From: cw21219@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Crying Freeman)
Subject: Re: What the hell is with Genesis?????
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 06:35:41 GMT

andrewg@brtph600.bnr.ca (Andrew Grant) writes:

>In article <1992Dec29.162635.45948@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> epasls@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>
>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. 

Haven't seen Road Rash so I can't say which is better... Anyways, I really
think SMK is a great game. I guess everyone has different tastes. 

>I have only played SMK. The other games may be better, but from what SNES 
>owners are saying about SMK I doubt it.

I think Genesis has MUCH better advertising. Nintendo has some really lame
commercials... I only have an SNES now, but I'd like to get a Genesis as
well, primarily because of Ecco and Sonic 2 (I guess the advertising got 
to me. :) )

>>
>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.

I'm not telling you to go buy an SNES, but judging it on only one game is
a bit harsh isn't it?

>>	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,

Who said people are turning to Genesis? I have 2 friends who recently got
Genesis' (Or is it Genesi) but they both had SNES' (Or is it... nevermind)
already...

>>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.

I haven't had much exposure to the Genesis, but when I saw Sonic, the colors
seemed fine to me... (I'm not really that picky...) Regardless, the graphics
of both systems are sufficient for me, anyways...

>>	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.

It's just advertising... :) Besides, the Genesis package is $20 cheaper
than the SNES package around here...

>>
>>				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.

Hey, it's all a matter of opinion (I had a friend who SWORE that PCEngine
BLEW AWAY any game system he's ever seen, including SNES and Genesis.)

However, using SMK as the basis for the SNES' graphics capabilities doesn't
really prove anything though (as you sort of implied I guess) What makes
the game great (IMO) is the head-to-head FUN value of it. My girlfriend and 
her sisters just love the game. It's got that "cuteness" and humor factor, as
well as the competitive factor. I find that the lack of 2 player action in
many games just kills it for me... (Esp. Final Fight, Magic Sword...) 

>Andrew Grant.

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