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The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« on: October 25, 2013, 04:34:01 AM »
Curious about which of the three main SNES/GENS/TG16 consoles you had in your grasp during the 16-bit wars and do you think it's skewed your view on the entire era in gaming?

By Experience (poll) I mean like anything.  Seen ads/commercials, played or whatever.

I moved from the NES to SNES and played the Genesis many times at friends houses, but always swore my allegiance to Nintendo's 16-bitter for whatever reasons.  I just like SNES better until I played a Turbo for the first time in the summer of '94.  I was so impressed by the look and sound of the CD games (Ys I& II, GOT) that I was hooked forever!  Even with having had lots of time logged playing Sega and Nintendo's 16-bit offerings...

EDIT- Added Neo Geo into the mix for you privileged kids!  ;)

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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2013, 04:38:08 AM »
Curious about which of the three main SNES/GENS/TG16 consoles you had in your grasp during the 16-bit wars and do you think it's skewed your view on the entire era in gaming?

By Experience (poll) I mean like anything.  Seen ads/commercials, played or whatever.

I moved from the NES to SNES and played the Genesis many times at friends houses, but always swore my allegiance to Nintendo's 16-bitter for whatever reasons.  I just like SNES better until I played a Turbo for the first time in the summer of '94.  I was so impressed by the look and sound of the CD games (Ys I& II, GOT) that I was hooked forever!  Even with having had lots of time logged playing Sega and Nintendo's 16-bit offerings...

EDIT- Added Neo Geo into the mix for you privileged kids!  ;)

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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2013, 04:42:29 AM »
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 04:56:52 AM »
I first saw the "Them/Us" commercial on TV and knew I had to own a TG16. Not long after that, I started seeing the "Genesis Does" commercial. My mind was already set on getting a TG16 though, so I was unmoved. I didn't actually get a TG16 until awhile later, and I remember quite clearly that the store did not want to sell me one; they insisted I buy a Genesis. I told them I wanted a TG16 and that was just it. They sold me a non-functional floor model. I was pissed as hell when I got it home and it did not work. I brought it back the next day and demanded a new model. They had no choice but to take it back and give me a new model. I spent many hours with Keith Courage In Alpha Zones, and later with Fantasy Zone, and knew that this would always be my console of choice. To this day, it still is.

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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 05:07:23 AM »
It was the SNES for me.  I never owned one (or any 16 bit machine for that matter) but I rented it a lot. 

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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2013, 05:23:26 AM »
I got a Genesis at launch and was already a huge SMS and Sega fan. I quickly became a Genesis fanboy and was very biased against the TG-16, which I knew mostly from magazines. I was already jealous of Keith Courage after trying it at a trade show, but all it took was one visit to the home of an aquaintence, where I got to watch Dungeon Explorer and Neutopia, to make the TG-16/PCE my favorite platform to this day.
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2013, 05:29:37 AM »
1st 16 bit system was the Genesis in Toronto, CA. It was 1989 and Sega had recently launched the Genesis ,they had a big expo near lake Ontario. Got to try Mystic Defender and Forgotten Worlds that day.

Then in Montreal is was the TG16 - the local EB store had a display one with SideArms and the guys would let you try any of the games they had in stock, since they had opened one of each for demo purposes. It was pretty awesome. I also tried Keith Courage that day. A few weeks later the managers stopped the open game display/demo thing they had going.  It was okay though, across from the store was a HUGE arcade anyway.


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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2013, 05:59:55 AM »
Depends on what you mean.

The first I heard of the coming 16-bit systems was the Genesis. There was a special about the so-called "next generation" on one of the news programs, and I think they had yet to be released. I then saw a Genesis kiosk on an end-cap in a store shortly thereafter, and I'm pretty sure Buster Douglass boxing was the demo.

But I never played a 16-bit system until a short time later when I got the TurboGrafx-16 for Christmas. I had initially chosen the Genesis - probably because of that news segment - but it cost a bit more than the Turbo, so my Dad asked if I would want that instead. Glad I agreed!
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2013, 06:04:28 AM »
Saw the Megadrive at a show in london before it came out, playing space harrier 2, which basically sold it to me. However, I saw the PCEngine at a guys house playing rtypeI (japanese version) which didn't sell it to me (it was the first time I saw sprite flicker). Eventually had both and although I am on my 3rd megadrive (which I fell in and out of love with) I still have the original pcengine/sgfx. I have a big fondness for the white pcengine, matched only by the c64. thinking about these 2 systems bring back the best memories.
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2013, 06:15:15 AM »
The Duo is the first and only 16 bitter I've owned, but I played Genny in stores before I had a chance to play a Turbob.  I don't recall which came first in reading about 'em in game rags.

As for why I only own OBEY from the 16 bit generation: I only have so much time to game.  I could buy SNES/Genny/NeoGeo stuff, but it'd take away from OBEY time.
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2013, 06:47:07 AM »
Had a NES and SMS and was fairly loyal to Sega by then. Got a Altered Beast pack-in Genny and Revenge of Shinobi. Rented games, picked up a few (money was tight for a kid). A TG-16 deal came upon me in '90, so I picked it up. I did always want one, but I was just waiting for a deal like this to happen or for the price drops. Once I did, the old Genesis took backseat to the awesome.
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2013, 07:08:19 AM »
Had a NES and SMS and was fairly loyal to Sega by then. Got a Altered Beast pack-in Genny and Revenge of Shinobi. Rented games, picked up a few (money was tight for a kid). A TG-16 deal came upon me in '90, so I picked it up. I did always want one, but I was just waiting for a deal like this to happen or for the price drops. Once I did, the old Genesis took backseat to the awesome.

Was the TG-16 deal the buy the system and get one of 30 games free via mail ?
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2013, 07:28:34 AM »
I was into the TG-16 from day one and never looked back. Just recently in the last 2 years I got the SNES and Genesis. The Turbo is still my system of choice.
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2013, 09:59:54 AM »
my first video game experience was the turbografx-16.  My dad was won over by the cards and the CD system.  He picked up a TG-16 out of the newspaper when people were dropping them for the SNES 80 bucks got em a boxed system, boxed controller, boxed tap, KC, Both bonks, Parasol Stars, Deep Blue, and Boxy Boy.  However, he never did find the CD systems, as they were not sold here in any quantity. (ony EB had them and there was only 1 small store nearby).  I played bonk a lot and finally finished it, at 4 I felt pretty darn excited.  So the next year my parents got me a S-N-E-S of my own.  I became a Nintendo fanboy after that.  But I would always bring down my dad's Turbo and play it, generally about 1-2 times a year.  sadly I did not know of TZD, and was only able to add a few HuCARDs between then and about 2 years ago.  I will only give up that turbografx when I die.  although I do enjoy my SNES too.  perhaps one of these days I shall post a picture of my beloved TG-16 system.   
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Re: The first console you 'experienced' during the 16-bit era
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2013, 10:37:15 AM »
Curious about which of the three main SNES/GENS/TG16 consoles you had in your grasp during the 16-bit wars and do you think it's skewed your view on the entire era in gaming?

By Experience (poll) I mean like anything.  Seen ads/commercials, played or whatever.
You're asking two different questions.
First next-generation console I played was the Genesis. First one I owned was the TG16 (I was poor).

Lynx should be on the poll too.

I find it hard to believe the majority of members experienced the TG16 before the Genesis.
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