One thing just kept jumping out at me reading this stuff though, and that's how really, gaming discussion has not changed at ALL in the past 20 years. I mean seriously, look at some of these quotes, you could just change a few names around and you'd have your average modern-day gaming forum post right there (might not even need to do THAT in some cases).
about the SNES wrote: Isn't a shame that video machine companies can't do a better job of controlling
the quality of the games? I hate to say it, but Nintendo's Seal of Approval
is a joke (there are alot of great games, but also alot of crap).
(try replacing "Nintendo" with "Sony" in your mind in the one above)discussing the dominance the Genesis seemed to be having over the SNES, and the possible downfall of Nintendo wrote:>Sounds like Nintendo might go down like Atari did unless Nintendo
> gets its butt moving.
Oh, with Nintendo's assets and cash reserves, I rather doubt they'll
vanish overnight. Still, they do seem to be finding out that they're not the
invincible juggernaut we may have thought they were, and that consumers won't
fall all over themselves to buy expensive electronics just because they have
"Nintendo" printed on the case...
Not to mention a few rather hilarious posts when looking at them with what we know today, like:
I'd suggest definitely checking it out yourself, just use the advanced search in google groups, type a few generic keywords (such as "Sega", "Playstation", etc) and set the date range to whatever you're interested in. It's a pretty fun read, watch out for spam though.about the 32x wrote:if you already have a Genesis+CD the 32x is a cheap
way to keep current and will likely be supported for some time to come
