Sega Genesis vs. SNES!?

[flamepanther]

Modified to reflect games from multiple regions, and re-group some games already in the list... My opinion only, of course

Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, Super Mario All-Stars (a.k.a. Super Mario Collection) vs Sonic 1,2,3&Knuckles
Super Castlevania IV, Castlevania: Dracula X (Akumajou Dracula XX) vs Castlevania: Bloodlines
Sparkster vs Rocket Knight Adventures 1,2
Donkey Kong Country 1,2,3 vs Vectorman 1&2(?) <--pre-rendered platform games designed specifically to show off hardware capabilities
Kirby Superstar vs ??
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Soulblazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Seiken Densetsu III vs Beyond Oasis (The Legend of Thor)
?? vs Ecco the Dolphin 1,2

Contra 3: Aliens Wars vs Contra: Hard Corps, Gunstar Heroes
Super Metroid vs ??
Mega Man 7, X,X2,X3, Rockman & Forte vs MegaMan: The Wily Wars
Super Ghouls n Ghosts vs Ghouls n Ghostss

Final Fight 1,2,3 vs Streets of Rage 1,2,3
Killer Instinct vs Eternal Champions

Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, V, VI vs Phantasy Star 2,3,4
Chrono Trigger vs ??
Super Mario RPG vs ??
(three Fire Emblem games) vs Shining Force 1,2

Ogre Battle vs ??
?? vs Herzog Zwei

Super Bomberman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 vs Mega Bomberman
?? vs General Chaos
Super Mario Kart vs ??

Kirby's Avalanche vs Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Tetris Attack vs ??
Tetris & Dr. Mario, Tetris 2 vs Columns, Columns III <--I left the other "falling block" games on their own, as they are directly equivalent on a much stronger level.

[Flake]

Isn't it kind of futile to shoehorn the libraries of two early 90's machines into the nominalized tropes we developed in the mid 2000's?

It's not like anyone actually looked at these games as substitutions for one another back then.

[flamepanther]

Isn't it kind of futile to shoehorn the libraries of two early 90's machines into the nominalized tropes we developed in the mid 2000's?

It's not like anyone actually looked at these games as substitutions for one another back then.

I seem to recall people trying. I remember a lot of "oh yeah, well what does your system have to compete with this?" arguments.

[3GenGames]

Like I said I like SNES a little better.....but as for keeping me interested, nothing will beat Pier Solar for a while....


It's going to be amazinggg....I need $35 -cries-

[Flake]

Like I said I like SNES a little better.....but as for keeping me interested, nothing will beat Pier Solar for a while....


It's going to be amazinggg....I need $35 -cries-

Got any Saturn games?

[3GenGames]

^ Nope. No games, system, etc. Saw a poor condition systm for $5 a couple weeks back, but it was too bad to rescue for that price. $1? Sure. NOT $5. It was ditryyy. XD

[hcgamer]

The Snes gets my vote for reasons already mentioned but I am enjoying the sega genesis more now than I ever did as a kid I am enjoying it for what it was not comparing it to the snes the peripherals and add ons sega had blew away what nintendo offered the six button genesis controller is one of the best ever.

[sakicfan84]

Being that role playing games are far and away and genre of choice, I'd definitely have to side with the SNES.

The Genesis really didn't have many RPGs that could hang with the likes of Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy IV and VI, Lufia 2, Earthbound, Super Mario RPG and Breath of Fire. I honestly felt like Phantasy Star IV was just as good as any game on the SNES but beyond that and two Shining Force games, the Genesis really didn't have much else to compete.

I also always had a much higher preference for Mario games as opposed to Sonic games. Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island both literally blew me away when they came out. No Sonic release has ever come close to either of those games in my opinion.

[renardqueenston]

i love games on both systems, but the genesis has a great selection of shooters that i absolutely love. i also greatly prefer the genesis' sound hardware, it sounds so wonderful! i'll take it over the SNES' mudded-up sample-based audio any time :]

[Para]

The Genesis is inferior to the SNES in every way.