That’s what pretty much everybody around my way had. Only remember a couple people with SNES
I had a SNES growing up, so I only got to play Sega at other peoples’ houses.
Yoshi’s Island, Super Mario RPG, Final Fantasy VI, Super Metroid, Turtles in Time, Zelda, and all the Mega Man games
My whole world changed when I met a kid in high school who put me on to emulators. Playing Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, and ActRaiser for the first time
Sega gave Nintendo a run for their money those first few years, but the tide really started turning when Donkey Kong Country and Star Fox dropped. The failure of the 32x also played a part.
To be fair though Nintendo took a massive L with the Virtual Boy
I was Genesis Gang all damn day.
The hours me and my brother put in on that system playing NHL94, Madden, Sonic games, etc
I always contend that Sega had the best sports games. @Art Barr disagreed and I took a debate L to him but I still stand on it
Yeah, Sega had a faster processor, so sports games on Sega were generally better IMO.
When it comes to side scrolling platformers you can’t go wrong with either one because Mario and Sonic were both dope.
Space shooters generally played better on Sega because of the faster processor.
All that slowdown in Gradius 3 for SNES <<<
RPG’s on SNES were better than Sega IMO. Phantasy Star 4 is great but that’s not enough to compete with Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, Secret of Mana, Mario RPG, Lufia 2, etc.
Sega had the edge with shootemups. I like Contra 3, but Gunstar Heroes is one of the best games of ALL TIME. (Unless we count Mega Man X and X2, in which case I’ll call a tie)
For fighting games, I’m going with the SNES.
Street Fighter was cool on both systems (if you bought the special controllers for Sega). The first Mortal Kombat on SNES was hot garbage but they came correct with 2 and 3. Plus you had Killer Instinct and the better version of TMNT Tournament fighters on SNES.
For beatemups it’s hard to say. Streets of Rage>>>Final Fight, but Hyperstone Heist wasn’t seeing Turtles in Time IMO.