Mega Drive/Snes which was best?

**Porthos** · 28th November 2003

I've heard claims Snes was more powerful and that Mario Kart couldn't have been done on the genesis.

Likewise I've heard that Snes couldn't have handled Sonic's pace. So which console was technically superior?

**_Belial** · 28th November 2003

Oh come on, snes of course

Had both, but snes definitlye had the number 1 spot for me, yeah sonic was ace, spent months playing john madden and loved streets of rage, but compared to mario world, mario kart, contra 3, yoshi's island, there was no contest at all, snes all the way.

**CominAtcha** · 28th November 2003

Heh, this old chesnut.

I know nothing about the tech specs of either machine, but the SNES pissed on the MD in every department in my opinion. Graphics, sound, gameplay, controllers, the lot.

Although I think the MD was more of a commercial success. Christ knows why. Probably trendy marketing, as we see now with Sony and Nintendo....?

**supadid** · 28th November 2003

SNES by a clear mile, mainly due to Super Mario and Super Mario Kart.

Pitty Nintendo have just turned shite ruining all there old classics with GC incarnations.

**kjun** · 28th November 2003

Nintendo fanboy scum, MD here thanks, Toe Jam and Earl baby

SNES was for rpg fanatics with pointy ears, and people with a fetish for fat italian plumbers

**2die4** · 28th November 2003

No contest - SNES all the way !! Way too many great games to list !!!

Still got my JAP Super Famicom and Super Pro Fighter Q with about 400 games in my loft

**horo** · 28th November 2003

Hi 2die4
I have the same addon,he he
do you know how to link my pc to the profighter as many of my floppy are dead...

**doughboy** · 28th November 2003

snes or md :whistle

hard choice...both had loads of cool titles.

to be honest, there's no point to these arguments anymore, cos both consoles can be had for next to nothing from ebay etc.

I've got smash pack with virtually every md rom for my DC, and I've been thinking about getting a snes anyway.

I think the argument is the same as the current GC issue...

Nintendo gameplay/quality vs amount of titles/licences

**2die4** · 29th November 2003

@ horo, never tried linking the copier to my PC before so couldn't tell you. Shouldn't be too hard to change the floppy drive though.

**Bensons** · 29th November 2003

Megadrive ruled then, and still does now!

SNES was slightly superior technically, Megadrive couldn't handle the kind of sprite rotation that SNES used, (badly... and all the time!) but at the time, the men had the MD to use, and the boys had their SNES' to play with!!!

A lot of my old SNES games have bitten the dust,- ALL 80 odd of my MD carts still work perfectly.

As for the controllers, the 6 button joypad for the MD, is STILL unbeaten in my books!

Also, the version of Street Fighter that came out for MD, is, in my opinion the most playable conversion ever!!!

ABCMan · 29th November 2003

snes was superior in every department except one

for some reason paralax scrolling was easier to program on the md (but still looked crap)

doesnt matter on your choice of games (although i wouldnt choose slowdown and jerk (aka toejam and earl) as an example) in simple terms the md had a sligtly faster processor but it didnt have the same quality of support hardware giving it no speed advantage and in every other respect it was inferior.

for what its worth it could barely even be classed as a 16 bit machine since it was based around the mc 68008 (8 bit data bus processor) and the z80 (old sinclair procesor and deffo 8 bit).

the snes realy had a 16 bit processor, but to make a comparison for those familir with the neo-geo console that was based around the mc68000 and z80 so compare the true power of a 16 bit motorolla chip (in the neo) and its 8 bit version (in the md)

ABCMan · 29th November 2003

oh and the best home streetfighter from that generation was sf alpha 2 on the snes, second best was on the pc engine, the megadrive version came in about 4th on the list

**canardo** · 29th November 2003

snes

mario kart ruled

**Thrush** · 30th November 2003

Snes for me too! Zelda... mmmm memories!

**yankee** · 30th November 2003

SNES

Final Fantasy, Zelda, Mario Kart, Mario World, Mario Allstars, Breath of Fire, Contra 3, Star Wars, Megaman

SNES absolutely annihilated the MD, all MD had was Sonic the ****hog

**azz** · 1st December 2003

SNES all the way.

**Porthos** · 1st December 2003

lol I meant this 2 b about which console was technically superior but most of you are going back to the playground debate lol (cheers ABC 4 answerin it though).

Since people are talkin about which they preferred could a mod put a poll in here plz? cheers

**CominAtcha** · 2nd December 2003

Originally Posted by Jester

lol I meant this 2 b about which console was technically superior but most of you are going back to the playground debate lol (cheers ABC 4 answerin it though).

Since people are talkin about which they preferred could a mod put a poll in here plz? cheers

Just out of interest - Why do you wanna know? Just wondering?

**gunner** · 2nd December 2003

I would have to go for the MD, the 6 button pad ruled. And it had Shining Force and Landstalker which were great games in their time.
Don't get me wrong the SNES was also great, but I owned a MD so I have grown up preferring it.