Part 1 of 2. Review of the Sega Genesis STREET FIGHTER 2 vs. SNES STREET FIGHTER 2… Classic Game Room starts a war! A 16-bit conflict between the Super Nintendo video game console and the Sega Genesis video game system. Street Fighter 2 by Capcom is one of the greatest fighting games ever made and single handedly brought people back into the arcades in the early 1990′s to battle each other in this smooth, stylish 2D fighter. Although SNK and other companies had some fighting games out there, it was Street Fighter 2 that made the biggest splash. Consequently it was ported to the leading game consoles of the time, the Sega Genesis (or Sega Megadrive) and the Super Nintendo SNES. Although they are very similar on both game consoles, there are subtle differences between the two that are fun and interesting to point out in this informative head to head comparison review. Graphics are slightly difference, sound is very different and fortunately the gameplay is similar. Are you a Sega Mega Drive fanatic or an SNES fanboy… doesn’t matter. We can all agree that Street Fighter 2 is awesome and that we’re all waiting eagerly for Street Fighter 4 from Capcom. Will Street Fighter 4 see a revival on any Sega game consoles or the Nintendo Wii? Will is be the supreme fighting game on the PS3 Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 game platforms? Who can say, but this look at the 16 bit era is a lot of fun and Street Fighter 2 from Capcom gets a great review from Classic Game Room. Check the …
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Mr20dollargamer says:
May 1, 2011 at 8:14 pm (UTC 0)
The Genesis version seems a lot easier to play in my opinion, just by watching the double-feed. Didn’t you notice how Ken almost beat Chun-Li in the SNES version, whereas Chun-Li had a huge advantage in the Genesis version?
Morgenius says:
May 1, 2011 at 8:28 pm (UTC 0)
The sound on the snes is less like the arcade version so its not as good especially the music.
nintendoatarikiller says:
May 1, 2011 at 8:43 pm (UTC 0)
snes sounds so much better.
thelegendx1984 says:
May 1, 2011 at 8:45 pm (UTC 0)
considering that street fighter 2 turbo came out after champion edition, it’s obvious that there are going to be changes in the games, look at the original street fighter 2, on sagat’s stage there is a palm tree, in the other installments it disappeared, so what’s the point is of this review? just to prove which system is better? graphics vs sound hmmmm which one always win what you can see or what you can hear
taco8487 says:
May 1, 2011 at 9:31 pm (UTC 0)
these were the original game system battles
mopbrothers says:
May 1, 2011 at 10:08 pm (UTC 0)
SNES has better sound quality, but other than that they are equal.
PersonaBrazil says:
May 1, 2011 at 10:16 pm (UTC 0)
@turbohusque I’m not that sure as you, i remember playing Mortal Kombat 3 on both and it looked better on SNES, but i play Fifa Soccer on both too and the SNES version was laughable.
It’s all about the developers.
PersonaBrazil says:
May 1, 2011 at 10:29 pm (UTC 0)
@turbohusque I’m not that sure as you, i remember playing Mortal Kombat 3 on both and it looked better on SNES, but i play Fifa Soccer on both too and the SNES version was laughable.
It’s all about the developers.
FedorovAvtomat says:
May 1, 2011 at 11:09 pm (UTC 0)
@turbohusque
Now that’s the mistake every gamer makes, they always call the SNES “superior”. If you actually did asm programming for the machines then you would see that the SNES has so many bottlenecks its just insulting. The CPU in the SNES was pretty much locked at 2.36MHz thanks to the crappy RAM they put in it. As for the sound processor, it was only capable of a 16khz sampling, but the Genesis could output 52khz if you devoted some of the 68000 CPU time to the sound.
darkas2006 says:
May 1, 2011 at 11:48 pm (UTC 0)
Go home and be a gamer man.
ptangboy says:
May 2, 2011 at 12:21 am (UTC 0)
@Wampaa thats cool
Wampaa says:
May 2, 2011 at 12:40 am (UTC 0)
@ptangboy 6 buttons plus a start.
squirralicious says:
May 2, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC 0)
SNES FOREVEERRRR <333
Johnny08000bcn says:
May 2, 2011 at 2:08 am (UTC 0)
Snes FTW
turbohusque says:
May 2, 2011 at 3:00 am (UTC 0)
The Genesis had a sad sound processor, inferior graphics and overall was a lower quality gaming machine. It had good games, but it was just not up to the standards of the SNES, which could produce beautiful symphonic music, clearer voice, and smoother graphics. It didn’t handle parallax as efficiently(No doubt due to the lack of “Blast Processing”), but overall it was just superior. I still want a TG-16…
borobengal says:
May 2, 2011 at 3:42 am (UTC 0)
I remember when Super Street Fighter 2 was released on the Mega Drive and SNES in the UK, the SNES version had black borders at the top and bottom of the screen so the graphics looks squashed, but the Mega Drive version was full screen. I think the official 6 button controller was available at the time, so I think the Mega Drive version was better, but there wasn’t much in it when it came to the graphics,
kyuzosensei says:
May 2, 2011 at 4:20 am (UTC 0)
Sucked into the jet intake!!! LOL!!!
TheUnbiasedGamer says:
May 2, 2011 at 4:28 am (UTC 0)
@mmmmmarcus Sorry i couldn’t here you because i was too busy screaming my name over your comment! Oh shit i just ruined my new keyboard and vanity mirror combo!!! =D
TheSteij says:
May 2, 2011 at 4:57 am (UTC 0)
the snes had many more buttons than its lame 3 button counterpart genny
TheSteij says:
May 2, 2011 at 5:04 am (UTC 0)
the snes had many more buttons than its lame 3 button counterpart genny
mmmmmarcus says:
May 2, 2011 at 5:19 am (UTC 0)
I actually found the genesis version to have music far closer to the original arcade version.
mmmmmarcus says:
May 2, 2011 at 6:19 am (UTC 0)
@TheUnbiasedGamer …But you were masturbating to yourself BEFORE this comment. People with an unwarranted sense of self-importance tend to do that. =P
colliric says:
May 2, 2011 at 6:54 am (UTC 0)
@xtremeplatano
It’s the CPU controlled character…
only puny humans need to charge the flash kick…
Gamevideos3452 says:
May 2, 2011 at 7:06 am (UTC 0)
Who the fuck is wind squid?
xtremeplatano says:
May 2, 2011 at 7:22 am (UTC 0)
6:47 how the hell did he charge his flash kick?