The covers of both games are identical. If you start both games up, the title screen only shows Sparkster.
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Icarus beat me to it. I opened the thread and I was going to look for an image. But then I had to answer the phone and then came back to it. I also started both games to check the title screen as well though.
Last edited by kupomogli; 08-18-2009 at 08:13 PM.
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Did you actually even read the first post or the title of the topic? As far as I'm aware, none of that ever saw release on the Geneses besides your last example. And Donkey Kong certainly doesn't fit the topic, lol.Originally Posted by BetaWolf47
As for The Lion King, I have never spent much time with the Genesis version, but back in the day it was advertised as having an exclusive level not on the SuperNes version. The poor sound and graphics everytime I fire it up just makes me want to play the SuperNes version, so I've never bothered to look for the extra level.
Edit - No sign of one in a YouTube walkthrough, I just see the same levels as the SuperNes game unless I missed it. Perhaps I was remembering incorrectly.
Last edited by Leo_A; 08-18-2009 at 08:21 PM.
To be fair, you upstaged me.The art is repeated on manuals and carts as well... How is a retro-hunter supposed to know both are unique just by looking at them? Thread purpose exposed and Sparkster validated.
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Remember Doom? The 32X (Which probably counts because you plug the 32X into the MD like a cart) version had only 17 levels and lower quality FM music but smoother graphics scaling, and the SNES port had all of the levels with vastly better music, but choppy framerate and scaling.
I decided just now to check and see maybe the PAL or NTSC J versions.
The PAL version is the same, just says MegaDrive. The Japanese version does actually say Sparkster Rocket Knight Adventures 2 though. I just looked that up right now.
The cover art is still identical though, so even saying RKA2 on the Genesis one, you'd assume it's the same game. I would atleast.
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Someone(mayber the OP) should keep a running total of all the games and the differences.
Yet another youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkT...tyNJnjPw-2co7g
Big whoops...
That's really weird how that works. The US boxart is the same as well, aside from the Genesis one having a different aspect ratio.
If a more well-known regional difference was used as an example, however (i.e.: say there was a Genesis game named Mother 2), the title differences would've been duly noted in this thread.
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Ironically, the cover art seems better suited for the Genesis version, far as I can tell - the columns feature (a bit too) prominently in the first stage.
Kupo articulated what I was hating a bit better, although I would add that the repetitiveness of forced rocket jumping in that game is an additional insult on top of the others I delineated. Interestingly, this guy's review (starting at 7 minutes) makes it clear that a lot of the reason he's fond of the game is due to the fact you can get along most of the time just using the sword - and not the flames, but just the blade. Very useful to know. Of course, there's another thing they &%!@ed up in the Genesis rev...
I'm ecstatic that this discussion happened - not so I could ramble on about the differences, but because I discovered the SNES version in the first place. I totally didn't know about it before this, and the Genesis version of Sparkster had totally disheartened me.
Dracula X for the Japanese Turbo Duo is different than the US version for the SNES. They have the same cover art, so they would have been advertised as the same game but for different systems.
Good point, although this would only have been a problem to import-savvy players and readers of the back pages of gaming mags. Drac X SNES is Drac XX SFC, of course.
Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo = Castlevania Dracula X
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Yes, different. But not totally different by intent. More that the SNES version was extremely watered down. They tried to fit what they could on a cart at the time which ment, skipping entire paths and segments of the game, removing enemies, bosses and enviroments/effects, no Maria mode, no saving the other maidens, axed the save system, related menus and such, no anime cutscenes and video intro or voiced audio (in Japanese and German too!). I think the differences in this instance are rather well known because Castlevania is fairly high profile. Up to the OP though.
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Those two don't have the same title at all, though.
Just two of them...that's good enough for a cartridge, isn't it?!
There's a big "Dracula X" on the front of both - that would cause anybody to think the two games were equivalent. Dracula XX would seem to be a sequel in the Japanese market (plus they changed the cover art drastically, even reversing the hair colors of Dracula and Richter, oddly enough).
Of course, the SNES version seems to have been intended as a replacement for the PC-Engine CD ROM^2 game - same basic storyline, same "save the girls" idea, there's even a key item (slash weapon) in it.
Aladdin and Jurassic Park are also great examples of Genesis games that stomped all over their SNES counterparts. Yes, they're totally different games, but it's proof that the Genesis was more than a match for the SNES when it came to quality gameplay and graphics. System specs be damned!
The cover art might, but I don't see how the title would. If I was just seeing a list of names, I would never think that "Castlevania: Dracula X" and "Akumajou Dracula X: Chi No Rondo" were the same game. They both contain the phrase "Dracula X" but in the former it's the subtitle, and in the latter it's part of the main/series title. And anyway I thought this thread was only for games with the exact same title.
Yeah, particularly when the name for the Japanese version of the SNES game was Akamajou Dracula XX, adding a second X to mark the difference from the TG16 game. They just changed the title for the US because we hadn't gotten the first one, I think. It is kind of weird that the SNES one was so poor in comparison to the TG16 game, the original Super Castlevania IV was utterly amazing... Dracula XX wasn't even close to either SCIV or Dracula X. Bloodlines is probably even better...
The cover art might, but I don't see how the title would. If I was just seeing a list of names, I would never think that "Castlevania: Dracula X" and "Akumajou Dracula X: Chi No Rondo" were the same game. They both contain the phrase "Dracula X" but in the former it's the subtitle, and in the latter it's part of the main/series title. And anyway I thought this thread was only for games with the exact same title.
Also, I think that the title in the US is weird... I mean, why "Castlevania DRACULA X"? The original title in Japan is Akamajou Dracula, in the US Castlevania. Shouldn't it just be Castlevania X?
Agreed about Aladdin, the SNES game is a fun platformer but the Genesis one is just amazing. Not sure about Jurassic Park though, I don't have the Genesis one and have only played it a little bit, and while I do have the SNES game (got it a few years ago), I've never gotten around to playing it...
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Aladdin is at least fairly similar, but Jurassic Park isn't even really the same genre, so they're not comparable in the least bit. I do prefer the Genesis one a little, but neither are fantastic. The second SNES one, The Chaos Continues, was my favorite.
Which of the words in "Akumajoh Dorakyura X: Chi no Rondo" is an American going to understand? There's the QED moment for yas. What's this about Dracula X being the "subtitle" of one, anyway? Chi no Rondo is the subtitle...
Also, Dracula X SNES / Dracula XX isn't a bad game. It's been a while since I played, though I don't think its reputation for brutal difficulty is really deserved either.
It's not like thesedays, where every game is the same, is it?
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It's not an American release, so who cares? The only Americans who've even heard of this game are those who are at least somewhat well-versed in the Castlevania series and know that the series is called Akumajou Dracula in Japan.
The only reason I'm arguing this point is because I had the exact opposite confusion -- my initial impression from the titles was that Castlevania: Dracula X was a completely original game that had nothing to do with the PC Engine CD game, other than being in the same series.
And for what it's worth, "Rondo" is an English word, and isn't part of the title of the SNES game in any territory.
Now you're just messing with me, right? Castlevania: Dracula X. The subtitle is the part after the colon.What's this about Dracula X being the "subtitle" of one, anyway? Chi no Rondo is the subtitle...
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