Poll: Console War Stories - 1990s Edition

[megs1120]

Let's go back to that wonderful decade, the 1990s, our childhoods, and the greatest console war in history, the one between the NES/SNES and the Genesis.

I have to admit, I didn't own a NES, SNES or Genesis, but that gave me an interesting look into the war my friends were waging, while my PC-playing friends and I ran around the playground, pretending to be space fighter pilots.

I saw kids who'd been friends since kindergarten refuse to associate with each other based on which console they had, birthday party politics where the two camps had to be kept separate, of arguments over who would win in a fight, Mario or Sonic, that resulted in actual violence. Tales of dads working for Nintendo, of secret 100-bit systems that perfectly emulate reality. Shit that would put today's 360/PS3/Wii warriors to shame.

Also, did anyone NOT have a friend whose father "worked for Nintendo"?

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

I had a sega megadrive, which i think was the UK name for the genesis although i could be wrong, and i didnt get a PC or a gameboy until 2000, so for the 90's i'd have to say Sega, although for very early 2000's it'd have to be a split between PC and Nintendo.

 

[kampori]

Pre- Xbox, we had an N64 & Dreamcast. We/I didn't get properly into gaming until pretty recently.

 

[TehCookie]

I didn't care I enjoyed them all. Unfortunately my dad hates Nintendo, and would never allow and of their consoles in his house, so all my nostalgia falls on the Sega and PC.

 

[Pearwood]

I had a sega megadrive, which i think was the UK name for the genesis although i could be wrong

You're not wrong, I had one too and it is a Genesis.

 

[megs1120]

I didn't care I enjoyed them all. Unfortunately my dad hates Nintendo, and would never allow and of their consoles in his house, so all my nostalgia falls on the Sega and PC.

Wait, your dad hates Nintendo? Any idea why? Is he one of those NINTENDOS ARE RUINING OUR KIDS types or does he have some specific beef with Nintendo?

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

SEGA and Playstation for the 90s.

My first Nintendo Home Console (TM) was the Wii.

I wasn't aware that PCs had games other than Solitaire in the 90s until later in life.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Snes all the way. Despite what Sega said, it did. Also, I remember talk of the "Dolphin", because I had a friend who's father worked at Nintendo...

 

[mireko]

My first console was a PS1, so up until that point it was all on my dad's PC.

I don't know if it's because I was born in '91 or because I grew up in rural Norway, but there wasn't much of a console war. At least not that generation.

 

[liquidangry]

That said, I was a nintendo/pc gamer in my childhood years and one of my best friends was a sega/pc gamer.

 

[TehCookie]

I didn't care I enjoyed them all. Unfortunately my dad hates Nintendo, and would never allow and of their consoles in his house, so all my nostalgia falls on the Sega and PC.

Wait, your dad hates Nintendo? Any idea why? Is he one of those NINTENDOS ARE RUINING OUR KIDS types or does he have some specific beef with Nintendo?

It's too kiddie for him, he likes to play mature games. I just played whatever he got, I wasn't picky. Also my family game nights are videogames not boardgames so he wanted games he could play with us that he would enjoy.

 

[FalloutJack]

Console wars are of no use to me. Games are to be played. Companies sell those games. Ergo, this is not even a war, but merely business. All wars that are wars in name only just want to sound important. Like, heh...the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on crime... You made a choice, now let it go. It was never worth fighting for.

 

[megs1120]

Console wars are of no use to me. Games are to be played. Companies sell those games. Ergo, this is not even a war, but merely business. All wars that are wars in name only just want to sound important. Like, heh...the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on crime... You made a choice, now let it go. It was never worth fighting for.

I agree, but it was a crazy era and I was hoping people would be willing to share some stories about it.

 

[Fredvdp]

I played on SNES. Sometimes on Mac even, but that was mainly for edutainment.

 

[FalloutJack]

Console wars are of no use to me. Games are to be played. Companies sell those games. Ergo, this is not even a war, but merely business. All wars that are wars in name only just want to sound important. Like, heh...the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on crime... You made a choice, now let it go. It was never worth fighting for.

I agree, but it was a crazy era and I was hoping people would be willing to share some stories about it.

Sorry, but in the 90s, I had a Genesis, a Gameboy, and an Atari. My sister had Game Gear, my cousins had PC and NES, and my friends had SNES and the Sega Channel. My world was vast in entertainment, so I couldn't very well go one-sided here.

 

[Baradiel]

I had a Super Nintendo and a Sega Megadrive. They were fantastic.

 

[Tanis]

SNES > SEGA as a whole.