What did you guys think of the now beloved Sega Genesis when it made its debut in stores in the late 80's.
My brother told me that it might not sell too well because he thought the Master System sucked.
What did you guys think of the now beloved Sega Genesis when it made its debut in stores in the late 80's.
My brother told me that it might not sell too well because he thought the Master System sucked.
I thought it was great, but the first time I saw it on display before it was released I was disappointed that the boss in Altered Beast did not scale larger like he did in the arcade. I was impressed that Altered Beast had many more layers of scrolling than the arcade, though. When I finally bought thr system a week or two later, I was impressed at the sound quality of the game and the music, cheesy as they are. Then I purchased Thunder Force 2 and was blown away at the cool game and the music. I loved it and still do. Then I borrowed Space Harrier 2 from a friend and was extremely disappointed. It didn't scale!! What the fuck was this shit??? Damn I was pissed.
"I wish I could afford it."
I thought the round part was a CD-drive and that it played CD games.
My friend also thought that when he first saw the picture of the Mega Drive in the first or second issue of EGM. "The CD-ROM is built in, I know it!" he exclaimed. I wasn't so sure, especially since that was where the cartridges went.
it was really hard to find decent games for the first year :|
"Dad, I will never love you the same if you don't get me this"
I wasn't aware of it's release, but by the end of it's life I had transformed from ignorant child to a life time video gamer.
I was just a baby when the Genesis debuted. When I was little, I just had an NES and Game Gear, and I wanted just about every system I knew of (including an SNES, Game Boy, Genesis, Sega CD, and TG-16). I remember wanting the Genesis real bad for the Sonic games and Rocket Knight Adventures, as well as Blaster Master 2 (I had the original game and wanted this one bad) and Aladdin.
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Originally Posted by Mr Smith
I had a NES when it came out. At first I thought "why is Sega making another system?". The concept of a new system seemed odd to me since all I had known was NES and the Master system. Around the same time I started going to arcades a lot and my NES looked very lame. That is what made me want the Genesis.
like wise! i waited years to get my model 2, my mum wasnt exactly rich so i had to wait a while for mine but it was worth the wait!Quote:
Originally Posted by nathanallan
for some crazy reason i traded my md2 boxed mint (some years later) for a snes in the same condition......... what the hell was i thinking! needless to say now i have so many megadrives i'll always have at least one!
i was mental on sonic as a kid so for me it was megadrive all the way! best system ever!
I lived in another dimension at the time. I first learned of it (and home consoles, in general) in 1994... I was 15. But it was love at first sight when I bought my Model 2.
...Ask me the same thing about the Saturn or the Dreamcast...
I was 14 years old and at that age, a $299 price tag might as well be a million. One day, a friend brought over his EGM to show me the ad for a little game called Lakers vs Celtics. Both of us being huge bball fans, we were shocked at how incredible the graphics were. From that moment, it was my mission to get a Sega Genesis.
I begged and begged for weeks. When Sonic came out, I stepped up my game and my mom finally gave in and purchased that little black piece of gaming heaven. The rest is history.
I have no memories of the actual debut of the Genesis, but the earliest memory I have of it was combing through the toys section of the XMas edition of the sears catalog (the one that was as big as a phone book, remember) and seeing side-by-side comparisons of Super Ghouls N Ghosts and the Genesis version.
It was around this time that I first realized that there were systems floating around other than the NES. I didn't actually want one until Sonic began appearing on all the game magazine covers.