Nintegageo | 582 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Which genre do you think was best represented on each console? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Nes - Action Platformer Snes - Platformer Genesis, Turbo Grafx - Shmup PS3 - First person shooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintegageo | 582 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 I actually thought SNES would be RPG, as with the PS1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,820 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 NES - platformers SNES - also platformers? Not that big of an snes guy Genesis - Sports PS1 - RPGs N64 - ummm can I say platformers again? Is goldeneye a genre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californication | 1,477 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 46 minutes ago, Nintegageo said: I actually thought SNES would be RPG, as with the PS1 I could see that, but I think me and other people that don't play turned based RPG's would disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Atari 2600 has a metric ton of shooters and space shooters. I guess maze games saw their heyday there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Hammerfestus said: N64 - ummm can I say platformers again? Is goldeneye a genre? 3D Platformer, it really excelled at that. It was also good for mediocre sports and racing games (and admittedly some good ones.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumer | 221 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I have to agree with Genesis being a phenomenal SPORTS console. Atari 2600 for space shooters is also apropos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Colecovision - arcade ports, was probably the best console for that before the NES dropped. Atari 5200 was also decent in that area, at least for Atari titles. NES - definitely platformers, though it IMO is surprisingly underrated in a few genres, such as adventure games and shooters. It's no Turbografx-16, but it has its good ones. Saturn - shooters, especially if you get into the imports. NeoGeo - fighting games/arcade ports of fighting games Edited October 4, 2020 by Tulpa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,066 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 NES - (Action) Platformers SNES - RPGs and Platformers second. It's not just turn-based RPGs. There are a lot of Action RPGs and A few Strategy RPGs as well. I played a lot of Secret of Mana, Illusion of Gaia/Time, Terranigma and Seiken Densetsu III on the SNES and those are just a few. Maybe you could include Zelda III as a borderline case. I can't think of any other early console that had so many and so good Action RPGs. Mega Drive - Shmups, Sports games (you can keep these, imho) N64 - 3D Platformers, although there were a bunch of good 1st Person Shooters and Racing games as well. Basically anything multiplayer. PS1 - RPGs. I think that's when JRPGs really blew up in the west and probably reached their high point as well? PS2 - 3D action games in the widest sense. Think GTA, God of War etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I think Genesis/MD did well with the 2D sidescrollers like Shinobi, E-SWAT, Mystic Defender, etc. They also have a really glorious art style that is still my favorite in all of gaming. You know exactly what system it’s on when you see gameplay footage of a Genesis sidescroller. What about beat em ups on Genesis/MD? I think SoR2 is the greatest beat em up of all time, but you’ve also got the Golden Axe series, Alien Storm, etc. and I know the Sega CD is separate from the Genesis, but it’s got the definitive home version of Final Fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Someone has to say the truth: Gameboy - Pokemon And seriously now, for the GB I'm undecided between puzzle and rpg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I think it’s easier to break it down between consoles of similar era. Otherwise, more modern consoles would dominate most genres due to the sheer number of games in their gaming library (eg. PS1/PS2). I can only compare my experience with gaming the most for Snes/Megadrive: - Megadrive: sports and action/arcade (Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Golden Axe, E Swat) - Snes: RPGs, 2D platformers (Mario World, Yoshi’s Island, Donkey Kong Country, Kirby) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumer | 221 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 6 hours ago, sg17 said: Someone has to say the truth: Gameboy - Pokemon And seriously now, for the GB I'm undecided between puzzle and rpg. To this day, I still have never played a true Pokémon game. I think when it first hit the States, I figured I was too old to be the target demographic, and, at that point, I had moved on from console games to PC gaming (MS-DOS and Win95). I returned to console gaming with the GameCube and original Xbox, but never did pick up any Pokémon games! My kids love Pokemon, and sooner or later I am sure we will get some kind of Pokémon game. Any suggestions for a 41 year old guy with a 7 and 5 year old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 14 minutes ago, Sumer said: Any suggestions for a 41 year old guy with a 7 and 5 year old? FireRed and LeafGreen. They're remakes of the original Red and Blue, so you start from the beginning, but they have some features that improve the gameplay. Others may have some other opinions. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,665 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 NES - ReligiousSNES - Educational Genesis - Spotz! Sega CD - Full Motion VideoN64 - Collect-A-Thons DS/3DS/PSP/Vita - Anime/Waifu Simulator Wii - Waggle Games Playstation/Xbox - Doom Clones 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear - Platforms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulpa | 3,488 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 I will say the original Game Boy had one of the strongest libraries of pick-up-and-play style games, whether it be arcadey games or puzzle games or simple, no-fluff platformers. You got five to twenty minutes to kill? The OG Game Boy's got you covered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,513 Graphics Team · Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Color TV Game 6 - Pong -CasualCart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreaKBeatZ | 136 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 NES - platformers SNES - platformers Genesis - SHMUPS N64 - platformers PS1 - I guess it excelled most at RPGs, but I still firmly believe that the PC had better RPGs than any console at any given time. I wanted to vote beat 'em ups for one of these because that's my favorite genre to play on SNES and Genesis, but I don't think they really excelled at those games. I think I just enjoy the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,929 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Hmmm... NES - Platformers SNES- Platformers, JRPGS N64 - 3D Platformers/Adventures PS1 - There isn't, it's more of a swiss army knife of fighting, jrpg, sports, platformers, arcade, etc SMS - Arcade games GEN - Platformers, sports, shooters Neo Geo - Run n' gun, fighters, shooters, sports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,978 Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/6/2020 at 1:24 AM, fox said: NES - ReligiousSNES - Educational Genesis - Spotz! Sega CD - Full Motion VideoN64 - Collect-A-Thons DS/3DS/PSP/Vita - Anime/Waifu Simulator Wii - Waggle Games Playstation/Xbox - Doom Clones Loved this and so true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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