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I remember the first time I watched a video of the Super Nintendo version (in a promotional VHS tape that came with a videogames magazine), I was blown away, it looked just like the arcade!

I also remember it costing more than other SNES games, it was almost half as much as the console.

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I remember watching a promotional VHS tape about the N64 that came from Nintendo Power magazine back in '96. I watched that tape over and over, I was absolutely enamored with Mario 64. For months after it was released, people would line up at Wal-Mart in the electronics section to get a chance to play it. No 3D game up to that point had quite nailed the exploration and freedom that Mario 64 had pulled off. The thumb joystick control (which no other system had at the time) was also part of what made it a much better experience.

> just like the arcade

Not, not really. I mean, it was a really good port, but if you compare it side by side you can clearly see it's not at the same level:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKOd6SVmnb4

Sprites are bigger on the arcade version, and there's higher resolution overall as well.

Really difficult to notice any difference when you're just having fun playing it!

I think the point was that when he saw it that was his reaction at the time, not that it was the truth/perfect.

I paid $99 for my SNES (with one controller) and $69 for SF2

Oh my god I had the SFII promotional VHS tape! I’d forgotten about entirely. Thanks for the nostalgia.

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