Sega Master System Titles Coming to Wii VC

[Keranu]

Awesome! I hope they bring the SMS version of the first Sonic game there!

Are the SMS Sonic games all the same as the Game Gear versions?

Yes.

[Joe Redifer]

Yes, with more screen area/resolution.

[MotoRoaderMike]

Yes, and it stands on it's own with unique stages.  It's not just a port of the Genesis version.  It also has music by Yuzo Koshiro (true).

Really? So THAT'S the Sonic game he worked on! Awesome! I like it more now.

[kungfukid]

Who wants to bet it'll be PSG only?

It'll probably be PSG only here and any games that supported fm will be fm only in Japan.

Shouldn't be too difficult for them to use FM music. Most SMS games released in North America and Europe actually had FM on the Rom, it was the consoles that didn't support the sound even though it was there. There was a thread a year or two on another forum that listed the games that had FM music hidden on them, and links to emulated versions of the games with the better quality sound.

As you say though, it'll likely only be PSG since they'll just bundle the games on to disc....

[Black Tiger]

So far Phantasy Star is the only game I've found that had the FM sound support taken out.

[nodtveidt]

What's so great about FM sound anyways? We used it on the Commodore 64 and it was tough as nails to properly produce anything decent; PSG chips make it much easier to produce better-sounding music.

[guyjin]

From the clips I've heard of SMS R-type, the FM module really makes it sound like a Genesis.

one of the members here posted the clip, can't remember who.

[Black Tiger]

From the clips I've heard of SMS R-type, the FM module really makes it sound like a Genesis.

one of the members here posted the clip, can't remember who.

R-Type is one of the best examples of SMS fm though... from what I've had a chance to play so far...

I like the music better than the arcade version.

[Joe Redifer]

Yeah... but to be quite honest, it doesn't take much to beat the arcade version's sound.  I like the PSG version better as well.

[Black Tiger]

What's so great about FM sound anyways? We used it on the Commodore 64 and it was tough as nails to properly produce anything decent; PSG chips make it much easier to produce better-sounding music.

Its just cool to have an alternate soundtrack in games. Like the option of PSG tunes in Dragon Slayer.

[Black Tiger]

Looks like Wonderboy and Fantasy Zone are first up and they're only 400 points.

http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/3736/2/

Since both games didn't support fm audio, we won't yet know if it'll be available in future games.

Any guesses on how they'll attempt to censor Wonderboy's island "natives", or "Chibi Crow's" as they named in the Mark III manual?

[guyjin]

YES! about f*cking time. $4 is very nice. I'd have paid $6, or 8 for Phantasy Star.

As for wonderboy... it shouldn't be too hard to recolor, right?

[Mobius]

Oh wow, only $4... Nice!

[Black Tiger]

YES! about f*cking time. $4 is very nice. I'd have paid $6, or 8 for Phantasy Star.

As for wonderboy... it shouldn't be too hard to recolor, right?

I'm guessing that it'll also be altered/redrawn. Maybe as an animal, like the running fox/wolf or something.

[nat]

I don't get it. What are you guys talking about?