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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 2000
Pros: Huge selection of games, fast & smooth gameplay
Cons: Not enough RPGs
Summary: As a bratty 10 year old, when the Sega Genesis was first released back 1989, I was basically doing the same things I am today - annoying the people around me, eating junk food, picking fights with the boys across the street & bashing the keyboard on ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 25, 2000
Pros: Great Classic System
Cons: None
Summary: Boy, when I first played the Sega Genesis I was in AWE. When I first started playing Sonic, the speed and overall depth of this game blew me away for the system known as the Sega Genesis. And the price of this system of this worth every penny I invested ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 11, 2000
Pros: Fairly Priced
Cons: Hard to Find Now (Thank God!)
Summary: I don't understand what this Sega company is trying to pull. They stole the idea of the 8 bit system and released Sega Master System and then they copy Super Nintendo by releasing a 16 bit version. COPYCATS!
Well anyways, the system made some ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 8, 2000
Pros: Great graphics, improved sound
Cons: None
Summary: The nerdy kid in the class walked up to the hip crowd. Today he had some real confidence. “Hey guys, guess what I just bought.” He was so sure they would love him. After all the years, he finally got his mom to buy him a Nintendo.
“What’d you ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 4, 2000
Pros: Groundbreaking graphics and sound; lots of titles still available
Cons: Kind of shot themselves in the foot with that CD-Rom and 32-bit conversion kit, huh?
Summary: I still remember when this system was released. In 1989, the Nintendo Entertainment System was the dominant player, and had no real competition. Atari, at that point, was virtually in ruins and Sega had released the very capable Sega Master System which ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 27, 2000
Pros: Good games
Cons: Sega
Summary: The Sega Genesis was a work of art, considering the circumstances. Its successor, the Sega Saturn, was a failure. I only saw one or two Saturn games, and I was not impressed at all. The Dreamcast, in my mind, has already reached the heights it's going ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 9, 2000
Pros: Durability, Price, a whole lotta games
Cons: No new games
Summary: I received the Sega Genesis for Christmas the second year that it was released. I got the package deal that came with Sonic the Hedgehog. That was back in the good old days when systems came with games. I recently worked in a video game store that ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 8, 2000
Pros: works every time, good game selection
Cons: none
Summary: I inherited my Sega Genesis from my little brother when he moved on to some game system that reads cd's instead of cartridges. As a big fan of the Atari 6400 and the original Nintendo, I don't care for the newest systems. I was very happy to get the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 8, 2000
Pros: A few good titles
Cons: Poor palette, slow processor
Summary: I don't have very much respect for the Sega Genesis. It was a substandard system from the beginning, it was barely superior to the NES in 1990, when that system was already half a decade old. The Motorola processor was weak and only had a palette of ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 29, 2000
Pros: Great games
Cons: Reminds me how old I am
Summary: Football that is. College days with nothing to do, except that pesky studying thing. We showed the Sega tournament on the college TV station for all to see. Of course, Montana football wasn't the only game we had, but it was all we needed. It was a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 27, 2000
Pros: Comfortable controller, many good games
Cons: Games were expensive.
Summary: The first time I played a Sega Genesis I was blown away. I just couldn't believe what I was seeing and hearing. After playing Atari and Nintendo I never knew that video games could be this good. I see now that it wasn't all that lifelike, but it sure ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 26, 2000
Pros: GREAT games,graphics at its time
Cons: simply outdated
Summary:
I am glad to finally see epinions.com add a classic console section. I have been hoping/waiting for such a thing for a while. I have read all the other epinions on this great system so far and I have enjoyed/appreciated all of them. It seems the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 25, 2000
Pros: easy for young kids
Cons: boring for older children
Summary: I believe that the Genesis is the best game system for the youngest of gamers out there.
With it's low price, parents do not have to worry about the system getting messed up.
My little girl had wanted a game system for herself for a long time, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 23, 2000
Pros: games, graphics at time
Cons: none
Summary: I remember when I got this system it was the Christmas of 1990 I believe, and it came packed in with sonic the hedgehog and one controller, I must have spent the whole night, and upcoming weeks just playing this one game. I couldn’t stop playing this ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 22, 2000
Pros: Lots of titles, one of the best consoles ever
Cons: None
Summary: I don't think Sega will ever be able to top the widespread popularity that they received through the Genesis. It went head to head with Nintendo's 16 bit system (the Super NES) as well as a few other short lived knock-offs like the Turbografx 16. In ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2000
Pros: First 16 bit machine on the market
Cons: Sega lost interest
Summary: **Added a little bit more to the bottom.**
Oh, hello there, you'll have to excuse me, I was just in the middle of fighting off a Head Rot in the Biosystems Lab. Looks like Nei and Rudo took quite a beating, I'll have to take care ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2000
Pros: Sports games are abundant, plenty of really superb games
Cons: Sega killed it with terrible add-ons, Super Nintendo had better graphics and sound than Genesis
Summary: After the Sega Master System was completely decimated by the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega was reeling. So what did they do? They created the Genesis, the first true 16-bit video game system. While it eventually was surpassed graphically by ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 19, 2000
Pros: Great sports games; quick graphics
Cons: Poor sound chip; loose control
Summary: When the Sega Genesis was released in 1989, Sega was still stinging from the failure of its Master System console at the hands of the Nintendo Entertainment System. While Sega was still enjoying success at the arcade level, they sincerely wanted a piece ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Nov 23, 2004
Pros: Lots of titles that are great fun
Cons: silly add on hardware that didn't help the system
Summary: I grew up with this system. There's not much I disliked about it. The early models even had built in ear phone jacks so I could plug them in if someone else was watching tv or listening to music, it's a feature I miss in todays gaming world. The
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