gregsgameroom – Set Side B https://setsideb.com The Flipside of Gaming Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://setsideb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-mascot512-32x32.png gregsgameroom – Set Side B https://setsideb.com 32 32 NES and Commodore 64 Games Compared https://setsideb.com/nes-and-commodore-64-games-compared/ Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://setsideb.com/?p=6620 Continue reading "NES and Commodore 64 Games Compared"]]> Greg’s Game Room on Youtube looked at 28 games with both NES and Commodore 64 versions. It’s not by any means all of them, but a good selection. Usually its the NES version that’s better, but there are some surprising upsets, especially if the game originated on a microcomputer platform.

The Commodore games that won out are Ballblazer, Castelian, Die Hard (but the C64 version’s really different), Ghostbusters, Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, Q*Bert and (surprisingly) Smash T.V. Decent C64 games that nevertheless lost are Blades of Steel, Commando, Donkey Kong, Mighty Bomb Jack and Super Mario Bros. (rated were both the similar Great Giana Sisters and the recent fanmade version of SMB that uses advanced scrolling tricks). Gyruss, Mario Bros. and Pac-Man were rated at a tie.

Nintendo vs Commodore 64, 28 Games Compared (Youtube, 46 minutes)

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