Genesis vs SNES - The personal Vietnam

[StMaryPiper]

Time for the age old question. Are you a Sega Genesis type of guy or do you enjoy Super Nintendo? You can enjoy both but you need to choose one over the other

 

[Jason Wynn]

I grew up with a Genesis. It has some really solid platformers (Ristar, Aladdin, Vectorman ect) and a handful of solid RPGs like Shinng Force and Phantasy Star, but the SNES just blows it away. Much better selection of games that stand the test of time moreso than the Genesis

 

[FATTESTCUNT 2.0]

I really liked both. I owned a SNES, but my friends were a mix of SNES and Genesis, so we would trade consoles sometimes.

I always preferred Mario to Sonic, but amongst my friends I was in the minority.

 

[ditto]

SNES has Doom and Hong Kong 97. Not even close.

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

We had both and my siblings and I played the SNES more often. Like many others have said it had much better games.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Let's face it, without Sonic the Genesis (PBUH) would be forgotten with TG-16.

There's good non-Sonic games but not a single one can match the likes of Chrono Trigger, Zelda, Mega Man, and Donkey Kong. Don't come at me with your shmups bro, idc.

 

[Book Thief]

I like both, but if I were to be trapped on a deserted island with only one of these, it'd have to be the Genesis/Mega Drive.

 

[PipTheAlchemist]

I think there's a reason why Nintendo still produces consoles while SEGA publishes shit like Hyenas.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

TurboGrafx16

In all seriousness, SEGA Genesis managed to make Sonic a worthy competitor to SNES with Super Mario and the like. Choosing one or the other is always a great debate, but for me, I remember when the NES was at one point the most revolutionary console that was created. Without question, on principle, I’ll have to give Genesis a point to that.

 

[The Repeated Meme]

Both of them have their place, it's silly to argue which is better when it just comes down to personal preferences.

 

[Homegrown Homophobia]

I had both growing up and enjoyed both systems, but as an adult I definitely am more fond of the Genesis for having the faster processor and way more rocking sound chip and the general aesthetic of their games. I also kind of think looking back the American developers of Genesis games were more proficient than their counterparts coding out SNES games. and I wonder if that had to due with Sega of America having more of a say in their company than Nintendo of America had in their own respective organization. The SNES library also seemed to have had more shitty games as well, even though the Genesis had their fair share of stinkers too.

 

[Pissmaster]

Sindin Nintenden Entendenment Systen

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

I had a Genesis when I was growing up but I was never really a big fan. Sonic was fun but once you got all the Chaos Emeralds and beat the final boss there wasn't much else to do. Preferred stuff like SimCity 2000 and Caesar II on the PC.

Light Crusader was pretty sweet though.

 

[Kawaii Supremacy]

Ummm ackchyually Mario runs faster than Sonic in their respective games. So therefore it is Sonic who is "too slow", not Mario.

Only if you are referring to the first sonic game would you even have a cat's chance in Chantal's house of making that statement. I ain't never seen that midget, red plumber tuck his head against his taint and turn into a ball of pure, fucking kinetic energy to traverse his map of gay blocks at breakneck speed. I'm sorry, my dude, but you are just incorrect.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

GENESIS DOES
WHAT NINTENDONT

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

The SNES library also seemed to have had more shitty games as well, even though the Genesis had their fair share of stinkers too.

To a certain degree it probably comes down to which genres you appreciate, but overall there's just no way I can see that being true.

 

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

Sega does what Nintendon't

 

[Yamamura]

Does Nintendo have BLAST PROCESSING? I didn't think so

 

[cybertoaster]

The Snes was really about JRPGs, but you had to be a real autist/weeb to play those old turn-based JRPGs with anime-tier writing back then.

and both consoles were unfortunate enough to have Shaq Fu.

I remember Gamepro shilling the fuck out of that absolute turd of a game, even tiny 90's cybertoaster could see the bullshit from the awful screenshots.

I think there's a reason why Nintendo still produces consoles while SEGA publishes shit like Hyenas.

Yeah pokemon, it saved nintendo's ass when the N64 was becoming a pile of fail because the only killer apt was SM64 back when it launched and little else. Nobody was buying gameboys anymore either, but when pokemon launched every fucking kid at my school got a GB pocket and later on the "color" one with the shitty screen. Then Stadium launched, you wouldn't believe how many people got an N64 just for that single game, some didn't even know the N64 existed because the PSX was killing it thanks to Sony paying for exclusivity deals with every third-party worth a shit. Plus N64 emulation was taking off, if you had a PII you could run N64 games and all being 3 or 6MB made it was more popular than the PSX games which were 650MB each. Those were the dial-up days after all.

Point is, no pokemon=no modern nintendo. Probably would've gone all-in on portables earlier since the GBA was again what kept nintendo going, nobody I knew got a Gamecube, not even when it was like $50.

 

[BallsMcLongDong]

I won't lie. I grew up with SNES, but cousins had a Gen. I am partial to it because it seemed so mysteriously different at the time in terms of controller, graphics, sound, colors... That, and it's chunky, funky sound chip makes some games sound real fucking good. As I type, and as you read, you now have a super chunky Genesis game riff playing in your brain, and know it would sound too clean on a SNES.

I got a gamecube for christmas. It only had Luigi's Mansion and no memory card, but I fucking loved it. Left it on for like a week so I could beat the game. There are some really fucking classy Gamecube games, but that's only from a looking back point of view. I agree that nobody was excited to see my gamecube for more than 5 minutes.

 

[PipTheAlchemist]

I won't lie. I grew up with SNES, but cousins had a Gen. I am partial to it because it seemed so mysteriously different at the time in terms of controller, graphics, sound, colors... That, and it's chunky, funky sound chip makes some games sound real fucking good. As I type, and as you read, you now have a super chunky Genesis game riff playing in your brain, and know it would sound too clean on a SNES.

I've always hated how the default Genesis controller had only the same amount of buttons as the NES controller from a generation earlier. It made it seem so fucking lame compared to the SNES controller.
Though I must admit the Genesis's sound chip could sound fucking awesome when used properly.