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I've had a Genesis for about 3 years now, mostly got interested in due to SEGA-16, Classic Game Room & MN12BIRD, and memories of playing Ecco, Sonic, Toejam & Earl, and Streets of Rage at my friends house, I grew up w/ an SNES which I've had since '93.
Ahh, the good old days... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
I knew about the Genesis from video game magazines which my friends and I had gotten into for the tricks/cheat codes. I received my first Genesis as a Christmas gift shortly after it launched.
My first exposure to anything Sega and Genesis was the Sega PC line-up, including Sonic & Knuckles Collection, Garfield CITA, Sega Smash Pack Vol. 2 and Sonic CD. Those were some goooooood times... I remember playing Sonic CD on Windows 98SE via Virtual PC on Mac OS 9. It was pretty slow most of the time. I did play these games on a real Windows PC too, but sometimes I had to settle for the Macintosh.
Many years later, when I was really getting into older games, more so than I use to, I remembered the Genesis and bought a Model 2 with Sonic 1, 2, 3, Knuckles and Spinball. I'll always have not-so-fond memories of playing S&K with an RF switch AND a crappy video encoder. At the time I just figured the Genesis didn't do well on RF, so I just put up with it.
Many dozens of games, two add-ons and a lot of time later, here I am now. A very satisfied Sega convert who is staying for good. I own games for every US released Sega game system except for Pico (I don't own a real SMS, but I have the Genesis and Game Gear converters). :D
My first exposure to anything Sega (hell, the very first game I ever played) was the Sega PC version of Daytona USA. Me and my brother loved it so much, and my dad even made us a steering wheel (complete with pedals and buttons) to play the game with it (I believe we also used it for a short time with Midtown Madness too)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
Sega PC rules M4R14NO94. :D
Midtown Madness is also awesome, but that's off topic.
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For sure, if it wasn't for Sega PC it wouldn't have been until recently that I had any significant time playing classic sonic titles. ;) (plus garfield and BUG!)
We didn't have daytona though.
My Mum and Dad took me into WHSmiths for my birthday is 1991 and said ive got £150 what do I spend it on Snes or Megadrive..I chose megadrive.
Before that I first played it in 89 because my nan was in charge of marketing etc for said WHSmith stores so they bundled a group of kids together in london to play with various toys and give them our rating...I was on the Sega from the time I got in too the time I left, everyone else was off playing hungry hungry hippos :D
*p.s.*
I was never normally that spoilt, but id been banging on about the megadrive for 3 years
Yep. Other Sega PC games that I grew up with were Virtua Cop 2, Sega Touring Car Championship (I still have it, alongside my original "NOT FOR RESALE" copy of Daytona. It came with the very first PC I had. Daytona, that is), Sega Rally 2 and Manx TT Superbike (although they were the demo versions, but I still loved them)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
And regarding Midtown Madness, both the first and second games are awesome. The third one I don't know since I haven't played it. Has anyone played it? If so, is it any good?
I was young, but a very prolific game player. I probably played my first game at 3 or 4 on my cousin's NES and got my own NES in Christmas of 1990 at the age of 5. My cousins got a Genesis around 93 or so and I played it every time I went over to their house. Pretty much any time I was there I would disappear for hours playing Streets of Rage 2 or Sonic 2 and occasionally other games (they had ALOT of shitty games) like Terminator 2: The Arcade Game or Spiderman/X-Men Arcade's Revenge. At the time, everyone told me SNES was just plain better, so that's what I requested sometime in 94 when I FINALLY got to upgrade my system. I have to say, SNES was the better value if you were a kid at the mercy of your parent's whims since the SNES games I happened to get were very long and usually even had battery save. Genesis, on the other hand, usually had shorter arcade style games that only work well if you can afford several and rotate around a little bit. I don't regret getting an SNES, but I'm glad I finally took another look at the Genesis after reading an article about how the Genesis was capable of faster animation.
Played Vectorman in a ToysRUs display in late '94. Begged for one every Christmas until '97. Picked one up in a pawn shop for $15 with Shadowrun in '08. History.
^ Youngsters...
I was in my teens when I got my hands on the system of my dreams: Atari VCS.
Now to the Genesis. My stepson got one for Christmas around 1993 timeframe. Hence, I played many two player games for it with him. Did not see anything special about it then. Fast forward, and I picked up a model 2 at a used game store around 2005 time-frame. I have since collected about 60 or so game carts. I still do not see the draw in the Sonic games even though I own them all...
Since as far as I can remember (very early '90's), whenever I went to visit my aunts and uncles, I'd always stop by their neighbors' house. My extended family and their neighbor are still live in the same place and neighborhood after 20+ years. Their neighbor is cool, and have pretty much become a part of the family.
The neighbor has two sons, who owned an NES & Genesis back then. They appeared to be early owners of the console, as they had "Altered Beast", "Tommy Lasorda Baseball", "Ghouls 'N Ghosts" and other pre-Sonic Genesis titles. I visited their house for years throughout the early '90's, always playing whatever Genesis games they got their hands on. Sonic 1 & 2, Streets of Rage 1 & 2, Lakers Vs. Celtics, Shadow Dancer, Target Earth, NBA Jam.......a lot of the hot games of the time.
Then, in the fall of '95 I FINALLY got my own Genny: a used TMSS Model 1 w/ a used copy of Sonic 1 (NOT FOR RESALE), which my pops bought for $65. I didn't care if it was dusty and whatnot, I was stoked as hell. Up until then, I owned an NES which I inherited from my brother, which I immediately disconnected and stuffed in a drawer. Over the next seven years (on-and-off), I was introduced to several classics while re-visiting many which I'd previously played during the early '90's.
Even though my Genesis library currently consists of Kega Fusion and a GoodGEN set (:D), I still have fond memories of those days. The Sega Genesis is the console which I've re-bought most and which I've owned the most games for.
That's criminal...Quote:
Originally Posted by Aarzak
I got mine for my 15th birthday in May of 1992. "High Definition Graphics" model 1 packed with Sonic The Hedgehog. Never got a SegaCD or 32X until the last few years. I got a Genesis because my best friend had recently bought one and I fell in love with Sonic. My other favorite games back then were Golden Axe, Starflight, and Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday. I didn't play a lot of the popular games back then because I didn't really have money to buy them and I didn't read any gaming magazines because I didn't have money for that, either. So stuff like Streets of Rage, Shinobi, etc. I didn't get to play until my college days. I was also really into computer games back then (early 90's were the golden years of DOS gaming) and I could get the games for free from friends, so my PC got more attention than my Genesis. Even so, it is still one of my favorite consoles of all time, and I play mine several times per week.
Chris