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Primal Rage
1995, Time Warner Interactive
Primal Rage for Super NES giant ape Chaos tinkling on
lacks the finishing moves, his defeated foe, which
the kibbles and bits after kicked off a storm of
tearing into a foe, and the controversy that eventually
ability to munch on the involved a Senator Joseph
locals. The Genesis game Lieberman rant and retailers
retains the controversial like Toys "R" Us pulling it
finishing moves, including from store shelves.
Samurai Shodown
1994, Takara
A port of the hit SNK arcade sprays are intact, but some of
and Neo Geo game, both the arcade original’s cut-
versions offer two different scene dialogue has changed
“parts” of the arcade and most of the voices have
experience. Since neither been left on the cutting room
console could adequately floor. New features include a
deliver the zooming action of countdown mode and Dolby
the original, the developers Surround support. The
used two different Genesis cart, on the other
approaches: the 32-megabit hand, features a zoomed-in animation and original
Super NES version stays perspective but could not dialogue were also casualties
zoomed out, maintaining a handle the massive fighter in the Sega translation, and
fixed perspective with Earthquake, who was the music is at its best when
smaller characters. Blood omitted. Background muted.
Robocop vs. Terminator
1993, Virgin
What was a violent, removed from the
extremely bloody Genesis game, likely
shooter on the Genesis because it was too
became a clunky mess controversial to shoot
on Super NES. The female characters into a
character sprites look bloody mess, made it to
swollen in the Nintendo the Super NES game
cart, and the sound unscathed. The most
effects and music are notable feature of the
not nearly as engaging Nintendo version is
as Tommy Tallarico’s perhaps the black
soundtrack in the Sega molded plastic box.
game. The women
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