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| burningdoom:
Both are two of the greatest systems to EVER be produced. But if I had to choose, the SNES. Just way too many all-time classics, and I like the sound much better. Way too many Genesis games have the farty-sounding music. |
| Warmsignal:
I'll be the dissenting voice here and say that I don't think the SNES is better. Even though, I will admit that most of my childhood memories are with the SNES. That in itself, doesn't make it a better console. It wasn't until years later that I realized Genesis has a lot more to offer than just Sonic. Technically inferior/superior or not, both consoles have some good looking games, and I don't see much of a difference even with SNES's better specs. I'll also probably the only one to point out how much I dislike the music on SNES. Worst console music ever. That infernal trumpeting sound? I would take the buzz and click of Sega Genesis music any day. So while I am a proponent of the Genesis, I'll still have to say I enjoy the SNES more, mostly due to nostalgia and my attachment to the games themselves. |
| tafk:
I'll always be a sega fanboy... |
| soera:
I am a Sega fanboy myself. But the SNES is probably the greatest system that Nintendo ever released. So many of the top games on most people's list stem from that one system that is about 25 years old. For a game, thats ancient and yet most of them are still untouched. Link to the past, Super Metroid, Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger, Final fantasy IV and VI just to name some off the top of my head. |
| gf78:
SNES by a mile. I was a working man when the Genesis and SNES were in their heyday and as such, I had to own both. On the hardware side, the SNES smashed the Genesis. Side-by-side (yes, my friends and I actually did this stuff waaaaay back then), games like Lion King and Mortal Kombat were significantly better on the SNES. They were less grainy, had a larger color palette and the sound effects of the SNES were far superior. Finally, the SNES gamepad was unmatched. If you were an early adopter of the Genesis/Mega-Drive, you had a 3-button controller. You had to buy a 6-button controller afterward. On the software side, the SNES again smashed the Genesis. Sega made some fun games and they had a lot of arcade ports of stuff like Altered Beast and Golden Axe. But up against the SNES, Super Mario World alone set the bar for greatness. Zelda, Illusion of Gaia, Final Fantasy, ActRaiser, Super Castlevania IV, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country.....possibly the best lineup of games in any single generation. Genesis RPG's were few & far between and stuff like Toejam & Earl, Comix Zone, Sonic, Golden Axe, etc. - while fun - paled in comparison to the most polished games of the generation. Putting exclusive against exclusive showed there was no contest to begin with. Super Castlevania IV walked all over Castlevania Bloodlines. Super Mario World destroyed all Sonic games combined. Super Ghouls & Ghosts easily trounced Ghouls & Ghosts on the Genesis. Yep. No contest. The SNES is the reigning champion. |
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