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    Default What Games Were Better on Genesis Than on SNES?

    The Genesis had the faster processor but not the color palette, hardware scaling or symphonious sound chip.

    And yet, I can't help but think that some of the Genesis games turned out better than they did on the SNES. Most of the sports games, for example - though some of the later Madden and NBA Live games were very good on SNES, those series always excelled on the Genny, at least in my eyes.

    There are LOTS of crossovers. Over 250 of them, in fact (I've attached a list here for your perusal).

    If you've played them both, which games work better on Genesis?

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    Addams Family, The
    Adventures of Batman & Robin, The
    Adventures of Mighty Max, The
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    Aerobiz
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    Aladdin (Disney's)
    Alien 3
    American Gladiators
    Andre Agassi Tennis
    Animaniacs
    Art of Fighting
    B.O.B.
    Ballz 3-D
    Barkley: Shut Up and Jam!
    Bass Masters Classic
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    Batman Forever
    Batman Returns
    Beavis & Butthead, MTV's
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    Bill Walsh College Football
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    Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
    Boxing: Legends of the Ring
    Bram Stoker's Dracula
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    Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs
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    Captain America and the Avengers
    Champions World Class Soccer
    Championship Pool
    Chavez II
    Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool
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    Clay Fighter
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    Clue
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    Cutthroat Island
    David Crane's Amazing Tennis
    Death and Return of Superman, The
    Demolition Man
    Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
    Doom Troopers: The Mutant Chronicles
    Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls
    Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
    Earthworm Jim
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    Hardball III
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    Hit The Ice
    Home Alone
    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
    Hook
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    Incredible Hulk, The
    Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
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    Jeopardy!
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    Jurassic Park
    Justice League Task Force
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    King of the Monsters
    King of the Monsters 2
    Last Action Hero
    Lawnmower Man, The
    Lemmings
    Lemmings 2: The Tribes
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    Liberty or Death
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    Lost Vikings, The
    Madden NFL '94
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    Madden NFL '96
    Madden NFL '97
    Madden NFL '98
    Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    Math Blaster Episode 1
    Mickey Mania: Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
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    Micro Machines
    Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
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    Miracle Piano Teaching System, The
    MLBPA Baseball
    Monopoly
    Mortal Kombat
    Mortal Kombat 3
    Mortal Kombat II
    Ms. Pac-Man
    NBA All-Star Challenge
    NBA Hang Time
    NBA Jam
    NBA Jam Tournament Edition
    NBA Live '95
    NBA Live '96
    NBA Live '97
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    NCAA Final Four Basketball
    NCAA Football
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    NFL Quarterback Club
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    NHL '95
    NHL '96
    NHL '97
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    NHLPA Hockey '93
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    Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
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    Paperboy 2
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    Prince of Persia
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    Raiden Trad
    Rampart
    Revolution X featuring Aerosmith
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    Robocop vs. Terminator
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    Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball
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    Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye
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    True Lies
    Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
    Uncharted Waters
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    WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
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    Earthworm jim was sooo much better on the Genesis.
    not many others as I recall the color pallete and Sony designed music chip in the almighty Supernes was almost a generational jump over most of the Genesis ports just look at Mortal KombatII it looked great on the SNES and even played well and the Genesis got what? more "real" blood heh not a very good trade off.
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    Aladdin & the Jurassic Park games


    Aladdin - the SNES version was missing something, i might have been spoiled since i played the Genesis version first.


    I thought the overhead view of all the Nintendo Jurassic Park games was annoying and not very fun....and i liked playing as the Raptor.

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    Any EA sports game is better on the Genesis. Don't really remember the others. I was always a Genesis person.

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    Hey, Aladdin for the SNES was still good, but the Genesis was still better.

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    Zombies Ate My Neighbors on the SNES just seemed to work better than the Genesis, but this is strictly opinion.

    The first MK on Genesis was AWESOMELY done, but the next 3 MKs were lackluster on the Genny, and superb on the SNES. Wasn't a graphic issue... the first MK played tight on the Genny, and crappily for the next 3.

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    I think the Genesis Beavis and Butthead was the better of the two because of the digitized speech and the crude humor wasn't censored. (Farting and belching as attacks, etc.) I remember there was a lot of speech for a cartridge game.

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    Aladdin was better on the Genesis, but it was a completely different game from the snes version.
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    Adv. of Batman and Robin, though one of the most visciously difficult games I've ever played, was just more fun on the Genny. Really pushed the console as well.

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    I've heard that sparkster (The Sequel to rocket knight) is better on the genny, but I only have the snes one. I also think Pac-man 2 works better on genesis, because the SNES version has Ms. Pac-man as an unlockable game, while the Genesis version has Jr. Pac-man, an all new game (It's different from pac-man jr.)

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    I will put a second vote in for Aladin and the EA NHL series. They were the first 2 that jumped into my mind when I read the subject.

    Oh and the Strike series. I thought at least Desert played better on the Geni.

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    I thought the Lion King had better sound on the Genesis. That's all I can really think of at the moment.

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    Any and All Sports games.

    They were all faster with less lag.

    And the Snes made all the players look short and fat.

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    saturday night slammasters on the genesis had death matches and scorp and jumbo were selectable in one on one mode

    tmnt tournament fighters were two different games on those consoles, but I liked the snes version better

    also in the genesis version of aladdin he had a sword and didn't have to fend off enemies with apples

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    yeah aladdin and mortal kombat 1 was better on the genesis

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    The genesis port of Fatal Fury always seemed better to me... the SNES had more characters but the Genny kept in the dual-plane fighting system, something that made Fatal Fury feel like... well, Fatal Fury.

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    I liked Toy Story more on the genesis, personally.
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    OUTLANDER!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Much, much better for the Genesis. The Genesis features an in-the-car view that is very well done, while the SNES version has a very lame outside-the-car view. The game just plays so much better with the in-the-car view; you actually feel like you're part of the action. I remember trying to play the SNES version after I played the Genesis version and I couldn't get into it at all. And you think the SNES would be the one to feature the in-the-car view due to its graphical superiority. It's also, IMO, one of the most underrated games out there; it's always been a favorite of mine, but no one else seems to ever talk about it.
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    Aladdin plays alot better on the Genesis than Snes.

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    Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition and Super Street Fighter 2 were better on the Genesis...because the Genny 6 button pad destroyed the SNES controller. Does that count? The Genny port of SSF2 was actually pretty close to the SNES version in sound and graphics though (and was 40 mbit to the SNES versions 32 mbit).

    Samurai Shodown on the Genny was better than the SNES version, the SNES version had fully scaled out sprites (they were tiny) while the Genny had fully scaled in sprites (they were huge, but the Genny didn't have Earthquake).

    Aladdin was mentioned already, and Earthworm Jim was also. (Shiny developed both, I don't think Shiny developed the SNES version of Aladdin, which was why the Genesis version was different and superior to the SNES version).

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    I like Shadowrun on the Genny more. It's darker, and more adult compared to the SNES version(which I also enjoy, just not as much).


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