From: davem@uvmark.uucp (Dave Meeks)
Subject: Sega or Genesis (Give me a break)
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 92 22:05:26 GMT
Organization: Vmark Software, Inc.



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 
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