From: andrewg@brtph600.bnr.ca (Andrew Grant)
Subject: Re: What the hell is with Genesis?????
Organization: BNR Inc. RTP, NC
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 04:47:40 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.162635.45948@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> epasls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
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>	You see it on t.v. They're constantly and perpetually rubbing it in
>your face. Sega has BLAST PROCESSING and Super Nintendo doesn't. Then they show
>the dolphin game and Sonic 2(well done). But I have a question...
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>		WHAT THE HELL IS BLAST PROCESSING?
who cares ???
>
>	As far as I can tell it just means that the machine can move more 
>screens quickly and more efficiently. But Super NES has Road Runner's Death
>Valley Rally which is faster than anything I've seen. Then they show Super NES'
>Super Mario Kart, which is one of the best games ever made. It got all 9's in 
>EGM, which is better than any Genesis or Genesis CD game (except Sonic 2)
>And all my friends would take the awesome roataing, scaling and Mode seven on a
Ha Ha Ha. SMK one of the best games ever made. I played it over Christmas.
I thought it was awfull. But I am used to playing Road Rash on the Genesis
which blows SMK away. Road Rash has much better graphics in spite of the 
Genesis "only" having a maximum of 64 colours on screen. 
 >Super NES than the "Blast Processing" Genesis offers. Have you ever played
>Pilotwings, or F-Zero, or SMK, or Final Fantasy 2? Those games kick the crap
>out of Genesis games, or al least the ones I've played, and I've played a lot!
I have only played SMK. The other games may be better, but from what SNES 
owners are saying about SMK I doubt it.
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>	And what is the mass appeal with Sega products? I know that Genesis
>cleaned house this Christmas and will probably dominate the market next year.
>I make no excuses for Nintendo's ad campaign, though. Rarely do I see a 
>commercial for Nintendo, and when I do, it's either for a really sorry game, or
>is an ad for a game which has no relevance with the actual game itself. Look at
>the Zelda 3 ad. They show this obese Link climbing up a mountain trying to get
>the sword. But do they ever show the actual game once? Oh well, getting off 
>subject.
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I was thinking of buying a SNES in addition to my Genesis. Using someone else's
to play SMK over the holidays has made me think again.
>	Someone out there kindly post what Blast processing is, and why 
>people are turning to Genesis. The color's bad, the 3-D effects are inferior,
>and you can't beat SNES's music, unless you talk about the CD Rom. Prince of
>Persia has fuzzy graphics that SNES could do in its sleep. The music, I will 
>admit is no contest, but it's a CD. 
The Genesis colors are not bad. Games like Sonic and Road Rash make great use
of color.

>	My final point is that the Genesis shows in its ad; their system and 
>the SNES side by side. But when they show the Genesis with its 2nd controller
>and Sonic cartridge, they flash on the screen for about half a second:
>	'Second Controller and game cartridge sold seperately'
>SNES comes with 2 controllers, and SMW. I just don't get it.
>
>				Well, I outta hea. Peace.
It's interesting that although the SNES has superior graphics in many respects,
many (non-technical) people I have spoken to seem to think that the Genesis 
has better graphics. I didn't argue with them having just being playing SMK.

Andrew Grant.