It was the console for adults, college students, or the “old kids” as us young grade schoolers colloquially called the middle and high schoolers. Sega opted to create a modern looking piece of entertainment center art which fit well with their aggressive marketing campaign. Now it’s my turn to weigh in on the greatest debate since creamy vs chunky. Even today the internet is alive with middle aged keyboard warriors duking it out to justify the validity of their childhood choice.
Unlike today where the latest PlayStation and the newest XBOX are nearly identical and offer most of the same lineup, the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo typically offered completely unique experiences, and since most gamers at the time had to choose a side, they defended their choice to the death. Despite the bitterness involved, it was a great time in video game history.
In the early nineties the vitriol spewed against children who supported the competing console could be far more harsh and vicious than any of today’s petty political squabbles. Forget the fact that 90% of the console libraries are shared. Fanboys of modern gaming consoles like to bicker about how their console handles the latest generic FPS game with better water transparency or with a few extra lines of microscopic pixels.