of them. Which version is considered the best?
Yes. This game is like a virus. I can't count the number of times it's been included in various game lots I picked up. It's like everyone on the planet owned it and it should be the best selling game of all time or something.Quote:
It's just one of those games that is included just about every time I pick up a lot on craigslist or whatever, so I've got a bunch of them.
That's what we're trying to figure out!Quote:
Originally Posted by profholt82
As far as I know, the Genesis was the lead platform for the game. The SNES version is a port and it suffers the same fat, stretched out graphics that all Genny to SNES ports have. Since the Genesis version is the best, and the Sega CD version is based off the Genesis one, I'm going with Sega CD. It was weird on 32X and it was ass on Jaguar.
What about the PC and GBA versions?
The Sega CD, 32X and Jaguar versions of Pitfall have 3 additional levels to my knowledge.
As for the best version, that would probably have to be the PC one, as it has the best graphics+the Redbook soundtrack from the Sega CD version. Behind the PC version would be either the SNES or Jaguar version. I haven't personally played it, but from what I've seen the Jaguar's graphics rival, if not match those of the PC's, but its rendition of the game's soundtrack doesn't sit well with me. The SNES version's graphics are great as well, but not as good as the former two. IMO it has the best rendition of the soundtrack on cart. In third would be the SCD version, which is the Genesis port+ Redbook soundtrack, enhanced sfx, FMV's and three extra levels. While the Genesis may have been the lead platform for the game, the graphics suffer due to the anemic color palette of the console, resulting in lots of brown, dithered, dark backgrounds.
At the bottom of the barrel are the 32X and GBA ports. The developers of the 32X port mixed the foreground graphics of the Jaguar/PC versions with the background graphics of the Genesis version, which would've worked if the former weren't running at sub-30 FPS while the latter runs at the proper framerate. This port has major, nausea-inducing frame rate problems that ruin it for me. It also retains the Genny version's soundtrack, but with seemingly missing instrumentation (unless that's an emulation issue). The GBA port......the less said about that one, the better.
But... why is the Palenque Ruins level not present in the Jaguar version?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarzak
I have only played the Genesis & SCD versions. I would have thought Sega CD version would win for its best soundtrack?
Re: Colors & graphics: To be fair, they used bleak colors on purpose. Tons of browns & dark colors. I'm sure it looks more colorful on SNES but on Sega it was darker on purpose apparently...
That video is from the Sega CD version. That level may be Sega CD and PC only.
FTFY. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarzak
Also:
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthr...l=1#post641726
Agostinho comes through in the clutch. It appears that Aarzak disagrees with your verdict, though. At any rate, great comparison as usual. I'm especially impressed with the detail regarding the Sega CD and Genesis differences.