head to head
vs
Star Wars Trilogy ArcadevsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Star Wars Trilogy ArcadeTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 7
Star Wars Trilogy Arcade leans harder on execution: Fast aiming and reflexes on rails define scoring
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization3 vs 3
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.