Alternately, games on the Genesis typically ran with less slowdown, featured faster scrolling levels, 'tilted' sprites and backgrounds, and featured more custom special effects like scaling backgrounds and fully polygonal gameplay without any cart loaded processors. The SNES also could scale and rotate one 256 color plane, which could be made to look like large objects such as Bowser in Super Mario World or the Bomber in the first level of Contra IV. It is demonstrable that the SNES could actually display 2-3 times the colors on screen, while the Genesis could display 2-3 times the sprites and independently scrolling 2D planes. Independent Stereo Panning (per channel) 32 24īankswitch method allows more than 32 Mbit of storage. 23Įach 8 line row can can be displayed over or under others. VDP handles scrolling as single planes, independently scrolling 8 line rows, and independently scrolling lines.

Transfer Rate: 7.2 KB per 1/60th second 13Ģ layers with 16 colors per 8x8 pixel tile 22 Genesis makes Zombies feel like they took the SNES version and ported it to Arcade.One 8-bit Stereo Digital Audio Channel (DAC) replaces one FM channel 10 This is because of another thing genesis does better.Arcade ports. I even think Genesis has the superior version of Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

Pinball! SNES doesn't even have the capability. Aladdin is famous for this but games like Ghostbusters actually used the hardware to correct it's past mistakes with the NES version. Many licensed games had completely different gameplay on Genesis than on SNES resulting in superior versions. It's not like I didn't know what games were on Genesis, it's more like realizing the difference. I have been playing a lot of Genesis lately and I've been realizing how many great games are on it. Always too happy to get back home to my SNES. Had tons of fun playing the likes of Sonic 2 and Road Rash. I had played a lot of Genesis when I was a kid at family and friends houses. Without a doubt, Nintendo was a big part of my life until the N64. Got my NES on the first of two of the best Christmases ever.

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