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

[Rob2600]

Apart from the above posted Adventure Island, there are few SNES games with bass as good as most MD games.

The Genesis games I grew up playing had hardly any bass at all (Altered Beast, Space Harrier II, Golden Axe, etc.). Sonic the Hedgehog sounded a bit better, but still very synthy. I've always preferred the sampled instruments of the SNES.

As for orchestrated music on MD, these are the most impressive soundtracks I could think of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9oip...related&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOagv...related&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brUFB...related&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT6pY...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMsrHCFXj0
Fan made, 6:50

Nice examples. They sound very good...but again, too much on the synthy side for me. I still prefer SNES music most of the time. I guess it's just a matter of taste.

To balance this post out a bit, I would also like to post one of the worst uses of the MD chip I've heard, from Doom 32X:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2oyw...eature=related

Wow. Why did the developer bother creating "music" at all?? On the SNES side, I present to you Pit-Fighter. There's only one song in the entire game that loops infinitely:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8t3Z1EtXwY&fmt=18

I apologize in advance.

The term "electronica" covers worlds and worlds of music. ... This does all come down to taste though. Personally, orchestrated music on the SNES never impressed me. It's more realistic than Genesis, but it still doesn't sound as good as a real orchestra. ... I had a Turbo CD for two years before I had an SNES. So to me the SNES's "realistic instruments" were a significant step down.

Maybe I'm weird, but I've never been a fan of redbook/digitized audio in video games. It seems like cheating to me. Anybody can make redbook audio. I'm much more impressed by a developer who sweats over the MIDI music and pushes the limitations to create fantastic sounding real-time music.

The fact that it's "piercing" is part of what I like about it. It's supposed to sound that way; it was intended. It's not trying to be Brian Eno. You must not like any sort of hard electronica, industrial, or punk rock.

I like some classic punk rock, but I don't recall any Ramones songs featuring thin, grating, high pitched 1980s synths.

This is one track I like on both systems:
Earthworm Jim 2 - Lorenzen's Soil (Genesis)

Earthworm Jim 2 - Lorenzen's Soil (SNES)

I like the SNES version a bit better though.

The SNES version sounds excellent!