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8195280 No.8195280 [Reply] [Original]

Was the PlayStation the true successor to the Super Nintendo?

>> No.8195281

Did it kill the N64 do you mean? Yes.

>> No.8195301

There wasn't a single good controller in existence until the Xbox came along.

>> No.8195303

Not nearly as good sidescrollers. Best 5th gen sidescroller was ironically on N64 (Goemon's Great Adventure) and then saturn had all the great 2D stuff.
PS1 can only be considered a successor to sfc partially, mostly for the rpgs. I always saw it more as a successor to the 3do, considering mgs was going to be originally on it and all

>> No.8195319

>>8195303
I wish we lived in the world where 3do got mgs

>> No.8195327

>>8195280
It literally was, just look up it's history.
Nintendo was working with sony to make a CD console but jumped ship on the project because reasons, so sony decided to make lemoneggs.

>> No.8195420

>>8195280
The SNES was partially designed by Kutaragi, so yes.

>> No.8195423

>>8195281
N64 was the successor to the Genesis.

>> No.8195465
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8195465

ps1 controller is knockoff snes controller because nintendo was partnered with sony to make console. but nintendo got so mad that deal went south that ever since they couldnt make normal controllers anymore because snes and ps1 controllers reminds them of shame. and shame and honor too important in japanese culture

>> No.8195604

>>8195303
mega man x4 mogs you

>> No.8195703

>>8195604
not the best X game and not better than GGA overall in terms of platforming.
Also, X4 was better on Saturn.

>> No.8195913

>>8195703
What was different on Saturn?

>> No.8195991

>>8195913
Don't listen to anon. It both looked and played worse on Saturn, as did SotN. Segafags always say stuff like this hoping no one has actually played both versions to call them out on their bullshit.

>> No.8196224

>>8195465
upvote and reposted. Did you know also that Donkey Kong is a remake of Super Mario 2: Donkey Panic for NES?

>> No.8196227

>>8195604
Outed yourself as never having played GGA, nice. X4 is not even close to being the best game in its series, much less the best 5th gen platformer.

>> No.8196329
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>>8195465

>> No.8196331

Sure love playing Mario and Zelda on the Playstation.

>> No.8196395

>>8196331
Hilarious joke but even more funny is how Ocarina is nothing like its 2D ancestors.

>> No.8196397

>>8196395
Oh yes that is so much extra hilarious now, my sides.

>> No.8196398

>>8195327
>>8195420
Why is this even a question OP
It was, by definition.

>> No.8196450

>>8195423
Genesis and SNES were both great consoles. Only the PS1 was great out of the PS1 and N64.

>> No.8196565

>>8196329
>nunchuck designs were being considered in 93/94

Mind blown

>> No.8196569

>>8195301
No ps1's controller was ok later on

>> No.8196579

>>8195913
More background effects, some music tracks are longer and loop properly (unlike PS1 which stops and re-loads the music).
The only advantage PS1 has is transparency, but Saturn's dithering works if you are using a CRT; which you should to play retro games anyway.

>> No.8196585

>>8196579
CRT has nothing to do with it, it's composite which smooths the dithering over.

>> No.8196591

>>8195303
Doesn't matter. Sidescrollers were far too lacking on the N64 as were RPGs.

>> No.8196605

>>8196591
Sidescrollers were lacking in all 3 systems, to be honest.
PS1 only has a handful but nothing outstanding like all the many great stuff Mega Drive or SNES have. N64 has too little, but at least it has a top tier one, probably the best one of the generation. Saturn has some really good stuff too, namely Taromaru and the better versions of the Rockman games, but ultimately, for being a 2D powerhouse, you'd think there would be more. Shinobi on Saturn is OK but too weird. Astal looks great but gameplay-wise is just OK. 5th gen in general was strange for sidescrolling games. The most famous 2D sidescroller of the era, SOTN, can hardly be considered a real platformer as it has more in common with RPGs and exploration games.
tl;dr I don't think there's a real successor to the SNES or even the MD, that era of video games wasn't replicated. Maybe the GBA? but that was more about "SNES, but portable".

>> No.8196692

>>8195280
>Was the PlayStation the true successor to the Super Nintendo?
fuck no. not even closely related to it.
>>8195303
>Not nearly as good sidescrollers
that's because sony recommended to developers to use only 3d modes. developers were discouraged by sony for years to do anything in 2D.

>> No.8196701

>>8196605
>Maybe the GBA
yep. that was the closest to a real successor but with worse audio. was a great system. pretty easy to program for as well, just like the snes was.

>> No.8196705
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>>8195303
>I always saw it more as a successor to the 3do, considering mgs was going to be originally on it and all
Both, 3DO and the PlayStation, could be seen as successors to the MSX, since Matsushita and Sony both used to make their own MSX machines, which is why the development codename of the PlayStation was PSX. You can even see a Sony HiTBiT machine at the end of Metal Gear Solid V.

>> No.8196709

>>8196701
>pretty easy to program for as well, just like the snes was.
lol

>> No.8196731

>>8196709
never programmer for either machine before, have you? i have. if you can program a c64 you can program both those things. what are you? some kind of computer illiterate spastic?

>> No.8196745

>>8196731
SNES was not easy to program for, particularly not compared to contemporaries like the Mega Drive. Shitty slow CPU and bank switching galore.
GBA certainly was though, I've actually made a couple homebrews for it. It's super accessible.