Valis III/Comparisons

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Localisation comparisons

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JP version

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US version

The Western versions include a ™ symbol next to the Sega logo.

Title screen

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JP version

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US version

The "PRESS START BUTTON" text was shifted upwards slightly, and "Licensed by Sega Enterprises Ltd.".

Version comparisons

Title screen

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

Act 1

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The Mega Drive version has parallax scrolling absent from the CD-ROM² version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The boss uses a different weapon and attacks with different patterns in the Mega Drive version, and the NEC logo was replaced with a Renovation logo.

Act 2

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

This act was cut from the Mega Drive version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

Act 3

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The Mega Drive version uses line scrolling to simulate depth by moving the water in the foreground faster than the water in the background.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The boss was retooled for the Mega Drive version and now flies around the screen to attack instead of merely rising out of the water.

Act 4

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The boss has a different appearance and moves more aggressively in the Mega Drive version.

Act 5

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

This act was significantly cut down for the Mega Drive version and starts at the bell-ringing segment.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The Mega Drive version includes clouds in the background that use line scrolling to simulate depth.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

Act 5 (Mega Drive)

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

This act was created exclusively for the Mega Drive version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

This boss was used in the seventh act of the CD-ROM² version (which was cut from the Mega Drive version).

Act 6

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

This act was cut from the Mega Drive version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

Act 7

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

This act was cut from the Mega Drive version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

Act 8

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The Mega Drive version has parallax scrolling absent from the CD-ROM² version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

Act 9

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The levels layouts for the last act differ significantly between the two versions. The Mega Drive version has parallax scrolling absent from the CD-ROM² version.

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

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Mega Drive

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CD-ROM²

The scrolling space background includes Earth and the Moon in the Mega Drive version. Glames uses similar attacks in his second phase as in his first in the Mega Drive version, but he has a different attack in the CD-ROM² version.

References


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