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> Grestang wrote:
>> "Scott H"
yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:XEq%%g.18466$A27.11089@trnddc08...>>>I have just completed scanning and cropping a year's worth of SFII hype
>>>from Gamepro Magazine. The link below has screenshots from the magazine
>>>displayed in tandem, along with the original previews and reviews of
>>>Street
>>>Fighter II, Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter II Champion Edition
>>>for
>>>Genesis (unreleased), Street Fighter II Champion Edition for PC-Engine,
>>>and
>>>Street Fighter II Special Champion Edition for Genesis.
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>>
>>
>> Thanks for posting this. I thought it was very interesting. I always
>> thought that aside from Gamefan, there seemed to be some kind of
>> conspiracy
>> against the Genesis SF2: SCE. For the record, I DID think the voices on
>> the
>> Genesis were a bit muddled. It didn't really matter though. My brother
>> and
>> I played the crap out of that game. We used to have a little 3 game
>> competition involving SF2: SCE, NBA Jam, and NHL'94. Good times!
>
> Yeah, and Gamefan really kind of seemed to me like the "FOX NEWS" of
> the time, claiming to be unbiased, but really just spinning everything
> for the obscure consoles to the detriment of credibility. I don't
> understand it really, these people have the opportunity to flex their
> writing ability and really capture an audience through their own
> exclusive access to games, news, whatever, and they choose instead to
> nurse idiotic biases and dupe the public into thinking there can only
> be one "good" console, game, company, etc.
Yeah, Gamefan really was tough to figure out. I remember when Final Fight
CD was reviewed, they gushed over it, giving it a rating in the high 90's.
I mean, at this point, Final Fight was probably 3 or 4 years old, but they
gave it darn near a perfect rating... I also remember they constantly
complained about the fact Capcom wouldn't do a home port of the arcade
version of Willow. Go figure. In their obsession to be "hard core", they
just seemed neurotic. Yeah, ok, I'll pay 500 bucks to import a Super Grafx
system to play a craptacular version of Strider, and a Ghouls N' Ghosts that
looks marginally better than the Genesis version. Who hadn't played these
games to death by the time the SG versions were released? Was it Gamefan
that dedicated an editor's page to why everyone should give the Jaguar a
serious look?
>> I've had a lot of games and systems, and sold some of them. I wish I had
>> never sold my Genesis or my NES.
>
> Well, when a Genesis can be had for $15 and SFII SCE can be purchased
> for $3 complete, I don't know what's holding you back! An NES I
> understand, man, paying $50 for that thing, and getting incomplete
> games for $5 and up, just really doesn't appeal to me as much as
> practically everyone else.
Well, I've still got a Nomad, and I do have SF2 SCE. I did beat Zelda 2 on
Game Boy Advance yesterday. First time I've played through that game since
probably 1992. I really do think I'll always consider 1988-1996 to be the
golden age of video games. A lot of those games were truly incredible.
I'd consider buying an NES if I could be sure I wouldn't have to blow in the
carts or tap them a dozen times to get them to play. I think a lot of
people do look at most of those 8-bit games through rose colored glasses
though. A lot of what we consider "classic" games, haven't stood the test
of time very well to me. Ninja Gaiden is probably the worst example of
this. Back in the day, I thought TMNT2: The Arcade Game was a technological
marvel for the NES, now I can't tolerate it. If I got another NES, my first
picks would be Jackal, Contra, Super Contra, and Galaga. I'd also buy
Milan's Secret Castle, but only so I could break it with a sledge hammer.
