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"Nintendo are the best!"
"Nintendo kicks Sega's butt!"
"The N64 is far better than the Fony Greystation!"
These are all things I've said when sticking up for the minority of Nintendo fans on this board, the latter two I don't like admitting to. Although the N64 was far better than the Playstation, it's the way I said it around a year and a half ago that I don't like admitting to. The second comment though, I completely take back! Although I still believe that Nintendo are the best, I also think of Sega as Nintendo's equal now!
Yep, that's right! I, one of the biggest Nintendo fans of all time, who's played nearly every Nintendo console and plenty of games from each, who constantly boasts Nintendo's supremacy in videogaming, is now a self admitted Sega fan!
But this Sega side hasn't just suddenly sprung up from nowhere. I used to watch the old Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons, and I used to play on my Uncle's Megadrive II, playing games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Micro Machines. Around ten years ago I used to play Outrun, Sega's most original racing game, on the ZX Spectrum nearly all the time. Recently I've been going over my friend Mark's house to play on his Megadrive II on the Sonic series and a few other of his games, including the hilarious Earthworm Jim series and the comical Rolo the Elephant game. Even mroe recently I've been playing Sonic 3D: Flikies Island on the PC and Chu Chu Rocket on the Game Boy Advance. But that's not what has resurfaced my love of Sega's games. It's the Dreamcast!
Yep, I've now got a Dreamcast and I can't stop playing on it! My mum got me the "Nine Game Pack" from Special Reserve which contained the Dreamcast itself with it's controller, and these nine games: Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, Shadowman, Sega Bass Fishing, Sonic Adventure, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Hydro Thunder, Fighting Force 2, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 and F1 World Grand Prix. Ok, I have to admit that Sega Bass Fishing is on my list as one of the most boring games ever, but the other eight have provided me with hours of fun already! With the addition of another controller and two Visual Memory Units, I am set for many years of gaming ahead of me.
I mean it when I say many years though! I'm not like the casual gamer who will buy a game, complete it once, then trade it for a new game in the shops. I prefer to keep my games, complete them, find all the secrets, then in a few months time when I've finished doing the same to another few games, start again on the first game again. I've done that with many Nintendo games, PC games, and I'll even do that with my brother's Playstation 2.
I've also bought myself Sonic Adventure 2 and I think that game's brilliant! I love both of the Sonic Adventure games on the Dreamcast and I believe them to be much more entertaining than Super Mario 64. However, I do know that Super Mario 64 was the first Nintendo 64 game and was released a few years before the Sonic Adventure games so, even though it revolutionised platform gaming, Super Mario 64 was made very basically when looking back at it today.
I did try to do a part exchange in a local videogames store with my Sega Bass Fishing game, but because Special Reserve didn't send it to me with instructions or a [roper case, they said they'd only give me £1 for it so I decided to keep it.
Sega's Dream-machine has changed the way I look think about games but has not taken away my love of Nintendo. I think it's funny when magazines (including multiformat ones) keep emphasizing that the Game Boy Advance's ability to be used as a screen to see character info and secrets is a whole new idea by Nintendo when it clearly isn't! The Dreamcast does that via the Visual Memory Unit's, and although it's screen isn't as big, it still does the job!
But what about the fact that the Game Boy Advance can be used to play downloaded games from the GameCube?
Well the VMU's can already do that for the Dreamcast, as well as saving game data! The Game Boy Advance can't do that can it?
Ah, but the Game Boy Advance can be used as a controller for games on the GameCube.
That's a good point, but the VMU can be used as part of a controller taking up less ports on the console allowing for more players. Infact, it would be difficult to use the Game Boy Advance as a secret screen whilst still using a Standard controller. All other players would be able to see the same secrets and thus make that idea not a good one.
The Game Boy Advance does beat the VMU for the most obvious reason though. It can play full colour 32-bit games. I wouldn't be too sure about the Pokémon mini beating the VMU though. No need for a link cable when multiplayer gaming with the VMU as they just clip together allowing quick transfer of data.
So are Sega well and truly dead now that the Dreamcast isn't manufactured anymore?
Of course not! Sega produce games for all major consoles now, the X-box, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Playstation 2. This means I can still buy Sega games, but play them on the GameCube when I eventually get one, and on my brother's Playstation 2.
I still dislike the Playstation 2 and find the controller very hard to use. However, I've enjoyed beating my brother on Tekken Tag Tournament many times, which he gets frustrated about (especially cos I hardly use his Playstation 2), but I haven't played it in the long term at all because, unlike Nintendo's consoles and the Dreamcast which all seem to have something special about them, the Playstation 2 seems more to me like a hi-fi system, or a styled up DVD player. I may eventually change my view on the Playstation 2 but never as quickly as I have with the Dreamcast.
Here's to Nintendo and Sega!
"Nintendo kicks Sega's butt!"
"The N64 is far better than the Fony Greystation!"
These are all things I've said when sticking up for the minority of Nintendo fans on this board, the latter two I don't like admitting to. Although the N64 was far better than the Playstation, it's the way I said it around a year and a half ago that I don't like admitting to. The second comment though, I completely take back! Although I still believe that Nintendo are the best, I also think of Sega as Nintendo's equal now!
Yep, that's right! I, one of the biggest Nintendo fans of all time, who's played nearly every Nintendo console and plenty of games from each, who constantly boasts Nintendo's supremacy in videogaming, is now a self admitted Sega fan!
But this Sega side hasn't just suddenly sprung up from nowhere. I used to watch the old Sonic the Hedgehog cartoons, and I used to play on my Uncle's Megadrive II, playing games like Sonic the Hedgehog and Micro Machines. Around ten years ago I used to play Outrun, Sega's most original racing game, on the ZX Spectrum nearly all the time. Recently I've been going over my friend Mark's house to play on his Megadrive II on the Sonic series and a few other of his games, including the hilarious Earthworm Jim series and the comical Rolo the Elephant game. Even mroe recently I've been playing Sonic 3D: Flikies Island on the PC and Chu Chu Rocket on the Game Boy Advance. But that's not what has resurfaced my love of Sega's games. It's the Dreamcast!
Yep, I've now got a Dreamcast and I can't stop playing on it! My mum got me the "Nine Game Pack" from Special Reserve which contained the Dreamcast itself with it's controller, and these nine games: Army Men: Sarge's Heroes, Shadowman, Sega Bass Fishing, Sonic Adventure, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Hydro Thunder, Fighting Force 2, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 2 and F1 World Grand Prix. Ok, I have to admit that Sega Bass Fishing is on my list as one of the most boring games ever, but the other eight have provided me with hours of fun already! With the addition of another controller and two Visual Memory Units, I am set for many years of gaming ahead of me.
I mean it when I say many years though! I'm not like the casual gamer who will buy a game, complete it once, then trade it for a new game in the shops. I prefer to keep my games, complete them, find all the secrets, then in a few months time when I've finished doing the same to another few games, start again on the first game again. I've done that with many Nintendo games, PC games, and I'll even do that with my brother's Playstation 2.
I've also bought myself Sonic Adventure 2 and I think that game's brilliant! I love both of the Sonic Adventure games on the Dreamcast and I believe them to be much more entertaining than Super Mario 64. However, I do know that Super Mario 64 was the first Nintendo 64 game and was released a few years before the Sonic Adventure games so, even though it revolutionised platform gaming, Super Mario 64 was made very basically when looking back at it today.
I did try to do a part exchange in a local videogames store with my Sega Bass Fishing game, but because Special Reserve didn't send it to me with instructions or a [roper case, they said they'd only give me £1 for it so I decided to keep it.
Sega's Dream-machine has changed the way I look think about games but has not taken away my love of Nintendo. I think it's funny when magazines (including multiformat ones) keep emphasizing that the Game Boy Advance's ability to be used as a screen to see character info and secrets is a whole new idea by Nintendo when it clearly isn't! The Dreamcast does that via the Visual Memory Unit's, and although it's screen isn't as big, it still does the job!
But what about the fact that the Game Boy Advance can be used to play downloaded games from the GameCube?
Well the VMU's can already do that for the Dreamcast, as well as saving game data! The Game Boy Advance can't do that can it?
Ah, but the Game Boy Advance can be used as a controller for games on the GameCube.
That's a good point, but the VMU can be used as part of a controller taking up less ports on the console allowing for more players. Infact, it would be difficult to use the Game Boy Advance as a secret screen whilst still using a Standard controller. All other players would be able to see the same secrets and thus make that idea not a good one.
The Game Boy Advance does beat the VMU for the most obvious reason though. It can play full colour 32-bit games. I wouldn't be too sure about the Pokémon mini beating the VMU though. No need for a link cable when multiplayer gaming with the VMU as they just clip together allowing quick transfer of data.
So are Sega well and truly dead now that the Dreamcast isn't manufactured anymore?
Of course not! Sega produce games for all major consoles now, the X-box, GameCube, Game Boy Advance and Playstation 2. This means I can still buy Sega games, but play them on the GameCube when I eventually get one, and on my brother's Playstation 2.
I still dislike the Playstation 2 and find the controller very hard to use. However, I've enjoyed beating my brother on Tekken Tag Tournament many times, which he gets frustrated about (especially cos I hardly use his Playstation 2), but I haven't played it in the long term at all because, unlike Nintendo's consoles and the Dreamcast which all seem to have something special about them, the Playstation 2 seems more to me like a hi-fi system, or a styled up DVD player. I may eventually change my view on the Playstation 2 but never as quickly as I have with the Dreamcast.
Here's to Nintendo and Sega!
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Turbonutter wrote:
And, in the end, my "gamble" paid off. Still, I have my
> Sega games, and I may even buy a GBA for Sonic Advance. We have SMB coming to
> us, as well as Rez and American Pro Trucker. All are extremely good reasons not
> to spend, oooh, £60 on a Dreamcast.
American Pro Trucker, one of the worst games ever.
Crap!
And, in the end, my "gamble" paid off. Still, I have my
> Sega games, and I may even buy a GBA for Sonic Advance. We have SMB coming to
> us, as well as Rez and American Pro Trucker. All are extremely good reasons not
> to spend, oooh, £60 on a Dreamcast.
American Pro Trucker, one of the worst games ever.
Crap!
I'm only gonna buy another pokemon game if they completly change it. After playing Blue and Yellow to death i really cant be bothered with another one. I must have spent about 200 hours plus on both of them.
I don't have enough life left over for Pokemon Gold and Silver, sorry!
Turbonutter wrote:
I may even buy a GBA for Sonic Advance.
Pssst...
Pokemon Silver/Gold are also great games you can get for the handheld, especially if you enjoyed the original.
It'll remind you what Pokemon is, a great game, not an over milked franchise.
Anyway, I'll stop tormenting you over that now.
Back to Sega:
I always liked them but were second choice to Nintendo and Rare, and I didn't have enough money for both.
And although the 100 pound deal looks VERY tempting...
In a way, I'm glad the Dreamcast failed.
Although it confirms that justice does NOT exist, it also means that we'll get the likes of Sonic and Mario on one system. What's more, Naka and Miyamoto seem glad to get together and make a great game between them.
This would not have happened should the Dreamcast have been a success.
Always look for the bright side to a disaster! :-)
I may even buy a GBA for Sonic Advance.
Pssst...
Pokemon Silver/Gold are also great games you can get for the handheld, especially if you enjoyed the original.
It'll remind you what Pokemon is, a great game, not an over milked franchise.
Anyway, I'll stop tormenting you over that now.
Back to Sega:
I always liked them but were second choice to Nintendo and Rare, and I didn't have enough money for both.
And although the 100 pound deal looks VERY tempting...
In a way, I'm glad the Dreamcast failed.
Although it confirms that justice does NOT exist, it also means that we'll get the likes of Sonic and Mario on one system. What's more, Naka and Miyamoto seem glad to get together and make a great game between them.
This would not have happened should the Dreamcast have been a success.
Always look for the bright side to a disaster! :-)
*Considers posting in the FOG.*
This doesn't mean I'm coming back, OK?
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Sega are and will always remain my favourite developer and console developer. Crazy Taxi is still one of the best PS2 games I own, and Sonic 3 forever holds the top spot in my All Time Top Five computer games. Their genius is amazing.
So why did I buy a PlayStation? Well, Ridge Racer had something to do with it, as did WipEout. I guess the biggest reason for me getting a PS was because I could foresee the Saturn failing. It just couldn't cut the mustard. Pretty much the same went for the Dreamcast. Sure, I wanted a next-gen console, but not one with an uncertain future, especially as the PS2's specs had been released, revealing it to have eight and a half times more power. Now, I don't go for graphics, but I do know that a hell of a lot of other people do and eight and a half is a VERY big margin.
And, in the end, my "gamble" paid off. Still, I have my Sega games, and I may even buy a GBA for Sonic Advance. We have SMB coming to us, as well as Rez and American Pro Trucker. All are extremely good reasons not to spend, oooh, £60 on a Dreamcast.
This doesn't mean I'm coming back, OK?
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Sega are and will always remain my favourite developer and console developer. Crazy Taxi is still one of the best PS2 games I own, and Sonic 3 forever holds the top spot in my All Time Top Five computer games. Their genius is amazing.
So why did I buy a PlayStation? Well, Ridge Racer had something to do with it, as did WipEout. I guess the biggest reason for me getting a PS was because I could foresee the Saturn failing. It just couldn't cut the mustard. Pretty much the same went for the Dreamcast. Sure, I wanted a next-gen console, but not one with an uncertain future, especially as the PS2's specs had been released, revealing it to have eight and a half times more power. Now, I don't go for graphics, but I do know that a hell of a lot of other people do and eight and a half is a VERY big margin.
And, in the end, my "gamble" paid off. Still, I have my Sega games, and I may even buy a GBA for Sonic Advance. We have SMB coming to us, as well as Rez and American Pro Trucker. All are extremely good reasons not to spend, oooh, £60 on a Dreamcast.
With all due respect, I completely disagree with this topic - in that Nintendo is NOT the best. I can understand you being a Nintendo fan, (or Ninty, as it's called on here), because they have some great fans. Hell - I own an N64 and I love it, but I can never compare it to the Playstation. They are incomparable on so many different levels that it's not even worth discussing. I have 5 games machines, (inclusive of a SNES) and they are all special in their own special way.
You're a Sega fan? Good on ya mate! A lot of people didn't shell out the money for a Dreamcast just because Sega no longer manufacture them - but it's their loss. The Dreamcast is still a great console, albeit slightly controversial, but it's still one of my favourite consoles. It's also good to hear that you are getting 0back into the old games and it appears that it's thanks to the Dreamcast. It looks like you got a good deal there with your Dreamcast and I hope that you enjoy the games. I strongly reccomend Shnemue, Jet Set Radio, and Virtua Tennis.
So, we have a dedicated gamer here? I had a friend who would play a game, complete it and sell it! What is the point in shelling out £30+ for a game if you're going to flog it a matter of days or weeks later. I also like to keep playing my games - again and again.
Good to hear that you're enjoying Sonic!
I also dislike the PS2, but I will get one in about a year's time - when the current games are cheaper and the console down another fifty quid.
Great Post!
You're a Sega fan? Good on ya mate! A lot of people didn't shell out the money for a Dreamcast just because Sega no longer manufacture them - but it's their loss. The Dreamcast is still a great console, albeit slightly controversial, but it's still one of my favourite consoles. It's also good to hear that you are getting 0back into the old games and it appears that it's thanks to the Dreamcast. It looks like you got a good deal there with your Dreamcast and I hope that you enjoy the games. I strongly reccomend Shnemue, Jet Set Radio, and Virtua Tennis.
So, we have a dedicated gamer here? I had a friend who would play a game, complete it and sell it! What is the point in shelling out £30+ for a game if you're going to flog it a matter of days or weeks later. I also like to keep playing my games - again and again.
Good to hear that you're enjoying Sonic!
I also dislike the PS2, but I will get one in about a year's time - when the current games are cheaper and the console down another fifty quid.
Great Post!
No way Edgy they are good but not that good.
A Link to the Past is still next on the list....I've just had so much fun in comparison to other games I've played recently that SA games have to go to the top....
Edgy wrote:
> Well, at the moment, the Sonic Adventure games have just beaten Zelda on the
> SNES as my favourite game!
No way?!
Sonic
> Well, at the moment, the Sonic Adventure games have just beaten Zelda on the
> SNES as my favourite game!
No way?!
Sonic
Well, at the moment, the Sonic Adventure games have just beaten Zelda on the SNES as my favourite game!
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