Remember back when the NES was pretty much "it"? Magazines were jammed full of NES previews, reviews, pictures, ads, and other what not. Video stores began carrying NES games for rent. Seemed everywhere you looked it was NES, NES, NES. Sure there was the Master System and the Atari 7800 and your computer but it seemed everyone was just captivated by the power of Nintendo.

Then we hear about a new system Sega is coming out with: the Sega Genesis. It was coined a "16 bit" system, something gamers probably never really thought about. It had more powerful graphics, true stereo sound and had the backing of Sega's flagship arcade titles which all looked and played pretty dang close to the originals.

So to you Genesis owners out there, what were your first Genesis experiences? What made you buy the system? Was it your only system? Did you like it? If you jumped on the Sega train later on, aside from collecting what made you buy?