What gave Mega Drive / Genesis bad rep?

[VinsCool]

Marry her while you can!!!!

Oh I swear I love her!

I have two Model 2 Sega Mega Drivers complete in box as well as around 10-15 games. I had a Mega CD but the turd didn't work properly.

Anyhow, looking forward to play Batman Returns via a different method.

Hehehe, you know what? I also have this game :3

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Oh I swear I love her!

Hehehe, you know what? I also have this game :3
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Oh, I was thinking of the Sega CD version where you drive the Batmobile.

 

[RevPokemon]

Oh I swear I love her!

Hehehe, you know what? I also have this game :3
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I do to for free ( if ya know what I mean)

 

[VinsCool]

Oh, I was thinking of the Sega CD version where you drive the Batmobile.

I don't think I am going to get a Turd CD, or at least, no for now.

 

[RevPokemon]

I don't think I am going to get a Turd CD, or at least, no for now.

well they are good if you get it for the right price as isn't emulating Sega cd hard ?

 

[VinsCool]

well they are good if you get it for the right price as isn't emulating Sega cd hard ?

Yeah, but most of time, it ends up not working. Or I have heard bad opinions.

 

[RevPokemon]

Yeah, but most of time, it ends up not working. Or I have heard bad opinions.

Then again can't you use regular CDs and play the roms that way?

 

[VinsCool]

Then again can't you use regular CDs and play the roms that way?

I am speaking about the mega-cd add on, not the games.

 

[Sheimi]

I'm guessing I am one of the few cool kids who had both consoles growing up. Look at the 32x and CD.

 

[RevPokemon]

I'm guessing I am one of the few cool kids who had both consoles growing up. Look at the 32x and CD.

And by cool you mean had rich parents

 

[VinsCool]

And by cool you mean had rich parents

Something I did not had

 

[Sheimi]

And by cool you mean had rich parents

Nah, my dad got me more gaming stuff than my mom.

 

[RodrigoDavy]

I don't think the Mega Drive has a bad reputation at all. It did really well, especially considering it was competing with fucking Super Nintendo which, in my opinion, is the best Nintendo console ever.
The Mega Drive is a great console, just a shame that it wasn't very succesful in Japan, so japanese developers tended to not produce games or be familiar with the Mega Drive's hardware.

I do think that the Mega Drive is for some reason overrated in North America. I've seen lots of "Genesis" fans that are like, "Look at all this blast processing... Fat plumber Mario rescuing pink pricess is so lame and childish... Sonic is waaayyyy better, plus he saves cute little animals... now that's what I call mature. Genesis does what Nintendon't!"

I played both and prefer the SNES version. Not being biased, just thought it was better. That and I've never played a bad Capcom game.

I feel like everyone likes Virgin's Alladin better because of graphics. I think the gameplay in Capcom's game is much tighter and more precise. In the Virgin's Aladdin enemies are more like obstacles but in Capcom's Aladdin they sometimes react to something you do and you can use many of them as a way to reach hidden places by jumping on them. (Which was nothing new back in the 90's but still something that Virgin didn't do)

 

[tbb043]

Bad rep? Wha? Genesis was a major success, the only real success Sega had. The only people with a problem with Genesis must be absolute graphics whores of the worst kind.

 

[VinsCool]

Bad rep? Wha? Genesis was a major success, the only real success Sega had. The only people with a problem with Genesis must be absolute graphics whores of the worst kind.

Definitely. Some games also had excellent graphics, sound, which is quite an achievement. A lot of gems, like Aladin, used all specs with brio. Sonic games are timeless legendary.

 

[RodrigoDavy]

Speaking of sound, I think some of the Mega Drive's music sounded really amazing. There's a game called Langrisser II and I think the Mega Drive version sounds way better than the snes or even the pc-fx and ps1 version (even though the pc-fx and ps1 version use red-book cd quality audio)

 

[VinsCool]

Speaking of sound, I think some of the Mega Drive's music sounded really amazing. There's a game called Langrisser II and I think the Mega Drive version sounds way better than the snes or even the pc-fx and ps1 version (even though the pc-fx and ps1 version use red-book cd quality audio)

Synth sound has its charm, and when it is well used, it sounds amazingly good

 

[XDel]

A lot of it was the extra features such as Mode 7. Mode 7 was the first step towards 3D in home console gaming. In the end, they both ended up having great titles, after all, Mode 7 in itself did not make a game great, but it sure helped take games where they'd pretty much never been before, except of course on home computers at the time such as the Amiga.

 

[VinsCool]

A lot of it was the extra features such as Mode 7. Mode 7 was the first step towards 3D in home console gaming. In the end, they both ended up having great titles, after all, Mode 7 in itself did not make a game great, but it sure helped take games where they'd pretty much never been before, except of course on home computers at the time such as the Amiga.

Mode 7 in is beautiful in 2d games for sure. Especially in platforming/sidescrollers.

 

[RevPokemon]

A lot of it was the extra features such as Mode 7. Mode 7 was the first step towards 3D in home console gaming. In the end, they both ended up having great titles, after all, Mode 7 in itself did not make a game great, but it sure helped take games where they'd pretty much never been before, except of course on home computers at the time such as the Amiga.

First steps?
Theoretically it started in the 2600 era with games that used nothing but simple lines and only 2 colors to make a quasi 3d effect but I hear what your saying