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- Subject: What the hell is with Genesis?????
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.162635.45948@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 16:26:35 CST
- Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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- You see it on t.v. They're constantly and perpetually rubbing it in
- your face. Sega has BLAST PROCESSING and Super Nintendo doesn't. Then they show
- the dolphin game and Sonic 2(well done). But I have a question...
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- WHAT THE HELL IS BLAST PROCESSING?
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- As far as I can tell it just means that the machine can move more
- screens quickly and more efficiently. But Super NES has Road Runner's Death
- Valley Rally which is faster than anything I've seen. Then they show Super NES'
- Super Mario Kart, which is one of the best games ever made. It got all 9's in
- EGM, which is better than any Genesis or Genesis CD game (except Sonic 2)
- And all my friends would take the awesome roataing, scaling and Mode seven on a
- Super NES than the "Blast Processing" Genesis offers. Have you ever played
- Pilotwings, or F-Zero, or SMK, or Final Fantasy 2? Those games kick the crap
- out of Genesis games, or al least the ones I've played, and I've played a lot!
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- And what is the mass appeal with Sega products? I know that Genesis
- cleaned house this Christmas and will probably dominate the market next year.
- I make no excuses for Nintendo's ad campaign, though. Rarely do I see a
- commercial for Nintendo, and when I do, it's either for a really sorry game, or
- is an ad for a game which has no relevance with the actual game itself. Look at
- the Zelda 3 ad. They show this obese Link climbing up a mountain trying to get
- the sword. But do they ever show the actual game once? Oh well, getting off
- subject.
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- Someone out there kindly post what Blast processing is, and why
- people are turning to Genesis. The color's bad, the 3-D effects are inferior,
- and you can't beat SNES's music, unless you talk about the CD Rom. Prince of
- Persia has fuzzy graphics that SNES could do in its sleep. The music, I will
- admit is no contest, but it's a CD.
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- My final point is that the Genesis shows in its ad; their system and
- the SNES side by side. But when they show the Genesis with its 2nd controller
- and Sonic cartridge, they flash on the screen for about half a second:
- 'Second Controller and game cartridge sold seperately'
- SNES comes with 2 controllers, and SMW. I just don't get it.
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- Well, I outta hea. Peace.
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