Every 7800 Game That Came Out On The NES & Sega Master System

[retrocomparisons]

Here's what the 7800 looked like side by side with its two main competitors in the third generation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZpPoWLe50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4WST_aHpCQ

[+Trebor]

-7800 Commando's setting should be modified harder to better match the nonadjustable NES port.

-The emulation of 7800 Dig Dug is incorrect with graphical corruption demonstrated.

-Emulation of 7800 Double Dragon is incorrect showing a corrupt display.

-7800 Tower Toppler relies on CRT artifacts, lacking from the emulator used.

-Emulation of 7800 Impossible Mission is incorrect with corruption on the moving platforms.

-The emulation of 7800 Summer Games is incorrect with graphic issues on the runner's track.

-A less saturated palette is being used for the 7800 emulator compared to the palettes of the NES and SMS emulators.

-The 7800 emulator is stretching the screen horizontal greater than what is demonstrated on a CRT.

 

Bad enough the 7800 was shafted on most releases with very limited resources allocated to it back in the day.  It appears worse when subpar emulation is utilized.

[BIGHMW]

On 11/14/2021 at 8:39 PM, retrocomparisons said:

Here's what the 7800 looked like side by side with its two main competitors in the third generation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZpPoWLe50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4WST_aHpCQ

Don't you mean "FOURTH wave"

 

According to Electronic Games magazine's Joyce Worley, Arnie Katz, and Bill Kunkel:

 

(RIP to all 3 of those gaming media icons, I used to love reading their work, bless all 3 of them)

 

1st generation (1977-1981) "Standard Programmable" - VCS/2600, Odyssey 2, Fairchild Channel F

2nd generation (1981-1983) "Senior Programmable" - Intellivision, Bally Astrocade, Emerson Arcadia 2001

3rd generation (1982-1986) "Third Wave Programmable" - 5200/XEGS*, ColecoVision

4th generation (1984-1990) "Fourth Wave Programmable" - 7800, Sega Master System, NES, TurboGrafx 16, NeoGeo

 

* - although the XEGS was released in 1987 its technology was that of the Gen 3 ("third wave") systems like the 5200, hence it is a Gen 3-based console

Edited December 13, 2021 by BIGHMW

[retrocomparisons]

12 minutes ago, BIGHMW said:

Don't you mean "FOURTH wave"

 

According to Electronic Games magazine's Joyce Worley, Arnie Katz, and Bill Kunkel:

 

(RIP to all 3 of those gaming media icons, I used to love reading their work, bless all 3 of them)

 

1st generation (1977-1981) "Standard Programmable" - VCS/2600, Odyssey 2, Fairchild Channel F

2nd generation (1981-1983) "Senior Programmable" - Intellivision, Bally Astrocade, Emerson Arcadia 2001

3rd generation (1982-1986) "Third Wave Programmable" - 5200/XEGS*, ColecoVision

4th generation (1984-1990) "Fourth Wave Programmable" - 7800, Sega Master System, NES, TurboGrafx 16, NeoGeo

 

* - although the XEGS was released in 1987 its technology was that of the Gen 3 ("third wave") systems like the 5200, hence it is a Gen 3-based console

It's one of those weird things much like human generations where someone born in 1982 or 1995 is considered a millennial even if they have little in common.  Officially these are classified as the third generation of consoles even though I'd personally agree with Worley, Katz & Kunkel's definition.

[+jeremiahjt]

On 12/12/2021 at 9:34 PM, retrocomparisons said:

It's one of those weird things much like human generations where someone born in 1982 or 1995 is considered a millennial even if they have little in common.  Officially these are classified as the third generation of consoles even though I'd personally agree with Worley, Katz & Kunkel's definition.

There is no "officially" when it comes to console generations. No matter what Wikipedia claims.

[ZylonBane]

I've never, ever heard console generations referred to as "waves".

 

Also that first video link is missing the chapter marks for Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., and Ms. Pac-Man.

 

And the entire thing is using a bad palette for the 7800. The platforms in Joust are supposed to be brown, not green.

Edited December 15, 2021 by ZylonBane