Blah! It'd be a cold day in hell before dad has cable in this house.Originally Posted by Rez09
Yeah, it was a cable service, as I recall. Fairly limited distribution.
Blah! It'd be a cold day in hell before dad has cable in this house.Yeah, it was a cable service, as I recall. Fairly limited distribution.
It was a WEIRD cable service. I just read on Wiki that the price was criticized for being too steep. But I never knew what my parents were paying for it. We had it for about six months or so until it died. They updated it every month with like 20 - 30 new games. It had this adapter that plugged into the console and a cable line plugged into that. Then it was just a matter of firing it up. Choosing a genre. And selecting a game to enjoy. It was always a treat to see what new ones they put up each month
There was a My Little Pony game that all my friends played through just for the LOLs, and that was the only way they would play it, because nobody was going out and renting that game. Sadly I think it was actually a pretty decent platformer and just nobody wanted to admit it lol
They both have such a long line of classics but I always say Genesis has a bigger place in my heart just off the fact that I grew up with it. But when it comes down to it, I do legitimately prefer After Burner over Starfox, Columns over Tetris, Streets of Rage over Double Dragon and Shining Force I and II over Final Fantasy IV and VI. I don't think the Mario games felt as good or achieved as much as their NES forefathers whereas Sonic on the Genesis just felt like this intoxicating odyssey across multiple games of incredible landscapes and unforgettable soundtracks. Having Michael Jackson composing some of the music certainly helped as well.
I miss games like Streets of Rage.
Streets of Rage 2 was soo good. I feel bad that I forgot to mention it. D:
Hyperstone Heist wasn't that bad either, though most people forget it exists with Turtles in Time floating about. I liked having the run button, though, so I always ended up preferring the controls in Heist.
I'm going to turn this thread on its head.
What were some of the worse games available for both systems? Dark Castle wins the Sega side of things hands down. What does SNES have that is an unholy abomination against all mankind?
Lester the Unlikely seems a good contender.
As I recall, Pitfighter for the SNES was a contender for worse game ever created. That along with Vanna White's Wheel of Fortune.
I have to side with the SNES in this argument but the Megadrive/Genesis had some truly remarkable games and is one of my favourite consoles of all time. Close call in what was truly gamings golden era.
Last edited by Bubba; 12-29-2014 at 06:31 PM.
Pagemaster for SNES.
It was truly awful.
I remember playing that as a kid; I loved the movie so I had to get the game.
Woe to young me.
Smurfing Wheel of Fortune. I never got the appeal of game shows as video games anyway.
Stormlord for the Genesis was a pretty terrible experience for my young self. One of my first bad purchases. That was like a month of delivering papers gone to waste
Two bad games has been named for the Genesis, while the SNES has four bad games. Five including the garbage that was Super Godzilla. Therefore, I declare Sega Genesis the winner of this poll and award myself and Bolivar 50,000 points. Thanks for playing, play again soon! SMOKE BOMB!
*vanish in smoke*
*is still trying to get the door open when the smoke clears up*
*laughs nervously*
*opens door and leaves the room*
A friend of mine had it, and it was very awesome. Kind of like a peek into the future for console gaming if you ask me. WAY ahead of its time, and we spent many hours playing games through that service.Yeah, it was a cable service, as I recall. Fairly limited distribution.
I'm in the camp that thinks SNES was the better system, but the Genesis was also a very awesome console. I was a lucky kid who (eventually) owned both. Sure, I'll admit that I was drinking the Nintendo kool-aid when school yard debates raged at first, but I quickly realized how stupid that was. Back then, exclusives actually meant something, and I wasn't going to deprive myself unique gaming experiences just because I felt one console was better than the other. You have a few good titles at the very least? I'm there. And both those consoles sure as s*** had good titles.
"Sega is better than Nintendo because it has 16 bits."
"Oh, yeah? Well, the SNES has 16 bits too, and better sound!"
"Blast processing."
"Mario is the best!"
"Sonic could whip Mario's ass!"
"What the hell are bits?!"
Hell, even the multi-platform games back then felt considerably different. Even I have to admit that the SNES got the better end of the deal there.
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