Xenon II Intro. Amiga Vs ST.
I would like to hear people's preferences on the Xenon II intro. Yes, we all know it's a shit game, but the music is pretty special.
In my opinion the ST kicks the Amiga's ass. I've never said that before, and I'll probably never say it again, but it really does with the music on this game, the first Xenon also sounds better on the ST. |
Is this a poor capture of the ST version?
Sounds TERRIBLE!!! Sounds almost 8bit Is this thread you trolling again? lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFbVTmIqLE The Amiga version is like naked angels singing sweet nothings in my ears in comparison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9nD9DQwd80 God It's night and day lol Also I'm not sure I personally subscribe to the "crap game" trendy stance. Back in the day, compared to other games of the time, it was both very playable and satisfying to spam the fire button on (the whole point of a shooter). I think we get onto the "god that was crap" band wagon after 30 years, with our vision blurred by better games that came out far later. Just my objective opinion :) |
LOL, in this case the difference is very clear and the Amiga sound is superior.
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Zzap!64 - AMI: 97% Atari ST User - AST: 10/10 The Games Machine - AMI: 96% AST: 95% Zero - AMI: 94% AST: 93% |
I actually prefer the PC-speaker version of the Xenon II title track, of course mostly because of nostalgia (it's the version I played back in the days) and it sounded so much better than anything else on PC (beeper) at the time.
Both the ST and Amiga versions sound a bit thin to me, especially knowing how much better both versions could sound :) |
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Pretty normal for English mags back then. But in Germany, for some unknown reason, the game was hyped too. Even back in 1990 i thought it was a stinker. Not a chance against the way earlier released Hybris and the competing Battle Squadron. For the ST though it was one of the better shmups. |
Xenon II was one of the first games I actually bought when I started getting my own money - prior to that it was piracy all the way.
And I freaking LOVED it. Finished it many many times and kept going back. |
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I hate Colin Shop in this version: "That will cost: ..." - and then pause, instead of a price. |
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But to my ears, it's so much faster and has so much more energy than the Amiga version. To be clear I am referring to the sampled music at the start of the game, NOT the ingame music/title tune. However I do prefer the ST version of that, too. Quote:
To anyone that's ever played a Japanese shoot em up, Xenon II is completely unplayable. It's a joke of a game. |
Xenon II ST intro music is 8khz 8 bit pre-rendered sample, while Amiga version appears to be kinda normal sound tracker music.
Thus the musician had more freedom, but less space (it's quite short). |
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It's okay to dislike a game but calling a competent product a "stinker" is just not very fair. Quote:
Funnily enough I actually do play Japanese arcade shootem'ups regularly and somehow still find Xenon 2 quite playable, enjoyable even. Yes, it's not Raiden or Batsugun, but again, like I said above it's simply different. Trying to make it out like a complete disaster for zero actual reasons, apart from "muh Nippon shmups!!11!" and game mag conspiracy is just silly. I believe this is what kids these days refer to as an edgelord meme. |
A competent product? Look at the framerate for gods sake. It's a direct conversion from the ST that makes no use of the Amiga hardware, and it's a pile of shit as a result.
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I don't know which is better, but i know it was phenomenal on the ST. Graphics and sound.
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Atari ST - Music sounds a bit poorer, but plays smoothly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taOFZVLSUUo Amiga - Music sounds better, but playback doesn't feel as smooth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73JBaFkNZaE I noticed this was the case with Amiga Xenon II as well. |
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By this logic you could write off the vast majority of arcade to console/micro ports or modern console to PC ones. Luckily it does not work like that. |
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