head to head
vs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GamevsX-Men: The Official Game
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); X-Men: The Official Game leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade GameX-Men: The Official Game
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 6
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization4 vs 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game leans harder on optimization: Learning safe spots and boss patterns is the progression
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.