What was better! ver.2 (SNES vs Genesis)

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#1 waflerevolution
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same rules as Saturn vs PS1, go ahead.
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#2 darksword1123
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I played both of these consoles while I was growing up and they are two of my favorite consoles.....Its tough to choose which one is better.....lets see SNES has Earthbound, Super Metroid, Secret of Evermore, Seceret of Mana, Breath of Fire, Mega Man X, and of course the greatest game of all time Chrono Trigger.......Genesis has Vectorman 1&2, Zombies Ate my Neighbors, Sonic 1, 2, and 3, Dr. Roboniks Mean Bean Machine, Dynamite Headdy, Shining Force, and Shinobi III.......I guess I'll say that the SNES is better just because of Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid.
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#3 Yagami-Iori
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SNES, hands down. I've always loved Nintendo's franchises and there are plenty of enjoyable games from most any genre for the SNES.
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#4 gmsnpr
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For me, it would be a Genesis. It was the system that I had from that time, and the Shining, Sonic, Shinobi, Streets of Rage and Phantasy Star games would be enough, not to mention dozens (or hundreds, depending on how you count them) of other quality titles. Interestingly, the memorable games that have been mentioned in this thread have been mostly from Sega and Squaresoft.
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#5 venus577
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This is a bit tougher than the other one. I'd say the SNES. I've played a number of SNES titles, but finished very little of them. Thus, I know I enjoy the games making the system less of a gamble than the Genesis. Plus, the SNES has Chrono Trigger (one of my favorite games of all time) and the original Megaman X (which I play repeatedly).
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#6 toppsseller
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I would say the SNES.  I had a Genesis but quickly realized that if you were hardcore the SNES was the place to be.  And at the time nothing could top Mode 7 from the SNES.  If I had been in college and loved playing sports games I may have picked the genesis.
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I like video games :) this was once a double post.
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#8 Working_Stiff
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I always felt that the Genesis was for casual gaming (NOTE: I do not mean casual gamers per se) where the SNES was for more involving gaming.

The Genesis did have a lot of great games, but they weren't very deep games, much like the few sega games that come to mind today are. They will give you a great sense of enjoyment, but I could only play them for short periods of time.

While the SNES had its share of games like this (all systems do), they never felt as good as the Sega casual games. Where the SNES excelled was in its more involved games such as Super Metroid, LTTP, and the RPGs (I didnt really play any of the rpgs, but the consensus is that there were a lot of great ones).

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I always felt that the Genesis was for casual gaming (NOTE: I do not mean casual gamers per se) where the SNES was for more involving gaming.

The Genesis did have a lot of great games, but they weren't very deep games, much like the few sega games that come to mind today are. They will give you a great sense of enjoyment, but I could only play them for short periods of time.

While the SNES had its share of games like this (all systems do), they never felt as good as the Sega casual games. Where the SNES excelled was in its more involved games such as Super Metroid, LTTP, and the RPGs (I didnt really play any of the rpgs, but the consensus is that there were a lot of great ones).

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Shining Force, Shining Force II, Zero Wing, Light Crusader, Warsong, Pirates Gold, Sorcerer's Kingdom, Exile, Wanderers from Ys: Ys III, Rings of Power, Traysia, Shadowrun, Langrisser II, Crusader of Centy, Streets of Rage 1-3, Sonic games... hmmmm... any of these ring a bell?
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I've been holding out responding to this, but based on my own personal collection (and therefore experiences with the two consoles), I'd have to land squarely on the SNES side of the equation.

It may just be that I have a sub-par Genesis collection (which I do -- my collection is pathetic), or that I favor SNES because I had more contemporaneous experience with it, but to me it's not even a close race. I prefer to controller, the color pallette and the games much more on the SNES, I think that up until the DS, it was the last great console Nintendo produced.

Post-Genesis, I became a SEGA supporter until their collision/ merge with Sammy.
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#11 gmsnpr
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I always felt that the Genesis was for casual gaming (NOTE: I do not mean casual gamers per se) where the SNES was for more involving gaming.

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I find this statement sort of indefensible and irksome, but then, you are entitled to express whatever opinion or analysis you wish. After the twenty-fifth hour of Phantasy Star II (a Genesis launch title, if memory serves), your analysis of the depth of the software available on the two platforms may shift. Or, it might not, who knows? Regardless, this topic is becoming borderline System Wars material, so let's all tread lightly lest we have to lock it.
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#12 waflerevolution
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[QUOTE="Working_Stiff"]

I always felt that the Genesis was for casual gaming (NOTE: I do not mean casual gamers per se) where the SNES was for more involving gaming.

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I find this statement sort of indefensible and irksome, but then, you are entitled to express whatever opinion or analysis you wish. After the twenty-fifth hour of Phantasy Star II (a Genesis launch title, if memory serves), your analysis of the depth of the software available on the two platforms may shift. Or, it might not, who knows? Regardless, this topic is becoming borderline System Wars material, so let's all tread lightly lest we have to lock it.

I almost forgot PS series... how I wonder... ya, let's try to just choose and explain why and keep opinions to self.