cireza
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OPs intention was to post the best tunes from each console. You are the only one here trying to prove something. Who should start a new thread again ?
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SNES vs Genesis Sound
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cireza
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This is a cover by someone isn't it ? As far as I know, the game is available on Mega-CD and Saturn, but not on MegaDrive.
pramod
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Yeah it's a cover using something called the XGM driver (and lots of memory!), this dude maro has created some pretty mindblowing stuff with it.
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Journey
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SNES vs Genesis Sound
VS definition: Used to say that one team or person is competing against another. In this case SNES competing against Genesis Sound.
If it makes you uncomfortable when I say that the SNES has a better overall sound chip for videogames, then just ignore my post. What kind of vs thread doesn't allow a vs reply? pitting Donkey Kong 2 soundtrack from SNES vs Genesis makes perfect sense, you're just salty with the results that I posted, because I'm pretty confident that if it were the Genesis taking the win in those comparisons, you wouldn't see an issue.
cireza
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OP is actually the first post of the thread. I don't care about you comparisons, I actually haven't listened to a single of your videos, maybe if your tone was different, you would actually achieve something.
Added you to my ignore list as suggested.
EPSYLON EAGLE
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Gênesis
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Genesis wins by a landslide!
Snes
Genesis wins by a landslide!
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Sakura Doritos
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Journey
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The joke is on youJourney . Music is subjective and there are plenty of worthy sound tracks on both systems. We all win. If we all win, was there ever a war to be had?
Music is subjective, yes. The console's capabilities to reproduce sound is not. If you were to create Donkey Kong Country 2 for the PC or Arcade, then translate to consoles, Genesis would fail miserably at trying to replicate those ambiance sounds, it's all I was saying, not that the Genesis can't create some nice tunes.
EPSYLON EAGLE
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That bass!
EPSYLON EAGLE
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Oh yeah!
Sakura Doritos
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But you are setting up a false dichotomy. There may exist a tune that the Super Nintendo cannot do as effectively.
Both systems and the NeoGeo AES are really special as the ingenious musicians and programmers fit some of the wildest tunes on really small spaces.
D.Final
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EPSYLON EAGLE
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So there is magic? How possible? Oh yeah Technosoft baby!
Journey
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But there hasn't been, every single tune that the Genesis has mustered has been reproduced with the SPC-700, yet you see what happens when they tried to replicate those Donkey Kong Country 2 stages on the Genesis chip, it had to be completely changed and the environment sounds were lost, I mean how can you reproduce Wind, Rain and frog/cricket sounds using a synthesizer?
The Genesis can produce clearer music and tunes, but sound effects, voices, environment sounds, etc. are lacking and that's part of a console's sound, not just music.
cireza
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EPSYLON EAGLE
Great contributions !
Here is some Hitoshi Sakimoto, with the game Devilish, great tracks :
Absolutely stunning.
Here is some Hitoshi Sakimoto, with the game Devilish, great tracks :
Absolutely stunning.
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Kokoloko85
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Probably does have the superior sound chip but really I just see them as awesome games with awesome soundtracks and both systems had many.
In terms of old school Snes/ Megadrive and Saturn / N64 to Dreamcast - Capcom games had my favourite soundtracks followed by Sega games. Sega to me had the better music than Nintendo altogther but its all taste and I still love Nintendo soundtracks. Probably my joint 3rd with Square or Konami
In terms of old school Snes/ Megadrive and Saturn / N64 to Dreamcast - Capcom games had my favourite soundtracks followed by Sega games. Sega to me had the better music than Nintendo altogther but its all taste and I still love Nintendo soundtracks. Probably my joint 3rd with Square or Konami
EightBit Man
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D.Final
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EPSYLON EAGLE
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One more FM materpiece!
D.Final
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EPSYLON EAGLE
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Some european FM wizardry
D.Final
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EverythingsOverrated
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I think the Genesis had a wider spectrum. You had games that sounded like absolute utter sphincter, but then you had games like Streets of Rage 2, or Sonic 2/3/Knuckles with incredible soundtracks.
Overall I go with SNES because FF6, Chrono Trigger, Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Mario World, Actraiser, DKC1 and 2, and so many more still sound damn good today.
Overall I go with SNES because FF6, Chrono Trigger, Mario RPG, Super Metroid, Mario World, Actraiser, DKC1 and 2, and so many more still sound damn good today.
cireza
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I have been listening to Jesper Kyd works recently on the console (Red Zone particularly), great unique soundtracks. Really love his style. There are also Sub Terrania and Batman & Robin to check.
His tracks are also pretty long, often 6 minutes or even more. Progressive music.
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EPSYLON EAGLE
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Some japanese glorious tune!
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EPSYLON EAGLE
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I saw somewhere that Jesper Kid acquired his sound driver from Olof Gustafson, a prominent Amiga composer, he also made the Ultracore music.
There is a certain similarity...
There is a certain similarity...
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EPSYLON EAGLE
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Some tropical sensation in saturday night
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