Genesis and Nintendo 64

It's been a while since I did consoles my last being a review of the first Nintendo's and PlayStation.I used this order because these consoles had at least 3 things in common

1.All had full support of Squaresoft[now Square Enix](Therefore these were the consoles to come to for RPG's)
2. All sold at least 50 million consoles
3.The other competitors had to mimic with 1st party do o lack of real 3rd party support

However as for SNES and PSX those 2 had bitter rivals that could've come to the top.Because NES was the clear winner with no real competition I shall not compare any of the consoles that attempted to compete but instead the 2 consoles that did.

I already graded the SEGA Saturn(17/20), Dreamcast(19/20) and Game Gear(16/20)

The story of this console began when their 8-bit Master System lost to NES,knowing they had to make a console to take down this monstrosity,becuase NES was 8-bit,they had to make something that was 16-bit[Mattel's Intellivision was 16-bit but you gotta' wonder why no company could make ne like that] but nonetheless they suceeded and called it the MEGA DRIVE but NEC was already marketing the Turbo Grafx 16.In order to take the top SEGA copied Nintendo's policy and made games with celebrity names which ate out TG-16,then to combat the familiar franchises Nintendo and the upcoming SNES they made Sonic the Hedgehog who in America is considered star of...........

Genesis

Games: 20/20 (So much like SNES is has practically the same amount of games and with games like Sonic the Hedgehog,Sonic CD,Phantasy Star 2,Shining Force,Vectorman,Knuckles Chaotix and Golden Axe it was hard to find fault with it)

Graphics:10/20 (This system did not have good graphics,Sonic was alright but really,overall it was mediocre at best)

Design:14/20 (No matter how many revisions,how many sizes, and who knows what, it always looked ugly. However by itself it's also quite durable which is a huge plus)

Technology: 17/20 (Not the best technology,but it was faster at processing games than SNES which is a plus and it was the top man for 2 years,but then SNES came out)

Final:15/20(The system was above average,technologically it was the king for 2 whole years before SNES came out,the system was loaded with some of the coolest games out there,and hey the system was on the market for quite some time,and since there was a flood of system trying to look better,it looked too old within 3 years)

This console is great,so great I named my blog after it most of my favorite games come from it,practically half my top 10 list comes from this system.No console is perfect but this comes pretty damn close to being perfect.This console could've easily won but Nintendo made a few mistakes

1.Cartridges
2.Delayed for too long
3.No real RPG developers were courted

This console was waaay better than anything today and only 3 consoles could even remotely get close to it(Dreamcast,SNES and Nintendo DS)

Nintendo 64

Games: 20/20 (Not a lot of games[especially RPG's] but to make up for it,you've got quality,incredible amount of quality.Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time,Ogre Battle 64,Banjo Kazooie,Star Fox 64,Mario Kart 64,Super Mario 64,Diddy Kong Racing,Turok,Perfect Dark,Quake 64,it goes on)

Graphics:20/20(That system had groundbreaking graphics the later games were comparable to early PS2 titles.Super Mario 64 told you about the system capabilities from day 1.Unlike Jaguar this really was 64-bit.)

Design:20/20 (Durable,most beautiful looking,compact,and attractive console,but it always looked like it needed dusting,though the later colors were great,I for one like the Pikachu N64 even though the game that came with it was donkey crap)

Technology: 19.5/20 (I'd love to give it a perfect score,but Nintendo didn't use CDs because of this the games tended to look albeit blurry and they were expensive to produce.However the N64 controller invented the thumbstick and camera made buttons from day 1,and not to far after to advantage of the hole in the bottom by inventing things like the rumble pack,the controller pack[VMU probably came from this].Internally there was the expansion pack which enhanced the N64's power and graphics even farther(Games like Donkey Kong 64 and Legend of Zelda:Majora's Mask to advantage of this))

Final:20/20(Best system ever and will probably never be trumped but hey there's hope that Xbox 720 or Wii 2 or PlayStation 4 could be on the way to being even more outstanding,but only time will tell)

Favorite Games:

Genesis: Vectorman (20/20)
Nintendo 64: Banjo Kazooie(20/20)

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Consoles: PlayStation 2,PlayStation Portable,and Atari 2600