Piss Poor Ports 4 

Mortal Kombat 4 for Game Boy Color.

red dead redemption on ps3 yikes if you ask me

College Football '97 is a magical slideshow on SNES. It may be the worst game on the system.

Revolution X. Even the "best" port of it is still really, really, REALLY bad.

I don't know if it's in one of the other episodes but Batman Return of The Joker on the Genesis and the unreleased SNES port sucked ass. I didn't understand why the game was considered one of the best Batman games ever because I played the Genesis version first.

I'm not 100% sure if I've played one (didn't they do a probably awful Strider sequel?) but those two SF2 ports were astounding! The GB and Master System can do better I think (at least the GBC did for sure, though it's a lot more powerful) but those were just hilariously bad!

Especially the ones done by Tiertex. Would a deep dive into their library break Joe completely?

All of them are straight up trash. Especially ones developed by Tiertex

Yes, this totally. Bad Amiga ports are fascinating, usually due to the extreme time constraints and budgets, that a small team or person had to develop the port.

@@esmerylan oh no, I hadn’t heard of that developer, what did they make?

Could that be because they couldn’t get the voice right, and had the graphics reflect it? 😅

@@jash21222 yeah, I guess I misunderstood. That’s funny then!

Gamesack is a pretty cool guy and eh doesn't afraid of anything

Love the Mercs gameplay video on the side at the end

What would he be afraid of? Devs from 30 years ago? 😂

Watch the video again Nightmodz.

​@@nightzelmodsIt's from a meme.

LOL. I was pretty surprised when I learned that TechnoSoft did the port themselves. I don't think they put much love into it.

I also heard Sega

It sounded like Sega to me. I was like what Sega publishing a game for the SNES? And I was like wow, SEGA actually published a game for Nintendo system back then LOL.

@@GameSack Who knows. Perhaps said port suffered from being a lower priority for TechnoSoft at the time.

@@Rabbitlord108 Probably the SNES lacking Blast Processing 😂

Yeah, Genesis could have got very close to 1:1 except for how bright the colors are on arcade. A great port would have been nearly as popular as G&G which was one of the more popular early games. I think they could've just done it as an arcade style game but with limited continues, unlike Shinobi where it was great they reinvented it for console.

Ghouls and Ghosts on genesis is literally the only game in the series I like! @@caseyhayes4590

@@caseyhayes4590 - it's a crying shame that there was never an accurate port of the original Shinobi, though. The PC Engine version is only so-so.

Which reminds me - didn't Joe do Alien Syndrome here already? He even goes through the exact same points, even the Tengen N. E. S. port!

If there are people in the world who haven't heard of the Neo Geo or Shinobi, then obviously they still aren't being mentioned enough. Maybe next time you get coffee, order it for Shinobi.

Yeah, they’re really fun. He’s been doing something special with all this. I love the ridiculous interstitial stuff like putting rygar in an nes backwards and things like that I’ve seen 😂

Thanks! Always glad to hear when people discover the channel. Hope you stay. :)

It sounds like shmuck

It has nothing on "metroidvania".

It will always be "shoot 'em ups" to me.

I can't stand that term either.

One I've only heard recently is "STG," which is a term used in Japan for "shooting game" apparently. I like shoot 'em up as it fits well with beat 'em up.

Yeah, this was really fun!

Lmao

silent scope or was that after

@@BMPK that was first in arcades

Cosmic Chasm for the Vectrex! That got an arcade port!

Bomberman would count, in fact there is a couple Bomberman Arcade games.

That’s kind of intriguing, and could include those nes games I guess. Thunder Force 3 I guess it was actually fits this! If it’s actually easy, I’d probably like it. Certainly looks good enough and fun enough.

That would be an improvement. Modern Madden has lost a ton of features since the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox original days.

I was expecting it.

Yeah, that pretty much explains it. I'm surprised he didn't also bring up the NES version for comparison a second time.

Thanks for brining this up. I thought that I was going crazy, remembering that he already bashed that one.

Interesting. Street Fighter Alpha (I think?) on gbc is supposed to actually be good, and while gbc is way more powerful, I do wonder if they could have made sf2 work on gb better. Maybe degrade the graphics some and focus more on the gameplay?

@@rebeccasam3434 I have SFA on GBC and it's simple. They did away with the big sprites and used smaller 8x16 pixel ones, this means both characters could be hardware sprites, GB SF2 used hardware sprites for player 1 and software sprites on the CPU using background tiles for player 2. With the CPU unburdened from having to redraw about a third of the screen every frame, it can draw more frames and give a smoother experience using similar hardware. It's not as good as people say it is, BTW, but considering it's on GBC they did really well making it run like it did.

@@fattomandeibu thanks for the explanation! That’s really interesting. I guess that explains both how the characters are so big on the original gameboy game (throw all your sprites into creating a single character), and why it’s so choppy. It’s kind of impressive, but I think it was the wrong direction to go. That is such an interesting solution, even if it doesn’t seem to totally work! So the game boy color supports 8 x 16 pixels sprites? My understanding is NES only supports 8 x 8? Wasn’t until the TurboGrafx/Genesis/super Nintendo that you started getting more sprite sizes? I didn’t notice that while to me the games didn’t look all that much better, the NEOGEO pocket color fighting games FELT right to play There’s so much about so many systems I wish I understood better, I love games, I love tech, so the intersection is super fun to me

@@rebeccasam3434 I can't remember how big GB sprites are, but I believe it is pretty much the same spec as NES on sprite size and number. It wasn't really that rare to use software sprites, as a lot of computer systems used for gaming systems(computers like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and IBM PC) wouldn't have hardware sprites at all and every game would have to use something similar. Keep in mind with the Neo Geo Pocket is that it is from 10 years after the Game Boy. It can handle bigger sprites and a higher number of them without breaking much of a sweat.

@@fattomandeibu I guess I do know even on the nes that they’d use backgrounds as moving characters basically…Megaman 1 did that even. Snes games used backgrounds so they could have giant characters that scaled. In both cases it would often be against a black background, which looked fine! But it wouldn’t have occurred to me about street fighter two on the game boy! I recently found out that punch out does some interesting stuff with that. I’m trying to remember for sure… I think little Mac and Mario are actually background tiles, and the only sprites are the big bosses, like they’re using all of the sprites to compose them. Unless I have that screwed up… And it’s really interesting like movement that little Mac does is actually scrolling, some of it, ditto for Mario, so not all of it is the CPU having to do new tiles, some of it it’s just a GPU scrolling! I don’t know, it’s just really interesting stuff But I had thought that the NES was only 8 x 8 sprites and you didn’t get anything larger until the TurboGrafx 16, genesis, and super Nintendo, but I could totally be wrong about that… Unless that is a new capability of the game boy color, since it is a lot more capable in different ways! I wish there was a resource that would list all of this and exactly have a hardware worked, like I found different sites but it’s often incomplete or doesn’t list stuff for every system .

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Me too! I got a pirated version of SF II for the Amiga back then and although it wasn't as good as the console versions I had a lot of fun with. I bought Mortal Kombat for the Amiga in the department store and I also thought it was an OK version of the aracade game. I never regretted my purchase. The Amiga ports of those fighting games may have not aged well. But back in the old days there was nothing like it, so the standards were lower.

And the sad thing is, static screen shots for that port look pretty good. Its only seeing it in motion that you know you were duped. I bet they fooled a lot of people

Best channel ever🎉

Also, congrats, Joe, for finally covering an MS-DOS game!

I mean the sprites are fairly large and well animated but the frame rate does look kind of choppy from what I saw in the video. I’ve never played it before so take it with a grain of salt

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Same. It's 40 minutes later now, I hope it came out ok. Wish me luck!

@@JaredConnell thanks man, took some work and determination but finally expelled the evil within. Did it around the 12 minute mark

Water and fibre, my blocked-up friend.

I mean, the Amiga and Zx Spectrum versions of SF2 were utter FILTH. The Game Boy version is the fucking Mona Lisa compared to those two. Also, the Master System version of that game? The attacks that you didn't know how to pull for that version, as well as the Amiga one, probably because the game used a system for attacks similar to what was usual in games before Street Fighter, as in the "keep the button pushed, then move the controller to one of the 8 directions, then release button" that you would find in games such as Yie Ar Kung Fu, Panza Kick Boxing or Budokan. Yes, I'm that old. I played those games.

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Isn't that Shinobi port also missing an entire set of levels?

Let me guess. Does the company rhyme with "Neck Boy" and come from a country where they levy heavy taxes about 5 times more than the games themselves?

Ninja Gaiden NES, Contra NES, Bionic Commando NES, Turtles in Time SNES, Tekken Tag Tournament home consoles, and Soul Calibur Dreamcast are the most famous examples of this. Master System version of Ninja Gaiden also deserves credit. Other examples I can think of for now include; Rayman 2: The Great Escape Dreamcast; Actually the version that was always originally intended. Compared to the N64 and PC versions, this has got to be the most refined version of the game. Soul Calibur 2 home consoles: Polished up graphics compared to arcade and exclusive characters. Virtua Racing Switch: An actual rebuild that unlike arcade runs at 60fps (though objects you can collide into are rendered at 30fps). Later on the game was patched to give you the ability to make the in-game colors more arcade accurate. Daytona USA HD (Xbox 360/PS3): Graphically an improvement over the original arcade version and controls are a very accurate translation. Double Dragon GBA: Graphical improvements and suffers from less lag than arcade. Gradius 3 SNES: This one is debatable, but I personally see this as being better than arcade (which contrary to popular belief also has lag). The SNES version like the arcade version is tough, but is forgiving enough to be the more enjoyable experience at home. There's the unofficial Root origin/Origin patch that fixes the problem of lag and unlike the vanilla SA-1 patch doesn't make the bosses feel unusually aggressive. R-Type Deluxe Atari ST and Amstrad CPC 2012: Not compared to arcade, but they're better than their original counterparts on such systems. R-Type Dimensions EX: Runs very well and can switch between original graphics and new graphics real time. Mario Bros GBA: Alright, so this is more of a remake. Still, easily the best way to play Mario Bros hands down. Super Mario Bros Special 35th Anniversary: Unofficial version of Special running on the same engine as Super Mario Bros. Puts to shame the older versions. Prince of Persia SNES: Blew past the older versions with ease. Metal Slug X: Basically Metal Slug 2 on Metal Slug 3's engine and a few other touch-ups. YS Book 1 & 2 Turbografix 16: Include the first two games together and this version is terrific in its own right. Valis (Sega Genesis): More of a remake, but easily the best way to play the original Valis. Unlike the older versions, this one is actually decent. Race Drivin' Saturn: Easily runs faster than arcade version. Not an amazing game these days, but this is the best version to go with. Samurai Shodown V Special: What the original version should've been like. Doom Resurrection 32X: Easily a large improvement compared to the first official 32X version. Music is even almost as good as the SNES soundtrack rendition. Marble Madness FM Towns: Very accurate translation of gameplay and soundtrack is even better. Sonic 1 and 2 Whitehead: More so remakes, but they are easily superior compared to their original Genesis counterparts; especially with the Sonic 2 special stages looking less messy. As for unofficial versions; there's now Sonic 1 Forever: Expansion Pack and Sonic 2 Absolute: The Community Cut. Sonic 3 Complete and Sonic 3 AIR: Sonic 3 Complete has not only the individual versions of Sonic 3 and Sonic &Knuckles, but also Sonic3&Knuckles. As for Sonic AIR, it has more consistent 60fps performance and contains smaller gameplay touch-ups. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD; Higher resolution textures and the Wii version of the game is included as mirror mode. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: More consistent 1080ps 60fps performance and battle mode is closer to the past games. Also has more tracks than Mario Kart 8 thanks to DLC still being provided currently. Resident Evil 4 Wii and Ultimate HD version: Both versions have additional content. Wii version has actually well implemented controls and Ultimate HD on PC gives you access to mouse and keyboard. Resident Evil: Deadly Silence and True Director's Cut: Deadly Silence is the most polished gameplay wise (not including HD remake and its remaster) and even has a new mode than adds new puzzles and knife fights with zombies. As for the unofficial True Director's Cut; it restores content from previous builds of Resident Evil. Resident Evil REmake HD: A remaster of the remake that gives you the option of modern controls and is even more visually impressive. After Burner 2 Saturn: Include additional options not in arcade and gameplay is even a more accurate translation of gameplay than 32X port. As for an honorable mention that isn't necessarily better than arcade but stands strong on its own is Virtua Racing Deluxe 32X. Compared to Genesis port (which is a competent effort); this is visually notably better and has new content that is welcomed.

The game you're talking Is Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo..released in '95 on CD-Rom. Quite good conversion

Was it missing all the parallax scrolling like the 3DO port? Also, I don't see how it was a good port if you couldn't play with the decent controller. The whole fun factor of that game is tied to proper controls.

A truly awful controller.

I’d probably get stuck, but it didn’t look too bad to be here. Honestly it feeling Zelda-y or metal gear-y with the scrolling doesn’t feel entirely like a bad thing.

I had the same experience. I never played the arcade version. I really enjoyed the SMS version for its ambiance, music, and challenge. Heck, I recently remixed the game's music recently since I like the game so much. 😊