/vr/ - Retro Games

There aren't 8-bit wars since the NES is obviously better, not because the console itself is better (the SMS outperforms it in most regards) but simply because the NES library has far more great games.

That said, the SMS is still really cool and deserves more praise than it currently gets

Master System is the better system, but NES has the better games. That's it really. Both are worth exploring and enjoying.

8-bit chads don't engage in /v/-tier shit like console wars.

This would be a war between a hammer and a nail. But I will say, I didn't even know the MS was a thing until like five years ago and I am curious about it.
I've watched the Game Sack episode on the MS, and if anyone has more videos on the subject, I'd be interested in those too.
The box art for the games was pretty cool and minimalist so I've seen.

>>5915761
>the console itself is better
the NES' palette and soundchip are much better

>>5915791
>NES' palette
no
>soundchip
debatable, but thats why I said most regards

No NES game looks as good as Wonder Boy III

What are the best SMS games?

>>5915791
This is what's known as a fanboy.

>>5915745
NES because:
-Ninja Gaiden
-Castlevania
-Mario 3
-Mario 1
-Gradius

that’s all I need from that gen to be happy, but when it comes to gen 4, I prefer Genesis over SNES but really like both

>>5915761
Unironically this. I'm no Soiboy or nintoddler but the NES library is so much better. SMS has some really fun games so it's not to be discounted, but NES won this console war without question.

>>5915761
Quality >>>>> Quantity

>>5915783
>I didn't even know the MS was a thing until like five years ago and I am curious about it.
>I've watched the Game Sack episode on the MS, and if anyone has more videos on the subject, I'd be interested in those too.

I'd suggest you hang out on /v/. SMS is for people who were there, not bandwagoners. I suggest emulation or if you must have real hardware, get a flash cart. Your type shouldn't destroy the retro gaming market when they weren't born when the system was current.

>>5915862
The more you say they shouldn't, the more they will. Zoomers are drones.

>>5915853
But desu, it's literally the case NES has more quality and quantity. NES won. SMS is good but Sega did not win the 8 bit wars, except maybe in some third world shithole like Brasil.

>>5915865
Good thing they can't really compete with us boomers on their fast food wages.

>>5915862
I have a SMS and I'm enjoying your boomer games on actual carts, stay mad fag.

>>5915875
It's ok, I actually enjoy people overpaying for games. As a boomer I own flashcarts as I'd rather invest in things like rental properties or the stock market. No need wasting money on decaying plastic when a flashcart is literally the same game.

>>5915867
No nes game is as good or advanced as Sonic 1.

>>5915882
I love Sonic for SMS, it's literally the best Sonic game, but I'd suggest you check out Mr. Gimmick. It's on the same level or possibly better.

>>5915867
I like the sidescrollers on the Master more than NES' offerings.

To each his own, though.

>>5915886
Yeah, it's pretty subjective. I love both, SMS has some great stuff. It's always fun to explore games from a system you didn't have as a kid. I feel this way with SMS and PC Engine. Tons of retro gold on both systems.

segafags....

>>5915886
why does it look like a DOS game?

>>5915796
>No NES game looks as good as Wonder Boy III
I love WB III, especially on the PCE, but it looks like shit. It doesn't even come close to something like Super Mario 3, or hundreds of other random NES games I could list

>>5915884
Gimmick is possibly better than SMS Sonic? Understatement of the century. I grew up with SMS Sonic as one of my few games when I was a kid, but even with that nostalgia boost it's obviously no where near as good as the great NES platformers

>>5915916
cuck

>>5915896
bad art, bad palette

>>5915910
>It doesn't even come close to something like Super Mario 3, or hundreds of other random NES games I could list
In motion SMB3 is shit, too much flicker and slowdowns. Backgrounds are pretty lifeless and dull, too.

>>5915806
A fanboy of what? of good visual and aural art? I own a model 1 MD, a CDX and a model 2 Genesis. I have a black NA Saturn and a grey JP Saturn. I have a Dreamcast. I even have a Nomad. if you're implying that i'm a Nintendo fanboy, no, sorry

The SMS sucks, and almost every game for it looks and sounds like shit. The palette was clearly chosen by a blind retard and the soundchip, to put it gently, is lacking. The NES trounces it in almost every possible way. And no successive generation has ever been nearly as lopsided

>>5915862
>I'd suggest you hang out on /v
Oh fuck right off with a huge black dick right up your ass. I'm probably older than you are, douche rooster.
The Master System was completely unheard of in a large chunk of the US, especially in the Northeast. I'd never heard of it at fucking all in grade school. No one owned it, no one cared about it, no one spoke of it. Only after YouTube became a thing did I even seen what it looked like in action.

Anyway, fuck you. I hope all your consoles get stolen in a violent home invasion. Then they rape you on the way out the door. And your five cats too, faggot.

>>5915954
>>5915862
Look at this depressing shit. Even on /vr/ it seems the only thing some posters value are mindless hatred and anger. We are just talking about old toys guys, no need to have a meltdown.

>>5915862
>I'd suggest you hang out on /v/. SMS is for people who were there, not bandwagoners
childish as fuck

>>5915971
No meltdown here. I was actually chuckling as I typed out "douche rooster" and picturing a fat neckbeard surrounded by cats. Who are then all raped en masse.

>>5915783
I had an MS II growing up and even then I thought this packaging was inexplicably terrible, it gave the system a poorfag supermarket own brand feel, like they were deliberately making the games look as unappealing as possible as some kind of weird artistic statement.

>>5915761
Agreed. It's really a shame the SMS didn't do better, but you can blame Nintendo's scummy anti-competitive tactics for that one. People need to keep in mind that even for its time, the NES was underpowered and outdated as fuck. It launched in 1986 but the famicom was already 3 years old by then. SMS was objectively superior in terms of hardware and processing power.

>>5916049
>objectively superior in terms of hardware
no

>>5916068
>no
yes

see segafags>>5915947

>>5916072
no

>>5915947
I'm a Nintendo fanboy and you're wrong.

>>5916072

>>5916076
I'm obviously talking about tech in the console, you dumb fuck. You know, processing power?

>Master System's sound chip is incapable of producing good musi-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_3TpalbSvA

>>5915862
Shouldnt you people be happy that some younger kids are actually taking some interest in your dying culture?

>>5916149
>culture
whew lad.

NES had 100x as many games and all the games we give a fuck about is this even a question>>5915764
>>5915791

>>5916087
>I'm obviously talking about tech in the console, you dumb fuck. You know, processing power?
>SMS was objectively superior in terms of hardware and processing power.
>and processing power.
>and
>you dumb fuck.
k

>>5916209
Because Master System has better games.

>>5915745
Sega System is literally the Chad of videogame consoles.

>>5916149
nopes

>>5916324
based

>>5916324
*master system
ftfy

>>5915994
I think the idea was that all the cases would have consistent styling and look better on a shelf.

>>5915896
The SMS had really saturated colors.

>>5915862
You're becoming like those boomers who sperg out when a young person recognizes music from the 50s and 60s
>"you're not supposed to know about that song. you probably only do because of some MOVIE. name THREE MORE SONGS from them"