From: positron@engin.umich.edu (Jonathan Scott Haas)
Subject: Re: The sega genesis is the best by far
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 11:21:14 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <92288.215900IK20073@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> IK20073@MAINE.MAINE.EDU writes:
>
>     I have been reading all of your information about the Atari Lynx, and the
>Gameboy but you don't talk about the best system and that is the Genesis by
>Sega.  

Well, considering that this is alt.games.lynx, I don't find it very
surprising that we don't talk about the Genesis.

>While the Lynx boasts that it has "true" 16-bit graphics, it doesn't
>compare to the Genesis.  The Genesis has a color pallet of 256 colors and can
>display 64 colors at a time.  

Hmm... let's see here...

pallet (pal' it) n. a bed of straw, or any other small or poor bed

Wow... that's a pretty colorful pile of straw the Genesis has. I guess
the Lynx doesn't compare. Oh... did you mean PALETTE? Sorry, my mistake.
The Lynx has a palette of 4,096 colors... sixteen times more colors
that the Genesis.

>It has 8 sound channels with 2 exclusively
>devoted to speech and voice.  With an extensive library of video games, far
>more than the Lynx, the Genesis has the advantage.  Also with a CD-ROM
>interface, which boosts the Genesis to the levels of the Neo Geo, the
>Genesis now out does any home system; both in affordability and game play.
>The resolution of the graphics for the Genesis out does the "blocky" effect
>that the Lynx brings out.  

While the Lynx pleads guilty to low resolution, that's only because it
has such a tiny screen. Its actual screen pitch is something like 70 dpi
(anyone want to verify this? I don't have the numbers here) which is pretty
good... better than the Genesis, I believe. (again, could someone with
the numbers please verify or repudiate this?)

>Also now with a $99 price tag it costs less than
>the Lynx.  

Bzzzzt. You can buy a Lynx for $89.00... or less. My local mall has a
Babbages and an Electronics Boutique right across the hall from each
other, so they get a lot of price competition. When I went in to buy
my third Lynx, I went into EB, and said, "What incentive can you give
me not to walk across the hall and buy my Lynx from Babbages?" The
store manager said, "Well, I can give you an extra ten bucks off."
$79.00... try to buy a Genesis for *that* price!

>It may not be portable but who wants to carry around such a bulky
>portable system like the Lynx.

What you don't understand is that portability is the whole *point*.
The whole reason for the Lynx's existence is so that people can have
a portable, color system. And if you call it "bulky", you've obviously
never held one. The thing is light as a feather, compact, and easily
fits into a small, light case that will hold your Lynx, power supply,
all your games, manuals, cigarette lighter adapter, and Comlynx cable.

>  The processor of the Lynx is not 16 bit either.
>  The Genesis has a 68000 processor that operates at 12 mhz. 

True. The Lynx makes up for its slower speed with the same sort of
architecture that made the Amiga king of the hill for awhile... hardware
support. Things like built-in hardware scaling and scrolling help the
Lynx to keep in step with much faster (and more expensive) systems.

>So if you want
>to buy the far superor system at a more affordable price, not to mention better
>quality, buy Genesis.

Sorry, I disagree with all three points there. Superior? How? More affordable
price? Not. Better quality? If you like a system that's permanently rooted
in front of your TV, maybe.

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