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Appeal of the Sega Mega Drive?

DS86DS

I'm going way back to the early and mid-90s here. The first computer console I ever owned was the Super Nintendo...got it for my Christmas present in 1992.

And even though my console of choice and use today is the Xbox One X..... I still have a soft spot for the SNES.

I got the mini-SNES last year and Ive been playing it ever since...... particularly Super Ghouls N'Ghosts, Super Metroid, Street Fighter and Zelda.... whenever I get sick of modern flashy gaming.

But seriously, whatever was the appeal for some people with the Sega Mega Drive? I had an uncle close to my age and some friends back in the 1990s who had this system.

Not only did I dislike it back then......but even now I don't like the system or its games. I couldn't even be bothered to buy the €20 sale price Sega Mega Collection for Xbox One.

It feels like paying €20 just to play Sonic....which I do like, but it feels like the only good thing the Sega Mega Drive had going for it.

I love my Xbox and SNES... including some other consoles.....but I could just never warm to the Sega Mega Drive. No offense to Sega fans...but it always seemed boring to me and not worth the time.

I'd happily fork out €100 for a mini-SNES....but would struggle to get myself to buy even a €20 Sega collection for the Xbox One

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Kidchameleon

Megadrive had blast processing so it was better than SNES

*edit* beaten to it

RayCon

super_furry

Everyone knows that all the cool kids* had an Amiga.

*Really ****ing nerdy

theteal

Wasn't the Mega Drive out quite a while before the SNES?

We had he Sega and a mate had the SNES so we were pretty much covered for everything. Granted, it was the 90's and everyone was poor so new games were a xmas/birthday affair. I always remember that he had a football game that we were addicted to (you think I'd remember the name!) but after years of playing it to death, there was a random free kick awarded in a game and we both looked confused. . .then the info popped up on screen to say "hand ball". Little minds blown!

McMurphy

RayCon wrote: »

Was sensible soccer the one where the ball didn't 'stick' to the players feet, as in you had to actually dribble the ball, or am I thinking of a different one?

myshirt

johnnyryan89 wrote: »

Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Revenge of Shinobi are three great games for the Sega but do prefer the SNES myself.

I came on here to post exactly the same as you.
Op, the console was worth it purely for these games. Your thread should really be about the Dreamcast.

Or if you are brave...... Atari Jaguar.

scurnane

valoren wrote: »

Super Monaco GP 2?

Senna fronted it, provided voice over.

Or maybe Nigel Mansell GP?

TheValeyard

Megadrive was awesome.

So we're many of the games. Like playing Micromachines with your mates. Some laugh.

Greyfox

I remember this "war" so well as you couldn't afford to have both. All my friends had a mega drive and I had a super nintendo. Both had lots of good games but what nintendo had that sega didnt were games with depth and games that stood the test of time. Both super Mario world and Zelda a link to the past are still amazing games and are usually near the top of best game ever lists.

Yamanoto

Road Rash 2 player mode with the Bro was possibly the most fun I've had while gaming. International Superstar Soccer 98 on N64 was a hoot too.

Lorelli!

Greyfox wrote: »

Both had lots of good games but what nintendo had that sega didnt were games with depth and games that stood the test of time.

Yea I agree. We had the Sega. My friend had the Super Nintendo which I did prefer.

I had forgot about alot of the Sega games. We had a Sonic game and glad to be reminded of Golden Axe, Streets of Rage and Super Monaco!

theteal

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Was sensible soccer the one where the ball didn't 'stick' to the players feet, as in you had to actually dribble the ball, or am I thinking of a different one?

Yup, if you tried to turn 90 degrees, the ball would carry on straight ahead of you

Starscream25

theteal wrote: »

Yup, if you tried to turn 90 degrees, the ball would carry on straight ahead of you

I'll never forget the day I won the World Cup with Les Ferdinand scoring an absolute screamer from The half way line in the last minute against Brazil. What a game.

Scott Tenorman

Stacksofwacks wrote: »

If I had known what the tech boom would bring and the liberal monsters it would spawn I would have set the bloody thing on fire, but nice memories all the same

Is there ANY thread that people won't shoehorn in whining about liberals??

Dry your eyes FFS

Sgt Hartman

Starscream25 wrote: »

I'll never forget the day I won the World Cup with Les Ferdinand scoring an absolute screamer from The half way line in the last minute against Brazil. What a game.

International Sensible Soccer was also available on the SNES. I was addicted to it. My best goal was a Nigel Winterburn rocket from the halfway line right into the top corner.

I was always more of a Nintendo man when I was younger. I just thought that games such as Super Mario World, Zelda and Secret of Mana were far better than anything Sega could offer on their machine although Sega's Mortal Kombat offerings were superior to the SNES ones due to Nintendo's censorship policy at the time. The Mode 7 and the excellent sound chip were also huge pluses over the Mega Drive. Check out the mode 7 effects and soundtracks in games such as Super Castlevania, Axelay, Secret of Mana, Super Mario kart etc. Most of the Megadrive's offerings couldn't hold a candle to those games.

blue note

Now that I read this thread I realise that snes owners were like the apple product owners of a few years ago.

tobsey

Murray TheDemonic TalkingSkull wrote: »

Megadrive was awesome.

So we're many of the games. Like playing Micromachines with your mates. Some laugh.

Was it micro machines that allowed two people to play with one controller?

Insect Overlord

World Cup Italia 90. Now that was a football game!

griffdaddy

tobsey wrote: »

Was it micro machines that allowed two people to play with one controller?

You could plug controllers into the micro machines cartridge on the mega drive, how fcking awesome was that?!

Also, up, down, left, right, a, start.

Kidchameleon

19, 65, 09, 17

how.gareth

Sonic spin ball, micro machines and sensible soccer were the dogs danglies

grindle

tobsey wrote: »

Was it micro machines that allowed two people to play with one controller?

Yep, and v2 allowed up to 8 players thanks to that control scheme and the swanky cartridge

Ush1

grindle wrote: »

Yep, and v2 allowed up to 8 players thanks to that control scheme and the swanky cartridge

Can still remember the excitement when I got that Christmas morning. Best one ever. 8 lads playing at the same time!

TerrorFirmer

For me it would be primarily Golden Axe, Streets of Rage Trilogy, Sonic games, proper Mortal Kombat (the SNES version was horrible) that stand out on the system to me. Both systems have great games though to be fair.

And let's be honest, who can forget those 6-in1 game carts in the console bundle? Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Super Hang On, Revenge of Shinboi, Columns and World Cup Italia 90 on a single cart.

Some versions of the cart even had Sonic included. It was probably months before I bought a 2nd game for the console.

Not really sure why I chose a Mega Drive over the SNES as I had a NES at the time, but I genuinely think the 6-in-1 cart probably played a massive role.

Funny as well how far behind the curve Ireland was in those days in relation to mainstream adoption of new consoles. I think I got the Mega Drive at Christmas '94....even though it was released in 1989, and I think I even got the NES about '91 actually, two years after the MD was launched.

Didn't get a PSX until '97 (about the same time as all my friends were getting them) and that was released at the end of 94 as well. Only seemed to be around the Xbox/PS2 era that it became generally normal for everyone in Ireland to buy consoles the year they were released.

Interesting now to look at places like South America, where the 360 and PS3 are still major systems and uptake of the XB1 and PS4 are limited, and licensed versions of the Sega Mega Drive are still a big seller in some regions like Brazil!

ziedth

Mega Drive For me, outside of what has been mentioned I loved

Shinging Force 1 & 2

Kings Bounty (I still play through this on a Rom on occasion)

Cannon Fodder.

Got the little fella a Switch for Christmas and played a few of the retro games on that and I wasn't really feeling it.

Insect Overlord

Anyone ever play Soleil?

Potential-Monke

Never got the love of Sega myself. Never had one, had a NES then SNES, both fantastic consoles. My mate had a Megadrive, I swapped my SNES with him for a while. Streets of Rage was good, and a few others, but my god I really don't know how people enjoyed Sonic. It's one of the most boring games I've ever played. Hold right, jump, repeat. Not a patch on Super Mario Bros (if we're going to compare poster characters).

Scott Tenorman

The Sega Master System was better than its successor the Megadrive.

Shinobi, Thunderblade, Double Dragon were amazing.

But I have to say Mario Kart for the SNES is the best game ever!

Billy86

blue note wrote: »

Now that I read this thread I realise that snes owners were like the apple product owners of a few years ago.

Nah, as great as the mega drive was the SNES had a stupidly long list of good games, and several games that would go down as all time greats.

Nobody has even mentioned super metroid for it I dont think. As about a 8 or 9 year old kid that was the first time my mind was well and truly blown away by a game, it was just so insanely huge and open for the time.

[Deleted User]

Mega Bomberman. Hours and hours of entertainment