RetroSnow: Which Was Better? Fatal Fury (Genesis vs. SNES)

[Number1StarSB]

To bad the Genesis version wasn't 16-Meg it could have the 2 missing characters and stages. Other then that the only thing that let me down on the the Genesis were the graphics which could have been better for sure. The music is great on the Genesis and the game play is solid as well.

[vintagevideogamegeek]

I thought the Genesis graphics held up pretty well.

[vidium]

totally agree with you the snes version is unplayable the same thing happens with fatal fury 2 yes the snes version is an upgrade from fatal fury 1 but the genesis has better game play 

[shubibinman]

wow, that is actually pretty crazy. I grew up on the SNES version, so I thought the two planes style gameplay started with Fatal Fury 2!! WOW! I heard the Gens ver. was missing two characters, so I passed on it. But after seeing this, I'll have to track it down, solid controls and what looks like excellent grafx and music fills this version!! THANK YOU!

[jamstrings100]

Genesis was far better. True for most SNK ports, including Art of Fighting.

[Bloodthr0e]

No multi-plane system just makes Fatal Fury a second rate Street Fighter 2.

[Obviously]

I don't know why Takara was terrible at porting games to the SNES but if you were an SNK fighter fan and couldn't afford a Neo Geo the Genesis was the place to go.

[snowcon3]

@Obviously It sure does seem that way doesn't it?

[123doomdoom]

I don't think takara was terrible at porting games. I find the Fatal Fury 2 versions of Snes and Genesis to be quite faithful to the Neo geo/Arcade version, for example.

[Obviously]

@123doomdoom

I didn't quite mean they were terrible, I just feel they always did a better job on the Genesis ports. The tiny sprites in SNES Samurai Shodown always bothered me.

[Obviously]

@123doomdoom

I didn't quite mean they were terrible, I just feel they always did a better job on the Genesis ports. The tiny sprites in SNES Samurai Shodown always bothered me.

[johnnyjohnson]

Nice comparsion!  I haven't played the SNES version but it sounds like I'm not missing much. :)

[snowcon3]

@johnnyjohnson No sir, no you are NOT.

[Chepito2846]

ha you can see billy kane in the background with a girl at 2:13!!!!!But anyway i have to say i grew up with genesis version and i must say,that the genesis version is 10000x better than the snes version.i bought the snes version about 7 years ago and i just couldn't get into it.the genesis version all the way and thanks for the comparision.i was looking for a comparison for quite a while.

[snowcon3]

@Chepito2846 Agreed man. The SNES version is so terribly awkward to play.

[snowcon3]

@VideoBox100 Thanks! Unfortunately, there isn't a version of the first (and best in my opinion) Fatal Fury on the PCE. They released FF2 and FF Special though, and you're right; the PCE versions of those 2 games are closer to the NeoGeo versions than any other port. The only catch is that they require the Arcade Card DUO.

[NEScapades]

I like the versus idea bro.. these videos help people with neither game, make better decisions based on what they're looking for with pros/cons.

At one time, I used to just choose SNES on all multi-plat titles simply because of the S-Video was such a great feature, but I soon learned to put controls and port quality above all else.

[snowcon3]

@NEScapades I always used AV cables for the most part, so I couldn't really ever tell the difference, aside from the SNES usually having more colorful graphics in most games. Seriously though, that twangy hollow sounding music that was in a ton of SNES stuff used to really get under my skin.

I always like the sound chip in the Genny, especially when playing stuff like Ghouls n' Ghosts or Strider.

[metalcoola]

I agree,Genesis version is better one,its amazing how great Neo Geo games look/sound even today.

[snowcon3]

@metalcoola It's funny when you look at the Takara made games on the SNES/Genesis. Art of Fighting, Samurai Shodown, Fatal Fury; they were all better on the Genesis. I guess they were just a lot better at working with the Genesis than the SNES!

[WeskerSega]

@snowcon3 I agree it is that way with Fatal Fury and Samurai Shodown, but I believe Art of Fighting takes the lead on the SNES.