Top 5 Worst Gaming Consoles of All Time?

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[quote="Pingfa"][quote]the Genesis, 32X and Sega CD were a fucking joke[/quote]


Dude, you've been missing out - in my opinion, the Genesis has a larger library of great games than the SNES; in my humble opinion, the SNES arguably has the best games overall, but the Genesis tops it for the huge library of fantastic games.
32x I can agree with, but it did have a few decent titles (Virtua Fighter, Virtual Racing, Kolibri, and Shadow Squadron).
Sega CD actually had quite a few great titles (i.e Lunar, Snatcher, Sonic CD, Vay, Popful Mail, Dark Wizard - if you like the genre - and Eternal Champions, which isn't everyone's cuppa' tea).

You should play through the lists of great games for the Genesis here at Racketboy; I'm sure you'll find many gems you didn't know about.[/quote]

I have, I own every game for both systems (hard for SNES, some ahrd for Genesis btu mostly disc backup). NTSC. I can't even bear to play the Genesis, but a lot of does have to do with the horrible controller and buttons too.

Yes, i respect your opinion and I agree that the Gensis has a vast library, but in no way shape or form does it compete with the SNES. It has some games I love that weren't on the SNES, Vectorman, Gunstar Heroes and many more, I am just pointing out that games that were released for both consoles were superior on the SNES.

[Pingfa]

It has some games I love that weren't on the SNES, Vectorman, Gunstar Heroes and many more, I am just pointing out that games that were released for both consoles were superior on the SNES.

Now that I can mostly agree with - for the most part, arcade ports were superior on the SNES.

Though I do disagree that the Genesis can't compete with the SNES. I can understand your qualms, though, with the unreliable Genesis controller - you, sir, need to get yourself a 6-button controller. Trust me, the 6-button controller is very reliable and the majority of game players have it down as one of the best controllers ever.

Here's a list of recommended games I made some time ago which include games I have, and games I intend to have:

Aladdin
Alien Soldier
Beyond Oasis (Story of Thor)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Comix Zone
Contra: Hard Corps
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Earthworm Jim 2
Ecco the Dolphin 1-2
General Chaos
Genghis Khan (also a pretty much identical SNES version)
Golden Axe II-III
Gunstar Heroes
Herzog Zwei
Landstalker
Light Crusader
Mickey Mania
Mickey Mouse - World of Illusion
NHL 95
Nobunaga's Ambition (also a SNES version)
Panorama Cotton
Phantasy Star series
Phantom 2049
Ristar
Road Rash
Rocket Knight Adventures
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (identical SNES version)
Shadow Dancer
Shadowrun
Shining Force
Shinobi 3: Return of the Ninja Master
Soleil (Crusader of Centy)
Sonic series
Streets of Rage II-III
Strider
The Lion King
ToeJam & Earl (I prefer 2)
Vectorman 1-2
Warsong (Langrisser)
Weaponlord (also a SNES version, but this version plays better with superior animation)
Wonderboy in Monster World
Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyo Toitsusen (JAP ONLY)
X-Men 2 - Clone Wars

Other games you might like but could do without:

Arcus Odyssey
Chakan
Kid Chameleon
Mega Turrican
The Lost Vikings (also a SNES version with slightly better graphics but less levels)
Street Fighter II (slightly inferior to the SNES version)
Sunset Riders (some people prefer this to the SNES version, but I always miss the voice clips too much)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hyperstone Heist (this would be a must have if it weren't for the superior SNES Turtles in Time)

Not for everyone:

Pirates! Gold
Gauntlet 4
King's Bounty
Cannon Fodder

Yep, the Genesis library of greats really is that extensive. Also, I think you'll find the 6-button Genesis controller better suited to fighting games than the SNES controller, but that's subjective.

Have fun!

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I have all the controllers too, the six button is better, but it still doesn't do it for me.

Some of those games are good.

[Pingfa]

I have all the controllers too, the six button is better, but it still doesn't do it for me.

Some of those games are good.

Tough customer.

[Flak Beard]

What a POS article and website. They've already listed the Wii in their "Top 10 Console of All Time", and this generation isn't even over yet! Also, do they honestly believe the Intellivision was better than the Sega Genesis?

It's one thing to argue over current systems, but it beyond pathetic to make fanboyish articles about systems from almost two decades ago. Who seriously gives a shit now about the Super Nintendo vs. Sega Genesis console war? It's like some seven year olds (who never grew up) took out their frustration several years late in a blog.

Quoted from their "Top 10 Reasons That Super Nintendo Dominated the Sega Genesis" article...

7. Cooler fans

The fans of the SNES were always intelligent and wanting of a good adventure. The fans of Sega always wore sun glasses and openly talked about their love for high speed video games. The fans of the SNES would always create unique Magic: The Gathering decks while the fans of Sega would always create derivative ones. The average IQ of an SNES fan is 115. The average IQ of a Sega fan was 80. We always find smarter people to be more interesting than dumb ones. Thus, SNES fans were always much cooler.

Yeah ok, what the fuck?

[Ack]

"Every game that was released between the SNES and the Genesis, the SNES version was better in all aspects from the graphics to the overall sound."

...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahahaha...hahahaha...haha...ha...

Chief, I'm much more a Nintendo fan in that generation, and I KNOW many of the Genesis ports were better than the SNES's.

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Name me some titles would you please? I can think of one, Aladin, and that had modestly better colour. Thats it. I am being serious, I played a lot of genesis growing up and a lot of SNES, I cant remember 1 title on Genesis that impressed me over SNES except Aladdin and Mortal Kombat ONLY because it allowed blood.

Sure. Here's a forum where they're debating just that.


Digital Press

In general they seem to agree with Aladdin and Mortal Kombat being better on Genesis, but they also suggest all EA sports titles(in fact, most sports titles in general), Jurassic Park, Beavis and Butthead, Adventures of Batman and Robin, Outlander, Toy Story, Samurai Shodown, Earthworm Jim, RoboCop vs. Terminator, so on and so forth...

Here's a good explanation:
"As a general rule, the Genesis was better at fast-paced arcade and sports games. EA Sports, Sonic, Gunstar Heroes, Herzog Zwei. That sort of thing. The Super NES was much better with RPG's and the slower-paced adventure games -- think Super Metroid, Mario, Zelda, everything by Square."

They also bring up Street Fighter having better sound on the SNES while having more frames on the Genesis. And that's the first page of their discussion.

[The Apprentice]

The SNES also kills the Genesis in the racing field, a major plus for Nintendo.

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[quote="Ack"][quote="maximus_clean"][quote="Ack"]"Every game that was released between the SNES and the Genesis, the SNES version was better in all aspects from the graphics to the overall sound."

...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahahaha...hahahaha...haha...ha...

Chief, I'm much more a Nintendo fan in that generation, and I KNOW many of the Genesis ports were better than the SNES's.

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Name me some titles would you please? I can think of one, Aladin, and that had modestly better colour. Thats it. I am being serious, I played a lot of genesis growing up and a lot of SNES, I cant remember 1 title on Genesis that impressed me over SNES except Aladdin and Mortal Kombat ONLY because it allowed blood.[/quote]

Sure. Here's a forum where they're debating just that.


[url=http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthr ... 30&t=28949]Digital Press[/url]

In general they seem to agree with Aladdin and Mortal Kombat being better on Genesis, but they also suggest all EA sports titles(in fact, most sports titles in general), Jurassic Park, Beavis and Butthead, Adventures of Batman and Robin, Outlander, Toy Story, Samurai Shodown, Earthworm Jim, RoboCop vs. Terminator, so on and so forth...

Here's a good explanation:
"As a general rule, the Genesis was better at fast-paced arcade and sports games. EA Sports, Sonic, Gunstar Heroes, Herzog Zwei. That sort of thing. The Super NES was much better with RPG's and the slower-paced adventure games -- think Super Metroid, Mario, Zelda, everything by Square."

They also bring up Street Fighter having better sound on the SNES while having more frames on the Genesis. And that's the first page of their discussion.[/quote]

And most of the games that are mentioned there don't even warrant more than 5 minutes of someones time. LOL

[Pingfa]

Yeah ok, what the fuck?

Remember, take everything half-heartedly and never take anything literally. They are only half serious; in fact, they actually said on the comments section in one of their 'articles' that it's mostly for the laughs - one of the editors remarked, "anybody ever think that are articles are wrong, but hilarious?" As noted in another article, they are hoping to gain enough popularity to quit their jobs. It's all about getting views.

Jurassic Park, Beavis and Butthead, Adventures of Batman and Robin, Outlander, Toy Story, Samurai Shodown, Earthworm Jim, RoboCop vs. Terminator, so on and so forth...

That's a good point, actually, I hadn't thought of them. Though I think it's unfair to list some of them - such as Jurassic Park or Beavis and Butthead - as they aren't ports but different games all together. Samurai Shodown and Earthworm Jim particularly were superior to the SNES version - the sound on the SNES version of EWJ pales in comparison to the Genesis version.

The SNES also kills the Genesis in the racing field, a major plus for Nintendo.

Aah, Road Rash is all ya' need.

Anyhow, I think it's really down to personal preference of genre. I for one, didn't use to be much of a fan of the Genesis as the first game I completed, being Final Fantasy VII, induced me to steer clear of fast, mindless, silly action games. So I thought, anyhow. However, there are those that think RPG games boring due to the conception that they don't require any real skill or effort whatsoever.

On a side note, Maximus, wether or not those games warrant 5 minutes of a person's time is irrelevant to the subject matter which Ack was referring to.

[Ack]

Thank you, Pingfa.

I remember how I used to hear about little things being edited out of games, too. If nothing else, Sega was always more willing to show "racy" content than Nintendo of America, even down to cover art of games. Both machines ultimately would have their perks, no matter what games you played.

And sure, some games with the same title would be different. Jurassic Park, Beavis and Butthead, and Shadowrun were just three examples of games very different on consoles. But players could also make a choice between which of the two titles they preferred, and in a lot of cases, it looks like people went for Sega(even if the SNES titles were quality titles). I brought them up for that reason. Just figured I'd explain myself on that point...