And Nintendo tried to stop those too, Sega were far more for 'as many magazines as possible'.Originally Posted by Evan_G
And Nintendo tried to stop those too, Sega were far more for 'as many magazines as possible'.
as for me:
Username: main man
Age: 21
Choice: Teradrive
Reasoning: Nintendo never had something as cool as this.
close-up here:
http://www.videogamecollectors.com/g...geViewsIndex=1
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Last edited by tom; 12-18-2009 at 02:00 AM.
WoodyXP
29
Genesis
Two Reasons:
1. The best version of Final Fight was on Sega CD
2. Mortal Kombat had blood
That's all that mattered to me back in those times.
What adventure games are on SNES? All I can recall for either system, excluding Sega CD, is that Scooby Doo game and one or two Star Trek games.
QFT. I wish it would be possible to upgrade this thing to modern standards. Not like I'll ever find one in Brazil, anyways.as for me:
Username: main man
Age: 21
Choice: Teradrive
Reasoning: Nintendo never had something as cool as this.
I know it's only a matter of personal taste. I know it. But I'll never understand that. And I say this after playing the hell of SMB 1, 2 and 3 on my famiclone prior to getting my Mega Drive.
Last edited by thom_m; 11-16-2009 at 04:49 PM.
Blowing on cartridges since 1987
Now I may seem biased on this (since I write for a Sega websitebut...
Username: Baloo
Choice: Sega Genesis
Reasoning: See Below
For these 10 reasons (not in any particular order).
1. Sonic the Hedgehog. And we got 6 great installments of it on the Sega Genesis. And Super Mario World wasn't as good as SMB 3 on SNES.
2. Final Fight was so much better on Sega CD than it was on Super Nintendo.
3. The Super Nintendo could barely do voice at all while the Genesis had games like Sports Talk Baseball loaded with speech.
4. More Arcade ports made it to the Genesis than Super Nintendo.
5. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker.
6. Mortal Kombat had blood on the Genesis.
7. The Sega CD brought us RPGs better than most of the RPGs on the Super Nintendo (Snatcher, Lunar 1 and 2)
8. Streets of Rage 2 is the best beat-em-up between the two systems.
9. Fighting games were played much on the Sega Genesis with its 6-button controller.
10. The Super Nintendo didn't have Blast Processing™.
Last edited by Baloo; 11-16-2009 at 04:24 PM.
Vivaeljason
25
SNES
I feel as though the SNES had a little of everything in terms of genres you may have wanted. While the Genesis had better shooters and better handled sports and fighting games, the SNES had phenomenal platformers, RPGs, and action games. As those were what I predominantly played (and still play), I have to go SNES. I also think that -- in general -- the graphics and sound were better.
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Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet
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Like you said it's more personal taste, but Sonic goes by too fast for me to really enjoy compared to Mario. Plus I've think Sonic's flaws are alot more noticable to me than Mario's.
For example: Sonic can't breath underwater which is fine except when theres a water level and no hope to get out of the water...>.< Also enemies can sometimes appear out of nowhere and and you can't avoid them because you are going so fast.
NES, Atari 7800, Genesis, SNES, Saturn, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Atari Flashback 2, Limited Edition Red Wii, PS3 Slim, GBC, GBA, GBASP, DS Lite, and PSP 3000.
Indeed, nothing is more true than the quote "To each it's own"! The fact that Mario can breathe underwater has ALWAYS bothered me! I think the whole "you're running out of breath" scenario actually adds excitement to the game. I'd always get thrilled when I managed to get out of the water just moments after the countdown finished. The same is true for beautifully avoiding a sudden enemy while going really fast.
I guess that, for games that are aways compared to each other, they're actually quite different.
Last edited by thom_m; 11-16-2009 at 05:14 PM.
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Lord_Magus
29
SNES
I honestly always feel quite surprised when I hear anyone say they prefer the Genesis over the SNES. In any way I look at it, the SNES had way more and better games than the Genesis ever did, the graphics and sound were usually superior, and even the joypad felt better (the first time I held an original Genesis controller, I honestly thought it was a cheap 3rd party one!)
More importantly though, the Genesis never had anything like:
Mario World+Mario All Stars
Super freakin' Metroid (this game alone should end any arguments here)
Zelda: Link to the Past
Chrono Trigger
Mario RPG
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy II+III (or IV and VI)
Yoshi's Island
Mario Kart
Actraiser
Demons Crest
Megaman X
Tetris Attack
Jim Power
Contra III
Castlevania IV
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Prince of Persia
Super Turrican I+II
(yes I know that the last few games were sort of multi-platform, but I felt I should include them since the SNES versions seemed better than their Genesis counterparts)
Then again, I do consider the SNES to be the best console of all time, so a thread like this always wakes up the fanboy in me
What is with that list? The last few, We got those games on Genesis. We got Mega Man Wily Wars, we got Castlevania Bloodlines, we got Ghouls and Ghosts, we got Contra Hard Corps. And you want to talk RPGs?:
More importantly though, the Genesis never had anything like:
Mario World+Mario All Stars -
Super freakin' Metroid (this game alone should end any arguments here)
Zelda: Link to the Past
Chrono Trigger
Mario RPG
Secret of Mana
Final Fantasy II+III (or IV and VI)
Yoshi's Island
Mario Kart
Actraiser
Demons Crest
Megaman X
Tetris Attack
Jim Power
Contra III
Castlevania IV
Super Ghouls and Ghosts
Prince of Persia
Super Turrican I+II
(yes I know that the last few games were sort of multi-platform, but I felt I should include them since the SNES versions seemed better than their Genesis counterparts)
Then again, I do consider the SNES to be the best console of all time, so a thread like this always wakes up the fanboy in me
Shining Force I
Shining Force II
Shining Force CD
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III
Phantasy Star IV
Snatcher
Vay
Lunar I
Lunar II
Shining in the Darkness
Ys III
And to counter Mario:
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic CD
Knuckles Chaotix
Beats 4 re-hashes, 1 level hack and 1 new game.
Last edited by Baloo; 11-16-2009 at 06:35 PM.
For everything listed on both sides I can come up with another game I liked to counter it.
compilations of past exclusive games:
Super Mario All-Stars Sonic Classics 3-in-1
exclusive platformers of actual company owned characters:
Super Mario World / Sonic the Hedgehog
Yoshi's Island / Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Donkey Kong Country / Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Donkey Kong Country 2 / Sonic & Knuckles
Donkey Kong Country 3 / Sonic CD
Kirby Super Star / Sonic 3D Blast
Kirby's Dream Land 3 / Knuckles Chaotix
draw
The Nintendo franchise character platformers seem to break even with Sonic here if you count the add-ons.
well-known platform shooters:
Super Metroid / Vectorman
Mega Man X / Vectorman 2
Mega Man X 2 / Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Mega Man X 3 / Gunstar Heroes
draw
puzzles:
Wario's Woods / Columns
Tetris & Dr. Mario / Super Columns
Kirby's Avalanche / Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Tetris Attack / Columns III
another draw...
RPGs:
Final Fantasy 4 / Phantasy Star 2
Final Fantasy 6 / Phantasy Star 3
Chrono Trigger / Phantasy Star 4
Secret of Mana / Shining Force
Secret of Evermore / Shining Force 2
Illusion of Gaea / Shining Force CD
Zelda 3 / Shining in the Darkness
Wizardry 5 / Vay
Earthbound / Lunar
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest / Lunar 2
Ys 3 / Ys 3
Then Star Fox has G-Loc to contend with.
So nope it's hard to say one beats the other. These two systems both have to be top of the line quality in order to be able to compete so much.
To tell the truth it's very much the same with NES vs. SMS. for both systems I can only find roughly the same amount of exclusive games I like for each. The rest are all too hard to even attempt to beat due to either sadistic or careless game designers. That still hasn't changed over the generations, just less exclusives available on systems and a larger percentage of 3rd party multiplatform games.
[quote name='Shidou Mariya' date='Nov 17 2010, 10:05 PM' post='4889940']
I'm a collector, but only to a certain extent.
Not as extreme as Rickstilwell though.[/quote]
I guess they are quite different
NES, Atari 7800, Genesis, SNES, Saturn, Nintendo 64, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Atari Flashback 2, Limited Edition Red Wii, PS3 Slim, GBC, GBA, GBASP, DS Lite, and PSP 3000.
That's a great comparison right there.
It's really rather silly to try to compare the Genesis's RPG library to the SNES's, and this is from someone who adores the Shining Force games. A few gems aside, RPG support on the Genesis can't hold a candle to the support the SNES got (and if we were to throw in Super Famicom and Mega Drive, it would be even more of a joke).
And Snatcher isn't remotely an RPG.
If Snatcher isn't an RPG, then Sonic isn't a platformer.
If you don't want to take my word for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatcher
http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=5360
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/segacd/data/563492.html
You can call Snatcher an adventure, point & click, digital comic, anything along those lines, but RPG definitely doesn't fit.
Snatcher is an visual novel with some action sequences, a type of adventure game. I don't know how you'd consider it an RPG.
I like the Genesis more than the SNES, but both are very good systems. I really like Rocket Knight Adventures. Plus there's Taz-Mania, Golden Axe II, and Kid Chameleon for starters. There's tons more out there that I like, it would take me awhile to list out everything.
Last edited by Gameguy; 11-16-2009 at 08:36 PM.
Well, I've always considered point-and-click games like Snatcher and Phoenix Wright as a part of the RPG genre. After all, RPGs stand for Role-Playing-Game. You play a role in a detailed story.
Not all RPGs have to have a battle system and mythological creatures and whatnot IMO.
Maybe it's just me, but I think it's unfair to talk about quality 32X and Sega CD games (see: Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic CD, Snatcher) in a Genesis/SNES comparison. I mean, in the specific question, it's Genesis games, not Genesis plus Add-Ons.
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