The generation game....The third Generation

[Lee]

The aim of this new series is to spark debate on which consoles you liked/didn't like. I am taking the stance of going through the console generations and haviing you guys decide the best. This will start from generation 3 (as I doubt many of you will have played before that) will go to the seventh generation, and I will also do one just on handhelds. In order to be in this thread the console needs to have been released on all three major territories.

So generation three;

Nintendo Entertainment system

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Sega Master System

Which do you feel has had the biggest effect?

The NES brought us games such as Mario, Kirby, Zelda, Metroid, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior.
The Master System brought us Alexx the Kidd, Wonder Boy and of course a few Sonic games.

The NES sold 61.91 million copies worldwide.
The Master System sold 13 million.

So which console did you have? Which did you love? Did you like both?

My personal choice is obvious in that it's the NES. The NES in my opinion saved gaming from a disaster and has brought many characters that are still a part of my gaming experience today. I can list twenty classics off the top of my head, but would struggle for five on the Master System (incidently, Sonic made his debut on the MegaDrive/Genesis and not the MasterSystem)

 

[Blade]

Of course the NES had a bigger effect...
This is the console that pretty much revived the whole home console system industry after the whole Atari fiasco.

It shaped the industry and made it what it is today between the controller and the games. And of course, was simply an amazing console at the time. Hell, still a good console today in terms of sheer playability

The master system was a good console, with some good games. It inroduced Sonic, which let to the "badass character" era of video gaming... I don't remember much about that since it was so shit... But I remember vividly that it was, in fact, shit.
When you look at what Sega has become and more importantly what Sonic has become, it's safe to say the Master System didn't really do anything for the industry. Just gave Nintendo a bit of competition for a while. And it certainly didn't have the importance that it's follow-up console had.

 

[Leeds Guy]

i had a NES. The first game i ever had was Super Mario Bro's and Duck Shot with the Light gun. i remember you had a dog come up and say well done after every round it was fun. The NES was just the better console it had Mario and Mario was the in thing in the playground. you were cool if u had a NES back when i was about 7. The Master System was only mentioned for 1 game and thats Alex the Kidd which was an awesome game just not on the same scale as Mario

 

[klunderbunker]

No brainer to me as it's NES all the way. Sega Master was solid, but NES had far more memorable games. Look at what started here: first major Mario game, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby. That's just insane all around. The graphics were solid, the music was amazing, controls were simple and fluid. What more could you really ask for? It launched Nintendo to the moon and at this time, Nintendo ruled the world. Even in Ghostbusters 2 they control the Statue of Liberty with an NES Advantage. How sweet is that?