The conversion is very good; although Max was dropped from the lineup almost all the characters' new moves are present, and most of the Megadrive version's stages putting in an appearance (some are changed/replaced though). The gameplay is far superior to the 8-bit versions of the original, although you can still find yourself being repeatably knocked down with no way to counter. The graphics are good for the machine, and the sound superb, with Yuzo's tunes losing little in the translation. Well worth getting if you own a GG or SMS.

Felipe Moniz has played both the SMS & GG versions through and has found lots of differences - take a look at the selection of screenshots below to see for yourself. In the Game Gear version there's a different elevator, a different bomb robot that explodes when you attack him and a different stage where you fightwith a Predator-like alien or cyborg. The game ending pictures are also different, with a cool picture of Adam & Blaze replacing the one with Blaze & Max in the Megadrive version.

In the Master System version there are blue punks and Zamza as the boss on the arena stage and a stage where you fight on top of a moving train. In addition there are another two different stages, where you fight with some ninjas and motorbike punks, plus a different elevator stage, with strange purple robots.

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