It was a 16-bit gaming console. So, ummm…what’s that mean? Well, in short, it means that it is awesome! With twice the graphics and capabilities as the original Nintendo Entertainment System that brought up the Super Mario Brothers, Paperboy, Punch-out!, Legend of Zelda, and MegaMan sagas from 1985-1990, the Super NES had people excited. And hey, you didn’t even have to blow on the games anymore. Just stick the fat cartridge into the system, sit way too close to the TV, and play for hours on end.
A, B, Y, X, L, R, Select, Start, direction pad—we would barely contain ourselves with all these buttons until the advent of the Nintendo 64 in late 1996.
Donkey Kong Country, Street Fighter II, Ken Griffey Jr. presents Major League Baseball, Super Mario World, NBA Live series, NFL Madden series, Pilotwings, Mortal Kombat, WWF Raw, they were all here… and occupied the days when we weren’t at school, riding bikes, or playing hide-n-seek across the whole neighborhood while wearing all black clothes (you know you did it too).
So, who else used to go to Blockbuster (or even the old Pop ‘N Go) video stores every Friday after school and rent a Super NES game for the weekend? You can keep your X-Box 360s and Wii’s…give me something from the ‘golden age of gaming’ anyday.
And just for the record, no one will ever beat me at Super Mario Kart.
PeAcE,
DeRoin.
P.S. – Sega Genesis always has and will always suck!
Next week- We take the ‘90’s for another spin reel-to-reel and remember the decade’s greatest masterpiece of cinema….not Schindler’s List (never saw it), not Titanic (never saw it), not Braveheart (never saw it), not even Independence Day (did see this one, in theatres even)…but Dumb & Dumber. [[Honorable mention does go to Toy Story and Forrest Gump, but I’ll save those for another day.]]
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