Quote Originally Posted by Colamisu View Post
Brb making favourite thread. "Poll: Favourite 16-bit Console: AKA Why The SNES is Better Than Genesis"

The two systems had entirely different styles of games. SNES had amazing RPGs and some good platformers. I'm not entirely sure what Genesis had that was better. Fighting games? Racing games? Beat-em-ups? I guess probably most of the games that were worth playing on it are the ones that have been re-released on Steam and the 360 in the past year or two.
SNES had RPGs and better exclusives (though I'd take Castlevania Bloodlines and Contra Hard Corps over CV4 and Alien Wars any day). Going back over the the Genny's library it really did excel at platformers, shooters, beat 'em ups or anything fast paced. Pure preference but I also find multi-platform games usually play a lot better on the Genesis.

Plus I absolutely adore the music on the Genesis. SNES had a great sound chip but I can't stand that echo effect so many devs used so they could get away with shorter samples. A necessary evil due to cartridge size limitations, but so many games sound like they're in a bathroom.