Guest Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Super Nintendo Entertainment System Initial release date: November 21, 1990 Initial price: $199 Lifespan: 1990-1999 Units sold: 49.10 million Number of games released: 785 Notable games: Super Mario World Super Metroid Chrono Trigger Super Mario Kart Final Fantasy II and III Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Donkey Kong Country series Mega Man X series Secret of Mana Actraiser Other notes: - Six button controller - MODE 7~! VS Neo Geo Initial release date: January 31, 1990 Initial price: $649 (that's not a typo) Lifespan: 1990-2004 Units sold: Unknown. Roughly 1 million. Number of games released: 154 Notable games: King of Fighters series Samurai Showdown series Spinmaster Baseball Stars Metal Slug series Magician Lord Fatal Fury series Art of Fighting series King of the Monsters Other notes: - Best 2D fighting console ever made. - Two versions, the AES home version, and the MVS arcade unit. - Very pricey. Games often cost over $200. - Longest lasting home console ever made. - Region free games, making importing easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Marv Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I love SNK, but the Neo Geo as a home console was pretty much a failure, it was amazing they continued to support it really. Great arcade machine though, and I love that most Neo-Geo cabinets (at least in my experience) had multiple games. Anyway, the Super Nintendo. Dominant console of its generation (with at least some actual competition who had a shot), some of the best games ever, especially with regards to JRPG titles, and carried on the brand enough to keep it synonymous with video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 I've heard of the Neo Geo, but even if it did get a UK release (and I'm too tired to wiki that), there's not many systems I'm going to rank ahead of the SNES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 SNES with no question. Mine still work as great as the day I got it, the system has a lot of third party and first party titles, and then there's fact that, to some extent, this is where video games grew up. Before, in the days of the NES, Mega System, and Atari, you never had really deep plots in video games. That little bit of extra memory changed it so that we had games that could take 50+ hours to beat, where Mario could travel through multiple worlds, even repeating some in the process, and your console games could look nearly as good as the ones at the Arcade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Neo Geo arcade pretty much trumps any other video game experience in my opinion. The console sucked. SNES was kind of lame at times but tons of fun at others. A real unbalanced system but far better than NG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 The SNES is one of the two consoles on this side of the bracket that I could see beating the PS2. It's got one of the top four game libraries in the tournament, and has a case for best RPG system of all time. The Neo Geo is tons of fun but has no legs to stand on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 The SNES. No contest there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kscriv Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 The Neo Geo AES was the Cadillac of home gaming in the 90s, it was a spectacular piece of hardware that had the best arcade conversions of its time. The SNES though was priced in a range where the average person could afford it, and the games it produced are some of the best ever. Oddly enough the SNES is the only system I'm voting for in this round that I don't believe had an industry changing feature. It was the evolution of the NES and had one hell of a library. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DCAUFan1051 Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 SNES was my first ever Nintendo Console I got it 4 Christmas 1992. I spent 6 hours straight on Super Mario World. No Breaks no nothing just me and the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Robinson Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Poor Neo Geo, it never stood a chance. I'm voting SNES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 SNES, simply because before I went onto the Wii VC I never knew the neo geo existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 My stepbrother had a Neo Geo and I loved it. The fact that you could bring your saved games to and from the arcade was awesome, and it had some pretty fun titles. But at the end of the day, I was always drawn back to the SNES. It was such a fun, almost magical machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2010 Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 SNES wins in a slaughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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