How so? the SNES didn't do much that the Mega Drive couldn't in terms of shaping gaming if you ask me.
Btw, I find weird how we are now in the "graphics doesn't matter I'll rather smooth games" while the talking is totally the oposite when talking about SNES and MD, where the SNES had better graphics but the MD had smoother gameplay in a lot of games.
But schoolyard shit aside I never hated the Genesis. Sure, I'd talk shit about the colors or sound while I played some games at friend's houses but I never denied that I was having fun.
I think if we're being honest, gaming would look a lot different now if the SNES never existed, whereas the Mega Drive had much less of an impact.
However, I'm very glad both exist, and that both were so distinct from one another.
"We"? A lot of people on GAF would rather better graphics at 30fps. I'm not one of them but I've seen the sentiment for a while now.
The whole system wars bullying stuff is weird to me since it was never something I experienced as a kid with those mythical "schoolyard arguments/fights". Not me or any of my friends or classmates engaged in anything resembling that. Sure, we were all aware of the edgy marketing, but it was all just in good fun and nothing to get worked up over. The more games the merrier was all that mattered to us. I did a poll regarding this on another forum and pretty much everyone had the same experience. It was only with the internet that I discovered how people would actually take this narrative seriously. I get the feeling that in particular a lot of American SNES owners have a huge chip on their shoulder caused by Sega of America's provocative marketing.
Of course I didn't mean all of GAF, but you can see a lof of threads and posts about it.
Yeah that was my experience growing up (UK). Didn't really get in huge system war arguments outside of mild jabs. It was cool if someone had a different system because that meant new games to play. The only real evidence of a war I saw was in the magazines of the time.The whole system wars bullying stuff is weird to me since it was never something I experienced as a kid with those mythical "schoolyard arguments/fights". Not me or any of my friends or classmates engaged in anything resembling that. Sure, we were all aware of the edgy marketing, but it was all just in good fun and nothing to get worked up over. The more games the merrier was all that mattered to us. I did a poll regarding this on another forum and pretty much everyone had the same experience. It was only with the internet that I discovered how people would actually take this narrative seriously. I get the feeling that in particular a lot of American SNES owners have a huge chip on their shoulder caused by Sega of America's provocative marketing. And in return, those people being so loud and prevalent in games media have fed into a sort of inferiority complex that pervades the Genesis community.
Funny how a console designed two years before the SNES managed to be such a strong competitor.What the heck was Nintendo thinking when they designed the SNES. If it had a decent CPU, it would have destroyed the Mega Drive.
In the US and Japan, it did destroy the Mega Drive (Europe though...) They were probably thinking that having better system features was more noticeable to end users than having a faster processor.What the heck was Nintendo thinking when they designed the SNES. If it had a decent CPU, it would have destroyed the Mega Drive.
In the end, it is the fast processor that opened up for so many possibilities entirely based on the software side. And that still impresses us even today with some tech-demos. Fascinating console.having a faster processor.
Yeah, but Mode 7 also opened up many possibilities, and I wonder if Squares games would have been considered such classics without that sound chip. It really added to the emotions in story scenes, and the feeling of epicness in boss battles.In the end, it is the fast processor that opened up for so many possibilities entirely based on the software side. And that still impresses us even today with some tech-demos. Fascinating console.
If it's an American thing to have children attach themselves to a particular "team", whether it's a sports team, an entertainer, a cartoon, a toy line, whatever then I guess it was an American thing. I mean I alluded to the fact that we enjoyed each others consoles so it was no more than friends joking about who had the better console. If that's bullying to you then...that's awesome, you had a less stressful childhood. Or I don't know, maybe you're thinking it was more serious than it really was. No idea what your last sentence is supposed to mean but there were plenty of chips for all lol
Once you get past the gore, I really don't think Splatterhouse is that good. I went back to it a few months ago after watching a YouTube video and going 'hey, I liked that at the time!' and found it really slow and clunky compared to Streets of Rage, Final Fight etc.But games like shibobi, splattrhouse etc have no equal on snes
If you ask me, the SNES is the single best console of all time.
In terms of exclusives, SNES has:
- Super Street Fighter II
Still waiting for that physical cart for OD2 ;PMegadrive , no doubts , and i still play these two systems up until these days. , the snes is just a cheat system with its overclocked NES chip and addon chips on every cart , our megadrive demo OverDrive 2 totally obliterates the snes on every level , graphics, effects, sound and 3d. Until today, the fading active snes community has not found an answer for it, to beat it or match it.
this is a semi satirical joke spam post nevertheless, i love both systems, but only one of these systems has GUNSTAR HEROES , and a way better selection of different shmups , Megadrive for the win!!