20th April 2010, 6:28 PM
So you don't believe in fixing obvious factual errors that have been pointed out to you, GR? Why not?
What do you mean, removing it from the list? You're not going to discuss multiplatform games in this thread? That makes no sense to me...
But even beyond that, effectually they really are not the same game at all.
Here's the article explaining it all:
http://www.hg101.kontek.net/popfulmail/popfulmail.htm
The game was originally for Japanese computers. The first console version was on the Turbo CD, Japan only of course. The Sega CD version is an upgraded and enhanced version of this game; it has changed, but I played a bit of the Turbo CD version, and the level designs at least are similar. The graphics are hugely improved though, it's a total overhaul -- see the article for details.
The SNES version, released a bit later, has completely different levels. The story is a different version of the same thing I think, but the levels and some of the gameplay are completely different. You can't consider it the same game. It's a little like the various NES, SNES, Genesis, and Sega CD Terminator and T2 games -- despite very similar themes, every single platform version of each title is actually a completely different game. (In that series, by the way, the best 16-bit one is The Terminator for Sega CD. Great platform/action game!)
Oh, and HG101 said that they thought the best version of Popful Mail was the Sega CD version, even beyond that it's the only one in English. But even if there was a translated version of the SNES game, it'd still be a different game because it's not the same.
The Sega CD game is the same as the older Turbo CD and computer games, just completely graphically overhauled and improved in many ways, but still... if you remove every port, enhanced title, etc, what's the point of the list? You'd be removing a whole bunch of great games.
For instance, Mega Turrican and Super Turrican were developed pretty much simultaneously. You can tell this when you play them, they have a lot of stuff in common. Each one is a completely different game though, with mostly different levels, some different weapons (the rope vs. the ice beam), etc.
Great Rumbler Wrote:Just a little note here: I'm taking Popful Mail off the Genesis list because there was actually a SNES version as well. It remains untranslated of course, but so it goes.
What do you mean, removing it from the list? You're not going to discuss multiplatform games in this thread? That makes no sense to me...
But even beyond that, effectually they really are not the same game at all.
Here's the article explaining it all:
http://www.hg101.kontek.net/popfulmail/popfulmail.htm
The game was originally for Japanese computers. The first console version was on the Turbo CD, Japan only of course. The Sega CD version is an upgraded and enhanced version of this game; it has changed, but I played a bit of the Turbo CD version, and the level designs at least are similar. The graphics are hugely improved though, it's a total overhaul -- see the article for details.
The SNES version, released a bit later, has completely different levels. The story is a different version of the same thing I think, but the levels and some of the gameplay are completely different. You can't consider it the same game. It's a little like the various NES, SNES, Genesis, and Sega CD Terminator and T2 games -- despite very similar themes, every single platform version of each title is actually a completely different game. (In that series, by the way, the best 16-bit one is The Terminator for Sega CD. Great platform/action game!)
Oh, and HG101 said that they thought the best version of Popful Mail was the Sega CD version, even beyond that it's the only one in English. But even if there was a translated version of the SNES game, it'd still be a different game because it's not the same.
The Sega CD game is the same as the older Turbo CD and computer games, just completely graphically overhauled and improved in many ways, but still... if you remove every port, enhanced title, etc, what's the point of the list? You'd be removing a whole bunch of great games.
For instance, Mega Turrican and Super Turrican were developed pretty much simultaneously. You can tell this when you play them, they have a lot of stuff in common. Each one is a completely different game though, with mostly different levels, some different weapons (the rope vs. the ice beam), etc.
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