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Title:Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:RUSURE::EDP
Created:Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:847
Total number of notes:11602

754.0. "NES or Super NES...??" by ASD::RAMAN () Tue Jul 14 1992 18:12

Hi,

I need help from you NINTENDO "gurus" as I don't know anythng about them....

I need to purchase one but I can't seem to decide wether to buy Nintendo or a
Super Nintendo...I checked Toy's R Us and they are selling these for $89.99 and
$149.99 respectively...my questions are:

1. Is Nintendo (NES) obsolete and it may not be wise to buy that ?
2. Does the price difference justify the advantage of Super NES over NES (in 
	terms of graphics, sound capability etc...)
3. How about in terms of renting games...
4. What will be your choice, if you have to buy one.
5. Are the prices that I quoted reasonable or do you think I can find them
	cheaper somewhere else ?
6. How do they compare to SEGA Genesis ?

Thanks for your help,
-/rajesh
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754.1I'd stick with the SNESHOTWTR::WALKER_ROTue Jul 14 1992 20:0112
    
    	The top games seem to be drying up for the old NES.   The SNES
    	is worth the extra money (the price of one game).  As to the
    	SEGA Genesis, I trust Nintendo to keep making money which 
    	means a continued supply of top games.  So far may people with
    	both seem to think that the SNES is getting beter games.
    
    	The klinker in all this is the new CD drives coming out in the
    	next year.  I don't know if Nintendo will be quick enough to
    	keep the playing field even.  Sega seems to have a time lead now
    	but Nintendo is claiming a better unit at a lower price.  We'll 
    	find out for sure when they hit the stores.
754.2BEING::EDPAlways mount a scratch monkey.Wed Jul 15 1992 10:046
    Neither is enough; buy them both.  If I had to get rid of my game
    systems, they would go in this order:  Sega Master System, Turbo Grafx
    16, Genesis, Gameboy, NES, Super NES.
    
    
    				-- edp
754.3Buy a PC instead, cheaper in the long run...ASDG::SBILLWed Jul 15 1992 13:2815
    
    Who is it for? Is it for you? If it's for you, do what I plan to do.
    Wait for the SNES to become obsolete. Then buy the next generation. I
    have a feeling that the lifetime of the SNES will probably be even
    shorter than the NES. And the next generation will probably NOT be
    compatible with anything previously made. I hope what will happen is
    that the game manufacturers will get together and standardize the
    software so that you can play the same games on many different systems.
    And when subsequent generations come out, they'll still be able to play
    the old games. (I know, I'm really DREAMING! :-)) The more I think about 
    it, the more I think that buying a PC just for playing games is more cost 
    effective than buying a Nintendo, Sega etc.
    
    Steve B.
    
754.4Stay one behind the latest... its cheap that way.SYORPD::DEEPBob Deep - SYO, DTN 256-5708Wed Jul 15 1992 17:125
Buy an NES cheap from someone who is upgrading to SNES.

You can get the games cheap too.

Bob
754.5How about SEGA Genesis instead of SNES...ASD::RAMANThu Jul 16 1992 15:4514
 Thanks for all the reply....Well I was deciding on SNES BUT :....

  I checked with some stores and they claim that buying SEGA Genesis may be
  better than SNES. They claim that as far as performance of SEG
A is concerned
   (graphics, sound etc...) it is as good as SNES , may be better (they say
   SEGA is faster) and the games are cheaper too (average price of SEGA and
    NES games they claim to be about $40.00 while that of SNES is $60.00). Also
   the availability of SEGA games are at par with NES (old Nintendo).

   I am totally confused now...Help me !! BTW, I am buying this for my daughter
    but I guess as you all know that I will end up playing it more than her...

Thanks again folks,
-/rajesh raman
754.6buy SNESLEMAN::DEZOTEUXFri Jul 17 1992 06:0121
    Sorry for my bad English...
    
    I'm french and i have a SNES, my brother buy a SEGA Genesis, and i
    compare the two machines, i think than SNES is better, the graphics and
    sound (stereo) are very very nice for this machine, the problem is SNES
    is a too young machine and the programmers not used all capacity of
    SNES to make games. But wait and see !!!
    And now you can found a very good games : Street Fighter II, Smash TV,
    and soon a great shoot-them-up Super Aleste ....
    
    i think buy SNES, and when the Super CD come , Sega Genesis is dead !!
    
    
    				Goog games and good luck (Bonne chance).
    
    
    
    
    
    						Bruno
    
754.7Both have their +'s and -'sAKOCOA::MINEZZITue Jul 21 1992 13:1429
    reply .-1 
    
    Wait for the SNES CD?   That will be around a $300.00 addition to the 
    system.  Right now the SEGA is a better machine, but it doesn't play
    Mario Bros, or Legend of Zelda.  SEGA seems to run a little better with 
    more on the screen.
    
    I own both, and enjoyed both.
    
    SEGA - GENISYS;
    
    It's just starting to come up with games for the whole family, like
    Wonder Boy.  It needs more games like that.  I love the sports games, 
    and I enjoy using the controllers better than SNES.
    
    SNES -
    
    Mario is fun, Zelda is great (a few slowdowns, but...)  Stereo music is 
    O.K. if your right in front of you stereo TV, other than that music is 
    comparible with SEGA games.   I would have to say that the graphics on 
    ZELDA were done exceptionally well.
    
    Sorry I probably didn't help your decision much, but, I think that
    there are positives for both...My kids actually perfer the games that 
    we have for the NES...
    
    Ron.