Same 16 character themes, two completely different sound chips fighting it out. This 2022 release stacks the SNES and Genesis versions of Super Street Fighter II side by side, and the contrast is wild. The SFC disc is brighter and punchier, Capcom's team having rebuilt everything from scratch for the S-SMP chip.
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Then the Mega Drive disc hits with that grittier FM synthesis, closer to the CPS arcade hardware it was ported from. Guile's Theme still goes off on both, but Ken's has this crunchier attack on Genesis that honestly slaps different.
The four New Challengers themes (Cammy, Fei Long, Dee Jay, T. Hawk) round out what was already a stacked roster. If you've ever argued SNES vs Genesis sound, this album is the ultimate A/B test.