Atari 7800 Vs. Nintendo Entertainment System

[TL]

Time for some grappling action with Pro. Wrestling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8M_8QJP9U
NES version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-6YrTIrqDg
7800 version

[Shadowrunner]

I'm going with the NES for this one. It's more colorful and I like how the crowd is animated.

[Rogue Trooper]

Yeah NES for myself as well, seems lot brighter, bigger sprites, animated crowd, better SFX adding to atmosphere etc.

[TrekMD]

I'm giving this one to the NES.  Better sprites, animation, and sound. 

[TL]

Yeah I will go with the NES version too, I actually think that the 7800 version looks much nice but the NES version is the better game (I have played both)

[onthinice]

Nes version for me.

[TL]

Next game on my long list is Broderbund's Karateka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E_BG3nrofU
NES version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h-CDGFdf7k
7800 version

[TrekMD]

This goes to the NES.  This has to be one of the worst games the 7800 has.  It was just poorly programmed.  I am actually surprised this has not been hacked to make it better.

[onthinice]

Pooh!

[TL]

TIme for another game I think, let's look at the Williams classic Joust on both systems:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnrB6SrPlrI
NES version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCTqB39WE3I
7800 version

[TrekMD]

This one goes to the NES.  The sprites are much better rendered and have better animation.

[TL]

The NES version might look nice (except for the flicker) but it looks nothing like the arcade game.

The 7800 version is much closer to the original game so I am voting for that:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ga2Dtkg92I

[TrekMD]

Consider my vote changed, then.  I forgot to check videos of the arcade original before choosing, as an arcade port, it should look like the arcade original. 

[Rogue Trooper]

Yeah, Nes version looks more like a remix of the arcade (and i'm not fond of the sound), so old adage, looks are'nt everything runs true here.

7800 Version i'm voting for.

Also, on a tangent, but...Bullfrog were working on a Joust clone at 1 point, look for it on the memory stick i'll be sending you Laird

[TL]

I just realised that I never gave my opinion on Karateka! 

Well I have to say that the 7800 version looks so much better than the NES iteration but I happen to know that the Atari game plays like total shit so I have to give it to the NES.

I make that 15-8 in favour of the ProSystem