Console Wars - Spider-Man and the X-Men in Arcade's Revenge - Super Nintendo vs Sega Genesis

I'm Nintendo and I'm sear this is console [Music] war [Music] so what do you want to do tonight actually Weird Al They Dowing a new video on Saturday Night Live let's watch that but we're probably going to have to sit through all those awful sketches first I hate having to sit through those unfunny sketches you and me both well here we go look at this Mansion Subs guy hey guys the subs are here Ray Romano I can't believe I'm delivering Subs to the X-Men you guys save me from the Juggernaut I owe you my life and you guys owe me $200 a superhero has got to pay oh I should have went to Subzero Subs Heroes he knows how to treat a m uhoh I can't find my wallet Wolverine Wolverine yeah yeah yeah bum you don't got to about I'm right here Danny deito who's this bum some new villain should I start blasting you know with my claws no he's the delivery guy and I need some money I don't have any money the guy in the wheelchair pays for everything and I pay him every month with one of my organs what why cuz they're expensive on the black market you know how much I can get for a liver can I get the money I got other deliveries trust me you do not want to keep the Fantastic Four waiting oh well maybe I can help alucino can you pay for the sub Spiderman I'm not paying for the subs I'm just a photographer of the daily bule I mean I'm not Peter Parker no Peter Parker you're all Peter Parker you're all Peter Parker without me where's this sketch even going they're probably going to do something lazy like have them say some of their well-known quotes can I offer you an egg in this trying time I'll get that oh my sciatica don't go Spider-Man we need you a guess what I think I'm out they pull me back in that was cool seeing Spider-Man and the X-Men together makes me think arcade's Revenge arcade's Revenge wow I know it's an incredibly flawed game but I used to play it all the time well for the SGA tennes it's a really frustrating game too but it was better for the Super Nintendo what that's it are we doing this was the first comic book history of M vuba by the Swiss characterist Rudolph toer known as The Adventures of oad oldbuck in English first published in 1837 yes best Spider-Man and the X-Men in arcades Revenge Spider-Man and the X-Men in arcades Revenge was an action platform and released in 1992 they were games for the Game Boy and Game Gear today we're looking at the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis versions both games were developed by software Creations the Super Nintendo version was published by ljn while the Sega Genesis version was published by flying Edge both these games are incredibly similar but there are some differences which one's better let's find [Music] out these games both have the same underwhelming look yeah they're not the best looking games let's start with the characters they're very small it doesn't allow for much detail characters that show their faces have no eyes nose or a mouth characters sort of look the way a child would draw them very simple but still identifiable you can recognize the main characters Spider-Man Cyclops Wolverine Gambit and storm you can also identify major villains there apocalypse Juggernaut shocker large black queen just to name a few character animations are minimal too characters running actually doesn't look too bad overall very simple character designs and animations the levels aren't the most dazzling either but at least they're unique for each character Spider-Man has construction sites Cyclops has mines storm has an underwater maze Wolverine has a funhouse and Gambit has Chess World that one's a little more random again not the most impressive looking levels but at least there's variety very similar looking games but there is one glaring difference Storm's level on Super Nintendo the water looks the way you'd expect blue with lots of moving circle-like shapes works very well for underwater on Sega it looks like static not only does it look bad it makes it harder to see you'll miss items enemies and their projectiles Sega rarely dropped the ball with this one well Sega does have some better use of color check out Spider-Man's level the building in the sky have a nice contrast with red and blue on Super Nintendo not so much they went with some awful mixture of green and brown for the building just looks a lot better on Sega that's it cuz I got a lot more like the fact that your game loves black backgrounds check out the background on the first Wolverine level on Super Nintendo a dark brown check out the second level purple on Sega both levels have black backgrounds look at this trippy background on the Gambit boss on Super Nintendo and how do they do that cool effect on Sega they don't black background plus the boss's face changes when he shoots on Super Nintendo doesn't change on Sega also in another Gambit level you see skulls and stars with a bunch of playing cards in the background on second just the playing cards everything else is black okay so there's not as much going on in the background it's not that big a deal actually there's more back to Gambit's level check out the queen cards in the background you can see your pucker her lips on second no puckering now to Wolverine stage look at the teeth in the background just chomping away on the Super Nintendo on Sega no chomping that jaw is totally wired shut all the X-Men levels look better on Super Nintendo noty cops cyclops's levels look the same oh you got to be kidding me the first level for Cyclops does look the same for both games the second level is a little different on Super Nintendo they changed the palette of the Rocks no longer purple on Sega no change it's still purple and just one more thing Gambit on Super Nintendo Gambit has this classic pink shirt and pink stripes on his pants on Sega they give him a blue shirt and no pink stripes you know they did that on purpose because they also did it for the title screen and this cutscene Super Nintendo where Gambit is not afraid to rock pink very similar but Super Nintendo looks better with better water effects more going on in the backgrounds pallet swaps and an Acura Gambit best graphics go to super [Music] nendo lots of our presentation similar too the cut scenes are the same during the intro in game and endings title screen is the same as well if you wait long enough you see the credits for both games in the beginning because they probably knew very few would actually beat this game the stage selection gives you a nice detailed picture of each character honestly it's the best looking art in the game it's complete with character bios I like how all the X-Men's occupations are adventurers instead of you know freeloaders also Gambit is Remy Buro instead of laau tomato tomato I suppose more like tomato silly putty I guess the Huds are simple too while different depending on your character you have your life bar score number of lives and any unique powers very similar yeah but everything just kind of like pops more on Super Nintendo check out the comic panels the unused ones are gray makes the highlighted panel stand out on Sega the unused panels are not gray just a little dimmer not as much pop also the character bios the green text on Super Nintendo again pops on Sega dull gray text that just doesn't but my font italicized also I have a really cool detail in one of my cut scenes check out the ending on Sega look at Cyclops with that full head of hair on Super Nintendo boring old blue cat oh yeah the boring blue cap that the character has literally been wearing the entire time real dumb for Super Nintendo to keep that in there what's wrong with looking the way he did in the '90s cartoon because that's not how he looked in the game besides I have other reasons my present better let's go back to the title screen both games feel the need to tell you the name of the game cut away then tell you the name of the game again it looks fine on Sega but you know what Super Nintendo has mode seven baby and if that's not enough look at the high scores bare minimum on Sega arcades Revenge scrolling in the background on Super Nintendo and one little thing the box art for Super Nintendo is unique the Genesis box are as the same as Game Boy and Game Gear very close but the Super Nintendo does have an edge with more pop and mode 7 best presentation goes to Super [Music] Nintendo this is one of those games with the music is the best part yeah it's a solid soundtrack by Jeff and Tim [Music] Fallen [Music] [Music] and doesn't this part of cyclops's theme sound [Music] familiar [Music] very similar but I got to say before you say it sounds better on Sega which it doesn't I'm going to go ahead and just tell you now you're missing songs the Super Nintendo game has exclusive songs for Wolverine and [Music] storm on Sega Wolverine's level just uses Gambit's [Music] theme and storm just reuses Cyclops [Music] theme not only is your game missing songs but it's also missing sound effects okay okay let's talk about that cuz I think this is one of those cases where less is more Sega doesn't have a sound effect when Spider-Man's attack hits a wall Super Nintendo does and it's so obnoxious it's like a gun going off Spider Sense also doesn't make any noise on Sega you just see the Spider Sense icon [Music] flash it does make a noise on Super Nintendo you know what it sounds like farts well now the shoes on the other foot cuz now it's your game that sounds like forarts I guess but still doesn't change the fact that you're missing sound effects why can't you let me have anything nope you will not have happiness as long as I live listen to the sound effect when you sling webs on Super Nintendo on Sega no slinging [Music] sound listening to these lasers on Super [Music] Nintendo on Sega silent lasers Gambit's level on Super Nintendo you can hear the giant spiky ball rolling when it's close on Sega silent giant spiky [Music] ball Wolverine circus level on Super Nintendo you hear constant laughing on Sega no laughing ever and my sound effects are just better listen to enemies dying on cyclop Super Nintendo level sounds much better than the second listen to storm breathing on Super [Music] Nintendo again sounds better than the Sega when when you die the scream sounds pretty good on Super Nintendo it's a weird series of grunts on Sega again my game just has the edge for having two exclusive tracks for Wolverine and storm more complete and better quality sound effects best sound goes to Super [Music] Nintendo similar gameplay the game is an action platformer the actions depend on one of the five characters you get to play Spider-Man can jump web attack and web sling Wolverine can jump retract Claws and has two different punches which can be with or without claws Cyclops can jump Punch Kick and optic blast Gambit can jump throw cards and has an explosion special storm is the most unique character as her first two levels are underwat there she can move in any direction and shoot lightning she also has a lightning storm special and Tiny Whirlwind special her last level she's on her feet and can jump very high and shoot multiple directions the game starts off with the Spider-Man security level after that you can beat any of the five characters each character has two levels once you beat all those levels you get a final stage where you get to plays each character one more time you finish the Spider-Man as you face the final boss arcade every character's level plays differently Spider-Man is a lot of platforming wall climbing and web slinging storm is completely underwater G has to Race Against Time from a giant rolling spiky ball or from a rising platform he also has a limited attack so you're constantly stocking up on cards Wolverine's first level plays like a typical platformer but his second level is to race against death as you need to kill a charging Juggernaut before reaching a certain point cyclops's level is also very typical it does have mine carts though just like Cyclops to have the dorkiest game mechanic simple but really difficult it is brutal to get through these games this game game is hard you're going to die like a lot other than Spider-Man security level you might not be any level at all it's incredibly hard to not die in this game every level ends with a boss fight if you die you have to do the entire level all over again and these are long and difficult levels there are no checkpoints in addition to no checkpoints there are no continues no password and no saving you got to beat this in one shot oh and all characters share lives too so that's fun and this game has many creative ways to kill you there's the typical falling Gambit getting crushed of course but wait there's more as Cyclops you can get electrocuted also crushed like a pancake Wolverine can be destroyed by Juggernaut instantly if he catches up to you storm has it the worst though her life bar is oxygen which means it is constantly going down you're always looking where to surface or hopefully find some sweet sweet bubbles if you ever get hit you are racing to find air but you'll just probably die this game loves to kill you just a really flawed game yeah which sucks cuz it's not entirely terrible there is stuff to enjoy there the gameplay variety is actually engaging it's really fun to play with all these different characters with different powers so differently this game just had a password or a save it would be held in much higher regard throwing checkpoints at the bosses and some continues and we're golden this game is so unforgiving though and it's a shame because it's not all that bad that really missed really yeah know it could have been one of the best superhero games just a shame it's so hard well the Sega game is a little easier the game over on Sega is more forgiving as long as you get a game over after beating the security level when you re start you're asked do you wish to skip the Spider-Man security level you don't have to play this area at all you can skip [Music] it on Super Nintendo after you get a game over you get nothing nothing nothing nothing you have to play the security level all over again you have to hear Spider Sense farts every time so I have to play the security level again it's only 3 minutes besides your game is harder because of the controls let's talk about the controls some characters have four moves Wolverine for example can jump punch uppercut and retract his claws that's four different commands on Super Nintendo four buttons no problem on Sega problem it doesn't utilize a six button controller it only uses the three buttons this means one move requires an extra step the claws you have to hit up and uppercut to do it I couldn't figure it out on my own I had to actually look up the the manual online and you do want to switch between Claws and fists claws kill easier and certain enemies give health for defeating them with fists Cyclops has four commands too on Sega the three buttons are for jump blast and kick he can only punch while kneeling regular old Johnny Cage there but Super Nintendo Cyclops can punch standing so a couple characters moves r two buttons so I have to play a security level every time both games are flawed does this mean Tai Super Nintendo makes you play the security level every time and Sega does have flawed controls for certain characters at the end of the day it's not really enough to give either game The Edge you're still going to have a hard time no matter which version you play best gam is a [Music] tie even though both games are very similar one is better and that's Spider-Man and the X-Men in arcades revenge for the Super Nintendo ljn baby it has better graphics with better water more in the backgrounds and a proper Gambit it has better presentation with more pop and mode 7 it has better sound with more songs and more complete sound effects and it has the same flawed gameplay the Sega version isn't much of a downgrade honestly the most glaring differences were missing music and the awful water effect the games are around the same price though so may as well play the more complete version best Spider-Man X-Men in arcades Revenge goes to Super Nintendo [Music] let's just pay for it in organs how's a kidney want two come back in like an hour they're still on this it's got to be the longest sketch ever well the last time no one's giving away organs do you want to say something Wolverine oh oh is that me uh yeah I uh I I could make a swamp on out of my web it's not you it's why it's right it's on the thingman there's you my line ah thanks thanks right typical ooh let's break character and just keep laughing instead of coming up with something that's actually funny who likes this stuff oh man did you see how they broke character ah I love that stuff hey finally the new weird ow oh turn it [Music] up I puked in and U got drunk at a party did shots of a Cy I PED in and ho threw up in in the back seat got on the driver's feet I PED in and [Music] Bo great song makes me want to go to the bar me too take an Uber ah can't pan for puking same taxi thanks for checking out our latest video be sure to like comment and subscribe support us on patreon for earlier releases bonus content and the Discord check out our live Channel console Wars live special thanks to Jedi night Mark for the donation of the games be sure to check us out on Facebook X and Instagram for more console Wars goodness later Christian Slater what Christian Slater that's Christopher walking oh wow I always get those two mixed up how

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Length: 22min 59sec (1379 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 10 2024