Ben Heck recently broke down the Sega Genesis and a Super Nintendo to scientifically prove which 16 Bit console was the best. Which console do you think was better?
Hardware wise the Super Nintendo is the better console, and I cannot nor will I dispute it is the king of JRPGs, or how impactful Mario, Metroid, and Zelda are. However I like the genesis more. It isn't something as simple as 'I bought into the marketing' or ' I'm a sega fanboy' it's just I had more fun on more sega games. I liked racing on sega. I preferred madden on the sega. Streets of rage 2 is my go-to beat em up. Even now the romhacks floating around for the sega are inventive, nutty, wild, often times make me wonder what the creator was smoking and if they'll share, and just plain enjoyable.
I'm not going to say the Super Nintendo is a bad console, far from it. However keep this in mind. Would nintendo have worked so hard if they hadn't seen Sega succeed? Oh sure the turbo graphics might have filled sega's role in the west had sega not happened, but I mantain nintendo made the super nintendo in response to Sega's sudden Godzilla'ing through the market.
That said I am ALMOST tempted to give this one to the super nintendo expressly because it uses the same CPU the apple IIGS uses. as a retro geek I can appreciate this on its own merits.
Hardware wise the Super Nintendo is the better console, and I cannot nor will I dispute it is the king of JRPGs, or how impactful Mario, Metroid, and Zelda are. However I like the genesis more. It isn't something as simple as 'I bought into the marketing' or ' I'm a sega fanboy' it's just I had more fun on more sega games. I liked racing on sega. I preferred madden on the sega. Streets of rage 2 is my go-to beat em up. Even now the romhacks floating around for the sega are inventive, nutty, wild, often times make me wonder what the creator was smoking and if they'll share, and just plain enjoyable.
I'm not going to say the Super Nintendo is a bad console, far from it. However keep this in mind. Would nintendo have worked so hard if they hadn't seen Sega succeed? Oh sure the turbo graphics might have filled sega's role in the west had sega not happened, but I mantain nintendo made the super nintendo in response to Sega's sudden Godzilla'ing through the market.
That said I am ALMOST tempted to give this one to the super nintendo expressly because it uses the same CPU the apple IIGS uses. as a retro geek I can appreciate this on its own merits.
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