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2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

you guys know, syd and I kind of had an unspoken agreement back in the day where he'd send all of the people that wanted to write for him over to me, and Mister Woodzell and I HAVE been talking about starting another website...

Juuust sayin'

Posted: Dec 21 2010 04:23 pm

/me wants to write for you

Posted: Dec 21 2010 04:26 pm

I got to do commentary on The 100 Best Games For The Virtual Boy, that's cool enough for me.

Posted: Dec 21 2010 06:00 pm

It was a spoken agreement. I still have the e-mails... probably.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

SHHH! You're destroying the mysticism!

Posted: Dec 21 2010 07:14 pm

ToGdor wrote:

/me wants to write for you

/me also wants to write for you

Posted: Dec 21 2010 10:22 pm

Hey Syd was talking about ads before, how about you guys pay him for the honor to write on his site? Razz

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

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Posted: Dec 21 2010 11:52 pm

And he gave you a degree in professorology.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

haha, optimist has since found his path. It actually lit a fire under my ass when I wasn't sure if I wanted to try a website again.

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I'd write articles on another site regularly, but I have no talent for writing humorous articles by myself. Besides, it's a lot more enjoyable doing it with friends.

I say we write a top 100 -insert system here- and submit it to Syd. That way, more content is posted, we get to write a fun article, he can make sure it's not stupid (or add his own input) and I'll stop pestering you all for this. Very Happy

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

you know, nothing stops us from just doing that and posting it in the OPP forum. it's not like having content on the front page is the most important thing in the universe, considering we all frequent the boards.

Posted: Dec 22 2010 04:40 pm

FNJ wrote:

you know, nothing stops us from just doing that and posting it in the OPP forum. it's not like having content on the front page is the most important thing in the universe, considering we all frequent the boards.

Top 100 genesis list anyone?

Posted: Dec 22 2010 04:49 pm

Top 100 Atari Jaguar titles. I would have a blast with that.

Posted: Dec 22 2010 04:58 pm

SnesGuy wrote:

FNJ wrote:

you know, nothing stops us from just doing that and posting it in the OPP forum. it's not like having content on the front page is the most important thing in the universe, considering we all frequent the boards.

Top 100 genesis list anyone?

I'd read that, I missed out on the Genesis growing up so it's be good to know what games to focus on while building my collection.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

You guys can't do a genesis list, though.

conflict of interest Wink

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Posted: Dec 22 2010 06:31 pm

I'd read a Genesis list for sure. I owned one but I only ever used it for Sonic and some NHL game. I preferred my SNES, but it would be kinda fun to see what I should maybe play on it.

Posted: Dec 22 2010 07:04 pm

The thing with the Genesis it that its games generally lacked the vibrancy of SNES games. So only the best of the best still truly hold up today.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Yeah, Genesis games always seemed really "dark" and murky looking, except for the obvious stand outs like Sonic, etc.

Posted: Dec 22 2010 07:23 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

The thing with the Genesis it that its games generally lacked the vibrancy of SNES games. So only the best of the best still truly hold up today.

That is sadly true Sad

but i still think it would be fun to make

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

joshwoodzy wrote:

Yeah, Genesis games always seemed really "dark" and murky looking, except for the obvious stand outs like Sonic, etc.

that's just because SNES had a wider color palette, while genesis had deeper saturation. other things to note is that unlike the snes, genesis could do realtime mirroring, as seen in the lava levels of rocket knight adventures. the snes, however, could do active transparencies, something that the genesis lacked. that's why the water levels in sonic look like shit but the ghost house fog in mario world looks stupendous.

Posted: Dec 22 2010 07:54 pm

Another thing is that while the SNES had superior sound and graphics, the Genesis had superior speed. People who have only played SNES games on emulators probably don't realize this, but the SNES was fairly prone to slowdown. Which is a shame, because it generally had better shmups than the Genesis.

2010 SLF Tag Champ Joined: Jun 07 2006 Posts: 12294

I can't really say that the snes had better graphics. They just both had different strengths.

Posted: Dec 22 2010 10:00 pm

It did. When you look at Mortal Kombat on the SNES vs. the Genesis, the SNES version is noticeably better looking. The same is true of most arcade ports. Now, when you had games that were specifically designed for the Genesis, yeah, they played on the system's strengths and generally looked good.