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While we live in a time where the PC versions are automatically regarded as the "definitive" ones because of the benefits the platform has over consoles, it was not always the case. This section covering games that either received poor ports where emulation is preferable, or were ported with annoying flaws that prevent the PC version to be the ultimate one, or got completely different versions compared to console titles of the same name.
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|007 Nightfire
|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox<br>GameCube|{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||style="text-align: left;"|Completely different game, developed by Gearbox. Some weapons appear in the console version but not the PC version, has fewer levels than the console versions and does not implement driving mode. Had a mixed reception compared to the console's counterpart.
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|style="white-space: nowrap;"|Castlevania: Lords of Shadow|PlayStation 3<br>Xbox 360||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||||style="text-align: left;"|Does not include foliage animation<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/234080/discussions/0/864977564392614595 static foliage / no foliage animation bug] Steam Discussions</ref> and the Solid Snake outfit<ref>[https://steamcommunity.com/app/234080/discussions/0/864978109908161502 I don't see the snake bandana...] Steam Discussions</ref> from the console versions.
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|Cave Story+
|Switch<br>3DS||||||||||{{✓}}|{{✓}}|style="text-align: left;"|The 3DS eShop and Switch versions have widescreen aspect ratios, with the Switch being slightly wider and the 3DS eShop version being toggleable between original and widescreen formats. The 3DS eShop version is missing the New graphics option from the PC and Switch versions, all soundtracks aside from the original, and the Machine Gun Challenge mode. The Switch version has exclusive features including: dynamic lighting and animated talksprites, local co-op multiplayer, the Sand Pit Challenge mode, two additional soundtrack options (Famitracks and Ridiculon), and other quality of life changes. The 3DS version has an exclusive stereoscopic 3D effect that has not been included as a VR option for the PC and Switch versions, and it also has a Nemesis Challenge mode that is also on the Switch version but not the PC version. Cave Story 3D exists as a physical-only 3D remake, but it lacks many Cave Story+ features and runs at a slower framerate.
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|Devil May Cry 5
|||||{{✓}}|||style="white-space: nowrap;"|{{✓}}PlayStation 5<br>Xbox Series X/S||||style="text-align: left;"|Сonsoles has an expanded "Special Edition" version of the game with additional features (Legendary Dark Knight Mode, ray tracing and Turbo Mode), which are not available on PC.
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|Driver: San Francisco
|PlayStation 3<br>Xbox 360||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||||style="text-align: left;"|Missing the split screen multiplayer mode and a grainy orange filter.
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|FIFA 07</br>FIFA 08</br>FIFA 09</br>FIFA 10
|PlayStation 3<br>Xbox 360||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||||style="text-align: left;"|Based on the version for 6th generation consoles, instead on superior one for 7th generation.
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|FIFA 11
|PlayStation 3<br>Xbox 360||{{✓}}|||style="text-align: left;"|{{✓}}|||||||Not a partially same game as supreme version for PS3 and Xbox 360, but only port of Based on the previous part - FIFA 10 - for 7th generation consoles with limited quantity of new features.
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|FIFA 14
|PlayStation 4<br>Xbox One|||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||||style="text-align: left;"|Based on the version for 7th generation consoles, instead on superior one for 8th generation.
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|FIFA 21</br>FIFA 22
|PlayStation 5<br>Xbox Series X/S||||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||style="text-align: left;"|Based on the version for 8th generation consoles, instead on superior one for 9th generation.
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|Grand Theft Auto: <br>San Andreas|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox|{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||||||style="text-align: left;"|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhA1rjd91p0 Many missing effects, worse textures and different map geometry, compared to the PS2 version]. Some problems can be fixed by using mods; the retail "Second Edition" (v2), Steam, and Rockstar Games Launcher versions, however, need to be downgraded to be moddable.
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|Metal Gear Solid
|{{✓}}PlayStation||||||||||||style="text-align: left;"|FMV's don't work on modern PCs, and misses blur effects. The broken FMVs, however, been fixed in the GOG.com release.
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|PowerSlave/Exhumed
|{{✓}}PlayStation||||||||||||style="text-align: left;"|A completely different game; while the PC is a straightforward FPS get from Point A to Point B, while Sega Saturn and PS1 Versions are closer to being a 3D Metroidvania. The console versions served as a basis for the 2022 remaster for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC.
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|Rayman 2
|PlayStation 2<br>3DS<br>Dreamcast|{{✓}}||||||||||{{✓}}|{{✓}}style="text-align: left;"|The Windows version is a port of the N64 version, and is known to have issues running on modern Windows. The Dreamcast version has various changes from the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows versions, including several 2D sprites being replaced by 3D models, improved texture quality and minor level design changes. The Dreamcast version also has exclusive mini-games, six hidden Glob Crystal collectables and replaces The Hall of Doors with The Isle of Doors for the world map. Michel Ancel (the director) himself has previously stated that he believes that this version is the best version of the game.
Rayman Revolution (the PS2 version) features many enhancements including new minigames and bonus challenges, upgrades to Rayman's abilities, level revisions, new music tracks, the option to switch between the gibberish from other versions and newly recorded real language voices, three new bosses, and Yellow Lum redistribution. The Hall of Doors was replaced with three central hubs, called The Minisaurus Plain, Globox's House and The Rainbow Creek, in which to walk to each level freely, play Ly's bonus challenges unlocked by freeing Revolution-exclusive prisoners called Familiar Spirits, and purchase ability upgrades or the new minigames from the Teensies with the Yellow Lums the player has collected. To date, Revolution is the only edition of Rayman 2 that lets players save when a level has been only partially completed, but like all versions of the game, it still uses manual saves. This is also the only version in which the 1,000th Yellow Lum can be obtained normally. However, despite the numerous improvements and enhancements to the gameplay, the frame rate is not as smooth as the near-constant 60fps of the Sega Dreamcast version, and certain graphical effects from that version, such as the blue ring trails that accompany a fully charged gold fist orb, are also gone. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFNxZEPuF4g But it can reach 60fps through a hack on PCSX2]. Rayman 3D (the 3DS version) has some further additions compared to the Dreamcast version which it was based on, but it has unstable performance and additional issues.
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|Silent Hill 2
|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox|{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||||||style="text-align: left;"|Missing some effects, fog effects are lower quality, audio is worse and some effects are missing details, badly converted FMVs, and has compatibility issues on modern versions of Windows and newer hardware. Many problems from the PC version can be patched using the [http://www.enhanced.townofsilenthill.com/SH2/ Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition].
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|Sonic Adventure DX
|GameCube<br>Dreamcast|||||||||{{✓}}|||{{✓}}style="text-align: left;"|[https://dreamcastify.unreliable.network Too many to list here]. The GameCube version is also affected by many of the downgrades, but is playable at 60 FPS and cutscenes can be skipped. Patch the PC version with SADX Mod Installer, or just play the Dreamcast version.
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|Sonic Adventure 2
|GameCube<br>Dreamcast|||||||||{{✓}}|||{{✓}}style="text-align: left;"|GameCube version has some improved character models, revamped multiplayer, and a few quality of life changes, but is marred many visual downgrades, errors during the cutscenes, and worse sound mixing than the Dreamcast version. HD version on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC supports 16:9 aspect ratio, but is inconsistent between in-engine cutscenes as it sometimes shifts back to 4:3, is missing some Chao Garden features, content featured in the GameCube version is locked behind a DLC paywall, introduces more bugs than other versions, and sound mixing is even worse to the point of blaring over other sounds. Patch the PC version with SA2 Mod Loader and install various mods to fix these problems, or just play the Dreamcast version.
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|Spider-Man 2
|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox<br>GameCube|{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||style="text-align: left;"|Completely different game, developed by a different studio. It was "dumbed down" for a young audience and thus featured more simplistic and less challenging gameplay.
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|SpongeBob SquarePants: <br>Battle for Bikini Bottom|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox<br>GameCube|{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||style="text-align: left;"|Different game, developed by a different studio. A remake based on the original console versions, titled "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated" has been released on PC and 8th gen consoles.|-|Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox<br>GameCube|style="text-align: left;"|Shadows, water and torchlight may not render correctly on modern PCs. It is recommended to play it on the original Xbox.
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|Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
|PlayStation 2<br>Xbox<br>GameCube|{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}|||style="text-align: left;"|The PC version is the сontroversial 7th gen version, not the superior 6th gen version.|-|Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||Shadows, water and torchlight may not render correctly on modern PCs. It is recommended to play it on the original Xbox.
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|Tomb Raider (1996)
|{{✓}}PlayStation||||||||||||style="text-align: left;"|The PC version of the game is notorious for having missing music. Patches exist that add it from the PSX version. Note that the proper music is not a continuous soundtrack and only plays when certain events happen; to test if your version has been patched, see if the demo in Lara's Home asks you to use the joystick.
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|Toy Story 3
|PlayStation 3<br>Xbox 360||{{✓}}||||{{✓}}||||||style="text-align: left;"|The Windows version is a port of the Wii version instead of the X360/PS3 versions, have fewer Toy Box options for gameplay and town customization, and lack a multiplayer option.
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