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Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:35 pm
by tokumaru
I know, I discovered this today. But the games are still fairly different.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:56 pm
by rainwarrior
How about the Game Boy Color game, Super Mario Bros. DX?
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:03 pm
by tokumaru
rainwarrior wrote:Super Mario Bros. DX
In that case, here's another NES to GBC port worth checking: Crystalis.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:09 am
by strat
Jungle Book (Nintendo Power even made that observation when the GB version came out). The Megaman games don't have the same quirks on GB but they're identical in look and feel.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:54 pm
by DRW
I'll have a closer look to all these games. It's more than I'd have imagined.
By the way, Game Boy Color games don't really fit here. I mean, if you have a handheld system and you re-realease classic games from 10 years ago, of course they will be almost the same. That's not really a surprise or special. But if an NES and a Game Boy game that came out at the same time look and play identical, then that's really neat.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:34 pm
by strat
Another obvious example is Gargoyle's Quest II (The GB version was reviewed in NP despite being cancelled for NA).
Could someone with a high speed connection check Boku Dracula Kun?
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:45 pm
by rainwarrior
The GBC SMB DX suggestion was kind of a joke.
The Dr. Mario games are pretty similar between NES and GB.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:04 pm
by tepples
It figures, as Dr. Mario for Game Boy uses Balloon Kid's music engine, and Dr. Mario for NES uses that of Hello Kitty World.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:11 pm
by mikejmoffitt
tepples wrote:Dr. Mario for NES uses that of Tetris.
Fixed that for you
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:29 pm
by tepples
Some sound effects in Hello Kitty World are identical to sound effects in Dr. Mario, and the DPCM drum sample in Hello Kitty World is identical to the drum sample in Dr. Mario.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:06 am
by Dwedit
Furthermore, some elements from the prototype version of Dr. Mario were used in Hello Kitty world, and not in Dr. Mario.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:06 am
by Hamtaro126
Besides Dr. Mario and it's Prototype counterpart's Music Engine(s), Please get some more proof that Hello Kitty World/Balloon Kid has some elements such as Screens, etc. Otherwise the Info is Null and Void.
Sure, Music is the same, but not the Gameplay!
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:12 am
by tepples
The maps and the control feel are identical in BK and HKW.
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 5:03 pm
by strat
Just remembered a bunch more: Operation C, Solomon's Club, Adventure Island II and Lolo control the same as their NES counterparts though the levels are completely different. Both systems got an almost identical port of Rodland. Also, Ninja Gaiden Shadow is a reskinned Shadow of the Ninja (Both developed by Natsume).
Nemesis and Gradius on GB are too sluggish to qualify.
Others to check:
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Alfred Chicken
Alien 3
Asterix
Bomberman
Batman
Batman - Return of the Joker
Fist of the North Star
Lemmings
Re: Games that are almost identical on NES and Game Boy
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 5:19 pm
by Hamtaro126
Cool Spot on GB is actually a revamp of M.C. Kids, Both are called McdonaldLand in European areas!
I meant that Dr. Mario and Hello Kitty World are not the same, even though it is a conversion of Balloon Kid, as Dr. Mario got ported to NES and GB both, That and the sound composer is the only thing in common