05-23-2012, 04:55 PM
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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
This is an old(as in 1989) Usenet thread debating the merits of the Genesis against those of the TG-16. It seems the console wars haven't changed much in 23 years.
Nintendo vs. SEGA genesis - rec.games.video | Google Groups
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Originally Posted by sml108
Personally, I think the Nintendo is a piece of right wing garbage akin to the IBM PC. Slow, out of date, but heavily marketed so that mindless dweenies will think it's the hottest thing since Zelda had her first period.
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Good to know there were mindless fanboys back in the day. |
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05-23-2012, 05:34 PM
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Re: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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Originally Posted by c60c-4bq
And both the Genesis and TG16 have the same 6-channel FM sound generators, but in addition Genesis have 4 more other sound
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Nice to know that misinformation was out there as well......
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Originally Posted by c60c-4bq
if I had to choose from a machine that sometimes have flicker problem in grafx, (suffering from it 8-bit CPU) and a machine that doesn't, I'd definitely choose Genesis.
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Originally Posted by c60c-4bq
CD-Rom is great, ignoring the price, but I also noticed that it takes too much time loading up the things to memory to play (thanx again to its 8-bit input/output).
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Originally Posted by c60c-4bq
Note that Genesis/Mega Drive is also coming out with their own CD-Rom unit that takes advantage of *TRUE* 16-bit processor.
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No amount of fail can describe the stupidity going on here.
Please kill me......
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I got sick of Mario Bros. at part I on my Atari 800. I found Shamus far more fun than Zelda.
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while I found the idea of Shamus to be neat
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SHAMUS ARAN.
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Originally Posted by sml108
Especially given the fact that Japanese companies are allowed to walk all over us on their home turf....
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Someone's mad. |
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05-23-2012, 06:12 PM
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Re: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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Nintendo is a piece of right wing garbage
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What does this even mean? |
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05-23-2012, 06:14 PM
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Re: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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What does this even mean?
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Ask JG he would know. |
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05-23-2012, 06:18 PM
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Re: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Wait, is that guy calling Metroid "Shamus"? LOL I'm gonna start calling games by the (incorrect) name of the character from now on.
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05-23-2012, 06:22 PM
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05-23-2012, 06:33 PM
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Re: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
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Oh lol, well the guys an idiot either way. Shamus does look fun though.
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05-23-2012, 06:37 PM
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