For me the best console that ever did live was the Mega Drive (aka Genesis) that was around in the erly to mid 90s until we were plagued with the crapness now known as the Mega CD and the saturn then the Dreamcast.
The Graphics itself were poor by todays standards but compared to what we had before in the forms of the Master Sytem etc it was a marvel and altho it took cartridges it was still a quality platform.
The pad took a new leap of faith for Seag who decided to go with the 3 button main buttons rather than the two previously used on their consoles, it made out to make the gaming much better and in my opinion thus far only the Playstation 2's Dual Shock Twin Stick Pad has beaten it in terms of handelability and down right easy to use-ness??!!!
But what really made the Mega Drive stand out were the games and thats what I am going to look at in this thread.
Streets of rage::
For me Streets of Rage is the greatest game ever made for its fun and simplicity, a simple side crolling beat em up you may think but wait no, its revolutionizing this genre. Multiple enemies and a smiluanious one screen two player. The ability to pick up and use weapons and special Police Help button all made for one great game, it spend many a good hour stuck in my console and me and my cousin played it to death as Axel and Adam trying in peril to defeat the Evil Mr X on the top floor of the high rise building passing through streets, construction bridges and even an elevator on the way. Streets of Rage 2 did little to improve besides new characters, slightly improved graphics and new levels. Streets of Rage 3 did the exact same as Streets of Rage 2 which is why the original Game for me is the better of the trio and I for one think the series should be left to those 3 magical games btu sadly it seems Seag are intent on making Streets of Rage 4. Long live SoR.
Sonic the HedgeHog::
A gaming and platforming marvel and probably for me the greatest platform game series of all time, that is until the god awful 128 bit versions came about or the even worse Dr Robotniks Mean BEan Machine (side note- why change Robotniks name to Eggman? Robotnik was better as explained in the comic strip and books the name had meaning as it was a reverse of his former name until an experimental accident with a rotten egg-but hey im just sad). The game was amazing in terms of levels being unique, bosses and the first time we saw real bonus levels, altho i think the bonus levels in Sonic 2 were the best. Sonic redefined the platform genre that had previously been dominated by a vertically challenged italina Plumber and his lankly Brother. Everything about Sonic was spot on, a couple of different moves, flat out fast and a character you liked. Sonic 2 for me was really the best of the series as we were introduced to Tails, a two tailed orange fox with the ability to fly, the levels were vastly improved with new badniks on offer as well as a new move the spin dash. A move that has stuck then with every sonic game. Sonic 2 was when Team Sonic started to think about Sonic and Knuckles, after Sonic 3 was released we were then treated to a revolution, a game cartridge called sonic and knuckles with an opening top for other gamers to be put in. We pop in Sonic 3 or Sonic 2 and BAM we can Play as the pink echidna Knuckles in these games who has the abilty to climb walls, smash things and glide. the cartridge was also an entirley new game with only Sonic and Knuckles as playable charcters but with vastly improved levels. The great thing about putting other non sonic cartridges in S and K tho was that if you pressed A, B and C together then you could play unique bonus levels.#
For me Sonic is the greatest platform game ever made and i only wish the designers had left it after s and K, altho Sonic Heroes seems to be on track
For me the best console that ever did live was the Mega Drive (aka Genesis) that was around in the erly to mid 90s until we were plagued with the crapness now known as the Mega CD and the saturn then the Dreamcast.
The Graphics itself were poor by todays standards but compared to what we had before in the forms of the Master Sytem etc it was a marvel and altho it took cartridges it was still a quality platform.
The pad took a new leap of faith for Seag who decided to go with the 3 button main buttons rather than the two previously used on their consoles, it made out to make the gaming much better and in my opinion thus far only the Playstation 2's Dual Shock Twin Stick Pad has beaten it in terms of handelability and down right easy to use-ness??!!!
But what really made the Mega Drive stand out were the games and thats what I am going to look at in this thread.
Streets of rage::
For me Streets of Rage is the greatest game ever made for its fun and simplicity, a simple side crolling beat em up you may think but wait no, its revolutionizing this genre. Multiple enemies and a smiluanious one screen two player. The ability to pick up and use weapons and special Police Help button all made for one great game, it spend many a good hour stuck in my console and me and my cousin played it to death as Axel and Adam trying in peril to defeat the Evil Mr X on the top floor of the high rise building passing through streets, construction bridges and even an elevator on the way. Streets of Rage 2 did little to improve besides new characters, slightly improved graphics and new levels. Streets of Rage 3 did the exact same as Streets of Rage 2 which is why the original Game for me is the better of the trio and I for one think the series should be left to those 3 magical games btu sadly it seems Seag are intent on making Streets of Rage 4. Long live SoR.
Sonic the HedgeHog::
A gaming and platforming marvel and probably for me the greatest platform game series of all time, that is until the god awful 128 bit versions came about or the even worse Dr Robotniks Mean BEan Machine (side note- why change Robotniks name to Eggman? Robotnik was better as explained in the comic strip and books the name had meaning as it was a reverse of his former name until an experimental accident with a rotten egg-but hey im just sad). The game was amazing in terms of levels being unique, bosses and the first time we saw real bonus levels, altho i think the bonus levels in Sonic 2 were the best. Sonic redefined the platform genre that had previously been dominated by a vertically challenged italina Plumber and his lankly Brother. Everything about Sonic was spot on, a couple of different moves, flat out fast and a character you liked. Sonic 2 for me was really the best of the series as we were introduced to Tails, a two tailed orange fox with the ability to fly, the levels were vastly improved with new badniks on offer as well as a new move the spin dash. A move that has stuck then with every sonic game. Sonic 2 was when Team Sonic started to think about Sonic and Knuckles, after Sonic 3 was released we were then treated to a revolution, a game cartridge called sonic and knuckles with an opening top for other gamers to be put in. We pop in Sonic 3 or Sonic 2 and BAM we can Play as the pink echidna Knuckles in these games who has the abilty to climb walls, smash things and glide. the cartridge was also an entirley new game with only Sonic and Knuckles as playable charcters but with vastly improved levels. The great thing about putting other non sonic cartridges in S and K tho was that if you pressed A, B and C together then you could play unique bonus levels.#
For me Sonic is the greatest platform game ever made and i only wish the designers had left it after s and K, altho Sonic Heroes seems to be on track
More to come when i camn be bothered lol