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I grew up in the SNES vs Genesis war and I only knew one person with a Genesis and even they thought the SNES was better.
Genesis owner in the 90s here. Yes. My dad did not know video games. I said I like Mario. I wanted to play RPGs and Super Mario.
My dad went to the store, asked what I assume is some 19 year old Sega fanboy which console was the best, and got told to buy the Genesis.
On a positive note, the Genesis Sonic games were pretty cool, and so was Jurassic Park. So, it’s not like Genesis sucked. It’s just…MARIO!!! I WANT MARIO!!!
Eventually I got an SNES, but by then it was 1996. I immediately got Mario Paint, Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World (in one cart), Legend Of Zelda Link to the Past, and Mario Kart.
Eventually I’d get Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario RPG, Batman Forever, and some Star Wars game.
Flea markets in the 90s were the best.
But… but… Sega does what Nintendon’t!
To which my response was “Well… Nintendo doesn’t suck.” They clearly didn’t test that slogan amongst children. 😌
I had a Sega Megadrive that I loved but still thought SNES was better.
Growing up I had a Genesis because I wanted to play Sonic 2. I remember 3 of my friends also having a Genesis, only 1 that I remember had a SNES and he was also one of the 3 with a Genesis. There were 2 that I remember stuck with NES, 1 played on his family’s PC (ooh fancy), and 1 I don’t think had any video game systems. The first real Nintendo fanboy I met was my college roommate, but that wasn’t until the mid-00’s.
SNES probably was better, but I had more exposure to the Genesis so that’s what I wanted.
Does the Offspring come to mind when thinking of the Dreamcast? I can’t get it out of my head now.
Crazy Taxi had them on the soundtrack and it was a Dreamcast game… 🤔
Ya ya ya ya yaaaaa! Day after day…
I can’t not hear “SON OF WAR” instead of “It’s all I want” in that song 🤣
Haha like a war cry while ploughing through pedestrians. Son of waaar
Fuuuuck I rented that game so much back then. If it wasn’t available every other weekend at my local video store it was 100% my fault.
Does the Offspring come to mind when thinking of the Dreamcast?
🎵 Ya ya ya ya ya 🎵
I need to know more about this.
I kid, I kid… actually I am obsessed with konsole
Dreamcast was the best.
Phillips CDi? Oh no!
Think that still beats out the Virtual Boy.
You see this CDi port of Street Fighter 2? https://youtu.be/CdZzhAkmX7M
Intellivision 👾
My first console was an Atari 2600. Well that was my family’s first.
My own fist was the original NES. Saved up my paper route money to buy it.
My first was the 5200 and my favorite game was Joust. Killing the pterodactyl was the highlight too.
The 5200’s was the best home version of Joust.
The real question, did you play paperboy on it?
Oddly enough, I did not.
I’m obsessed with the OG xbox and 360, oh how the mighty have fallen.
The 360 was so good
Yeah if you never got the red ring of death it was the best console.
Its DRM was more flexible than we have ever or will ever see on a console again.
- The licensing worked similar to xbox one but you could transfer all licenses at once instead of just when you downloaded a game.
- You could install any disc or digital game to internal or external drives and could transfer it between any pc/console. The discs then functioned as physical licenses to play disc-based games.
The avatar system was the gaming metaverse we all wanted and it got abandoned before it could reach its full potential.
- Avatar awards as skins you could show off in multiple games!? Amazing.
- indie devs could take advantage of the avatar system to enhance their games
The library was the peak that xbox ever had to offer. Uniqueness and passion still showed through in AAA games of this era, and 360 had the majority of quality AAA games. PS3 still managed, but nostalgia for the 360 days is what is still keeping the xbox brand alive today.
The online multiplayer in games of this era still celebrated and enabled community/random encounters with voice chat. This doesnt happen in modern games, nobody is in the game chat anymore. I am not a fan of paid multiplayer so i dont pay anymore, but back in the day, it was worth it for the shenanigans and connections we made.
red ring of death
PolyStation. I’m from center Europe, so Famiclones were a big thing in the 90s.
It was not my first (this would have been the Atari 2600), but the console that still has a very special place in my heart is the Atari Jaguar
Atari 400 ✋
I had an 800. Had the cassette tape media drive and some game for it, but could never get it working.
Also had that awful ET game.
I recall writing a screensaver in basic and letting it run overnight.
Hey, do you want like 400,000 more copies of E.T? They’re just sitting there. In some landfill.
Honestly got to hand it to my PS4. I’ve had it since the early days of dating my wife, and she gifted it to me when I was a broke uni student. It’s still serving Armored Core VI, indie games, and movie nights to this day. I’ve pulled it open several times over the years to dust it out and it’s got an external fan add-on to help with cooling. I won’t know what to do with myself when it gives out someday.
Base PS4 or Pro? If the former, a Pro could be a pretty good upgrade. Also not super expensive compared to the base model.
A PS5 is, of course, also nice if your budget allows it. Been happy with mine since its release. Feels like a real step-up compared to the entire PS4 line, even if you’re only interested in PS4 games.
Also, check the firmware of your PS4 in case you haven’t updated it recently. You could potentially jailbreak it and unlock heaps more potential. Emulation and stuff, for example.
It’s a base model. I’m going to keep using it as long as I can as-is, I don’t really have the spare mental bandwidth to tinker (nor the budget to rectify any mistakes), but it’s cool that they can be jailbroken.
Whenever I’m finally done with it, it’ll probably be time for a Steam Deck (probably some time after the release of the SD2, knowing me).
Where’s my ps2 heads at
Yes!! Still never been beat.
Atari Jaguar. No one I knew had one and the only place to play one was a single game store in a mall that you had to pay to play. I paid twice to play and was in love.
Ngage, what is this even?
