Megadrive FINAL FIGHT CD by Sega - any good? lets chat!

[@VideoJamesNZ]

😂 I hope that technical person, earlier in the video makes more appearances in future videos. He seems like he really knows his stuff! It doesn't matter if what he says makes any sense, if it's said in a higher pitched British accent, we can only assume he's an 'expert!'

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

haha! He does crop up now and again, if you analyse his technical insight it is always perfunctory at best but he has such gravitas and authority in his delivery you can't help but believe every word he says:)

[@VideoJamesNZ]

@@retrospiritsgaiden He fits in with most of the KZbin culture! 😂 If he told me Sonic the Hedgehog first debut on the Gameboy Advance, I'd totally believe him!

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

well, If he is a true KZbin expert, i imagine he would've been diligent, done some deep research by spending a good 30 seconds or so on a google search before reading out something verbatim off Wikipedia. Total professional!

[@VideoJamesNZ]

@@retrospiritsgaiden That's all that's required these days! 🤣 "I want to be a surgeon!" DOCTOR : "Are you qualified?" "No, but I can google stuff real good!" DOCTOR : "EXCELLENT! You're hired!"

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@VideoJamesNZ haha! i hope i don't get ill...

[@weirddudehi]

Compared with the Snes version the game have a lack on the animations,it feels weird on some hit box,but is far superior on so many aspects,the best version is for Sharp X68000,but this Mega CD version still puts on screen more enemies than the Sharp version,and that is amazing.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

i didn't know that the sharp x68000 version was limited to 3 enemies, thats interesting. Makes me feel better about the Snes version now:)

[@hotcoffeebreath]

On the Roxy and Poison sprites they replaced the minskirt seen on the original Japanese release, instead opting for the shorts or whatever they are. They also seem to have redrawn their top half to avoid any underboob exposure. I think it's a real shame, not because I'm a thirsty son of a gun who thrives on steamy pixel art (honest!) but because the redrawing just looks substandard. Similar story on the western variation of Final Fight One on the GBA. They actually replaced these two characters with badly drawn blokes Billy and Sid (may be the same story on PAL SNES carts too, but I don't own one). I hate those characters. They look like something my 9 year old self would have drawn. I had to fix up and order the Japanese cart for GBA to get my fill of thigh and underboo-- UHH i mean to maintain the creative intent of the original character artists!

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

yes...maintaining the creative intent. Ill have to remember that one! :) I also bought the Japanese version of Final Fight One because I hated those stupid characters they added!

[@hotcoffeebreath]

​@@retrospiritsgaiden 😂👌. Ahh what a great game though. Regarding a Megadrive cartridge version... Have you checked out Final Fight MD? It's currently in the works on Patreon, with plenty of challenges still imminent for the developer Mauro. However it is looking great so far, and if you sign up to the patreon you get a rom release for every update and tweak. Many of us are hoping for a cart release, and Mauro was speaking to suppliers, but sounds like he was let down. I think there's such a clear demand for physicals of this, and he seems to be set on doing this justice, so imagine if and when development gets completed, Mauro would probably get back on the case with the cart side of things. Worst case scenario, he can always allocate a preferred third party Etsy repro cart and box maker I suppose? I'm sure you'll find details on yt, but let me know if you want me to paste a link here... There's a good video recently uploaded that explains it all well.

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

@@hotcoffeebreath you can paste a link for people no problem. I've just checked it out and it looks very cool:)

[@hotcoffeebreath]

@@retrospiritsgaiden Nice one. Das tube won't seem to let me post a link to the video. The one I watched was titled "Final Fight MD RETURNS! - Mauro's June Update". I'm sure people can find it by copy-pasting that into a youtube search. It was uploaded by 'The Sega Guys' I LOVE the point that the narrator brings up regarding the implementation of the new XGM2 sound driver. He says the iconic music and themes get a 'distinctly Megadrive interpretation' due to the instrumentation of this sound driver being applied to the Megadrive hardware. All I can say is, "Yes Please!"... Final Fight with Megadrived-Up™ BGM and SFX sounds like heaven to me 😅 I also don't seem to be able to post the link to the official developer's itch page to legitimately download the ROM for demo purposes, but searching tinternet for "itch io final fight md" should get one to the right spot. I have had a play with one of the earlier builds, and it was epic playing on original hardware! When I get time to plug the ol' MD back in I'll chuck the latest ROM into the Everdrive and give the latest build a whirl. Then it'll be back to Final Fight CD on the Megadrive 2 Mini until the physical carts to come to fruition 🙏🙏🙏

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqamkoCniZWZn7c and this is the guy himself i think, he also has a nice looking hang on clone for MD on there kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHmbmYuNYsiJb8U

[@rodrigost.3324]

RESUMED: *Sound - A LOT better than Arcade* *Graphics/playability - worst*

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

fair, although I'm not sure about the remixed music, some of its cool, some a bit over the top in comparison to the low key original.

[@rodrigost.3324]

yes , is the BGM. Is fantastic. Especially the music played the CAGE w/ 2 Andores stage. The best!

[@MrPaulbm100]

na snes versions better although the sound does sound better. Not enough chatacters on screen for me

[@retrospiritsgaiden]

if i were to compare directly, the Snes version has more colourful graphics defo. I think they play about the same (they are both a bit laggy compared to the arcade). MD version gives you 2 player and all the characters and levels (this one is probably not a fair though cart vs cd capacity means CD will always win here) more screen space (Snes is quite letterboxed) i don't know about the MD remixed soundtrack, i like some of it, but it's lost some grit from the arcade. Snes gets 3 enemies on screen, MD gets 4. Both versions have sprite flicker, the Snes one slows down more. Importantly, Haggar looks better on the Snes. i like both versions enough, Final Fight was probably the first game i ever played on the Snes so i'm quite nostalgic for it, but...the MD version is more complete, so i'd give it the edge (even if in the real world you need a load of expensive hardware to play it!)