[Hack] Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Arcade vs Sega Genesis) Side by Side Comparison - Dual Longplay

A Dual longplay between the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for Arcade (CPS1) and the Cadilac Dinossauro for Sega Genesis (Hack by ‪@nemezesgames‬ )
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- Technical data -
Full Game Name: Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
Alternative Name:キャディラックス 恐竜新世紀
Developer(s): Capcom
Publisher(s): Capcom
Release: 1993
Comparative Region: 60 hz
Genre: Beat 'em Up
Mode: Single-player/ Co-Op (vs)
Dual Longplay by VCDECIDE

[@許傑豪-h1i]

Genesis is good but more like a test version, hope we can see the final version in the future.

[@jsr734]

yes, it looks rough as it is now, but is a good base to continue improving and tuning.

[@zabustifu]

True, but the author is done with it and calls it final.

[@TheHailstorm77]

Yeah The MD/Genesis audio sucks and the guy’s chest sticks out more and there’s less animation in the background like no dinosaurs and no breaking window glass.

[@zabustifu]

I just found out there is someone else who is (or was) working on another Cadillacs and Dinosaurs port. See KZbin video cGPb-rlBSX0.

[@manafbenayache1880]

Go play Final Fight LNS V4 and thank me later

[@locked01]

The MD/Genesis version would have been sold like hot cakes during its time.

[@OtomoTenzi]

Too bad the hardware wasn't up to it tho, or else it would've been NICE...

[@AFourEyedGeek]

@@OtomoTenzi wasn't up to it? What are we seeing here, it is a Genesis version. Problem would be ROM size and cost.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@AFourEyedGeek Yes, but the 64Kb RAM is kinda limiting tho... It's gonna need at least 512Kb if not more. 256 megs + bank-switching should be OK. The price of the game will be $200.

[@AFourEyedGeek]

@@OtomoTenzi the Genesis version above uses the Genesis console and that has only 64Kb of system RAM and the arcade CPS-1 system only has 64Kb of system RAM too. The arcade uses 192Kb of VRAM while the Genesis has 64Kb VRAM so the Genesis version here uses reduced resolution, backgrounds, sprites, and colours to use up less VRAM. The above Genesis Cadillac game is roughly a 2Mb ROM vs the arcade 8Mb. So it does work, just not as good as the arcade version. Shame the Genesis didn't have a better selection of enhancement chips like the SNES did. *Edit* Fixed my errors.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@AFourEyedGeek Yeargh, but what if they wanted to include 4-player support?

[@tonicalou]

Quem reparou na diferença na grafia do nome do Personagem? no MD é Jequi T e na CPS é Jack T

[@robertodalua8244]

Isso é um Mugen então tá tudo certo.

[@TiagoxInside]

JEQUI T. esses BR são fo**s kkkkkkk

[@asmascarado9250]

Fauta bastante detalhes nos cenários pra dizer que esta ao mesmo nivel do Mega Final Fight e do Sunset Riders, que praticamente estão identicos ao do Arcade. Fauta um trato mais refinado nas cores. Mesmo que o mega tenha limitações, sabemos que da pra subir um pouco mais o nivel das misturas das cores. Não tenham preça em lançarem o game. Se um detalhe do cenário ao fundo é muito complexo, substitua por um mais simplificado, mas, sem perder a essência. Mas nunca deixe o fundo completamente vazio. Se não, vai lembrar o antigo MK1 de mega todo capado nos cenários, é muito feio (^_^). Mas o projeto sem duvida tá ficando lindo. Quando tiver com todos os refinamentos finalizados, será uma verdadeira jóia preciosa. Um tesouro inestimável de todos os tempos.

[@M.Eufratez]

Vira e mexe eu pego pra jogar umas "fichas" nessa obra de arte, a jogabilidade e as músicas deste jogo é sem dúvidas uma das melhores desse gênero!

[@OtomoTenzi]

And to all of those people, who kept sayin' that this game was NOT possible on the Genesis... 🙄

[@luizcarlosdasilvaalmeida4930]

Belo trabalho ! Deixou muito jogo oficial de luta de Snes e Mega no chinelo !!! Imagina só o que poderiam fazer se tivessem os kits de desenvolvimento originais da Sega...

[@sharknatorpiruga7259]

acho q esses kits oficiais já eram. os novos devem ser mto melhor .

[@juarezmiranda]

comentario de alguém que nem jogou o jogo. Graficamente deixa mesmo, ja na gameplay jogo esta todo quebrado, bugado e difícil, então por favor menos.

[@Juliano77777]

Hoje em dia se tem mais recursos, na epoca algo assim acho que seria impossivel

[@vinisasso]

Os dev kits que a Sega distribuía eram bons, mas os programadores que faziam seus próprios dev kits levavam vantagem quando tinham mais habilidades para explorar os recursos da CPU do Mega.

[@djyonoid]

Exatamente, Megão muito melhor, Sega sempre!

[@thecunninlynguist]

for a hack, all things considered, its not bad. Have you done the Final Fight one yet? That Mega Final Fight is shaping up nicely.

[@P5dfsf64g36]

It's a homebrew, i don't know why it's written hack in the title

[@rocznik83]

If I had gotten this game for my Sega back then, I would have stopped leaving home completely.

[@OtomoTenzi]

But then, the arcades would've all closed down for good like they are now! Capcom is still in the WRONG here, for NOT releasing it on ANY home consoles even after the decline of the arcades tho...

[@fabiomoreiras5750]

Esse Cadillacs and Dinosaurs deveria ter saído na época para o Sega Cd e não aquela tranqueira,a intenção do Tom kalinske em aumentar a biblioteca de jogos do Sega Cd foi boa,mas foi um erro insistir em jogos FMV,o Sega Cd não foi desenvolvido pra isso.

[@heinrich3582]

O sega CD tinha força pra rodar maravilhosamente lindo, oh Sega viu.

[@juarezmiranda]

Questão q talvez eles até queriam, mas a Capcom ficaria com a menor fatia da grana, ja que Carillacs e Dinossauro é de uma HQ, donos da ip ficaria com a maior fatia. Ah não ser, a SEGA fizesse a reprogramação do jogo, mas o problema iria prejudicar a lineup da época, tanto q World Heroes 2 e Captain Comando eram pra ser lançado pra SEGA CD, mas tempo nao deixou o jogos serem portados.

[@RetroSegaDev]

This isn't a hack... It's demake

[@franciscobutte]

Coolest beat'em up ever.

[@emperadordark4473]

arcade ultra graphics , sega genesis ultra x low

[@JohnCharb87]

That was a nice Genesis Hack. The cutscenes and character stills looked colorful. In game sprites animated quite well. Especially the big dude with the ball and rope's chewing animation. As for the audio the voice clarity was well done. The special move shout was clear also the GO! voice. However the music was the was my only complaint. The audio quality was a mixed bag for each track. The Genesis can do much better like Streets of Rage 2 or Rocket Knight Adventures.

[@OtomoTenzi]

Right, all it really needs is more RAM...

[@davicarlos8037]

Sempre imaginei um port dele para os consoles, especialmente no Megão depois de ver o port de The Punisher, tô felizaço por saber que ele existe

[@james2175]

Seria perfeito se o Mauro pegasse o jogo pra dar um acabamento final. Tá muito bom do jeito que está, perfeitamente jogável, mas claramente passa a sensação de que não usaram tudo o que poderiam no Mega Drive.

[@djyonoid]

Claro que não usaram, Megão muito a frente do tempo, muito melhor que o Arcade.

[@sergiohenriquesper8330]

@@djyonoid 😂😂😂

[@marcosribeiro2518]

Concordo podia ter dado acabamento melhor céu na fase da floresta

[@djyonoid]

@@marcosribeiro2518 com certeza, se usassem todo poder do Megão, perigava os Dinossauros sairem de tela!

[@nykraftlemagnifique]

genesis is not very polish ... this console can do better.

[@jsr734]

Incredible, great work!!, there is no doubt that Brazilians are very talented!🤩. And as I understand this would be the only port of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs on any other platform.

[@deshawnheaggans6810]

Not really. This is just a copy of streets of rage

[@nicktronson2977]

@@deshawnheaggans6810 umm you cant just right click copy paste games and by your logic Streets of Rage copied Final Fight ask Cody.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@nicktronson2977 Right, this is harder much than it looks... Let's just hope that they actually finish what they started tho!

[@pedrohenriqueventura1056]

Man, I would LOVE if this game could be in the Beat'em Up Bundle... 😑

[@aram8832]

Just use retroarch

[@nufiya999]

The Genesis version is so good wow

[@P5dfsf64g36]

It's pretty rough though the 1st area is look ugly and the port missing out the ability to run and grab weapon and the collision and hitbox also leave a bit to be desired and the music in the early stages is barely audible

[@snkneo-geo933]

It's rubbish.

[@adrenalinex4]

U must not have good eyesight my friend

[@PhilipMarcYT]

It plays like a pirated game and yeah I know the dev put a lot of effort, but it's not as good as the arcade.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@PhilipMarcYT It prolly won't ever be... If a decent port was that easy to make, Capcom would've released it like 30 years ago!

[@OtomoTenzi]

Yep, just MORE unfounded hate (uncontrollable crying and screaming) for Sega coming from all the Nintendo fanboys again... 🙄 Simply just because the Genny is the 'PREFERRED' tried-and-true 16-bit platform to develop homebrews and ports on, and also because it's getting a few more extra new games added to its ever-growing library!

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

The hack looks like what would happen if Capcom tried to port it to Genesis during beta testing.

[@OtomoTenzi]

It looks VERY promising, but the severe lack of RAM in the Genesis hardware is preventing this port from displaying everything properly...

[@趙溫]

Sega genesis is great, but let's face it, Arcade is just better in every way

[@sandrosfc]

20:50 daora esse macete de jogar os itens mais pra frente kk

[@aibada6594]

Wow! Didn't realize it was a homebrew version. Having seen final fight, I hope it will be as good as final fight.

[@OtomoTenzi]

BTW, any news on Final Fight? Is the Genesis port 100% finished yet? 🤔

[@mattdavis4056]

That looks pretty good too bad we weren't blessed with this back in the day

[@bassram3337]

You didn't pick Mustapha? YOU DIDN'T PICK MUSTAPHA?

[@cobrakainevereverdies6940]

You mean Simba's dad ??????

[@elvismorales85]

Needs and arcade edition hack. Stuff missing which the Gen can easily produce. The coloring also can be better. The music is not good at all in the MD.

[@OtomoTenzi]

It's gonna need some dedicated performance add-on chips and more onboard RAM.

[@ivanguardiola1905]

Teniendo en cuenta que es un "homebrew" es un port muy digno. Recrea casi todos los niveles del original, los cuatro personajes y las escenas entre niveles. Es cierto que faltan las armas, algunos movimientos de ataque y el juego simultaneo. Pero esas carencias también ocurrian en la época. Yo lo sitúo casi al nivel del port del Punisher para Megadrive.

[@sandrosfc]

Só agora q percebi o Jequi T, Silvio Santos curtiu! kk

[@moisesbr3987]

I think this is made with blaze engine, a beat em up engine for sega genesis. Looks great but is very unpolished, maybe with some tweaks will get better.

[@aibada6594]

Looks like arcade version didn't have a resolution with a square pixel compare to MD/Genesis MD looks fatter

[@genuine_legend]

i had no idea there was a port of the arcade game to the mega drive!

[@AndrewSouzaGames555]

As duais são boas Até porque Essa versão de mega E na verdade um jogo do zero feito por um fã brasileiro em hardware real

[@dylanlourens]

It still needs some work. It's not as fluid as the arcade version. Especially the attack animation.

[@hopetagulos]

Levando em conta as limitações de um console do final do anos 80, tá ótimo e muito bem portado com belas adaptações. Só gratidão aos envolvidos no projeto.

[@juarezmiranda]

Jogo esta todo quebrado, tem nada de bem portado. Cores do jogo precisam ser refeitos, diversas sprites precisam de polimento, bug em todo quanto, sem game State jogo todo impossivel e afins.

[@pliniomsann]

O jogo parece inacabado , todo em pedaços…

[@mehsoosayeshamehsoosat9955]

Hannah feels the stink of vinegar when she sees Mustapha wearing tight sexy pants with tight belt,

[@zenicehero9154]

Just like the Punisher Arcade port Caddilacs n Dinnousaurs looks awesome

[@mrc7489]

the md version looks like a prealpha demo, it could be much better

[@OtomoTenzi]

All it really needs is a bit more RAM...

[@tadeuferreira4059]

The Genesis version altough good really needs some more work, let's see what happens next...

[@OtomoTenzi]

Ain't NOTHING is gonna happen... They can't figure out all the issues!

[@marcelofaias8624]

Embora a falta de corrida e essa hit box esquisita é um port legal

[@RAUL1991]

No soy muy seguidor de este juego pero definitivamente la versión de Capcom superó ala derecha

[@hopetagulos]

Indiscutible! Pero és uno porte.... de arcada CPS-1 a la Sega Mega Drive.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@hopetagulos Yes, what a SHITFUCK it is to port this asshole of a game!

[@ivandelmaschio6189]

Me encantaría que sacaran más port de cps1... sobre todo knight of the round

[@giovannimarcelodasilva768]

Comparação muito boa de um dos melhores Beat en up da era Arcade&16Bits

[@Crystallums]

It's so beautiful on Genesis... a little more detail and that's it!

[@siesque23]

Menudo Hack mas currado

[@RheoGamer]

Não é Hack não, laudelino portou do zero.

[@rostikmosquito91]

lol, idk how ppl didnt have shame to release sega version= no skybox, horrible sound and no guns - I will prefer spend some my cents on bar

[@OtomoTenzi]

If a near-arcade perfect version (with at least with 2 player support) WAS technically possible on either the Genesis or SNES, then Capcom would've wasted NO TIME in officially releasing it like 30 years ago... Fans wouldn't have needed settle on that stupid, half-assed and totally unrelated gimmick on the Sega CD. That fuckin' stupid-ass game sucked BIG TIME!!! 👎🗑

[@ARamos-zc7fi]

A cadillacs do arcade tem uma qualidade de áudio absurda o que contrasta com a deficiência do mega drive

[@sergiohenriquesper8330]

É, o áudio dele sempre foi podre mesmo.

[@violator1017]

I don't like what the dev-team did !!! They made a HUGE mistake with the graphics part... let me explain my point : -A CPS game runs at a resolution of 384 x 224 ! The MegaDrive at 320 x 224 ! BUT, CPS games are displayed with a 4/3 ratio which means that the graphics on a CRT screen are "kind of squeezed" to fit the 1.3333333 ratio from 4/3 screen. What's the problem here ? Simple, the dev-team took the raw graphics from the arcade, changed the colours to make them fit the MegaDrive palettes and displayed them like that ! IT'S WRONG, because if you do that, the graphics are gonna be displayed "squached" and BTW, anyone can spot that easily by looking at the characters selection screen... So, to do it right, they should have "trimed" the graphics a few to get the arcade ratio correct on the MegaDrive.

Preciso concordar, a versão do Mega, realmente é muito boa

[@protox4418]

Que port do caramba!!!! Jesus, como o MD era subutilizado.

[@sondeko]

O problema dos 16 bits era a limitação dos cartuchos. A memória deles era cara e por isso não se podia fazer jogos grandes para não ficarem muito caros. Hoje em dia uma memória é muito mais barata, ainda mais com os cartuchos que usam memórias flash. Um pen-drive de 1GB é barato, e com isso o tamanho do jogo deixou de ser um problema para os criadores atuais.

[@sergiohenriquesper8330]

Não só o Mega, mas praticamente todos daquela época. Naquele tempo não tinham as ferramentas e facilidades de agora. Imagino o Snes, se naquele tempo foi feito algo surreal como Donkey Kong Country...imagino com as ferramentas de agora. 😂

[@ferhat1983aydin]

Mustapha

[@yuvraj01]

On Genesis notice the background isn't there in the first scene and no steam coming out from the pipes.. (initial impressions)

[@OtomoTenzi]

ALOT of shit is missing... Let's just hope it's still a WIP!

[@kingsavageson4879]

The Genesis version is dope! It even has bigger sprites!

[@maroon9273]

Arcade, I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to add missing background details.

[@OtomoTenzi]

I think the main issue with the Genesis hardware is the lack of RAM... Unless dedicated add-on RAM could be implemented on this port, I just can't see it happening!

[@aryasmayodi8115]

it's a shame, this game was never officially released during the glorious era of Genesis. even though the Genesis Console is capable of porting this game in a 32 Megs CARTRIDGE size package

[@OtomoTenzi]

It can actually be be ARCADE PERFECT if only the severe lack of RAM wasn't an issue; regarding all the missing backgrounds and various other stuff!

[@sharknatorpiruga7259]

será que alguem vai continuar ? para uma polida final?

[@juarezmiranda]

polida final? Pensei que precisaria de uma polida em tudo. Olha as cores disso, tudo saturado, cara pegou e usou Photoshop converteu em 9bits nem retrabalhou as cores.

[@exitplanetduster]

The final boss was such a disappointing discover on MD 😅

[@dimitrimoonlight]

There are so many shoddy program tasks for MD

[@benars2923]

Best verzion is Arcade 🔥💪🏻

[@thabodavid9464]

The arcade is good better than genesis

[@andrealexandriadonasciment4374]

Espero que finalizem essa Hack, esta bem promissor...

[@RAMCARTGAMER]

Another good proof of concept on MD.

[@ogavas]

sonhando com um simpsons arcade no mega drive .

[@hqqg]

A cps1 usava quase todos os mesmos componentes do mega drive, se a Capcom tivesse embarcado mais cedo mega ia ser o paraíso dos ports da Capcom.

[@OtomoTenzi]

Nintendo is to blame! 👎

[@laurentlhoest8324]

One of my favorite arcade game now on Genesis, I'm so happy, many thanks, I also hope a Snes version someday, or a Final Fight hack with Caddilacs and Dinosaurs characters :)

[@OtomoTenzi]

A SNES port is not gonna be very likely... Or else, they could've done it DECADES ago. It doesn't have enough power/speed to handle CPS1 games efficiently. Unless this was till a WIP; if this is really the BEST that the Genesis hardware can possibly do, then just FORGET about it ever happening on the SNES!

[@AFourEyedGeek]

@@OtomoTenzi Throw in a SA1 chip on the cart and it would handle it well enough, other than the lower resolution that is.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@AFourEyedGeek Yes, plus FastROM patch and a 256+ meg cart size with bank-switching...

[@AFourEyedGeek]

@@OtomoTenzi ​ Haha, I know what you mean but you've gotta remember that the arcade ROM uncompressed is under 8Mb, which is amazing when you look at the arcade visuals. With some compression and smart reduction of assets, they'd get it under 4Mb. The Genesis version above uses the Genesis console and that has only 64Kb of system RAM and the arcade CPS-1 system only has 64Kb of RAM, I can't see why SNES with 128Kb of system RAM would need more than double the system RAM of the Genesis and the arcade to do the same. The arcade uses 192Kb of VRAM while both the Genesis and SNES have 64Kb VRAM. The Genesis uses reduced resolution, backgrounds, sprites, and colours to use less VRAM, the SNES version would do something similar, but if wants to keep higher colours, it might need a small additional amount of RAM on the cart to act as additional VRAM. Doom for SNES only required an extra 64Kb of RAM built into the cart, while the PC Doom needed 4Mb of RAM, so SNES Cadillacs would probably need the SA1 with possibly up to 64Kb of additional RAM and would have sold for the same price as SNES Doom at most. The above Genesis Cadillac game is roughly a 2Mb ROM. *Edit* I originally put the reply to the wrong comment.

[@OtomoTenzi]

@@AFourEyedGeek 48 megabits, no less if ya want greater music and sound quality with Qsound encoding intact. $125 cartridge pricetag is a BARGAIN! 🤑

[@alexandresilvadasilva6355]

For Genesis 😳

[@anjomau666]

ARCADE VS HACK

[@lionec226]

Graphicly the Genesis port is impressive, but not in its soundtrack (which is incredible even for the arcade !)

[@OtomoTenzi]

They would first need to know how to work around the Genesis sound chip tho... The SNES had superior sound chips that could've handled it alot better, but the slow-ass CPU processor wouldn't be able to keep up with all of the action in this game!

[@ferhat1983aydin]

Arcade perfect

[@OtomoTenzi]

NO, far from it... The Genesis port is just missing way too many backgrounds and plenty of other stuff too!

[@scorpionmk6695]

Cadilac sem dinossauro

[@AndrewSouzaGames555]

Kkkkk

[@alexandresilvadasilva6355]

I don't know

[@MiguelMartinez-gf5yw]

Que espectacular el sonido de la genesis , es en lo que nunca tuvo competidor ....Fue y seguira siendo HORRIBLE

[@jsr734]

Necesitan un mejor compositor para el audio. Hay mucha gente talentosa por ahi que les podria dar una manita, pero que se puede mejorar se puede.😉

[@rezwanibnanasir3075]

Arcade is better

[@pliniomsann]

This Genesis version is the final version ????

[@OtomoTenzi]

Let's hope NOT...

[@Goruz873]

Mega drive ❤️

[@rodrigogalaz5195]

belleza...uma obra maestra

[@denozed6554]

Very good awesome job on the MD.

[@OtomoTenzi]

It looks VERY promising, but still needs ALOT of work and a bit more RAM...

[@iversondiegocosta3503]

🙂👍

[@LGDRetrogamer]

Aquele nome: Jequi T. alí é zueira né? O cara que fez esta rom hack é brasileiro? kkkkk

[@skar8009]

Arcade: Go! Go! Go! Genesis: *GAW! GAW! GAW!*

[@cassianomarquesgames111]

Essa versão de Mega Drive fica perta do Arcade.

[@Shinobi33]

Didn't even there was Genesis version

[@OtomoTenzi]

Well, not officially at least...

[@lgoisgois7335]

where are the guns in genesis´ version?

[@OtomoTenzi]

GOOD QUESTION!!! 🤔

[@wargamesstore2374]

!!!!!!

[@bloomerb4162]

What's it a hack of?

[@P5dfsf64g36]

Homebrew, it's not a hack.

[@Ley41tarso]

Parece o futebol que o Pelé jogava e MG e o NG o futebol que Messi e cr7 jogar😂😂😂😂😂

[@anavernal9777]

Y también los cadillacs y los dinosaurios, q' tampoco los veo.. ^_^

[@streetmagik3105]

0:53 so the Genesis version is titled "Cadilac Dinosaur o". Huh?

[@mickaelkessler1918]

Arcade version named cadillacs and dinosaurs ans Genesis version named cadillacs ans guys 🤣

[@kenrickeason]

I never knew Sega Genesis had a version???? Damn...

[@DantesAlvesdeSantana]

Ficou top demais

[@misable]

y se los voy a demostrar la banda sonora original del juego es muy diferente

[@kotjr9074]

Сеговская версия неплохая, но до аркадной недотягивает

[@EduardoBonfandini]

A versão do Genesis não é um hack é um homebrew, projeto original feito por fãs programado do zero.

[@ferarribrown5752]

Sick game

[@Vectorboss1]

Capcom callidoacs and dinosaurs

[@jl2969]

Is this also 1 to 3 players like the acrade?