Sega Genesis vs. Super Nintendo! *32* Games Compared! (Episode 1!)

There are a TON of games that appeared on both the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo! In this video I play 32 of them and pick the one I PERSONALLY would prefer to play! (Not necessarily which one is BETTER.)
Games Featured: 2020 Super Baseball, Adventures of Batman & Robin, Aladdin, Alien 3, Battletoads, Beavis & Butthead, Bubsy: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, Captain America and the Avengers, Chuck Rock, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Earthworm Jim, Gods, Home Alone, King of the Monsters 2, Micro Machines, Mortal Kombat, Ms. Pac-Man, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, The Ninja Warriors, Pac-Attack, Paperboy, Paperboy 2, Rampart, Robocop vs. Terminator, Samurai Showdown, SeaQuest DSV, Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition, Street Fighter II Turbo, Sunset Riders, Super Smash TV, Smash TV, T2: The Arcade Game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VI Turtles in Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hyperstone Heist, Thunder Force III, Thunder Spirits, Williams Arcade's Greatest Hits
For those intrepid enough to read the comments, I am neither a Sega Genesis or Super Nintendo fanboy yet I get called both in the comments. I do lean towards the Genesis since I've owned mine since 1992. I only recently acquired a SNES in 2018 from eBay.
How could I be a Genesis fanboy if I preferred more games on the SNES for this video?
How could I be a SNES fanboy if I bought a Genesis back in the day instead of the SNES?
My game choices were not made because of what system it was running on. I just played the games and got a feeling for which one I preferred. Your choices may be different and I eagerly look forward to watching YOUR unbiased video on the subject!
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[@sidearmsalpha]

i started off my 16-bit love with the TG-16 but got a SNES shortly after. As I started to see the Genesis library grow with more and more games that I wanted. I got one around '93. All three consoles are fabulous in their own way! I still play them all regularly.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

The Genesis could do wonders with 512 colors if the coders were good but the SNES had 32000 colors so almost every game had bright graphics still its amazing to see that Genesis could look so close and even surpass SNES sometime

[@joe77andino]

​@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539the *1990s SNES Win* *2023 and beyond Sega Genesis* utterly stomps the Super Nintendo. The list of orginal Homebrews and rom hack and remakes coming out look fantastic..

[@plastique45]

@joe77andino While the SNES might have won the 90's baby games war (Zelda, Mario, Doney Kong etc), the Genesis games for older tween/teen players where lightyears ahead. Vectorman, MK with blood, Gunstar Hero, Sonic, Comix Zone etc etc.

[@plastique45]

The Turbografix was trash. Underpowered due to it's age in Japan and a lame library of North American release insured the immediate victory of the Genesis over it.

[@sidearmsalpha]

@@plastique45 The PC Engine had a much better and bigger library of games. I picked up the Duo a few years after trading in my TG-16 and was really impressed with it. Regardless of how you feel about the TG-16, it still has a sizable fan base, especially since all the PC Engine games are easy to emulate with a lot of them being translated in English too.

[@mayamanign]

You tied Genesis Aladin vs. SNES Aladin? 😂 Oh wait, you're serious? 🤔

[@bubbythebear6891]

You're right. The SNES version is definitely more enjoyable! Capcom's best Disney game IMO, though Ducktales and especially Ducktales 2 are very close.

[@mayamanign]

@@bubbythebear6891 you're obviously delusional and not someone to be taken seriously. Please don't forget your helmet when you leave the house. *Pats head

[@JonBR-622]

It shouldn't have tied, it should have given the victory to the Snes version, because it has better controls, better camera, better level design, story more faithful to the animated movie and more detailed scenarios.

[@waylonoconner9121]

Genesis version of Aladdin all the way

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

The Sega version of Aladdin are way better, it’s not a debate.

[@noelroman6820]

I feel like every time Genesis has the better game. The narrator declares it a “No contest”.

[@pabulum28]

I know; it's like, if you're going to come down on the side of Super Nintendo so many times, like, don't post the video as it comes off as so biased even if there is thorough analysis for each game. You would expect some pretty good back and forth between the systems but this comes off as so one-sided.

[@GekkaGekkaGekka]

Yeah... so lame... be either Sega or Nintendo, not "Nintendo or neither". So f*cking biased.

[@Gametester110-qf8vs]

Why, oh why, do non-Sega fans never know the 6-button pad exists? WTF. Yes the 3-button pad was the first controller but, the 6-button pad took over in a Big way and became iconic. This was the inspiration for the Almighty Sega Saturn gamepad. And once Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat hit the console, the 3-button pad was basically discontinued. I still appreciate the 3- button pads existence either way. Anyone else tried retro-bits Big-6 pad? That was basically how the three button pad would have been like, if it was originally 6-button.

[@GetLostGames1]

I really enjoyed watching this. As kids my sister and I loved trying to rent the same game on Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo and playing them to figure out which one was better.

[@TheEarthRealm]

Which one of you had which console?

[@DeathNeff]

Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis both Legends

[@jayantiraphael8655]

Sega is a trash system. Emulate and play toms today and see if you pick a Sega title that is also on SNES... You will always choose SNES.. guaranteed

[@Pridetoons]

I love the SNES and the Sega Genesis. Both consoles are great consoles for any Man's Man Cave!

[@user-ej3iw8lw3w]

how did you set up your man cave?

[@joe77andino]

Love em both , but *1990s* SNES Wins 🏆 *2023* Sega Genesis Wins 🏆

[@richspeck8932]

You're a man. The world should be your man cave. We don't need to have club houses anymore. We're grown men

[@SinistarPro_Mike]

I'm actually partial to both systems almost equally as they were pretty much at the height of my full-time gaming exposure. Everything after this generation for me, was definitely limited. Unlike the previous comparison videos, you could actually see a difference in gameplay and graphic representation with the former consoles. Now look at today's video, and the Genesis & Super Nintendo each had that certain 'quirk' that made the gameplay really unique for it's time. I could essentially grab a controller from either console and enjoy the same game albeit the few differences in some. If I was at a buddy's house and he had an SNES, I didn't feel like such a stranger to the system because I was sporting a Genesis, so we're each gaming with pretty much the same lineup, exclusives aside.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Yeah each system has a certain feel to it. Some games (particularly from the same developer) could be exactly alike. BUT different devs had different ideas for the same games, so it made for some fun times!

[@cjsvinyl]

@SinistarPro_Mike I read the first line of your comment and immediately knew you were a Sega fanboy. Then I read the rest of your comment and it was confirmed. Like all other Sega fanboys that finally wake up, but are still too prideful to admit it, you go from saying the Sega consoles are the best to learning how much better the SNES console was all along and your verbiage changes to: "Oh well, I'm partial to both." Or "They both have their positives and negatives." Forever in denial, but just doesn't want to admit to it.

[@SinistarPro_Mike]

@@cjsvinyl They're only games, mate. Relax!

[@redlinetelevision]

​@@cjsvinyl😂 😅 you're sad af. They're 30-35 yo consoles

[@Wil_Dsense]

@@cjsvinyl I read the first line of your comment and immediately knew you were a nintendo Fanboi

[@Mighty-VizioN]

the best thing about the Genesis and the SNES games. is that they were slightly different from each other. Making it okay to have both versions of the same game.

[@EugenioAngueira]

I loved seaQuest! I didn't know you were an extra in the show. That is cool! I have the Genesis version of the game. Neither one is good but I still play because of my love of the show. Cool video comparing games on both systems.

[@metrorican]

Good video! If you plan to do a follow up in the future, I'd like to hear your thoughts on some more sports titles (Tecmo Super Bowl, Madden, NHL) as well as the WWF games.

[@NOLADEEJ]

Excellent video dude!! This was a lot of fun watching. SNES for me though ;)

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks buddy. This was a lot of work!

[@davidishappy]

First off, really enjoying the channel. I am enjoying the fact that you named drop and refer to some of the other good channels out there, for example game sack and console wars. I also enjoy the fact that you make it clear that this is your opinion, can you give good pros and cons. Keep making great content! Additionally I think it is kind of awesome that you were an extra on SeaQuest DSV. 😮

[@GregsGameRoom]

I watch and admire those guys! Also Classic Game Room (Mark), SNESDrunk, Sega Lord X, AVGN, Framerater, Gaming Historian, John Riggs, Metal Jesus Rocks, Slopes Game Room, My Retro Life, Retro Bird, Retro Ralph, Glen's Retro Show, Second Opinion Games, The 8-bit Guy, The Atari Network, Sharopolis to name just a few...

[@davidishappy]

@@GregsGameRoom I watch a lot of the same ones as well, however there are a few that were new to me in that list. Looks like I have some new ones to check while I continue to watch your channel and see it grow!

[@scourgemeltface]

Battletoads was a port from nes while the snes version was a completely new game. Its like comparing zelda on 64 to windwaker. Its not even the same game and never meant to be. They didnt even release at the same time. So a 1 to 1 comparison doesn't make sense in this context

[@jamesdixon6332]

Truth

[@elcoyote9137]

Gráficamente se viera esmerado más casi parece un de máster system, gráficamente es avergonzante para una mega drive

[@joe77andino]

Yeah the 8bit NES was better then both the SNES and Gen

[@christianpalmer225]

Really depends on what kinds of games you like. For most 1-on-1 fighters, I go SNES. For most shooters, I go Genesis. For racers, I usually go Genesis if it's on both. For RPGs, SNES. For platformers, if it's on both, usually SNES. Now, if it's got digitized graphics, SNES wins every time thanks to the color range. However, if it's cartoony, sometimes the Genesis has better color choices that just pop better and the SNES looks a little too washed-out in my book. Just me. Music? Depends on who made the game. If Sega of Japan made it, Genesis games sound great. If a Japanese company in general made it, Genesis games sound awesome. They really knew how to put the synth to good use and the bass that came out of the Genesis was amazing. The SNES just couldn't touch it. However, if an American or European company made the game, Genesis games usually sounded pretty lousy with a few exceptions. It was just laziness. The SNES was easier to use and had sampled sound, so it was easier to get something pretty out of with less work. Me, I enjoy both. I probably use my Genesis more just because I like the 6-button pad better for fighters, even though they look better on SNES. I find they play just a smidge more responsively on the Genesis, and now that I can play them arcade-perfect on other consoles, the differences between SNES and Genesis make less difference to me than the gameplay does.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Id say the SNES was the first affordable system to have "enough" colors I mean 512 was a big improvement over 8-bit but the SNES can do real atmospheric stuff like Demons Crest etc.

[@ianfisch7289]

Nice video. I liked the fact that your picks were so random, in terms of the games you compared.

[@GregsGameRoom]

This is just video #1, there will be more...

[@thetravenousgamer]

The Select button toggles between Beavis & Butthead on the SNES game

[@Chris-techgamesfood]

Great video man! I loved my Megadrive, I did miss the Mario games but the Megadrive had so much good software that I loved it. It’s nice to see them here again! I didn’t even know battletoads came to the megadrive, I had it on gameboy and it was so hard!

[@Cyberpunk001]

What I like about these types of videos is during the time when these consoles were new, I was in my late teens/early twenties. I could afford only one console, and a few games a year. Or I'd rent some games from Blockbuster. So there was no way I could compare the games at the time. Now, I still can't afford the games (some are worth loads now) but I can emulate them. I've got an Ambernic handheld machine that emulates pretty much anything 16 bit or lower. But there were loads of games I never played back in the day, due to money, or lack of it. These videos give me hints of what to try now. And they're still new games to me. So I have new games to play, instead of Sonic or Mario for the umpteenth time.

[@tteft]

Lol I love your picks most of the time when it is close it comes down to which ever is more cartoonish looking or easy.

[@DavidSteck83]

Let me review the snes and genesis. Whatever version has brighter poppy colors I’ll choose that version and ignore gameplay and tighter controls. Any game that’s clearly better on genesis such as earthworm Jim or Aladdin I’ll say it’s a tie. Also I can’t beat the first level of the games I’m reviewing I already choosen snes before making this video. Thanks for watching 😂😂😂

[@74bobby]

He's Definitely a SNES fanboy

[@jbennett3691]

Yep

[@JonBR-622]

Super Nintendo's Aladdin has better controls. The Genesis version, like most Virgin games, suffers from some gameplay issues.

[@DavidSteck83]

@@JonBR-622 no snes games usually have lag in their controls because of the snes slow processor

[@DavidSteck83]

@@JonBR-622 just look at out of this world by virgins games. Night and day difference between snes and genesis. Snes version of out of this world is so slow and laggy

[@ciuffoarancione8929]

Love both but if i have to choose only one i d go for genesis..

[@SwiftSmashGamingZone]

I thought Bubsy was okay Great video!

[@CinePhil101]

Both consoles are essentials ❤

[@jayantiraphael8655]

Sega is trans without its exclusives. U are lying

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

That’s true but if I had to choose one it would be Sega.

[@Dad_Brad]

I was a SNES kid but Genesis had a few left hooks that caught SNES off guard.

[@jordans4827]

35:45 "More of a daytime cop." lol ! I dont know why, but this gave me a good laugh.

[@GemTappX]

Not maybe, brother, you were right. Snes and Sega was the most epic battle. Think about, blast processing, the bit wars, Sega does what nintendont. Savage..

[@garethjones2746]

‘Robocop more of a daytime cop’. Quote of the week :). Thanks for the video, good narration voice.

[@Jolt7800]

Greg, the game room man who dares to compare!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Dare is the operative word…

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Super Baseball is missing features on SNES, just like Atlantis on 2600 won't let you control the ship and engage the enemies directly...a feature you missed in your comparison. I wish you did a little bit of research before leaping in, because it's rare to find this many comparisons... But the quality suffers.

[@dagttv]

Just based on hardware, the SNES came out 2 years later and could push out 5X the number of colors that the genesis could at once. Also, the SNES will always look more zoomed and stretched compared to genesis because both run at different native resolution (the genesis has a higher horizontal resolution).

[@MrSez1979]

Such an underrated channel ... Awesome vid! :)

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

This channel is underrated for a reason, the guy doesn’t even know what he’s talking about half the time so uninformed an ignorant.

[@onelowx]

Its amazing you have all these games to play and compare.

[@sfx1672]

Yeah, it's called "emulation"

[@greensun1334]

Imo, the Genesis is the overall better suited system for shooters and sports games, while the SNES is usually the better choice for 1:1 fighting- and racing games. Both consoles have some amazing platformers, brawlers and RPGs.

[@c.b.201]

The first Street Fighter 2, the first Mortal Kombat, Pit Fighter Hard Drivin' all reasons I still played my Genesis long after I had a SNES. I was blown away by Star Fox, loved Mario as much as Sonic. FF2, FF3 - I was all about it. Loved UN Squadron but if you haven't played Thunder Force 3, Phantasy Star 2 then please do so. Those games are still playable and fun today. What an awesome rivalry that continues to this day. Loved both systems but let's not pretend Genesis didn't blow the doors off the no blood SNES when it 1st came out in so many ways. And Super Mario World is still a top tier game but at the time Sonic and Sonic 2 were different enough that it added a lot of value to the Sonic games. That was a very strong franchise in the 16 bit days.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

Out of curiosity, were you playing the SNES games on original hardware? I ask because you bring up sprites looking 'overstretched' on multiple games which is a common effect of emulating older consoles designed to run on CRT.

[@jsr734]

No, that is accurate of what happens on a crt (or even any modern tv with 4:3 option). Some snes developers took the stretching in consideration while creating the graphics assets, but others didn´t. Actually on Sega Genesis happens something similar but instead of stretching you get vertically squashed graphics. If you compare a Genesis game running in 320x224 on an emulator with the same game on real hardware you will notice the different aspect.

[@kevransted9452]

Just found your channel and absolutely love it. These type of videos are right up my street. I had a snes and my best mate had a mega drive so I enjoyed the best of both worlds. Just subscribed.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks!

[@chrisgregory1160]

I had a Genesis but was always jealous of my friend's SNES b/c it had Street Fighter 2. It took Sega several years to get it on the Genesis. Also, I always felt like the SNES's graphics were smoother and more lively.

[@TheLinc78]

The Genesis Beavis and Butthead was WAAAAAAY better than the SNES one. I had a Genesis and my friend had an SNES. We both had the B&B game. We preferred playing the Genesis one.

[@StRoRo]

You know the Sega Robocop vs Terminator has a cheat to turn gore ON! Yes more gore than the exploding bodies that's standard.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

I had the Genesis version back in the day, and never realized that! I added the Genesis version to my NES mini, so I still have access to it. Do you know the cheat, by chance?

[@inputfunny]

No. There's gore already in the game. The cheat turns some enemies into women, makes it to where Robocop can be set on fire and you can find a fire hydrant to put out the flame, and it gives Robocop a more graphic death animation where he gets electrocuted. I think it adds robot dogs later in the game, but I'm not sure on that. None of the enemy deaths add more gore than the standard game.

[@StRoRo]

@@inputfunny Ahh there you go, I did wonder what the cheat did, I've seen it described as the gore cheat or violent cheat but wasn't sure exactly what parts where changed.

[@joe77andino]

Street Fighter 2 on the SNES is the definitive verison , Genesis Mortal Kombat the definitive version . I actually love both consoles..

[@deviantarsenal]

I really enjoyed the video! I think I chose almost the exact same as you except for Aladdin. Aladdin on Sega is just better than the SNES version, in my opinion. I also prefer the bigger Sega controller, as long as it's the 6 button controller. If I only had the 3 button controller, I'd have to go with SNES. Overall, I love em both!

[@MoviemaniaNick]

I enjoyed playing these game consoles and games as a kid.

[@sr.diablo8549]

There were many more multiplatform games, such as demolition man, jurassic park, stargate, bomberman, the lion king, turrican, contra, power rangers, Kawasaki superbike challenge, etc... Although SNES seems to win at first glance (...), we must never forget the aspect ratio, which can be a virtue or disadvantage depending on the games. but there is no doubt that the hardware dedicated to increasing the resolution could be used in a greater color range on the Mega Drive. In terms of controllers, I think the SNES controller is the clear winner because it is more advanced in its button layout. And both casings seem pretty to me.

[@8bitDNA]

Why didn’t you put an ending score of the 32 games? How many SNES or Genesis? Otherwise, awesome effort

[@GregsGameRoom]

Because I messed up the score on the last video and also because it’s not really about which is better but which one I prefer.

[@8bitDNA]

Let me ask a different way. How many SNES games did you prefer? How many Genesis games did you prefer?

[@Deimos_Fresh]

Nice video. I do want to share a little of personal experience I had with some games. I've played Alien 3 on my Mega Drive as a kid. And the more I played the more hated it. All because of stupid time limit. NES version looks and plays similar and out of curiosity I used cheat to freeze time just to have a more comfortable experience. And looking at level design I can clearly tell it was made specifically around time limit to waste as much time by confusing the player. Same thing I remember from MD version and it's actually much worse since you need to finish 3 levels before moving to new area. I did know about SNES version from videogame magazine, but when I actually tried it, I though it would be a very huge and hard game. So I decided to play it when I feel ready. And boy it take some time to actually play it. 16 years later I finally decided to conquer it playing on hard difficulty as my first experience. And what a game it was. I was blown away how awesome it was. I mean there is things to complain about like level map being through terminal, but I actually role played it to immerse myself in the world of Aliens in Alien 3 setting. I really had lots of fun with SNES version. For first Mortal Kombat I still have my CD copy for Genesis CDX and I had Genesis version as well. I did played CD version the most, but honestly I really liked SNES port that my neighbor had. As much I enjoy good blood and gore in videogames it doesn't bother me not having it at all. And I don't really remember having any input lag as well. But playing on emulator it does have a very horrible controls, but I still prefer to play it over Sega version any day. Robocop vs Terminator I played mostly on Mega Drive and it was until much later that I played SNES version. It's one of those games that I liked mostly MD versions, but as the time passes I started to prefer SNES version much more. MD always had this kind of hollow feel to it, like it lack any kind of soul. Doesn't help the fact that this version can be ridicules with difficulty, it like throwing lots of random stuff at you and levels themselves is kinda plain and boring. SNES version grows veeeery slow on me. It's hard as well, but there is more interesting stuff going on in there and cut scenes stylized as a comic, while MD version just throws a huge wall of plain text on plain background. And for Earthworm Jim as much as I wish to like SNES version more, there is no way for it to beat MD version. I'm pretty sure that people in comment section already mentioned it, but SNES version is lacking in a lot of areas and misses an entire level. It's just not a good version unlike Earthworm Jim 2, which is a little better than MD version. I'm pretty sure if you knew this information, your opinion would be different in the video.

[@GregsGameRoom]

Thanks for the comment. I enjoyed reading that!

[@rileylederer8800]

Frustrates me to no end when KZbinrs says it's a toss up between Earthworm Jim Snes and Genesis. It was designed for Genesis and the SNES port is sloppy and rushed. The SNES version has... - A cropped screen that can significantly impair gameplay - Muffled sound - Fewer and lower quality sound samples - Improper music used on one level - Washed out colors - Less sprites on the screen at a time - An entire level missing! The Genesis version is vastly superior.

[@GregsGameRoom]

I get your point, but this was never meant as an in-depth study of each game. Console Wars does a great job of that. But generally speaking both games are fun to play and that’s all that really matters.

[@rileylederer8800]

@@GregsGameRoom I understood that the point wasn't to break down every detailed difference. But you are, as the title states, comparing them and you didn't even mention something basic like the missing level from the SNES version. In most of these comparisons you give an edge to one or the other even though, generally speaking, you could argue that both games are fun to play. In this case one version is vastly superior, you should have said as much.

[@grimmdanny]

I've noticed on SeaQuest and Mortal Kombat, the Genesis versions have shadow transparency and the SNES does not, which was a surprise.

[@godzilla7391]

For me, Aladdin on Genesis is just way better than the SNES version. The animation seems way better. To each his or her own though. Epic time back then when those systems were battling it out

[@JonBR-622]

Better animation, but confusing level design, gameplay collision issues and bad camera. SNES wins.

[@tabsntoot]

No it doesn’t the megadrive version outsold it bigly

[@Declined469]

Ok growing up when I was a kid. My best friend’s parents and mine did not care what video games we played. So we both grew up playing Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat 2 on the Sega Genesis and the SNES. We were such dorks when it came to Mortal Kombat 2 that when our chemistry teacher would allow us to hold tournaments in his classes at the end of the semesters if we all had our work caught up on and done and had high enough grades to earn exemptions from the final exams, that the tournament would always end on a stalemate between me and my best friend. No one else could even come close to beating us besides us. Well there was one thing that really tested our friendship and it was stupid. He was a Sega fan and I was a Nintendo fan, we both thought one system was better than the other. But when the Mortal Kombat games came out especially Mortal Kombat 2, he finally admitted that compared to the a case machines we had played on that the SNES was the closest to the arcade experience at home. The graphic, music, and sound effects were just overall better on the SNES version of MK2, that is when he switched from a Sega fanboy to a Nintendo fanboy. Mortal Kombat 1 was ruined by censorship on the SNES and we both agreed that the Sega Genesis version with the blood code on was just on another level in terms of trying to have the arcade experience at home, the Sega Genesis was definitely better for that one game. But MK2 was the game that changed everything for almost all the Sega Genesis fanboys at our school, that summer after MK2 came out on the SNES all the kids in our school were scooping blueberries and picking strawberries in order for them all to buy their own SNES and their own copy of Mortal Kombat 2. We played that stupid fighting game so much that where in most cases kids in our school that got that good at a video game would get made fun of non stop, the opposite actually happened to my best friend and I. We became really popular that year when MK2 first came out. People would request certain fatalities, combo fatalities, and anything they could think of on the fly while we were actively fighting each other. We could do them all and even the glitched fatalities like the one where you can make Johnny Cage do his classic uppercut fatality three times in a row and the action on screen would only end when the third head hit the ground after the final uppercut. We managed to figure out how to make him do the regular single one, the one where he did it twice, and with Shang Tsung we could time it just right we’re we could turn into sub zero and do his fatality freeze and then turn back into Shang’s base form the. Transform him into Johnny Cage in order to make him do his single, double, or triple fatality. The best part of those days for us was this kid that was really full of himself because he was older than us because he failed so much and was significantly bigger than all the guys in our school because he was approaching the age limit for public schools back then… No one liked the guy because he was mean to everyone boys and girls were both treated equally as bad. Well his first experience playing my best friend and I on our teacher’s SNES and his copy of MK2, made him break the poor teacher’s controller and system, because he just couldn’t beat us. It got to the point where the teacher was whispering to us to just let him win once, while the rest of the class was yelling at us to kick his butt. I still feel badly about what we did that day, only because it cost one of our favourite teachers a lot of money due to that dumbly losing his temper and instead of beating us up like he usually would in the arcade, he couldn’t because it was in the classroom in front of two teachers that combined our classes for the day. We did not feel bad because of all the things this twenty year old grade twelve student did to us all. For example there was this one kid that had parents that would buy large super sized packages of mini cheese and pepperoni pizzas. This kid looked like a skeleton and the end of the first year on the school bus going to school with this “kid”, because he would take the kid’s lunch every single day. It got to the point where the kid’s parents found out about this due to how much weight their kid was losing, so they decided to start buying the school bully the same pizzas because they knew he came from a really messed up home and a messed up home life. We used to all feel bad for this bully up to this point I will explain. When this kids parents did this for the school bully, take a guess what he did. He would destroy the mini pizzas the kids parents bought for him, because he thought they were doing that for him because they thought they were better than him and his family… on top of destroying the extra food he continued taking this kid’s food right up until the day the school decided to “let home graduate”,… This poor kid lost so much weight because of this bully that in the end during the final year the bully would be there, we would all chip in together everyday with our change that we had left over from the school cafeteria and gave it to him everyday so he could buy his own lunch there. That last year was when this bully just decided to go all out on terrorizing every student in that school. The most mad we ever seen this guy get was when he finally figured out why the kid was no longer starving at school because we were all chipping in to buy him lunches. Thank god he only found out during the last two weeks of his final year there. Because that poor kid never got to eat a thing because of this guy… Here is the thing that allowed this bully to get away with everything he was doing to all of us and the teachers. His father was the principal of the school and his father would always protect him from getting in rubble for the horrible thing he would do. Then his mother was the police chief of the two. Where this was all happening. So no one wanted to stand up to this bully because if anyone ever did either they would pay directly in school because of his father or if the parents of the kid that stood up against the bully tried to support their kid, his mother would use her position of power to do basically what I guess could be called targeted ticketing campaigns that would end up costing the parents thousands of dollars. So this bully was able to get away with all the horrible things he did to all of us during his time there… I am not mentioning all of the terrible thing this guy did to other students. One of the worst things he did was put a girl’s cat in the cafeteria microwave (it was take you pet to school day) and turned it on for 30 seconds and stood in front of the door and we couldn’t help her because if you touched this guy, his father and mother would do anything to ruin your life and your family’s lives. He did this to her because earlier that week she had to do her home work and then do his after and she had a really messed up home life too but not because her parents were psychos like the bully’s parents, nah they were just substance abusers… Eh, Geeze I went off on a huge tangent there sorry. But yah Mortal Kombat 2 made almost every kid at my and my best friend’s school switch from their Sega Genesis’s to SNES systems. After one summer of working the local berry fields almost every student had a new SNES and a copy of MK2. Yah MK1 was better on the Sega Genesis but that was only because of the censorship they did to the SNES version and then on the Sega Genesis version with a combination of button presses surprise you had blood during the fights like the arcade and the fatalities changed to match the gore of the arcade version. But MK2 was just the king of fighting games back then. Cheers all! Again sorry for my rambling story but I do not feel like going back and deleting it all. Have a good one!

[@GregsGameRoom]

MK2 on SNES looks great but there’s a noticeable lag that’s a bit annoying. Still playable though. Thanks for the awesome comment!

[@SoftEndy]

I didn't realize the Bubsy rights were sold, the most recent game was pretty cool, hopefully the next game at least matches it

[@johnnymack8442]

I am a Sega guy myself. And always found the gameplay was better on the genesis.i liked fighting games and beat eu ups. Mostly.

[@binkaram6577]

meh!!! snes had better and more beat em ups and arcade fighting classics then genesis, name any good beat em up other than SOR series which was better then snes!?

[@Lilbroda]

​To be fair, SOR is better than any beat em up on the snes. I was a smup guy and Sega destroyed Nintendo in that department.

[@GregsGameRoom]

So am I a Sega Genesis fanboy or a Super Nintendo fanboy? Give me your answer below! Nintendo NES vs. Atari 7800: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haWlYqmtidOnmdU Atari 2600 vs. Intellivision: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXmyl3mCo92YqM0 Forgotten Genesis Racing Games! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGa7oZSBgsdlrK8

[@Adamtendo_player_1]

You’re a SNES fanboy that’s obvious.

[@di380]

The Sega Genesis was extremely limited with a palette of 9bits limited to only 512 colors and 80 on screen to chose from and 80 total screen sprites with 20 per scan line maximum vs the which had SNES a 15 bit palette allowed it to chose from 65k colors and 128 on screen sprites with 32 per scan line. It was clear to me most games looked better sounded better and sometimes even played better on the SNES.

[@yearight5303]

The genesis had less colors but you could hardly tell. This guy's emulator or monitor must be favoring the snes games. It's pretty established that Aladdin was superior on Genesis.

[@Lilbroda]

yeah but the Mega Drive had a better resolution. Most Super Nes games were kinda streched to fit the screen.

[@JonBR-622]

​@@LilbrodaI remember the kids throwing their Super Nintendo away because of the resolution (Irony).

[@Lilbroda]

@@JonBR-622 By your dumb logic I remember all the kids trowing they Mega Drive away because of its technical limitation. You know whats really ironic? The fact that you probably werent even alive at the time. But nice try kid.

[@mazzvidz]

@@JonBR-622 Never heard of anything like that… sounds like you made it up. 😂 Nintendo dominated Sega because of its vast library of first party and exclusive games. Something Sega just couldn’t compete with. Games that where designed specifically for the SNES.. had superior graphics and resolution.

[@nasman7492]

I was a Genesis kid growing up but now playing both today the SNES graphics and sounds seem like on another level

[@adriansalge6560]

the thing is: nobody usually favored one system over the other for games that were on BOTH ststems. it was usually console EXCLUSIVES that swayed someone's preference.

[@nightinxgale7083]

Current multi platform games are the same with some minor differences. It’s so interesting to see how different games used to be across the platforms.

[@Embargoman]

Please do a part 2!

[@GregsGameRoom]

So many games still to compare!

[@dungeondesigns104]

This brings back memories. I was a SNES kid and I could never get past that damn sailor in Dragon The Bruce Lee Story!

[@ricardomauricioaraya7625]

probably an unpopular opinion but I prefer Hyperstone Heist over Turtles in Time. I just have more fun with it, it's faster and the dash button is a great addition. Also, and here's another unpopular opinion, I prefer the music on the Genesis... I have never liked how music sounds on the SNES (there are exceptions obviously), and when a developer knew how to work the Genesis sound chip (Konami and Technosoft come to mind) it would blow my mind. An example, I just beat all three Megaman X games on the SNES, and the soundtrack was so unappealing to me because of the sound chip... Now voices, that's a different story; the SNES blows the Genesis out of the water

[@GregsGameRoom]

I can respect that. Hyperstone Heist is a good game.

[@AngryCalvin]

Very accurate points. Hyperstone Heist had a great formula in the gameplay. It was very arcade like. The graphics were amazing. I really appreciate Konami for being able to make different games for both systems and make both versions awesome. Konami was gold back in the day.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Hyperstone Heist commits one of the unforgivable sins of game design: A cop-out boss gauntlet.

[@ricardomauricioaraya7625]

@@SomeOrangeCat well I'm pretty sure Konami didn't have much to work with to begin with. Nintendo had many developers tied to crappy contracts back then...

[@SomeOrangeCat]

@@ricardomauricioaraya7625 That died with the NES. The fact of the matter is Konami and Capcom games sold better on Nintendo platforms back then, which incentivized doing a better job.

[@CarecaRetrogamer]

50:04 "there's no rapid fire option"... Well, if u press Select + Start at the title screen, u can actually choose rapid fire and change some other things. Still, this is a really badly programmed game on the snes, and u'll be better off playing the Genesis version, anyway... Great video, cheers!

[@abcmaya]

Yeah I played both version. There's something off about the SNES port. The genesis version is just better.

[@CarecaRetrogamer]

@@abcmaya Yeah, they probably coded it in C instead of assembly and above all else, did a very poor coding overall, which made this game be as crappy as it gets. MAYBE with a revamped code (like they did to Super Ghouls n' Ghots) and the CORRECT rom type (Fast rom) it could have been a decent port. This isn't about the SNES per say, just about bad programmers + infinite greed of the industry, which insisted in using slow rom to save like 50 cent per cartridge sold... *facepalm*

[@jsr734]

@@CarecaRetrogamer There is a fast rom hack and the speed improves a little bit. But remember that fastrom hacks can only do that much to badly programmed games. There are lots of "slowrom" games with less slowdown or no slowdown at all while there are also native "fastrom" games with lots of slowdown. Also even with the slowdowns something that the snes version has over the Genesis version of Thunder Force 3 is the music and positional stereo sound effects; that is all sound effects are played back in the position they are happening in the screen, from left, from the center, or from the right.

[@CarecaRetrogamer]

@@jsr734 I have the Fastrom version of Thunder Spirits here, hence why I said it was VERY poorly coded... I didn't notice the Stereo sound thing cause I played it on a mono config... I'll check it out later on with stereo headphones, ty for the heads up!

[@dannyalexander2241]

“Surprisingly more colorful” “Surprisingly more colorful” “Surprisingly more colorful” Dude… for 30 years now we have known the SNES does colors better. The reason Sega done well against the SNES was it moved sprites around faster on screen and had better exclusives, especially early on- to a lesser extent as both systems aged. The SNES overall looked better, but sounds were typically better and games were bigger and had more to offer on the Genesis. The SNES exclusive stuff was much improved towards the end of the 16bit era. Both of these were pretty great if we are being honest.

[@megaigor]

I love both ❤

[@DJDanceClassic]

greg , you have a beautiful voice, love the way you present this video, you sound a lot younger, like a 27 year old guy. subscribed.

[@GregsGameRoom]

LOL, thanks!

[@garythomas676]

I've always found this an unfair comparison, the genesis is two years older and holds its own very well

[@TheGemini5]

Absolutely! But they seem to forget to mention that. I mean really, SNES should whip the Genesis in every category, but it doesn't. I just find it hilarious how he calls every game that clearly wins on Sega either a wash, or it barely wins. Sounds like a fanboy to me...just sayin..

[@adriansalge6560]

right and after the genesis but before the Snes, Genesis was of course the coveted system.

[@garythomas676]

both systems had their gems, but I always steered towards the megadrive more

[@mazzvidz]

The Genesis was rushed to market because the NES wiped the mat with the Sega master system. Nintendo could afford to wait on releasing the SNES because Sega couldn’t compete.

[@mazzvidz]

@@TheGemini5 Every Nintendo first party and 3rd party exclusive… made Genesis look archaic in comparison.

[@johntuohy]

Yes I agree the genesis is a nicer looking console than the North American SNES, however the European version or super famicom is a lot sharper design and more evenly matched with the original genesis in that regard

[@matrixman7706]

I definitely agree with you. I always wished that the European model design of the SNES was used in North America.

[@TheBlackSeraph]

Another point is that the SFC and PAL SNES had all four buttons convex and feel a bit less "clacky". I grew up with a PAL SNES, but when I bought a SNES Mini I found out that the PAL versions used recoloured NA controllers :( .

[@jsr734]

@@matrixman7706 I think the American SNES design has its own charm. I liked that each region had different looks. I would have loved that the N64 hardware had diffent designs for each market too, but i suppose that was going to be more complex and expensive.

[@indecent0079]

Sega Home Alone is one of my favorite games. Shit you not, put the difficulty on hard and it’s fifty five minutes of strategy til the cops come and it’s really a high score game and you get ranked at the end. It’s simple fun concept and building your own weapons and racing the clock is pretty fun 💪🏼

[@Tyjohnable]

How do you count start and select as buttons on the super Nintendo but not start as a button on the Sega Genesis?

[@mazzvidz]

I don’t remember ever using the start button on Genesis controllers… 🤷🏼

[@itchyisvegeta]

Didn't find out til a few years ago that Genesis Earthworm Jim is the better game, cause the SNES version is missing an entire stage, and even some stage music.

[@jescis0]

As far as the difference between the Sega Genesis and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Genesis: CPU Motorola 68000 @ 7.6 MHz Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz SNES: CPU Ricoh 5A22 @ 3.58 MHz "It is based on the 8/16-bit WDC 65C816, which was developed between 1982 and 1984 for the Apple IIGS personal computer.It has 92 instructions, an 8-bit data bus, a 16-bit accumulator, and a 24-bit address bus. The CPU runs between 1.79 MHz and 3.58 MHz, and uses an extended MOS Technology 6502 instruction set." For reference to the SNES chip: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_5A22

[@binkaram6577]

yeah like most kids gave shit about specs back then

[@JonBR-622]

Despite the lower clock, the Snes processor has the advantage of consuming fewer processing cycles.

[@jescis0]

@@JonBR-622 well that's true, but because the 65816 was a 16-Bit version of the 65x02, it's also as easy to program for because the instructions are more simplified than the chips Motorola made, because if you know the history of the two, the people who made the original 6502 were making the Motorola 6800 microprocessor which is more likely the father of the Motorola 68000 which, unlike the 6502, had more complex instruction set… the amount of clock cycles you save because of the code you have at your disposal… 😉😉😉😉

[@jescis0]

@@binkaram6577 no child cares about the specs of the machine that they use… "OH LOOK!! PRETTY COLORS!!" An adult would say "OH LOOK!! PRETTY COLORS!! How's it made? Is it using resources sufficiently??" It doesn't matter if it's a video game system or the TV itself, children don't take technical things into consideration!!

[@jottka2162]

Where is the difference between Pacman and Ms Pacman beside the ribbon?

[@righty-o3585]

NBA JAM is the 5th most sold arcade cabinet ever

[@AngryCalvin]

Konami games were different on both systems and were awesome on both systems. Not so much on sports games that in many cases didn’t play well on the SNES. For the top 20 games overall SNES easily wins. After that Genesis is the winner. Too many bad games on the SNES and some are just slow. Even some cartoon and movie games which historically suck were good on the Sega Genesis. Both consoles have plenty to offer. Lots of great titles and both consoles have different advantages with their hardware. I own more Genesis games but I enjoy playing the cream of the crop from the SNES the most.

[@JunkerDC]

I alway found the genesis games to be easier because you could always see more of the screen and it seemsed like sega always ran faster to me and the controls were tighter on sega to me

[@Thelodis]

The worst part about the SNES is the 8:7 aspect ratio. So if you have to choose between the same game on the two consoles, you would often have to choose between brighter graphics and better sound, but with wide and often blurry characters and you can't see much of the levels because the screen ain't wide enough. Unless you design the game after it like Street fighter II.

[@Bloodreign1]

Screen ratio has to be one of the dumber reasons to pick one console over another, and pretty much the last stretch one console's fanboy would have over the other console, once every other reason has been exhausted, and found to be BS of on why one console is better than the other. It's not hard to beat one version if you are good at it on another console, if one finds screen resolution making a game too hard, then they suck at the game, find something else to play that you might be able to beat. Human beings learn to adapt, but it seems like gamers just can't do that, or not all of us can at least.

[@tournaline3448]

Yeah I can’t stand the stretched out look of the SNES. I grew up on the Mega Drive but I now own both. I play my Mega Drive with composite cables and my SNES with S-Video. Both are outputted to a CRT TV and there’s just something magical about the way the Mega Drive output looks. In terms of the exclusives, there seems to be a lot more happening on the screen at one time with the Mega Drive compared to the SNES besides the odd exception like the incredible Contra III. The SNES is great but when it comes to edge-of-your-seat action, the Mega Drive wins by a long shot. It brought the arcade experience home.

[@JonBR-622]

Ridiculous argument. Not even Sega, which was marketing aggressively, appealed to the resolution in favor of the Genesis.

[@thunderchild1083]

Why do a lot of SNES games seem to be zoomed in compared to MegaDrive games?

[@Murk781]

My realest collaborators. From all videos I've been talking to you from. Don't k**l Louis. Just help against all his Witchcraft poisonings and attacks please. But do your best to defeat and stop the- hold on.

[@ReaperCore15]

Kinda weird that you didn't compare paperboy 2 snes vs Paperboy 2 genesis, i own the genesis version and really like it, the gameplay really feels good.

[@noahhildebrandt4335]

Was fortunate enough to have both systems, so what I say I say with love - in a comparison, the Genesis 6-button controller should never be considered as a factor, either for or against, because most people didn't have one and it wasn't released until 4 years after the system's launch.

[@noahhildebrandt4335]

I didn't mean to imply they weren't readily available in the US, just that since it was released in the second half of the system's life, I knew very few people who didn't already have two 3-button controllers, so while the 6-button was definitely out in the wild here, it wasn't the default, the norm, or even the majority. I also don't mean to imply that the American experience is the only one that matters, so I'll concede that my perspective may not be complete.

[@XINTSUAI]

I always felt like Snes had more tech, effects, colors, but at the same time its games had lower resolution and framerate.

[@JonBR-622]

These days fanboys love to talk about resolution, but even Sega didn't use resolution in their aggressive advertising.

[@louisewilliams1258]

I used to do retro systems for charity, for Christmas. I grew to despise the Sega and stopped buying them. The audio hook-up in the back was faulty. Only 3 pins to connect? It sucked. SNES was a better, solid all-around console! EXC job on your vid. Thanx.

[@adriansalge6560]

usually super nes had better graphics, therefore better color, and usually had more storage capabilities. Genesis often had slightly better control and better frame rate. (hack of Sonic on the Super Nes was shown to lag and be choppy.) Sound was kind of a toss up. if Genesis had plenty of storage to spare, sound could rival Super Nes, but often this was not the case. Look at mk 2 on both systems. Genesis doesn't audibly say winners names, only displays them. while Super Nes sounds great. * all of these stats I learned from other videos and techy friends. I myself have the tech savvy of a 1840s prospector.

[@sfx1672]

Genesis has also much higher resolution

[@kevincline8671]

Did you play EarthwormJim on SNES?

[@Mighty-VizioN]

Fun fact. The Genesis was in competition with the NES. Therefore the color palette was slightly better than the NES. When the super NES came out. They just made the system slightly better than the Genesis when talking about overall available colors. If the super NES would have came out first we would have never had the Genesis. We would have went straight to the 32X. If all of those games on the Genesis would have came out for the 32 x it would have blown the SNES out of the water.

[@mazzvidz]

Fun fact… The only reason Sega rushed the Genesis to market was because the NES stomped the Sega Master System into irrelevancy. Nintendo didn’t need to release the SNES until 2 years after the Genesis because Sega wasn’t a threat to their market dominance.

[@StreetsofATL_19]

SNES okay marketing but better games. Genesis great games but better marketing. Yuji Naka is fantastic but Shigeru Miyamoto is a legend! Howard Lincoln was good (Great during the NES era) but Tom Kalanski was a beast!

[@vintagepennies6899]

I had bubsy and bubsy 2 and played both a lot as a child.

[@user-ej3iw8lw3w]

another snes vs genesis/mega drive comparison video. those are just like chocolate. you never get tired of them and consuming them makes them taste all the better

[@BUDA20]

in the SNES Battletoads, press twice in a direction and punch and it will make an attack

[@justanobody0]

48:23 were you intentionally getting rid of your allies?

[@CrocoDylianVT]

in my opinion Mortal Kombat started pretty rough in the Genesis, but MK3 and UMK3 on Genesis surpass the Super Nintendo by far

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Busy isn't a bad game. I've played wayy worse. It's just extra European.

[@ronch550]

Objectively speaking SNES is superior to Genesis in many ways: graphics, sound, controls, quality of games... Most games that are sold for both systems reflect this unless the SNES version screws up. However, with fewer colors the Genesis versions can look sharper because color transitions are more abrupt. I'm speaking as someone whose favorite retro console is the Genesis, btw.

[@GregsGameRoom]

The one area the Genesis was superior was the processor speed. Hence the "Blast-Processing" marketing strategy.

[@ronch550]

@@GregsGameRoom hey man thanks for replying. Yeah blast processing (marketing talk) was great but that's about it, really. Still, I've had more memories with the Genesis. Quackshot, The Immortal, Moonwalker, Super Monaco GP 1 & 2, TMNT Hyperstone Heist, etc. etc. There's something about the Genesis' limited color palette that made graphics charming in its own way, if devs hit the right colors.

[@TychiBalls]

Press select to change characters in SNES Beavis and Butthead.

[@bazdaniels7420]

Wow it says I got a comment removed, although I don't see what comment. It says not to leave comments like this, but gives me no indication of what this refers to. How do I look to see what comment of mine got removed?

[@jimpatterson1111]

Like most people familiar with the Japanese SNES it’s hard to imagine why they changed the design for the US.

[@jsr734]

To appeal more to a market that hated the "kids toy look".😆

[@shotakuervo]

Purple and grey... what the? Also the Mega Drive is a better name. But it could of been worse like the TG-16. The PC Engine was a beautiful console, why change it other than the name?

[@smrii2487]

For Aladdin you need to put yourself into the mind of a child and ask: Which version lets you have a sword? There's your answer

[@TechTokOffical]

I'm my circles what it always seemed to boil down to was if u liked playing fighting and sports games u went with sega but if u liked more adventurous types and RPG's u went with snes. The Nintendo seemed more "cartoony" also.

[@JonBR-622]

SNES has a lot of beat em up, platform and fighting games.

[@jimgeorgiev8105]

27:04 notice on sega ms pac man has a streak following her hair clip when she goes faster, in snes she doesnt do that, she does not go 2 different speeds.

[@lobizonxp]

Nice video!!

[@trzy]

I don't get why Bubsy gets so much hate. I loved it on Genesis when I was a kid. Thought it played pretty well.

[@x7heDeviLx]

6 button sega controller is alright but not groundbreaking it’s a response to the 6 button snes and the arcade button setup. Its just funny how much people up talk it 😅

[@damin9913]

Sega genesis always got brilliant soundtracks to the games people always over look because of nintendo