Brothers, let us gather around -Dreamcast R.I.P Feb 14, 2001

[MadeManG74]

Hey trivia question! Do you know how many moving parts the Mega Drive had inside? NONE! That's why every unit works great more than 20 years later!

Not to mention they run completely silent too. I  was surprised when I played Mega-Drive for the first time in years a while back that it made no noise whatsoever after 3 generations of machines with fans/cooling systems/disc drives etc.

[George]

New consoles are also about 1,000 times more powerful than a Megadrive and run off more heat. Come on. ... tell me we are not having this conversation

[Aki-at]

Mega Drive has blast processing.

Does any other console have blast processing? No? Didn't think.

[spoiler:1wpnef9e]Joke post don't kill me George =[[/spoiler:1wpnef9e]

[Barry the Nomad]

We're pushing power aside. Genesis generates just as much fun as a 360, but with 100% more reliability. I'm certain my children will be able to power up my Genesis when I am long dead, but my 360... eh, they'll probably be seeing a RROD.

[Alex Supersonic]

it was 31 january as far as I remember, I should have the press release somewhere here

[MadeManG74]

New consoles are also about 1,000 times more powerful than a Megadrive and run off more heat. Come on. ... tell me we are not having this conversation

I think you are taking this the wrong way, I was just saying how surprised I was when I played Mega Drive after a long time and how it was completely silent.

I'm not trying to argue it's better than PS3 or anything mang.

[crackdude]

One of the things I most love about my Mega Drive is the absolute lack of load times.
Not to mention the sweet silence and the very durable cartridges.

I can't play my 360 at night cause it makes almost as much noise as my washing machine. It wakes everybody up!

No matter how many times more evolved games are today, there's something about simplicity that really nails it.

[Dr. SEGA Monkey]

But....only disc based systems make noise anyway.

Even the N64 was silent.

[Sega Uranus]

Even the N64 was silent.

Because it had no good games and no one was playing it! ZIIIING!

[spoiler:33vet04c]Another joke post, I like the console but you have to admit the lineup is poor![/spoiler:33vet04c]

[George]

That is ok, I hated the N64.

[crackdude]

I bought a N64 for Mario Kart 64 alone! Sad thing is I never actually got the game.. It's laying there...with Wipeout 64 plugged in..

[jonboy101]

Why hate the N64? It had a lot of terrific games on it and the controller actually wasn't as bad as people make out.

[George]

Why hate the N64? It had a lot of terrific games on it and the controller actually wasn't as bad as people make out.

Not as bad if you had 3 hands. :3

Most of the games on it did not appeal to me.

[crackdude]

The controller is what pretty much sold it to me.

And if you have friends coming over, the N64 is the console to have plugged in (if you don't have a Saturn layin' around of course).

[Sega Uranus]

I never understood the hate for the Nintendo 64 controller, at least not at how it was directed! The main problem was how the analog stick would become flaccid after a few weeks *enter dick erection joke here*.

Yeah!