Been trying to find something to play for hours and only getting blips now and then. I come to realize that I just stopped feeling anything nostalgic for some consoles from particular generations of gaming. One of them is the Sega Genesis. The only greatest memory I’ve had of that system, was the Sega Channel, a subscription service that gave you access to numerous Genesis games in a monthly cycle. I was really one of the blessed few that got to experience that and was so happy someone made a rom dump of it only to find that it only brings me to the ATTENTION! screen when I try running it. That’s what you get when something happens to the adapter or service discontinued .etc
Anyways, I know the Genesis have had some gems and some classics. But I have a hard time really caring for most of its library and the way Sega has handled re-releasing its old games library, has really added sour to my feelings on the Genesis. Sonic, Golden Axe, Columns, Streets of Rage and repeat was all that Sega ever pitched out. Over and over, didn’t matter what generation of gaming it was. Maybe a few random titles sprinkled in and there you go. But it’s like, they didn’t bother lifting a finger to try and maybe get some of the better games that were released on that system. They didn’t get Shadowrun, which in my opinion, outclasses the SNES version just barely simply because it felt like a pure Shadowrun experience. Zombies Ate My Neighbors could have had an argument being compiled. Pirates! Gold was a stellar pirates-related RPG of its time, didn’t get compiled.
Like what the fuck, Sega? Yes we get it, never forget Sonic. Between the two big 16-bit consoles, I’ve found greater appreciation for the SNES. I mean, you could easily rank 150 banger classics off of its library compared to what Genesis’ best, I struggle to maybe get 20 or 25.
Sega never had the appeal to me either man outside those few games. I still like playing the SNES for whatever reason they just seem to hold up
i agree. i think Sega more often tried to go for trends and edginess, or encouraged (passively or actively) devs to do so. the games became total ancient history, emotion-wise. compared to Big N, whose titles became seen as classics and are often imitated.
on some level, it’s as simple as the colors being more primary and bright, versus secondary and dark. obviously not the only factor but an undeniable one.
edit: removed redundancy
That was really all that Sega was about in the 90s. They talked the big talk, but they really couldn’t walk it. They only struck luck at best, but they stumbled a lot of the time which eventually lead to their hardware exit by the 2000s.
Nintendo’s games proved that quality is ever-lasting and regardless of people’s stance on Nintendo, very few could argue their kind of quality. They let that speak for themselves.