From: hm002b@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Primus Sucks!)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: Re: SNES CD Drive: Fact or fiction?!?
Date: 21 Dec 92 20:40:14 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

In article <1h4llvINNrah@noc.near.net> oliveira@nic.near.net (John Oliveira) writes:
>In article <1h0g31INN45p@aludra.usc.edu>, tehyang@aludra.usc.edu (Teh Kao Yang) writes:
>|> In article <1992Dec19.231833.15815@exu.ericsson.se> exuhag@exu.ericsson.se writes:
>|> >Sega has had a problem coming up with decent games, only one or two
>|> >worth paying $50 for a year.  I don't see how a $300 CD player could
>|> >somehow help matters.  Games are games, after all.
>|> >
>|> Sega's "problem" of coming up with decent games has lasted for about a year,
>|> and it seems to be ending now. Most of 1992 was one of the worst periods for
>|> a Genesis owner. However I wouldn't label Sega as a company that isn't capable
>|> of producing decent games just because of one year of lackluster games. One
>|> reason for a lack of good games could be because Sega had to spend more time
>|> developing games that would compete better with the SNES games. 
>
>I think this is ridiculous, Sega had to spend a WHOLE year developing games so
>that they can compete with SNES???
>If this is what Sega is trying to do than I might as well sell my Genesis. 
>I spend a whole F****** year waiting for a decent game for  the Genesis and
>all they had released was junk, plain junk.
>Thats why I bought a SNES because of these long droughts  of games from Sega. I'm
>glad that I bought the SNES since there the ones thats making me happy with decent
>games being released.
>Right now if I had a choice between the 2 I'll take the SNES over Sega hands down.
>If Sega and Nintendo would stop worrying about which of the two will be the 
>number 1 and start making decent games than all of us would be happy, I think..:-)
>
>|> 
>|> It seems like Sega likes to release all their best games near Christmas time,
>|> causing periodic "droughts" of good games during mid-year. And I think it was
>|> worth the wait this year. I don't think there ever has been as many great 
>|> Genesis games out on shelves at the same time. Right now there's Streets of
>|> Rage 2, Sonic 2, Terminator 2, TMNT, Sunset Riders, Ecco the Dolphin, Lightning
>|> Force, Madden 93, Pro QB... And I think Road Rash 2 and a whole slew of new
>|> Sega CD games will be out any day now.
>|> 
>|> -Teh Kao
>|>
>
>I don't think it was worth the wait a WHOLE year for Sega to release decent games.
>It's like saying, don't buy any games for the Genesis during Spring, Summer or Fall
>because the games will suck. Just wait till Christmas thats when Sega will release
>great games, yeah right. I the meatime SNES will dominate the market.
>The problem with the games you listed above only one game that I found to be
>excellent and that is SOR2, the rest I wasn't impressed.
>I have to admit that I haven't had the change to play Sunset Riders, Ecco the
>Dolphin and Lightning Force.
>So is it worth the waiting??  I think Not!
>John

I think you are over reacting a bit here. IMHO the best Sega Genesis game of
all time was released this past Fall/October, NHLPA Hockey. Anyways Sega
always has good games out, it is just that they glut the market during X-mas
time and people expect the same amount of production all year long and that
is unreasonable. I for one have been very happy with the Genesis.