-=> On The 31 Mar 98  23:04:08 Jonathan screamed Sega at Shannon <=-
 ST>         ...And Sega is not guilty of letting it's systems flounder? Have
 ST> we forgotten their last three projects so far; Sega CD, 32X, and now the
 ST> Saturn? I think their track record is proclaiming enough proof of their
 ST> ability, or willingness, to support their game machines. Shall we even
 ST> forget the Master System and Game Gear? Gamers today can probably tell
 ST> you what a NES and a Game Boy are, but most have no idea about the SMS
 ST> and Game Gear.
 JF> The Saturn only lost steam in the last year or so.  Then, when
 JF> people realized they could make games more easily on the PSX, they
 JF> switched.  Sega's marketing and support had little to do with it; they
 JF> put practically every port they could on the system! And as for
 JF> gamers' memories, I think most of them DO remember the Master System
 JF> and Game Gear.  I do! 
EVERY ONE remembers the Master System..  I had the original, with the built 
in slug/maze game..  Game Gear's were crap tho'..  The Game Boy easily 
superceded the GG..!
 ST>         With Sega's record it looks like the Genesis was more of a fluke
 ST> than a show of Sega's ability to successfully market a game machine.
 JF> I think it was more of a combination of good games (with the
 JF> prerequisite "killer title," Sonic) and good performance than any
 JF> flukes.  The same should happen with the Katana; it'll be the first
 JF> (and only, for awhile) console which will let you play Model 3 arcade
 JF> games at home, and it can handle almost anything else you can throw at
 JF> it right now.  Messiah is only going to be on the PC and the Katana;
 JF> not the PSX, not the N64. 
I'd say it was a combination of both..  The SNES was only released 2 years 
after the Genesis, so Sega had a good lead (Just like the PS now)..  But it 
was weaker in every "department" than the Snes, xcept the Processor.. the 
Genesis' Processor was a lot faster then The SNES, but was let dow by 
everything else, especially the sound..!  The Genesis had the Tinniest sound 
EVER..
L8r
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... "Bother!" said Pooh, and turned the launch key.
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