All Sega Master System Vs Genesis Games Compared Side By Side

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0:00 - Addams Family
0:30 - Aladdin
1:00 - Alien 3
1:30 - Alien Storm
2:00 - Altered Beast
2:30 - Andre Agassi Tennis
3:00 - Ariel The Little Mermaid
3:30 - Asterix And The Great Rescue
4:00 - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP
4:30 - Back To The Future Part 3
5:00 - Batman Returns
5:30 - Bonanza Bros
6:00 - Bram Stoker's Dracula
6:30 - California Games
7:00 - Castle Of Illusion Staring Mickey Mouse
7:30 - Centipede
8:00 - Cheese Cat-Astrophe
8:30 - Chuck Rock & Chuck Rock 2
9:30 - Columns
10:00 - Cool Spot
10:30 - Cosmic Spacehead
11:00 - Daffy Duck In Hollywood
11:30 - Desert Strike Return To The Gulf
12:00 - Dick Tracy
12:30 - Double Dragon
13:00 - Dr. Robotnick's Mean Bean Machine
13:30 - Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
14:00 - Dynamite Duke & Dynamite Headdy
15:00 - Earthworm Jim
15:30 - Ecco The Dolphin & Ecco The Dophin The Tides Of Time
16:30 - ESWAT
17:00 - F1
17:30 - Fantastic Dizzy
18:00 - Fantasy Zone
18:30 - Ferias Frustradas Do Pica-Pau
19:00 - FIFA International Soccer
19:30 - Flintstones
20:00 - Forgotten Worlds
20:30 - G-Loc Air Battle
21:00 - Gain Ground
21:30 - Gauntlet
22:00 - George Foreman's KO Boxing
22:30 - Ghostbusters
23:00 - Ghouls 'N Ghosts
23:30 - Global Gladiators
24:00 - Golden Axe
24:30 - Home Alone
25:00 - Hook
25:30 - Incredible Crash Dummies
26:00 - Incredible Hulk
26:30 - Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade The Action Game
27:00 - James Bond 007: The Duel
27:30 - James Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing
28:00 - James Pond 2
28:30 - Joe Montana Football
29:00 - Jungle Book
29:30 - Jurassic Park
30:00 - Klax
30:30 - Krusty's Funhouse
31:00 - Lemmings & Lemmings 2: Lost Tribes
32:00 - Lion King
32:30 - Marble Madness
33:00 - Mercs
33:30 - Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
34:00 - Mickey's Ultimate Challenge
34:30 - Micro Machines
35:00 - Missile Command
35:30 - Monopoly
36:00 - Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 & Mortal Kombat 3
37:30 - Ms. Pac-Man
38:00 - NBA Jam
38:30 - Newzealand Story
39:00 - Olympic Gold
39:30 - Ottifants
40:00 - Outrun
40:30 - Pac-Mania
41:00 - Paperboy
41:30 - Pat Riley Basketball
42:00 - PGA Tour Golf
42:30 - Phantasy Star
43:00 - Pit-Fighter
43:30 - Populous
44:00 - Predator 2
44:30 - Prince Of Persia
45:00 - Rainbow Island
45:30 - Rambo 3
46:00 - Rampart
46:30 - Road Rash
47:00 - Robocop 3
47:30 - Robocop Vs The Terminator
48:00 - “S”
58:30 - “T”
1:01:30 - “U”
1:02:00 - “W”
1:05:30 - “X”
1:06:00 - “Z”

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@8bitsnkboy472 7 месяцев назад

This video makes you appreciate just how great the Master System was and how much better supported (and appreciated) it was outside of Japan and the USA. Thanks for uploading another great comparison video.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for watching! Thank goodness Europe and Brazil got so many SMS ports because if it was just a USA & Japanese console we wouldn't have seen the full potential of the system.

@f.k.b.16 7 месяцев назад

True that! Seeing these side by side... Some are just missing the parallax scrolling, some are just slower, but a couple might even look better! Some show the programming of the Genesis ports were just lazy. But man... Go back in time and give the SMS an upgraded sound chip and a better lawyer to fight Nintendo... There would be no stopping it!

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

@@f.k.b.16 Overall the SMS kicked some major ass. The fact these could even come close to the Genesis in many cases is a testament to how great it was. If you watch the NES vs SNES video the NES doesn't come nearly as close to its 16 bit counterpart.

@jetfrog4574 7 месяцев назад

Even before the Genesis , Sega did what Nintendon't!

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

I had the master system was happy with it in till the sega genesis came out and never play with the master system again sega genesis made me happy and I still play it today😊

@christ7381 7 месяцев назад

Master System was so much better than the NES

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Since you mentioned it, if you're interested here's a video comparing the Master System to the NES. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4xBTvvJeijM.html

@locked01 2 месяца назад

Yeah, but not so many games

@net_news Месяц назад

better hardware worse catalogue

@eebik Месяц назад

Yeah, I think it was superior head-to-head in every category except for sound…which is just a matter of taste I guess. I preferred the way NES games sounded for the most part. Shame it wasn’t supported with a comparable catalogue

@net_news Месяц назад

@@eebik well the Master System with the FM chip sounds better than NES but very few games support it sadly.

@MrDeepee69 6 месяцев назад

This comparison makes u wonder how power was the master system.some games are pretty damn close to 16bit minus smaller characters and some background details

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

It seems very advanced for its time and I'd love to see some homebrew stuff on there. If people can make 2600 games look on par with 7800 games I can only imagine what they could do with the SMS.

@Renegade666 6 месяцев назад

Road Rash on the Master System is a technical marvel. Even more so on the Game Gear where they upped the colour count and shrunk the graphics but it still looks and plays great!

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

I couldn't believe how good that port was the first time I played it (the GG port too). Normally something that would come that close graphically to a 16 bit port suffers in some other way like framerate but all things considered it felt great to play in addition to looking great.

@loganford3921 7 месяцев назад

Road Rash is mighty impressive on the Master System.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

I think that may be the best of all of these. I knew before even making the video that I'd use it as the thumbnail because it impressed me so much the first time I tried it. It's crazy an 8 bit console ran that game so well.

@Longlostpuss 6 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons The Master System always seemed a little bit more powerful than 8-BIT to me.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

@@Longlostpuss If 12 bits was a thing I'd definitely assume that's what the SMS was if I based it off of graphics.

@Longlostpuss 6 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons It was clearly superior to the NES in terms of visual quality. The sound was the only thing you could say was a tie between the two, as you just know the limitations of 8-BIT sound, it is what it is (I love 8-BIT music by the way, there's something really nostalgic and endearing about it). The sheer depth of colour, the resolution and the sprite density on screen was enough to see a clear night and day difference between the SMS and the NES, not to mention the SMS did not suffer the horrible sprite flickering and scroll clipping like the NES did, even when pushed to its limits. Your video here illustrates that there wasn't as much a gulf in quality between the SMS and the MD as it would suggest down on paper and is a demonstration of what quality care in development can produce, no matter how limited the resources on deck.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

@@Longlostpuss Very well said! The NES had the advantage of having a huge and great library (largely because of Nintendo's monopoly of the market at the time) but the SMS was leagues ahead in terms of visuals. I do have a recent video up of the NES vs SMS in case you're interest btw. The upgrade to the Genesis was still big but not nearly in the same regard as the NES to the SNES.

@adaocezimbra 6 месяцев назад

Master System is the master of consoles of its generation.

@mikec3260 7 месяцев назад

Well here is an epic drop I was not expecting! Two of my favorite consoles going head to head! I do need to stop and appreciate your efforts real quick. In a lot of your comparisons, you do not just do a comparison of the start of the first level. There is quite a bit of involvement into the game where you are multiple levels in and pulling clips from those points. Pretty damn cool!!!! I will need to watch this in full and give a further break down, I will have to say the SMS came up to bat on more than one occasion and was not afraid to swing some homers! Damn nice work buddy! More to come with my response!!!!

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much buddy! As you know I appreciate your support more than I can express. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these as these are your bread and butter consoles. The SMS really held its own for a lot of these and I'd argue had the more fun version when it came to stuff like Batman Returns and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.

@roberto1519 7 месяцев назад

Good thing that the Mega Drive is backwards compatible with the Master System as both systems are great, there are many shared titles that are different games between them too, such as Castle of Illusion, Aladdin and more. Taking into account the exclusives for the SMS and not needing to actually own the original console to play them on the 16-bit machine was a great move by SEGA.

@jasonlee7816 7 месяцев назад

No it isn’t good Sega could’ve put better technology in the Genesis/Mega-Drive console instead they chose (decide) to make it backwards compatible with the Master System

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

I was always intrigued by the Master System as a kid and I wish I had known that the power base converter was a thing back then. Fortunately there's no need for that these days with the Everdrive allowing you to play SMS games on there.

@roberto1519 7 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons it's possible you'll appreciate what's best from the SMS now better than then, you'll have no nostalgia mostly, but this can be a good thing to actually enjoy its exclusives with much more experience you have today. As for the Power Base Converter, another aspect that made it great is the controller, being able to play Master System games with the much better gamepad is yet another advantage. It's crazy how the 8-bit Sonic titles differ quite a lot from their 16-bit counterparts, and the Game Gear received an exclusive Sonic and two Tails games too. Sonic 2 (8-bit) is a personal favorite since I played it on the Game Gear and on the SMS (much better version due to the larger screen) later.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

@@roberto1519 That's a great point. Back then I probably would have been disappointed by the graphics wanting them to be as good as the Genesis. Without nostalgia to fog things up it's easier to appreciate things now for what they were. Those Sonic games on the GG & SMS are great and I love that you get something different out of them instead of being watered down Genesis ports. I played all of them about 10 years ago for the first time and had a blast.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

I choose sega genesis over the sega master system

@SomeOrangeCat 7 месяцев назад

You gotta love the examples where the SMS version actually comes out on top, like with Batman Returns. The Genesis version is terrible game design incarnate.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Batman Returns on the SNES is incredible and on the NES & SMS it's a really great game. The Genesis/Sega CD version is one of the worst beat em ups I've ever played. It's kind of baffling how bad it is.

@SomeOrangeCat 7 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons I remember laughing at the Sega-CD version where they basically stated "You can turn off the horrible platformer stages and just play the racing stages!" as a feature.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

@@SomeOrangeCat Lol! Probably the smartest thing they did with that game.

@davetate1155 8 дней назад

Many fond memories play the SMS. We never got a 16 bit console so I went from SMS to PS1 talk about being blown away. I played a LOT of Road Rash on the SMS. IT was a great game, but the sound really got to you after a while I had to play it with the volume down.

@RetroComparisons 7 дней назад

Wow that's a huge jump in technology! When I was young my brother and I played on our parent's 2600 but finally got our own console in the form of the Genesis so we missed the 8 bit generation. I always thought that was a massive leap but going from 8 bit 2D to 3D with CD quality audio is a literal game changer. Road Rash does look stunning for an 8 bit console version. The music is lackluster but at least the gameplay is still really solid.

@scepticskeptic1663 7 месяцев назад

38:30 look how close they got it !!!!!

@mp82800 7 месяцев назад

La diferencia más notoria entre ambos es el efecto parallax de los juegos de Génesis que Master System no posee

@ilraccontodinatale-corsoon6406 6 месяцев назад

it had parallax, but just games poor in dimention and elements can use it, for the low memory in the cartridge.

@Juaquinovich 6 месяцев назад

Grandes videos y gran trabajo en hacerlos! Nuevo sub!!!

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thanks so much for your support and for watching:)

@zacharyessey5904 7 месяцев назад

The Master System is amazing!

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

It's so underrated. It was quite the powerhouse for its time.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

The sega genesis is amazing even better

@amaweksIII 7 месяцев назад

Some awesome 8-bit versions of 16 bit games on the SMS, greate. A curious comparission could be the SMS X PC-Engine, I know they share some titles like WOnder Boy III, but I do not know how many games in total are on both systems. That would be interesting cause the PC-Engine, with a 8-bit main cpu but with a 16-Bit gpu, is only capable of 1 layer of BG, just like the SMS, but of course can draw a lot more sprites (more then the Sega Genesis) on screen.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

I've hardly done anything with the PC Engine but I do want to eventually do a video comparing to both the SMS and NES. It's a 4th gen console but it was originally intended to compete with those 2 consoles so I think it would be pretty fascinating.

@carlosreyes5080 6 месяцев назад

I think that you forgot After Burner, Hang On, Thuder Blade, Shadow Dancer and perhaps some few others. Great video, thanks!

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for checking this out! The way Sega did those games was very strange. All of the ones you mentioned were sort of released on both but technically were different iterations. The SMS got After Burner, Hang On, Thunder Blade and Shadow Dancer whereas the Genesis got After Burner 2, Super Hang On, Super Thunder Blade, and Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi. All were extremely similar but are considered different games.

@Guitario666 7 месяцев назад

Wow i have a new respect for sms now.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

It's pretty amazing how good it looked for a 1985 console.

@arc-ives2860 6 месяцев назад

Your work is amazing

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the kind words:) I appreciate you checking this out!

@MKF30 7 месяцев назад

Nice comparisons. MK definitely looked better on the genesis haha. The MK fanboy in me mode was activated 😅

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Lol! MK3 especially on the SMS is horrible and the Genesis port is infinitely better. Thanks for watching buddy!

@MKF30 7 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons LOL! Oh yeah for sure I agree. I sometimes forget MK was made for SMS. I remember my friend who's a big Sega fan telling me the Genesis version for Sega consoles was the best at the time and that the SMS was crap lol. I was like really? Then I tried it and realized ok, he had a point lol

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

@@MKF30 Lmao! He did have a good point with that.

@MKF30 7 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons Oh yes I concur! lol Good times, he and another friend preferred MK 2 and 3 and SF II on the Genesis where another friend and I preferred them on SNES haha ahh good times

@venkman765 6 месяцев назад

Master System surprisingly held up well to most of these Genesis games...

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

I agree, it looks and plays great on most of these.

@kimberlycelaya1895 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for showing us 💖🔆🤪

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching:)

@Alinktome 4 месяца назад

It is a pleasure to find Street Fighter 2 on an 8bit color system.

@RetroComparisons 4 месяца назад

Yeah it's pretty wild that got a SMS port at all.

@eichi24 6 месяцев назад

Thanks :) André Agassi and Road Rash they almost look better in Master

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! Those are great examples. Honestly I think I prefer Andre Agassi on the SMS over the Genesis port.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

I had the master system befor i was happy with it in till the sega genesis came out and never touched the master system ever again and still play my sega genesis still today😊

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

The SMS was mighty impressive for its time but most of these aren't worth playing if you have the Genesis version.

@yannv95 28 дней назад

How did you make the Genesis version of Phantasy Star uses FM sound chip?

@RetroComparisons 27 дней назад

Great catch on this, it's a mistake I didn't realize I even made until you pointed it out. So for the life of me I couldn't find a rom of Phantasy Star Fukkokuban but it's just a SMS game on a Mega Drive cartridge using the MD's backwards compatibility. Therefore I just got footage twice on the SMS to represent it in this video but I apparently messed up and put in the wrong footage.

@joaobabler1584 6 месяцев назад

Master System is F... Impressive

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely. It was a beast of a console for its time.

@Amdecreations. 6 месяцев назад

Road Rash look amazing on Mastersystem, even the 3D maze section and cut scenes in Phantasy Star was impressive, also Sonic 1 sprites on the Mastersystem was great. I think when pushed to the limit, the Mastersystem can be almost like 12bit.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

That version of Road Rash is astounding for a console from the mid 80s. It was truly ahead of its time.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

The sega genesis wins over the sega master system I'm glad the genesis came out i appreciate it a lot over any console that is released❤

@jaimevazquez3890 6 месяцев назад

some of the Master System games have amazing graphics for being 8 bits games

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

The graphics are pretty amazing for a console of its time.

@net_news Месяц назад

MS was amazing and I prefer its color palette over the Megadrive any day of the week.

@RetroComparisons Месяц назад

It was very advanced for a 3rd gen console. The colors were amazing and some of these like Road Rash look almost on par with its 16 bit cousin.

@net_news Месяц назад

@@RetroComparisons absolutely I had the pleasure to play it back in the day before MD was released in America and It was amazing totally ahead of its time!!

@RetroComparisons Месяц назад

@@net_news That must have been an amazing experience! Seeing that before any 16 bit consoles were out must have been like seeing the Dreamcast when the the PS1 & N64 were dominating the market.

@net_news Месяц назад

@@RetroComparisons wow that's an excellent analogy!! Yes! It was like something from the future.

@shotgunl 7 месяцев назад

This is a pretty big comparison; good work, Bill. I think this one, like something like NES vs SNES (or NES vs TG16/PC-Engine), are some of the more interesting comparisions, since these are what we wanted to know back then in the 80s and 90s: is the upgrade worth it? Nearly invariably, I think that was the case though there's maybe a few outliers: I prefer SMS PGA Tour over the Genesis game, the flying disc/frisbee event was just straight cut out of the Genesis version of California Games which automatically makes it inferior IMO, plus I just love the FM unit soundtrack for Double Dragon on the SMS compared to the lackluster music conversion on the Genesis though I do prefer the Genesis port overall vs the SMS DD. Oh, and I really appreciate the very strangely creepy soundtrack from Jeroen Tel in the 8-bit versions of Bram Stoker's Dracula...his work was always interesting and/or great. The Genesis wins the vast majority of the comparisons that I've played on both, but I think the SMS does okay to good in many, but I know MK3 is definitely one of the biggest losers. I'll have to check out more of the video later on though.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much as always my friend for watching! Personally speaking this is also what I'm most interested in since these are consoles out at the time I was getting into gaming. You listed some great examples of games where the SMS is actually better than the Genesis. I was working on another video last night which also had Bram Stoker's Dracula and it got me thinking, is there another example where the 8 bit version is better than the 16 bit version and the 16 bit version is better than the "upgraded" console after it? The SMS/NES game is a lot of fun whereas I think the Genesis/SNES version is pretty crappy and then the Sega CD version is one of the worst games I've ever played. But as far as this video goes, I mainly I made this it just so I could present Klax to the world again.

@fan2linux 6 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons Bram Stoker's Dracula, Tazmania, Asterix and the great rescue, Dragon the Bruce Lee story, Batman return are somes games that are really better on SMS.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

@@fan2linux Those are all great examples. Batman Returns on the Genesis may be one of my least favorite games ever meanwhile the SMS game is great.

@ilraccontodinatale-corsoon6406 6 месяцев назад

snes was much better than nes! nes was very funny and with many excellent games, but graphic and sound was poor. sms was technically much better.

@Bird_Dog2099 6 месяцев назад

It is 2024 and it is time for Klax.. Very interesting to hear thoughts on the Master System's soundtrack of Dracula and liking it better than the Genesis/MD version. The Genesis Dracula has an outstanding soundtrack, IMO one of the best on the system. So I'll have to checkout the SMS version.

@Aktased 2 месяца назад

Алладин на SMS шедевр! По принципу игра похожа на Prince of Persia, это не тупая платформа как на всех остальных консолях того времени. Жаль, что игра осталась такой незамеченной.

@RetroComparisons 2 месяца назад

I do love that version of Aladdin. Come to think of it, I really love the SMS, Genesis & SNES versions of that game despite them all being different.

@Embracing01 6 месяцев назад

Half the games here I do not remember seeing for sale in the shops where I am in the Uk back in the 1990s. I stopped playing my Master System and Mega Drive around 94/95 (still have them both as well as my NES), but still alot of the games shown here were never available in the games shops I used to go to, all they sold were the hugely popular games like Sonic, the Mickey Mouse games, Aladddin, Quackshot and a few other popular ones, but never saw games like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Home Alone, James Bond 007 the Duel, Daffy Duck in Hollywood and many more for sale. Maybe they only sold them at the larger games stores.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

I always wondered that about a lot of games in the Genesis library in particular as that was my favorite system growing up. There are so many I had never even heard of and never saw at game stores or regular retailers. I wonder if a lot were limited releases or were only on shelves for a brief time. Of course with the SMS there are some that were exclusive to Brazil and even some of the PAL were only in particular European countries.

@chrishansen7004 Месяц назад

Its a brutal shame the master system didnt take off in america, just imagine the bangers that could have been made if it had more support

@RetroComparisons Месяц назад

So true. Between the graphical capabilities and the native RGB support it held up better than any other 8 bit console.

@juststatedtheobvious9633 7 месяцев назад

The Genesis version of Batman Returns is a great Evil Dead short, at least. Edit: I'll need time to take this all in and gather my thoughts. This comparison went a bit different than expected, at times.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

It doesn't get much worse than that port.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

Batman returns on sega genesis is not bad I still enjoy batman pimp walk

@carlosguzman1724 6 месяцев назад

Me sorprendió de manera muy grata la calidad de los juegos de Master system, son una maravilla la calidad gráfica a pesar d las limitaciones de sus 8 bits 👌👏👏👏👍

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Same here, I can't believe how good so many of those ports looked for a console from the mid 80s.

@gabrielepasquali5479 7 месяцев назад

video games on the Sega Master System sometime had the most detailed and colorful backdrops thanks to the 128K of video memory compared to the 64K of the Sega Genesis.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

The SMS really held up well visually and I still can't believe that a console from 1985 offered RGB output natively.

@SuperGameRetro 7 месяцев назад

Master System had 128 Kbits (16KB) of vram. Genesis and SNES 64 KB

@jasonlee7816 7 месяцев назад

Could Genesis, Master System, SNES, Turbo-Grafx benefit if it had more audio ram, main ram, video ram?

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

@@jasonlee7816 Great question! I bet they probably could have but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than me could answer that in the comments.

@ArneChristianRosenfeldt 6 месяцев назад

So on the genesis there was a dev kit which analysed a scrolling level and loaded the current needed background objects from ROM to VRAM? 16 data pins on the cartridge want to be used! Could even do it just in time before the affected scanline. How was the genesis compatible with less memory?

@therecoveringartist6392 7 месяцев назад

I am shocked by The Master System. Always felt SNES was better than Genesis. But, I think Master System was better than NES. Street Fighter 2 on The Master System...wow.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

The SMS is super impressive and the thing that amazes me more than anything is that in 1985 it had full RGB output, something even the N64 didn't have in 1996. The NES arguably had the better library than the SMS but it got blown away in the graphics department. In case you're interested I did a video on those 2 consoles recently: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4xBTvvJeijM.html

@Tommi1981 6 месяцев назад

There's earthworm Jim for the Ms?? And many other cool games. Brazil was a great market long time wasn't it.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thank goodness for the SMS doing exceptionally well in Brazil so we could get so many cool ports like those.

@thewhyzer 7 месяцев назад

TIL there was a Mortal Kombat port on the Master System! And not just one but all 3 games! Very interesting!

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Haha yeah I was surprised too the first time I saw that a few years ago when recording them for this channel. The first 2 are surprisingly good all things considered.

@hupekyser 6 месяцев назад

road rash on the master system was the greatest graphical and gameplay achievment on the system.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

It looks fantastic. I thought it was so good I decided to use it for the thumbnail.

@PetrisonRocha 4 месяца назад

Great video. Taz-Mania and Castle of Illusion were better on the Master System.

@RetroComparisons 4 месяца назад

Thanks for watching! It's surprising how well the SMS held up to the Genesis and in those games you mentioned actually exceeded it's 16 bit counterpart.

@zsiles 7 месяцев назад

Some of them very close to Mega in everything but the sound. Few I think better on Master. I would have been happy if I would have had the Master but I was fortunate to have the Mega.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

It's crazy how good the SMS games looked. It almost seemed like a 12 bit vs 16 bit console.

@scepticskeptic1663 5 месяцев назад

road rash on master system is amazing

@RetroComparisons 5 месяцев назад

Yeah I can't believe how good it both looks and plays.

@mixaliskotsiantoniou8998 6 месяцев назад

All these ganes is differemt games in master system and genesis ?

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Quite a few are direct ports but there are some that are the same name but a different game altogether such as Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Batman Returns.

@dr.charlesedwardflorendobr3952 6 месяцев назад

The Back to the Future 3 and Asterix looks almost identical, while in California Games the player sprites are larger on the 8-bit system than on the 16-bit one

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

In the case of Back To The Future I think the SMS is actually better. There was an error with the brightness of that game that didn't get fixed before going out to retailers so it's a semi-broken game. That would definitely be a week 1 patch if that happened these days.

@obc_obdo 6 месяцев назад

Back To The Future 3 has 1 major flaw on the Master System though (never played in on Mega Drive): after 2 days of casual practice, you can finish the whole game in less than 5 minutes. And that's as an average 12 year old kid who just spent his whole month of chore revenues on that game. Andre Agassi Tennis Master System version arguably is the better version on every aspect except for sound. Just going by screenshots, you'd easily assume the 8 bit version is the 16bit and vice versa. Sonic 1 still is a marvel in terms of pumping out a well playing, high paced, great looking platformer on an 8 bit console.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

@@obc_obdo Haha yeah that is quite the flaw. I guess maybe it would have been better as a weekend rental. You practice getting good at it and the last hour before returning it you beat the game. That first Sonic on the SMS is great and I love that they didn't try doing a 1 for 1 of the Genesis original all the way through.

@axguzman-gq9fz 6 месяцев назад

Ambos me gustan También deberían estar en sega cd32X y saturn Dreamcast los mismos pero con su evolución gráfica

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Both systems are fantastic. I will be doing a video at some point in the next 2 years hopefully with all Sega consoles compared.

@axguzman-gq9fz 6 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons hiciste muy buen trabajo de recopilación

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

@@axguzman-gq9fz Thanks so much:)

@filosofialivre3040 6 месяцев назад

Desert Strike❤

@ibanmartinez6990 6 месяцев назад

Me quedo muy sorprendido no solo por la calidad visual de Master sistem, es que en muchas ocasiones es superior a la version de Megadrive!!!

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Same here. I was blow away by a ton of these.

@Kabardino-Balkaria07 6 месяцев назад

Интересное сравнение

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for checking it out:)

@Pierrockz 6 месяцев назад

27:50 i was have this Game and the name are Heavyweight Champ.

@John231984 6 месяцев назад

I didn't have a MS but I did have a game gear. And I had games for both Genesis and GG that were the same. Like Batman Returns. The game gear version was MUCH better than the Genisis version. Same for JP.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Batman Returns is a great example of that. The Genesis version is terrible whereas the SMS/GG versions are a ton of fun. I didn't know much about the SMS growing up but looking back now it's cool to think that the GG was pretty much a portable SMS.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

We sega genesis fans need to stick together and start making commercials and dissing Nintendo again😂

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Lol!

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

Make them salty again🤣@@RetroComparisons

@qwaH 6 месяцев назад

Ghostbusters aint really a comparison as they are 2 completely differant games with the Maser System one being a port of the Speccy/C64/CPC version & the Megadrive/Genesis one was something else entirely

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

37:29 I still play my sega genesis Ms.Pac-Man

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

That is a great port of the game.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

It really is i found so many secrets in this game did you know its more then 32 levels@@RetroComparisons

@AliMohammed-sg8ok 6 месяцев назад

wow bro❤

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for checking this out:)

@actionfigurestoysandballoo3831 6 месяцев назад

Самое ужасное на master system это музыка в играх, за редким исключением некоторых игр и игр с расширением fm sound. NES звучит гораздо органичней во множестве игр. А так , безусловно на master system картинка весьма впечатляющая, жаль что так и не смогла составить достойную конкуренцию nes.

@shanksmare8 9 дней назад

Missing Superman The Man of Steel

@RetroComparisons 9 дней назад

Those are considered 2 separate games technically. While the SMS is called Super: The Man Of Steel the Genesis game is completely different and only called Superman except for in Europe where it does share the same name.

@YouOpaOpa 6 месяцев назад

Wow, some of those look AMAZING for on the Master System. And some look not so great for the Mega Drive.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Most definitely. There are some that I think are better overall like Batman Returns being one of the first that comes to mind. And even some where the Genesis is the better version the SMS version looks amazing like with Road Rash.

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

Which one's exactly?

@RetroComparisons 5 месяцев назад

@@TROLLING_BOT Andre Agassi, Batman Returns, Bram Stokers Dracula, Back To The Future Part 3, Dragon The Bruce Lee Story all come to mind as better than their Genesis counterpart.

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons One of your viewers said alien storm was better on master system, now thats delusional 😆

@javipichoify 6 месяцев назад

Surrealista comparar una consola de 8 bits a una de 16 bits

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

It's very interesting to see how these games changed from one gen to the next

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

36:00 I'm glad we got mortal kombat for the sega genesis i still play it too😊

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

That was the best port to have as a kid because of the blood unlike the SNES port.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

Mortal kombat for the sega genesis version have so many fatalities they don't just have two its alot of them and other cool stuff@@RetroComparisons

@juststatedtheobvious9633 7 месяцев назад

Master System/GG hardware = Nintendo Switch of the 80's. These Genesis ports are really just like modern AAA on Nintendo's system. It's just barely powerful enough to justify it. And that's a siren's call to anyone who thinks of coding as the ultimate puzzle game.

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

I tried my hand at coding and it really is the most complicated puzzle game I've ever tried. My brain was fried after 6 month of trying.

@juststatedtheobvious9633 7 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisonsHey, that's still an honorable go at it. I failed to even wrap my head around NetHack. I think my school probably should have asked me how much I actually knew about programming before throwing a free PC at me and letting me study game development that year. ("Hey, everybody, a white boy wants to make a Rastan rip-off! He even drew the pixel art for the attract screen!" "Don't just stand there! Support his vision or get of his way!") I mean, I was failing math class...

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Lol!

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

20:30 G-Lock has more pixels on the screen like the arcade outrun why didn't they they use that on outrun or road rash or super thunder blade or space harrier 2 they they knew genesis could push these limitations easily

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

That's a great question.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

@RetroComparisons it's crazy they didn't show what the genesis can really do instead watering it down

@YouOpaOpa 6 месяцев назад

I always thought it was a bit fucked up that they whitewashed the Footbag kid on California Games for the SMD.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Yeah that's a weird choice.

@Guitario666 7 месяцев назад

I like the art style of Aladdin better on sms

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

It is really well done on the SMS.

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

You're delusional 😆

@RetroComparisons 5 месяцев назад

@@TROLLING_BOT You don't think the artwork on the 8 bit version of Aladdin is well done?

@TheHighestGodisGood 6 месяцев назад

It's too bad there wasn't such thing as 12 bit. 8 bit is too blocky and 16 is too smooth. Am I right?!

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Haha! That would be interesting to see.

@TheHighestGodisGood 6 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons Maybe just bigger sprites on 8bit?

@pancon5 6 месяцев назад

Castle of Illusion SMS was actually surprisingly a better game with more gameplay mechanics (catch and throw barrels!).

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

By that definition that means it's better than the Saturn port too which is basically a 1 to 1 conversion of the Genesis game. That's pretty cool to think the 8 bit SMS has at least 1 game better than the 32 bit Saturn.

@pancon5 6 месяцев назад

@@RetroComparisons I also prefer G.G Shinobi to any other Shinobi! Balanced challenging gameplay, non-linear progression in the first four stages and acquisition of abilities (via the different ninjas), a kind of a proto-metroidvania! (Of course I must confess to personal bias due to childhood nostalgia but it is a very very solid game, I still play through it some times.) Sadly it was a Game Gear exclusive, it wasn't even released on the SMS.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

@@pancon5 I'm still yet to play that game but I've always heard great things. I really want to eventually get my GG modded with a newer screen and that would probably be one of the first I'd play.

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

You both are delusional 😆

@elcoyote9137 6 месяцев назад

La master system era una gran consola de 8 bits,lastima el escaso apoyo de tercera compañias,en gran parte por culpa de las prácticas casi mafiosas de nintendo

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

If Nintendo didn't have a monopoly on the industry at the time I think Sega could have made more headway in the market, especially in North America.

@user-qr2ri7ye4r 6 месяцев назад

Compare Master System And Game Gear Games Next

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

I do want to do that at some point soon.

@MadsonOnTheWeb 6 месяцев назад

A good amount of those games are better on the SMS. Some plays better, some looks better and others are just plain better with great design choices. Some Genesis Devs just tried to be too edgy and it ended up hurting the outcome

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

I agree. There are games like Batman Returns and Dragon The Bruce Lee Story that are just better games overall.

@Fernando-xe4dm 5 месяцев назад

Missle Command looks better on the Master System

@POGRetroModernGaming 6 месяцев назад

Master system no deja de ser una excelente consola de 8bits

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely!

@AstralWolf86 7 месяцев назад

In the Adam’s family for Master System Gomez is black.

@josemariaflorito7904 Месяц назад

La Master system muy superior a la nes. Está entre los 8 y 16 bits. Digamos que parece que tiene 12 bits.

@Museo_del_Videojuego 6 месяцев назад

Omg at aladdin on ms omg

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

I really like that version

@ilraccontodinatale-corsoon6406 6 месяцев назад

sms excellent, win the vs for the price and the poor hw.

@atleastmypalmsarewhite9960 6 месяцев назад

I guess I'm missing it, the Genesis looks better than the master system

@NixisI 7 месяцев назад

17:17 how is it possible

@RetroComparisons 7 месяцев назад

Great question. I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. That car should have flipped.

@rapture7551 6 месяцев назад

Definitely the master system has better graphics than the NES.

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

The NES had a lot going for it but yeah the SMS definitely wins in that department.

@wellison.l6723 6 месяцев назад

You forgot After Burner

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

After Burner didn't get an official release on the Genesis but it did get After Burner 2 which is extremely similar. The 32X did get a great port of the first After Burner though.

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

43:00 Buzz in Pit fighter suck his attacks are so weak to everyone

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Haha yeah he does

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

@RetroComparisons it's use to pick him TY was the only fighter that's not useless Kato is horrible to play with too can't stand him

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

53:00 Sega genesis version doesn't look like that😂

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

55:00 Streets of rage on sega genesis is better!❤

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely!

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

Pac-Mania be cheating tho jumping over the ghosts😂

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

Haha! Yeah it does kinda feel like cheating and I love it!

@damin9913 6 месяцев назад

I want this game i never played it befor could you hook me up with a cartridge i can show you how fun this game can really be i bet you this game has cool secrets nobody looked for in this game@@RetroComparisons

@overmann100 6 месяцев назад

looks like most master system games are better versions than the mega drive versions

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

Which one's?

@overmann100 5 месяцев назад

@@TROLLING_BOT Most

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

@@overmann100 Name one?

@overmann100 5 месяцев назад

@@TROLLING_BOT just one? Alien storm

@TROLLING_BOT 5 месяцев назад

@@overmann100 You're delusional 😆

@YouOpaOpa 6 месяцев назад

You can't do this on Nintendon't

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

They should have started the slogan during this era.

@MikeJaun 6 месяцев назад

😆😆

@Tommi1981 6 месяцев назад

The sound must be very unhealthy. I'll send you medical bill, right? 😅 Seriously how did you think putting the sound together like this? I find it strange no one mentioned it sooner in comments 😮

@RetroComparisons 6 месяцев назад

It's more for headphone usage. This is how other, more successful comparison channels like VC Decide do it too.