SNES vs Megadrive (Genesis)

[Icarus Moonsight]

I don't know how many hours I wasted on an Apple][ eating prime numbers in Number Muncher or contracting Typhoid in Oregon Trail... School was mostly boring for me, but at least we had a computer there.

It just bugs me when RPGs and adventure games are confused, I like most adventure games but I don't like most RPGs. I kind of feel that an adventure game is being insulted when it's described as an RPG.

Quoted for emphasis.

[Sonicwolf]

I don't know how many hours I wasted on an Apple][ eating prime numbers in Number Muncher or contracting Typhoid in Oregon Trail... School was mostly boring for me, but at least we had a computer there.

So you DIDN'T die of dysentery!

[SplashChick]

Text based RPG is the common accepted term as far as I know. They're similar enough to be the same genre.

Either way, "visual novel" still isn't a genre.

[Sosage]

Are we going to start calling the lightgun section of Snatcher a first person shooter now as well?

Where are my stats, leveling up and grinding sections in Snatcher? My copy seems to have been swapped for some sort of Bladerunner inspired adventure game instead. I want this elusive RPG version everyone is talking about. Why did Konami ship me the wrong game back in 1994?

[Buns34]

Are we going to start calling the lightgun section of Snatcher a first person shooter now as well?

Where are my stats, leveling up and grinding sections in Snatcher? My copy seems to have been swapped for some sort of Bladerunner inspired adventure game instead. I want this elusive RPG version everyone is talking about. Why did Konami ship me the wrong game back in 1994?

QFT! And to this day no game has rivaled the story and atmosphere of Snatcher! We need this in HD on the X-Box Live Arcade!

[vivaeljason]

Text based RPG is the common accepted term as far as I know. They're similar enough to be the same genre.

Either way, "visual novel" still isn't a genre.

RPGs and adventure games really aren't all that similar. In an RPG, your character (and other party members, if applicable) gain experience throughout the game (usually through battles) and become more powerful through said gaining of experience. Combat/battles in RPGs are based around your ability to think ahead and correctly choose what to attack or defend with.

Adventure games tend to be more about puzzle solving than anything else, though combat of course can play a part. There are elements of exploration and mystery-solving as well.

And visual novel is a genre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel

[tom]

I didnt think the Apple II had a good game library... Am I just uneducated?

Perhaps?:



Article from EG 1985

[Zoltor]

Perhaps?:



Article from EG 1985

Don't forget the King's Quest games or Prince of Persia. Also I think the Origon Trail was on the apple 2, if I recall.

Yea there were some good games indeed

[Daria]

And visual novel is a genre.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel

The "Visual Novels" released in the west are usually *ahem* hentai games.

[Aussie2B]

Text based RPG is the common accepted term as far as I know. They're similar enough to be the same genre.

Either way, "visual novel" still isn't a genre.

Considering the people around here tend to know their stuff and they're scratching their heads over the idea of a "text-based RPG", it most certainly isn't commonly accepted, and I'd venture to guess that whoever you got it from made it up on the spot.

And thousands of Japanese developers would differ with you regarding the existence of visual novels. That Wikipedia page isn't bad, but there are plenty of visual novels without anime and pretty of dating sims that can't be regarded as visual novels. But if that isn't enough proof for you, how about this:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/home/924566.html

There are even "makers" for visual novels like RPG Maker:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/home/571453.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/saturn/home/580984.html

Sound novel is just another name for visual novels, which Chunsoft has copyrighted.

[Ed Oscuro]

If visual novel is a genre, then jRPG isn't a genre either. This just describes the game's format (although format is my preferred term for writing about specific hardware attributes, i.e. vertical or horizontal screen orientation, or system i.e. PC / console).

Mystery / hentai / whatever are also genres descriptive of a game's content.

$0.02

Honestly, wow, calling visual novels not a genre. I mean it's okay to slag off the genre as a whole but I can't see any possible benefit to pretending the genre doesn't exist

/me looks at topic

Yep.

[Poofta!]

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SNES

while i had the genesis first, i always wanted a snes. i just prefer the games. the rpgs were vastly better on the snes. i also loved mario world a lot more than all of the sonic games combined. sure the genesis had better figthers, but i guess i cared about the other games more. also i liked the controller more and the whole 'world of nintendo' and nintendo power community. sega just felt like it stood alone.

[Poofta!]

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+1


btw, i collect rpgs for both consoles, and after reading the last couple pages noticed what this thread evolved to. my .02$ is such:

snes had VASTLY superior rpgs. yes the genesis had some good ones, in fact it had one of my all time favorites: Landstalker. but nevertheless, snes ruled the genre. i never counted, but lets say the 40 releases per console is accurate, i can easily list at least 2-3 times as many snes rpgs as genesis. and thats coming from an rpg enthusiast and collector, i think most people are even worse off, probably 5 snes to 1 genesis.

edit: oh and snatcher isnt an rpg