Are there any versions of Genesis games that are better then the SNES verision?

[Rob2600]

SNES EarthBound heavy metal music "Pokey Means Business" (skip to 0:53) vs. Genesis Lightening Force/Thunder Force IV heavy metal music Stage 8. Which one sounds better?

If you are wanting to change the oscillator freq, waveform, attack, decay, brightness, or drop, open or close an envelope or filter (have total control over the generated sound, within the specs) you want a Genesis over the SNES.

Yes, but that type of stuff is mainly used in synth pop and techno. So on the Genesis, you can have awesome electronica or poorly orchestrated music. That doesn't seem like much flexibility to me.

TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (Alleycat Blues and Sewer Surfin'), EarthBound (Battle Against a Weird Opponent, Battle Against a Machine, and Sky Runner), and NBA Jam Tournament Edition (title screen) are examples of SNES synth/electronic music. I'm sure there are better examples, but these are the ones I know of.

Overall, in the right hands, I think the SNES can pull off a wider variety - and better sounding - music than the Genesis.

Samples can take up quite a bit of ram too. Where the data array ram required for the synth settings is minimal by comparison.

Well, the SNES does have quite a bit more RAM than the Genesis.

Thank youtube, I hear quite a bit of distortion compared to the original soundtrack. Otherwise, one of the best on Genesis, music-wise to be sure.

Thanks for clearing that up and confirming my suspicions. I downloaded and listened to the MP3 file and the sound quality is better than the YouTube video, but it still has that shrill, grating, annoying Genesis tone to it. The song is impressive overall, but piercing.