Which was the better console?
>>720087605THE ONE I OWNED AN PLAYED AS A CHILD (SNES)
>>720087605SNES
>>720087605I had a Gensis and always wanted an SNES> I eventually got an SNES and played it almost exclusively for a few years. Now that the dust has settled and I look back on all the games i've replayed the most since then, the Genesis was the better system. it also has a much deeper library of hidden gem soundtracks. SNES has some all time greats but I could list a top 50 for Genesis easy but only maybe a top 15 for SNES.
SNES has too many buttons3 is all you need
Genesis and all the acrade kino clears the slowdown NES
when I was dead broke man I couldn't picture this
SNES had better games but Genesis definitely had a banger vibe
Genesis has a million fantastic games from first-, second-, and third-party developers, in all genres, by both western and Japanese developers.SNES has... le JRPGs. Tough choice.
>>720087605SNES. The Genesis was the sportsball machine before the Xbox. It had its time with Mortal Kombat but after that fad faded away all you had was failure add ons that no body bought.
>>720087605Genesis had better action games, but SNES had far better variety and quantity. Also ALTTP is by far the best game of the generation and alone is equal to like 500 genesis games combined
>>720087605okama gamesphere
SNES for the Squaresoft exclusives at the time. Also generally better ports though Genesis had some cool original versions of some games from the same IP like Hyperstone Heist, Hard Corps and Bloodlines.
>>720088994Just thought I'd add a note that Konami was cooking that Gen and it's a shame that they fell off so hard because alot of their IPs have crazy value in today's market and yet they only license out Contra on occasion and re-release MGS lately.
>>720087605Snes if you like nintendo games and rpgsGenesis if you like action games, platform games, arcade beat em ups, shooters, puzzle games
I preferred SNES. Some friends had Genesis and it somehow felt dated or limited as the only games I ever see are like Sonic, MK1, and some sports games. Or something obscure and janky based on a tv show.
>>720087605On their own, SNES by an inch.Combined with the Sega CD and 32X? Genesis easily. Can't beat the tower of power.
>>720087605I played both side to side this year and came to the conclusion that despite my initial beliefs the Genesis is overall the better console.Tendie revisionism will tell you otherwise but the SNES controller was dogshit for fighting games and many felt slower than in the Genesis. With an actual CRT, Genesis games look much better and games like SF2 look about the same.Music on SNES games can be better or worse.However the Genesis lacks an actual answer to Metroid, Megaman X and Star Fox.It also got more RPGS but the Genesis had more innovative games.The Genesis had an overall better library while the SNES had better promotional material.SNES stronger suit were its RPGS while the Genesis has more action titles.To be honest looking back Earthbound and Super Mario RPG were never that good while Phantasy Star is a little on the underrated side. Treasure games were fantastic and Sonic is possibly among the weakest first party titles in the library but it beats Alex Kidd.
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I think that on an objective level the snes had better hardware and better games. Sega didn't put as much effort into getting a tight catalog of must-have titles; Sonic, Ecco, uhhhh comix zone? (which sucks by the way) and vectorman (which is good by the way) are all I really associate with the genesis nowadays. I was too young to grow up with it but the SNES had an all-star cast and nintendo knew it, and leveraged it. This gap only continued to grow, even with the saturn's victory over the n64 in japan.
>>720087605Had both. SNES no difs
>>720087605Super Nintendo if you aren't retarded and have triple digit IQ.
>>720088310For context...You are a kid in the 90s.You definitively had SMW which is a killer app while the Genesis included some games but not its definitive titles. If anything I really dislike SMW2 in contrast to SMB3 and World.If you were lucky, your parents got you the combination of the following: Star Fox / Super Metroid / Street Fighter 2 / Legend of Zelda and some 3rd Party Title but no one had a complete library, not even the rich kids, so you definitively missed out on something.Almost nobody played Earthbound, Secret of Mana or FF3 back when much less own it.You had to rely on Blockbuster reason everyone favored Beat'Em Ups and Fighting Games or Platformers because imagine beating an RPG through fucking Blockbuster.So the SNES seems like a better console because you only needed a few core games.The Genesis better games came way later or were arcade ports.Plenty of the Genesis best games were relatively unknown compared to the SNES.Nowadays we know the Genesis had a killer library if you take a look at the whole but at the time the SNES was good for the same reason the N64 was good. Value and and you only needed a handful of games. The PS took over the market when piracy became more mainstream. Do you prefer your N64 library of 8 games at most? or your PS library of 4 original games and about a drawer of burned CDs?
SNES
>>720095069>uhhhh comix zone? (which sucks by the way)Well fuck you too buddy.>vectorman goodOkay what? How is "I can't see shit" the game better than Comix Zone? It isn't better than Earthworm Jim.
genesis version of shadowrun clears snes version of shadowrun
>>720087605both are good. but the real question is which one sounded better ?
>>720095385Both sounded better. Depends on who was utilizing each system. Some composers knew how to get the most out of each.
>>720095385genesis yamaha chip produced more pleasing sound but was not as advanced as snes chip
>>720087605Neither, because none of them were snoystations.
I honestly don't know what to look for on sega besides sonic/shinobi/streets of rage
>>720087605I think the Genesis with the Sega CD is equal to the SNES. Sega should have never made the 32X cause there’s jack shit worth playing on it to justify its existence but the Sega CD library adds a couple extra great titles
>>720096210Ristar, Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, and (in the West) Nintendo had nothing on par with Shining Force 1 and 2
>>720096138PS1 was an abomination. Every 3D game on the system is a testament to the fact that it was a generation too early for the jump to three dimensions.
>>720096210every treasure game including the mcdonalds oneworld of illusion is a good basic bitch babby platformer if you're in the mood for one of thosethe sega CD has the definitive versions of some great games like earthworm jim and snatcher
>>720095069>I think that on an objective level the snes had better hardwareCPU speeds say otherwise.>>720095194>You definitively had SMW which is a killer app while the Genesis included some games but not its definitive titlesYou know what came out the same year as SMW?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxZhVPlfR0>The Genesis better games came way later Revenge of Shinobi, Ghouls N Ghosts, Thunderforce 2 and 3, Herzog Zwei, Phantasy Star 2, Gain Ground, Hellfire, Truxton, and the first Madden all were out by 1991 when the SNES launched.If you're going to sound like some historian, maybe check your dates first.
>>720096210Phantasy Star IV
>>720087605I used to say SNES by a long shot, but if you actually compare the games were out when they were competing it's a toss-up. Most of the great SNES games were released when Genesis was already dead.>Final Fantasy VI>all three DKC games>Yoshi's Island>Chrono Trigger>EarthBound>Harvest Moon>Kirbys Dream Land 3>Super Mario RPG>Tetris Attack
>>720097204>CPU speeds say otherwise.It was the one advantage Genesis had over SNES, but even with that, clock rate isn't actually a sign of higher speeds. Consumers read "higher number = better" when it was more complicated than that. Still, Sega promoted it as a feature (Intel did the same thing with computers).
>>720099080>It was the one advantage Genesis had over SNES, but even with that, clock rate isn't actually a sign of higher speeds.It is when many early SNES games choke and slowdown like they've been kicked in the nuts.
>>720095385snes was more consistent, genesis had higher highs and much lower lows
VOULTAR STOP HAVING HEART ATTACKS AND RELEASE THE FUCKING SNES EDGE ENHANCER CHIP ALREADY
>>720087605SNES lead to the future of gaming.Genesis was just gay arcade quarter muncher bullshit and niggerball games.
>>720099610>the future of gaminga generation of boing boing wahoo manchildren playing shit meant for toddlers out in public?
>>720094892>posting sparkster specifically when the megadrive version (rocket knight) is leagues betteranon...
>>720099132that's because they didn't try to stick too many sprites on the screen at the same time with the Genesis
>>720099397Um, sweetie, Voultar is a chud.
>>720099132The 65816 was 8bit 6502 compatible, source and binary. Guess what happens when you give a programmer a lazy shortcut? And also guess what happens when you give a publisher a marginally cheaper but 33% slower option for saving 20cents per cart? Horrible things, that's what.You can say the genesis had the better cpu, no argument there, but we don't judge the snes by its gradius 3s any more than you should judge the PC on its day 1 UE slop.
SNES has better 2 player vidya.
>>720087605I had a genesis. My brother's friend had a snes and we would sometimes go to his house. I thought it was way cooler than what we had at home.
>>720087605Genesis.
>>720100665>SNES has better 2 player vidya.Nah.
>>720101059Yes.
>>720101316Nope
>>720087778I owned both as a child and aside from Sonic and Earthworm Jim (which is better on the SNES) I can't remember any other games I played on it. I probably had 10-20x the hours on my SNES. Super Mario World alone is better than anything on the Genesis.
>>720100560>a marginally cheaper but 33% slower option for saving 20cents per cart?It's kiketendo's fault for creating this situation in the first place, their whole strategy to increase their margins was cut features from the snes and tell developers to pay for it themselves with addons
>>720098761So you're saying the SNES continued making bangers after Genesis gave up the ghost? Sounds like there's a clear winner here.
>>720101541>Earthworm Jim (which is better on the SNES)lol lmaohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ROlLs0lzRcShiny themselves have stated Genesis was the lead platform for EWJ. SNES is a port.
>>720098761Wait what happened to final fantasy 5?
>>720101751Left looks better. The dithering on the Genesis looks like absolute ass and you know it.
Snes has way better games and it's not even close. Only europoors think it's better
>>720087605Genesis
>>720094604The snes controller is miles better for fighting than the genesis three buttons and lesser d pad
>>720101818>less viewable distance for platforming>squished sprites and HUD because the assets were made for 320 pixel width instead of 256>but my extra colorinos!Left looks worse and you know it. Also sounds worse.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnqzb9RSh8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpleOR_OQz0Drum samples on SNES sound like someone farted in a pillow.
Both are good but for different reasons Genesis was good when it released. It had the games kids really wanted to play (arcade games at home) SNES has more staying power and many games released on it originally are still good games today. Some are even must plays (Chrono Trigger, Link to the Past)
>>720101541>Earthworm Jim (which is better on the SNES)Doesn't the Genesis version have better resolution, none the less the SNES version is the most cut down with the Special Edition having the most content.
>>720092752I don't think the tower of power even has games32x had what? 16 games?Do 16 bit games even use the 32x at all or does it just pass everything back to the console?Definite vibe though
>>720095194> but no one had a complete library, not even the rich kids, so you definitively missed out on something.I had a full library of SNES games. My older cousin was an obsessive collector and one day he came over with an actual milk crate filled to the top with SNES games and just left it at our house. I was like 3-4 so I didn't know what I had but I would dig through that crate and try to play as many games as I could. I still reverted back to playing Ecco the dolphin on my Genesis most of the time.
>>720087605It's megadrive, not gensis
>>720102057>Doesn't the Genesis version have better resolutionCorrect, it was made for the system's 320x224 resolution. On SNES they lazily converted to its default 256x224 resolution, which causes the sprites to get squished and reduces the viewing area. A lot of multiplat games where Genny was the lead platform had this issue, another one being Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure.
>>720102236>IT'S MEEGA DRAW-IIVE NOT GENUH-SISBrits are not people.
>>720102142>32x had what? 16 games?More like 50 of which maybe a half dozen are worthwhile. Still more games is more games, plus it can't function without the Genesis. It's a piece of shit add-on regardless, Sega CD actually has a better library.
>>720102236More genesis consoles were sold than mega drive consoles, therefore it's genesis.https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Fourth_generation_of_video_games
>>720087605The Genesis didn't have to be better than the SNES. It only had to beat the NES to get its foot in the door, which it easily did successfully. Not playing by Nintendo's strict publishing ruleset meant it'd naturally pick up exclusive titles their competition would reject. Even when a game appears on both platforms, the Genesis version would wind up with unique features to draw attention away from their SNES counterparts. The system only really lost its footing when it tried staying relevant with the next gen of consoles with gimmicky peripheral attachments.
THIS is what the Genesis does?
As someone that was born after the dream cast came out. I've always seen this debate as stupid. You can tell its perpetuated by people nostalgic for the argument itself because the snes was better, no contest. Super metroid, megaman x, donkey kong country, Earthbound, kirby Super star, Final fantasy 6, a link to the past, chrono trigger, Yoshis island, super castlevania, secret of mana, super Mario world., f-zero, super Mario rpgThe genesis library does not compare, every genesis collection I've ever bought I stopped playing after I beat sonic 3, almost every other genesis game is a low quality beat em up. You know shits bad when people say altered beast is one of the best Genesis games, That game is TRASH
>>720103683>tendie zoom zoom has worthless opinion
Genasis
>>720095194>killer appstopped reading right there
>>720087605SNES and it's not even close.t. Genesis owner.
>>720087605Genesis boy hereI can't stand the SNES's sound design. Everything is soft, lacking impact, and generic... Zero soul.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WBHtvLdDuYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvAPrXBwEdoAlso, the cardboard game package is disguting. Greedy nintendo like always.
All Sega ever produced was arcade slop. Arcade slop isn't video games.
It's pretty simple, if you don't like SEGA you don't like video games.
>Radical RexGame owns
The SNES' first party offerings alone mogged the Genesis.The Genesis factually has nothing that mogs Super Metroid in the same genreThe Genesis factually has nothing that mogs Link to the Past in the same genreThe Genesis factually has nothing that mogs Starfox in the same genreThe Genesis factually has nothing that mogs Donkey Kong Country in the same genreThe Genesis factually has nothing that mogs F-Zero in the same genreThe Genesis factually has nothing that mogs Kirby Super Star in the same genreLiterally all Genesisfags have is>UHM THIS THIRD PARTY MULTIPLAT GAME NO ONE GIVES TWO SHITS ABOUT LOOKED BETTER ON THE GENESIS SO THERE..!While said game 9 times out of 10 had a better PC port anywayMeanwhile the SNES got the better Castlevania, the first three Megaman X games + Megaman 8, two Final Fantasty games in the West, Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger to name a few.The only cope you faggots have is>>720095194>uhm, despite sales saying otherwise literally no one bought any of these games so none of them count mmkay? now that we know how much shovelware there is on the genesis you can see who the REAL winner was that generation :)
>>720103740>segay zoom zoom has worthless opinion
>>720095194A lot of people do forget how things worked back then(myself included). A beat em up is more appealing to have over the weekend then an rpg or even Zelda. Because you can play them with your brother or friends.However I think its pretty undeniable the snes had the better library. When people got access to all snes and genesis games for free through emulators, they flocked to the snes. Today the biggest indie releases are spiritual successors to snes games just look at delta rune and silk song
PC Engine.
>>720087605SNES. It just had so many good games compared to Genesis that it's the first ever situation where both consoles have great games but one just mogs the other in quantity that it couldn't catch up.
>>720110913Pretty much why most modern games don't appeal to me. Get some decent ones still like Ganryu 2 that is more focused on linear platforming action and is level based. Otherwise I'll just stick with older games.
