All Genesis/Mega Drive Vs PS1 Games Compared Side By Side
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- 0:00 - College Slam
0:30 - Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes
1:00 - Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes 2
1:30 - Duke Nukem 3D
2:00 - Earthworm Jim 2
2:30 - Family Feud
3:00 - FIFA 96
3:30 - FIFA 97
4:00 - FIFA 98
4:30 - Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
5:00 - Frogger
5:30 - Gauntlet
6:00 - Ghouls 'N Ghosts
6:30 - Hardball 95
7:00 - International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
7:30 - James Pond 2
8:00 - Jeopardy!
8:30 - Klax
9:00 - Langrisser
9:30 - Langrisser 2
10:00 - Lemmings
10:30 - Lethal Enforcers
11:00 - Lethal Enforcers 2
11:30 - Lord Monarch
12:00 - Madden NFL 97
12:30 - Madden NFL 98
13:00 - Marble Madness
13:30 - Mega Man
14:00 - Mega Man 2
14:30 - Mega Man 3
15:00 - Mercs
15:30 - Mickey's Mania
16:00 - Monopoly
16:30 - Mortal Kombat 2
17:00 - Mortal Kombat 3
17:30 - Ms. Pac-Man
18:00 - NBA Hangtime
18:30 - NBA Jam T.E.
19:00 - NBA Live 96
19:30 - NBA Live 97
20:00 - NBA Live 98
20:30 - NHL 97
21:00 - NHL 98
21:30 - Nobunaga's Ambition
22:00 - Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord Of Darkness
22:30 - Nobunaga's Ambition: Tales Of The Conqueror
23:00 - Olympic Summer Games
23:30 - Pac-Attack
24:00 - Pac-Mania
24:30 - Paperboy
25:00 - Pebble Beach Golf Links
25:30 - PGA Tour 96
26:00 - Powerball
26:30 - Primal Rage
27:00 - Puyo Puyo 2
27:30 - Race Drivin'
28:00 - Raiden
28:30 - Rainbow Islands
29:00 - Revolution X
29:30 - Risk
30:00 - Road Rash
30:30 - Romance Of The Three Kingdoms 2
31:00 - Romance Of The Three Kingdoms 3
31:30 - Roadblasters
32:00 - Samurai Shodown
32:30 - Shi-Kin-Joh
33:00 - Smash TV
33:30 - Spot Goes To Hollywood
34:00 - Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition
34:30 - Street Racer
35:00 - Strider
35:30 - Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
36:00 - Theme Park
36:30 - Twin Cobra
37:00 - Ultimate Qix
37:30 - Uncharted Waters: New Horizon
38:00 - Viewpoint
38:30 - Wheel Of Fortune
39:00 - Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
40:00 - Worms
40:30 - WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
41:00 - Zoop - Hry
I am impressed by the number of games that are comparable or even better on the Mega Drive.
Me too, I was not expecting it to perform so well against such superior hardware.
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When it was a 2D or sprite based game, it held up well. When the PS1 showcased it's 3D abilities, the difference between the generations was definitely noticeable. Still, good showing for the Gensis.
SFC has good graphics and sound, but FPS frames are much better than MD, which is faster and can produce more effects processing
What I have learnt from watching this great video is that the Genesis is mostly better than PS1 if the game was released on the Genesis. To me It looks like they were lazy in porting most of these older titles over to PS1. On fifa98 this was a very late game for the Mega drive/Genesis and we can see the PS1 is on another level here. so what i am thinking is it was probably cash in, make a quick buck, increase the amount of games on the PS1 etc mentality that caused these titles to be weaker on the PS1 i think the PS1 could easily do better.
For those who are viewing this after the SNES vs PS1 video, here's the unique games in this video:
Duke Nukem 3D
Gauntlet
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Hardball 95
Klax
Langrisser
Lemmings
Lethal Enforcers 2
Marble Madness
Mega Man
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mercs
Pac-Mania
Paperboy
Powerball
Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2
Risk
Road Rash
Roadblasters
Shi-Kin-Joh
Spot Goes To Hollywood
Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition
Strider
Twin Cobra
Ultimate Qix
Viewpoint
Duke Nukem 3D is extremely impressive considering the limitations of the Sega Genesis, it's incredible that TecToy managed to do something like this without any additional chips, a pity that the game was only officially released in Brazil. (This ends up making it difficult for the game to appear on a new Sega Genesis Mini or Nintendo Switch Online)
@@MoonSarito I can't believe they got that to work on the Genesis. I could see a modern day homebrew enthusiast doing that these days but in the 90s without additional chips it's stunning much like Doom & Street Fighter Alpha 2 on the SNES.
Genesis all day! No loading screens!
Yeah when a game is equal on both ports no loading vs really long loading always wins out.
I was stunned then and now by how well some Genesis ports hold up to the 32 bit consoles or even the arcade.
Same here, I'm surprised that 30+ years later the Genesis still looks amazing. In case you're interested, I'm currently working on a series where I compare every arcade game that had a Genesis port. It's not finished yet but currently every game from After Burner 2 - Roadblasters is up on the channel.
It's lazy creating, they basically reuploaded 16bit games to a 32bit machine and made it look pretty
Well, these games on the PS1 are not really pushing the PS1 to its limits. It's like saying a Corolla running at 50mph is holding up well against a Ferrari running at 50mph.
@@ronch550 yes, but that would be a ridiculous comparison sings how the Sega genesis came out in 1988, and the PlayStation really came into its own around 1997
@@miamimagicians it's obviously not a fair comparison but I'm addressing what this video is trying to imply: which is that the Genesis can somehow hold up against the PSX. It can't. That's why I made the analogy above.
Nice effort. First time I see a large compilation like this
Thanks so much for checking this out! I've got a bunch of others if you're interested like every SNES vs Genesis game, every NES vs SNES, 2600 vs 5200 vs 7800, etc.
Cool video, funny to see that few games are actually superior on 16bit Genesis.
Thanks for watching! Haha yeah I thought so too. It was the same way with the SNES vs PS1 video where I thought the SNES won out a decent amount of times.
Because some PS1 ports were just horribly made or used an inferior version for porting. PS1 had some issues with fully 2D games, but not THAT much issues.
Dragon Slayer looks so unbelievably bad, on PS1, I momentarily questioned the authenticity of the video.
@@syckles Haha yeah that port is horrible. The first time I tried it was on the Saturn and I thought I was having issues with my OSSC. The PS1 & Saturn ports are equally bad and the SNES & Genesis look great.
Megaman looked terrible on ps1. Especially the sprites
Great video, thanks. I consistently forget how long games were continually made for the Genesis/MD in certain regions. That Duke 3D port is always fascinating to me. I also didn't know many of these PSX games existed, and it's nice to see some of the artistic differences between the two (like the Earthworm Jim 2 comparison).
Thanks for watching! Yeah that Duke Nukem port is wild. I wish it was released in other countries because I absolutely would have gotten that had it come out in the US. And I agree too that the artistic choices were interesting. One of the biggest ones I noticed was in my previous video where I compared the PS1 to the SNES. The game The Lost Vikings 2 has a cartoonish look for the SNES and a 3D rendered look for the PS1.
earthworm jim is a perfect fit for the genesis. high contrast, good gameplay. it feels like a genesis game
The Genesis was the "tude" console in the height of that era and Earthworm Jim was an embodiment of Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, etc so it was a match made in Heaven for that time period.
Excelente trabajo! Tengo 41 años, tuve y disfruté estas dos consolas. Recuerdo cuando mi papá me compró de sorpresa la Sega Genesis y puse por primera vez el Sonic. Que belleza! También cuando mi tío me trajo la PS1... PFFF ese salto hacía la tecnología 3D me explotó la cabeza. Gracias por compartir, saludos desde Argentina.
Thanks so much for checking this out! I remember playing Sonic for the first time too and it changing my life. I didn't know video games could be that impressive when I first saw it. The leap into 3D was one of those experiences I don't think we'll ever be able to recapture. That was a magical time to be a gamer.
@@RetroComparisons Exactamente amigo, recuerdo con alegría y nostalgia ese momento mágico, como bien lo describes! Un abrazo grande!
Awesome! Thanks so much for the video!
Thank you so much for watching:)
32 but system vs a 16 bit lol, I miss Sega in the console business to me even their failures were badass loved the Dreamcast
The Dreamcast was incredible. It sucks it was only relevant for a couple of years.
It's pretty cool to see how cross-gen games were back then, despite the Sega Genesis having a big limitation in the color palette it stayed pretty close to the PS1 2D games.
Duke Nukem 3D is extremely impressive considering the limitations of the Sega Genesis, it's incredible that TecToy managed to do something like this without any additional chips, a pity that the game was only officially released in Brazil. (This ends up making it difficult for the game to appear on a new Sega Genesis Mini or Nintendo Switch Online)
I would love to see a video like this more with the Super Nintendo since the Sega Genesis didn't get some cross-gen titles like Street Fighter Alpha 2.
I really wish Duke Nukem came out in the US and Europe. I didn't get a next gen console until 1998 so I would have loved to have had that in '96.
In case you're interested I have a SNES vs PS1 video that does show SF Alpha 2 along with everything else. czcams.com/video/IkO8-CNv4GY/video.html
@@RetroComparisons Thanks o/
From Tec Toy, Duke Nukem 3D on the Mega Drive is yet another underwhelming effort from them.
True and more valiant effort can be found in many more examples, from as early as 1991 in the form of Star Cruiser, even Steel Talons and specially the "F-" simulation games, all these actually feature real time polygons.
Check F-22 Interceptor - Advanced Tactical Fighter, F-117 Stealth - Operation - Night Storm , F-15 Strike Eagle II, F-117 Night Storm, F1 - World Championship Edition.
Duke 3D is a terrible example, actually, even Zero Tolerance is heads and shoulders above it in all aspects. I believe a decent version could be brought to the console just like a decent DOOM port was released on the SNES, but this one is as shameful as their Street Fighter 2 Master System, another early beta effort distributed as full-fledged games.
Tec Toy did a good job as SEGA's official representative and distributor here in Brazil and translated Phantasy Star (SMS) and Riven for Saturn (which was even dubbed), other than that, they had no business in the software side of things.
There’s indies porting street fighter alpha on the genesis but it takes a while.
@@SpartanX360 I saw prototypes for both SFA2 and KOF98, even Metal Slug running on the Mega Drive, but I wonder if they plan on making those complete games or are they just concepts to show the console could do those games?
Thanks for the vid, I was looking for more PS1 games to play. Last time I check still no PS1 vs Sega Saturn, you should do that too!
Thanks for checking this out and thanks for the suggestion! I do plan on doing a PS1 vs Saturn video at some point though that's going to be huge undertaking so it may be a while before I get that out.
So cool to see that the Sega Genesis console was still around and getting these titles
Most definitely, I love that they kept it going through 96 & 97 and technically even in 98 with Frogger.
@@RetroComparisons it had a long life. 👏👏👏👏
@@RetroComparisonshilariously, frogger was also the last SNES game.
@@so-vp2qh Haha yeah that's a strange way for the North American SNES to go out. At least with Sega you could argue that it is some sort of bookend with Frogger being an early hit for their company and ending their most successful console.
The sega genesis is a videohame system that goes down in the history of videogame it was way ahead of its time
Dammit! Second! I finished watching a video before switching...
This I am very interested in!
Haha so close! There's definitely some interesting ones in here like Twin Cobra and especially Duke Nukem.
@@RetroComparisons Lol yeaaaah.
Yes looking forward to watching buddy!
@@mikec3260 Thanks my friend! I hope you enjoy and I hope you're having a great Father's Day!
First! I'll have to check this out later, but this popped up in my notifications as I was getting ready to shut out of a quick check of youtube. But, I am quite interested in seeing how this turned out, just like with the SNES vs PSX, so I'll definitely check some out. And, just like that one, I'm surprised by how many games were on both, but it does make sense.
Thanks buddy! Take your time on this, it's another long one. I was surprised by how many there were too. Initially I thought it was going to be around 50 games.
Fun fact: the Mega Drive actually had a higher standard resolution ( 320x240p) than the PS1 (256x240p).
Mega drive standard reolution is 320x224, the PSX resolution is 256x224 but can show higher resolutions too
@@kubratodason719 224p is NTSC, 240p is PAL.
@@dorbei but most PAL game only show 224p letterboxed
This is completely incorrect; the PS1 usually displayed 320x240 and sometimes even 512x240.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO!!!!
Thank you for checking this out:) I appreciate your support!
oh God, I missed those days..
Me too! There was something so magical about this era of gaming and life in general.
GREAT video! Love the comparisons!!! Both systems does some games better than the other.
Thanks for checking this out! I agree, they both had their strengths and weaknesses with these ports.
You deserve thumbs up. 👍🏼
Thanks so much for your support:)
Another great video! Many of the things I and others said on your "SNES vs. PS1" video still hold true here: it's impressive that there was this much overlap, and the 16-bit developers were really pulling off some minor miracles for the aging Genesis when viewed against much newer hardware (PS1). In Sega's case, it was more out of an unwillingness to let go of their better-performing older console and Sega of America's disastrous-in-hindsight reluctance to fully embrace the Sega Saturn. Getting back to the games, I especially have to give kudos to the quality on "Mickey Mania" and "NBA Hangtime" as impressive achievements for the Genesis, though several of the sports games (especially FIFA) delivered excellent experiences that didn't look any lesser than PS1 despite lacking the full 3D. On other titles, PS1 was clearly making use of their next-gen tech to do some very cool things... often most visible on the game show titles among the list we see here!
One of the big differences between the Genesis and SNES multiplatform games with PS1 was how much of the Genesis library involved sports titles. Not really a surprise, since it was *the* sports game machine of choice in that era. Apart from that, I saw a lot of competing ports of already-vintage arcade games from the 80s, a number of Japan-only RPGs that got remastered versions on PS1, quite a few fighting games where the Genesis either held its own moderately well (MK3, Samurai Showdown) or got stomped (Primal Rage), and... "Klax". Thank goodness we found an excuse to get you to play "Klax" again! I'm sure you were worried there for a second that you'd miss out. ;)
I initially thought you made a goof with the inclusion of "Duke Nukem", but of course, that turned out to be those madmen from Brazil, TecToy, doing their thing and porting titles to Sega consoles still popular there when they were dead as a doornail everywhere else. "Worms" was the other title that caught me off-guard, but from what I can tell, that one may be another that never got released in the North American market but did get an official release elsewhere. Kudos on your thoroughness as always and for another great video!
Thank you so much my friend for your kind words and for your insightful comment! The SNES & Genesis really play to their strengths and reputations in these videos where the SNES has so many RPGs and the Genesis has so many sports titles and shooters like Twin Cobra. Some of the stuff they pulled off much like the SNES was so cool to see like Duke Nukem which I really wish was released in the US. For years I didn't know Hangtime was on the Genesis which is a shame because it's fantastic. Ugh the worst part of the video was retreading not only Klax but Race Drivin' again. I'm surprised Worms didn't get released in the US because it seems like it would have universal appeal but I think it's a PAL exclusive. Anywho, thanks as always for your continued support as it really means a lot to me.
Wait... did you really split the sound L&R like you did the screen? Kudos!!
Thanks! Funny enough that's a big point of contention where people either love or hate that I split the sound lol
Is it my imagination or several of these games look better on Genesis than they look on ps ??
I thought so too.
lol Dragon Slayer looks better on Genesis than PS1.
Haha yeah that PS1 version is quite bad
I'm so confused by that. Like... why...
@@Dariothehungry I have no idea. The Saturn version is the same way.
Came here to make that same comment... wtf!? 😂
@RetroComparisons I saw that...I wonder if they did that so they wouldn't have to scale it any. So they could keep the same pixel counts and not have to change the sprites and assets.
First NBA JAM in the ‘93 for megadrive was SUPERB (i still got the original cartdrige!) ❤
I love that first game too! I think my brother has my original cartridge. I'm gonna have to nab that from him at some point lol
There are some games where the Genesis looks much better like Megaman, Mercs and some others. Just goes to show the power that 16bit system. Obviously it’s because of the BLAST PROCESSING 😂! Although I will say the games that I played and noticed a significant improvement over the older systems are sports games! The movement is much more fluid along with the speed being more consistent with less slowdown or lag. Anyway that’s just my opinion.
The Genesis did hold up pretty well and over-performed on a lot of these. Lol it's got to be that blast processing that did it.
Sega Genesis MegaMan is remake, while PS1 MegaMan is direct port from NES version.
Great comparison compilation!
I was very surprised to see that on many games the Genesis almost matched the graphical integrity of the PS1 game's version, and in fact I think about 10 games actually look better on the Genesis. Both great consoles with tons of great games!
Thanks for checking this out! Yeah I was pretty shocked to by the sheer number of games and by how many the Genesis arguably won out on.
both have their own charm.. except that ps1 dragon slayer wtf 😂
Lol yeah what was up with that Dragon Slayer port?
Those 2D games should,ve never belong on the ps1 also since it lacks 2D hardware support BUT for what i,ve heard is that to get around it is just to convert those 2D tile sets & sprites to flat textured polygons to make it appeal to be 2D to the naked eye,if that’s true then that’s what i do consider it a clever way to get 2D on ps1.
It does actually make it more impressive in that regard. The Saturn was a 2D beast but lacked the 3D prowess and the PS1 was like the opposite of that.
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Thanks so much!
This is an amazing comparison video! Some make the Genesis look like a toy, others the Genesis really holds up amazingly well, and some (mainly RPGs) the Genesis actually looks better. (I don't think any sound effects are better on the Genesis though! 😉
Thanks so much! It's weird to see the Genesis win out visually sometimes like with the Dragon Slayer games, cooler aesthetic in Risk, and the Super Mario All-Stars treatment on the first 3 Mega Man games.
@@RetroComparisons oh yeah... The Megamans! They are way better on the Genesis! Thanks for your hard work on this
@@f.k.b.16 They're much easier too lol! I got my ass kicked in the PS1 versions but managed to get by better in the Genesis versions. Thank you for watching as always my friend! It makes it worth it when I know there are people enjoying the content:)
This is great...the PS 1 was a massive leap forward in terms of 3d gaming which was just not available before...but it's interesting to see that in some games the Sega Genesis (Megadrive) and the PS1 were not that far apart..... I was an Amiga fan, but in terms of 3d gaming, we were just not there, and true arcade quality was always slightly elusive... .....love the old Amiga games though...
FIFA '98 on the Genesis? What??? I grew up with that console but had no idea it lasted so long. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for checking this out! Surprisingly we also got NFL 98, NBA Live 98, NHL 98 and World Series Baseball 98.
It's often like that for sports games. FIFA 19 came out on PS3. The PS4 came out Nov 2013.
@@chamoo232 that’s incredible
@@RetroComparisons you’re welcome!
@@chamoo232 That's wild! If there were Just Dance games back then we may have gotten an official Genesis release in 2005.
Brutal like!
Duke Nukem 3D was one of the few games i owned in my Mega Drive and as a kid it was hard as hell to me. I remember very well to get killed a lot and i basic needed to memorise every move of the enemy.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought it was hard as hell. I spent a ton of time getting footage for it because I kept getting destroyed lol!
Comparing 16bit with 32bit isn't the same
So glad you made this. Now send this to all those developers saying the Series S is the reason games are having issues. I knew that sounded like B.S. when I heard that. If they build the game for that specific hardware, they can make it work. Some of these were too close for the difference in power of the systems. In some cases, the Genesis just completely embarrassed the PS1, (unless you were trolling with the 3 Mega Man clips and switched the versions) and with Earthworm Jim also.
Thanks for checking this out! Haha yeah they'll blame whatever they can to find an excuse for the issues they're currently having.
To be fair with Mega Man, the Genesis version is a remaster in the way that Mario All-Stars redid the first three Super Mario games whereas the PS1 games are faithful ports of the NES originals so those get a pass. Dragon Slayer on the other hand...yikes!
25:12 That was super creepy and made me laugh a lot.
Lol! He was a little too excited for a good shot on the fairway.
I had no idea a bunch of Sega console games got ported to the ps1
It's crazy how much overlap there was between the two. The SNES even more so with 130 games overlapping.
Wow awesome!
Thanks!
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awesomeness!
Thanks:)
@@RetroComparisons no problem man.i really do enjoy your content 😎
@@Neo_Shadow_X I really appreciate your support! You are awesome!!
This comparison is very interesting if you really think about it. It's one console that was never designed to produce 3d graphics (Genesis) against a console cannot produce sprites (Playstation) at all. Everything you see the Playstation push is all polygonal based even if it looks like everything is sprite driven.
Addendum- You should have used Road Rash 3 (GEN) vs Road Rash (PSX). It unfortunate, is the smoothest looking Road Rash for the platform.
Yeah the PS1 was no Saturn when it came to 2D graphics in the 5th gen. Road Rash 3 probably is a better 1x1 comparison since it's more polished but for the purposes of this video I only did straight ports.
@@RetroComparisons
I didn't think about that...good job man!
@@Sinn0100 Thanks so much for watching:)
I always found it strange that games like Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes
and Dragon Slayer: The Legend Of Heroes 2 were remade for the Mega Drive but the SNES and PS1 ports use the same old Japanese computer releases, that frankly, would look bad and actually performs worse than any proper NES RPG, these original ports should actually be unlockables that I'm sure most players wouldn't care to play. Something akin to Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure that features the original Atari 2600 release, but in this case, the Atari original is actually worth playing.
Yeah those two games were quite strange releases. They even look kind of bad for an 8 bit game. And speaking of Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure I wish they included Pitfall 2 on there because that game still kicks ass.
@@RetroComparisons Yeah, I'll say I'm not familiar with part 2, but I learned about it in the recent years and it's impressive for the A2600, and there are many other versions with a cool DOS release as well, while I have no nostalgia with this title, contrary to the first, I appreciate it for being a true sequel.
It's funny how the PC-98 and Genesis versions look better than the PS1 versions too; like those higher res pixel art graphics are beautiful. Was the PS1 not capable, didn't it have the same resolution as the Genesis, at 320x240?
I always love seeing side by side remakes like this though, the PC-98 and Genesis versions of those games easily look the best. Despite what I said about the PS1 above, it still looks better visually than the SNES versions, which have washed out colours and look very bland, lol.
I think those higher res pixel art graphics are a great way to remake an old classic, with better quality and visuals, while still remaining faithful to the original art style, since it's just upressing by hand and adding more detail in the same pixel art medium.
@@tamerkoh Those classic old Japanese PC games look interesting, PC-98, Marty and more, were they running at 480p or higher?
As for why they ported the archaic originals to both the SNES and PS1, this is nothing new, actually, there are many (Japan only) Sega CD games that suffer from the same syndrome. Uninspired visuals and subpar choppy performance, they literally ported many old PC games to consoles from the 16-bit and 32-bit era, most, if not all remained in Japan for obvious reasons. Some were enhanced, though, Kuro no Ken - Blade of the Darkness is an example where devs took a bit more effort to make the console a bit better on the PS1, but the original is still quite decent.
@@roberto1519 Oh yeah it's definitely one of the more impressive games on the console, especially for one that was so old by the time the game came out. I've never seen the DOS release so I'll need to check that out. Thanks for mentioning that!
Seeing the difference agains makes the ps1 magic
Sony Playstation: 7 - 1 :Sega Mega Drive
//Note: Goal of Sega Mega Drive: Dragon Slayers
crazy how many of the genesis games looked and sounded better than the ps1 versions
Isn't International Superstar Soccer was Winning Eleven before Winning Eleven is a thing?
Dragons Slayer and Mega Man (all parts) look better on Genesis then on PS
Wow 😮 that's a great comparison between PS1 and Sega Genesis 16bit , I see so many games look great on Sega Genesis , we already know PS1 is powerful system this is no joke on the graphics texture quality everything , I see how Sega Genesis 16bit capable can manage everything very good on hardware graphical experience that's impressive, Genesis definitely is a great solid system
Respect for Sega Genesis 😊
Thanks for watching! The Genesis did really hold up well for a ton of these and in some cases even looked better like with Dragon Slayer. This was such an amazing and exciting time to be a gamer.
Good to see UK as one of the Jam teams. Best college basketball team of all time 🐐
Does it make sense to compare games from a 16bit console (Megadrive/Genesis) versus a 32bit console (PS1) ?
While it may not be a "fair" comparison per se I personally find it fascinating to see the the differences between generations of consoles, particularly systems that are one console generation apart.
No it doesn’t make any (zero) sense compare 16-bit game vs 32-bit game
Genesis wins in 90% the games. Is the best.
Mickey mania and NBA Jam completely wipe the floor with the genesis on PS1.
That FIFA 96 jump is bonkers.
I should have known that Sony Playstation 1 have the same game as the Sega Genesis does.
Awesome video!
Thanks for checking this out!
@@RetroComparisons sure!!
@@RetroComparisons I'm also a CZcamsr and gamer myself I goes with old school retro Games first from the 80s 90s early 2000s.
I think I will subscribe to your channel.😉
@@antonioavellar2812 Thanks so much for your support! I'm gonna check out your channel too:)
dragon slayer, ghouls n ghosts, Klax, Mega Man 1-3 (tho the ps1 version may be nes ports but still), Ms Pacman, Twin Cobra are MUCH better looking and by A LOT.. that is unacceptable. not to mention HALF or MORE look almost the SAME as the ps1 counterparts.
It's amazing what the Genesis could pull off.
Is this a fair comparison? I mean they are different generations...🤔
I wouldn't call it fair per-say but it's more to see how things changed between generations. Most of my channel focuses on that aspect since I find it fascinating to see how things improved between 2 gens of consoles.
@@RetroComparisons Sounds good, just stumbled upon your channel today. I didn't know what you are doing, but now I get it. Thank you.
@@yavorchernaev39 Thank you so much for checking the channel out:) I hope you enjoy what I have up and I'm always up for suggestions on future videos so feel free to let me know any time if there's anything you'd like to see.
College slam was ten times better than nba jam. This game was so fun and the 3 point spots that would pop up. I just found this game more fun than any nba jam. I hope this and nba jam make a come back one day. If streets of rage and battle roads can be revitalized then so can college slam, nba jam, oh and nfl blitz! I’d love a next gen blitz game
If a proper new NBA Jam & Blitz in their original styles came out and were as good as the new SOR game I'd die a happy man.
16 vs 32 bits , what to fuck!
Paperboy has a special place in my heart. Silly premise, silly gameplay, terrible graphics, insanely fun! Proof that, in the end, games just need to be fun.
Very well said! It's not always about the graphics, it's about how fun a game is.
I didn't know half of these games were released on PS1, is this the USA or all regions ?
This is all regions. For the SNES vs PS1 video in particular that I did there's a ton of Japanese exclusive games.
Whoa wait So blast processing is real😮
it would be nice to make a separate sound for the versions, so you know the musical and sound differences.
Although I think I get it. Sounds go on separate channels, left and right.
I have separate videos for most of these games individually but for these long form videos I just pan it hard left and hard right. On speakers it's admittedly not great but it's much better with headphones.
@@RetroComparisons I already understood. This is a very interesting solution. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates this approach. 🙂
@@Begemot333 Very true, I get mixed reactions on this approach. Thank you for checking this video out:) I very much appreciate your support!
The Genesis IS my favourite console, so powerful and good for her Time, very very good processor.
It's my favorite too
Heh! Duke Nukem 3D on the Genesis looks like Wolfenstein 3D
Why is the EWJ2 music sped up?
Idk if this has already been said, but there are actually quite a few games that look just as good or slightly better on the Genesis. But the games that do look better on the PlayStation look WAAAAAAY better there.
I’ve always thought Viewpoint on the Genesis was a beautiful port and wasn’t too far from the original. The PS version absolutely murders it though.
I totally agree and that seems to be a consensus so far. The same goes for the SNES vs PS1 ports where the SNES held its own as well. But yeah when the PS1 was on point it knocked it out of the park.
The Sega Mega Drive(mine's European) was more powerful than what most people think. Sorry for my English,i'm from Portugal
You're English seems good to me. I agree, the Genesis doesn't always get the credit it deserves for putting out some ahead of its time games that seemed to defy what was possible. The SNES did too for that matter with stuff like the Donkey Kong Country series.
@@RetroComparisons you're totally right. And i'm glad to have both original consoles with everdrives from krikkz,one is x7 for Sega and the other's Sd2snes fx pak pro. They're awesome. And now i got a Sony Trinitron Crt to play as it was meant to be. 💪❤️
@@AdrianoSnake Oh that's an incredible setup! Having those Everdrives from Krikkz is a game changer. If I told my childhood self that one day I'd have every single Genesis game on one cartridge my mind would have been blown.
I almost forgot the PS1 was out in the mid 90s and the PS2 came out right after the Sega Dreamcast. I was more of a Nintendo fan before going to PS and I always thought it was N64 fighting PS1 back then not even knowing the Sega had a 32 bit system. I guess they had a upgrade to the 16 bit Genesis and still did have games out. You should do one showing these two plus the N64 comparisons.
I'm actually thinking of doing a huge video at some point between the PS1/N64/Saturn but that's going to be a huge undertaking so maybe not for a while. I'm super curious to see how they all stack up to each other.
What is really impressing me in this video is not the PS1, but how well the Genesis stacked up when the entire system relied on a single 7mhz CPU without any additional graphics hardware at all.
The closest to just a 68k was the Atari ST. The Genesis has plenty of hardware features in the VDP.
Genesis is a monster
Дружище, ты конечно извини, сравнение классное, но развести звук(слева Genesis, справа PS1) так, что по факту всё смешивается то это очень тяжело слушать.
Сделал бы возможность дать всем послушать сначала звук с одной консоли, а затем с другой - было бы куда лучше.
Спасибо.
The Genesis made up for it's lack of color by blinding your eyes with the few it had 😂
Lol!
I wish shinning force was ported to the playstasion the soundtrack could have used a better sound chip
Am i crazy, or do some of the 2D games actually look better on the genesis?
If you're crazy for thinking that than I'm crazy too lol
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_Megadrive 16 bits VS PlayStation 32 bits_
8:28 San Martín nombrado en un juego? Muchaachoos 🎶
How about The entire sega gen Library Versus per game on ps1
That would be quite a feat and I commend anyone who would put that together.
Megadrive/Genesis holds up incredibly well.
No, it doesn't.
It only does decent in some cases (most of them are platformers)
Anything else is a deadpool. Look at fifa 98 genesis looks incredibly awful.
Even some 2d ones like street fighter or street racer look like a joke on genesis
@@easyygo3008 Like a joke? They look and play great, what are you talking about?
As expected and there was no way to be different, almost everything was much better, more colorful and fluid on the PS1 but taking into account the immense superiority of processing and graphics resources of the PS1 I have to recognize that the versions made for the Genesis almost always surpassed expectations and they were pretty decent ports probably thanks to the great work of dedicated and very skilled programmers!
When the programmers were on their game for the Genesis or SNES for that matter they could make some awesome looking stuff even on the aging hardware.
I actually think the Genesis was better in some cases. Look at Ghouls and Ghosts. The Genesis version crushes the PS1 version! Plus the PS1 is actually inferior at having multiple parallax scrolling background layers. PS1 was built with 3D in mind, Not 2D. If you look at Duke Nukem. The 3D is handled much better on the PS1.
@@TechnologyMan9575 yeas but always due to efforts of skilled genesis game programmers or maybe due to lazy PS1 game programmers....
@@TechnologyMan9575 in fact, unlike the N64, the PS1 was built with powerful hardware dedicated to handling 2D graphics, with hundreds of hardware sprites and the ability to manipulate up to eight background layers with independent scrollings, far more than the two background layers on the Genesis!
This 2D hardware was kept in the PS1 project due to requests from Japanese game developer studios, many with 2D shmup franchises that were very popular in Japan on machines like the PC Engine, SNES and Sega Genesis and would continue to appear later on the Sony machine!
Parallax effects are achieved (this goes for the PS1, SNES and Genesis) by the programmers by individually manipulating the scrolling speeds of the background layers, so the quality of the parallax effect depends more on the skill of the programmer than on the capabilities of the 2D hardware.
I was thinking the same (I am always biased to the Megadrive usually!) however.... 14:56 check out how much smoother mega man 3 is compared to the PS1. The Ps1 is excused however as it did not have blast processing capabilities XD Mercs had an "original" mode as well which made the game longer and you could level up.
I know none of these are graphic powerhouses but still......... Genesis seems to keep up and in some cases surpass the PS1.
Mickey mania, Dragon slayer, Earthworm Jim,
The Lost world Jurassic park,
Ghoulst in ghost,
In these games I think the Sega Genesis is better.
Uncharted waters new horizons,
Gauntlet IV,
Klax,
Puyo puyo,
Rainbow Island,
Megaman,
langrisser,
Mercs,
Road blaster,
Lord monarch,
www wrestlemanía arcade game
E Spot goes to hollywood.
Whooo i want ViewPoint and Samurai Showdown on my PS1 and for my Mega Drive...hope they are dont much Exoensive today if i do some Price Reserge yet😅
Both ports are a ton of fun. Definitely a good pickup if you can find them cheap enough.
@@RetroComparisons Looked allready till 50 € is ok for me🥳
you definitely got the mega man games mixed up
I didn't, the Mega Man games on the PS1 are direct ports of the NES games whereas the Mega Drive versions are remasters in the vein of Super Mario All-Stars.
@@RetroComparisons ahh I was fixing to say... the ps1 looks alot like NES versions. Great video
@@jrjefferson01 Thanks so much for watching! Yeah the PS1 versions were very good ports of the original NES games and despite the MD enhancements I still prefer the originals.
PS1's Mega Man is a complete port of the Famicom, so it can't be simply compared
Madden 98 on the genesis????
There were actually a bunch of '98 sports games on the Genesis including World Series Baseball, NBA Live, FIFA & the NHL series. None of them really improved past their '95 or '96 incarnations though.
Games that were better on Genesis:
Ms. Pac-Man plays 2 coop
Gauntlet IV is the best Gauntlet game
Road Rash - both are excellent but Genesis has more charm
I agree with all of those picks
Sorry but its not megaman 1 2 3 on genesis but megaman world . A remake collection.
True, those were all part of Mega Man: The Wiley Wars but that's basically the Super Mario All-Stars of the first 3 Mega Man games.
@@RetroComparisons yes you are rught but also mario 1 and mario 1 allstars version are different games for me ☺️
SFC는 그래픽과 사운드가 좋지만 FPS 프레임은 MD가 훨신 좋아서 더빠르고 좀 더많은 효과 처리를 생산할수있다
Wow, that was a lazy port of dragon slayer. Couldnt be bothered to up the res, so shrunk the screen. And what happened to the frame rate. Mega Drive version looks far superior
I don't know what's up with that port. The Saturn version is equally bad.
I prefer some on MD, like Spot goes to Hollywood. or Street Racer for the style and music
Those are great examples. I like the "remastered" Mega Man games too on the MD but that's more of a personal preference.
это то чего сеге не хватало HD графики
I personally enjoyed segas EA sports games nba and nhl over the ps1 ports
Me too. I think the 3D style wasn't fully fleshed out yet during the PS1 era so the 16 bit 2D aged better.
Sadly FIFA is terrible on Genesis. No fluid proper control of the ball at all and I did try so hard back then.
@@tommik1283 There were some decent soccer games on the Genesis but yeah FIFA is not great.
WOW, I have to say, a few of these games looked better on the Genesis.
I thought so too. The Genesis aged really well.
Because the Genesis had a higher standard resolution than the PS1. The PS1 had a very cost-efficient design with a hardware that prioritized (3D) performance over graphical fidelity - kinda the opposite approach of the Saturn.
@@dorbei Interesting. Thanks for the insight.
@@dorbeino, both generally use 320 wide.
how does the Genny look better than the ps1 in some games? that is crazy.
You don't understand sora, the Genesis was a pure sprite crunching machine. That's what made the Sega Saturn so great to, though it did 3D just as well, if not better than the PS1. I've been gaming since the days of the Atari 2600, and I've seen lots of things come, and go. A lot of people underestimate the power of Sega's well made consoles, it's just a Shame the Saturn wasn't marketed better
Sega Genesis/Mega-Drive darker colours, graphics, visuals didn’t or doesn’t look better than the PS1 games
@@jasonlee7816 not on ALL games
@@jasonlee7816 I already listed the sega versions that looked BETTER.. atleast 4-5 games
Lazy port
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