Might and Magic 1: NES version vs PC version?

[UndeadHalfOrc]

Of these two, which version is the best?

I know there's an Apple version too, but I don't have it and don't have an Apple, I only have the NES and PC versions and I'd like to know which one should I use.

I don't intend to import my MM1 characters into MM2 (which I have too, on the PC, dosbox)

And minor graphic differences don't matter much to me, gameplay does.

[GreatEmerald]

I vote for PC. Generally all of the MM games on the PC have far better coding than on consoles, which generally aim for better graphics.
The PC version of MM1 is more challenging than the NES, it's easier to control, it has a working fast auto combat option, it doesn't have the annoying Nintendo censorship and doesn't have cheats.

[UndeadHalfOrc]

Well ok... I endured the anoying music long enough to try the NES version for a bit and I couldn't even find a way to create my own friggin' characters.

That seals the deal right there.

[darknessfood]

It's obvious that the pc version is superior...

[Talin_Trollbane]

doesn't have cheats.

there exists cheats for it on PC, ive seen both a UGE module and a trainer program throughout the years.

[GreatEmerald]

Interesting, there are cheats, but there are no patches? What kind of a game is this

[Talin_Trollbane]

a well coded one?

[UndeadHalfOrc]

Toyed around with the Nintendo version...

+: There is an automap option
+: Better graphics

-: NO Paladin! NO Archer! (at least not in Sorpigal)
-: Can't create your own characters! You can only name your starting knight (who is already created)
-: The interface is even worse than the PC version, and the menus are slow as hell!

[seancdaug]

I know I'm performing thread necromancy (I've got my soul jar right here, in fact), but I did want to point out that you do have the option of rolling your own characters in the NES version. One of the random monster rooms in north Sorpigal has been replaced by a "guild" that lets you recreate any of your characters at the cost of all the experience they've accumulated up to that point. You have the option of renaming, changing sex, race, alignment, class, and regenerating statistics.

It's still clunky as all hell, though: you don't get a chance to review the rolled stats until after you've been through the entire process, and getting halfway decent numbers is an exercise in frustration (Knights with 6 endurance are effectively worthless). But it's the only way to get an Archer or a Paladin before leaving Sorpigal.

But, yeah, the PC version is much better than the NES version, which suffers from both that and a much, much clunkier and slower interface: basic inventory management (equipping, removing, etc.) requires digging through multiple menus, battles are painfully slow, etc. I think the Apple II version is the best, personally, if only because it has better graphics than the PC version (though still primitive by contemporary standards, of course).

Might and Magic II is a different story, mind you. The SNES and Genesis ports are actually decent, and have a decent number of things to recommend them over the computer versions (menu-based spell system, for example). Though I've never understood why the game hides +n modifiers to equipment from view on the character sheets (but not in the stores). Still, I think the best version of MM2 is the Amiga version, which has pretty good graphics (if not up at the same level as the console ports) but otherwise plays more or less identically to the PC/Apple versions.

[the beavers1]

Im new to the old MM games but I have got MM 1,2, and 3 working on my PSP via emulators of the genesis, snes, and NES versions and because its on the PSP it is very fast as far as the title screen and movement is concerned