YouTuber Resonance recently compared the NES with the Famicom side by side and the difference in terms of audio is seriously compelling. Like him, I had no idea the Famicom shipped with superior audio quality. He compares Castlevania, Zelda & Metroid. The NES sounds a bit more muted and does less with the score. I would say each song sounds better on the Famicom to my ears but the changes in the original Zelda are very interesting and something I am not used to hearing.
If you want to skip the side by side scrub ahead to 1.15m.
If you want to skip the side by side scrub ahead to 1.15m.
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That was a little shocking. Though I did think Castlevania sounded wrong. When it started up first on the NES version, it didn't sound at all like I remembered it. I might have to dig that up.
Good idea, might be a case of an emulator translating the sounds wrong or our ears failing us in our elderly age.
WHAT?
Well, an emulator may not get it perfect.
:D
WHAT?
(Sorry, the dumbest joke ever)
Fear not, it worked well enough :D