Versions of games you know aren't as good but you prefer anyway

[Cynicaster]

I had actually forgotten how solid SF2 was for the SNES, wow. I've never been much of a 1-on-1 fighting game guy, but I did play a lot of that port on my buddy's SNES.

[blainelocklair]

The SNES version was superior if for no other reason than you could throw the controllers when someone beat you. You couldn't throw the arcade game, although I did see some people get thrown out for punching the cabinet.

[Tanooki]

Aside from the little bit larger visuals and being a little crisper I still felt that SNES SF2 looked, sounded, and played better than the arcade. I played the two side by side, got it at home to train to take down people in the arcade and it worked like a charm. Back then I dropped the AI on 7(max) on almost every character in the game except two which I stopped around 5 or 6 on as I just didn't care. I did much the same on MK1 but didn't quite apply myself as much, plus it being Immortal Kombat on SNES was a little bit of a pisser on some moves, not so much on others.

[Punisher5.0]

 

The custom Sony sound chip on the SNES had distinctly different sounds than the Yamaha based CPS-1's. The SNES version had a bit more bass and some of the music voices were that trademark SNES sound.

 

Here's a great video comparing them:

 

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

 

The arcade version had slightly crisper graphics.

These days you can play the game with original arcade music if you have a SD2SNES. Its an interesting experience