San Francisco Rush (PlayStation vs Nintendo 64) Side by Side Comparison 

Man the loading times on the ps1 version are brutal

The N64 version is far superior to my eyes. I really fell the rush in it!

The N64 version is the most faithful to the arcade version, the movement of the player car on ps1 doesn't look like how they move in the arcade.

The PS1 version immediately loses for not having the "what's your name?" song.

The N64 version is quite impressive compared to the original arcade game which used a 3DFX chipset.

Meu Deus do céu... Como eu amava esse jogo. Aluguei muito na minha infância (N64). Eu e meus amigos jogávamos e ríamos demais com as músicas e caíamos na gargalhada com o 'Whats your name?'. Fazer o carro explodir e perder por tempo era mais normal para a gente do que terminar a corrida. 🤣

I love how half this vid is the N64 just waiting for the ps1 to load lol

Perfeito. Sempre quis ver esse comparativo

I adore the PSX but the N64 is killing it here..

The N64 version uses the same instruments from the N64 port of Mace: The Dark Age.

I played the s*** out of all the Rush games with my sister. The N64 versions. This and Cruisin', we love them so much.

Me recuerda a los PCs de la época, el mismo juego corriendo por CPU y el otro por tarjeta acceleradora tipo Voodoo 3DFX... visualmente como una comparación similar.

The N64 version is one of my favorite racing games on the console in a bit of an ironic way. It's steering is not sensitive enough and the track design is filled with 90 degree turns but the physics are so exagerated that it doesn't matter. Pulling off tricks is so damn fun.

I'll always be biased toward the N64 version since this is the version I've bought and played for countless hours as a kid. In fact it was the first game I ever bought for my N64 back then, and it was a very fun and cool game which brings memories a distant happy past. And yeah, I still own both console and cartridge. Sadly I couldn't buy the sequels but I've rented Rush 2 a lot at the time and I've managed to play Rush 2049 on Project 64 on recent times.

Never thought there was a PS1 version, pretty cool. But we played days and nights the Dreamcast version, it is the best.

Joguei demais no N64! Como um amigo falou, é como comparar um PC com Aceleradora 3D com um sem. Outro detalhe que fica incrível no Rush de N64 é o efeito Rumble! Recomendo demais!!!

N64 had everything except the music in my opinion. I love both versions. The PS version's gravity was wild lol. But the N64 is that arcade port I jump to when I feel the RUSH!

The N64 version was a faithful port of the Arcade. 1. The N64 version had 8 positions compared to the Ps1 pathetic 4. 2. Also the N64 version had the EXTREME! voice in the car select which was missing the Ps1 version. 3. Also the cartridge N64 music sounded better the CD based Ps1. 4. The Ps1's loading time was unbearable. The awful way it looked and sounded it almost seemed you kind of question "What was it loading?" I guess that second of fmv was worth it. 5. Man the car models on Ps1 looked like you can cut a roast with those edges.

Seeing the difference between the 2 versions I have to say that the N64 one Is pretty much superior in most categories. The N64 version has No loadings, has 8 racers instead of 4, has the what's your name song, a more cleaner UI, amoung other things

I remember asking for the PS1 version for my birthday. I didn't have an N64 yet but I loved SF Rush was so excited to hear there was a port for PS1. My Bday arrived and I got the game and my God was it bad, I could not believe it. The load times alone were enough to drive you over the edge but could have been forgiven if the actual game was decent. The biggest problem is how heavy the cars feel. The physics were all wrong, didn't feel like a rush game at all.

Starcraft PC vs N64, ninguém fez essa comparação ainda.

Me quedo con la version de Nintendo 64 sin ninguna duda.

64 é mais parecido com o Arcade com efeitos reduzidos ou faltando. Ps1 parece outro jogo parecido. Melhor o 64.

It is worth noting that the PlayStation aka CD-ROM version was released in 1998 and had the benefit of the latest PS1 dev kit tools while the Nintendo 64 version of SF RUSH was RUSHED out for holidays 1997 mainly because the N64 set huge sales records in North America so instead of Midway Games trying to make a very high quality N64 version, it is very clear that the game was just a cash in for the holiday shoppers... a bad move on Midway Game's part. Note that despite the hype against ROM Cartridges, the draw distance on the N64 "rushed port" is far longer and the fact that the PS1 port devs ADDED jet airliners and ballon lifts while the the N64 lacks them and iirc the arcade original also lacked them. Car physics and wind physics is the real problem with the arcade and N64 SF RUSH game as the arcade had a bad reputation and the N64 rushed out port suffers from being unplayable if you actually attempt to do higher difficulty and grand prix mode but it's very clear you can easily get first place on PS1 because the devs made that version much more forgiving... oh well...

*OOOOOOOOOOK, NOW I must look through my hundreds of N64 carts to see, if I own this*

La comparación es bestial. Y eso que la versión de N64 no fue compatible con el Expansion Pak, hubiese quedado mucho mejor 👍👍. Lo que sí lograron correr en pantalla, fueron los autobuses de transporte público en la pista 6 ¡solo con el Jumper Pak! 😱😱 es decir, sin necesidad de requerir el Expansion Pak. Un buen port de arcade para esa época 👍

O 2049 dava tontura, acho que até hoje só senti com este jogo... se tivesse na Steam certamente eu compraria. Parabéns, ótimo video!

I kind of want to prefer the PS1 version, but YIKES those load times. Also using a joystick just seems better.

Agora sim , mereceu o like

According to Wiki the N64 version came out in November 1997 and the PS1 version in February 1998

Tive esse game era fora de série no N64 tanto é que acabaram lançando Rush 2 que também tive e era excelente, a versão de PSX cheguei a jogar, mas ficou muito fraca perto da versão do N64.

En lo que carga la versión de PS te podías echar una carrerita en N64. 😁 A Nintendo se le puede criticar el uso del cartucho, pero es innegable que era mucho más práctico prender tu consola y echarte a jugar sin esas molestas pantallas de loading.

the big diference: Loading! (ps1 took more than 1 minute)

Nessa o N64 leva fácil, porém o melhor jogo dr corrida dessa geração está no PS1 que é o Gran Turismo 2.

N64 by a long shot.

O port desse game para o 64 foi o melhor que fizeram👍

I wish Rush would come back...

0:49 => April O´neil ?

N64 of course looks better as it's almost a generation newer than the PS1 and over twice as powerful great to see the differences though.

Half of the video is waiting the loading xD

I think N64 version is kind of Silent Hill, but definitely better than PS1 version.

Great race game, awesome in N64

Impressionante a versão do Nintendo 64! Se alguém me dissesse que era um jogo do início da vida do Dreamcast eu acreditaria.

I like both versions tbh here....

The N64 version is a superior port of the arcade with a 2 player championship mode through 24 races. Still one of the best racing games ever made. The Playstation version is just a mess. I don't know what that port companies problem was (limited time, resources, etc.) but the game just feels off in a number of ways. Not a good port at all.

Why wasn’t 2049 Released on PS1 ?

I could never get 1st place in the N64 version. It’s near impossible with the crappy cpu rubberbanding. Glad I’m not the only one with that had the struggle

the presentation I give to PlayStation but damn those loading screen

This game’s asthetic is stuck in the 80’s 😭

Está ai mais uma versão que não deveria ter sido feita para o ps1 pelo menos desta forma se tivesse sido feita com mais zelo talvez não ficasse tão feia pois o console tem ports ótimos de games da midway como Hidro Thunder mas neste caso de São Francisco Rush o abismo gráfico é brutal entre n64 e ps1.

I didn't know there also was a version for PS1. I prefer the N64 version, it looks better and it is also the version I played with when I was a kid.

Pra quem tem PS2 existe uma versão do San francisco the Rock Alcatraz Edition que é essa versão do extreme racing com gráficos iguais do N64... o Jogo está numa coletânea chamada Arcade Midway 3 para PS2... tem esse e também o Rush 2049 tbm...

Única coisa melhor no PS1 são as texturas pra mim, de resto o 64 ganha em tudo, foi um dos jogos q mais joguei nas locadoras da infância no 64.

One minute and twenty EIGHT SECONDS from cold boot (actually more cause PS1 has a boot screen lmao) to when you are FINALLY allowed to press start on PS1 meanwhile the mighty Nintendo 64 is just waiting there like: "dude get with it, come ON!" The sad thing about the fact that Midway Games had the chance to make these ports is that for those who are unware, these ports were indeed "rushed", especially the Nintendo 64 version since the N64 was being dismissed by the Western gamer media back then because there was this dull bias and sheer ignorance that somehow CD-ROM was "better" than a ROM Cartridge back then but when N64s started selling out like crazy during the christmas season of 1996, all of a sudden certain game companies wanted to make games on N64 and ROM Cartridge format. It is sad that Midway Games decided to just rush the N64 San Francisco RUSH game and MACE The Dark Age... both those games suffered from being buggy, having audio bugs and crap stereo usage (a result from rushing the game out for the christmas season they were targeting)... both those games could have used more time being developed even if delayed because eventually SF RUSH proved to be a fun arcade port (even though it was severely rushed and buggy and broken) that because it was rushed, was also NOT really tapping the actual power potential of the N64 hardware which just became a common theme for Midway Games. Meanwhile MACE TDA was also buggy, broken and had audio/stereo crap and again, was NOT actually tapping the power of the N64 and fanbase was forming around the N64 game but Midway Games did not even bother to support the fanbase... they DID make the N64 exclusive RUSH 2 cause SF RUSH sold very good even though it was a ROM Cartridge game. Finally the real kicker here... the arcade original SF RUSH used that USELESS live action FMV "hot girl shaking her head" thing in the arcades and the PlayStation shows it very close to the arcade version but it just exposes how useless that intro or "attract" video was... Plus the fact that the arcade version used a custom closed box PC with the over hyped and over rated 3DFX Voodoo chipset but an early launch and THIRD PARTY effort on N64 (note most early third party PS1 racers could never match 2nd party Ridge Racer level until barely 1996 or two years after launch) which kinda just shows that maybe if Atari Games and Midway Games had used the N64 as their arcade hardware, they could have saved millions and have actually gained the same or better graphics quality while also making way more money as N64 exclusives.

Nem sabia a tinha esse jogo pro Playstation

This game was amazing. I liked the N64 version better it just felt more life like.

It definitely was amazing how much the N64 port of S.F. Rush truly stomped all over the shoddy PlayStation edition, while also being very close to arcade perfect. And that was despite it being released a year earlier, while on the rapidly outdating cartridge format no less! You'd have thought the game having CD based software (albeit on weaker hardware) to work with could have given us something much better than that dreck for certain, but to no avail though! Granted the PS1 version may not have seemed quite so bad it if was your only option to play this game at home, but still however.

"it's dangerous" "Ahhhhhhh"

It’s a tie. Both have their pros and cons against each other.

Man, I thought they'd look similar, but the N64 version looks like a SEQUEL in the visual quality, even though it came out after the PS1 game, lol. And that huge difference in load times, wow. The only thing the PS1 game might have in its favor is the music. Some of the music in the N64 game annoyed me, tbh, lol.

wow and there's a 2P link up mode on PS1 version? its probably a clusterfawk

N64 wins here. However, for some reason the chronometer in N64 is running faster, so I think one of the games is accelerated or the other is running slower than normal. Anyways, 64 wins in graphics, especially the depth perception and the distant objects, also a more clear track.

N64 for me

n64 version had better and more fun looking car jumps

I remember owning both games and being absolutely gob smacked as to how BAD the PlayStation version was, everything from the handling graphics and that absurd load times and lack of polish screamed how much of a cash grab this was. The Nintendo 64 version was buttery smooth and the physics were right in line with the arcade. The graphics may not have been anything to write home about but it had that arcade feel. The Playstation version was the biggest let down as racing games on the PS were for the most part pretty damn good but this game left a very sour taste in my mouth. Even watching it now its hard not to cringe how the PS was so piss poor a port. The PlayStation was very capable of pulling off a good version of Rush but instead it got this slag. What a waste of my 70 bucks back in the day but at least I had the 64 version to make up for it.

More resolution for N64. But PSX version is more funny. Hay curvas!

Ps1 for me. The more I look at these comparison videos the more I think the PS1 had better graphics than the N64.

Po cara, faz um comparando jogos de pc com ps1

Much prefer the less blurry road surface on PS1 as it conveys more of a sense of speed.

N64 favorite versión

I remember back in 97 I had a n64. A buddy of mine from hs had his Playstation and would always argue that his Playstation was better, while never playing a 64. I invited him over to check it out one day and his reaction was priceless. From then on he was jealous lol. Playstation had its video effects. But 64 game play was SO much smoother!

Eu sempre usas o código pra tirar o tempo kkkk

Owned the N64 version as a kid and loved it. Just played the ps1 version for the first time today and it’s terrible in every aspect!

N64 was a good port. A few things missing and they didn’t do the music drop when there’s a crash Yes. The music in the arcade is tracked out. Crash and you’ll hear the drums drop out. N64. Oils have done this since it was tracked out audio too.

Joguei muito n64

Caramba joguei demais....mas sempre achei a versão do N64 muitíssimo superior a do PSX

It’s not even close, the n64 version is beyond the ps1 version. Like most games during this era…

The original Burnout 3.

No hay cinematica de intro en n64 y donde esta el avión en el cielo en la version de n64?

Achei a versão de N64 mais bonita. Apenas as músicas a versão de PS1 me pareceu melhor pois as músicas do N64 achei meio irritante.

Tive os 2 , N64 melhor , parece o Arcade, Ps1 parece outro game , não sou no nintedista, mas N64 me fez abandonar a Nintendo.

This time the game was better on N64! 👍

64 so far

ps1 aguentaria fazer melhor, mas esse jogo mesmo so é bom no dream

Loading, loading, loading , more loading, big loading....

A versão do Nintendo 64 é bem melhor, mas no Arcade era infinitamente superior!

N64 wins easily!

perfect example why i hate sony forever since 1995 and still wait they stop their pee station: movies + loading. Nintendo is the real.

SFRush is one of that games that show how ps1 struggle to calculate complex fisics. You feel the difference between the versions when you play it. On the other hand, the low res textures on the n64 are uggly as hell, the ps1 do it better. The 64 is the version to go

This game has pc version too.

🌛❤️🌜

PS1 versions is super messy but I gota admit, the gameplay is way funner.

I give it to the n64 the PS1 looks horrible next to it

Most notable difference... their TIMERS are out of sync...

N64 wins easy!!!

One was released in 1994 on a 32 bit system working with a CD ROM…. The other one, on a 64 bit system 2 years later on a cartridge… Still, there’s a “cool vibe” on PlayStation that I could not find on the N64… Both systems are fantastic for different reason.

This is a great video. Didn’t know the PS port was so poor compared to N64. Have you done California Speed?

Lembro na época de ter aluguado a versão de N64 e depois jogado a de PS1 na casa de um amigo só para ficar abismado com o quão feio e malfeito o jogo ficou. Daí comprei a versão do N64, que se tornou um de meus jogos favoritos do console da Nintendo. Depois de muitos anos sem chegar perto da versão de PS1, eis que me aparece esse vídeo. E então me dou conta (novamente) do quão vergonhosa é essa versão de PS1.

N64 better car models, Ps1 better textures. I like N64

N64 ganha, tenho a fita até hj