SNES VS. Sega Genesis (Part 2)

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Here we are at the epic battle. We put everything to the test in this conclusion and see where each console falls on different criteria. Which side will James Rolfe take? Which system had the better games? Can Blast Processing save the Genesis? Will I shave later today? Find out the answers to all of these questions (except that last one) in this epic finale! You don't wanna miss this one, retro gamers!
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[@deltaplus9k23]

Guy in commercial: "There is no Nintendo CD." Sony executives late 1994: "What if there was?"

[@nils920]

"There is no Nintendo CD!" Thank GOD for that!

[@Metallic_1214]

Gamecube....wii...

[@20tyler1996]

@Michael OB1 honestly I'm glad they dropped the whole thing if it continued how it was gonna be we probably would never of gotten an amazing console like the switch

[@IronSK]

I mean... back then there really wasn't

[@user-mb8ww5ci7r]

1991 CD-i Zelda:"Philips does what Nintendon't."

[@filmandblues]

"the world wouldn't be complete without both of them" what a great way to end the comparison

[@unknownwolf4046]

Console wars still going 2020 gaming sure has changed from Atari 😊 was born msy 3 1990

[@RottenMuLoT]

That quote almost made me shed a tear.

[@conastycorleone5261]

This world wouldn't be complete without AVGN!! I Salute You Angry Video Game Nerd King!!!👑 Live Long & Prosper🏆🪬🔮🧨🥇

[@iihellionii9742]

“Nintendo is, what Genisisn’t.” “Nintendo flies, while Mega drives.” For our European brethren.

[@DefinitelyFakeGrantOBrien]

Accurate.

[@aland7234]

Well at least nowadays Nintendo is being an asshole towards fan games while sega loves to see a good sonic fan game like the mania so there’s my point bud

[@grantskeleton8533]

Genesis Denesis What Nintendenisis

[@RichDolo]

“Genesis does what nintendon’t”

[@Aquarivania]

Funnily enough Mega Drive was probably better for us back then given the fact that most of the best SNES games weren't localised in the PAL regions while the Mega Drive brought out everything. Still had some good options but imagine the SNES without SMRPG, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger & Earthbound? Unless you don't care for RPGs that's a massive loss for the console

[@shanethefox]

The part where little James says "Resolu-Ation" is legitimately adorable.

[@fernandoalejandrofonsecame5079]

You just gotta love James's humbleness and care for the 16 bits consoles. I think I speak for all of us when I say it doesn't matter which one you think it's better, we just love hearing your passion and eloquence. Long live the AVGN, long live Cinemassacre, long live James Rolfe.

[@sarcastic_slob]

"The winner is.." TIGER WRIST GAAMES..

[@balfanghellfire]

FOOL! The clear winner is the Tiger R-Zone.

[@stevejohnson4637]

No the true winner is.... THE LJN VIDEO ART!

[@smugneo6431]

Both wrong....5600

[@AlexMireles505]

STAHP

[@kerrex86]

Actually, the winner is...... The Memorex VIS

[@OpenKeith]

The Genesis's FM synthesis is better with artificial sounds, but the SNES's PCM sampling is better with realistic sounds.

[@crnkmnky]

Bingo. Battle of the two great music synthesis technologies of the 1980's. PCM sampling vs frequency modulation. 🎶

[@k-leb4671]

I think the SNES overall is better because it can offer a greater variety.

[@joeyfatonefrombackstreetboys]

Which one is better with what kind of sounds doesn't matter. The SNES had so many kickass and genius composers on their games, it doesn't even matter. A lot of people point to distortion guitars and say they sound leagues better on genesis, but look at Rock n Roll Racing or Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Genesis has a very limited sound in my book.

[@hashbrownslinging-slasher872]

joey fatone Yes, but Yuzo Kazuhiro saved the shit out of the Genesis. I also would like to point out some of the ingenuity and innovation with Vectorman in terms of sound.

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

But I love but because the y have different style in in sounds processing

[@matthewwind7419]

I'm mostly a Sega genesis guy but i respect nintendo for making such masterpiece after masterpiece of games.

[@firephoenix357]

I think it can be agreed gents, we just fucking love awesome games, no matter what they're played on

[@Freshbrood]

Same. I owned both but if the same game existed for each, I would get it for Genesis because it was more "mature" where SNES liked to censor things. That part bugged me.

[@theboy4414]

I feel like they’re incomparable they both bring such great and different things to the table. There is no better one just preferences

[@megadriveleo]

@Empty Batteries Man, I feel you, except I'm the opposite, a genesis guy, but I would be a liar to say the SNES is bad.

[@S2Tubes]

Nintendo turns yellow because of UV light exposure. As a basement dweller, far from the natural light, your Nintendo survived better than most.

[@ColynBowman]

+Blood Angel I thought it would be from smokers. Likely both.

[@darioildiario3001]

+Colyn Bowman I say smokers: that yellow is the same one of nicotine on the teeth.

[@ColynBowman]

I've found a couple videos describing the effects of UV light on old plastics like that. Really hard to say.

[@darioildiario3001]

Colyn Bowman Ah, the misteries of tanned smoking consoles!! ^___^

[@EdgeOfEnding]

+Blood Angel The european SNES looks better than the Genesis

[@wickkidda]

"a simpler time when there wasnt a care in the world other than defending your favorite console" ...that time never ended for some of the internet i'm sure

[@hacksignify]

yeah no, some kids just had a father or mother in iraq... nothing was happening back then -_-

[@robinhyperlord9053]

The fuck?

[@DerTypausBielefeld]

I'd even say there are no consoles anymore. It was the same 4 years ago and it's the same right now, the only reason to buy a console is because it's cheeper than a PC. The graphics are worse, if you care about them this much, you should take a PC, but if you can't effort so much money on games, you take one of these consoles which are all just the same.

[@83miguel]

A few years later... Sonic on nintendo consoles...

[@closedpermanently9723]

True. There was a sonic game on Wii

[@itsteddy6816]

*wheeze*

[@TeamNecho]

"Cats and dogs are living together!"

[@andreasbrorsen9640]

Cats and dogs, living together

[@thrawn4388]

Even today

[@lordkardok666]

"It will take centuries to invent something that will top that..." Sony in 1994: "Hold my beer..."

[@rizalmuhamad5284]

Then The Big Battle Between Nintendo Vs Sony Rage On!!

[@SynthApprentice]

CENTURIES!

[@PlayerFiveVids]

What's better, Sega or Nintendo? Sony: "Hold my $299."

[@someanimedweebiamsure7071]

And then wait a few more years,

[@lenlimbo]

Nintendo also told him to hold their beer. And Microsoft. And Sega. We can joke all we want, but the dreamcast was a good machine. It's just that it was dead on arrival, thanks to Sega managing to lose ALL the trust we had on them. And Saturn was destroyed by the PSX, but it had quite a few good games, too.

[@exceisior3145]

ha! get it? A BIT!!!?

[@facerip356]

Ahh! You dirty cockah-funey. I'll get you for that.

[@MyFanMadeFilms]

James would have made a great Xbox Live shitkid

[@Orangefootcat]

Ha

[@charon2588]

Genesis:I'm 16 bits! What Nintendo got? SNES:Well I'm 17 bits!

[@andrewcatallo2698]

Should compare all consoles ever

[@blobsDOTau]

Nintendon't give a fuck what Genesays.

[@yaboitucktuck5952]

i'd like to have seen that in a nintendo commercial

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Unlike Sega of America, Nintendo of America had class.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

ShadowOfTheVoid And ultimately, Sega's tactics ended up ringing their own downfall.

[@gustini2146]

SethBlizzard Lmao they had 'class' cause they were pussies in the marketing department. Say what you want, but Sega dominated in marketing and the way they presented the Genesis. These tactics spoon fed terms like "Blast Processing" into the youth who then spread the term to other kids in the playground. It stuck to their minds like Elmer's glue. Nintendo wish they had this kind of influence. Any smart company would in fact

[@naiyamay2356]

clever bastard

[@hypernovie]

You were a little angry Nerd.

[@truthseeker508]

He still is lol

[@njwnapoleonjusticewarrior8101]

a cute one

[@sergiowinter5383]

The Angry Videogame Kid

[@vpdisco]

James, there’s tons of internet content I could be spending my time consuming. Yet, I am rewatching your videos and am still entertained. Thank you for your hard work.

[@thecollector75]

The 16 bit era was the best time to be a gamer... who needs battlefield 1 when you had the mythical 97th level on super Mario world to try and find !!!!

[@TheJohnnystockman]

thecollector75 I agree. It was also the best time for co-op play. Inviting your bud over to crush some 2 player games.

[@gilition]

Ok boomer

[@randomduck8679]

I disagree because you can play both classic and modern games

[@Apo458]

Super Mario World didn't have 96 levels, it had 96 exits, counting the regular ones and the secret ones

[@Howlingburd19]

I feel like the 90’s as a whole was the best decade for video games; SNES, Genesis, GameBoy, Game Gear, N64, and the PlayStation are amazing

[@BeerDad69]

I'm so glad we couldn't afford a camcorder when I was a kid and that there is no footage of young me

[@0rderSol]

Mario, Sonic, Doom, It was a magical time where everyone fought on who's the best, but everyone won.

[@ahmadkazan7994]

And then playstation attacked...

[@wildannandawicaksana5004]

@@ahmadkazan7994 PS attack because them too 😆

[@theiosgamer4705]

Sega: you waiting for Nintendo to make a sega cd? Nintendo: *makes a sega cd* Sega: you weren’t suppose to do that

[@bingbong5076]

Well, yes. But actually, no.

[@bingbong5076]

R/woooooosh

[@scarpulla3358]

Nintendo basically made the psone. I guess that counts.

[@SugarRainer]

the Nintendo CD was kinda planned but then they fucked up and Sony made the PSX yeah Boy

[@Haganeren]

@@scarpulla3358 No..... But Sony basically made the cancelled Super Nintendo CD, yes.

[@jacksonmoulder2307]

RESOLUATION

[@KadenLovesGames]

Don’t we love RESOLUATION

[@otherealmentertainment966]

I fucking love how you're able to take me back like that. Hearing the end music to Donkey Kong Country at the end of the video almost made me cry.

[@otherealmentertainment966]

cool, i don't know why i got a notification from you tube saying that you responded to me when it appears that you didnt, but, cool anyway. PAECE!

[@ocass66]

You can't forget Cartoon Fridays!

[@otherealmentertainment966]

No Sir, you cannot!

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

I like how he used pictures of the consoles with the game cartridge in them to demonstrate the two consoles’ different music styles. That was clever!

[@scherzox]

Dude, you brought me back to my teenage years with this video.

[@LazerLord10]

Nice list. As a hardcore Genesis fan, I was afraid of too much Nintendo praise, but was decently pleased with this video, even though the SNES won. I agreed with nearly everything. I don't think that this video could have been any better. Nice job!

[@thenekom]

I had both the SNES and Genesis and I agree with your conclusions. FF3, A link to the Past, Crono Trigger. Yeah, 'nuff said. But Sonic was pretty badass too.

[@WobstaCat]

The European SNES looked a lot better 😁

[@HereticDuo]

the US SNES looked like it was made from some sort of bootleg lego. And what's with all the purple? the whole system & all the controller buttons... what were they thinking?

[@rsotuyo15]

@@HereticDuo And why Sega europe and Japan, called it mega drive, GENESIS is way cooler

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

@@rsotuyo15 It was always supposed to be called Mega Drive. But a company owned the rights to that name in the United States. The Genesis name was actually created by Atari executives -- when they were trying to negotiate the rights to distribute the Genesis worldwide.

[@mgeiger2341]

@@HereticDuo Apparently, the US snes was blocky, because some dumb shits kept putting soda on their NESes and it kept spilling.

[@PinoyBowlerGS92]

Yeah, but I don’t care of Console designs, the most important is the games, functionality and the power of the SNES that Nintendo is trying to beat Sega, but Sega accidentally beat themselves due to the Sega CD, 32X and almost over saturated the market with several consoles and they almost caused the 3rd Video Game Crash.

[@CMDRFlyAuburn]

DUDE. You should have finished with an over the top SEGA style commercial for the SNES. Missed opportunity!

[@MrSanemon]

I don't really think it's fair to use a 3rd party unlicensed addon for backwards compatibility. By that logic I could argue any number of unlicensed genesis addons.

[@jasonwood1422]

sega know how to drop that bass son.

[@lukas.strautins]

you mean drop balls

[@lunarvania8073]

I agree

[@letthemeatboobs]

I had both but definitely played Genesis more. The RPGs on SNES were amazing though.

[@matheusdiasg.soares6416]

I think overall SNES was better then Genesis. But, as a brazilian, the Sega Mega Drive was way cheaper and easier to buy. So I got one when I was a kid and played it as much as I could. I'm still in love with the music and the Sega classics. Now, the brazilian company Tec Toy has made a new version of the Mega Drive, and I bought it too!

[@hannes8991]

The European and Japanese SNES/Superfamicon and their cartridges looked way cooler than the blocky US vers., btw.

[@Tatsh2DX]

Yellow is caused by oxygen interacting with the bromide-based plastic. Newer versions of SNES were less affected.

[@emperorhirohito1246]

Or just pissing

[@raabm5292]

Retrobrite ftw.

[@clarissamcpigeon7857]

The European SNES wasn't affected by this at all.

[@bones8884]

i hate to be that guy. but it is actually caused by UV light (the sun)

[@lukas.strautins]

shut the fuck up

[@kaseyj979]

I don't know why but the nostalgia and goosebumps hit me reallllyy hard during the sound comparision, especially when Terra's theme was playing.

[@kawsakiTV]

5:23 Wait you were telling Dad jokes at age 11? Dude you’re my spirit animal

[@just3nerds]

Nintendo is what genisisn't

[@dawnfangovertime7770]

Ohhhhhh!!! Nintendo should've used that back in the day.

[@just3nerds]

they did

[@dawnfangovertime7770]

Oh, nice xD

[@feddler2493]

+Metalhead123 unfortunately that wouldn't of worked where i'm from

[@dawnfangovertime7770]

Why is that?

[@Cozy90X]

James you really shoulda popped in streets of rage there at 7:50ish. I mean that WHOLE SOUNDTRACK IS FANTASTIC.

[@Bassotronics]

Cozy Streets Of Rage Series on Sega Genesis = Best 16 bit music ever produced. ;)

[@Pholiage]

Bassotronics Will certainly get flak for this. But in my ears it just sounds like some cheesy 90s rave music. It's alright sure. But it doesn't sound that different to that kind of music I mentioned. Guess I just don't see the beauty in it. And before the fan rages from others I do enjoy many soundtracks on Genesis. Sonic being one of them.

[@Bassotronics]

Pholiage Be aware that the official CD Soundtrack and other files I have heard taken from the game has a different sound to it. Or at least the high frequency sounds. There is an emulator called Gens and plays the game's music BUT....here here is the good news, the emulator has a option called (high quality) and makes the music sound EXACTLY like the original restoring the high frequencies and making it sound exactly like the good old Genesis.

[@goldengames8792]

S o R 2 best 16 bit music ever

[@richardg5301]

+Pholiage Yeah Sega's chip is hard to make sound good. buuuut of the top of my head: Gunstar Heroes MUSHA Adventure's of Batman and Robin Thunderforce 3 Shinobi 3 Phantasy Star 4 Alien Soldier Ristar Comix Zone Xmen 2 Red Zone Sub-Terrania Castlevania Bloodlines Captain America and The Avengers Rocket Knight Lethal Enforcers Truxton Darius 2 I don't think anyone is going to argue against the SNES being waaay more capable in the sound department, but the Genesis has some great stuff in the hands of the right composer and a unique sound. The SNES had so much more to offer in the way of orchestral sounds and the great RPG soundtracks of the time wouldn't be what they were if they used something like the Genesis' sound chip.

[@BananaTV1978]

15:15 ... Well said, very true 🙂👍

[@Antti29]

"And it just feels right when you hit people." I might have to quote you on that.

[@TripNBallsGaming]

Now I want to see N64 vs. PS. Despite being born in 1997, those systems made my childhood.

[@dantemoon9789]

Yeah man, I still have mine Ps, playing some times with my childchood friend

[@DrBeef216]

Good idea. I don't know if James will do it, but it's got a lot of potential, should he decide to compare them in this same manner.

[@RySenkari]

N64 definitely had the best first-party games and probably the best games overall, but a VERY top-heavy lineup. PS1 had far far FAR more great games. N64 was capable of better graphics but the choice to use cartridges crippled how far the system could be pushed. N64 was probably the best console of all time for local multiplayer, PS1 was probably the best console of all time for single player. PS1 games had better music (thanks to the Sony soundchip). If you take the RPGs away from the PS1 it's neck-and-neck but with the RPGs (of which the N64 had like 2 or 3 unless you count the Zelda games as RPGs), it's probably PS1.

[@DrBeef216]

I'd take the N64 because of how many great games that were on the system. The PS1 had more titles that were good, though. If it wasn't awesome on the N64, it sucked a dick. The graphics were pretty much a wash, until the end, when Nintendo actually started utilizing the expansion pack(I was always rather shocked that they didn't recycle their SNES idea of putting an N64 version of the "FX" chip in the cartridges, to power them up. Zelda isn't an RPG - it's an action/adventure game, though I will agree that it shares some similarities.

[@llynellyn]

PS1 was probably the best console ever made, originally designed as a CD addon for SNES (that's why it's controller is basically a more ergonomic SNES pad with two more shoulder buttons) it became it's own console after Sony/Nintendo stopped working together and went on to defeat the Saturn, the N64 and arguably the Dreamcast, Sony ended up having to kill it off because it was hurting PS2 sales LMAO.

[@ZeFleischwaffe]

i couldnt choose between the two, its like choosing between your kids °_°

[@justingochioco1121]

I go with SNES because of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat which control way better with the SNES. If I was allowed to pick up to 5 games, I would choose Ultimate MK3, MK2, Street Fighter 2, Killer Instinct, and for the hell of it Street Fighter 2 Turbo. These are my reasons to pick the SNES.

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

@@justingochioco1121 MK on SNES also has mostly better graphics and much better sound

[@potatogod9134]

This has a really sweet ending

[@certifiednobody]

It's crazy how much better the Sonic games looked than their competition when you look at how many graphical advantages the SNES had.

[@Lecrie]

Long live the 16 bits.

[@miriamalmeida6687]

The best generation of time

[@driedpancake]

but blast processing.

[@garbanzomeatball4993]

Nintendo wins in my opinion

[@BlueflagAlpha]

+Seppuku Genesis does what Nintendon't??? LOL sega only got blast processor and thats it boom take that sega

[@pac-man7506]

+Daniel Easyrhino Well...Sega Genesis had... -Sega Channel -Better 3-D sprites and environments -Colorful graphics -SVP chip (The Super FX chip and SVP chip are both good to be honest.) -No problems with backwards compatibility -The console is cheap -The games are cheap SNES -Too expensive for console and games -Not to colorful(Some games are colorful) -Kinda problems with backwards compatibility -There's rarely any 3-D sprites and environments in games -It's slow (I have no problems with slowness in the SNES)

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Pac Man high five i agree waka

[@94460706]

+PAC- MAN (The king of Arcades/VG) The console wars are still alive, lol

[@dabradleydec]

This is the reason my child isnt going to receive any of these newer systems until he shows me he can handle 16 bits.

[@advang4820]

"Ha, get it? A BIT better?!"

[@KabukeeJo]

I miss those days so much. The days when we didn't have to worry about DRM or lame Firmware updates that could break your system. Or Cloud Based Games that would stop working if the server went down or you didn't have internet. Those were the good times. They are gone for ever.

[@IamAManNotAMadHobo]

You just had to worry about buying/renting a crap game!

[@KabukeeJo]

***** crappy games will always be with us.

[@TheWeegeeToast]

***** Reviews don't tell you if something is good or bad, it tells you if some random person liked it or not. If you gauge what you buy or don't buy based on reviews, you're no better than a small child.

[@ObnoxiousLetsPlays]

Man of Truth lol idiot that's not the entire point of a review, a review also looks over aspects of the game. Are you saying you blindly buy games without regarding reception of it?

[@KabukeeJo]

***** Problem with that is, another persons opinion may not be the same as yours. I have learned that the best way to see if a game is truly good or bad, is to rent it & try it out for myself.

[@TheSceptileNinja]

I died a little when he didn't mention EarthBound when he was talking about RPG's ;)

[@user-lc7je8tp3u]

It's an obscure cult game, not that many people know about it. It doesn't have to be on everybody's list.

[@Wizkid1031]

I have to agree to this comment "slightly", honestly, next to Pokemon, Earthbound has to be one of my favorite RPG's in the retro world. Yes, it was extremely rare to come by, even to this day it's rare (unless of course you have a Wii U or a New Nintendo 3ds XL and you can buy the digital copy for 10$ or using an emulator on your PC). But just having a physical copy is equivalent to holding 200$ to 400$ I'm your hands. Don't get me started on how much the Japanese version is worth haha! but all in all, I find that both these consoles would have been awesome to own both. Really for the Mario and Sonic series. I have no hate to any game consoles really. They are over time build up over each other to create the perfect system like we all have today. Graphics, games, design, mechanizing, and over all having fun with it and not becoming bored.

[@NeoJ4K3]

+Jake Smith it's not rare, at all, it was printed in gigantic numbers and was even found in bargain bins. there is just decent demand and the people who have them don't let them go

[@DBumple]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@BlackFlagHeathen]

Not necessarily rare, but definitely expensive. I've seen genuine copies for well over 1,000 dollars online. I love and own both but at the end of the day SNES wins for me overall. I really think whether you prefer SNES or Genesis depends on your taste in video games. They both really are are awesome, memorable consoles.

[@franman51]

Sucks that SEGA stopped making consoles after the Dreamcast.

[@games4us132]

they were bear bankrupt

[@theboivenom4170]

On the one hand, I’d say it’s good because now their games are on all platforms for everyone to play, on the other hand they don’t use may of their franchises as often or at all 😔

[@ahmadkazan7994]

@@games4us132 not exactly,continuing the dreamcast would've been less damaging.

[@13marciano]

The genesis is my favorite, but, the SNES is my favorite, a tie from me

[@FancyGeeks]

"Final Fantasy III (which is actually VI) is one of the best games ever made." I'm home.

[@asmcint]

Fun fact: For the Gameboy Advance version of Earthworm Jim, they used the Genesis audio rather than the SNES audio.

[@jtsburn]

You always say “Supern tendo”. Haha

[@ChrisEvans66]

You did a music comparison and left out the Streets of Rage soundtrack for the Genesis? daaang

[@jussitiihonen4559]

He's right about the music on SNES, Final Fantasy IV, V and VI had the best OSTs I've heard in a game.

[@Sergiocrivelin]

"A bit better" ahaha

[@levithemonkey5460]

you mean haha

[@robeywan]

Let's get this straight - Streets of Rage is way cooler than Final Fight.

[@dandelion40k87]

Ok I know James is wrong about streets of rage but come on don't be mad

[@robeywan]

@@dandelion40k87 not mad at all, just needed to have it written somewhere.

[@dandelion40k87]

@@robeywan *points finger* Hideki

[@chriswaters834]

He shoulda used footage of SoR2

[@eduardopazhurtado3882]

You wish.

[@nowthatsjustducky]

3:35 A thing about the Power Base Converter that makes it more useful is that there is no wiring inside the thick plastic piece that hangs over the back of the Genesis. We actually took a hacksaw to ours and simply chopped it off so it would work properly in the second release of the Genesis console. I call it the Hacksaw Mod.

[@95dude]

The 16 bit era of consoles when consoles doesn't try to be like PC.

[@raabm5292]

TanTanTan grammar much? Fuck.

[@chrysalisld.3002]

What in the fuck did you just say?

[@matiasfpm]

yeeeeah, sure. but now we have more buggy multiplats! XD . . . seriously, getting to code 2 different consoles was tricky at least...

[@txretrogaming]

Nobody

[@Animeloversonicfan]

Doesn't try?! Really bro do you even grammar?

[@BryanRiztama]

Resoluation.. I'll add that word to my dictionary

[@overdosh]

long live the 16bit！！！！！

[@TuanNguyen-tp3ib]

64

[@TheAuron32]

watching him react to his past self is priceless, and also relate-able to my past facebook posts... *shudders*

[@samuelrosenbalm]

When I was growing up I was the only kid on the block with a Sega Genesis, everyone else had a Super Nintendo. All the other kids would come over and play Mortal Kombat as it was the version that had blood. The rivalry was so fierce that even into my early adulthood I would feel pride and loyalty to Sega rise up anytime the two consoles were compared. Eventually I came to accept the fact that the SNES is the superior console, but I also feel that the Genesis has a certain gritty charm that the SNES can't match, which is why the Genesis is still my favorite console to this day. Truth be known, I probably appreciate the Genesis more today than I ever have, seeing as how the things I now like about the Genesis the most, are actually it's flaws. It's low-fidelity audio, for example. I think I like that the most. It has a sound that is unmistakably Genesis. It's limited color-palette gives Genesis games a dark look, and it's lack of buttons keep things very simple. I know it sounds weird, but I've come to love these things. The SNES may be the better system, but the Genesis is gritty, hardcore, and full of win.

[@CapTrainT]

Chrono Trigger alone is enough reason for why Super Nintendo won.

[@MeowsyMcdermottEsq.]

My favorite game of all time.

[@dddemon777]

That sucked and was made for the Japanese market so the humor was not so funny to me. Battles were too tedious, even in the beginning of the game.

[@alabaster5302]

Nope, you are WRONG! Earthbound is the lone reason SNES wins... If it were! The last catagory, for me, would be cultural contribution! What console enriched the medium of gaming the most? I go for SNES, 'cause Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Terranigma, Clock Tower, etc.

[@aerogun18]

Super Nintendo had more RPGs, but Mega Drive had the best one: Phantasy Star IV

[@alabaster5302]

aerogun18 Well Clock Tower is not an RPG, it is a horror game. Does the Genesis have one of those?

[@a.h.2276]

Aw man, these chill wholesome videos always melt my heart.

[@lambda494]

"He's gonna take you back to the past..." He wasn't kidding, with kid AVGN!

[@MrMoney-no8ry]

" It will take centuries to make a better console" then the ps2 came...

[@xLithiumFlower1]

Yeah the PS2 was great, it's pretty much the SNES for Sony.

[@theredhattergaming]

Lithium Flower Just like Xbox 360 is SNES for Microsoft.

[@xLithiumFlower1]

theredhatter Aye, seems like the second console is when most get it right.

[@theredhattergaming]

Yeah, that is usually right.

[@Maru96]

Lithium Flower Personally i think the SNES of sony was PS1, they have pretty similar libraries.

[@fatjack2b]

I think he should've taken price into account too. It'd probably explain why the snes looked like a kiddy block, to make it cheaper to produce.

[@ikilledjigsaw]

Both were great. It's a toss up. I was a Sega guy and my cousin was a Nintendo guy but we never argued about which was better because we spent too many hours playing both

[@cosmoywanda]

The winner is me for being able to play and own both of this monsters as a child.

[@TheGoatPC]

Loved these 2 video. Just fantastic you had your footage from your younger years, just made the video that much better.

[@Randomark3087]

Perspective or not, he makes some REALLY good points.

[@Maru96]

Many biased points too though.

[@colesgamingadventures4946]

I love the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis they are both good.

[@thesteelshow433]

On graphics, I feel like it's dependent on the situation. The SNES had better scaling, color, and transparency options; wheras Genesis has smoother animation, smoother frames, and less compressed sprites. A good example of comparing the SNES's Graphics and the Genesis's graphics is to play the SNES and Genesis versions of Earthworm Jim. You'd see that the SNES version has better colors and effects, wheras the Genesis has smoother animation and less compressed sprites.

[@martinprahl1722]

This was a really touching segment actually. Thank you, James!

[@clemmu]

9:32 OMG THATS THE GAME FROM AVGN WISHLIST 2

[@wado1942]

Am I the only one that liked the FM sound of the Genesis better than the low-res samples of the SNES?

[@furorteutonicus9045]

Yes.

[@AdrianoSnake]

@@furorteutonicus9045 No he´s not

[@zane4575]

I've always liked the megadrive chip better

[@Freshbrood]

Yeah SNES sounded muffled. Genesis was rocking loud and clear.

[@AdrianoSnake]

@@Freshbrood of course, genesis has clearer sound

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

I feel honoured to have been there when the 16 Bit wars broke out and I was in the trenches.

[@SonicSammich]

Playing sonic games with an atari controller

[@emoxvx]

+ShadowMaster77 I think you can do it. I mean, the Sonic trilogy only uses the d-pad and one button.

[@SonicSammich]

Nunoski Orange Yeah

[@AVSteve]

You only need the the stick to move, and the button to jump

[@SonicSammich]

AV Steve yeah

[@GetJesse]

+ShadowMaster77 I tried doing that as a kid, it actually was different enough to be kinda fun.

[@SpeedDudeGTX]

The reason why Super Nintendo's would turn yellow overtime is because Nintendo decided to put Bromine in there plastic mixtures. Bromine reacts with UV Light. The ones you would mainly see yellow are the earlier models. The later models with the sticker on it. They rarely turn yellow.

[@user-be4vx6ho4c]

I was totally with the sound on the SNES until i heard Sonic.

[@33LB]

we had a super nintendo, but we knew lots of people with a mega drive and we were able to borrow it frequently and play loads of mega drive games. the super nintendo is my favourite console, but i have so many good memories of the mega drive and it's special to me too.

[@SandeepRao84]

My parents could not afford a 16 bit console back then. I remember it being sold for 120 dollars in India (where i live). Boy how much i wished i could own one. I never did !

[@BlueflagAlpha]

+Sandeep Rao its cheap now

[@SandeepRao84]

Daniel Easyrhino haha yea i can afford now. But id stick to my ps4 for now

[@BlueflagAlpha]

high five

[@87055446137]

+Sandeep Rao 120$??? OMG, what year was it then? I remember in 1998, when I was like 7 yo it was sold for about 20$ here in Russia... And by the way, don't you happen to know what game was this at 7:00? I wanna find the soundtrack! It sounds so typically japanese)

[@NotEnoughPrana]

[phone] that game is Star Fox. Soundtrack is actually a generic Amiga-style tune, you can have loads of those if you type "best Amiga tunes" or "top ten Amiga soundtracks" or smth.

[@NorfarPS3]

I can't believe Secret of Mana or Earthbound weren't mentioned at all.

[@wildgoosespeeder]

I can at least say that Earthbound is a good game that didn't do so well in terms of sales. Most kids probably didn't have that game or was uncommon in their collections. That's probably why it wasn't mentioned.

[@tuckerlacey9909]

wildgospeeder you have a point

[@skins4thewin]

Super Nintendo has better beat em ups? Streets of Rage 2 would like to have a word with you.

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

Do we need to even mention how much better the SNK ports run on the Genesis versus their sluggish SNES counterparts?

[@jediknightmark3599]

When it comes to the greatest AVGN videos, I'm not sure if I'd pick this series or the Castlevania series. James' examination of these classic games is top notch. I never get tired of listening to him.

[@abhay.haribol]

Dude, this is one of the BEST videos you have ever made.

[@tactictoe]

the north American super Nintendo looked like a Volvo in console form, but us brits had the Japanese version (super Famicom), and that looked just as nice as the genesis/megadrive.

[@Soldano999]

What we didnt have however is all the japanese games. In europe the super nintendo only had a fraction of the games while the megadrive got a shit ton.

[@rootykazooty351]

The North American SNES is arguably the ugliest console of all time, rivalling the NES. Yeh, the JP/Euro SNES looks great. Right up until it turns piss yellow like all NES/SNES consoles, cartridges and controllers. Unless you fastidiously keep them out of sunlight.

[@eduardofreitas8336]

You guys really think so? xD Yeah maybe Idk I like the way it looks but maybe it's just because I'm used to it. For me the N64 and the Sega Dreamcast are the sexiest gaming machines ever invented.

[@raabm5292]

You could idk, retrobrite it.

[@jonnywalker4802]

Did it fuck 🤣 both versions of the snes are rank.

[@Turkeyrolls]

I think what he said at the end perfectly sums up why I love these retro videos despite not owning any retro systems. It's so nice to just forget about the worlds problems and to just debate whether one game system was better than the other

[@marcrisa6352]

I still rewatch this every year at some point

[@joaquimc9059]

I grew up with the Genny so Im always going to lean towards Sega when it comes to the 16 bit battle. Games like Streets of Rage 2, Sonic, Castlevania Bloodlines, Rolling Thunder 2 and 3, Splatterhouse 2 were among some of my favorites. That being said the Super Nintendo was still a bad ass system with a ton of great games. Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, SMW, DKC, etc are all unforgettable. Im glad both systems had there own unique style. I love playing both.

[@jediknightmark3599]

I'm of the belief that whichever one your parents bought you as a kid is the one you'd prefer. I was a Sega Genesis kid so I still prefer the graphics and sound effects from that system. But now that I'm in my thirties I think I can admit that both are classic video game systems. Long live the 16 bit era!!!

[@synthesoul]

Sega's soundchip was bad ass tho

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

Too bad few developers knew how to use it properly

[@elangelazrael]

@@xyzzy-dv6te rocket knight saga and yuzo koshiro: hold my sound chip

[@IronHeel]

James, you are one of the best things about the internet. I'm so happy that you're doing what you're doing.

[@jasonmarin5634]

The Main Event SNES VS. Sega Genesis for the WWF Championship

[@kittygamerdoeseverything2712]

I Love it

[@GameDjeenie]

What are your top 3 best Console of all time ? ( it can include handhelds ) Mine are : 1-SNES 2-PS2 3-Gamecube

[@DoomKid]

Great question, very tough to decide.. SNES, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, Xbox 360 and NES are probably my 6 all time favorites, but I can't decide what order they go in!

[@christopherlittlejohn2648]

It's a tough call, but here are the consoles that I've liked the best while growing up: 1) N64 2) PS2 3) Genesis 4) Gamecube 5) SNES 6) NES And the GBA was a killer handheld with lots of great games on it for its time, although it isn't a console obviously.

[@pioneermega-ld3236]

Oh god, so many amazing consoles to pick! 1) Gamecube 2) N64 3) Mega Drive CD (Yes, I said it) 4) NES 5) SNES

[@theusbgamer2981]

Fuck everyone here is my top 5 console: 1.xbox360 2.sega saturn 3.sega dreamcast 4.NEC turbographx 16 and cd addon 5.neo geo and neo geo cd cause fuck nintendo 6.wii(only for super smash bros)

[@clairebun]

1. SNES 2. Sega Genesis 3. Gamecube I know it's a cliche at this point, but I really do think the 16 bit era was the best one

[@robbnoble1509]

One thing at the beginning with console design: yes, the genesis had a sleeker look, but in terms of function, those Genesis buttons would wear out fast and either get stuck/hard to push or became too loose from wear and didn't work at all. This happened to my genesis, and the genesis systems both of my cousins had, so it had to be a pretty common issue. Meanwhile none of us had issues with the sliding SNES power and reset "buttons". I don't know if it's worth overturning the category, but it's definitely worth mentioning.

[@pipechat9206]

That was deep bro... The ending had me with a bit of tears... Keep doing what your doing man. I'm sure even God watches your videos.