I can't believe this game is 20 years old. Seeing Mega Man and Venom originally, blew my 10 year old mind.

I did not wait for the US Dreamcast launch. I bought the Japanese one for this game and SoulCalibur (not to mention the excellent Toukon Retsuden and Giant Gram wrestling games!) I still have my Japanese Dreamcast console and play it every once in a while.

The Strider theme is so #@$*** amped

"By the time Marvel VS. Capcom was launched, Saturn was dead." It's a shame they didn't keep supporting the Saturn, even with Dreamcast in the market. It would be an awesome version, no doubt.

so many hours playing this game on dreamcast, it was the first time me and my friends played an arcade perfect conversion.

I still have the dreamcast version of Marvel vs Capcom 1... but also Marvel vs Capcom 2. I never get bored of those games.

The assists can be selected by a combination of the Start button and certain punch/kick buttons. The PS1 version has an unlockable version of Rockman with the Magnetic Shockwave he is seen getting in his ending.

The PS1 port has voice samples that are sped up to fit the audio RAM, just like the voices in the SNES ports of the Street Fighter games

I remember playing it on the dreamcast at a software etc and it's like the arcade and one of the best games in the genre

I know the PS1 had a huge installed base that's guaranteed a nice prophet turn for companies at the time, but still I wish Capcom never bothered to release the Vs. games on that console. But money talks, what can ya do. I feel sorry for those suckers who bought those ports. I got the Dreamcast a month after it released so I was more than eager to get this game. Still own it to this day along with MvC2.

Such a shame it never made saturn.... i Kane this hard on mame on my phone.... welcome to the future lol.

Actually played this the most on ps1 back in the day, obviously the worst port, but it was better than the previous ports of the series on PS1. Even though it was stupid, me and my friends used to use that feature of picking the same characters, just so we could make it feel like the arcade, so we could actually tag in and out.

There is no question Sega knew how to port arcade games.

I still own the Dreamcast version. I'm glad I got that when I got my Dreamcast. I played that game for hours.

Such great anime graphics. Ashame they don’t make them like that anymore.

Saturn deserved a couple more years. This would have lead to Marvel vs Capcom, Street Fighter III, Virtua Fighter 3 (which was basically complete anyway), Shenmue etc... Sega was out of the race against Sony anyway, so this would have given them the time to make a cheaper console than the Dreamcast (or at least it would have been cheaper to manufacture by that time), and target the core audience with a profitable product. All Saturn years were actually profitable for the company. The Dreamcast is one of the most well built and incredible console ever, but the price to pay for such a console in 1998 was many years of debts and negative results, which lead Sega to restructuring and getting out of the console business. This was not the arcade, it was home console territory. The race for having the most powerful console was absurd without the money to back this up. Sega really missed the point back then. They should have given up and tried to maintain profitability. After all, this is what Nintendo did after the failure of the Gamecube : give up on the race to the most powerful console. However Nintendo was not in a bad situation. I hope that one day we will get to see screenshots or videos of Virtua Fighter 3 on Saturn. I am sure that the port must be very impressive. Probably 320*224 and 30fps only, but still impressive.

I'm pretty sure the Saturn one would have been perfect too. The special helpers are non-sequential when it comes to memory usage, as they've only programmed to do one thing(so they don't have too many frames. Hell, in U.S. Agent's case, he uses Cap's assets with a color swap.) To my eyes, it looks rather similar between the CPS-2 original and the DC port. I can't see much of a difference.

Can't wait for Marvel vs. Capcom 2!

I suppose the Dreamcast is a generation ahead of the Playstation, though i think the Saturn could have done a good job too with it's excellent 2D capabilities and even better with it's ram cart expansion.

While I don't think the PS1 version is the best, it is the most interesting port. They changed so much that its not even the same game! Here's some of the changes: 1. A round based game rather than a deathmatch 2. Supers could cancel into other supers 3. The camera would zoom in during an air combo 4. You selected assist or partner 5. Duo supers with partner you picked 6. Duo team attacks would clone the opponent and partner with them.

So sad that in this branch of the multiverse we didn't get a port for the mighty SEGA Satan.

Bring on the PS1 Fanboy Mental Gymnastics Competition as they try to do logical flips and leaps of logic to state why their version is "Teh best one!!1!"

This time, too much game for a PS1. Dreamcast was the perfect machine for this series of games!

And now we arrive at Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes! Now that's another game I have fond memories of playing in arcades. Not only was the insanity brought back into the fold, the Special Partner system was a different take on the Variable Assist feature in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, but with random Marvel and Capcom character cameos. The PlayStation version titled Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes EX Edition doesn't hold a candle to the Dreamcast version (which made Onslaught playable). Sure Rockman (Mega Man) acquiring Onslaught's Magnetic Shockwave was exclusive to the PS1 port, but that version still has the same issues that plagued the previous Marvel vs. Capcom titles as it stands.

since mvc origins is no longer available for purchase (to my knowledge) the Dreamcast version of MvC1 is THE BEST option. and for msh, you get the saturn port, and for mvc2 you get either the ps2 or Xbox port.

Sega was easily the best

The US release on the DC had the intro similar to the arcade release where there are more effects behind spiderman and more colorful background when you do the duo team attack.

And the outro music is the Strider Hiryu remix, hell to the yeah

If Saturn had gotten this it probably would have been a solid port based on how well marvel vs street fighter ran with the 4mb cart

I really mained Strider and Mega Man in this game. If I ever wanted a quality 2D Fighter on the Playstation, I'd just get SFA3.

Arcade Sega Dreamcast & PS3 Origins ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏆 PS1 is ok + not good enough you can't switch your partner in the play game that's suck it was a big shame for ps1 and the arcade & Dreamcast can switch players partner very well with no problem

My favorite out of the series Mark. Marvel VS Capcom is just perfect for me. I have the Dreamcast version since launch date and loved it ever since. I did play the Arcade version, but the Dreamcast is my absolute best for me bro. Nice work Mark. This made my day for sure. 8^) Anthony..

Should of had a Saturn port, real disappointed back in the day when it was never announced

3:35 - Was the "B" in "BEFORE" always missing or is it just in the PS1 version? Also one detail that was missing is that in the PS1 version, there were two separate modes: You can either pick a partner character or a special helper assist (freely instead of random); you couldn't have both like the arcade.

Got this on PS1 for free from a friend (at least the loading screens had some nice artwork on them), and of course, the PS3 PSN release that came with Marvel Super Heroes, but has long been delisted from the PSN. Of course the PS3 version is emulation of the arcade, so everything is intact (tag battle and animation).

Dreamcast forever

I miss Jin, I still hoping he in new MvC, I also miss when he execute his Hyper Combo and yell "BLODIA", btw thanks for playing Jin theme at the end of video Mark.

I miss Phantasy Star II

You forgot the worst thing about the PS1 port. The God awful camera zoom in when you connect with a launcher and follow up for an air combo. I think it can be turned off at least.

Ah playstation...for such a great system, you sure do have a lot of crappy ports...

Dreamcast ver. ftw!

Cheers Mark! The DC port looks glorious running in VGA mode on a proper CRT monitor too. Top tier 2D stuff on the system.

I have the PlayStation version and played the Dreamcast version as well

Marvel in Japanese is also spelt as "マーベル". It was spelt like that in the opening credits of the Japanese Spider-Man TV show back in 1978.

Very nice video. But, unlike the old ones of this vs series, you forgot to tell about (in the Playstation version) the variable cross uses a copy of the enemy as a partner, that crappy zoom effect in the air combo (ex mode or something like this) and the extra selection at selection partner mode which uses the special partner striker or the player's partner like the system of Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter again.

Strider Hiryu is so cool

the only way I can play this is through the Dreamcast version. I don't know where to find an arcade that has one. The PlayStation one is inferior, and you can't get Marvel vs. Capcom Origins anymore.

What a shame that none of those Marvel/Capcom crossovers was released on PC. If Saturn/Dreamcast could deal with arcade-quality ports, then surely PCs could do it as well.

Flashing mode is off on dreamcast version !

It's hard for me between arcade version and Sega Dreamcast version of Marvel Vs Capcom. In my opinion: Sega Dreamcast version won. I love the Dreamcast version over the arcade

This is my favourite vs fighters probably because it's very easy to enjoy it and very friendly even to newbies to the genre thanks to the various options. Top notch 2D graphics and sounds. Thankfully I completely missed out on the PSX version at the time!

Marvel vs. Capcom is the best game Capcom ever created. Had the Sega Saturn lived a little longer, the port of this would have been a blockbuster. Fortunately, the Dreamcast version was a godsend & i still play on occasion.

can you make marvel vs capcom 2 graphics comparison please i want to see how the difference for all versions have and how they look like that's gonna be awesome

I was convinced this came out on Saturn, it's even listed on Wikipedia as having come out, but apparently not! I remember it being listed in the import pages of games magazines at the time.

MvC 1 is much better than MvC 2 in my opinion. It has more personality while MvC 2, even though a fun game, it's kinda blend and messy with all the characters blended and forgetable soundtrack.

3:26 Go, webs, go!

You really should do a Capcom vs SNK 2 comparison

Personally, I kind of enjoyed the PS1 ports of MSHvSF and MVC for what they were,, but I can't doubt they were running on a console that didn't do 2D very well. With MSHvSF I had the excuses of not owning a Saturn at the time and the game never being released in the west, but with MvC I did have a Dreamcast and it did come west, so I can't quite figure out why I didn't get that version instead. Think I'll have to rectify that mistake someday and find a copy of the Dreamcast version. I really should.

I enjoyed playing the first 2 MvC combined even more compared to MvC3 & MvC Infinite despite less rosters.

Dreamcast is really crushing it when it comes to fighters made by capcom. I am not saying its arcade perfect... but its arcade perfect on the DC and the ps1 version sucks so bad

I rented the Dreamcast version it was good close to the arcade👍

No bullshit I've been watching a lot of marvel vs capcom 2 videos lately and even tried to download it to my phone to play it on my phone on a Dreamcast emulator but to no success. I've watched videos on how to do it but there phone is usually different from mine making things harder to do This is by far my favorite fighting game franchise. I like the fast paced fighting it brings.

cool video again I used to love playing Marvel vs Capcom in the arcade and on my PlayStation as that's the only thing I had but to be honest with you I think it pushed the PlayStation to its limits I remember being amazed at the game was even on the PlayStation

Good vid. You should do Marvel vs Capcom 2 battle of the ports. Just an idea since I saw you didn't do one yet.

Great video, actually I'm seeing all your previous videos on TV via KZfaq and are simply amazing. Do plan to cover dragon s lair in the future? Also it could be useful a complete list of all the games covered cause the Playlist are very long now.

To be fair to Capcom , at least the PS1 port doesn't slow down everywhere like XvsSF, even if the game is slower overall. Its really about as good as it was going to get given the source material. Shame the Saturn never got a port of MvsC , it would have been a wonderful way for Capcom to end its run on the system as opposed to Final Fight Revenge (I like to pretend as if SFZ3 is its final game). Still the Dreamcast version is great, even if the controller is a little clunky. It actually looks pretty good running at 480p in VGA.

Nice video man and of course I'm saying that the dreamcast port is the best port to play this game at home yup.. so when the neo geo special is going to be released?

Ah the last crossover to have all 6 attack buttons. How I miss those days. I hated how they changed it. Then made it even worse by changing it even mo're in later crossovers.

Easily my favourite Vs. game in the series. Interesting to see even the DC port seems to lack some of the arcade intro effects (as in, behind Spidey and during the 2 characters combos)... I wonder if it was due to hw limitations of maybe to avoid excessive screen flashing at home?

These never did anything for me. As backwards as it sounds, MK's rougher around the edges gameplay was more my bag. I was cool that they got the voice cast from the X-Men cartoon to reprise their roles though.

dreamcast version is the THE BEST because it has the FLASH OFF option. that does not exist anywhere else (not sure if it exists on the jpn arcade board). it shuts of all screen flashes so you can play cleanly

I had heard about the PS1 version on the last video so I checked it out. One of the weirdest decisions in that version is that when you do an aerial combo the screen keeps zooming in on your character with every hit you land. Look it up on other KZfaq videos to see what I am talking about, it's jarring.

I suck at this game, but it is by far my favorite fighting game EVER. I know there are many games considered way better, but this one is the golden standard for me.

I first played this game with the PS1 version, i didn't notice anything wrong, but that's oviously cause i never played the arcade version, what i did notice though was the low quality of the SFX. i think Capcom would've been better by streaming the music instead. from what i can tell, this game has the music recorded, and each song loops a lot of times, hence they probably took a lot of space in the disc. i think that was the real problem with these PS1 ports, the fact that they didn't bother to stream the music like in a cartridge game to save space.

Nice one.

What do you mean with 4 characters at the same time in the dreamcast version? 4 players? or 2 players vs 2 cpu or 1 player + cpu VS 2player + cpu?

Silly Mark, ya' know Marvel will be able to use their powers. That'll make it easy for them.

How did SEGA lose to Sony!?

the dreamcast version looks blurry. composite capture?

With me being a PS1 collector, I'm going for the Playstation port, although it's the worst version. But, I'm also waiting for my local Pricebusters to have a Dreamcast in stock so I can try the arcade perfect port as an alternative. I can't play the Origins version cause it got taken down from digital stores.

PS1 port 'might be the worst of them all'? There's only two ports...!

I would recommend playing Street Fighter Alpha/Zero 3 instead of 2 like the video suggests.

You should do street fighter alpha series or marvel vs capcom 2

Wonder why it was never on Sega Saturn

The reason why this game did not get a SEGA Saturn port because, The Saturn was failing in the Market and SEGA eventually had enough, And they decided to end the console's lifespan.

It's kinda funny that many people don't know some of the Guest Characters, Like the Unknow soldiers, The Three Wonders, Alpha(Mobi-Chan) aaand tje list goes on. By the way, i just saw you choosing Strider Hiryu for a mile off, i mean, we talking about motherfucking Strider!!

Do capcom VS snk 1 and 2 next for the the dreamcast for battle of the ports please! 💯☺️

If you're looking for a game that's been ported to lots of consoles - Skyrim.

Best game in the Marvel vs. series. Orders of magnitude better than Marvel vs. Capcom 2. Don't @ me.

The PlayStation version was poorly reviewed, Because of Loading Times, Missing Frame Animations, etc. I don't know why Capcom make fighting games on the PlayStation bad, But the sequel, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Had a good PlayStation 2 port. But the predecessor, On the previous PlayStation console was bad.

I only got to play the Playstation version. Everytime it got to Zangief, Morrigan, or Jin, the damn game kept freezing and I'd have to restart the Playstation everytime. I'm not sure if it was a faulty copy, or because I was constantly renting it and other people scratched the disc up. Either way I got really angry everytime.

why did capcom never port anything to n64?

Too bad it never came out on saturn. I just cant get past the dreamcast controller.

I understand that you werent a gamer back then because you think these 2d Psx ports werent playable and fun on it,but thats not the case.Psx owners enjoyed all these ''bad'' ports back then,like previously gamers did with 16bit console ports like Street Fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat who were far from perfect on a Snes or Megadrive but all the core fun was there. Sure for todays standarts noone will touch it on Psx anymore but that also counts for Dreamcast,because anyone on his laptop can fire up Mame or Finaburn and play the original arcade game perfectly and for free :)

Will play Marvel Vs Capcom on my Emulator soon via Dreamcast emulator. Sad that Disney ruined Marvel games.