{"id":1020,"date":"2012-09-18T11:59:04","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2012-09-18T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T11:59:04","slug":"my-top-100-85-sonic-the-hedgehog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #85 – Sonic the Hedgehog"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1991 – Sega (Genesis, Master System, Game Gear)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Console wars these days\u00a0are pretty tame.\u00a0 It’s mostly limited to back-and-forth comments on YouTube videos by people so\u00a0riled up\u00a0they forget all sense of proper grammar,\u00a0while the companies themselves\u00a0tend to avoid flat-out bashing the other guy.\u00a0 After all, both current generation consoles (Nintendo’s Wii not included) are pretty much the same.\u00a0\u00a0Both consoles are great, and aside from the PS3’s inclusion of a Blu-Ray player, they’re the same!\u00a0 Don’t deny it!<\/p>\n

Back in the early 90’s, however, it was pretty serious and cut-throat stuff.\u00a0 Sega Genesis\u00a0ads in gaming mags called out Nintendo for being behind the graphics curve.\u00a0 Nintendo went\u00a0on the attack as well,\u00a0emphasizing that gameplay on the was more important than\u00a0how a game looks (which sounds familiar).\u00a0 Other companies tried to join the system-bashing spree, but it was pretty much just\u00a0the two heavyweights going at it.<\/p>\n

On the playground (is where I spent most of my days), I’d often get into arguments with other kids\u00a0over which console was better.\u00a0 I knew\u00a0Sega had the better-looking games, and I was somewhat jealous of my friends with Genesises (Genesi?).\u00a0 Deep down, though, I felt the games on NES were more genuinely fun, and I ran with that argument a lot.<\/p>\n

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