snes is better than sega genesis.

[Jellyfish]

the snes is just superior, the sound is better, the graphics are better, the games are better, the controllers are better. can the genesis handle 3D graphics? i dont think so. nintendoes what genesis dont.

"While the Sega Genesis had a CPU advantage — leading to the "Blast Processing" ad campaign — the SNES outclassed Sega in terms of power. Without getting too much into numbers, the SNES could produce more colors on the screen at once. Sprites could be bigger, and it could produce a higher resolution. In short, games looked and ran better on the SNES compared to the Genesis, and it was noticeable." -GameRant

heres some 3D games that the genesis cant handle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bICtLp5JcMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3TydpBzUy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9XZYwqOpLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkVHxE0Y8I

and heres some bonus footage of the snes being superior to the sega genesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bCK-qGwJB8

[Rio]

Jellyfish eredeti hozzászólása:

⛧Black⛧ eredeti hozzászólása:

I still regret never owning the Sega CD addon for the sega neg. Just to try it. I think the only sega CD game I ever played was a sonic game cuz its on steam

Only Time I played a sega 32x game I think was at the store

good, the sega cd sucked.

Yeah but someone got me a sega CD game for xmas once when I had saturn so I never got to play it.

My life is so hard, it was the worst possible thing! I'm still in recovery from it

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

I like both equally.

the megadrive had some great games on it.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

Got em both. SNES looks better, but damn I love that Genesis sfx.

[gugnihr]

The SNes has great graphics and some great third party games (Super Castlevania 4, Demon's Crest, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Final Fight 2, King of dragons...) but the Mega Drive has very good graphics too (watch some videos of Misadventures of Flink) and many wonderful games.
There is nothing on the SNes as exciting, iconic and wonderful as Sonic 1 and Golden Axe 1.
Nintendo first party games on the SNes were not that great imo. Yoshi's Island was mind blowing but too frustrating and not intuitive enough, the other ones were rather "meh".
Sonic 1 and Golden Axe 1 are legendary and there were many other great games on the Mega Drive.
The audio was not very good in both those consoles (I was used to an Amiga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzIpghJeec) but many games used it in smart ways that sounded very good anyway.

[Masque]

Electric Cupcake eredeti hozzászólása:

They both had their strengths and weaknesses.

Though "Blast Processing" was pure marketing BS, and Mode 7 and SuperFX weren't.

Sega was much faster for 4-player sports games like NHL. I know because all my friends played the NHL games when we were seniors in HS and the Genesis was always preferred, because the action was smoother, faster, and more responsive. The same titles on the SNES looked nice, but played like mud.

Plus the Genesis had FM synthesis on a chip, and could produce music the SNES couldn't touch -- while at the same time the SNES could produce music the Genesis couldn't touch.

The Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack would have been impossible on the SNES. The Nobuo Uematsu Square musics would have been impossible on the Genesis.

The SNES had higher resolution, more memory and bandwidth, and more colors. More memory and bandwidth for memory meant more complex games like SimCity. SimCity would have been impossible on the Genesis.

The speed of Sonic 1-3 would have been impossible on the SNES.

Yes -- both had their strengths and weaknesses, and both were incredible systems for the time.

[Chris]

Genesis has sonic 2 so....

[gugnihr]

PS: I think that the Mega Drive can handle 3D better than the SNes. All the games with 3D effects on the SNes used an additional chip on the cartridges, but I think that the Mega Drive could do that without additional chips.

[Rio]

Masque eredeti hozzászólása:

Electric Cupcake eredeti hozzászólása:

They both had their strengths and weaknesses.

Though "Blast Processing" was pure marketing BS, and Mode 7 and SuperFX weren't.

Sega was much faster for 4-player sports games like NHL. I know because all my friends played the NHL games when we were seniors in HS and the Genesis was always preferred, because the action was smoother, faster, and more responsive. The same titles on the SNES looked nice, but played like mud.

Plus the Genesis had FM synthesis on a chip, and could produce music the SNES couldn't touch -- while at the same time the SNES could produce music the Genesis couldn't touch.

The Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack would have been impossible on the SNES. The Nobuo Uematsu Square musics would have been impossible on the Genesis.

The SNES had higher resolution, more memory and bandwidth, and more colors. More memory and bandwidth for memory meant more complex games like SimCity. SimCity would have been impossible on the Genesis.

The speed of Sonic 1-3 would have been impossible on the SNES.

Yes -- both had their strengths and weaknesses, and both were incredible systems for the time.

Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars for sega gen was a fun sports game

[funewchie]

MistuhG eredeti hozzászólása:

Genesis had a pretty lackluster selection of rpgs. The only one i can ever remember is Phantasy Star 4. Standing next to giants like FF and Chrono Trigger, seems pretty weak in comparison. I had both consoles and SNES got 10x more use.

Well, technically Genesis also had Shining Force and Langrisser.
Although, those are Strategy RPGs, similar to Nintendo's Fire Emblem.

[Candyy]

both are ancient garbages

[GlaceonChireiden]

Soniaa ♡ eredeti hozzászólása:

both are ancient garbages

But they're lovable ancient garbage

[Rio]

Soniaa ♡ eredeti hozzászólása:

both are ancient garbages

Still had good music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRRyt7Xjh84

[Crashed]

Jellyfish eredeti hozzászólása:

JustSomeLego eredeti hozzászólása:

I think the genesis looks and sounds a lot better personally.

But I will admit that the snes definitely has the more iconic/recognizable library of IPs.

have you ever actually seen a snes game? the graphics are INSANELY superior. can the genesis handle these games? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8btNneN8ew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EkVHxE0Y8I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4EUEsEM328 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MR58foCW4w

Two of those games have additional hardware inside their game cartridges to improve the graphics, specifically Star Fox and Yoshi's Island.

While the SNES has a superior graphics chip, the Genesis has a faster main CPU.

[Candyy]

JustSomeLego eredeti hozzászólása:

Soniaa ♡ eredeti hozzászólása:

both are ancient garbages

But they're lovable ancient garbage

There is nothing rly good on them comparing to what we have today

[funewchie]

Soniaa ♡ eredeti hozzászólása:

JustSomeLego eredeti hozzászólása:

But they're lovable ancient garbage

There is nothing rly good on them comparing to what we have today

A Pokemon fan badmouthing older stuff?
A fan of a franchise that is propped up solely by it's older generations, many of which were unwieldy, glitchy, flat-looking and ugly?
Huh.

These older games that according to you "have nothing good on them" are the only reason we even have the modern games available to us.

gugnihr eredeti hozzászólása:

PS: I think that the Mega Drive can handle 3D better than the SNes. All the games with 3D effects on the SNes used an additional chip on the cartridges, but I think that the Mega Drive could do that without additional chips.

I don't know about that.

Both consoles were 16-bit.
I don't honestly know how the Genesis processor would hold up compared to a SNES processor + SuperFX Chip.
Considering Sega never really tried for it, we'll likely never know.

Unless some programming genius wants to try and make Star Fox actually on Genesis, and see if it can run smoother and faster.
(Of course, the game would be completely unplayable, because it was balanced and designed around that limited fps the SNES + chip could render. So at higher fps, the game would have everything happen all at once, and be near impossible to play)

⛧Black⛧ eredeti hozzászólása:

Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars for sega gen was a fun sports game

I'd forgotten that game, actually.
It seemed cool.

But then, I have more fond memories of Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose, on SNES.