G.Darius - Home Version Comparisons & Data Analysis
86Now that Darius Cozmic Revelation is out, it's a good time to do a comparison of all of the different home releases of G.Darius, to gauge their accuracy when compared to the original arcade version. While this kind of test has been done before, I wanted to do one that also offers up some quantitive data for comparison's sake, to provide better and more objective comparisons compared to the "magic and feelings" type of comparisons of the past.
We're running the both the UK PAL and the Japanese version of the PS1 game, the Japanese PS2 Taito Memories port, the original PC version, and both the PS4 and Switch versions of Cozmic Revelation for our comparisons, all on original hardware - UK PS1 Slim, fat Japanese PS1, Japanese PS2, UK PS3, UK PS4, UK Switch, and two PCs, an old one running Windows XP, and a modern one running Windows 10. We're also timing each clip from a defined start and end point to be as accurate as possible.
Check out the video for some interesting insights!
Many thanks to チャーリーの7チャンネル, who has posted lots of high quality footage from the arcade PCB, of which we've used some in the making of this comparison video. You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPheCdbJo61oCHcZ6tDth7A
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro Sequence
01:02 - Analysis introduction and timings
05:27 - Comparison clips
08:53 - Data analysis
14:23 - Conclusion and improvements
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