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Man, Sega Genesis was the shit back then. It was a major part of my life when I was 5 to 9. Damn best four years of my life.
I remember playing the hell out of Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, and watching a lot of Nickelodeon back in the day, and the day that the Genesis was no longer "cool" I weaped. You know when the Playstation and Saturn hit the scene...
I still shudder when I think of how easily people traded the lush, colorful, 2D, sprite-laden worlds of the 16-bit era for the horribly clipped and warped polygons of the 32-bit consoles. That generation will always make me cringe graphically, as the ambition was well far ahead of the hardware.
Still, I guess it's just the nature of the business.
I used to play Sonic 2, Aladin, and Pagemaster all the time. I must have beaten Sonic 2 at least 100 times, by now. The funny thing is I don't remember the launch of Saturn, nor do I remember the play station launch. I don't think that I was even aware that the Satun existed until a few years after its launch.
The thing that stands out most in my mind of the first few months of the Saturn's lifespan can be summed up in two words:
BUG JUICE!
After two months of nothing but the four launch games, we got Bug!.....fucking Bug!
I was playing Doom 2 instead...:)
I wanted a Saturn, but the selection sucked in my area. Thankfully, I have built up a nice domestic collection since. :)
I love my Saturn. And I love my Genesis.
I never owned a saturn, probably never will due to real life kicking me in the ass (and the wallet), I have 2 dreamcasts, that sorta makes up for it.
Genesis though, can't get enough of it. It's the best, I bought 2 more of them recently and they sit near every TV in my house.
I was pretty happy when the genesis slowed down in the late 90s though, it meant that I could walk into a store and buy a ton of brand new games for 10-20 bucks each.
What can I say? I'm a cheap freeloading canadian bastard. :)
Those were the good 'ol days indeed. Remember when RPG would come out and it would cost 70 to 80 dollars? Good thing I never cared for those types of games. The thing that sucked the most out of the Genesis' later years were those horrid cardboard boxes!
I'll buy some crappy used Genny sports game, throw out the game, and cut up the cardboard box to fit in a regular Genesis clamshell case. I did the same thing with early Sega CD games, too. Cut up the card board box and put it in one of those big ass Jewel cases. My copy of Final Fight CD looked so awesome that way.
Blah! Thanks for reminding me of the time I paid $111.90CDN aftertaxes for a new copy of Super Mario RPG on the SNES.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Allen
*Insert Seppuku Here*
I miss the good ole days when RPG's worth playing were developed. SHINING FORCE. *drools* *as usual*
$91 for Sword of Vermilion = :owned:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Allen
Did anyone actually buy it at it's launch for that price?Quote:
Originally Posted by Melf
^ According to Melf's Sword of Vermillion review, a friend of his was suckered into it. Ohohoho... poor guy.
I paid $3 for SoV and feel ripped off.
I went on a trip to Riverside to get it and a few other games. Thats about 100 miles from where I live. I think I payed about $5 for a cart only. That was definantly a waste of a day.Quote:
Originally Posted by David J.