/vr/ - Retro Games

Blatant console war bait thread but yes

why should I care? shit was 20 years ago

>>2632831
You shouldn't. Don't bump this, genius.

>>2632823
I love the genesis, but the SNES sold almost 10 million more units than it.

SNES definitely won that generation.

and i think it's the better system from a technical standpoint too.

>>2632837
It "won" just because of Japanese sales, they loved shitty genres like jRPGs.

>>2632823
>level-headed
>we can all agree
>library quality

>>2632837
>better system from a technical standpoint too
>CPU is literally half as fast as Mega Drive
>outputs lower resolution

>>2632823
with the 4th gen it doesn't matter which side you were on you already won

>>2632854
What if you were an NECfag?

>inb4 tg16 was good
:^)

>>2632846
>not enjoying good stories

>>2632851
Then why did all the pixel art look worse on genesis.

Why is the sound so fucking awful.

I think you are confusing Mhz with computing ability. It's one factor but the genesis also had half the RAM, an eighth the sound ram and a 64 color palette comapred to the SNESs 256.

High Mhz is less important than those features which lent the genesis lack luster presentation compared to the SNES.

>>2632859
PC Engine was great. Way better than the SNES.

>>2632862
>JRPGs
>good stories
Are you 12?

>>2632862
>Then why did all the pixel art look worse on genesis.
Kek. Try comparing literally any SNES game to Alien Soldier.

>>2632862
>High Mhz is less important than those features
Uh, SNES obviously has its strengths, but processor speed is far more important than audio channels or on screen colors.

>>2632862
I play games, not shitty interactive-animes, sorry.

Keep trying nigga.

>>2632868
>jrpg stories
Don't paint all jrpgs with the same brush.

There's a lot of contrived bullshit in a lot of modern and retro jrpgs but excellent examples of storytelling do exist in the genre and yes Chronotrigger and FFIII do have pretty good stories that subvert player expectations and have some amount of subtext.

>pixel art
One game with well made art does not negate the thousands of other games with slightly above NES tier graphics.

>>2632876
High mhz is great for twitch reaction games that want to grow tons of shit at you. I'm sure if gradius had been on the genesis it wouldn't be plagued as much by horrendous slowdown but not all games require hundreds of objects on screen at one time. Audio and visuals are more important in 90% of games made than having a ton of shit on screen. For that 10% of game, yes, the genesis is better.

>>2632887
ur so grown up. how 2 b like u?

>>2632887
Well, tbh, Zelda on the SNES came out very early and Oasis was a much later Genesis title.

>>2632892
Just stop playing crap genres for people who suck at video games.

>>2632895
>video game elitism
Pathetic

I enjoy videogames, man. I'm on /vr/ after all. I love Shmups, I love fighting games but discounting an entire genre the way you are is beyond stupid. No one cares how "hard coar" you think you are. No one cares more about your Radiant Silvergun top score than about my 100% completion in Dragon Quest VII.

Get over yourself and just play some fucking games.

>>2632902
Thinking that CPU isn't important to a game already proved that you are retarded jRPG fag, i'm sorry.

>>2632825
>>2632831
Why does this thread still receive replies? The thread should've ended here.

>>2632889
>One game with well made art does not negate the thousands of other games with slightly above NES tier graphics.
Go ahead and post some.

There's plenty of Genesis games that look as good as SNES games but aren't plagued by slowdown. I know you're a mad fanboy, and the SNES obviously has plenty of strengths, but the Genesis is just better designed hardware that's easier to get good results out of.

this is the part of the thread when people start talking about technical terms they don't actually understand

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>>2632915
>tomatoes on a hotdog
Absolutely disgusting

get some chili on that shit

>>2632918
what is wrong with you

Did someone say hot dogs?

>>2632823
No because Genesis and SNES were going for different things even if there were multiplatform games.

>Genesis
I cringe whenever I hear someone use that shitty name.

>>2632952
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>>2632953
Dumb yankee.

>>2632950
different things like what

JRPG:
Phantasy Star IV > Chrono Trigger

Tactics:
Shining Force II > Fire Emblem 4

Shmup:
Thunder Force IV > Gradius 3

Platformer:
Sonic 3&K > Mario World

Beat 'em up:
Streets of Rage 2 > Final Fight

Fighting:
Eternal Champions > Killer Instinct

Driving:
OutRun > F-Zero

Puzzle:
Columns 3 > Tetris Attack

Adventure:
Ecco the Dolphin > Super Metroid

Run & Gun:
Gunstar Heroes > Contra 3

>>2632957
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>>2632889
>High mhz is great for twitch reaction games that want to grow tons of shit at you
You mean like more than 3 characters on screen in a non turn based game?

>>2632958
SNES FAGS GETTING
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The SNES was good at cartoony games with lots of bright colours. Mega Drive better at gritty games with dark colours.

The SNES has the better library, although Genesis + Sega CD is close.

Preferring the Genesis in an effort to be contrarian is just pathetic, it's only better if you like arcadey games.

Genesis is slightly older; in fact it's really the last 80s system which can be seen in its abundance of arcade ports.

>>2633037
Disagree. The Genesis's library is overall more interesting to me unless you're a weeaboo. Many SNES games were just average to bad continuations of storied NES franchises - Square ended up being one of the few devs who improved on their Famicom efforts.

I think it helped that the Genesis used a CPU that every programmer back then knew like the back of his hand. The SNES's oddball CPU was something one tended to not be as well-versed in.

>>2633039
If you don't like weeaboo games you have shit taste, so that makes sense that you'd prefer the Genesis.

>>2632958
>Ecco the Dolphin > Super Metroid

gr8 b8 m8

>>2633046
Super Metroid is fucking boring, Ecco 2 has a decent challenge, great atmosphere, gorgeous graphics and music.

Sound is probably the worst aspect of the Genesis because they made so many goddamn hardware revisions and also many American devs just used the default sound envelopes which sounded like shit.

>>2633060
Gotta love that kickass bass though, which the SNES sorely lacked.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMSEYAYal4w

>>2633060
I think that was partially due to inadequate tools provided with NTSC-U dev kits. Japanese games typically had much better music.