Piss Poor Ports 4

[@GameSack]

What are some ports you consider PISS POOR? I know Mortal Kombat 3 on Game Gear was mentioned. What else?

[@KillThad]

Mortal Kombat 4 for Game Boy Color.

[@santimaci]

red dead redemption on ps3 yikes if you ask me

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

College Football '97 is a magical slideshow on SNES. It may be the worst game on the system.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Revolution X. Even the "best" port of it is still really, really, REALLY bad.

[@jcags]

I don't know if it's in one of the other episodes but Batman Return of The Joker on the Genesis and the unreleased SNES port sucked ass. I didn't understand why the game was considered one of the best Batman games ever because I played the Genesis version first.

[@kayceecheshall2818]

I'd love an episode of nothing but complaints about US Gold games.

[@rebeccasam3434]

I'm not 100% sure if I've played one (didn't they do a probably awful Strider sequel?) but those two SF2 ports were astounding! The GB and Master System can do better I think (at least the GBC did for sure, though it's a lot more powerful) but those were just hilariously bad!

[@esmerylan]

Especially the ones done by Tiertex. Would a deep dive into their library break Joe completely?

[@matthewnikitas8905]

All of them are straight up trash. Especially ones developed by Tiertex

[@XenonXyanide]

Yes, this totally. Bad Amiga ports are fascinating, usually due to the extreme time constraints and budgets, that a small team or person had to develop the port.

[@rebeccasam3434]

@@esmerylan oh no, I hadn’t heard of that developer, what did they make?

[@AmberShort]

I like how Joe isn't afraid to speak his mind. Keep on being you Joe. 😆

[@DenkyManner]

Gamesack is a pretty cool guy and eh doesn't afraid of anything

[@mmpsp693]

Love the Mercs gameplay video on the side at the end

[@nightzelmods]

What would he be afraid of? Devs from 30 years ago? 😂

[@AmberShort]

Watch the video again Nightmodz.

[@thedeadpoolwhochuckles.6852]

​@@nightzelmodsIt's from a meme.

[@alainsoucysergerie9879]

How they write Balrog correctly at first only to "correct" it to Barlog afterwards is crazy enough, but the announcer saying the name wrong too is just incredible...!

[@rebeccasam3434]

Could that be because they couldn’t get the voice right, and had the graphics reflect it? 😅

[@rebeccasam3434]

@@jash21222 yeah, I guess I misunderstood. That’s funny then!

[@ThroughAGlass_Darkly]

I love how your hatred for the word "shmup" has endured through all these years 😂 thanks for another great episode, Game Sack is a guaranteed solid watch.

[@ДенисЕвсеев-м4ы]

It sounds like shmuck

[@BashoftheMonth]

It has nothing on "metroidvania".

[@ciaranmccarthy]

It will always be "shoot 'em ups" to me.

[@Rando1975]

I can't stand that term either.

[@ciaranmccarthy]

One I've only heard recently is "STG," which is a term used in Japan for "shooting game" apparently. I like shoot 'em up as it fits well with beat 'em up.

[@AdamJamesNoyce]

My wife and I have a little game we play. She bets me that every episode of Game Sack will mention either the NEO Geo or Shinobi, two things she never heard about until we got together and I started watching Game Sack. I lose those bets more often than not.

[@AnthonyFlack]

If there are people in the world who haven't heard of the Neo Geo or Shinobi, then obviously they still aren't being mentioned enough. Maybe next time you get coffee, order it for Shinobi.

[@LockieNZ]

I had to pause for a bit, because I thought you said that Thunder Spirits, for the Super Nintendo was published by SEGA! A quick google revealed it was actually Seika 😅

[@GameSack]

LOL. I was pretty surprised when I learned that TechnoSoft did the port themselves. I don't think they put much love into it.

[@64-Bit-Gamer]

I also heard Sega

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

It sounded like Sega to me. I was like what Sega publishing a game for the SNES? And I was like wow, SEGA actually published a game for Nintendo system back then LOL.

[@Rabbitlord108]

@@GameSack Who knows. Perhaps said port suffered from being a lower priority for TechnoSoft at the time.

[@LockieNZ]

@@Rabbitlord108 Probably the SNES lacking Blast Processing 😂

[@RomanLugina]

The best retro gaming channel period

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I'm so happy to see that Piss Poor Ports has finally made a comeback after so long! Shame there's little to no spitting this time.

[@princekev45]

I love the endings on each episode. Keep up the great work!😂

[@rebeccasam3434]

Yeah, they’re really fun. He’s been doing something special with all this. I love the ridiculous interstitial stuff like putting rygar in an nes backwards and things like that I’ve seen 😂

[@robintst]

"Hey, SNES! Scroll the screen and move a ton of small sprites around really fast!" SNES: **has a stroke**

[@hanginglow420]

I'm a new subscriber to the channel. I've heard of Game Sack but just never checked it out and that was a mistake. This is legitimately one of the best Video Game based channels on youtube. Keep up the excellent work Joe !

[@GameSack]

Thanks! Always glad to hear when people discover the channel. Hope you stay. :)

[@angryretrogamer7313]

Me and my older brother use to invite friends over for Madden tournaments on the genesis. That was when the Sega Genesis was like magic to me especially Ghouls n Ghosts. My goal in madden football was to get the ambulance to come out and run over the players. Its hard to do. Sacking the QB enough times he will get injured. I didn't even care about winning the game. The ambulance was my win on the rare occasions i got to see it. Sega Genesis is still probably my favorite game console. Herzog Zewi and road rash along with Skitchin. I actually still own them today and i got them when i was around 10 years old. Still have my Genesis too. I enjoy all game sack episodes and am awaiting those Sunday mornings every time. Thanks Joe for making the show and making it so dam good. Even without Dave😉

[@Mr_Wheez]

Best show in the world that deserves waaay more followers. Thx for countless hours of entertainment ❤. Piss poor ports make a piss poor Sunday morning awesome!

[@King_K_Rool_]

An improved port of Alien Syndrome would have made for a nice early Genesis game. Shame they didn't do that!

[@caseyhayes4590]

Yeah, Genesis could have got very close to 1:1 except for how bright the colors are on arcade. A great port would have been nearly as popular as G&G which was one of the more popular early games. I think they could've just done it as an arcade style game but with limited continues, unlike Shinobi where it was great they reinvented it for console.

[@rebeccasam3434]

Ghouls and Ghosts on genesis is literally the only game in the series I like! @@caseyhayes4590

[@AnthonyFlack]

@@caseyhayes4590 - it's a crying shame that there was never an accurate port of the original Shinobi, though. The PC Engine version is only so-so.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Which reminds me - didn't Joe do Alien Syndrome here already? He even goes through the exact same points, even the Tengen N. E. S. port!

[@laboratoryrack6488]

The writing on this episode feels more inspired than usual (at least enough for me to notice). Nice to see that after all these years Joe still manages to surprise.

[@rebeccasam3434]

Yeah, this was really fun!

[@charleybarley7148]

Lmao

[@OkamiAuraHenshin]

Hey Joe, FYI the GB port of Street Fighter II does have individual endings but you have to beat the game on 3 star difficulty or higher to see them.

[@rebeccasam3434]

Interesting. Street Fighter Alpha (I think?) on gbc is supposed to actually be good, and while gbc is way more powerful, I do wonder if they could have made sf2 work on gb better. Maybe degrade the graphics some and focus more on the gameplay?

[@fattomandeibu]

@@rebeccasam3434 I have SFA on GBC and it's simple. They did away with the big sprites and used smaller 8x16 pixel ones, this means both characters could be hardware sprites, GB SF2 used hardware sprites for player 1 and software sprites on the CPU using background tiles for player 2. With the CPU unburdened from having to redraw about a third of the screen every frame, it can draw more frames and give a smoother experience using similar hardware. It's not as good as people say it is, BTW, but considering it's on GBC they did really well making it run like it did.

[@rebeccasam3434]

@@fattomandeibu thanks for the explanation! That’s really interesting. I guess that explains both how the characters are so big on the original gameboy game (throw all your sprites into creating a single character), and why it’s so choppy. It’s kind of impressive, but I think it was the wrong direction to go. That is such an interesting solution, even if it doesn’t seem to totally work! So the game boy color supports 8 x 16 pixels sprites? My understanding is NES only supports 8 x 8? Wasn’t until the TurboGrafx/Genesis/super Nintendo that you started getting more sprite sizes? I didn’t notice that while to me the games didn’t look all that much better, the NEOGEO pocket color fighting games FELT right to play There’s so much about so many systems I wish I understood better, I love games, I love tech, so the intersection is super fun to me

[@fattomandeibu]

@@rebeccasam3434 I can't remember how big GB sprites are, but I believe it is pretty much the same spec as NES on sprite size and number. It wasn't really that rare to use software sprites, as a lot of computer systems used for gaming systems(computers like the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST and IBM PC) wouldn't have hardware sprites at all and every game would have to use something similar. Keep in mind with the Neo Geo Pocket is that it is from 10 years after the Game Boy. It can handle bigger sprites and a higher number of them without breaking much of a sweat.

[@rebeccasam3434]

@@fattomandeibu I guess I do know even on the nes that they’d use backgrounds as moving characters basically…Megaman 1 did that even. Snes games used backgrounds so they could have giant characters that scaled. In both cases it would often be against a black background, which looked fine! But it wouldn’t have occurred to me about street fighter two on the game boy! I recently found out that punch out does some interesting stuff with that. I’m trying to remember for sure… I think little Mac and Mario are actually background tiles, and the only sprites are the big bosses, like they’re using all of the sprites to compose them. Unless I have that screwed up… And it’s really interesting like movement that little Mac does is actually scrolling, some of it, ditto for Mario, so not all of it is the CPU having to do new tiles, some of it it’s just a GPU scrolling! I don’t know, it’s just really interesting stuff But I had thought that the NES was only 8 x 8 sprites and you didn’t get anything larger until the TurboGrafx 16, genesis, and super Nintendo, but I could totally be wrong about that… Unless that is a new capability of the game boy color, since it is a lot more capable in different ways! I wish there was a resource that would list all of this and exactly have a hardware worked, like I found different sites but it’s often incomplete or doesn’t list stuff for every system .

[@jrchmgn.]

I always listen to Game Sack before going to sleep, always play Oldest to newest until I fall asleep. Love their voice and humor. Kudos and God bless.

[@atn7092]

MERCS playing sideways on the TV set behind Joe is commitment to the bit I can get behind 😂

[@Dac_vak]

Thanks for the vid, Joe. Another great episode! Edit: Ahahah the “Barlog” edit killed me

[@MagisterHamid]

Here’s an idea for an episode: Console games that got an arcade port. Games such as F-Zero AX, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Arcade, Twisted: Nitro Stunt Racing, Virtua Fighter Remix, Baku Baku Animal, Decathlete

[@BMPK]

silent scope or was that after

[@MagisterHamid]

@@BMPK that was first in arcades

[@jessragan6714]

Cosmic Chasm for the Vectrex! That got an arcade port!

[@Rtype90mk2]

Bomberman would count, in fact there is a couple Bomberman Arcade games.

[@rebeccasam3434]

That’s kind of intriguing, and could include those nes games I guess. Thunder Force 3 I guess it was actually fits this! If it’s actually easy, I’d probably like it. Certainly looks good enough and fun enough.

[@DGFTardin]

Joe hates Alien Syndrome on SMS so much he added it again lol

[@CarloNassar]

Yeah, that pretty much explains it. I'm surprised he didn't also bring up the NES version for comparison a second time.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

Thanks for brining this up. I thought that I was going crazy, remembering that he already bashed that one.

[@ShinobiNeon]

I'm actually kinda disappointed that during the Mercs segment, we didn't get an explosive, adrenaline-pumping, screaming-at-the-top-of-your-lungs, "TAAAAAATTTEEEE MOOOOODDDDEEEE!"

[@cloudstrife1983]

I was expecting it.

[@Pooby1000]

Oh Game Sack, I can always count on you to be there to soothe my Sunday morning hangover.

[@xyvillanueva4936]

Joe Redifer! Always looking forward to your Game Sack episodes! Makes my day! 👍👍

[@Athesies]

You've got some awesome series on this channel dude, stoked to see another P.P.P. episode

[@Hijynx87]

You down with ppp yeah you know me!

[@marbles8641]

Neighbors dad had an Amiga growing up. He never let either of us play the system because it was his baby. I remember he got SF2, and my friend claimed it was arcade perfecf, Chunli didn't even wear panties (we were 12). Thank you for clearing a 30-year memory.

[@n00bc0de7]

Every new Madden is just a port of the previous year 😂

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

That would be an improvement. Modern Madden has lost a ton of features since the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox original days.

[@Kohaku233]

Yes finally another Piss Poor Ports! I love these videos.

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

Just so you know, Street Fighter 2 on Game Boy DOES have character endings, but you don't get them if you're playing on a low difficulty. This happened in other ports of Street Fighter 2 and even other fighting games like the SNES version of Killer Instinct.

[@ilikecurry2345]

7:27 A similar thing happened with the Game Grumps, although they trudged on through rather than resetting it because they thought it was hilarious.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Also, congrats, Joe, for finally covering an MS-DOS game!

[@johneygd]

the last part was the funniest part and with a controller you’re not only controlling the console but also at what’s happening on screen and you’re also controlling your mind as well,hence the name CONTROLLER🤣🤣

[@Harperlarp]

'Outlawed in 16 states' made me chortle good. Another classic skit :)

[@mrdeatheli]

Shmup is for shmucks! I'll die on this hill with you, Joe!

[@darrnellnott07]

More like "Con-Troll" lol love the skits every time

[@nickfmn]

The Sega Master System port of Street Fighter II let you use the Sega Genesis 6-button controller for the complete move set.

[@marcianzero_yt]

I had played the SNES version of SF2 in a department store. Loved it. So when I heard about it being released for my trusty Amiga, I had to have it. Pre-ordered it. Two month allowance used for it. Played it to death. Overlooked all the flaws. I had SF2!!! ;)

[@gadgetvideos]

Me too! I got a pirated version of SF II for the Amiga back then and although it wasn't as good as the console versions I had a lot of fun with. I bought Mortal Kombat for the Amiga in the department store and I also thought it was an OK version of the aracade game. I never regretted my purchase. The Amiga ports of those fighting games may have not aged well. But back in the old days there was nothing like it, so the standards were lower.

[@FallicIdol]

And the sad thing is, static screen shots for that port look pretty good. Its only seeing it in motion that you know you were duped. I bet they fooled a lot of people

[@KeepEatingIt]

This makes me smile on the toilet!

[@JohnAGalvanArt]

Ye Toilet Watch Squad

[@zg-it]

I didn't think I'd spend my Sunday morning watching Joe show off his different sticks.

[@EEEasdfasdc]

just sat down to take what feels like will be an extremely difficult BM, and saw this new episode. Thanks for easing my pain a little bit, Joe

[@colddogs]

difficult baby mamas are the worst

[@JaredConnell]

Same. It's 40 minutes later now, I hope it came out ok. Wish me luck!

[@EEEasdfasdc]

@@JaredConnell thanks man, took some work and determination but finally expelled the evil within. Did it around the 12 minute mark

[@RootVegetabIe]

Water and fibre, my blocked-up friend.

[@Vinicius_Berger]

23:48 Mercs was also released in Brazil on the Master System.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Let me guess. Does the company rhyme with "Neck Boy" and come from a country where they levy heavy taxes about 5 times more than the games themselves?

[@JustinLeeper]

I was really expecting to see Steel Battalion’s joystick at the end. But nope, you zigged when I thought you’d zag. 😂

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

No idea why, but this is one of my fave subjects on game sack

[@drewwhitney7327]

My favorite part is when Joe poopoos the word “shmup.” I love shooters, and “shmup” sounds so dumb. Sounds like a beverage. “I got a jar of peach shmups if you want any.”

[@americanmeowth3336]

THanks for the vid! The outtro skits continue to be a complete hoot.

[@Lenskee]

Music in the SF2 port for Amiga kicks ass even to this day! Us, Slavs, didn't know any better back then, so we played this choppyness like crazy! Fun times. 😂

[@projectmayhem6898]

Thanks!

[@GameSack]

Thank YOU!

[@rufusray]

Twice the piss and vinegar? Cant pass that up lol

[@crohns8263]

Considering it's the Gameboy, I'd say Street fighter 2 was a pretty damn good port.

[@Openthemeyes]

I laughed this whole video lol. From shmups to laying on cots lol. They was comfy asf lol

[@TheFLOMAN76]

I love some Sack!! Game, that is. Good stuff Joe 🤘

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

The SFII bootleg from Korea is a surprisingly good port. The NES port of Alien Syndrome developed by Sanritsu was released in Japan by Sunsoft. Ports of NES games on PC were usually crap.

[@weeblbob233]

I love shmup games. That being said thanks for reminding me about SF2 on snes. Its been years since I replayed my cartridge.

[@moverofobjects]

Joe have you considered doing An episode dedicated to the worst attributes of certain games? Worst screen tearing, draw distances, worst parallax, sound, Etc? It would be informative to show us the juxtaposition of the great when shown the worst.

[@JoeStuffzAlt]

I sometimes forget how impressive the Genesis / Mega Drive could sound with the right composer

[@AK-sq9zy]

Best retro game channel out there. Keep up the good work!

[@3vi1J]

"Or 'shmup', if you want to sound like an idiot." lol... Entertaining as always!

[@skins4thewin]

Lol love how you picked the worst Joystick by far at the end 😅

[@lasersnake]

GAME SACK, GAME SACK, GAAAMMME SAAACKKKK!!!!

[@skibidi.G]

Best channel ever🎉

[@g40rc378]

"Barlog wins", excellent!

[@voltcorp]

great jokes on this one I chuckled at "jimmy cameron" and forgetting the word for vertical screen mode

[@TheSnoopyclone]

Mercs was such a great game for the genesis. I always thought it was a 2 player game but it was only single player. Played every mode with every weapon on every difficulty. It was fun.

[@drewdogg77]

The SNES Madden 93 has crazy 2 player co-op glitch. If you run a certain fullback run play, and have 2p control the fullback, the fullback can streak straight to the post. The qb will do a spin as if to hand off the ball, but then throw a 100% accurate, unblockable pass. Guaranteed big play.

[@TheVampirePredator]

"Shmup to sound like an idiot" FINALLY someone says what I've been thinking for years! You're saving absolutely nothing verbally by saying this as an abbreviation of "shooter".

[@markmyers6756]

Mercs was one of the games my dad got with our Sega back in the day.

[@peteanderson2533]

The control stick for the Master System is truely bizarre lol!

[@homiedclown]

A truly awful controller.

[@3vi1J]

lol... I loved that Sega Control Stick! I used one with my Commodore 64 for years. Durable and dependable!

[@faenethlorhalien]

If you dealt with microcomputer games and not just bloody consoles, you would have a GOLD MINE for these videos. So many arcade conversions to the Amiga, Atari ST, and the 8-bit micros that were popular back then mostly in Europe (Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, C64) and America (Atari 8-bit), that you'd have an endless supply of craptastic conversions that tried to do more than was possible.

[@faenethlorhalien]

I mean, the Amiga and Zx Spectrum versions of SF2 were utter FILTH. The Game Boy version is the fucking Mona Lisa compared to those two. Also, the Master System version of that game? The attacks that you didn't know how to pull for that version, as well as the Amiga one, probably because the game used a system for attacks similar to what was usual in games before Street Fighter, as in the "keep the button pushed, then move the controller to one of the 8 directions, then release button" that you would find in games such as Yie Ar Kung Fu, Panza Kick Boxing or Budokan. Yes, I'm that old. I played those games.

[@joaobabler1584]

that Tec Toy's Street Fighter 2 Master System port was praised by Capcom here in Brazil. The guys from Capcom think that was a poor Mega Drive port, and Tec Toy showed that was a Master System port....Capcom aproved right away. (I'm not kidding at all).

[@jamisdempsey8884]

I will forever be an apologist for the master system version of Alien Syndrome. I didn’t even know there was an arcade game when I asked for it on my 10th birthday, I was sold on the box art that reminded me of ALIENS which I was crazy about. I feel single screen vs scrolling works very well for this game. Game is challenging but fair, and boss fights are epic.

[@DankRedditMemes]

Thunder Spirits and Madden really showing the SNES's lack of blast processing :v

[@doslover]

"Shmup if you want to sound like an idiot." Turns out I do, I want to sound the dumberest. The friend thing is fairly accurate too. 😅

[@voteDC]

I have never understood how people say Alien Syndrome is based on the Aliens movie, they look absolutely nothing alike.

[@Ace-rg2ic]

Joe finally making his feelings known on the term "shmup" - shots fired (no pun intended)

[@dyBBelyBTASTIC]

You should really do an episode on the PC-Engine ports. There are some truly head scratching ports on that system. Shinobi: No bonus stages, no power ups, no meele attack Altered Beast: The single most delayed jump in video game history Chase HQ: Your answer to the question "can a driving game ever be to fast?" Thunder Blade: Does this game have a good port? Ninja Gaiden: a 16bit era game that has scrolling rutines worse than a zx spectrum game. The NewZealand Story: It's missing 4½ levels.. how can you be short 4½ levels in a 20 level game?!?!?!?!?!? Raiden: A lauded game for it's time but take a look at the stage 6 boss compared to the arcade and think to yourself. How are you expected to dodge that with a player ship that moves slower than the arcade version?

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

Isn't that Shinobi port also missing an entire set of levels?

[@lurkerphoenix]

Your videos are a treat, thank you

[@LXZ]

Hi. Just quickly wanted to mention that Motor Raid can be played as an Arcade Game in the Judgement games... 😏😏😏

[@DJSpaceRetrotunes]

I still own the Street Fighter 2 PC (DOS) game and used to play it on my 386DX PC. As far as I remember there are sound fx using Soundblaster card. The sounds resembling kicks and punches though are just white noises and one note synth sounds produced by the YM3812 chip. No PCM sounds at all.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

as an old dos gamer, wish he talked how that the DOS version of SUPER STREET FIGHTER 2 is one of the best, if not the best port of the series, same goes for all MK games on dos.

[@polariuzz]

at 15:48 dhalsim is excited to celebrate early

[@neoasura]

The gameboy did have some good 8-bit renditions of the music from Street Fighter 2.

[@t3hOutlaw]

That remix of Dark Chronicle's (Cloud 2) Time is Changing is amazing 17:06

[@djcactus]

Nothing quite beat having to take a week off school to play streetfighter 2 on the amiga. Thw amount of discs and load times was terrifying

[@zintosion]

SHMUP YOU JOE!

[@pyiffer]

The Gameboy Street Fighter II was still an absolute masterpiece compared to Mortal Kombat.

[@AwakenedPhoenix309]

With the intro on that first one I was expecting you to talk about a port of Green Dog I didn't know about.

[@keithkelly5692]

Check out the C=64 port of Alien Syndrome... totally unique, with its own awesome music, sound effects, and faster pace. Every once in a while, a port turns out better than its original.

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Ninja Gaiden NES, Contra NES, Bionic Commando NES, Turtles in Time SNES, Tekken Tag Tournament home consoles, and Soul Calibur Dreamcast are the most famous examples of this. Master System version of Ninja Gaiden also deserves credit. Other examples I can think of for now include; Rayman 2: The Great Escape Dreamcast; Actually the version that was always originally intended. Compared to the N64 and PC versions, this has got to be the most refined version of the game. Soul Calibur 2 home consoles: Polished up graphics compared to arcade and exclusive characters. Virtua Racing Switch: An actual rebuild that unlike arcade runs at 60fps (though objects you can collide into are rendered at 30fps). Later on the game was patched to give you the ability to make the in-game colors more arcade accurate. Daytona USA HD (Xbox 360/PS3): Graphically an improvement over the original arcade version and controls are a very accurate translation. Double Dragon GBA: Graphical improvements and suffers from less lag than arcade. Gradius 3 SNES: This one is debatable, but I personally see this as being better than arcade (which contrary to popular belief also has lag). The SNES version like the arcade version is tough, but is forgiving enough to be the more enjoyable experience at home. There's the unofficial Root origin/Origin patch that fixes the problem of lag and unlike the vanilla SA-1 patch doesn't make the bosses feel unusually aggressive. R-Type Deluxe Atari ST and Amstrad CPC 2012: Not compared to arcade, but they're better than their original counterparts on such systems. R-Type Dimensions EX: Runs very well and can switch between original graphics and new graphics real time. Mario Bros GBA: Alright, so this is more of a remake. Still, easily the best way to play Mario Bros hands down. Super Mario Bros Special 35th Anniversary: Unofficial version of Special running on the same engine as Super Mario Bros. Puts to shame the older versions. Prince of Persia SNES: Blew past the older versions with ease. Metal Slug X: Basically Metal Slug 2 on Metal Slug 3's engine and a few other touch-ups. YS Book 1 & 2 Turbografix 16: Include the first two games together and this version is terrific in its own right. Valis (Sega Genesis): More of a remake, but easily the best way to play the original Valis. Unlike the older versions, this one is actually decent. Race Drivin' Saturn: Easily runs faster than arcade version. Not an amazing game these days, but this is the best version to go with. Samurai Shodown V Special: What the original version should've been like. Doom Resurrection 32X: Easily a large improvement compared to the first official 32X version. Music is even almost as good as the SNES soundtrack rendition. Marble Madness FM Towns: Very accurate translation of gameplay and soundtrack is even better. Sonic 1 and 2 Whitehead: More so remakes, but they are easily superior compared to their original Genesis counterparts; especially with the Sonic 2 special stages looking less messy. As for unofficial versions; there's now Sonic 1 Forever: Expansion Pack and Sonic 2 Absolute: The Community Cut. Sonic 3 Complete and Sonic 3 AIR: Sonic 3 Complete has not only the individual versions of Sonic 3 and Sonic &Knuckles, but also Sonic3&Knuckles. As for Sonic AIR, it has more consistent 60fps performance and contains smaller gameplay touch-ups. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD; Higher resolution textures and the Wii version of the game is included as mirror mode. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: More consistent 1080ps 60fps performance and battle mode is closer to the past games. Also has more tracks than Mario Kart 8 thanks to DLC still being provided currently. Resident Evil 4 Wii and Ultimate HD version: Both versions have additional content. Wii version has actually well implemented controls and Ultimate HD on PC gives you access to mouse and keyboard. Resident Evil: Deadly Silence and True Director's Cut: Deadly Silence is the most polished gameplay wise (not including HD remake and its remaster) and even has a new mode than adds new puzzles and knife fights with zombies. As for the unofficial True Director's Cut; it restores content from previous builds of Resident Evil. Resident Evil REmake HD: A remaster of the remake that gives you the option of modern controls and is even more visually impressive. After Burner 2 Saturn: Include additional options not in arcade and gameplay is even a more accurate translation of gameplay than 32X port. As for an honorable mention that isn't necessarily better than arcade but stands strong on its own is Virtua Racing Deluxe 32X. Compared to Genesis port (which is a competent effort); this is visually notably better and has new content that is welcomed.

[@CDages]

11:18 that info is 100% incorrect. All characters have their endings (from SSF2) relatively intact in the GBY port. You can even hear every ending track in the games sound test in the Options menu. You have to beat the game at a difficulty of 3 or higher.

[@stankykong8506]

To be fair, the sprites in Gameboy SF2 are pretty cool looking for the system.

[@faenethlorhalien]

Ah yes, the vertical screen mode, I think it was the "TATE ART GALLERY MODE!"

[@liquidt3ch]

im glad you actually showed street fighter 2 on the PC. so many retro game channels ignore PC/DOS as if it never existed. I hate that shit. dos games were an integral part of my childhood. as much as snes and nes was

[@redbaron9420]

If only they mentioned actually good stuff instead of PC ports of Megaman and Street Fighter.

[@videostash413]

I miss when "piss poor ports" sent spittle in your co-star's direction

[@budyll1]

Good to see Joe playing retro games. When he played DOOM 2016 & DOOM Eternal a bit back it felt like he had one arm only. He doesn't get 2 analog sticks unfortunately 😅.

[@CRISHTANG]

I never thought I'd get blueballed so hard on TATE MODE. Its okay, I heard you say it in my head even if wasn't in the video. :)

[@JimLeonard]

Street Fighter II on the gameboy may have had a low framerate on purpose, as mitigation for the ghosting of the original GB screen.

[@neilomac]

EA and half-assed ports of sports games to Nintendo consoles - name a more iconic duo. I'll wait.

[@danielespeziari5545]

Since I never played the arcade version, I've never had any problem with the SMS port of Alien Syndrome. I actually enjoy it a lot. I like the mazes, the aliens, the ominous albeit repetitive music... Maybe it's because it's one of the first Master System games I owned in the 1990s, so nostalgia might play a role in this. Anyway, it took me 25 years to complete the game, some bosses are really brutal, and once you lose a life you are stuck with the standard weapon, which sucks, and at that point you might as well reset the game.

[@rebeccasam3434]

I’d probably get stuck, but it didn’t look too bad to be here. Honestly it feeling Zelda-y or metal gear-y with the scrolling doesn’t feel entirely like a bad thing.

[@segamon]

I had the same experience. I never played the arcade version. I really enjoyed the SMS version for its ambiance, music, and challenge. Heck, I recently remixed the game's music recently since I like the game so much. 😊

[@damageinc.5458]

As a long time Street Fighter II Veteran, this particular episode was as painful as a Hadouken to the nutt sack!

[@bennyjay1982]

I watch every video you put out but I only hit like for the end skits.

[@ExplosiveNotes]

21:36 The word escapes me as well. It's popular with vertical shmups.