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vsp · 10-30-2003, 07:58 AM

I only have one, but I really have no use for it. I never found much for the system that interested me; there were some shooters (Space Megaforce, Pop 'n' Twinbee, Gradius 3, R-Type 3), some RPGs that are all available for PSX now (FF2, FF3, Chrono Trigger, Ogre Battle), and Tetris Attack, but that was about it.

The "mainstream" Nintendo franchises don't impress me; I never was into Zelda beyond the first NES Zelda, Mario Kart was fun but not the best-game-ever that many make it out to be, Super Mario World was sheer overkill, and the Donkey Kong Country games were pure triumphs of graphics over gameplay.

To me, the early 90's (the Genesis / SNES / Sega CD / 3DO / CD-i) were a pretty dark time for gaming in general; there were a few gems, but there were literally tons and tons and tons and tons of side-scrolling platform crap and other shovelware. I spent most of that period sticking with my classic-era consoles and my computer -- my Intellivision was a huge draw in my college dorm circa '91-'92. The TurboGrafx/PC-Engine provides some redemption for the era, but I didn't find about its better games until years after the system had died, and many of those were Japan-only.

10-30-2003, 07:58 AM	#416
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	I only have one, but I really have no use for it. I never found much for the system that interested me; there were some shooters (Space Megaforce, Pop 'n' Twinbee, Gradius 3, R-Type 3), some RPGs that are all available for PSX now (FF2, FF3, Chrono Trigger, Ogre Battle), and Tetris Attack, but that was about it. The "mainstream" Nintendo franchises don't impress me; I never was into Zelda beyond the first NES Zelda, Mario Kart was fun but not the best-game-ever that many make it out to be, Super Mario World was sheer overkill, and the Donkey Kong Country games were pure triumphs of graphics over gameplay. To me, the early 90's (the Genesis / SNES / Sega CD / 3DO / CD-i) were a pretty dark time for gaming in general; there were a few gems, but there were literally tons and tons and tons and tons of side-scrolling platform crap and other shovelware. I spent most of that period sticking with my classic-era consoles and my computer -- my Intellivision was a huge draw in my college dorm circa '91-'92. The TurboGrafx/PC-Engine provides some redemption for the era, but I didn't find about its better games until years after the system had died, and many of those were Japan-only.