When it comes to retro gaming, I think we all have different motivations for liking the things we like. Some of us like games (or ports of games) which are objectively sub-optimal, perhaps because of nostalgia for a certain console or time of our lives when we played them.
I really like the Saturn, despite the fact that today, it presents some problems. It looks dreadful without an decent scaler on modern TVs, the UK version was plagued with PAL/NTSC issues, many of the games haven't aged well and some that have (such as the major 2D fighters) later got re-releases on other consoles. I have Virtua Fighter 2 and Daytona USA on my PS3, which eclipse the Saturn versions in every measurable way, but I still have a soft spot for those (in Daytona's case, janky) ports. I don't own one, but I could forsee, if I was a lottery winner or something, that I would have one, with a big collection of games.
However, not so with the Mega-CD. I wanted one as a kid, and played a great deal on one that belonged to a friend. There were some stand-out games I recall playing, like Thunderhawk and Soulstar - but even if I was a lottery winner, I wouldn't have one. I just feel the machine was too flawed, and I'm simply not going to live long enough to have time to ever re-visit it. To me, the Mega-CD has faded into obscurity and if I was given one, I would look to sell it right away.
And this is a real dual-standard! I mean you might argue that one is better than the other but certainly both had some games worth playing. I just associate the Saturn with my early teenage years and my love of Sega's early 3D arcade output, but the Mega-CD just makes me think of grainy versions of Road Avenger.
So given this, are there any consoles that you simply would not go back to? Why?
I really like the Saturn, despite the fact that today, it presents some problems. It looks dreadful without an decent scaler on modern TVs, the UK version was plagued with PAL/NTSC issues, many of the games haven't aged well and some that have (such as the major 2D fighters) later got re-releases on other consoles. I have Virtua Fighter 2 and Daytona USA on my PS3, which eclipse the Saturn versions in every measurable way, but I still have a soft spot for those (in Daytona's case, janky) ports. I don't own one, but I could forsee, if I was a lottery winner or something, that I would have one, with a big collection of games.
However, not so with the Mega-CD. I wanted one as a kid, and played a great deal on one that belonged to a friend. There were some stand-out games I recall playing, like Thunderhawk and Soulstar - but even if I was a lottery winner, I wouldn't have one. I just feel the machine was too flawed, and I'm simply not going to live long enough to have time to ever re-visit it. To me, the Mega-CD has faded into obscurity and if I was given one, I would look to sell it right away.
And this is a real dual-standard! I mean you might argue that one is better than the other but certainly both had some games worth playing. I just associate the Saturn with my early teenage years and my love of Sega's early 3D arcade output, but the Mega-CD just makes me think of grainy versions of Road Avenger.
So given this, are there any consoles that you simply would not go back to? Why?
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