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#1 pxr242
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I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

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#2 hyruledweller
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genesis had Sonic
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#3 Spartan070
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Library --> SNES System --> Genesis
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#4 Spartan070
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You do know there is an identical thread on the front page already?
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#5 BigDizz
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I think i already posted in this....
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#6 DS_fan_atic
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SNES....because I liked it more, and that's how these things are decided
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#7 Kingmohd84
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u just knew genesis system was better than snes... i guess sega always had the better hardware...damn marketing
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#8 Conjuration
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SNES was better by far.  It had the best RPG's of its time, which is really what puts it ahead for me.
I had the best of both worlds, and overall I just came out of it with better memories of the SNES.
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#9 foxhound_fox
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SNES had the games.
[spoiler] Bahamut Lagoon
Breath of Fire
Chrono Trigger
Clay Fighter
Contra III
Donkey Kong Country
Doom
Earthbound
Eye of the Beholder
F-Zero
Final Fantasy VI
Gradius III
Harvest Moon
Killer Instinct
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals
Megaman X
Ogre Battle
Pilotwings
Primal Rage
Rise of the Robots
Secret of Mana
Star Fox
Street Fighter II
Super Adventure Island
Super Castlevania IV
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario All Stars
Super Metroid
Super Punch Out!!
Tetris Attack
Top Gear
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
Wing Commander
Wolfenstein 3D
Zombies Ate My Neighbors [/spoiler]
Genesis had the hardware.
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#10 PaintballinDude
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I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

pxr242
Aladdinn was ownage in gaming form.
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#11 Shinobishyguy
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[QUOTE="pxr242"]

I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

PaintballinDude
Aladdinn was ownage in gaming form.

a good movie based game!?
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#12 Panzer_Zwei
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Yes the Mega Drive was better.
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#13 KillaHalo2o9
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Genesis for me :P
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Genesis for me :P
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#15 Fick1122
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SNES is still my favorite system, so I'll go with that.
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#16 drnick7
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SNES, but the Genesis isn't far behind. The two are arguably the greatest consoles of all time.
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#17 AHUGECAT
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SNES had better first party games (Super Mario World, A Link to the Past, Super Metroid) and third party games (Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X, Contra III) so SNES is way better.
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#18 STABW0UND
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GENESIS! best console of all time.
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#19 AsadMahdi59
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genesis imo.
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#20 Hoffgod
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SNES. It had some of the greatest games of all time and was the pinacle of 2D gaming. Plus, it didn't have the add-on madness the Genesis did.
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#21 majadamus
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Genesis had the Streets of Rage series which were excellent games. Sonic series was in its prime at that time. I bought a Genesis for the Sonic games and nothing else. SNES had a much better library. If I wasn't a little kid, I would've had a crapload of games.
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#22 noblekeltic
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Overall SNES is better in my opinion, a lot more good games is one reason for this. But the Genesis was very good as well.
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#23 1stCommando
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omg aladdin was so badass! i use to jump on camels and make them spit at people for like 10 minutes straight! primal rage was fun, yes mortal kombat was one of the best, sonic 1,2,3, and sonic and knuckles, sonic spinball, combat cars, i wish i still had it, oh well i'll just have to wait for VC to get a lot of them... yes definately genesis
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#24 BobbyBobby85
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I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

pxr242

Genesis was pathetic in comparison to SNES.  I seriously can count on one hand the number of games I actually liked on Genesis, but SNES had so many more superior and long-winded games, as well as better graphics and certainly better sound.  Oh, and using Mortal Kombat as an example as to why Genesis was better is stupid.  I'd rather have more accurate visuals and voiceovers in the game than just having the luxory of gore.

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#25 ddldave
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when i was around 7 or 6, i had snes, genesis, saturn, etc. and i definitely loved sega's systems way more. i loved the sonic games especially for gamegear(it drained so much batteries XD).
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#26 AHUGECAT
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[QUOTE="pxr242"]

I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

BobbyBobby85

Genesis was pathetic in comparison to SNES.  I seriously can count on one hand the number of games I actually liked on Genesis, but SNES had so many more superior and long-winded games, as well as better graphics and certainly better sound.  Oh, and using Mortal Kombat as an example as to why Genesis was better is stupid.  I'd rather have more accurate visuals and voiceovers in the game than just having the luxory of gore.

Voice overs or gore... gore is better. Nintendo is too kiddy for gore.

And the Genesis had its share of amazing games, too.

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#27 RickLemieux
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[QUOTE="pxr242"]

I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

BobbyBobby85

Genesis was pathetic in comparison to SNES.  I seriously can count on one hand the number of games I actually liked on Genesis, but SNES had so many more superior and long-winded games, as well as better graphics and certainly better sound.  Oh, and using Mortal Kombat as an example as to why Genesis was better is stupid.  I'd rather have more accurate visuals and voiceovers in the game than just having the luxory of gore.

The visuals and sound go to the SNES, but the gameplay for Mortal Kombat 1 was Genesis all the way.  This was not the case with the sequels though.  I loved both systems,  I think I played more Genesis because of the NHL series which was superior on Genesis, but I loved my SNES as well.

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#28 Sovereign727
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Can't beat those classic SNES RPGs. (Chrono Trigger, FF 4, 5, 6, Secret of Mana 1 and 2) SNES was definetly better IMO. And seriously, who cares about gore, MK was a bad game no matter how much red pixels it had,
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#29 TekkenMaster606
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Thanks to Sony, the SNES had sound that didn't remind me of blips and beeps on the Atari 2600.
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#30 illmatikkk
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Genesis
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#31 treyskillz
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SNES

why? Donkey Kong, Super Mario, Street Fighter (which was better than MK, IMO)

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#32 BobbyBobby85
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[QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"][QUOTE="pxr242"]

I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

AHUGECAT

Genesis was pathetic in comparison to SNES.  I seriously can count on one hand the number of games I actually liked on Genesis, but SNES had so many more superior and long-winded games, as well as better graphics and certainly better sound.  Oh, and using Mortal Kombat as an example as to why Genesis was better is stupid.  I'd rather have more accurate visuals and voiceovers in the game than just having the luxory of gore.

Voice overs or gore... gore is better. Nintendo is too kiddy for gore.

And the Genesis had its share of amazing games, too.

OMG Gore is 5o cool and it mak3 you mature!   :roll:

Gimme a break. The gore in Mk is exaggerated and doesn't neccessarily make the game "better".  Unless of course you're one of those pre-pubescent kids who think they're baddass to all of their much older 14 year old friends for playing games like GTA. 

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#33 kcpp2b
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Genesis

 

Hey did the SNES have Moonwalker too? 

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#34 Tristam22
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Where do people come off saying that Genesis was more powerful than SNES? Did they fool you with that "Blast Processing" nonsense too?
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#35 sainraja
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It has to be Genesis/Mega Drive because Sega took half of Nintendo's marketshare with it....and it would have done a lot better compared to SNES if Sega did not announce the Saturn as quickly as they did. They basically killed their console by doing so. After that, SNES was able to gain in sales and support.
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#36 David719
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They were both awesome systems but I liked the SNES better
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#37 PikaPichu
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I preferred the SNES. It had better graphics, great third party support and a great standard 6-button controller.
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#38 PikaPichu
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Where do people come off saying that Genesis was more powerful than SNES? Did they fool you with that "Blast Processing" nonsense too? Tristam22
Didn't the Genesis have a faster processor? :?
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#39 kcpp2b
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If the Genesis came with a free copy of Taledega Nights they would have killed the SNES :p

  

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[QUOTE="Tristam22"]Where do people come off saying that Genesis was more powerful than SNES? Did they fool you with that "Blast Processing" nonsense too? PikaPichu


Didn't the Genesis have a faster processor? :?

 

It did. But the processor in the Sega Genesis was just a generic Motorola 68000. And let's not forget the fact that the Genesis had an awful color palette when compared to what the SNES could do. Genesis could do 64 colors on screen, SNES could do 512. Now, certain Sega CD titles were able to squeeze out more colors (Eternal Champions) but it's the Sega CD. :lol:

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GENESIS ALL DAY first console i ever had in my life damn the 90s were the golden age of gaming
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Anyone who doesn't believe the Mega Drive wasn't faster clearly is living in ignorance. On the Mega Drive all SHMUPS had a speed change by default, that was't possible on the SNES all them were slow as molasses, just look at Contra III, it feels like they're running underwater compared to Hardcorps.
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[QUOTE="PikaPichu"][QUOTE="Tristam22"]Where do people come off saying that Genesis was more powerful than SNES? Did they fool you with that "Blast Processing" nonsense too? TekkenMaster606



Didn't the Genesis have a faster processor? :?

It did. But the processor in the Sega Genesis was just a generic Motorola 68000. And let's not forget the fact that the Genesis had an awful color palette when compared to what the SNES could do. Genesis could do 64 colors on screen, SNES could do 512. Now, certain Sega CD titles were able to squeeze out more colors (Eternal Champions) but it's the Sega CD. :lol:

Yeah. I think they got along fine with the limited color. The one game I remember where it did have a negative impact was Mortal Kombat 3. The Genesis's lower color palette really showed in side-by-side screen comparisons.
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#44 hiho24
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I say that would be a tie pretty much.  That was such a great generation!  I had both systems, Sonic, Mario.  It was all good. :)
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#45 liljon546
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SNES for me. I just liked the games on the SNES more.
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#46 AHUGECAT
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[QUOTE="AHUGECAT"][QUOTE="BobbyBobby85"][QUOTE="pxr242"]

I was an snes owner, but i must say, Genesis owned it. Aladin was better on Genesis, and so was Mortal Kombat (because it allowed blood of course.)

BobbyBobby85

Genesis was pathetic in comparison to SNES.  I seriously can count on one hand the number of games I actually liked on Genesis, but SNES had so many more superior and long-winded games, as well as better graphics and certainly better sound.  Oh, and using Mortal Kombat as an example as to why Genesis was better is stupid.  I'd rather have more accurate visuals and voiceovers in the game than just having the luxory of gore.

Voice overs or gore... gore is better. Nintendo is too kiddy for gore.

And the Genesis had its share of amazing games, too.

OMG Gore is 5o cool and it mak3 you mature!   :roll:

Gimme a break. The gore in Mk is exaggerated and doesn't neccessarily make the game "better".  Unless of course you're one of those pre-pubescent kids who think they're baddass to all of their much older 14 year old friends for playing games like GTA. 

I'd rather think I am a "baddass" than be a kid who's scared of a little fake gore.

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#48 Trading_Zoner
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I always liked genesis more. I grew up on sonic.
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Not to mention that when it came to games over 4MB, the Sega Genesis had to rely on bank switching, a relic from the 8-Bit era of computing.
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Anyone who doesn't believe the Mega Drive wasn't faster clearly is living in ignorance. On the Mega Drive all SHMUPS had a speed change by default, that was't possible on the SNES all them were slow as molasses, just look at Contra III, it feels like they're running underwater compared to Hardcorps.Panzer_Zwei
Perhaps "Blast Processing" wasn't the best example (although it remains a marketing buzzword), because I didn't mean to equate power with a speed advantage. I'd love to see the Genesis reproduce Donkey Kong Country 3 or Killer Instinct. The Super NES is the more powerful console.