Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Console Wars!”.
Marques Sega successfully positioned themselves as the sophisticated alternative to Nintendo., But 30 years later, the question of which console is better still persists.. So today we’re gon na do our own tests to determine a winner.. This is Console Wars., (, music playing ), All right, so to jump right into it. We have our debaters, Dave and Joe representing Sega and Super Nintendo..
So these are the categories: we’re testing, today. Gaming and Graphics, Sound Chip and the Mascot. So Dave I’ll start.
Gaming and Graphics. ( music playing ). This is Sonic 1. ( music playing ) Blast processing is how we’re able to get all these moving images and tons of things on the screen in quick succession without things slowing down..
So we’ll see that if you like, lose all your coins and they’re all on the screen at the same time like that Yeah like that., Did you see that slowdown right there? Did you see that slowdown? I don’t know what you’re talking about.. They can’t handle. All of the sprites on screen. And look at that 3-D ring., Oh wow., Joe, That ring moving at three frames. A second.
Three frames is all you need baby. All right. So now it’s time to see the graphics from Super Nintendo.. If anybody is standing, please sit. You’re about to be blown away., So I brought Donkey Kong Country.. Look at these beautiful 3-D vistas that we’re seeing right here..
Yes, I don’t need to go a thousand miles. An hour. Look at these rendered 3-D characters..
Look at that! High-Five., Look at the frame rate of that., What a beautiful fall that was. ( music playing ). So I brought some evidence on my iPad.. I have some various sounds associated with each of these two consoles.. You can state your case about which one is better than the other. ( high-pitched chime ).
That’S the sound that whenever Sonic picks up a ring you make that sound.. Now, if you go to like a gas station, you hear them open the register –, it’s that sound. ( high-pitched, chime ), That little chime gives me such joy..
I’M glad your joy comes from a gas station. ( ring ) Fantastic., Just a beautiful –. Isn’T it Simple as that., So that was when the game first starts up the Nintendo logo comes down.. You can hear the difference between the tinniness of the Sega Genesis compared to the robust flavors you get from a Super Nintendo. ( chime, ), (, high-pitched, chime ), (, chime, ), (, high-pitched, chime ). The sound chip for the Super Nintendo was designed by Sony.. The Genesis, I think they just got off the rack, parts.
Yeah – they just walked into a drugstore and picked up what they could find …, Pretty much. … put it in their console., Pretty much. ( music playing ) All right. So, let’s start with Sonic..
If you could take a step, forward., Sonic’s, cool., He’s fast. He’s got this cool spiky hair.. I mean check out that spiky hair..
I wish I had hair like that. He’s a freedom fighter.. He fights against –.
Dr. Robotnik is testing on animals. Sonic, says no to that.. Sonic just looks like your white friend with dreads.: Let’s have Mario step up.. Let’S look at a real American hero.
( music playing ) Mario is a hard worker. He’S a plumber — one of the hardest. Most respectable jobs. And he works with his brother.
So he’s a family man. He’s a drug addict. He’s always doing mushrooms., That’s not –.
He also takes prescription pills., Dr. Mario. He’s not a doctor.
He’s saying he’s a doctor. He’s not taking the pills.. He gives you a lot of medicine where they counteract each other.. Oh yeah, mixing prescriptions., That’s great., (, music playing ).
So at the end of the day, there’s a lot to like about both of these.. Clearly, some pros and cons to each.. So between these two for me, … …, just because I’m that guy, I would actually probably lean towards me being a Sega Genesis. Gamer., Mainly because I feel like I would want high-definition graphics and, of course it’s matte black..
So my winner is Sega Genesis. (, music playing ) .