Don't Neglect the TurboGrafx-16

[Genesis Knight]

If you like the Genesis (and that era of gaming), you're old.

BTW, you might be surprised on this. I first played the Genesis in 2001 (or something) at age 11 and loved it. I also know a couple kids who are 12 *right now* who love the Genesis more than any other console. The Genesis has a timeless quality, I believe. Not quite like the Dreamcast (may it live forever), but it still has the power to attract, even almost 20 years later.

[Vyse of Arcadia]

BTW, you might be surprised on this. I first played the Genesis in 2001 (or something) at age 11 and loved it. I also know a couple kids who are 12 *right now* who love the Genesis more than any other console. The Genesis has a timeless quality, I believe. Not quite like the Dreamcast (may it live forever), but it still has the power to attract, even almost 20 years later.

I think part of it is because in a very real way, the Genesis started everything for Sega. I'd imagine a lot of kids nowadays pick up a new Sonic game and find themselves enjoying it (somehow). Then, curious and hungry for more, they pick up one of the various Sonic collections. And then they say to themselves "Gee, these games sure are fun on my PS* and/or Nintendo Something! I wonder if they're just as good on the original hardware!"

Besides, retro is cool now, remember?

[108 Stars]

BTW, you might be surprised on this. I first played the Genesis in 2001 (or something) at age 11 and loved it. I also know a couple kids who are 12 *right now* who love the Genesis more than any other console. The Genesis has a timeless quality, I believe. Not quite like the Dreamcast (may it live forever), but it still has the power to attract, even almost 20 years later.

The kids here give a damn about old consoles. Even I started to play MD again maybe 2 years ago, after it collected dust since the PlayStation´release. I play it because of nostalgia.

[Sega Uranus]

That was great, I added it to my favorites, which I just stopped ignoring all together.

[Zebbe]

I play it because of nostalgia.

Only? That would mean that you don't buy any Mega Drive games that are "new" to you, since nostalgia is when you experience something from the past.

[Elusive]

I think part of it is because in a very real way, the Genesis started everything for Sega. I'd imagine a lot of kids nowadays pick up a new Sonic game and find themselves enjoying it (somehow). Then, curious and hungry for more, they pick up one of the various Sonic collections. And then they say to themselves "Gee, these games sure are fun on my PS* and/or Nintendo Something! I wonder if they're just as good on the original hardware!"

Besides, retro is cool now, remember?

You want the hard, honest truth? That's exactly what happened to me. My first Sonic game since Sonic 2 (aged six, seven-ish) was Sonic Heroes; hell, it wan't really until we got a PS2 - first console since the Mega Drive - that I played videogames that much. Until I figured out Mega Drive emulators, the closest I got to a 16bit Sonic game was Sonic 3 on RealArcade: the one with a half-hour time limit. Then there was hours spent trawling NewGrounds for Sonic flashes XD

Now I have a hardware collection reaching a hundred games (slowly getting there), and I'm a SEGA fanboy through choice. Hell, my little sister's played and finished Sonic 1 with all the Emeralds, and is now playing through the Master System version. Right now she's hankering after Sonic and the Secret Rings (what happened to Wild Fire?).

The Saturn era didn't exist for me. Nor did the Dreamcast, except for vague glimpses in GamesMaster magazine when it launched. I remember a preview of Sonic Adventure 2 and Worms Armageddon on the platform - they misspelt Rouge 'Rogue', funny what you recall sometimes.

My point? Just because you don't agree with the direction of Sonic games doesn't mean that nobody else does. Sonic is very much alive and well, whether you like it or not.


As for retro being cool? Yeah, it's a fully mainstream 'thing'. Try and count the number of teenagers wearing Galaga or Donkey Kong T-shirts near a game shop at the weekend. Look how well compilation discs are doing. Retro is alive and well (and on sale at your local GameStation, priced £9.99, found on eBay £7.99 + £3.00 postage).

edit: oh okay have another anecdote: My SMS tone used to be the SEGA chorus. The first time it went off at work, the first reaction from everyone was 'Sonic, right?'

I don't quite know what's going on with this post

[108 Stars]

Only? That would mean that you don't buy any Mega Drive games that are "new" to you, since nostalgia is when you experience something from the past.

This is mostly correct. I like to play 16-Bit stuff once in a while, for an hour or so, and I like to collect. But I don´t find 99% of the 16-Bit games very addictive. Most of them are too simple and too repetetive for my taste. (Good) RPGs are an exception. But I´m mainly a modern day gamer. Modern games just offer me so much more of everything. More complexity. They are longer, so you can keep advancong further through the game for 20+ hours, while the concept of old action-games, jump´n runs and stuff is to play as far as you can, try to memorize your mistakes and thenb try again from the beginning. Real playing time from start to end is very short.

[j_factor]

BTW, you might be surprised on this. I first played the Genesis in 2001 (or something) at age 11 and loved it. I also know a couple kids who are 12 *right now* who love the Genesis more than any other console. The Genesis has a timeless quality, I believe. Not quite like the Dreamcast (may it live forever), but it still has the power to attract, even almost 20 years later.

Genesis is for us old fogies only. You young whipper-snappers need to leave it alone (and get off my lawn).

[Ash]

Thats a great video. I made my wife watch it.

[Mr Smith]

Thats a great video. I made my wife watch it.

Who said romance was dead?