16-bit Splendour (Sega Megadrive)

Member Name: dosftw

Product:	Sega Megadrive
Date:	23/07/09 (9 review reads)
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Advantages: Huge game catalogue

Disadvantages: outdated

The pinnacle of 16-bit gaming and my first console, a good few years after it was released in Europe as I was 1 when it was released here and not even born when if was introduced to Japan!

This console is Sega's SNES killer from the 90's and by the power of Sonic the hedgehog at the helm did it succeed.

When Mario came with the SNES, Sega needed something to try and level out the playing field and that knight in shining armour came in the form of a blue spikey hedgehog and later his hovering sidekick Tails!

This console was just so amazing and was well suited to arcade style games such as the epic Super Hang On motorbike game I got hours of enjoyment of playing on this console.

The problem however was that when talking about PAL games was that the machine was forced to run a 50Hz in order to allow for the refresh rate to sync. This could be over come by voiding your warranty and opening up the machine to cut a single wire but I am sure none of us are that desperate, by cutting the wire aswell, you are removing yout capability to upgrade with the MEGA CD add on.

All in all this console is simply fantastic and there are a lot of good games on it, dont be fooled into think that it is archaic and that in Ye-olde'n days of gaming, we all thought that bouncing a ball from board to board was the most rivetting thing in the world. Because believe me; Sonic, Super Hang On, Space Harrier, Pacman, the list goes on. Oh and as a final note, I am in no way saying that Pong was a bad game because it wasnt, it was superb.

Summary: Utterly amazing, try to get your hands on one, mine still works and its nearly as old as me!