/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9664291
megadrive is the correct term because it was released first in japan under the name of megadrive, so if ur talking about the console in general use megadrive and not genesis. simple as

>>9664291
>"the seega mega drive, or genesis if you're in america"
Why do they always have to specify that? Just call it what you usually call it.
If someone's so new that they don't know both names then it's their problem.

>>9664291
Its 2023. The console has been dead for so long that its regional names have blended together and become interchangeable. I personally use both names randomly.

>>9664291
After careful consideration I have come to the conclusion that I do not care.

>>9664320
Not if you're an American, it's like an American calling the NES the Famicom it's just wrong.

>>9664334
Americans using non-American names for things just doesn't feel right, like a sin against nature.

>>9664291
I am european and I think genesis sounds cooler, so I use that.

>>9664371
It's less dated, Mega Drive screams 90's which is unironic giving Genesis marketing.

>>9664291
>Non-American Youtuber says Genesis
based

SEGA Genesis
Dr. Robotnik

Genesis
Miles
Fahrenheit

>>9664371
Burgerclap here, I call it Genesis when talking about US releases, and Mega Drive when talking about EU/JP releases. I still agree with your method. People getting whiny about names need to drink bleach.

>>9664321
They know Americans are so fucking retarded they need everything spelled out for them. If they just said "Mega Drive", most Americans watching would just go "durr what's that?", so they might as well make sure the comment section doesn't get clogged up with "whats a megga driver????" posts.

>>9664439
>They know Americans are so fucking retarded they need everything spelled out for them
I don't want to make this thread about us vs the world but,

This.

>>9664321
im europooran and i use american words for shit oneline because i know from extensive past experience that if i use the terms that the rest of the world uses ill be faced with, at best, confusion and often just bare ridicule lol

>>9664291
Do you call FF6 FF3? Or are you a weeb?

>GenXer says "the original Playstation"
>Ok, makes sense.
>Millenial says PS1
>Alright, cool
>Zoomer says PSX
>cringes and thinks fuck off you stupid zoom

>>9664320
Why the fuck did the japs use the English name "Mega Drive"? Don't they have their own language?

Lets just call it the mega genesis

>>9664371
>>9664575
>>9664291
SUPER Nintendo
MEGA drive
TURBO grafx
NEO geo

Superlative adjectives are an essential aspect of 16 bit gaming.

In fact, for games released on both systems that have the same name but are completely different, I Rename them such as: Super Shadowrun & Mega Shadowrun.

>>9664553
Nobody says psx anymore. That was some dumb mid 2000s thing.

>>9664291
I'm European and I use both interchangeably.

I say Pocket Monsters when referring specifically to the original Blue version on the Game Boy in conversation.

>tfw 3rd worlder who grew up Dendy
I think I'm allowed to say Famicom instead of NES because Dendy legitimately looked like a Famicom and almost all of the carts had Japanese versions of games

>>9664702
>Nobody says psx anymore

>>9664715
>grew up with Dendy
fix'd

>>9664575
Weebs won't tell you this and will bullshit you when pressed but Japanese is heavy and I do mean heavy on the English loanwords.

>>9664291
Based and Genesis-pilled.

>>9664712
Ironically enough Pocket Monsters is less of a weeb title than Pokemon. You know how Japanese refer to Smash Bros as SmaBro and all that shit? SuFami instead of Super Famicom , etc

>>9664726
Yes, I know what an abbreviation is.

>>9664575
Well, when you drop two nuclear bombs onto two major cities of a xenophobic country, and then force that country to change their government to reflect western culture, they end up making adaptations to their language, to appease their oppressive overlords.
America is the reason why Japanese became weird.

>>9664721
And not just English, it's a mix of all sorts of languages there. Arubaito, that's a German one.

>>9664734
I'm saying that only Japanese abbreviate words like that

>>9664746
Primarily because that's how Japanese words are written, yes. It would be different if only weeaboos used those names, but that's just how the language is.

>Super Nintendo
>SNES
>ESS-ENEY-ESS
Which way white man?

>inb4 SuFami
I said which way WHITE man

>>9664716
Those people are stuck in the mid 2000s. It's not zoomies though. This is something that emerged from the emulation scene for some reason.

>>9664371
based
>>9664575
>Don't they have their own language?
not really anymore

>>9664772
>This is something that emerged from the emulation scene for some reason.
PSX was the codename for the playstation. The only other example I can think of is AGB for the GBA, but that abbreviation is far less common.

>>9664761
You're trying too hard to argue anon I don't even know what you're trying to have an argument about.
t. another anon

>>9664772
Pee-ess-ex

Yuropoor here, what I use depends on the person I'm talking to. Both terms are valid.

>>9664767
Here everyone calls it the sness so you gotta use that. If talking to an American then ess eney ess, however I don't know if it's just an American thing because I've heard Australians use both terms and also heard an Englishman use snes instead of ess eney ess.

At the end of the day, does it really matter? It's just people being pedantic and scared of things different than they're accustomed to.

>>9664818
I'm American and everyone just says super Nintendo.

>>9664698
Yes the “mega master genesis” and “saturn Dreamcast”. It’s perfect

>>9664794
What makes you think that anon is trying to argue? What if that anon is just making a statement?
Do you perceive every reply as an argument? Do you see this post as an argument?? What the fuck is wrong with you, anon, not every reply is an argument!

>>9664808
Pee-Ness

>>9664772
Ive had a psx since 95 and I have used the term ps1/psx interchangeably since the ps2 came out. Before that it was psx or just the PlayStation/playstation.

>>9664837
Bee-Otch

>>9664772

>>9664351
What if the person just has an American accent? I'm not even ESL (more like EFL) but people in America mistake me for a local and Brits and Aussies take me due an American, as well. I'm from fucking Italy!

>>9664894
>take me due an American,
Take me FOR an American, rather.

>>9664716
>One post of those and one quote of those are mine.
Yeah, I am thinking I am a based PSX player from 25 years ago.

>>9664845
Literally nobody fucking said psx for the Playstation before emulation. They said Playstation, then immediately said ps1 when ps2 came along.

>>9664553
>>Millenial says PS1
>>Alright, cool
no its not, its playstation or psone, everything else is gay af

>>9665016

>>9665016
Consider this, nigger… you’re wrong and a faggot. PSX

>>9664320
Genesis was most successful is us of a so that's the more well known name.

>>9665049
idc the first name was megadrive

>>9665035
>psone
PSone is a specific model of PS1. It's like saying PS2 slim instead of PS2, say that if you need to specify but otherwise you'd just sound like an idiot. Adding 1 to a name after a sequel comes out is perfectly normal. Final Fantasy 1 wasn't called that but we call it that because calling it the name of the series would just be confusing and annoying.
>>9665041
Calling PS1 PSX is like calling Wii Revolution, it's just stupid

>>9665061
>PSone is a specific model of PS1
I know, but its still a playstation, but that playstation is called PSone
>It's like saying PS2 slim instead of PS2
no its not because ps2 slim isn't an official name. I've got a ps2 "slim" box right here and it says PS2/playstation2, where the psone is called psone

>>9665061
No, psx has been a moniker since it’s inception. Maybe not in your neck of the woods but, it was definitely a thing

>>9665016

>>9665049
nah it was named that cause sega of america wanted to pander to evangelical boomers

but the american model is better technically,was 10hz faster meaning it played games at the proper speed and used a tad less power i think?

>>9664453
To be fair, Europeans deserve ridicule at all times.

What does the x in psx stand for you dumb niggers? Nothing.
It's a PS1, and some dumb add changes nothing. Stop being a contrarian retard.

>Grew up calling game hardware systems.
>Now everyone says consoles.

>>9664725
GENESIS ON THE GENESIS!
https://youtu.be/v26H76KG2nI

la sega
la plei
el nintendo
simple as

I remember this faggot weeb censored themselves saying Genesis in a video of them as a kid and kept saying Mega Drive in this video I randomly click on.
https://youtu.be/pC0TaH1xc_s

I own a super famicom since I think it looks nicer than the american version, and it is/was cheaper to buy a good condition jap model.

I still call it a super nintendo though

I wasn't aware people called it anything other than "The SEGA System" or "SSX" for short.

My parents thought every video game was called a nintendo. lel

>>9664291
Most video game youtubers are cringe anyways so yeah

>>9666145
kek

>>9666151
that guy is so fucking cringe holly shit

>american says ff6

Nice to see some friendship between Europeans and Americans in this thread! Why can't this be the norm around here?

>>9666586
go back to ur shitty thread

>>9664706
For you.

>>9666586
Marina's game just isn't very good.

>>9666145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi45hQvAzcs We need more of these.

>>9664706
thats retarded

SUPER Nintendo
MEGA drive
TURBO grafx
NEO geo
SUPER Nintendo
MEGA drive
TURBO grafx
NEO geo

Superlative adjectives are an essential part of the 16 bit generation.

PS WON
No Gaemz 64
Saturn
PS WON AGAIN
Dreamcast
Nintendo Gamecast
Xbox OG Phat
PS TRIPLE
RRoD
WaggleCube
PS Yawn
Xbox Yawn
Switch
PS Yawn RTX
Xbox one series X version S Edition X Model S Configuration X Original

>>9664320
Don't care, Genesis sounds way better than Mega Drive and is easier to say. Any American saying Mega Drive is being a tryhard.

>>9664320
Weeb

>>9664873
Anon you can’t just murder another poster like that, have some respect for the man’s family

>>9666605
These are excellent lol.

>>9666747
Who is this

>>9664469
FF6 vs FF3 is ambiguous. FF3 has existed outside of Japan for what, 15 years? So it makes sense to use the actual numbering. Genesis vs Mega Drive is purely marketing. They mean the same thing, so you can use one or the other and no additional context is needed.

>>9666747
cringe and gay, go back to /gif/ brainlet

>>9664553
I'm an oldfriend and I say PSX when I'm typing. When speaking I'd say "original playstation" or "playstation 1".

>>9664469
Calling Final Fantasy 6 3 is just confusing now. Literally fucking every FF fan calls it FFVI. Calling it FFVI is much more clear than calling it FFIII because there is only ONE FFVI but you're turning it into TWO FFIII's.

>>9664894
Don't you learn British English in school?

>>9664291
It was all marketing and fears from the 1983 crash.
It ended, probably, about 1994 with the Sega Saturn, or 1993 with the 3DO.
I prefer the japanese versions, for the nintendo, super nes, and am glad it ended.

>>9666254
>The SEGA System
Oh fuck off already, aussie.

>>9666752
Turrican 3 on Sega = Mega Turrican
Turrican 3 on SNES = Super Turrican
There's other examples too.
Doesn't work unless you call it the mega drive.

Plus i want sega to make a new console named the ultra drive.

>>9664291
>watching video games on youtube
Seek a cliff.

>>9667065
>Mega Turrican is a Sega Genesis game.
See? Easy. You have failed to get me to care.

>>9667131
https://youtu.be/ZAsihgpbpsc

>>9666806
Depends on the school and teacher. Besides, while those of us who were taught by UK teachers may use Commonwealth spellings and structures, most English-language media we consume will likely be American in origin.
So while i may have /learnt/ to read and write English at school, I /learned/ to speak English from pirated movies, if that makes sense.

>>9664291
I'm American but Mega Drive sounds cooler, desu.

>>9664320
>>9664439
Nah it's because America's opinion matters more than the rest of the world combined. Every country in the world belongs to America.

>>9664772
>Mid 2000s
>Ye senpai fr fr no cap it wasnt bussin to say PSX until 2005 frfrfr no cap
It's always been PSX, and it always will be, zoomer-kun

>>9664716
PSX, Womxn, Latinx, Malcolm X, the list goes on

>>9669265
Nah.
It's PS1
Stop being retarded

>>9669323
Zoom zoom
Fucking retard

>>9664706
>>9666601
Where is this girl from?

>>9666747
God damn bust sizes really are getting bigger in Japan!

>>9670498
You're Under Arrest probably

>>9670503
What? No I'm not, you are!

>>9669323
Look, I know you're just lonely and farming for (you)s, so I'll give you one. You can't have a one (PS1) without a two(PS2). In the time before, in the long long ago, many moons before the PS2, and even more before you were born, man lived in a golden era of peace and prosperity he called "the '90s", and in "the '90s" we said PSX.

>>9665049
It was called the Mega Drive outside of Japan everywhere except the US and Canada

>>9665079
Correct. In PRINT. Nobody ever said it like that, but "PS" would've been confusing. Now, "N64" works both ways, but PlayStation became "PSX" in print out of necessity and clarity.

>>9664291
>>9664321
I've always been under the impression when an american or canadian says it they mean something different from the basic genesis console.

>>9666151
>check channel's about page
>click twitter link
>trans flag, she/her
every time

>>9664334
The NES and Famicom are actually somewhat distinct consoles though. Megadrive/Genesis was basically the same everywhere.
I'm American and think of it as the Genesis, one of my best friends (who actually plays retro games) calls it the Megadrive, so I flop between both names.

>>9670678
It was even called the PSX in early marketing. It was originally even going to be called "PlayStation X" but a lot of gaming mags around the time it came out used the PSX abbreviation because the name "PlayStation" tested poorly in focus groups. PS1 was later used to refer specifically to this later budget model (the "PS one") released around the same time as PS2.

>>9670820
Maybe it's a tranny thing?
There's another one on twitter that insists on calling Mega Man Rockman

>>9670847
Officially yes, but people started saying PS1 as soon as the PS2 was announced and PSOne came out a few months after the PS2 iirc

>>9670718
>But nobody ever said it like that
Idk what you called it in your area, but in California we did at the time and still do. Probably influenced by seeing PSX in game magazines so much. I was in 6th grade at the time and remember having to *gasp* go to the library and sift through books to write a report on Fernando Cortes, so the internet probably wasn't a factor in it. Global cross pollination of colloquialisms really wasn't much of a thing then, hence all the regional variations. Combine that with zoomers that have no conception of insular local community life sans the internet, spotty childhood memory for those of us who were actually there, and a perceived threat to an autists nostalgia derived dopamine addiction, and you have the perfect recipe for these retarded internet arguments.

>>9666132
Experimental, according to Game Players who used PSX all the time.

>>9664553
PSX is strictly a Gen x/Millenial who won’t let go of 90s terminology thing. They insist everyone was calling it that back then. Zoomer nerds would tell you ackshually there’s a specific model called the PSX but it’s not the standard PlayStation

>>9672116
Fair. California (especially Southern) is known for regionalisms and quirky ways of saying things. And it's, like, tubular, dude. I don't dispute that your peer group actually said out loud "PSX" since you were there and I wasn't. But I've lived from the rust belt to the Bible belt and never heard it out loud. It was just something people wrote to describe the original Playstation (the one before revisions and new gens) everywhere I've lived. And I have only visited California. Maybe that's why I'm uptight and say the whole name. Perhaps I should catch a wave and scoop some za.

all of you are a bunch of fucking retards, why the fuck would you care what your favorite piece of plastic is called by other people, none of you faggots were there anyway

>>9672679
Rough morning anon? Remember, the plastic always loves you.

>>9664291
I guess I see what you're talking about, but we live in a global marketplace of information and anyone who isn't a total normtard about games knows what the system's really called now. This is a weird thing to be so upset about. Do you also ree about FF 2 and 3? Do you feel like this is an affront to your traditional values or something? Let's dig deeper into why this upsets you.

>>9666747
>>9667065
>>9664702
AU tism

Anyone with head canon and marketing-worship
this strong has to have a chrischan tier room and appearance.

>>9664794
I think he's stating that something done by Japanese people isn't the same as weeaboos doing something. That the original guy's assertion that 'SmaBro', 'SuFami', and 'Pokemon' are"weeb" things is silly because that's simply how you do abbreviations in Japanese.

"Weeb" would imply that its something dumb that Western fans of Japanese pop culture do because they have a crooked understanding of Japan, its culture, and it's language.

>>9664291
>Youtuber
Go back to /v/, fag kid.

Is it fair to forego calling it the TurboGrafx-16 in favor of PC-Engine given it was pretty much a dud in NA but was actually relevant in nipland with most of its games only being released there?

How often did people use PS instead of PSX? I only ask because I was too young for 5th gen and used to type it interchangeably with PS1.