Super Nintendo Love/Hate Relationship

[j_factor]

Last I checked Virtua Racing hovers around 40-50 on screen colors.

I haven't checked but I find that hard to believe.

[Bloodreign]

Also, the Snes parodius Da! has a extra level. Gokujyou Parodius on the Snes has bunch of extra characters which are not there in the arcade and saturn version. Chatting Parodius or Parodius 4 is virtually identical to the Snes version with 1 extra level (I think) and a new design for the school girl boss.

Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius on PS1 and Saturn differ quite a bit, some bosses are revamped with new attacks, the Tokimeki Memorial stage actually has song lyrics that you must put a code in for as the level starts to hear the lyrics. The Lethal Enforcers stage has the Justifier guns shooting at you, and you can see them. The 32 bit versions have more fairies to find as well. Lots of little background touches as well got brought in to the 32 bit versions that don't exist in the 16 bit version. The Boss Rush stage also has different bosses in it (from the Taisen Puzzle Dama arcade game), plus a racing omake stage not present in the SFC version. PS1 version also has the out of place accident mode stages between some levels, they don't really add anything to the game, I for one was glad to not see them in the Saturn version (yeah I own both 32 bit versions).

Yes the SFC version is nice, but the slowdown on it is unreal, and the 32 bit versions don't suffer from nearly as much of it.

Edit: boy did I go OT there.

[NostalgicMachine]

Doing a 100% complete (all items, upgrades, heart pieces, secrets, etc.) playthrough of A Link to The Past, because it's my favorite game and I can .

[Kamahl]

I haven't checked but I find that hard to believe.

It's 16 for the background + 16 for the 3D stuff + 16 for the UI, don't know if it uses more than that. So 40-50 is totally possible.

[TrekkiesUnite118]

I booted it up in Fusion with no filtering enabled and took a screenshot. I put this in GIMP and did had it count the colors. For the shot of the car sitting at the start line on the Expert Track during the count down I got 40 on screen colors.

This video shows it hitting 45 on screen colors:

[NostalgicMachine]

^That's an awesome analysis.

[Drakon]

I recorded one of those a while ago and never bothered uploading it since it was like 4 hours long.

Doing a 100% complete (all items, upgrades, heart pieces, secrets, etc.) playthrough of A Link to The Past, because it's my favorite game and I can .

And oh god do I wish sega made more stuff using the svp chip.

[Curryman123]

Yes the SFC version is nice, but the slowdown on it is unreal, and the 32 bit versions don't suffer from nearly as much of it.

Edit: boy did I go OT there.

I actually find the slowdown very helpful in these games because I don't like dying every 5 minutes. That's just me though.

[NostalgicMachine]

I recorded one of those a while ago and never bothered uploading it since it was like 4 hours long.

I'm actually working my way towards completing it in 3 hours or less, then eventually 2.5 hours, etc. I think the current record is 2 hours?

[Bloodreign]

I actually find the slowdown very helpful in these games because I don't like dying every 5 minutes. That's just me though.

It's actually the easiest game in the series, the main issue is where some of the fairies are located, a few require you to grab a green bell to expand your size so that you can pass through walls to get them. One for sure I can remember off hand is in the Tokimeki stage.

[Drakon]

Yeah I'm not a big enough lttp nut. I think there's still 2-3 pieces of hearts I need to lookup or bother with that I normally am too lazy to get.

I'm actually working my way towards completing it in 3 hours or less, then eventually 2.5 hours, etc. I think the current record is 2 hours?

[Chukka]

I think the SNES might be the best console ever...although I bought my first SNES this year I did own a NES, Genesis, N64, GameCube, XBOX, PS2 (in their heydays) and the newer consoles but never a SNES. But I still think it is the best console ever. I did play through most of the library on friends' consoles and Emulators back in the early 2000s but I don't do Emulators anymore. I was mostly PC gaming during the SNES-Genesis era but I did own a Genesis.

[NostalgicMachine]

I think the SNES might be the best console ever...

Welcome to my world .

[Thunderblaze16]

I always wondered what kind of games would of been released for there 32-bit system since they skipped up to 64-bit

[tony]

I was totally ignorant of Sega when I got my Genesis in Christmas '92 and was shocked it wasn't the SNES. I was at first kind of disappointed I didn't have Mario's next system until I started playing Sonic 2 (my first Sega anything). I never got into the silly console war even as a kid. I do remember hearing how it "sucked" from some Nintendo fanboys but having already seen first hand what the Genesis could do, it didn't bother me any.

I was totally oblivious to Sega back then. I remember just after Getting my Genesis, I met up with a kid my age who wanted to show me his "Master System". LOL, I didn't even know what a "Master System" was and was like "Nintendo"? "Genesis"?. He had to say it three times before it sank in there was such a thing as a Sega 8-bit machine.

Today, what holds me back from getting a SNES collection is the crack-head prices people are paying for the stuff, even common mediocre stuff! Heck, I'm having a harder time now just getting the remainder NES and Genesis games I want because of the price hikes! I say two thumbs up for the SNES and its game collection though. I just like more Genesis games than I do SNES overall.