Sonic CD Version Comparison (Sonic Gems vs. Sega CD) 

gems is the old pc version from 1996

Windows XP PC version still has green water though

Yeah it’s a port of the 1996 pc version, however, the water was fine in the original pc version. The water problem was an error when they ported it to the gems collection

SirRH lmao the Gems collection version of Sonic CD is trash. So many errors, why couldn't they just have emulated the SEGACD version and not the PC one

Blank Blank Finally someone says it. I can't stand the Gems version.

WHO DEVELOP THIS GAEM?

KuroKomix it was emulation bugs, don't know why they couldn't have just emulated the SEGACD version

It has faster loading times though!

KuroKomix The SEGAPC one was the SEGACD cutscenes but enhanced for 256 colors and a little less choppy. By Gems the Enhanced Sonic CD cutscenes were presented. They're still used for Steam's version

@@theobserver4214 due to complications, they could'nt emulate the original SCD version.

Same, i still remember having that yellow cd sitting on the ledge in my family room as a kid, i could never get very far in the game so i remember it more for the cd then the actual game funny enough.

What was that intro song in this video

Sonic boom

BlazeHedgehog where's that update mate

Where is the update link it’s been 7 years

@@nyandwielijah I said "might." I never said that I would. "Might" means I'm undecided, and I haven't come up with a good reason to make the video. But that's also not a no. It's a maybe.

@@BlazeHedgehog oh ok

Yep... Apparently Sonic fans rather play versions of games that look worst, have internet blocked out features and dark and depressing looking versions of SA1 and SA2 because Sonic fans love to complain about the smallest changes.

W

Will M As for me on XBOX 360 so PS360 versions are better

What •_•

@@hexon8013 Yup, he's not wrong. The Gems Collection version is based on the 1996 PC Port of Sonic CD, wich has a few minor graphical downgrades compared to the original, but the Gems Collection version even more so. The 1996 Windows 95 Port of this game is the same (or better) than The 2005 GameCube Port (on the Gems Collection). I know... mind blowing...

Yan93 youre a very lucky person

You can download the mobile port: for free! It's better in ANY SINGLE way. (though it is filled with ads, but you can disable them by paying the moneh)

Sega CD more powerful than a 1996 PC? You are on drugs right?

+RHCommandos I'm personally a fan of the SEGA CD, but the fact is undeniable. You can't even use the different architectures to make an argument. CPU speeds were doubling almost every year. Even the 486 could mop the floor with the SEGA CD, it's just too old. That's like saying the XBOX One could outperform a Titan X. The XBOX is great, but it just isn't possible.

Blast Processing That's my point, the OP thinks the sega cd was more powerful than PC's not me :D

RHGames Okay. "More powerful" was a bad choice of words. I meant that PC ports of many console games at that time were scaled down due to funky things the console's hardware could do that would have been hard to replicate in software. Sonic CD would have been a challenging game to accurately port at the time. Not only does it use both the Sega CD's hardware (graphics, CPU and generated PCM sound), it uses the original Genesis' hardware (some graphics and some FM sound). The Sega CD could alternate between its own hardware and the Genesis hardware. For example, Sega CD could read CD audio off of the game disc for music, all the while still using its onboard PCM or the Genesis' FM sound to generate sound effects. Things like these posed issues for porting a game like this back then. The PC port of Sonic CD is noticeably lackluster and inaccurate. The water in Tidal Tempest is incorrect. Redbook audio has trouble looping. PCM like sound effects and past stage music play at a sample rate of 22.5 k (as they cannot be generated by a sound chip like they were on the Sega CD). I was trying to say that the PC port is weaker. GC uses the PC port rather than the SCD original with some textures cleaned up. But the wrong water is still there, and the bad quality audio is still there.

Is this PC port related to the steam version in any way?

@PMDP S2806 Because it's a very old comment and RU-vid completely redid the comment system like five or six years ago, so it broke very old comments like this.

Because it was remastered. The Sega CD FMV was pretty bad.

HCKTROX It would have been neat if Sonic Jam had a second disc for Sonic CD, as the Saturn definitely had enough power to run Sonic CD

The green water effect is normal not the other way round

Christian Zoni “Genesis CD”

I love both I can't decide which is better

@@Qualske I love both too, but I prefer the JP/EU soundtrack.

Yea I went through it again. It isn't darker per se, but it is *slightly* green. I like it like that more though.

Sonic Remix - "Brand New World"

Gael yeah his eyes on the sega cd looks like he’s actually looking at the player while the gems collection looks like he isn’t looking directly at the player

JP is better

54kirblox / Gino Much better.

Gallon it is, but it's a lot more broken

Missing effects is "better"? There's a lot more to this game than just the FMV intro.

BlazeHedgehog I said the intro and the menu. The rest of the game looks like crap in the Gems verison.

NiGHTSnoob The input is less delayed due to a higher framerate, as special stages run at 30fps/60fps on Gems compared to the 15/20fps of the original SEGACD version. Gems is faster, but the PC version just has a smooth special stage at the normal speed.

YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH

um what about the us game over

0V3CHKiN I prefer the Japanese one, because it fits more in the environment.

I prefer the JPN soundtrack because the U.S one is so freaking dark!

I prefer that you keep this argument on the videos that are actually about music and not gameplay -_-*