From: v089l3s3@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Jeremy B Horwitz)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: Sega or Genesis (Give me a break)
Date: 5 Oct 92 02:47:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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In article <1992Oct04.220526.12109@uvmark.uucp>, davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks) writes...
> 
> 
>Ok net world, I have a problem with things of late.  I own both the SNES 
>and Genesis, so I feel I have a fairly good view of things (as opposed to
>the very biased owners of one game system or another.)  It seems that a large
>number of people have been talking lately about the large number of bad/not
>good Genesis titles and the larger number of good SNES titles.  My question
>is ????Where????  Again, as an owner of both systems, I don't see this at all,
>and in fact, tend to see more Genesis titles that are good.  This opinion
>seems to be holding up in sales at some of the local stores as well, as,
>for example, Babbages had about 7 or 8 Genesis titles in its top 10, and only
>1 or 2 SNES games (Street Fighter being #1).  Similar things were happening
>at the Electronic Boutiques nearby.  So, I pose the question to the net world..
>Where are all the "great" SNES games that have supposedly come out.????
> 
>Types of Games...
> 
>Genesis				vs.			SNES
>Sports Games
>- The Genesis has, IMHO, a huge lead in both titles and quality of titles in
>this arena.  Electronic Arts is a major reason for this.
> 
>NHLPA	- incredible game, major improvement over the last title, which was
>	  incredible by itself.
>John Madden '92 - Not counting the forthcoming '93 title, this is still the 
>	  best football game around for any system.  The Genesis version, 
>	  not the SNES.
>Bulls vs. Lakers - probably the best basketball game around... Again, the 
>	  Genesis version (though I am awaiting NCAA to come out).
>RBI 4  -  Very, very good baseball game.  Probably the best, but I haven't seen
>	  Roger Clemens yet.
> 
>Does the SNES have any real sports game that are worth anything?? Most of their
>baseball games really suck.  Combat basketball... Yuck.  The football game I
>have seen really suck (I haven't played Super High Impact for either system,
>nor Super Play Action).  Super Tennis was very good however...
> 
>RPG Games...
>The Genesis has good quality games in Might & Magic, Phantasy Star (II & III),
>D&D Warriors, Sword of Vermillion, etc... as well as some "pseudo" RPG games 
>like Warsong, Wonder Boy, Immortal, etc that were all very good.
> 
>The SNES has Zelda, and then some others I haven't actually played like
>Arcana, Soul Blazer, Final Fantasy, Act Raiser that are supposed to be pretty
>good as well.
> 
>Shooters/Side Scrolling - The Genesis has tons of them, the tops being games
>like Gaires, ThunderForce III, Streets of Rage, Sonic, etc.. that were all 
>excellent.
>The SNES has a few, like Axelay, Contra, and maybe another one or two that
>were very good, but tons of dogs like R-Type, HyperZone, etc...
> 
>Platform - Genesis - Sonic, Chuck Rock, Taz-Mania, Mickey Mouse, Quackshot,
>	Kid Chamelion, etc.. were all great games
>	   SNES - Super Mario World was very good as well.  
> 
>Two player fight games - SNES - Street Figher II, 'nuff said...:-)
> 
>Anyway, looking at recent releases, neither system has had a ton of great
>games, but for the SNES we had Street Fighter II (the best), Axelay (ok, but
>not as great as some try to make it out to be), and Turtles (great, but WAY
>too easy to be a game that will last).  The Genesis has had NHLPA, Chuck Rock,
>Super High Impact, and a few others that were good as well.  
> 
>So, again the question...  Where are all the good SNES games??  I have played,
>rented, or owned about 20 SNES games, of which I have only seen about 5 or 6
>that were worth it, 
>In a similar number of Genesis titles, I have seen more worthwhile titles..
>-- 
>David T. Meeks                    ||" We are jigsaw pieces, aligned on the 
>VMark Software, Inc.              ||  perimeter edge, 
>uvmark!davem@merk.com             ||  interlocked through a missing piece"
>davem%uvmark@merk.com             ||" ...This world is totally Fugazi"
All I can say to this is just wait for the next batch. If
you want the best games around, simply wait.
I also own both systems. I stopped buying Genesis
games because I only like ONE sports title - the NHL/NHLPA
Hockey series. 
The SNES games to be looking out for: Super Star Wars,
X-Men, Out of this World, On the Ball and Super SWIV.
The first two are primo platform games. The second
is an action-story game. The third is just undescribably
great. And the fourth is a revolutionary shooter ported
from the Amiga. I've played them all. They're all
great.

There are more. Sega does have some wild new stuff--
Batman II, Sonic II, Streets of Rage II, hopefully
Revenge of Shinobi II... Which I'm excited about.
But, it's not here yet. I'm holding my breath.

-> Jer
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