I miss the days when you’d get different games with the same title on different systems. It really helped differentiate the consoles from one another. Konami was a great example of this. Even if they had the license for a property across platforms, they’d make the SNES and Genesis versions different games. My favorite example of this is another Batman game, the Adventures of Batman and Robin. The two versions really played on each console’s strengths, the SNES version is a beautiful game that emphasizes finesse and exploration just as much as fisticuffs. Meanwhile, the Genesis game is a fast paced, rock hard run n’ gun with a pulse pounding synth soundtrack.
Adventures of Batman & Robin is another great example. Not sure what it is with Batman games, but Sunsoft made four separate Batman games based on the first Tim Burton film? The NES, Game Boy, Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16 versions were all different. Wild stuff, I definitely miss those times.
Yes, I concur with this one. Maybe I already said this in an earlier comment, but I’m a fan of both classic Shadowrun games. They’re both extremely rough around the edges, but they deliver amazing atmosphere. And it’s really cool that we got such different takes on Shadowrun in that era.
SNES Shadowrun also has some of the best tunes on the console IMO, it’s worth checking out for the music alone. Genesis Shadowrun unfortunately has the mediocre sound design of so many US-developed Genesis games (but at least it’s not bottom-tier).
Of the games you name, Jurassic Park is the one I engaged the most. As a kid, I thought the Genesis version was amazing while the SNES version was mediocre. I played it for the first time in decades not long ago, and now I think they’re both bad (but Genesis is still probably better). It might be my most disappointing game to revisit as an adult.
That in itself could be a whole topic for another discussion — games you revisited from your childhood and had the most surprisingly good or bad reassessment of.
Most favorable reassessment for me: gotta be Lolo or Solomon’s Key. Rented them both as a kid. Didn’t understand them, hated them.
I'll definitely check them out! Probably not soon, but they're on the list.
Yeah, most of these licensed games aren't great now. I loved GEN Jurassic Park as a kid, but I think I just loved the T-Rex making me freak out. I never got very far in it because it's really friggin hard.
Love the topic. Mind if I borrow it? I'm always looking for article ideas!
Man, I can't think of any games I hated as a kid, but love now. I'm sure some exist, but usually, I haven't revisited many games I hated as a kid, but the ones I have, I still hate now. Like the Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, awful.
Lolo and Solomon's Key are both great, though. Still waiting for Lolo 2 and 3 to drop on NSO...
I'd love it if you took one of my spitball ideas and turned it into an interesting article!
Dizzy is a game that for me I put into a very specific category: games I had trouble getting into, then one time I was in just the right frame of mind and kind of got into it, but now can't get into again. A few games are like this.
I had one friend who would pick random games and decide they were unrivaled masterpieces and he had such infectious energy, you wanted to believe it. Ever know a guy like that? That's how he felt about Dizzy, and he was prepared to let me borrow Dizzy for as long as it took for me to understand how great it was. He was also my friend who owned a Sega CD and believed that Mad Dog McCree was true art.
Oh yeah, I've had a friend like that. Always loved their enthusiasm, even if I didn't agree. Dizzy and Mad Dog McCree are quite the games to uplift, I admire that!
I miss the days when you’d get different games with the same title on different systems. It really helped differentiate the consoles from one another. Konami was a great example of this. Even if they had the license for a property across platforms, they’d make the SNES and Genesis versions different games. My favorite example of this is another Batman game, the Adventures of Batman and Robin. The two versions really played on each console’s strengths, the SNES version is a beautiful game that emphasizes finesse and exploration just as much as fisticuffs. Meanwhile, the Genesis game is a fast paced, rock hard run n’ gun with a pulse pounding synth soundtrack.
Adventures of Batman & Robin is another great example. Not sure what it is with Batman games, but Sunsoft made four separate Batman games based on the first Tim Burton film? The NES, Game Boy, Genesis, and TurboGrafx-16 versions were all different. Wild stuff, I definitely miss those times.
Never beat the Genesis version as a kid. I was always spent halfway through Mr. Freeze's stage.
Jesper Kyd really outdid himself with the soundtrack.
I loved the Genesis Batman, it was a vibe. Also, Shadowrun, two different games between the system.
Haven't ever played Shadowrun, otherwise I would have discussed it. Definitely on my "to play" list, though!
Yes, I concur with this one. Maybe I already said this in an earlier comment, but I’m a fan of both classic Shadowrun games. They’re both extremely rough around the edges, but they deliver amazing atmosphere. And it’s really cool that we got such different takes on Shadowrun in that era.
SNES Shadowrun also has some of the best tunes on the console IMO, it’s worth checking out for the music alone. Genesis Shadowrun unfortunately has the mediocre sound design of so many US-developed Genesis games (but at least it’s not bottom-tier).
Of the games you name, Jurassic Park is the one I engaged the most. As a kid, I thought the Genesis version was amazing while the SNES version was mediocre. I played it for the first time in decades not long ago, and now I think they’re both bad (but Genesis is still probably better). It might be my most disappointing game to revisit as an adult.
That in itself could be a whole topic for another discussion — games you revisited from your childhood and had the most surprisingly good or bad reassessment of.
Most favorable reassessment for me: gotta be Lolo or Solomon’s Key. Rented them both as a kid. Didn’t understand them, hated them.
I'll definitely check them out! Probably not soon, but they're on the list.
Yeah, most of these licensed games aren't great now. I loved GEN Jurassic Park as a kid, but I think I just loved the T-Rex making me freak out. I never got very far in it because it's really friggin hard.
Love the topic. Mind if I borrow it? I'm always looking for article ideas!
Man, I can't think of any games I hated as a kid, but love now. I'm sure some exist, but usually, I haven't revisited many games I hated as a kid, but the ones I have, I still hate now. Like the Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, awful.
Lolo and Solomon's Key are both great, though. Still waiting for Lolo 2 and 3 to drop on NSO...
I'd love it if you took one of my spitball ideas and turned it into an interesting article!
Dizzy is a game that for me I put into a very specific category: games I had trouble getting into, then one time I was in just the right frame of mind and kind of got into it, but now can't get into again. A few games are like this.
I had one friend who would pick random games and decide they were unrivaled masterpieces and he had such infectious energy, you wanted to believe it. Ever know a guy like that? That's how he felt about Dizzy, and he was prepared to let me borrow Dizzy for as long as it took for me to understand how great it was. He was also my friend who owned a Sega CD and believed that Mad Dog McCree was true art.
Sweet! I'm putting it on "the list."
Oh yeah, I've had a friend like that. Always loved their enthusiasm, even if I didn't agree. Dizzy and Mad Dog McCree are quite the games to uplift, I admire that!
The SNES one is a masterpiece.