![\"Sega](\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Img1\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/add58e3f3140464d8f4247da8402418b.Large.jpg?u=c699cb58-52f1-4187-9b77-f06ca4e576f8\")
\nSega Genesis<\/p>\n
\nSega Genesis<\/p>\n
On August 14th, 1989 Sega released the <\/a>Sega Genesis<\/a> (successor to the Sega Master System), in the United States after first coming out in Japan on October 29, 1988.<\/p>\n On August 13th, 1991 <\/a>Nintendo<\/a> released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES (follow up to the NES), in United States after originally debuting in Japan on November 21st, 1990.<\/p>\n These two rivals were the talk of the day, every single day if you were a kid at the time. It was really this “16-Bit” rivalry of a generation that started the whole fanboy thing that the video game industry is so well known for. There also was no third system that really stood out as huge competition either. And with that, there was clearly a line in the sand that divided the Nintendo fans from the Sega fans.<\/p>\n You either liked Mario or Sonic, Final Fight or Streets of Rage, you were a fan of Mode 7 graphics or preferred Blast Processing, and you would fight to the death to defend your company and platform, swearing that yours is better. Ultimately, Sega and Nintendo brought out the best in each other, because as one would come out with an improvement in an area, the other would deliver somewhere else.<\/p>\n I miss this time, but will always remember it fondly. With that, I appreciate what both systems offered and if not for them, the generations to follow, including ad campaigns that take stabs at each other, the mudslinging, the fanboyism, etc., just probably wouldn’t be the same.<\/p>\n Here’s to Sega Genesis turning 21 and Super Nintnedo turning 19 this week. And if any of you are too young to remember this age of gaming (or perhaps weren’t born yet), be sure to check out some of these classics through Wii’s <\/a>Virtual Console<\/a>, Microsoft’s <\/a>Xbox Live<\/a>, or Sony’s <\/a>PlayStation Network<\/a>. Share your stories if you have them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sega Genesis On August 14th, 1989 Sega released the Sega Genesis (successor to the Sega Master System), in the United States after first coming out in Japan on October 29, 1988. Super Nintendo On August 13th, 1991 Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System or SNES (follow up to the NES), in United States after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[165],"tags":[730,729,728,211,28,727,24,20,9,39,345,476,650,725,25,225,726,23,347,21,191],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120,"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paulgalenetwork.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Super](\"http:\/\/app.onlinephotofiler.com\/Img1\/A_0\/0\/5\/5\/5500\/2007bbf3683649ffa5a6d8da5faac70d.Large.jpg?u=e93c2beb-7e3b-428b-bbf6-d34bd75f01bc\")
\nSuper Nintendo<\/p>\n