Ever have one of those discussions that bring you back to the good ol' days of console wars when Sega and NEC were big players?... Nah, you probably haven't. Tsk! <br /> <br />But in all seriousness, a bit back I was in a forum and there was quite a bit of discussion about the PC-FX's ability to render anime cutscenes and FMVs. Of course, it's commonly said that the PC-FX was the best of all in that regard. But the Devil's Advocate in me had a shocking realization; amidst the talk of technical abilities and which FMV scenes look great, no one I've known has actually taken the effort to -directly compare- a PC-FX game to it's other 32-bit counterparts to provide a good, frame-by-frame, blah-blah-blah technobabble, objective analysis! <br /> <br />Enter myself! Of course, I may not be the most apt for this job, as I'm not necessarily specialized in videophilia yet, but I wanted to get the ball rolling for this! <br /> <br />Since technical details can make a Dramatic (DURHUR PUNRIFFIC) difference in regards to how this turns out, I'll make a note of EVERY DETAIL I think is relevant to this video here. <br />1) The copy of Langrisser: Dramatic Edition is from an authentic Langrisser Tribute set. <br />2) The copy of Der Langrisser FX is also authentic. <br />3) Langrisser: Dramatic Edition is being run on a US Saturn with an Action Replay 4M for a showcase of it's appearance on authentic hardware. <br />4) Der Langrisser FX is also running on authentic hardware. I have gone for running on hardware over emulation due to the obvious fact that neither Saturn or PC-FX emulation is anywhere near complete-hardware-accuracy yet. <br />5) Unfortunately I could not include Langrisser I+II for Playstation in this due to not being able to obtain a copy for a reasonable price (Or having a Japanese Playstation). Perhaps someone else can chime in on this? <br />6) Both setups were hooked to a DVD Recorder with Composite inputs. There are a few reasons for this; <br /> A) Because common A/V is the most likely way anyone who was originally gonna play the games would've hooked it up. <br /> B) Having both on the same video input is the most "fair". <br /> C) With composite video's slight blur, there will be less minor, pixel-specific nitpicking. Any real video issues would probably be constants, and be noticed even on composite - we aren't talking about common-digital-era stuff here, after all. <br /> D) I was too lazy to find a Saturn S-Video cable. <br />7) Obviously, I've recorded at the best DVD recorder settings I can do. <br />8) Putting up on Youtube as vobs. <br /> <br />For refereince, 00:00 up through 2:17 is Langrisser Dramatic Edition, 2:40 onwards is Der Langrisser FX footage. (the time spent beforehand is PC-FX bootup) <br /> <br />Feel free to also download the vob file here; <br />http://kiddocabbusses.tryhappy.net/rstuf/LDEvDLFX,.vob
