Special edition,MSDOS, and my favorites : New junk city : 9:54 Snowman level (Special edition only) : 16:07 Evil the cat : 20:53 Big bruty (Special edition only) : 21:48 Snot a problem : 37:42 Psycrow : 41:50 Who turned the lights out? 46:58 For Pete's sake (Advanced route) 1:04:07 Intestinal distress : 1:11:40 Andy Asteroids VII (Sega Mega CD and MSDOS) : 1:15:01 Ending (Sega Genesis and SNES) : 1:20:52 Buttville and extras (Sega Mega CD and MSDOS) : 1:22:56 - 1:34:07
Amazing effort that went into this! I remember I owned it as a kid for SNES and now with the Nintendo Online release for Mega Drive I wanted to see the differences, perfect way here to do so, so thanks a lot for this video!
Earthworm Jim one of the best action-platformers of the nineties. The Genesis version is the original release and, compared to the SNES port, remains the best. Genesis higher resolution is a huge advantage and this reason alone almost seals the deal but there's more: better animation, more sounds, more levels... SNES might have a few added visual effects but on other hand lost too much during the transition.
SNES has better colors e no dithering, sharper sound quality (fm synth on genesis sounds like fake midi crap from old computers. Voices sounds like voices, not like garbage. Genesis always struggles with that). The only thing inferior on SNES versions is the window size.
@@amakyusa no, snes has got muffled sound, Fm synth sound suits better here, hear the drums sound, its clearer, not to mention a lot of effects on the water stage that is missing compared to the Genesis. As for the dithering, it wasn't noticeable back in the day when most players used crt sets along with composite cable or RF. Fã boy do crl
@@Keystone-Keypers The dithering on Genesis was always noticeable on CRT. The SNES had much better variety and amount of color onscreen. This idea that it wasn't noticeable on TVs at the time is complete nonsense: I had both these consoles back then, and the SNES simply looked much better on average when it came to onscreen color output. That's not really surprising when considering the specs of each console: the SNES had a palette of 32,000 colors and could display 256 simultaneously, while the Genesis had a color palette of 512 colors with only 64 being displayed onscreen simultaneously. This game is also another example of the SNES managing proper transparency effects while the Genesis is stuck with a very obvious mesh "effect". Nonetheless, I always considered the Genesis version to be superior for Earthworm Jim. From my recollection, the Genesis has more voice clips, more animation and an extra level. These advantages pushed me to buy it way back when on Genesis rather than SNES; there was always the sense that this was a Genesis game that was ported to the SNES.
The SNES definitely has some interesting changes, and they aren't all bad. The added lens flare, for example, is kind of cool. I remember EGM raving about it when they played the demo at CES. There is overall a higher color count, and therefore less dithering used. This is also visible on Jim's close up shots are easy to see on his smoother looking shoulders and back. There are also some backgrounds showing added parallax scrolling and more transparencies, as well as brand new backgrounds. Here are some things I've noticed: 1. New Junk City - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES version has less dithering in BG, lens flare effect, but also looks a bit faded and less colorful. Conveyor belt has a neat texture to it, where as the Gen is a flat grey color. 2. What the Heck? - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html - SNES version has multiple parallax BG layers, Genesis does not. SNES version also has far less dithering w/higher color count. Ground level smog uses transparency layers on SNES. Boss stage has a background on the SNES. ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html 3. Down the Tubes - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES version has a bit more detail in the bubble glass, but lacks the cool line scroll effect. Strangely this effect is also missing from the Win 95 Special Edition as well. 4. Snot a problem - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES version - has some nice clouds at the top. Andy Asteroids - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES uses transparent rings where as the Genesis uses verticle dither patterns on both the rings as well as the background. Other Andy Asteroids also use a red version 5. Level 5 - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES has multiple BG layers of parallax scrolling where as the Genesis only has a single layer, with more dithering. 6. Buttville - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES BG was made a little easier to see.
For down the tubes, the line scrolling effect was actually done with a Megadrive hardware feature. I think it's called column shift or something like that? It's shifting different columns of tiles up and down in waves, which is something the SNES couldn't do.
@@Mittens0407 The SNES, and even the NES/Famicom can do raster effects, known as line scrolling. It's often used to create a 3D effect on a floor (such as with Street Fighter 2), or wavy backgrounds (it makes the Famicom game, Recca, look extremely impressive),.
@@videogameobsession Yes, but that is horizontal line scrolling, which as you said even the famicom can do. Whats a bit more difficult (at least to my knowledge) is vertical line scrolling, and the Megadrive is doing it on a tile level using the hardware.
@@prgaming5063 If that garbage disposal sound on the Genesis is what sounds better then I'm keeping my nostalgia headphones on tight. The soundtrack on Genesis is gritty and awful.
They do. It’s very close. It’s just that Genesis gets the edge for being the original version. All the others were ported over by using it as the foundation. To the point that Nintendo chose the “Original” Genesis game for the Switch. Lol. I’m not making this up!
I'm nostalgic for the SNES version. I played it first so that's how my brain perceives how the game should sound and play. The Xbox 360 remaster is pretty good too.
Big Bruty is a *messed up* level but the extra bits in the special edition are pretty cool, I almost fell out of my chair laughing at the added voice clip from the lawyers yelling "I'LL SUE" when you whip them XD
SNES vs Genesis music: New Junk City/Down The Tubes: SNES Andy Asteroids: SNES What The Heck?: Genesis Snot A Problem: Genesis Level 5: SNES For Pete's Sake!: SNES Win Race: SNES Lost the Race: Genesis Who Turned Out The Lights: Genesis Buttvile (Queen Lair): Genesis Buttvile (Use your head): SNES Ending/Continue: Genesis
Megadrive wins against snes, better animation, extra level, distortion in water level, more sound FX, the image is not cropped unlike The snes version, but the snes version have cool Background.
IMO The Genesis version is superior to the SNES version in every way, except that I like the music on the SNES better (exceptions: The Descent, Andy Asteroids and Snot a Problem). A big issue that I have with the SNES is that it reused the same sound for Jim constantly (Yipee!)
What surprises me is that the SNES was inferior to the genesis in terms of cartridge storage space and nobody mentions this. the SNES ROMs lose a lot of space to the sound samples needed for the music. Its a common theme for SNES versions of games to lack sound effects, songs, and entire levels due to all the storage being taken up by music sound samples on top of larger capacity cartridges being more expensive to produce on SNES.
Mega Drive (Genesis) the best: higher resolution + more levels + more sound effects + more voices + better animation quality etc etc, the list is long! The only nice thing about SNES version is the lens flare during first stage but graphically I prefer the overall darker tone of the Genesis version.
@@nowonmetube and what about snes' limited screen estate and wrong aspect ratio once in 4:3? snes might have a bunch of more colors in the background, this won't save it from its broken visual standards
If you actually owned a SEGA CD in 92, you'd know that while the game itself had CD quality bgm, the game's graphics still looked pretty similar to it's Genesis counterpart on a tube TV and was tedious to play (in fact all SEGA CD games were tedious to play) because of the excruciating long load times between levels. I'd rather stick with the 16 bit versions any day unless I'm running SEGA CD on an emulator, which cuts the load times significantly. lol.
@@Choom2077 As someone who grew up with a Commodore 64, those loading times are nothing. I can deal with them. For me the best version is a toss-up between Sega CD and SNES, because I think on some levels the SNES music is stronger, like the SNES version of the "Level 5" music sounds better than the Sega CD version.
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There are too many missing sound effects [That can't go unnoticed unless you never played genesis or win95 version]. And those missing SFX actually ruins the immersion. And there are missing animations, but that is not as noticeable. Then the 3rd level "Down the Tubes" contain wrong music on Snes for some reason. It's dev's fault though cause the music isn't missing, its there in the Snes on Level 5. Now the musics are totally preference. I like the genesis music but then again I like the music of last 2 levels on Snes better. But normal SFX are too much muffled on Snes. And then there's one level missing. The backgrounds on Snes are much better though [The sun glare effect totally kicks ass]. Transparency effects are also missing on Genesis [As you can see on What the Heck level]. Snes port of EWJ 1 felt rushed [Unlike EWJ2]. I played the Windows 95 port first which was the best one possible [Since it contained everything]. Colors were much better and all there were additional levels and animations. It was basically a port of Sega CD with enhancements. Then again, I don't like the music from Sega CD/ Win 95 version. And it still missed the sun glare effect from Snes. And then there's this another PC port, talking about the MS Dos port. This one's available on Steam. Avoid it at all costs. It is a port of Snes [Misses Intestinal distress like Snes] but it doesn't have sun glare effect. But that's not the reason its trash. It's the controls. They are unresponsive and barely functional. Choppy at best. It's the worst, trust me. And then there's the cringy HD version on Ps3 and Xbox 360. Gameloft ruined it. Avoid the HD version too unless you like cringe and lame voice acting and presentation. *In the end, if you wanna enjoy Earthworm Jim 1. Then you may try Genesis, Win 95, Sega CD or Snes port. Yeah, even though Snes port was lacklustre, its still better than other trash like Ms Dos and HD version and you will still enjoy it since the controls weren't compromised.*
+Canal Vc Decide se estiver falando de grafico eu discordo o do snes é melhor mais brilho vc nota o sol na fase 1 esta superior na versão snes e som tb no snes ta melhor
+James Sutherland no mega roda 320x224 px, enquanto que a versão do Snes é 256x224 px... e veja o vídeo a parti de 29:03, e me diz o que acha, portanto, é ou não é a versão do Mega melhor ? sem contar que a jogabilidade tb é melhor nessa versão =P
só achei a fase que tem aquele cachorro no mega melhor e esse papo de 320x224 e 256x224 é pra mim invalido o snes na maioria dos jogos tem vantagem grafica sobre o mega quanto a jogabilidade acho a mesma coisa sem mais
+James Sutherland ver a parti do vídeo que te falei, a parti de 29:03 .... a versão do Mega tem mais animações tb, e preciso lembrar que o jogo foi originalmente feito no Mega Drive e portado 1 ano depois para o Snes.
SNES has better colors e no dithering, sharper sound quality (fm synth on genesis sounds like fake midi crap from old computers. Voices sounds like voices, not like garbage. Genesis always struggles with that). The only thing inferior on SNES versions is the window size.
@@amakyusa While usually not the case, the voice samples, sound effects, and music tracks of Earthworm Jim are more numerous and of much higher quality on the Megadrive/Genesis.
In the ending sequence, the MD/SNES versions' slightly longer delay between the cow landing and Jim's jaw dropping to the floor is funnier than in the Mega CD/PC version. (Even though the latter have extra Tex Avery wolf-whistle animation.)
Piece of jewel!!!! My first choice would be the Sega Genesis version. Those of us who know programming know and are very clear about the following: 1) the genesis had twice the processing power capacity of the snes. It is very fast and never slows down. It makes the game much smoother and more enjoyable to play 2) the famous mode 7 of the snes and the 3d rotations, the genesis could do them without the need for special chips for that, and that is clearly demonstrated in many games of the time. 3) By the processor could achieve much more moving wallpapers and Sprites on screen etc... 4) as everyone mistakenly believes, the genesis did not have a simultaneous color limitation and its available color palette was not 512, in fact that was the base and more colors came out of it, reaching almost 2,000 available colors, and about 200 simultaneously colors in moving images. 5) the famous transparencies of the snes genesis could be achieved without any problem with the light and shadow technique and had two other techniques to achieve it, dithering and by frames. 6) the sound of the genesis is much clearer because it does not use samples, but instead generates the audio itself with an internal instrument it has, and generates it in real time and could also play samples such as voices in a completely clear way, being able to achieve not only one but three channels of samples for it sounding at the same time. The quality depended on the quality of the sample that was introduced, that it was more or less compressed. But it did not depend on the machine. 7) While the snes only worked with samples and for that reason they were totally compressed samples and they sounded very bad, to save space. That's why most games sound very muddy and sound like they're inside a box or behind a wall. To understand it better, it was as if it had an internally compressed MP3 player, but it did not generate its own sound as the Sega Genesis did. I only know of very few games that have good sound. The only positive thing that the snes has in terms of sound is that it had a special internal system to achieve reverb and delay, so they could achieve a little more depth in the sound. Although the genesis also had techniques to achieve it but it was more complicated, that's why the sound of the genesis sounds drier to us, but that is easily solved by taking the audio from the genesis to a reproduction equipment and adding that delay or reverb effect of external way and problem solved. 8) the aesthetic appearance of the Sega genesis is incredible, classic and elegant while the aesthetic appearance of the snes is actually horrible, it looks like a cart, only the wheels are missing. 9) a higher screen resolution, the snes is seen with less resolution and more blurry, not sharp 10) the only advantage of the snes over the sega genesis is that it is much easier to program for it and many things could be achieved more easily. That is why I see the Sega genesis as an exclusive console dedicated to only experienced programmers, the quality depended on the programmers and not on the machine, the snes is one more console of the trade, but even so the genesis broke the face of the snes in European territory by far. That's why I say that the snes would be my second option, and I'm not detracting from the fact that it also has incredible games. All the best
Let's get one thing straight once and for all!In multiplatform games the Megadrive/Genesis is absolutely the better version 80-85% of the time.The games almost always run a lot smoother,have better animation,more paralax scrolling,and are simply faster without any slowdown.Most of the time they also tend to have bigger sprites.If there is something to be sacrificed SEGA will always do it for a smoother and more responsive gameplay,SNES will always sacrifice something for a better visual quality(it seems this is what is most important to them,it doesn't pay off,to say the least).In short Megadrive/Genesis games are always "more playable" than their SNES counterparts. Most people in the US are blindly supporting SNES because it sold a little better there,while SEGA Megadrive/Genesis was dominating in Europe and Japan. You hear "SNES is better" mostly from americans because they are the most vocal about it.While here,in Europe this is not even a question to discuss,SEGA is the absolute king.In fact during the 16 bit wars many people(including me) didn't even know there was a war!We just knew "SEGA is the thing!",and for a good reason,I might say! Many US people defending SNES in multiplatform games probably never tried the Megadrive/Genesis version.
Not true at all. A lot of the time the Genesis simply have more vertical resolution and little else. Sometimes they also ran smoother. But, actual 80-85% of the time the SNES versions had more colours, extra full background layers, proper transparency, and extra effects like background rotations, masking, better audio and voice samples, and so on.
Well, the SNES looks better, but given that systems more advanced hardware that is no surprise. The MD actually performed well in comparison. And I actually liked the SEGA sound better. The FM synthsized music sounds much better than the SNES' wavetable sounds. Not bad, since the Mega Drive only had 8 KB of sound RAM (compared to the Nintendo's 64 KB) and only a single PCM audio channel (compared to 8)!
The added Lens Flare at 6:11 looks sweet on the Nintendo version (right). But there’s something unique about the SEGA animations that are so ‘retro’ feeling.
Yeah, the lighting and levels of parallax are very different between both versions. Seems like entirely an artistic choice as I've seen the Genesis handle many layers of parallax in other titles. Strange indeed.
genesis music is more catchy and sound effects and has an extra level missing in the snes version. loved some of the visuals in the background of snes for me looking closely genesis wins.
I have a soft spot for the SNES soundtrack because I just dig the instrumentation more than the Genesis, however I wish there would be a remaster that would clean it up, it is very muffled and there is a lot of noise not present in the Genesis version
Pedazo de joya!!!! En cuánto a la versión de Sega Génesis y snes mi primera opción sería la versión de Sega Génesis. Los que sabemos de programación sabemos y tenemos muy claro lo siguiente: 1) la génesis tenía el doble de capacidad de poder de procesamiento que la snes. Es muy rápida y nuca se pone lenta. Hace que el juego sea mucho más fluido y agradable de jugar 2) el famoso modo 7 de la snes y las rotaciones 3d, la génesis los podía hacer sin necesidad de chips especiales para eso, y eso está claramente demostrado en muchos juegos de la época. 3) por el procesador podía lograr muchos más fondos de pantalla en movimiento y Sprites en patalla etc... 4) como todos erroneamente creen la génesis no tenía limitación de colores en simultaneo y su paleta de colores disponible no era 512, en realidad esa era la base y de hay se desprendían más colores alcanzando casi los 2.000 colores disponibles, y en simultaneo unos 200 colores en imágenes en movimiento. Lo único es que requiere de más tiempo de programacion 5) las famosas transparencias de la snes la génesis las podía lograr sin ningún problema con la técnica light and shadow y tenía otras dos técnicas para lograrlo, el dithering y por frames. 6) el sonido de la génesis es mucho más claro por no utilizar samples, si no que genera el audio ella misma con un instrumento interno que tiene, y lo genera en tiempo real y también podía reproducir samples como voces de manera totalmente nítida, pudiéndose lograr no solo uno si no tres canales de samples para ello sonando al mismo tiempo. La calidad dependía de la calidad del sample que se introducia, que estuviera más o menos comprimido. Pero no dependía de la máquina. 7) En tanto que la snes solo trabajaba con samples y por esa razón es que eran samples totalmente comprimidos y sonaban muy mal, para ahorrar espacio. Por eso es que la mayoría de los juegos suenan muy poco nítidos y como si sonarán dentro de una caja o detrás de una pared. Para entenderlo mejor era como si tuviera un reproductor MP3 de archivos comprimidos internamente, pero no generaba su propio sonido como si la hacía la Sega Génesis Solo conozco muy pocos juegos que tienen un buen sonido. La única cosa positiva que tiene la snes en cuanto a sonido es que tenía un sistema interno especial para lograr reverberacion y delay, por eso podían lograr un poco de más profundidad en el sonido. Aunque la génesis también tenía técnicas para lograrlo pero era más complicado, por eso el sonido de la génesis nos suena más seco, pero eso se soluciona fácilmente sacando el audio de la génesis hacia un equipo de reproducción y agregándole ese efecto de delay o reverberacion de manera externa y asunto solucionado. 8) la apariencia estética de la Sega génesis es increíble, clásica y elegante en tanto que la apariencia estética de la snes en realidad es horrible, parece un carrito, solo le faltan las llantas. 9)una resolución de pantalla mayor, la snes se ve con menos resolución y más borrosa, poco nitida 10) la única ventaja de la snes sobre la Sega génesis es que es mucho más fácil programar para ella y muchas cosas se podían lograr de manera más sencilla. Por eso yo veo a la Sega génesis como una consola exclusiva dedicada a solo programadores experimentados, la calidad dependía de los programadores y no de la máquina, la snes es una consola más del comercio, pero aún así la génesis le rompió la cara a la snes en territorio europeo por mucho. Por eso digo que la snes sería mi segunda opción, y no estoy desmeritando el echo de que también tiene juegos increíbles. Un saludo
Los problemas de ralentizaciones de la snes no son por falta de poder de computo, son porque la snes tenia un bus de 8 bits para hacer más económica a la consola y que es lo que crea cuellos de botella e impide al procesador rendir al 100%. En un test de rendimiento el procesador Ricoh 5A22 de la Snes logra 1.8 millones de instrucciones por segundo, mientras que el Motorola 68000 de la Megadrive logra un rendimiento de 2.0 millones de instrucciones, es decir, solo hay un 10% de diferencia entre ambos procesadores, lo cual es normal ya que el procesador de Snes hereda la arquitectura del MOS 6502 que podía lograr más rendimiento a menor frecuencia de reloj. Solo por poner un ejemplo, el procesador de Nes que es un clon del 6502 corriendo a 1.7 MHz es más potente que el Master System que va a casi al doble.
¿Cómo puede la Mega Drive mover más fondos si tiene menos capas que la Snes? Por cierto, en el propio Earthworm Jim podéis ver en esta comparativa que en la versión de Nintendo los fondos, en su mayor parte, son más detallados y con más pantalla en movimiento.
Earthworm Jim = Sega Genesis Earthworm Jim 2 = SNES (or any 32bit version) I always found it strange that Earthworm Jim 2 doesn't make much use of some Sega Genesis features such as the extra resolution (some stages you can even see the cutout with black borders, they really left something to be desired in this version)
the genesis sound is so crispy and energising compared, to the snes versions. Same for the colors, but i like some of the light effects the snes has to offer (sun in first level background). think the snes only convinces in the nintendo-only franchises
Well, to be fair, the SNES not only has more colours in almost every single scene, but it usually has an extra full background layers too, plus proper transparency in many places that's simply lacking on the Genesis. And there's times where the SNES could have been utilized even further to do stuff that simply wasn't possible on the Genesis, like it that later level with the huge electrical lightening sparking across the screen: Every time it flashes the SNES version could have used colour math to give the entire screen a slightly lighter glow that matched the color of the flash, which would have looked really nice. And there plenty of times where they're not using the full 3 background layers or transparency on the SNES when they could have. Also, it's very clear the music and sound fx weren't specifically optimized for SNES because they too could have sounded even better. Really, it's only the vertical view where the Genesis should have bettered the SNES here, and everything else could and should have went to the SNES.
You're absolutely correct, as always Sega does do what "Nintendon't" they colossally suck! "Oh hey lets roll out some more arcade ports rather than creating original titles for our console, that'll really keep us going!!" "Oh no!! Our company is going under because we can't deliver REAL titles for the consumer, and we're not creative enough to come up with any!" Boo Hoo for little ole Sega. They never could keep it together. :(
Well, you might think the Genesis has richer colours--I'd day more contrasting to much up for lack of available colours at times--but the SNES 100% has far more colours in basically every single level. Same goes for the SNES have usually one extra full background layer in almost every level too.
Right? Its weird, I've wondered why. I thought they didn't want to have Level 5 music's appear in two different stages. Still the snes new junk city plays twice in two stages when it replaced the tubes level music. Maybe snes was proud of the new junk city or something haha It is nice. I tried seeing if it was possible to change a value in the snes versions memory to see if the music could change. I wanted to make the tubes have level 5 music, But didnt have any luck at it back then lol any track lol. I did find out how to affect the backdrop color, and some other colors of background too lol. Apparently jims eyes and teeth when he says groovy are actually the white of the background showing through. If you change the background to green, his eyes and teeth are green lol. I guess it makes sense lol
@@zitherq5761 the funny part is that the title theme AND in-game version of the music for New Junk and Down the Tubes are just a bit slightly different, personally I think it works out well
@turrican3839 yeahh its interesting! The title screen version has these horns. I think they're the horn sound you hear in For Pete's Sake. But more higher pitched. If you ever slow it down the Title or speed up For Pete's sake, you might hear the resemblance. Haha I forgot I made a comment on this here long ago. It's cool to see a reply years later
@@zitherq5761 mhm! And still I think the SNES ports of 1 (2 especially) have better music for incorperating more depth and unique instrumentation than just grunge and bass that the Genesis offers
Devil! Rat which is weird because the SNES technically can display a lot more. I think the title screen has more colors, but overall maybe there is just a contrast difference. Overall the SNES still has more colors
Graphics on Mega Drive/Genesis are decent, but in color choices - SNES is better (and that sun reflection in first level). Music are definitely better on Mega Drive/Genesis, more rocky and edgy than SNES (pretty silly IMO). Overall, the game are great. Tie. Mega CD version are superior than this two, but personally I prefer Gen/CD.
Sound is always the funniest thing. One of the most hilarious realisations I had recently is because of how the snes handles in-chip cartridges, and the available pinout, it's technically feasible to cram a YM2612 into a cartridge. Obviously there are a long list of reasons why nobody ever did that, but it's technically possible, and since the audio output would be mixed in with the output of the snes audio chip, you could use both in parallel. I can forsee a homebrew dev doing this if they really wanted to mess with people's heads. The YM2612 is after all a standardised part that it might surprise you to learn is still in production and in fact can be bought for dirt cheap on ebay and other sources right now... So that would be amusing no doubt... XD
Hilarious indeed, hilarious that the SNES was more expensive than Genesis and same for the games while Genesis often performs better with a bigger amount of superior multiplat and now, let's add Genesis FM sound chip in SNES cartridge to increase even more costs on SNES side in order to match Genesis sound style. SNES fanboys... And btw, Genesis can also handles chips in cartridges as it has been done with the SVP for Virtua Racing so obviously there are also further possibilities here too (in terms of processing, sound, etc).
The Snes version is soo weak. lower resolution, the musics are too compressed and sound too muffled. Many voice clips are missing, including some very funny ones, and there's even one level missing. That water wobble effect on the third level is also missing.
@@WeirdBrick Other than the sun glare effect, the Snes version looks worse with the lower resolution. If you wanna cherry pick, however, the Down the Tubes stage on the Snes is missing the water wobble effect. The Snes one is also missing the heat haze effect from the What the Heck level.
The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive is my favorite system all time. It brings a better Arcade experience home in most games compared to its competition the SNES and TG-16 being that it showcased games in higher resolution and had better gameplay on most games that came out on both or all three systems.
I'll defend the SNES version. It may have a lower resolution, but the way it handled it results in the game being blurry, making everything blend together works in favor of the organic hand-drawn style the game was going for. The SNES also has a higher color depth as a compromise for the resolution. All these factors combined results in the SNES version looking stunning on a CRT. It looks like an actual cartoon. The Genesis version on the other hand looks almost too clean and very video-gamey. My critique of the Genesis music is much in the same vein, it sounds more chip-tuneish. I'm not going to knock someone for subjectively liking that style of music, but as compressed as it is, the SNES music sounds more like recorded music, not only that but it sounds MUCH closer to the Special Edition soundtrack, which is more or less the definitive version of the music. The SNES version is indeed missing some stuff, but so is the Genesis, the Evil fight just isn't the same without the demonic backdrop. Additionally, the Japanese version of Earthworm Jim on the SNES has reworked level design that improves the difficulty curve, as well as new graphical effects such as shells flying out of Jim's gun and trails of dust. The JPN SNES edition is probably my overall favorite version of the game. At the end of the day, every version seems to have unique content and compromises, there really isn't a definitive version unfortunately, aside maybe the Win95 SE, but that's hard to find and almost impossible to run.
The version of Super Nintendo has shown better, in several stages has 3 and 4 plans of moves while the one of Genesis has only 2. But some stages of the Genesis proved better like what happens in 15:16 with foreground and 29:00 with double scroll while the Super Nintendo has in the foreground static scroll.
I'd have to admit, I didn't even know there was a dos version but I just went and looked at game play , not hands on okay myself, but based on what I saw it does beat both of these.
Music SNES vs Genesis: New Junk City: Genesis Andy Asteroids: SNES What the Heck: Genesis Down the Tubes/Level 5: Genesis Who Turned the Lights Out: SNES Snot a problem: SNES For Pete's Sake: SNES The Decent: Genesis The Queens Lair: Genesis Ending theme: SNES
Well, lets end this debate once and for all. Conveyor belt is more detailed on SNES version. Sound effects for mini boss are different. SNES will use these SFX alot, the devs seemed to loving giving everything the explosion sound when they couldn't import the orignal sfx. 19:19 looks like they ran out of time here and finished the details on the SNES version. No background and a floating blaster. DOS version also has the background but nothing propping the blaster. 27:16 Taking advantage of Mode 7 and giving the circles a different color Down The Tubes as a wavy effect on the whole stage on Genesis (which also shows black at the very top of the screen) but this effect is only in the background on the SNES version. Tubes have been redrawn for SNES making the tubes look naturally connected. They changed the whip hooks making them easier to see. The SNES version's assets are more detailed. So you can throw that argument out the window. The Genesis resolution doesn't really help with the timed areas because those areas are narrow and they redrew the areas to fit the SNES, They actually made the SNES version harder by moving a refill tube farther from the exit. They also put in some small background art they forgot to the genesis version. Down The Tubes is the most different from the two versions. It seems there was alot of feedback received from the Genesis version and they made changes accordingly and took the time to update some art while they where there. Snot A Problem, SNES version has a unique background at the top, this is a theme with this version. Major Mucus has missing pixels from his hurt animation in SNES. Genesis version is the case and point on sound effects. Level 5 and the secret level are fairly the same with once again, sfx sounding cleaner on the Genesis, SNES version has enemies placed is less annoying spots and adds a 1 up in a secret area. While not shown in this video, Monkey for a Head laughs when hit in the SNES version. I dunno if its the Genesis's sound limit as the reason he doesn't laugh. SNES version barrel chicken has a unique sound effect when hit compared to the Genesis version stock sfx. For Pete's Sake seems to be another area of interesting revision. Where to start? Again this might be due to resolution changes and feedback. The palette was changed to cool colors for the SNES making everything softer on the eyes. The planet was changed and the background are new(SNES background scrolls). Both have more detail than the Genesis. The SNES version has a front layer at the bottom of the screen. This is completely new and unique to the SNES version. Even music has a completely different vibe Items are in different spots or changed, this is likely due to feedback. Pete's sound effect changed from a cut version of Jims "yip" to the first levels dog hurt sfx, likely for comedic reasons. The launch pads have a different sfx. Pete's home door was reversed from the genesis version its clearly programmed to not move with the scrolling screen even though you can see it moving. well there the level that was likely removed because of the following, Nintendo of America strikes again or they actually ran out of memory as they calmed (its NoA). Buttville has a different palette for SNES, likely to make everything easier to see. The Genesis resolution helps alot with platforming here more than any other level. Snot is no longer animated on the SNES :c They changed order placements of who appears first in some of the credits and show they picked up a new artist, which is likely where the new art came from and got a new company for the Sfx which is why their different. The Genesis versions unique sfx are cleaner and has more sfx but sadly the limited sound chip hold them back from really shining, which is likely why they made the special edition. The SNES version lacking detail is clearly untrue as they took time to update and even add detail as with overhauling Down the Tubes tubes. What version has better music is personal opinion and I fix Jim's blaster sfx to sound better on the SNES. The palette changes where likely requested by NoA as none of the other versions use them. The SNES version was seen as a revision, even though it looks clear they ran out of time again when looking at how they barely touched Buttvillie in terms of changes. Thanks for doing this, its cool to see the little changes and end the arguments once and for all.
@@Sebastian-lk7rq OHHH I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PORT. Well yeah can agree with you there but for Earthworm Jim, the genesis version is better
Colors and overall graphics goes to SNES all the way, sound is good on both systems. The Genesis version plays easier because of 320 pixels (SNES:254) horizontal resolution.
Lower resolution also means the image in the stage cards has to be cropped. And it also means that if you're playing on original hardware on a crt that the graphics are going to be stretched
SNES has a yucky sound chip like there's cotton wool over the speakers and slow cpu so less responsive and slightly slower pace. People often say samples are clearer on the SNES but here you can tell the samples on the SMD is so much clearer and punchier. The music has the SMD as a clear winner. SNES has a wider colour palette and proper transparency but has worse resolution, cpu speed and sound.
Actually the Mega Drive had a higher resolution of 320x224 to the SNES's 256x224. SNES had a higher resolution of 512x448 but it was never used as it was limited to 16 colours. The video out's on the SMD were also much better. Also a real actual professional fm synthesizer dude! Using only samples gives you a potentially broader range of musical instruments but you lose clarity and alot of the time they are sampling fm synthesizers so it's just a muffled version of the SMD's fm chip actually making the sound at source. 100% fidelity dude. I'm not a fan of the orchestra hit instrument played at a 12k sample rate so that rules out 75% of all the music on the SNES for me.
@@iwanttocomplain Actually that is technically wrong. The Mega Drive/Genesis had a fixed resolution of 320 x 220 and the SNES had a default of 256 X 220 but had a programmable display of up to 512 x 448. Most developers excluding Nintendo and a few others left the SNES display at default before the big class action lawsuit filed against Sega in 1994 for breaches of contracts with developers for agreed compensation. The contracts between the developers and Sega had detailed anticompetitive practices. After Sega settled for $3.8 million to those developers. Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Sega for Anticompetitive practices. In fear that Nintendo would do the same to them, the developers signed contracts with Nintendo stating they will no longer add any exclusive features to the Sega ports and not remove any features from the SNES ports. Sega lost 90% of their developers after the lawsuit, and games were being developed on the SNES in 400 x 254 or 512x448 resolution. Nintendo dropped the lawsuit in 1997 but by then the damage was already done. This is why the Saturn and Dreamcast failed because most developers stayed clear from working with them.
@@tskraj3190 No games run above 256x220 on SNES. You can probably count them on one hand and the sure won't be moving very quickly. If Nintendo filed an anti-competition suit against Sega that is very rich. Also scaring developers away from Sega is hardly fair play is it? The SNES cpu is tepid. Sega struck a deal with Motoroller to get the 7Mhz 68000 chips at 1/8th of the cost if they shipped enough units. Also, the integrated circuit on the SMD is far more efficient at moving Ram around the chips with a strong focus on a fast bus. The tight circuitry and overpowered cpu means it knocks the socks off the SNES in terms of raw processing power in sound, audio and computations. The limited cartridge sizes in the 16bit era meant a 16bit pallet and pcm sound would quickly hoover up space and although slower moving games can look genuinely beautiful, it cannot achieve the amount of action on screen and retain a broad colour palette, complex music and demanding computation with it's limited bus speed and shared sound and main memory.
All versions are great, but still here can see the proof that atmosphere can sometimes be better than quality. SNES is way better than Genesis technically speaking, but Genesis just manages to create a greater atmosphere, witch makes it a "go for" for me. When I want to replay the game, I always play the Genesis version
@@GenesisDoes Maybe the case with this game, but in terms of technology SNES is superior comparing to Genesis, SNES is capable of doing better, in both graphic and sound aspects. Take Contra for example, way, graphics and music is way better for Contra on SNES than Contra on Genesis. Still, Genesis manages to capture that atmosphere I was talking about.
@@QuantumXX7Nope, snes is slow, resolution is cropped, image is stretched making everything look chunky, snes always has less animation and low frame rates, plus very pixelated graphics during mode 7 sequences.
The SNES version is a country mile ahead of the Genesis when you look at this side by side. The multi-layered backgrounds, use of colour to imitate lighting bouncing off the surfaces, the sun glare, and general pop to the image because of the vibrancy of the colours themselves is just night and day's difference from what I can see here.
@@dukeljk2191 Errr yes, I stick by that. Look at the multi layed background and the way sun glare is imitated on the SNES which is absent from the Genesis and Mega CD versions. The sky is one dimensional green and dull and the sun is just a dot in the background. This game illustrates certain things the SNES could pull off that the Genesis couldn't.
Not shown on here but the windows version of special kicks ass. It's the Sega cd version, but samples aren't such garbage quality. Which surprises me, the Sega CD is capable of equally as clear samples through its 8 pcm channels, but for some reason they're -worse- than on the mega drive version
The Sega CD version was just the regular Genesis version but with CD quality tracks, an extra level, an improvement on the easy mode ending, and added a password system. Of all things they did, they never bothered to port all samples to the PCM channels.
@@deadchannel4792 I still have no clue what happened with the PCM driver. I've just checked and the samples are indeed playing back through the CD hardware.
+James Sutherland Nunca joguei a versão do Sega Cd até o fim, mas sei que a versão do Sega Cd tem 1 fase a mais em relação a do Mega, e que a versão do Mega tem 1 fase a mais em relação a versão do Snes. então pode-se dizer que a versão do Sega Cd tem 2 fases a mais em relação a versão do Snes.
What was better about the MegaDrive version?, only ever played the snes version??. In this video the SNES version looks better and also (bar the first level) the music also sounds better and also the actual sound FX sounds slightly better on the SNES also
genesis has more voices, more stages and more effects. also is much better to play on the submarine level thanks to the higher resolution. i won't mention the advantages on the Snes part, i bet you only paid attention to them anyway.
I had both versions of Earthworm Jim and I liked the Genesis version better and I had both versions of Earthworm Jim 2 and I liked the SNES sequel version better. I loved both consoles (Genesis & SNES) but if I have to choose one (which one was my favorite), I'll pick the ol' Sega Genesis.
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Special edition,MSDOS, and my favorites :
New junk city : 9:54
Snowman level (Special edition only) : 16:07
Evil the cat : 20:53
Big bruty (Special edition only) : 21:48
Snot a problem : 37:42
Psycrow : 41:50
Who turned the lights out? 46:58
For Pete's sake (Advanced route) 1:04:07
Intestinal distress : 1:11:40
Andy Asteroids VII (Sega Mega CD and MSDOS) : 1:15:01
Ending (Sega Genesis and SNES) : 1:20:52
Buttville and extras (Sega Mega CD and MSDOS) : 1:22:56 - 1:34:07
Another great longplay comparison and a lot of memories playing it on my mega Drive.
I love that sun effect on SNES in the first level
Alexander s. It's normal
@@errorerror5347 lol na sega sucks like always
I do too!
The SNES version is missing a whole level. Sega wins this one.
@@BeauDuplechin What Sega Wins? You want Super Star Wars 3: Return of the Jedi for Genesis?
Well, that was amazing. Excellent work!
Very cool MS Dos credits lol.
+The Shadowgate Keeper Thanks!
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Amazing effort that went into this!
I remember I owned it as a kid for SNES and now with the Nintendo Online release for Mega Drive I wanted to see the differences, perfect way here to do so, so thanks a lot for this video!
Earthworm Jim one of the best action-platformers of the nineties. The Genesis version is the original release and, compared to the SNES port, remains the best. Genesis higher resolution is a huge advantage and this reason alone almost seals the deal but there's more: better animation, more sounds, more levels... SNES might have a few added visual effects but on other hand lost too much during the transition.
All I see is the genesis a bit faster, less smooth and much more pixelated on close up. So...fuck that.
SNES has better colors e no dithering, sharper sound quality (fm synth on genesis sounds like fake midi crap from old computers. Voices sounds like voices, not like garbage. Genesis always struggles with that). The only thing inferior on SNES versions is the window size.
@@amakyusa no, snes has got muffled sound, Fm synth sound suits better here, hear the drums sound, its clearer, not to mention a lot of effects on the water stage that is missing compared to the Genesis. As for the dithering, it wasn't noticeable back in the day when most players used crt sets along with composite cable or RF. Fã boy do crl
Snes has a better voice capturer and is smoother to hear. The genesis had a a electronic crisp ro the voice sample. But I don’t see the differences.
@@Keystone-Keypers The dithering on Genesis was always noticeable on CRT. The SNES had much better variety and amount of color onscreen. This idea that it wasn't noticeable on TVs at the time is complete nonsense: I had both these consoles back then, and the SNES simply looked much better on average when it came to onscreen color output.
That's not really surprising when considering the specs of each console: the SNES had a palette of 32,000 colors and could display 256 simultaneously, while the Genesis had a color palette of 512 colors with only 64 being displayed onscreen simultaneously.
This game is also another example of the SNES managing proper transparency effects while the Genesis is stuck with a very obvious mesh "effect".
Nonetheless, I always considered the Genesis version to be superior for Earthworm Jim. From my recollection, the Genesis has more voice clips, more animation and an extra level. These advantages pushed me to buy it way back when on Genesis rather than SNES; there was always the sense that this was a Genesis game that was ported to the SNES.
The SNES definitely has some interesting changes, and they aren't all bad. The added lens flare, for example, is kind of cool. I remember EGM raving about it when they played the demo at CES. There is overall a higher color count, and therefore less dithering used. This is also visible on Jim's close up shots are easy to see on his smoother looking shoulders and back.
There are also some backgrounds showing added parallax scrolling and more transparencies, as well as brand new backgrounds.
Here are some things I've noticed:
1. New Junk City - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES version has less dithering in BG, lens flare effect, but also looks a bit faded and less colorful. Conveyor belt has a neat texture to it, where as the Gen is a flat grey color.
2. What the Heck? - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html - SNES version has multiple parallax BG layers, Genesis does not. SNES version also has far less dithering w/higher color count. Ground level smog uses transparency layers on SNES.
Boss stage has a background on the SNES. ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html
3. Down the Tubes - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES version has a bit more detail in the bubble glass, but lacks the cool line scroll effect. Strangely this effect is also missing from the Win 95 Special Edition as well.
4. Snot a problem - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES version - has some nice clouds at the top.
Andy Asteroids - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES uses transparent rings where as the Genesis uses verticle dither patterns on both the rings as well as the background. Other Andy Asteroids also use a red version
5. Level 5 - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES has multiple BG layers of parallax scrolling where as the Genesis only has a single layer, with more dithering.
6. Buttville - ua-cam.com/video/eYaJke21s0E/v-deo.html SNES BG was made a little easier to see.
For down the tubes, the line scrolling effect was actually done with a Megadrive hardware feature. I think it's called column shift or something like that? It's shifting different columns of tiles up and down in waves, which is something the SNES couldn't do.
@@Mittens0407 The SNES, and even the NES/Famicom can do raster effects, known as line scrolling. It's often used to create a 3D effect on a floor (such as with Street Fighter 2), or wavy backgrounds (it makes the Famicom game, Recca, look extremely impressive),.
@@videogameobsession Yes, but that is horizontal line scrolling, which as you said even the famicom can do. Whats a bit more difficult (at least to my knowledge) is vertical line scrolling, and the Megadrive is doing it on a tile level using the hardware.
@Lucas. Yes you're right, I'm mistaken.
All 4 versions look, play and sound amazing.
late af reply, but snes sounds terrible. take your nostalgia headphones off
@@prgaming5063 If that garbage disposal sound on the Genesis is what sounds better then I'm keeping my nostalgia headphones on tight. The soundtrack on Genesis is gritty and awful.
@@derrickconjetter1047 so you think the snes music on the first game is better then genesis?
They do. It’s very close. It’s just that Genesis gets the edge for being the original version. All the others were ported over by using it as the foundation. To the point that Nintendo chose the “Original” Genesis game for the Switch. Lol. I’m not making this up!
Both games sound better on Super Nintendo, especially given that it has a lot more depth than the Genesis original @@prgaming5063
I'm nostalgic for the SNES version. I played it first so that's how my brain perceives how the game should sound and play. The Xbox 360 remaster is pretty good too.
I cannot stand how muffled SNES sounds to this day...will always prefer the crisp SFX and better music in Genesis, and the moodier art too
Snes sounds better imo as i always say imo imo imo i can stop using imo
IMO? Enjoy your SNES port with horrible sound!😂😂😂@@bd90492
@@bd90492 na, snes Earthworm Jim 1 ost, sounds muffed, the sega genesis ost its better...
absolutly fantastic game both versions, i prefered the megadrive slightly
Big Bruty is a *messed up* level but the extra bits in the special edition are pretty cool, I almost fell out of my chair laughing at the added voice clip from the lawyers yelling "I'LL SUE" when you whip them XD
SNES vs Genesis music:
New Junk City/Down The Tubes: SNES
Andy Asteroids: SNES
What The Heck?: Genesis
Snot A Problem: Genesis
Level 5: SNES
For Pete's Sake!: SNES
Win Race: SNES
Lost the Race: Genesis
Who Turned Out The Lights: Genesis
Buttvile (Queen Lair): Genesis
Buttvile (Use your head): SNES
Ending/Continue: Genesis
Two exclusives: Game Over (SNES), Intestinal Distress (Genesis)
Psycrow: SNES
Winner: SNES
Megadrive wins against snes, better animation, extra level, distortion in water level, more sound FX, the image is not cropped unlike The snes version, but the snes version have cool Background.
in genesis version when you hit a crow with the whip there's no sound of the hit, i found this really annoying
And for SNES Version of Earthworm Jim 1 also Appeared Sonic.EXE with Knife & Blood
And the multi-layers parallax of the Snes version?
I'm a proud Super Nintendo gamer since 1992.
Fortunate children grew up with an SNES in their homes.
IMO The Genesis version is superior to the SNES version in every way, except that I like the music on the SNES better (exceptions: The Descent, Andy Asteroids and Snot a Problem). A big issue that I have with the SNES is that it reused the same sound for Jim constantly (Yipee!)
The SNES has more layers of parallax scrolling in some levels and more colors in the background than the Genesis.
hang on! you forgot that the new junk city on the snes version has a better effect when you get pass the sun.
What surprises me is that the SNES was inferior to the genesis in terms of cartridge storage space and nobody mentions this. the SNES ROMs lose a lot of space to the sound samples needed for the music. Its a common theme for SNES versions of games to lack sound effects, songs, and entire levels due to all the storage being taken up by music sound samples on top of larger capacity cartridges being more expensive to produce on SNES.
Nintendo loved to price gouge third parties. Sometimes to the detriment of multiplatform games on SNES.
This is new to me. Is this actually factual ?
Super Nintendo tem os melhores gráficos.. porém o Mega Drive tem mt mais detalhes e a som melhor!!
Most important gameplay is better on genesis
Man your blind the genesis has far better details sound color animation and play
Mega Drive (Genesis) the best: higher resolution + more levels + more sound effects + more voices + better animation quality etc etc, the list is long! The only nice thing about SNES version is the lens flare during first stage but graphically I prefer the overall darker tone of the Genesis version.
Yuck
SNES looks better, no doubt about it. If you can't tell you're a blinded fanboy
Glad you have the SNES version displayed in the correct 8:7 display aspect ratio here so it's not all stretched and blurry.
Yet again you ignore the snes cropped resolution.
Megadrive version wins in sound, controls, graphics and higher resolution.
It loses in graphics 😂
What are you up to fanboy?
@@nowonmetube color of megadrive lose, but sound is better, and the animation is smoother.
@@nowonmetube and what about snes' limited screen estate and wrong aspect ratio once in 4:3? snes might have a bunch of more colors in the background, this won't save it from its broken visual standards
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You all wrong, Sega CD version is the best.
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If you actually owned a SEGA CD in 92, you'd know that while the game itself had CD quality bgm, the game's graphics still looked pretty similar to it's Genesis counterpart on a tube TV and was tedious to play (in fact all SEGA CD games were tedious to play) because of the excruciating long load times between levels. I'd rather stick with the 16 bit versions any day unless I'm running SEGA CD on an emulator, which cuts the load times significantly. lol.
@@Choom2077 As someone who grew up with a Commodore 64, those loading times are nothing. I can deal with them. For me the best version is a toss-up between Sega CD and SNES, because I think on some levels the SNES music is stronger, like the SNES version of the "Level 5" music sounds better than the Sega CD version.
@@Choom2077 They should have just come out with a Sega cd on it's own system and not have it attached to anything.
@@Choom2077 good thing i'm using a Sega CD emulator then
Genesis sounds clearest and run smoother, Genesis win
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Dude, the genesis version sounds like complete shit. Snes version or sega CD version is the way to go. Period.
SNES version misses a level which is intestinal distress
So?...that level isn't that much fun to begin with so you're not missing out on much anyway
But still,as long as you can have an extra level that can extend the duration of the game.Also SNES version has cropped screen resolution
Are we not supposed to talk about that perfectly in-sync shot at 3:29?
FUN FACT: The man credited with the original Evolution Theory; Charles Darwin studied earthworms in his back garden for many decades. Much longer than he spent on the 'origin of species' publication.
Both were rather linked though.
There are too many missing sound effects [That can't go unnoticed unless you never played genesis or win95 version].
And those missing SFX actually ruins the immersion.
And there are missing animations, but that is not as noticeable.
Then the 3rd level "Down the Tubes" contain wrong music on Snes for some reason. It's dev's fault though cause the music isn't missing, its there in the Snes on Level 5.
Now the musics are totally preference. I like the genesis music but then again I like the music of last 2 levels on Snes better. But normal SFX are too much muffled on Snes.
And then there's one level missing.
The backgrounds on Snes are much better though [The sun glare effect totally kicks ass]. Transparency effects are also missing on Genesis [As you can see on What the Heck level].
Snes port of EWJ 1 felt rushed [Unlike EWJ2].
I played the Windows 95 port first which was the best one possible [Since it contained everything]. Colors were much better and all there were additional levels and animations. It was basically a port of Sega CD with enhancements. Then again, I don't like the music from Sega CD/ Win 95 version. And it still missed the sun glare effect from Snes.
And then there's this another PC port, talking about the MS Dos port. This one's available on Steam. Avoid it at all costs. It is a port of Snes [Misses Intestinal distress like Snes] but it doesn't have sun glare effect. But that's not the reason its trash. It's the controls. They are unresponsive and barely functional. Choppy at best. It's the worst, trust me.
And then there's the cringy HD version on Ps3 and Xbox 360. Gameloft ruined it. Avoid the HD version too unless you like cringe and lame voice acting and presentation.
*In the end, if you wanna enjoy Earthworm Jim 1. Then you may try Genesis, Win 95, Sega CD or Snes port. Yeah, even though Snes port was lacklustre, its still better than other trash like Ms Dos and HD version and you will still enjoy it since the controls weren't compromised.*
Mega Drive version is better ^^
+Canal Vc Decide se estiver falando de grafico eu discordo o do snes é melhor mais brilho vc nota o sol na fase 1 esta superior na versão snes e som tb no snes ta melhor
+James Sutherland no mega roda 320x224 px, enquanto que a versão do Snes é 256x224 px... e veja o vídeo a parti de 29:03, e me diz o que acha, portanto, é ou não é a versão do Mega melhor ? sem contar que a jogabilidade tb é melhor nessa versão =P
só achei a fase que tem aquele cachorro no mega melhor e esse papo de 320x224 e 256x224 é pra mim invalido o snes na maioria dos jogos tem vantagem grafica sobre o mega quanto a jogabilidade acho a mesma coisa sem mais
+James Sutherland ver a parti do vídeo que te falei, a parti de 29:03 .... a versão do Mega tem mais animações tb, e preciso lembrar que o jogo foi originalmente feito no Mega Drive e portado 1 ano depois para o Snes.
vi todas cara e achei só a fase do cão melhor no mega vc nota na fase da corda por exemplo no snes tem nuvens no mega não
genesis wins better resolution, tighter controls, more levels
+David Steck Nop-
poweralpha2011
laggy snes
David Steck Nope!
+poweralpha2011 keep living in a fantasy world
my fantasy world where sega is no longer consoles...o wait!
SNES has extra parallax.
Genesis version is better at anything else.
You like dithering better than more colors??
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SNES has better colors e no dithering, sharper sound quality (fm synth on genesis sounds like fake midi crap from old computers. Voices sounds like voices, not like garbage. Genesis always struggles with that). The only thing inferior on SNES versions is the window size.
@@amakyusa While usually not the case, the voice samples, sound effects, and music tracks of Earthworm Jim are more numerous and of much higher quality on the Megadrive/Genesis.
In the ending sequence, the MD/SNES versions' slightly longer delay between the cow landing and Jim's jaw dropping to the floor is funnier than in the Mega CD/PC version. (Even though the latter have extra Tex Avery wolf-whistle animation.)
Piece of jewel!!!!
My first choice would be the Sega Genesis version.
Those of us who know programming know and are very clear about the following:
1) the genesis had twice the processing power capacity of the snes.
It is very fast and never slows down.
It makes the game much smoother and more enjoyable to play
2) the famous mode 7 of the snes and the 3d rotations, the genesis could do them without the need for special chips for that, and that is clearly demonstrated in many games of the time.
3) By the processor could achieve much more moving wallpapers and Sprites on screen etc...
4) as everyone mistakenly believes, the genesis did not have a simultaneous color limitation and its available color palette was not 512, in fact that was the base and more colors came out of it, reaching almost 2,000 available colors, and about 200 simultaneously colors in moving images.
5) the famous transparencies of the snes genesis could be achieved without any problem with the light and shadow technique and had two other techniques to achieve it, dithering and by frames.
6) the sound of the genesis is much clearer because it does not use samples, but instead generates the audio itself with an internal instrument it has, and generates it in real time and could also play samples such as voices in a completely clear way, being able to achieve not only one but three channels of samples for it sounding at the same time.
The quality depended on the quality of the sample that was introduced, that it was more or less compressed.
But it did not depend on the machine.
7) While the snes only worked with samples and for that reason they were totally compressed samples and they sounded very bad, to save space.
That's why most games sound very muddy and sound like they're inside a box or behind a wall.
To understand it better, it was as if it had an internally compressed MP3 player, but it did not generate its own sound as the Sega Genesis did.
I only know of very few games that have good sound.
The only positive thing that the snes has in terms of sound is that it had a special internal system to achieve reverb and delay, so they could achieve a little more depth in the sound.
Although the genesis also had techniques to achieve it but it was more complicated, that's why the sound of the genesis sounds drier to us, but that is easily solved by taking the audio from the genesis to a reproduction equipment and adding that delay or reverb effect of external way and problem solved.
8) the aesthetic appearance of the Sega genesis is incredible, classic and elegant while the aesthetic appearance of the snes is actually horrible, it looks like a cart, only the wheels are missing.
9) a higher screen resolution, the snes is seen with less resolution and more blurry, not sharp
10) the only advantage of the snes over the sega genesis is that it is much easier to program for it and many things could be achieved more easily.
That is why I see the Sega genesis as an exclusive console dedicated to only experienced programmers, the quality depended on the programmers and not on the machine, the snes is one more console of the trade, but even so the genesis broke the face of the snes in European territory by far.
That's why I say that the snes would be my second option, and I'm not detracting from the fact that it also has incredible games.
All the best
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Sega was limited in every aspect in this game....
Colors
Music
Sound effects
Background layers
They all have there ups and downs in comparison but all great
All versions rock! Great game.
Man, that Andy Asteroid sequence would work great as a 3DTV game.
And i hope Earthworm Jim 2 is on the works.
+lmihalis23 Yes :)
Genesis is the winner. Now, where is PC version comparison? :D
xbadc0de Nah, Earthworm Jim 2 is better on SNES.
10:59 *O M N O O O O D*
Earthworm Jim 2 is better on Sega Saturn)))
Let's get one thing straight once and for all!In multiplatform games the Megadrive/Genesis is absolutely the better version 80-85% of the time.The games almost always run a lot smoother,have better animation,more paralax scrolling,and are simply faster without any slowdown.Most of the time they also tend to have bigger sprites.If there is something to be sacrificed SEGA will always do it for a smoother and more responsive gameplay,SNES will always sacrifice something for a better visual quality(it seems this is what is most important to them,it doesn't pay off,to say the least).In short Megadrive/Genesis games are always "more playable" than their SNES counterparts.
Most people in the US are blindly supporting SNES because it sold a little better there,while SEGA Megadrive/Genesis was dominating in Europe and Japan.
You hear "SNES is better" mostly from americans because they are the most vocal about it.While here,in Europe this is not even a question to discuss,SEGA is the absolute king.In fact during the 16 bit wars many people(including me) didn't even know there was a war!We just knew "SEGA is the thing!",and for a good reason,I might say!
Many US people defending SNES in multiplatform games probably never tried the Megadrive/Genesis version.
edgarector Well in this game SNES has more colors and more layers of parallax than Sega. Facts.
Megadrive most certainly did not dominate Japan.
Not true at all. A lot of the time the Genesis simply have more vertical resolution and little else. Sometimes they also ran smoother. But, actual 80-85% of the time the SNES versions had more colours, extra full background layers, proper transparency, and extra effects like background rotations, masking, better audio and voice samples, and so on.
@@inceptional But the games always feel sluggish and there is a lot of slowdown. Can you imagine a game like Gunstar Heroes on Snes?
Genesis/Megadrive but Sega CD is the definitive way to play, more levels, extra crispy visuals and better sound...
During gameplay the Sega CD looks identical to the Genesis. Slightly disappointing.
Has one extra level that isn't very good. Better visuals and sound? Absolutely not.
The Sega version, of course, the snes version doesn't have an entire level.
Well, the SNES looks better, but given that systems more advanced hardware that is no surprise. The MD actually performed well in comparison.
And I actually liked the SEGA sound better. The FM synthsized music sounds much better than the SNES' wavetable sounds.
Not bad, since the Mega Drive only had 8 KB of sound RAM (compared to the Nintendo's 64 KB) and only a single PCM audio channel (compared to 8)!
The best ones by far are the Sega CD and Windows 95 versions. The Genesis version is just right behind those two.
It even sounds better with the Sega CD Add on or you can also add the Win 95 Version into the mix as well.
The added Lens Flare at 6:11 looks sweet on the Nintendo version (right). But there’s something unique about the SEGA animations that are so ‘retro’ feeling.
"For Pete's Sake" has the most radical differences.
Yeah, the lighting and levels of parallax are very different between both versions. Seems like entirely an artistic choice as I've seen the Genesis handle many layers of parallax in other titles. Strange indeed.
More meteor showers on SNES
genesis music is more catchy and sound effects and has an extra level missing in the snes version. loved some of the visuals in the background of snes for me looking closely genesis wins.
No snes wines because the grafiks are good
@@thessdfandubers5750 The Genesis's graphics are good as well.
I have a soft spot for the SNES soundtrack because I just dig the instrumentation more than the Genesis, however I wish there would be a remaster that would clean it up, it is very muffled and there is a lot of noise not present in the Genesis version
Pedazo de joya!!!!
En cuánto a la versión de Sega Génesis y snes mi primera opción sería la versión de Sega Génesis.
Los que sabemos de programación sabemos y tenemos muy claro lo siguiente:
1) la génesis tenía el doble de capacidad de poder de procesamiento que la snes.
Es muy rápida y nuca se pone lenta.
Hace que el juego sea mucho más fluido y agradable de jugar
2) el famoso modo 7 de la snes y las rotaciones 3d, la génesis los podía hacer sin necesidad de chips especiales para eso, y eso está claramente demostrado en muchos juegos de la época.
3) por el procesador podía lograr muchos más fondos de pantalla en movimiento y Sprites en patalla etc...
4) como todos erroneamente creen la génesis no tenía limitación de colores en simultaneo y su paleta de colores disponible no era 512, en realidad esa era la base y de hay se desprendían más colores alcanzando casi los 2.000 colores disponibles, y en simultaneo unos 200 colores en imágenes en movimiento.
Lo único es que requiere de más tiempo de programacion
5) las famosas transparencias de la snes la génesis las podía lograr sin ningún problema con la técnica light and shadow y tenía otras dos técnicas para lograrlo, el dithering y por frames.
6) el sonido de la génesis es mucho más claro por no utilizar samples, si no que genera el audio ella misma con un instrumento interno que tiene, y lo genera en tiempo real y también podía reproducir samples como voces de manera totalmente nítida, pudiéndose lograr no solo uno si no tres canales de samples para ello sonando al mismo tiempo.
La calidad dependía de la calidad del sample que se introducia, que estuviera más o menos comprimido.
Pero no dependía de la máquina.
7) En tanto que la snes solo trabajaba con samples y por esa razón es que eran samples totalmente comprimidos y sonaban muy mal, para ahorrar espacio.
Por eso es que la mayoría de los juegos suenan muy poco nítidos y como si sonarán dentro de una caja o detrás de una pared.
Para entenderlo mejor era como si tuviera un reproductor MP3 de archivos comprimidos internamente, pero no generaba su propio sonido como si la hacía la Sega Génesis
Solo conozco muy pocos juegos que tienen un buen sonido.
La única cosa positiva que tiene la snes en cuanto a sonido es que tenía un sistema interno especial para lograr reverberacion y delay, por eso podían lograr un poco de más profundidad en el sonido.
Aunque la génesis también tenía técnicas para lograrlo pero era más complicado, por eso el sonido de la génesis nos suena más seco, pero eso se soluciona fácilmente sacando el audio de la génesis hacia un equipo de reproducción y agregándole ese efecto de delay o reverberacion de manera externa y asunto solucionado.
8) la apariencia estética de la Sega génesis es increíble, clásica y elegante en tanto que la apariencia estética de la snes en realidad es horrible, parece un carrito, solo le faltan las llantas.
9)una resolución de pantalla mayor, la snes se ve con menos resolución y más borrosa, poco nitida
10) la única ventaja de la snes sobre la Sega génesis es que es mucho más fácil programar para ella y muchas cosas se podían lograr de manera más sencilla.
Por eso yo veo a la Sega génesis como una consola exclusiva dedicada a solo programadores experimentados, la calidad dependía de los programadores y no de la máquina, la snes es una consola más del comercio, pero aún así la génesis le rompió la cara a la snes en territorio europeo por mucho.
Por eso digo que la snes sería mi segunda opción, y no estoy desmeritando el echo de que también tiene juegos increíbles.
Un saludo
Los problemas de ralentizaciones de la snes no son por falta de poder de computo, son porque la snes tenia un bus de 8 bits para hacer más económica a la consola y que es lo que crea cuellos de botella e impide al procesador rendir al 100%.
En un test de rendimiento el procesador Ricoh 5A22 de la Snes logra 1.8 millones de instrucciones por segundo, mientras que el Motorola 68000 de la Megadrive logra un rendimiento de 2.0 millones de instrucciones, es decir, solo hay un 10% de diferencia entre ambos procesadores, lo cual es normal ya que el procesador de Snes hereda la arquitectura del MOS 6502 que podía lograr más rendimiento a menor frecuencia de reloj.
Solo por poner un ejemplo, el procesador de Nes que es un clon del 6502 corriendo a 1.7 MHz es más potente que el Master System que va a casi al doble.
¿Cómo puede la Mega Drive mover más fondos si tiene menos capas que la Snes? Por cierto, en el propio Earthworm Jim podéis ver en esta comparativa que en la versión de Nintendo los fondos, en su mayor parte, son más detallados y con más pantalla en movimiento.
They both look very similar but the music on MD version wins it 3:50 most megadrive games didnt sound this good.
In Snes the color palette and the music are better.
Earthworm Jim = Sega Genesis
Earthworm Jim 2 = SNES (or any 32bit version)
I always found it strange that Earthworm Jim 2 doesn't make much use of some Sega Genesis features such as the extra resolution (some stages you can even see the cutout with black borders, they really left something to be desired in this version)
the genesis sound is so crispy and energising compared, to the snes versions. Same for the colors, but i like some of the light effects the snes has to offer (sun in first level background). think the snes only convinces in the nintendo-only franchises
Well, to be fair, the SNES not only has more colours in almost every single scene, but it usually has an extra full background layers too, plus proper transparency in many places that's simply lacking on the Genesis. And there's times where the SNES could have been utilized even further to do stuff that simply wasn't possible on the Genesis, like it that later level with the huge electrical lightening sparking across the screen: Every time it flashes the SNES version could have used colour math to give the entire screen a slightly lighter glow that matched the color of the flash, which would have looked really nice. And there plenty of times where they're not using the full 3 background layers or transparency on the SNES when they could have. Also, it's very clear the music and sound fx weren't specifically optimized for SNES because they too could have sounded even better. Really, it's only the vertical view where the Genesis should have bettered the SNES here, and everything else could and should have went to the SNES.
I'm the only one that notice that they literally stretch the SNES controller to a MD form?
Trilha sonora do Mega Drive é bem mais envolvente, além dos efeitos de vozes que pra esse tipo de jogo ficou legal, a resolução do mega é maior!
"a resolução do mega é maior!"?
Veja os serrilhados de fundo do mega-drive.. A composição de cores do Snes é bem melhor além dos efeitos de luz...
@@joshuademoraes disse no sentido de que o jogo do snes é "cortado" o mega tem uma resolução mais próxima de um widescreen... Só isso
@@joshuademoraes msm com serrilhados ainda é maior
@@joshuademoraes o SNES tem mais cores, porém a paleta do Mega é melhor, pode ver isso em varios cenários
Intestinal Distress was cut due to bodilingual humor
Hemley1 actually the wiki page said the genesis was a more powerful machine capable of taking it on
The real reason is because that level was exclusive for the Sega's consoles...and the SNES and PC versions are just simple ports
Sega wins, always does. Sega does what nintenDONT. 😎
You're absolutely correct, as always Sega does do what "Nintendon't" they colossally suck!
"Oh hey lets roll out some more arcade ports rather than creating original titles for our console, that'll really keep us going!!"
"Oh no!! Our company is going under because we can't deliver REAL titles for the consumer, and we're not creative enough to come up with any!" Boo Hoo for little ole Sega. They never could keep it together. :(
megadrive the best!
I remember Earthworm Jim 2 was released on the Saturn, SNES, Genesis and pc.
Id have to say the Genesis version I superior. Richer colors, more varied sounds and the soundtrack sounds a bit better too.
Nah, listen to the difference between the "Level 5" music on SNES and Genesis. SNES version of that level sounds way better.
The SNES has more layers of parallax than Genesis in many levels though. Also the lens flare from the sun in the 1st level wasn't possible on Genesis.
Well, you might think the Genesis has richer colours--I'd day more contrasting to much up for lack of available colours at times--but the SNES 100% has far more colours in basically every single level. Same goes for the SNES have usually one extra full background layer in almost every level too.
Why is the music for new junk city playing during the snes version of down the tubes?
Right? Its weird, I've wondered why. I thought they didn't want to have Level 5 music's appear in two different stages. Still the snes new junk city plays twice in two stages when it replaced the tubes level music. Maybe snes was proud of the new junk city or something haha It is nice. I tried seeing if it was possible to change a value in the snes versions memory to see if the music could change. I wanted to make the tubes have level 5 music, But didnt have any luck at it back then lol any track lol. I did find out how to affect the backdrop color, and some other colors of background too lol. Apparently jims eyes and teeth when he says groovy are actually the white of the background showing through. If you change the background to green, his eyes and teeth are green lol. I guess it makes sense lol
@@zitherq5761 the funny part is that the title theme AND in-game version of the music for New Junk and Down the Tubes are just a bit slightly different, personally I think it works out well
@turrican3839 yeahh its interesting! The title screen version has these horns.
I think they're the horn sound you hear in For Pete's Sake. But more higher pitched. If you ever slow it down the Title or speed up For Pete's sake, you might hear the resemblance.
Haha I forgot I made a comment on this here long ago. It's cool to see a reply years later
@@zitherq5761 mhm!
And still I think the SNES ports of 1 (2 especially) have better music for incorperating more depth and unique instrumentation than just grunge and bass that the Genesis offers
On the Genesis it has the WRONG MUSIC for Down The Tubes in my opinion
1- Sega CD
2- Mega Drive
3- MS DOS
4- SNES
Genesis has more colors, and allot of dithering, SNES has smoother look.
Devil! Rat which is weird because the SNES technically can display a lot more. I think the title screen has more colors, but overall maybe there is just a contrast difference. Overall the SNES still has more colors
Por que os gráficos e cores do mega sempre é melhor se o Supernes é mais potente ?
Great work, thank you!
Graphics on Mega Drive/Genesis are decent, but in color choices - SNES is better (and that sun reflection in first level). Music are definitely better on Mega Drive/Genesis, more rocky and edgy than SNES (pretty silly IMO). Overall, the game are great. Tie.
Mega CD version are superior than this two, but personally I prefer Gen/CD.
SNES wins, as usual. Genesis looks and sounds like 8-bit
Sound is always the funniest thing.
One of the most hilarious realisations I had recently is because of how the snes handles in-chip cartridges, and the available pinout, it's technically feasible to cram a YM2612 into a cartridge.
Obviously there are a long list of reasons why nobody ever did that, but it's technically possible, and since the audio output would be mixed in with the output of the snes audio chip, you could use both in parallel.
I can forsee a homebrew dev doing this if they really wanted to mess with people's heads.
The YM2612 is after all a standardised part that it might surprise you to learn is still in production and in fact can be bought for dirt cheap on ebay and other sources right now...
So that would be amusing no doubt... XD
Hilarious indeed, hilarious that the SNES was more expensive than Genesis and same for the games while Genesis often performs better with a bigger amount of superior multiplat and now, let's add Genesis FM sound chip in SNES cartridge to increase even more costs on SNES side in order to match Genesis sound style. SNES fanboys...
And btw, Genesis can also handles chips in cartridges as it has been done with the SVP for Virtua Racing so obviously there are also further possibilities here too (in terms of processing, sound, etc).
@Erebos they were probably cutting costs or probably the same problem with the SNES cartridges, because of manufacturing, some cartridges were slower
The Snes version is soo weak. lower resolution, the musics are too compressed and sound too muffled. Many voice clips are missing, including some very funny ones, and there's even one level missing. That water wobble effect on the third level is also missing.
And it looks far better lol! Just look at that sun! Sega really struggling with that colour palette....
@@WeirdBrick Other than the sun glare effect, the Snes version looks worse with the lower resolution.
If you wanna cherry pick, however, the Down the Tubes stage on the Snes is missing the water wobble effect. The Snes one is also missing the heat haze effect from the What the Heck level.
The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive is my favorite system all time. It brings a better Arcade experience home in most games compared to its competition the SNES and TG-16 being that it showcased games in higher resolution and had better gameplay on most games that came out on both or all three systems.
I'll defend the SNES version. It may have a lower resolution, but the way it handled it results in the game being blurry, making everything blend together works in favor of the organic hand-drawn style the game was going for. The SNES also has a higher color depth as a compromise for the resolution. All these factors combined results in the SNES version looking stunning on a CRT. It looks like an actual cartoon. The Genesis version on the other hand looks almost too clean and very video-gamey. My critique of the Genesis music is much in the same vein, it sounds more chip-tuneish. I'm not going to knock someone for subjectively liking that style of music, but as compressed as it is, the SNES music sounds more like recorded music, not only that but it sounds MUCH closer to the Special Edition soundtrack, which is more or less the definitive version of the music. The SNES version is indeed missing some stuff, but so is the Genesis, the Evil fight just isn't the same without the demonic backdrop. Additionally, the Japanese version of Earthworm Jim on the SNES has reworked level design that improves the difficulty curve, as well as new graphical effects such as shells flying out of Jim's gun and trails of dust. The JPN SNES edition is probably my overall favorite version of the game.
At the end of the day, every version seems to have unique content and compromises, there really isn't a definitive version unfortunately, aside maybe the Win95 SE, but that's hard to find and almost impossible to run.
The version of Super Nintendo has shown better, in several stages has 3 and 4 plans of moves while the one of Genesis has only 2.
But some stages of the Genesis proved better like what happens in 15:16 with foreground and 29:00 with double scroll while the Super Nintendo has in the foreground static scroll.
Yeah, in those two examples I see no good reason why the SNES shouldn't have matched or surpassed the Genesis also.
I'd have to admit, I didn't even know there was a dos version but I just went and looked at game play , not hands on okay myself, but based on what I saw it does beat both of these.
Bullshit
Who are you?
+Santonn Wilson
I'm the master of all that I survey.
the SNES's music quality all thanks to that Sony sound chip
Sega CD,Xbox one/Playstation 4,MSDOS wins ;-D
Earl Duran that’s the ms-dos... besides 21:07 isn’t that the most unenthusiastic 3 ever?
Music SNES vs Genesis:
New Junk City: Genesis
Andy Asteroids: SNES
What the Heck: Genesis
Down the Tubes/Level 5: Genesis
Who Turned the Lights Out: SNES
Snot a problem: SNES
For Pete's Sake: SNES
The Decent: Genesis
The Queens Lair: Genesis
Ending theme: SNES
The music in Down The Tubes is the same as the New Junk City.
Change your comment to "New Junk City/Down The Tubes" and "Level 5".
@@rageinternet9391 Why won't you edit your comment? We're talking about the SNES version, not the Genesis one.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SNES!
Sega Best!!!
Well, lets end this debate once and for all.
Conveyor belt is more detailed on SNES version. Sound effects for mini boss are different. SNES will use these SFX alot, the devs seemed to loving giving everything the explosion sound when they couldn't import the orignal sfx.
19:19 looks like they ran out of time here and finished the details on the SNES version. No background and a floating blaster. DOS version also has the background but nothing propping the blaster.
27:16 Taking advantage of Mode 7 and giving the circles a different color
Down The Tubes as a wavy effect on the whole stage on Genesis (which also shows black at the very top of the screen) but this effect is only in the background on the SNES version. Tubes have been redrawn for SNES making the tubes look naturally connected. They changed the whip hooks making them easier to see. The SNES version's assets are more detailed. So you can throw that argument out the window. The Genesis resolution doesn't really help with the timed areas because those areas are narrow and they redrew the areas to fit the SNES, They actually made the SNES version harder by moving a refill tube farther from the exit. They also put in some small background art they forgot to the genesis version. Down The Tubes is the most different from the two versions. It seems there was alot of feedback received from the Genesis version and they made changes accordingly and took the time to update some art while they where there.
Snot A Problem, SNES version has a unique background at the top, this is a theme with this version. Major Mucus has missing pixels from his hurt animation in SNES. Genesis version is the case and point on sound effects.
Level 5 and the secret level are fairly the same with once again, sfx sounding cleaner on the Genesis, SNES version has enemies placed is less annoying spots and adds a 1 up in a secret area. While not shown in this video, Monkey for a Head laughs when hit in the SNES version. I dunno if its the Genesis's sound limit as the reason he doesn't laugh. SNES version barrel chicken has a unique sound effect when hit compared to the Genesis version stock sfx.
For Pete's Sake seems to be another area of interesting revision. Where to start? Again this might be due to resolution changes and feedback. The palette was changed to cool colors for the SNES making everything softer on the eyes. The planet was changed and the background are new(SNES background scrolls). Both have more detail than the Genesis. The SNES version has a front layer at the bottom of the screen. This is completely new and unique to the SNES version. Even music has a completely different vibe Items are in different spots or changed, this is likely due to feedback. Pete's sound effect changed from a cut version of Jims "yip" to the first levels dog hurt sfx, likely for comedic reasons. The launch pads have a different sfx. Pete's home door was reversed from the genesis version its clearly programmed to not move with the scrolling screen even though you can see it moving.
well there the level that was likely removed because of the following, Nintendo of America strikes again or they actually ran out of memory as they calmed (its NoA).
Buttville has a different palette for SNES, likely to make everything easier to see. The Genesis resolution helps alot with platforming here more than any other level. Snot is no longer animated on the SNES :c
They changed order placements of who appears first in some of the credits and show they picked up a new artist, which is likely where the new art came from and got a new company for the Sfx which is why their different.
The Genesis versions unique sfx are cleaner and has more sfx but sadly the limited sound chip hold them back from really shining, which is likely why they made the special edition. The SNES version lacking detail is clearly untrue as they took time to update and even add detail as with overhauling Down the Tubes tubes. What version has better music is personal opinion and I fix Jim's blaster sfx to sound better on the SNES. The palette changes where likely requested by NoA as none of the other versions use them. The SNES version was seen as a revision, even though it looks clear they ran out of time again when looking at how they barely touched Buttvillie in terms of changes.
Thanks for doing this, its cool to see the little changes and end the arguments once and for all.
So the Megadrive wins! Yaaay!
If you're blind yes.
+C Gee If you're objective, you mean.
Both have positives and negatives. I mean there's always the forgotten 95 which is said to be the best version.
+C Gee Mega CD version, man. That's where it's at.
great video man
Thank you 🙂
I didn't know SNES version was so cool.
I don't know. They both sound pretty damn good to me.
❤ GENESIS DOES WHAT NINTENDON'T ❤
both versions has its ups and downs
I had the genesis version. It was Perfect!
MD
Mega Drive Wins
Wins at sucking and making people's ears bleed.
Holy shit, so much quality content
SEGA does what NINTENDON'T.
No, they doesn't. 😂😂😂
You mean
Nintendo is what Genesisn't.
@@Sebastian-lk7rqnah he did, and he’s right
@@TintFrenzy
Exactly. That's why Sega become third-party and develops now for BigN.:-)
@@Sebastian-lk7rq OHHH I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS PORT. Well yeah can agree with you there but for Earthworm Jim, the genesis version is better
@@TintFrenzy
Never played it. But I heard the same. More levels and other good stuff.
Colors and overall graphics goes to SNES all the way, sound is good on both systems. The Genesis version plays easier because of 320 pixels (SNES:254) horizontal resolution.
Lower resolution also means the image in the stage cards has to be cropped. And it also means that if you're playing on original hardware on a crt that the graphics are going to be stretched
@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 yes I know, that's what I meant! It's easier on Genesis because you can see more of the level and avoid enemies!
@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 but the stages have still the same size, it needs to "scroll more" on SNES (if this was your point).
@@greensun1334 yes that was my point
Snes games tend to be cropped, with slowdown galore and stretched graphics, it's the most overrated console ever.
the genesis is so much better than the snes version
😂😂
@@Ex-LINCe i assume you hate the genesis version
@@mcdelloboy no la odio, a mi parecer es evidente que se oye mejor la de snes y me parece gracioso que no se den cuenta, y soy fan de Sega.
Better than the snes version?!?! SIR....calm down. I think you need to put the crack pipe down.
Josh Sommer the genesis one better because of high resolution and game play plus graphics and sound but personally i think both are good
SNES version looks sharper
Mega Drive version wins!
MEGA DRIVE The best Version!
But and in the MEGA CD ???
😂😂
Sega Genesis Wins
😂😂😂
SNES has a yucky sound chip like there's cotton wool over the speakers and slow cpu so less responsive and slightly slower pace. People often say samples are clearer on the SNES but here you can tell the samples on the SMD is so much clearer and punchier. The music has the SMD as a clear winner. SNES has a wider colour palette and proper transparency but has worse resolution, cpu speed and sound.
Jack Wareham Technically the SNES is better in all specifications except the speed.
Actually the Mega Drive had a higher resolution of 320x224 to the SNES's 256x224. SNES had a higher resolution of 512x448 but it was never used as it was limited to 16 colours. The video out's on the SMD were also much better. Also a real actual professional fm synthesizer dude! Using only samples gives you a potentially broader range of musical instruments but you lose clarity and alot of the time they are sampling fm synthesizers so it's just a muffled version of the SMD's fm chip actually making the sound at source. 100% fidelity dude. I'm not a fan of the orchestra hit instrument played at a 12k sample rate so that rules out 75% of all the music on the SNES for me.
@@iwanttocomplain Actually that is technically wrong. The Mega Drive/Genesis had a fixed resolution of 320 x 220 and the SNES had a default of 256 X 220 but had a programmable display of up to 512 x 448. Most developers excluding Nintendo and a few others left the SNES display at default before the big class action lawsuit filed against Sega in 1994 for breaches of contracts with developers for agreed compensation. The contracts between the developers and Sega had detailed anticompetitive practices. After Sega settled for $3.8 million to those developers. Nintendo filed a lawsuit against Sega for Anticompetitive practices. In fear that Nintendo would do the same to them, the developers signed contracts with Nintendo stating they will no longer add any exclusive features to the Sega ports and not remove any features from the SNES ports. Sega lost 90% of their developers after the lawsuit, and games were being developed on the SNES in 400 x 254 or 512x448 resolution. Nintendo dropped the lawsuit in 1997 but by then the damage was already done. This is why the Saturn and Dreamcast failed because most developers stayed clear from working with them.
@@tskraj3190 No games run above 256x220 on SNES. You can probably count them on one hand and the sure won't be moving very quickly. If Nintendo filed an anti-competition suit against Sega that is very rich. Also scaring developers away from Sega is hardly fair play is it?
The SNES cpu is tepid. Sega struck a deal with Motoroller to get the 7Mhz 68000 chips at 1/8th of the cost if they shipped enough units. Also, the integrated circuit on the SMD is far more efficient at moving Ram around the chips with a strong focus on a fast bus. The tight circuitry and overpowered cpu means it knocks the socks off the SNES in terms of raw processing power in sound, audio and computations.
The limited cartridge sizes in the 16bit era meant a 16bit pallet and pcm sound would quickly hoover up space and although slower moving games can look genuinely beautiful, it cannot achieve the amount of action on screen and retain a broad colour palette, complex music and demanding computation with it's limited bus speed and shared sound and main memory.
@@tskraj3190 Dude, dunno where you read that but this is complete nonsense :D
Prefer the SNES. To me the music was always better on that system.
Both equally as good as each other ;)))
All versions are great, but still here can see the proof that atmosphere can sometimes be better than quality. SNES is way better than Genesis technically speaking, but Genesis just manages to create a greater atmosphere, witch makes it a "go for" for me. When I want to replay the game, I always play the Genesis version
The snes had slowdown galore and low resolution.
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@@GenesisDoes Maybe the case with this game, but in terms of technology SNES is superior comparing to Genesis, SNES is capable of doing better, in both graphic and sound aspects. Take Contra for example, way, graphics and music is way better for Contra on SNES than Contra on Genesis. Still, Genesis manages to capture that atmosphere I was talking about.
@@QuantumXX7Nope, snes is slow, resolution is cropped, image is stretched making everything look chunky, snes always has less animation and low frame rates, plus very pixelated graphics during mode 7 sequences.
The SNES version is a country mile ahead of the Genesis when you look at this side by side.
The multi-layered backgrounds, use of colour to imitate lighting bouncing off the surfaces, the sun glare, and general pop to the image because of the vibrancy of the colours themselves is just night and day's difference from what I can see here.
Country Mile? Ok Genius.
@@dukeljk2191 Errr yes, I stick by that.
Look at the multi layed background and the way sun glare is imitated on the SNES which is absent from the Genesis and Mega CD versions.
The sky is one dimensional green and dull and the sun is just a dot in the background.
This game illustrates certain things the SNES could pull off that the Genesis couldn't.
Versión megadrive the best
Thank you for the comparison. In music and graphic, the SNES version is the worst, but in some cases, they applied very interesting and unique ideas!
Megadrive have deeper Colors but Snes have more Brightness and better Sounds.
How come your stats kept resetting after every level in the DOS port?
Not shown on here but the windows version of special kicks ass. It's the Sega cd version, but samples aren't such garbage quality. Which surprises me, the Sega CD is capable of equally as clear samples through its 8 pcm channels, but for some reason they're -worse- than on the mega drive version
The Sega CD version was just the regular Genesis version but with CD quality tracks, an extra level, an improvement on the easy mode ending, and added a password system. Of all things they did, they never bothered to port all samples to the PCM channels.
@@deadchannel4792 I still have no clue what happened with the PCM driver. I've just checked and the samples are indeed playing back through the CD hardware.
ich das spiel geliebt .einfach nur geil
po colocaram fases ai que só existe na versão do sega cd e não existe na do mega achei invalido isso ja que se trata apenas da versão mega e snes .
+James Sutherland Nunca joguei a versão do Sega Cd até o fim, mas sei que a versão do Sega Cd tem 1 fase a mais em relação a do Mega, e que a versão do Mega tem 1 fase a mais em relação a versão do Snes. então pode-se dizer que a versão do Sega Cd tem 2 fases a mais em relação a versão do Snes.
é eu vi a versão do sega cd e ela tem mais fases que a do mega e snes realmente
What was better about the MegaDrive version?, only ever played the snes version??. In this video the SNES version looks better and also (bar the first level) the music also sounds better and also the actual sound FX sounds slightly better on the SNES also
genesis has more voices, more stages and more effects.
also is much better to play on the submarine level thanks to the higher resolution.
i won't mention the advantages on the Snes part, i bet you only paid attention to them anyway.
The music sounds better on the Genesis but that's just my opinion
The SNES version is missing the Intestinal Distress level
I had both versions of Earthworm Jim and I liked the Genesis version better and I had both versions of Earthworm Jim 2 and I liked the SNES sequel version better. I loved both consoles (Genesis & SNES) but if I have to choose one (which one was my favorite), I'll pick the ol' Sega Genesis.
The sound from SNES it's awful, low quality. muffled. The visual from Genesis is more detailed too. I don't get your point.
Sega CD and SNES are the best in my opinion.