Guy in commercial: "There is no Nintendo CD." Sony executives late 1994: "What if there was?"

"the world wouldn't be complete without both of them" what a great way to end the comparison

The part where little James says "Resolu-Ation" is legitimately adorable.

“Nintendo is, what Genisisn’t.” “Nintendo flies, while Mega drives.” For our European brethren.

You just gotta love James's humbleness and care for the 16 bits consoles. I think I speak for all of us when I say it doesn't matter which one you think it's better, we just love hearing your passion and eloquence. Long live the AVGN, long live Cinemassacre, long live James Rolfe.

"The winner is.." TIGER WRIST GAAMES..

The Genesis's FM synthesis is better with artificial sounds, but the SNES's PCM sampling is better with realistic sounds.

I'm mostly a Sega genesis guy but i respect nintendo for making such masterpiece after masterpiece of games.

Nintendo turns yellow because of UV light exposure. As a basement dweller, far from the natural light, your Nintendo survived better than most.

"a simpler time when there wasnt a care in the world other than defending your favorite console" ...that time never ended for some of the internet i'm sure

A few years later... Sonic on nintendo consoles...

You were a little angry Nerd.

Nintendon't give a fuck what Genesays.

ha! get it? A BIT!!!?

"It will take centuries to invent something that will top that..." Sony in 1994: "Hold my beer..."

James, there’s tons of internet content I could be spending my time consuming. Yet, I am rewatching your videos and am still entertained. Thank you for your hard work.

I'm so glad we couldn't afford a camcorder when I was a kid and that there is no footage of young me

RESOLUATION

Mario, Sonic, Doom, It was a magical time where everyone fought on who's the best, but everyone won.

I like how he used pictures of the consoles with the game cartridge in them to demonstrate the two consoles’ different music styles. That was clever!

The 16 bit era was the best time to be a gamer... who needs battlefield 1 when you had the mythical 97th level on super Mario world to try and find !!!!

I fucking love how you're able to take me back like that. Hearing the end music to Donkey Kong Country at the end of the video almost made me cry.

5:23 Wait you were telling Dad jokes at age 11? Dude you’re my spirit animal

Sega: you waiting for Nintendo to make a sega cd? Nintendo: *makes a sega cd* Sega: you weren’t suppose to do that

Nice list. As a hardcore Genesis fan, I was afraid of too much Nintendo praise, but was decently pleased with this video, even though the SNES won. I agreed with nearly everything. I don't think that this video could have been any better. Nice job!

I don't really think it's fair to use a 3rd party unlicensed addon for backwards compatibility. By that logic I could argue any number of unlicensed genesis addons.

Dude, you brought me back to my teenage years with this video.

"And it just feels right when you hit people." I might have to quote you on that.

Now I want to see N64 vs. PS. Despite being born in 1997, those systems made my childhood.

sega know how to drop that bass son.

The European SNES looked a lot better 😁

DUDE. You should have finished with an over the top SEGA style commercial for the SNES. Missed opportunity!

I had both the SNES and Genesis and I agree with your conclusions. FF3, A link to the Past, Crono Trigger. Yeah, 'nuff said. But Sonic was pretty badass too.

The European and Japanese SNES/Superfamicon and their cartridges looked way cooler than the blocky US vers., btw.

I don't know why but the nostalgia and goosebumps hit me reallllyy hard during the sound comparision, especially when Terra's theme was playing.

I had both but definitely played Genesis more. The RPGs on SNES were amazing though.

Long live the 16 bits.

Yellow is caused by oxygen interacting with the bromide-based plastic. Newer versions of SNES were less affected.

"Ha, get it? A BIT better?!"

This has a really sweet ending

James you really shoulda popped in streets of rage there at 7:50ish. I mean that WHOLE SOUNDTRACK IS FANTASTIC.

i couldnt choose between the two, its like choosing between your kids °_°

You always say “Supern tendo”. Haha

This is the reason my child isnt going to receive any of these newer systems until he shows me he can handle 16 bits.

"Final Fantasy III (which is actually VI) is one of the best games ever made." I'm home.

"A bit better" ahaha

15:15 ... Well said, very true 🙂👍

I think overall SNES was better then Genesis. But, as a brazilian, the Sega Mega Drive was way cheaper and easier to buy. So I got one when I was a kid and played it as much as I could. I'm still in love with the music and the Sega classics. Now, the brazilian company Tec Toy has made a new version of the Mega Drive, and I bought it too!

He's right about the music on SNES, Final Fantasy IV, V and VI had the best OSTs I've heard in a game.

Fun fact: For the Gameboy Advance version of Earthworm Jim, they used the Genesis audio rather than the SNES audio.

It's crazy how much better the Sonic games looked than their competition when you look at how many graphical advantages the SNES had.

"He's gonna take you back to the past..." He wasn't kidding, with kid AVGN!

I miss those days so much. The days when we didn't have to worry about DRM or lame Firmware updates that could break your system. Or Cloud Based Games that would stop working if the server went down or you didn't have internet. Those were the good times. They are gone for ever.

Resoluation.. I'll add that word to my dictionary

You did a music comparison and left out the Streets of Rage soundtrack for the Genesis? daaang

The genesis is my favorite, but, the SNES is my favorite, a tie from me

9:32 OMG THATS THE GAME FROM AVGN WISHLIST 2

Perspective or not, he makes some REALLY good points.

long live the 16bit！！！！！

I feel honoured to have been there when the 16 Bit wars broke out and I was in the trenches.

I died a little when he didn't mention EarthBound when he was talking about RPG's ;)

The 16 bit era of consoles when consoles doesn't try to be like PC.

watching him react to his past self is priceless, and also relate-able to my past facebook posts... *shudders*

I was totally with the sound on the SNES until i heard Sonic.

I can't believe Secret of Mana or Earthbound weren't mentioned at all.

Chrono Trigger alone is enough reason for why Super Nintendo won.

The winner is me for being able to play and own both of this monsters as a child.

we had a super nintendo, but we knew lots of people with a mega drive and we were able to borrow it frequently and play loads of mega drive games. the super nintendo is my favourite console, but i have so many good memories of the mega drive and it's special to me too.

I think he should've taken price into account too. It'd probably explain why the snes looked like a kiddy block, to make it cheaper to produce.

Nintendo is what genisisn't

I love the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis they are both good.

Sega's soundchip was bad ass tho

Dude, this is one of the BEST videos you have ever made.

" It will take centuries to make a better console" then the ps2 came...

Sucks that SEGA stopped making consoles after the Dreamcast.

Wow... even as a kid you were a genius!

but blast processing.

My opinions: -Console design: Genesis. The SNES (at least in North America) was really ugly. -Controllers: Tie. I will say the Genesis controllers feel slightly more comfortable than the SNES one does. -Packaging: Genesis plastic case > SNES cardboard boxes. Although a few games late in the Genny's lifespan used a cardboard box, the plastic cases were more common and mass-produced. -Backward compatibility: How does the Super Gameboy make the SNES win over the Genesis Power Base Converter? I guess because the third-party addon, but I don't really consider that since it wasn't licensed by Nintendo. -Graphics: No question, the SNES was superior. Although most games run in a lower resolution than the Genesis games (320x224 Genny, 256x224 SNES), the SNES easily makes up for it with its bigger sprites and greater color palette. -Audio: One of the most controversial. They're completely different soundchips. The Genesis has an FM synthesis and a PSG (10 channels total, 5 FM, 1 DAC, 3 pulse wave, 1 noise, the latter two being done by the PSG) and the SNES has a PCM soundchip using sound samples (think Amiga MOD music, but with more channels.) The SNES is better at PCM playback (Genesis games usually have very rough and grainy voice samples) but not good at emulating arcade music (most arcade machines used FM synths). The Genesis does what Super Nintendon't, and the Super Nintendo is what Genesisn't. So, for audio, I have to call it a tie. -Games: The most controversial by far. Both systems have a huge, excellent library of games, but I personally feel the Genesis had the better games. They didn't look as sharp as their SNES counterparts, but they most often played better. For example, pretty much any sports game will look pretty on the SNES, but the controls won't be as fast or responsive as their Genny counterparts. This is why the Genesis has a reputation for better sports games. Its faster processor could handle faster-paced games with less slowdown and smoother controls. So, for games, take your pick, but for me, it's the Genesis. Overall: A very close race. I'd side with the Genesis because I like its library of games better and it holds more nostalgic value to me. SNES is still an excellent console. Genesis is just my preference.

Both were great. It's a toss up. I was a Sega guy and my cousin was a Nintendo guy but we never argued about which was better because we spent too many hours playing both

On graphics, I feel like it's dependent on the situation. The SNES had better scaling, color, and transparency options; wheras Genesis has smoother animation, smoother frames, and less compressed sprites. A good example of comparing the SNES's Graphics and the Genesis's graphics is to play the SNES and Genesis versions of Earthworm Jim. You'd see that the SNES version has better colors and effects, wheras the Genesis has smoother animation and less compressed sprites.

When I was growing up I was the only kid on the block with a Sega Genesis, everyone else had a Super Nintendo. All the other kids would come over and play Mortal Kombat as it was the version that had blood. The rivalry was so fierce that even into my early adulthood I would feel pride and loyalty to Sega rise up anytime the two consoles were compared. Eventually I came to accept the fact that the SNES is the superior console, but I also feel that the Genesis has a certain gritty charm that the SNES can't match, which is why the Genesis is still my favorite console to this day. Truth be known, I probably appreciate the Genesis more today than I ever have, seeing as how the things I now like about the Genesis the most, are actually it's flaws. It's low-fidelity audio, for example. I think I like that the most. It has a sound that is unmistakably Genesis. It's limited color-palette gives Genesis games a dark look, and it's lack of buttons keep things very simple. I know it sounds weird, but I've come to love these things. The SNES may be the better system, but the Genesis is gritty, hardcore, and full of win.

Playing sonic games with an atari controller

Next vs episode: R Zone vs LJN Video Art

The Winner is everybody! For getting to hear from little Jimmy. That was fucking awesome!

My parents could not afford a 16 bit console back then. I remember it being sold for 120 dollars in India (where i live). Boy how much i wished i could own one. I never did !

Donkey Kong Country 2 had an extremely solid soundtrack. Every song was great, and the sound effects were pretty spot on too. Shit, I can still remember what it sounds like to grab a balloon or DK coin.

Super Nintendo has better beat em ups? Streets of Rage 2 would like to have a word with you.

For me is Genesis but only for a reason, my childhood resumes in plug in the sonic games and try to beat them with my brothers before mom comes from work and yell at us 'cause we were "wasting time in front of the tv and not doing homework". The memories 😢

This was a really touching segment actually. Thank you, James!

The Main Event SNES VS. Sega Genesis for the WWF Championship

Let's get this straight - Streets of Rage is way cooler than Final Fight.

"The super nintendo has some of the greatest themes ever." "Literally" i added

You can tell from his final reaction he was very emotional about this. I think the 16 bit was his favorite error when it came to video games, especially watching the video of himself as a child.

I grew up with the Genny so Im always going to lean towards Sega when it comes to the 16 bit battle. Games like Streets of Rage 2, Sonic, Castlevania Bloodlines, Rolling Thunder 2 and 3, Splatterhouse 2 were among some of my favorites. That being said the Super Nintendo was still a bad ass system with a ton of great games. Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, SMW, DKC, etc are all unforgettable. Im glad both systems had there own unique style. I love playing both.

I still rewatch this every year at some point

James, you are one of the best things about the internet. I'm so happy that you're doing what you're doing.

The reason why Super Nintendo's would turn yellow overtime is because Nintendo decided to put Bromine in there plastic mixtures. Bromine reacts with UV Light. The ones you would mainly see yellow are the earlier models. The later models with the sticker on it. They rarely turn yellow.

I'm of the belief that whichever one your parents bought you as a kid is the one you'd prefer. I was a Sega Genesis kid so I still prefer the graphics and sound effects from that system. But now that I'm in my thirties I think I can admit that both are classic video game systems. Long live the 16 bit era!!!

One thing at the beginning with console design: yes, the genesis had a sleeker look, but in terms of function, those Genesis buttons would wear out fast and either get stuck/hard to push or became too loose from wear and didn't work at all. This happened to my genesis, and the genesis systems both of my cousins had, so it had to be a pretty common issue. Meanwhile none of us had issues with the sliding SNES power and reset "buttons". I don't know if it's worth overturning the category, but it's definitely worth mentioning.

Ironically modern day James spends a lot of time trying to prove that he can Ninten-do, what his genesis-self didn't