MD or SNES

Samurai · 22-08-2002 1:26am #1

Which in your opinion do you think was Better Sega Mega Drive or the Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Muzz · 22-08-2002 1:45am

Like FFS wheres the get a life i never had one of those???

DiscoStu · 22-08-2002 4:11am

That question is equivalent to asking which you love more your mother or father. Both were great systems, both had excellent games. the snes came out later and was technically superior but some of the games that were on both systems were way way better on mega drive. micro machines 2, that was the reason a friend of mine kept his md for so long. we still played sonic and mm2 up to as close as 1999. shadowrun, dear god how much better and darker can a mega drive game be in comparison to its snes counterpart. then there is flashback, where did it all go wrong for delphine? Sure the snes had....(insert long line of games) but each system had games that i will never forget and if that is the way you judge a console(which is actually the way you should) both are great. as for which is better?, my mum cooks better so i have to pick the snes.

Kairo · 22-08-2002 9:47pm

Poll Sticky'ed. Watch and learn Sam.

Voted Snes tbh. Though I'm a big fan of Sega games, I'm a bigger fan of Nintendo..and the Snes was a much better system, clearly.

LoGiE · 22-08-2002 10:09pm

Yawn:rolleyes:......SNES.... zelda, Super metroid , donkey kong country etc and the megadrive game pad pissed me off

Practical · 22-08-2002 10:32pm

Nintendo 64 is prob my fav console of all time , pitty it had crap car games

l3rian · 23-08-2002 1:01am

the mega drive was cool, remember those cool ads?

sonic2 + micro machines2 where classics, comparable to the great mario kart

spooky donkey · 25-08-2002 11:47am

well kgen is the best emu i have ever used and i just love the little blue hedghog!

Nevyn · 25-08-2002 11:50am

hey one word says it all

Colloums

Ste- · 27-08-2002 7:57pm

megadrive easily

tman · 28-08-2002 1:43pm

the mega drive was pretty ropey.
dodgy 256 colour display (i think), crap joypad, no super metroid.......... (no super anything really)
/edit
wait a minute, wtf was wrong with flashback on snes???
my memories not all there, but didnt it look pretty much the same as the md version
i've been playing it on dgen recently, but tbh the pc version was much better (the floppy version, not the dodgy cdrom one)
i must get round to dling a snes rom of it
(played it on the amiga as well, only briefly)

DiscoStu · 28-08-2002 3:16pm

64 colours from 4096
lets see, well the mega drive version had better graphics, no day glow greens and blues in sight in its palette, better sound, smoother animation and it came out first.

tman · 29-08-2002 12:15pm

i stand corrected:(
it's still one of the best games i've ever played.
a few differences in graphics and sound dont really bother me, as long as the game itself plays the same

hey one word says it all

Colloums

lol, that was my mothers favourite game too

LoGiE · 30-08-2002 10:59am

A bit off topic but has anyone played Fade to black? made by the same crowd that made another world and flashback...and another reason i thought SNES was better Yohsi's Island, Mario Kart and killer Instinct....And of course Castlevania:) Anyone tried the GBA version? fúckin class

30-08-2002 12:24pm

Yeh Logie I have if and its great. At least it was until I got stuck at the stupid 2 headed dragon fella.

Oh and I voted SNES for the Donkey Kong series and Super Mario Allstars (mine included Mario World :P). *Bliss*

LoGiE · 30-08-2002 4:54pm

Intresting to see the polls 50/50 thought the SNES would kick ass!
Jabba
I've only started to play the GBA version and as a result i've downloaded most of the originals for a trip down memory lane:) I didn't realise they released a playstation version as well...HMmm

Firefox · 31-08-2002 7:06pm

50/50 Hmmmm......pritty much as i would expect tbh. As has been said before they were both very good platforms in their day (and still are) and shared allmost equal status as far as popularity went. I had the Megadrive myself. Used to love the Sonic Games. Things are much more lobsided these days as far as consoles go which is a pity.

tman · 06-09-2002 12:54pm

woohoooo, go snes!
15-14

Tom Dunne · 16-09-2002 7:29pm

Megadrive, without question.

What made it for me was the CD-ROM addon. Anybody remember Night Trap?:D

It is now playing happily on my Sega CD emulator. Ah, fond memories.

LoGiE · 16-09-2002 8:51pm

What made it for me was the CD-ROM addon. Anybody remember Night Trap?

It is now playing happily on my Sega CD emulator. Ah, fond memories.

Haha:D I've got to disagree with you there Night Trap was complete and utter pants;)! Ecco The Dolphin, Sonic CD, WWF Rage In the Cage and Earthworm Jim: Special Edition are pretty good games worth checking out:)

Tom Dunne · 16-09-2002 9:37pm

In hindsight, I have to agree.:D

But the sight of real moving video, with lots of girlies running around - don't get me started on the "monsters".

Do you remember the amount of attention this game got? All the religious heads were up in arms in the US, some of them hadn't even seen it! They were brandishing it as a pornographic horror movie of sorts. To quote Sherlock Holmes from one of the other SegaCD games - "what bouldedash, what rubbish!". You'd see more now on an episode of Buffy.

LoGiE · 16-09-2002 10:12pm

I do remember all that rubbish about it alright:) didn't stop them making a sequel LOL!:p It was llike blaming the original GTA for an increase in car crimes and blaming Doom for an increase in shootings in public schools...nothing to do with the fact that you can by some serious weaponry over the counter(Including Mini guns me thinks:rolleyes: )

Tom Dunne · 16-09-2002 10:16pm

I didn't know they made a sequel. Was it for the SegaCD or the PC? What's it called (don't tell me it's Night Trap 2!).

DiscoStu · 16-09-2002 10:24pm

Dont forget the insane amount of children who started dressing up as cowboys and started shooting american indians after mad dog mcree came out

po0k · 17-09-2002 2:34pm

Flashback was great on the Amiga.

Got Sonic 3 + Sonic&Knuckles + Toy Story (WOW! OMFG! 32-BIT! <drool>).
Borrowed some other games.
Good times.
<sniff>
Never got into the snes.

Gaz · 17-09-2002 2:51pm

Was a SNES man meself .... Only think MD had over it was Mortal Kombat , they ruined that game on the SNES, The MD had all the original finishing moves ....."Finish Him !!!"

LoGiE · 17-09-2002 4:59pm

Both Snes and Mega Drive versions had the blood/Finish Him! turned off in Mortal kombat. You needed a code to turn it on, on the megadrive and I think a action replay cart to access it on the snes (Could be wrong about snes) The graphics where also a little better on the snes;)

I didn't know they made a sequel. Was it for the SegaCD or the PC? What's it called (don't tell me it's Night Trap 2!).

I can't remember at the moment, I'll do a little research but it defo had all the crap FMV etc:D As for mad dog mcree it wasn't that bad:) I remember playing it a few times in my local arcade and in the Plex in Coolock

Makaveli · 17-09-2002 9:44pm

Two words.
Mario Kart
Game, Set, Match SNES.
Althought the MD was a great console, I never really liked the control pad (used to get blisters off it).
But I guess starting with a NES, a SNES was always going to be next inline.
Still play it ya know. Nothing better than some Mario Kart or F-Zero or Mario Brothers when you're bored.
Although as said Mortal Kombat was much better on the MD.
FIFA was better on SNES though.

SantaHoe · 18-09-2002 11:49pm

Having owned both for many years...
I'd have to say the SNES.
Mario Kart, Pilot Wings, the whole mario platform series... 'nuff said.
I've never wasted more money on crap games on any other console than the megadrive... lord save us.
Anyone remember the adds with the guy sitting in his leather chair? - "Sega have over 500 megadrive games"... well he forgot to mention that 92% of them were utter crap.
You only have to compare the Street Fighter ports on both machines to see which one was technically superior.

Sure the MD came out first, and was the best console at that time, but it really aged horribly compared to the snes.

LoGiE · 19-09-2002 7:40pm

Originally posted by SantaHoe

Anyone remember the adds with the guy sitting in his leather chair? - "Sega have over 500 megadrive games"

Well if thats the worst this must be the best:)
"Mammy I've got to get one of these, the Pornstars told me so..."

DiscoStu · 19-09-2002 7:49pm

where did you dig that up from?

LoGiE · 19-09-2002 9:12pm

I got it mailed to me by a mate a last week and just had to post it in this thread. He says he got it from www.mameworld.net somewhere:p

Makaveli · 20-09-2002 2:18am

No you got it all wrong.
Guys with SNES' got chicks.

Kalina · 09-10-2002 12:10pm

SNE by a mile!!
I loved Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, Cool Spot, Animaniacs, Super Mario World.

ykt0di9url7bc3 · 09-10-2002 12:13pm

Originally posted by Makaveli
No you got it all wrong.
Guys with SNES' got chicks.

roffle...

Snes was my baby!

Samurai · 22-08-2003 5:12pm

Kairo sooo fixed this poll :P

Ronan|Raven · 22-08-2003 5:30pm

Jesus H Christ on a bike, please dont drag up threads from a year ago again!

tman · 22-08-2003 5:34pm

ah ffs, how did this guy get to be a cmod?

Samurai · 22-08-2003 7:09pm

loooooool sorry :P

KdjaCL · 23-08-2003 12:12pm

Still have both
Road Rash Superb on MD
Mario Kart excellent.

I never had a favourite but if i was to choose it be Snes for Nintendo games and the pad MD was awful.

//ahh the good old days when Fifa was good on MD :eek:

kdjac

Mossy Monk · 23-08-2003 3:32pm

megadrive tbh

RichyX · 21-09-2003 2:43pm

MD all the way.
Back in the day everyone had an MD around here. I never knew a single person with an SNES.
All those Mario games were the most overrated ****e ever IMO
Only one that was really great was Mario Kart.
If you wanted platformers the MD was the ****, Sonic is class and I still play Shinobi 3 on a regular basis to this day. No game has had such a great feeling since.

I never had any trouble with the MD pad. Aside from breaking 2 of 'em that is.

LoGiE · 21-09-2003 5:36pm

omfg!:eek: This thread just wont go away

XCRichard mario games overated? Dont think so..... Super Mario Allstars and Yoshi's Island are incredible games. I seem to remember some mags rating them 100% lol

Kairo · 22-09-2003 8:52am

Agreed Logie. The winner is clear. If theres to be any more discussions, start a new thread. Otherwise, I'm locking this.

Hey Richy, you back in college this year?

@Sam: I'll fix YORE poll.

..ya

RichyX · 22-09-2003 11:06pm

Hey Kairo, how's the craic?
Just back to college today. Way different course to last year, none of that C++ ****e for a start. Finally get to learn some useful stuff too by the looks of it, networking, systems maintenance etc.
What are you up to these days?

Ronan|Raven · 23-09-2003 12:01am

Im a grumpy basterd the thread has finally died!

Also Megadrive was the best :P

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