Same Name Different Game

[drmick]

I know this isn't what you want, but both the recent games of Saboteur and Urban Chaos had nothing to do with their original versions. Unfortunately.

On a similar vein, i never quite worked out the difference between MD SF2 Champion Edition and SNES Turbo Edition.

[samanosuke]

On a similar vein, i never quite worked out the difference between MD SF2 Champion Edition and SNES Turbo Edition.

Wasn't the name change due to Nintendo's 'exclusitivity' to SF2 Turbo?

Anyroad, excellent article on the minor aesthetic differences between the two here:

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=260&showentry=5008

[muddy]

Remembered this one after the "budget games under a fiver" thread

Skips Clumsy Colin by Mastertronic

C64 version was 3D, Speccy was top down.

[Gradius]

Starfox - Snes. We all know this one

Starfox - Spectrum, Commodore, Amstrad. Made a few years earlier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfox

Is this the reason we got Starwing/Lylat Wars in Europe?

[Grapple Convoy]

There's Nemesis on the Game Boy, which is different to the arcade game Nemesis, which was itself was Gradius with a different name in certain regions (Europe).

Then there's Gradius on the Game Boy, or Gradius: The Interstellar Assault to give it its full name, which is neither the arcade game Nemesis/Gradius, or the Game Boy Nemesis, being a sequel to it.

Gradius 2 on the MSX is a completely different game to Gradius II, the latter being an arcade game which was called Vulcan Venture in Europe.

People get confused with the Parodius series; the first Parodius game was released on the MSX in 1988. The arcade game (later converted to Super NES, PC Engine,Game Boy and NES) is known as Parodius Da! in Japan, yet many refer to that simply as Parodius (admittedly its Japanese name), forgetting that it was the second game in the series.

Hopefully someone can explain the whole Life Force/Salamander series mystery. It has always confused me to bits, as they aren't exactly the same game.

[Flabio]

Is this the reason we got Starwing/Lylat Wars in Europe?

If not that, then something along those lines almost certainly.

[beecee]

Starfox - Snes. We all know this one

Starfox - Spectrum, Commodore, Amstrad. Made a few years earlier.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfox

Is this the reason we got Starwing/Lylat Wars in Europe?

If not that, then something along those lines almost certainly.

i'm sure i read somewhere the name was changed because of an old speccy game. so that must be the one.

[Gradius]

Hopefully someone can explain the whole Life Force/Salamander series mystery. It has always confused me to bits, as they aren't exactly the same game.

In Life Force you collect power up tokens and buy your weapons (like the Gradius series), In Salamander you simply pick up the weapons after shooting enemies. There are some colour pallette changes too.

Not sure about the Nes version.

[samanosuke]

Loved the feature in this month's RG, Daz. I feel honoured that one of my suggestions made the cut too

So how about covering Shadowrun in a future ish?

[112]

There is an interesting discussion here, in that most differences between games were mostly due to technical limitations or the fact that they were done by totally different developers........

My 1/2 a pennys worth is Mortal Kombat, where both MD and SNES versions had there techincal differences, but yet, company branding restricted on having gore and another without, thus balancing them out in terms of credibility......... Plus, don't forget about the 3 button pad issue

excellent idea for an article btw! Something worthy of a highschool assignment, to teach you how to compare and contrast

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EDIT: jus realised this has ran its course already.......... doh! well, great idea all the same!