Contra (Sega Genesis vs GBA) Side by Side Comparison (Mega Drive vs GBA) Game Boy Player

[@TaoistDivine]

Genesis look perfect.

[@oabadiaz]

Qué grande es Megadrive, qué orgullo haberla disfrutado en su época.

[@waltercamachoberrocal2506]

Las explosiónes si son un poco molestas pero fuera de hay el juego es el mejor

[@jhonataconti7811]

Dois Grandes Games nota 10 para os dois

[@zezii6779]

A versão megadrive ganha por goleada.Muito mais agradável no aspecto gráfico.Nem todas as cores do GBA o salvaram.

[@Wolfdragon92584]

Contra Hard Corps was my introduction to the series back in 1997. Fast forward to 2002, and when I got Contra Advance, I had some fun at first, but then I soon realized something wasn't right. The game mechanics are all screwed up. The Contra 3 levels are designed for use with 2 equippable guns and a smart bomb, and the Hard Corps levels are designed to be traversed with the slide move, 4 guns, and smart bombs. And none of these made it in the game! There's not even an intro or a story! What a lazy ass port!!!!

[@kkndhsk1621]

This stage was very hard because GBA version can't slide like Genesis. And when look in video even GBA has DPS chip and powerfull 32bit CPU it still slow then Genesis.

[@mariowario5945]

Bad programming, that's why

[@Aquamanomito]

@@mariowario5945 after all, super gunstar heroes exists and shows how gba contra port it's shameful

[@emmanueloverrated]

The joint sprite animation of the robot at the end was a masterpiece of 2D in it's time. It once impressed me a lot, and it still does today. This is a dishonnor to see such a bad implementation of it on a more than capable console that was the GBA. This is horrible, shames on the programmers who made that.

[@mariowario5945]

Exactly, it looks like it was done on a limit pushing nes game, that's how choppy it is

[@Medachod]

1:58 You're welcome.

[@thehumbleone1983]

Mega drive boss looks so good smooth and fast

[@geromelobo5970]

Heck wait, is that Japanese Contra: Hard Cops in Genesis?

[@AzureSymbiote]

Yes.

[@avjaarsveldt]

Sega looks sharper. The mountains part where the end Boss came, Sega looked much better.

[@Andronicus87]

I don't understand all these ports on the GBA. The GBA is more powerful than both the SNES and the Genesis I guess it was the screen size that screwed everyone up.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@Andronicus87 Lazy port on the developer's behalf...

[@ericmatheus2890]

Sega vence sem sombra de dúvidas! Parabéns pelo esforço!

[@videogameobsession]

The GBA version would look great on the GB Player if it were not for the artificial brightness that they applied to try and make up for the original non-backlit Game Boy Advance. As well as the zoomed in graphics, again to make up for the GBA's smaller screen.

[@nocturne6995]

contra hard corps kill all other contra games. sega absolutely win

[@louiskeiflin5858]

But cannot kill shattered soldier

[@metalboozyjupiter6474]

Contra 3 the alien wars was good too...

[@gabrielzurita429]

Amen Wars destroy hard corps

[@rabbaniawan8999]

@@metalboozyjupiter6474 it was good but comparing it to hard corps is a joke

[@demonology2629]

SNES Contra 3 Alien Wars, is better then Sega Contra Hard Corps Super Nintendo is version is like an ARCADE 🕹 compared Cheesy Genesis version🎮...😎

[@erikcabral9219]

No Mega Drive tem efeito parallax nas montanhas la atrás, além de ter graficos mais bonitos.

[@TiagoxInside]

4:25 sem comentários, MD era muito superior nos detalhes!

[@magicMosquito]

So no one is even remotely curious about the password they entered for the GBA version at the beginning of the video? What was that for and what did it do?

[@mariowario5945]

It did level 2

[@OtomoTenzi]

99 lives

[@giovannimarcelodasilva768]

Mega Drive ainda arrebentando nas Explosões, além dos Gráficos as Nuvens se movimentando nossa o Acabamento foi Impecavel para a época :)

[@afriend9428]

*Game Boy has a good port but Contra III is still the best!* ⭐️

[@omarcarranza6990]

Sega Génesis perfect versión

[@decatelo]

Mega wins! Apesar dos sprits menores e de haverem menos cores na tela, o paralax eh mais visível, a novimentacao dos sprits tem mais quadros e os efeitos de rotação estão mais claros. No GBA, parecem puro quadro a quadro...

[@madson-web]

Mas os sprites não são menores. A resolução do GBA que é menor. Menor até que a do master system inclusive.

[@charleslopescardoso6798]

As duas versões são muito boas, achei a do Mega Drive melhor!!!.

[@cristhiantomala5859]

Lo que algunos no entienden es que la version de Gameboy advance sea asi de lenta o tosca es debido a que se maneja con el sistema de Contra 3 de snes y no con el de hard corps, en la version de Sega megadrive los personajes cuentan con mas velocidad e incluso tienen una barrida para esquivar o dashear, cosa que lo hace mas frenetico en la movilidad de los personajes y gameplay, por otro lado la version de advance que viene de contra 3 no maneja ese sistema siendo mas "pesado" en la acciones por lo que debian hacer los jefes mas lentos.

[@masterham8658]

No, ahí si te equivocas en algo. Que se juega diferente, Sí eso lo sabemos. Pero lo que lo hace lento en la versión de GBA no es tanto porque se maneja el mismo sistema del original del Súper Nintendo... Es por las LIMITACIONES del sistema de la misma consola que hace que se vea así de tosco, todo el juego tuvo un cambio drástico y por eso se maneja más lento que en la versión original, a parte de que por supuesto es un Port de ambos juegos ( lo digo por esos 2 niveles del Hard Corps)... Eso pasaba con cualquier juego que tuvo su relanzamiento en la Game Boy Advanced, si bien es una consola de 32bits, el CPU no es del todo bueno haciendo que esos efectos, resolución, velocidad (entre otros...) Fluidos que tenían en los juegos en la Génesis y Snes se pierdan y ocurren este tipo de resultado finales.

[@salvadorfermin9171]

@@masterham8658 Es cierto aun si ese nivel es de MegaDrive en SNES podría manejar esos gráficos y efectos casi a la perfección. La culpa la tiene la consola portátil que no logra tener dicho y preciado potencial, pruebas no hace falta con tan solo ver y jugar unos cuántos ports de juegos que se lanzaron en ambas consolas y salieron en la GBA ya es suficiente para decirlo jajajaja

[@Patrick19833]

Shouldn't you compare the Snes version with the GBA? The genesis one is completely different game.

[@Gapman2152]

Patrick Lange THANK YOU!!! I was waiting for someone to say that.

[@yohkom.7988]

Isn't this very section of the game the same on both systems? Seriously was that hard to notice? o_0 and in addition VCDECIDE already did SNES vs GBA versions one day prior ;)

[@doom5895]

Patrick Lange I was waiting for someone with common sense to show up

[@Juniorgrava_]

Because its war, its SEGA vs Nintendo!

[@eppskevin]

Yea I'm def surprised that 32 bit gba couldn't churn out more than it did... The Genesis version was cleaner with smoother animations. Esp with the boss, gracious.. Like night and day. sega wins by a long shot. Just had more sweet touches on the genesis to make the exp so much more memorable. The mountain parallax was beautiful

[@Sh-hg8kf]

eppskevin Although it is 32bit, a lot of the cpu's runtime wad used up in outputting samples and music as the gba lacked a true sound card

[@mariowario5945]

@@Sh-hg8kf this isnt true, sample playback only takes up to 10 percent of cpu usage, loon at gunstar heroes. That's how every gba game should have loomed and sounded

[@Sh-hg8kf]

@@mariowario5945 that depends on instrument quality. Something tinny can be pulled off with relative ease, but to have crystal clear sound a lot of cpu power has to be used

[@kiwibro6454]

Funny thing was that the GBA is far more capable of recreating that boss fight, if not better since it has sprite scaling/ rotation capabilities

[@velozoefurioso]

Fico imaginando se fizessem um filme dos jogos do Contra... Iria ser uma saraivada de sangue e violência hehehee jogo difícil da poha

[@kyurem3225]

Já fizeram, é chamada Rambo

[@AndrewSouzaGames555]

​@@kyurem3225kkkk

[@hesoyam_1777]

Genesis ver is just perfection👌 love it❤️

[@JPedro-iv7vq]

Bom, sem ser "ista" - longe disso -, mas acredito que a versão do Mega Drive seja fiel à proposta do jogo frenético, em que não diz respeito ao poder de processamento em que ambas plataformas conseguem executar em ritmo adequado, mas sobretudo, pela tonalidade das cores, sombreamento e também das cores negativas que ocorrem após explodir mini bosses. Além disso, o pano de fundo presente no Genesis (um amontoado de montanhas) é bem realista, ao passo em que noutra plataforma beira uma certa infantilidade, assim como as "cores em excesso" que saltam os olhos. Contudo, ambas plataformas conseguem executar a proposta original que é o ritmo frenético, algo que ficou devendo na plataforma rival da Sega na era dos 16 bits. Vídeo positivado!

[@videogameobsession]

0:00 - 2:00 is gripping!

[@yohkom.7988]

GBA = crappy resolution, lacks the fullscreen explosion effect (3:15 vs 3:20), everything is way too bright and the music sounds like garbage.

[@yohkom.7988]

btw good video, didn't know this stage was in the GBA game. And of course Mega Drive ftw!

[@saturndual32]

And less parallax/line scrolling effects.

[@yohkom.7988]

Ye :) Also something wrong with the small background behind the train wheels, it seems way too slow!

[@Wolfdragon92584]

And the gameplay mechanics from both games it was based on are gone. No smart bombs, no sliding, no holding multiple guns, not even a damn intro! This is the laziest port I've ever played on GBA.

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

Colors are intentionally bright for improved visibility on original non-backlit GBA LCDs... Same w DKC & other games.

[@spessato]

E brasileiro o canal ??

[@eniosergio5398]

versão para Genesis é a melhor

[@WalterdasTrevas]

Parece que tudo vira baunilha com groselha no GBA. Cores tão doces que causam náusea.

[@wilkerfonseca4712]

ue não sabia que dava para jogar as fases do contra hard corps no contra de gba

[@marceloho1984]

O Contra do GBA não tem as fases em Mode7 do SNES e a Konami resolveu colocar as fases do Mega Drive.

[@mariowario5945]

The gba is a more powerful machine though. This port is known for being absolute shit. The gba can do better than both snes and genesis. Look at the bosses from gunstar super heroes for christ sake

[@OtomoTenzi]

Lazy port... 'Nuff said! 🥱

[@orthoking2722]

Genesis by far. Better graphics Better speed. Sega looks more realistic while game boy looks cartoonish.

[@andrecrgois]

Mega Drive Won!

[@BenRai2k]

The hardcorps stages do not suit Contra 3's vibe.

[@VinodKumar-ye7ii]

Really love this

[@elrefugiodepeter2103]

La versión de Megadrive es superior, ya no solo graficamente, pues muchos sprites se mueven mucho mejor en la Sega, también jugablemente, el juego en Megadrive es pasable habiendo practicado, pero yo tengo la versión de Advance, y en esta fase, que está sacada del contra Hard Corps, no como la mayoría del juego que está sacado del Contra 3, sin trucos de vidas me fue imposible pasar de ese robot, 20 vidas nada menos que ha palmado en el video da una buena muestra de que la versión de Gameboy Advance está ROTA.

[@YURIMAKERSTUDIOS]

Esse problemas dos consoles da Nintendo, quando jogos é voltado pra Cpu, é isso aí que dar, menos camadas de cores, menos animações e menos tudo, olha que o GBA é um puts mini Game, consegue fazer gráficos 3d a nível do Virtual Race com texturas, mas pra 2d, é um SNES capado.

[@17R3W]

Sega Genesis wins. The GBA version is very washed out (it had to be to be visible on the GBA screen).

[@Grover7]

Please compare Crash tag team racing American with Japanese

[@darkus2015]

Did anyone else look at the right screen? Cause I as hell sure didn't.

[@OtomoTenzi]

TOTAL FUCKING LETDOWN on the GBA port... More powerful CPU, much more processor speed, much bigger ROM carts, much newer technology (12+ years); WTF happened???

[@Dz-uq2fn]

GBA is created by nintendo ??

[@drakonolus7922]

Even unto those GBA days ........ SEGA DOES WHAT NINTENDON'T

[@fayg6]

SEGA megadrive is the best version

[@MegaDrive1988]

*GBA* = *Explosões sem impacto:* Reparem no chefão explodindo, me pareceu robôs feitos de lego quebrando em pedaços *Música chata , efeitos sonoros nada empolgantes* E a quantidade de cores entre ambos é a mesma. MS tem maior contraste Mega Drive massacrou dessa vez

[@TheEliaz78]

every single port of any game is crap on the GBA.. is the hell of ports!

[@lballoni8084]

sega wins, nintendont

[@irinayukor]

Luciano Balloni+ you mean portabledont

[@mxsplays3522]

THE HARCORPS MADAFAKAAAA!!!!

[@VideosbySteve]

Genesis looks grittier and dark, SEGA wins.

[@thehumbleone1983]

Sega mega drive 👍👍👍👍👍🕹🔊🔉

[@kingdeoneiros6099]

Sega génesis 🔥✌

[@StevenCusic]

1$t and megadrive it's got allot going on the gba doesn't

[@maximukhin45]

While Sega version is nothing like contra and Japanese versions has even less to do with it it's still a fun game

[@tonmaster189]

Do you work at Konami? Are you Contra creator to state thing like that? You may say Hard Corps: Uprising is nothing like contra too

[@maximukhin45]

I played all nes contra games snes one and gb one and they all fell like contra games but this one despite playing well is nothing like contra

[@tonmaster189]

Just because nes has ports from arcades you may feel advertised as they were kind of real ones...Hard corps is prequel to contra series, I don't know on what your point is, but since it is official from original creater I don't think you have reason to say it is nothing like contra game

[@maximukhin45]

i'm not saying it is a bad thing i just want to mention it

[@maximukhin45]

I'm late for response but i want to say that it actually feels like a successor to contra

[@FbGenio]

Mega Drive WINS!

[@Alianger]

The MD game isn't quite that dark, the white highlights should be pure white.

[@AzureSymbiote]

GBA games were brightened up to compensate for the GBA's initial model, which did not have a back-lit screen.

[@BelmontKnight]

Contra Advance is really hard!

[@AndrewSouzaGames555]

O de mega também

[@ClevertonHeusner]

A do Mega estraçalha a do GBA e a do Snes.

[@FoundOasis]

The gba is great but the snes and genesis still better

[@FuerzaAzteca1000]

Genesis all the way.

[@alubaldini]

Rare computation try snes version Gba version is just a poor port of Snes original version don't have this stage on snes

[@joabaixista2]

Megadrive é mais sombria, passa o clima de invasão alienigena... mas na questao de musica gostei maia do gba

[@nickshlik2085]

GTR Attack!!!

[@Roan7044]

Blast processor baby

[@ArsenNurgalievGames]

круто

[@Eleminop]

decent port for the GBA, but it has almost no parallax at all.

[@FuerzaAzteca1000]

Genesis still does what Nintendo still not lol.

[@alissonac655]

A música é bem irritante no GBA, deveriam ter mantido a original. A cores no mega drive encaixaram melhor no jogo, as do GBA ficaram estranhas (mesmo com uma paleta maior).

[@Juliano77777]

MegaDrive!

Mega drive is best...Why ? BECAUSE SEGA GENESIS/MEGA DRIVE USE A BLAST PROCESSING !!!

[@Sh-hg8kf]

GabrielFS Which doesn't exist

[@metalboozyjupiter6474]

GBA has it too!

[@ghost085]

Well, if the Genesis uses a blast processing then the GBA uses two blast processings. You say "genesis uses Blast Processing".

[@jughiu9grykgfftgxdg]

メガドライブの方が主人公あんまりやられないね。

[@Ryuujin1078]

I had this game on the GBA and it was just a terrible ass port effort on the development team. The GBA had The hardware to run it but man...game sucked but was hard as hell. Crappy audio, less sprite effects, slower and was only one player. It had stages and bosses from both Snes and Genesis contra games and those were way better. Such a shame

[@GirGasm]

No wonder the GBA version started with so many lives... whoever was playing it clearly sucked at it.

[@GenesHand]

These sega fanboys are savage

[@paoloretrogamer]

Lol Like You

[@lordadk31]

genesis wins, better resolution parallaxe scroll , effect in the sky, kind of 3d when the train is going up... woah, graphics looks refined on GBA but everything else is terrible.

[@davidvfx]

MD WINS!!!

[@camisuli]

Megadrive is a littlest better than version GBA

[@SquerolBoss]

"littlest"? Don't make me laugh lol

[@SengokuAce]

Mega Drive Win!

[@franciscomallea6268]

El de sega super mejor!!

[@mariajosemota1050]

A paleta de cores do GBA no game tá ruim: tantas cores do portátil pra exibir, e simultaneamente; e logo essas? Tá em alto contraste (ninguém venha com desculpa que tá adequado pra uma tela portátil). Mega Drive mesmo com míseras 512 total e 64 cores simultâneas na tela vence claramente.

[@furbi963]

Creo que era por qué los Kits de desarrollo tenían distintos colores a la consola. Algunos juegos incluían selector Gama para calibrar los colores

[@cobrakainevereverdies6940]

*NINTENDO DOES = WHAT SEGA WON'T*

[@RodrigoLima013]

GBA veio com blast processing😅

[@retrosado2544]

Megadrive best

[@waltercamachoberrocal2506]

Pues en vez de crear un juego propio para GBA parece más bien un port mal hecho del contra 3 :v

[@Nobunaga1983]

genesis wins. no nintendo product can do want sega did

[@Sh-hg8kf]

David Steck Like falling out of business. Hehe

[@RodrigoLima013]

GENESIS DOES!!!!

[@felipealexandrenascimentof1897]

Sega Wins

[@tetsuokenpachi]

Wow, what a lazy port on a handheld much more powerful than the Genesis. One more proof that a system is defined by its exclusives. Not by ports.

[@phouleng]

KONAMI WINS

[@japanis1382]

Sega wins again!

[@rodrigoc.teixeira5242]

Sega wins, Fatality...

[@JoaoGabriel-sv3wm]

A versão do Mega é melhor.

[@giovannipovero7853]

Sega vince!!!!

[@okyvsgamefight1175]

Megadrive wins

[@aryinc]

ouch , gameboy please stop your music XD. Normally the genesis gets critisized for it's music. But my left ear is rocking while the right one is bleeding. gameboy here is like poor renditions of the snes version.

[@Crystallums]

Mega Drive Forever! Contra Advance It's a lousy copy of Hard Corps. Scrambled scenes, faded colors... incongruity of the story, who would come up with that hodgepodge? It was the bad thing about the GBA that sometimes it just copied existing titles.

[@voltasrevoltas5447]

Genesis win

[@elfacucraftclc1811]

SEGA WINS