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It's SEGA GENESIS

Genesis or Mega Drive

  • Genesis is the only correct answer

    Votes: 45 10.5%

  • GENESIS. USA! THIS IS AMERICA

    Votes: 37 8.6%

  • Genesis sounds much cooler.

    Votes: 23 5.3%

  • Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, trifecta of perfect names

    Votes: 56 13.0%

  • Mega Drive I guess

    Votes: 269 62.6%
  • Total voters
    430
SolVanderlyn

SolVanderlyn

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Oct 28, 2017
13,506
Earth, 21st Century
Mega Drive. What is this

WHAT

Is that

It's Genesis. The beginning. The origin.

SEGA is the best at naming conventions. Master System, Mega Drive, those sound cool too... but WHAT ARE THEY?? All I know is Genesis and above.

BTW, Dreamcast is the coolest name ever. SEGA was so much better at naming their hardware than boring-ass Sony, Nintendo, and MS.
 

Nuclear Muffin

Banned
Oct 29, 2017
4,721
Nope. You're wrong. 2 regions out of 3 say you're wrong too.

Oh, and by the way, it's "SNEZ"; I dunno what the hell a "SNESS" or a "S.N.E.S" is!
 
kadotsu

kadotsu

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,504
They are so good they named their second console Genesis and got to retire early.
 
SoH

SoH

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,734
I say Mega Drive on the internet because it is the most internationally friendly name.

I say Genesis when talking to my weirdo family and friends who wouldn't know what the hell I am talking about otherwise.
 
Jazzem

Jazzem

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Feb 2, 2018
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Growing up in the UK I'm obviously more partial to the name Mega Drive but they're both such cool names, so evocative and oddly powerful.

Though that said, while both logos are probably a bit gaudy and dated the MD one is far, far better. The font on the Genesis one is hideous D:

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--R

--R

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Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,774
It's Mega Drive. Genesis is just wack.
 
astro

astro

Member
Oct 25, 2017
56,945
Nope, it's Mega Drive. Genesis is such a boring name.

It's also Colour not Color.
 
gardfish

gardfish

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,627
I'm with you, even considering that it's not their first console Genesis is a MUCH better name.
 
onpoint

onpoint

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Oct 26, 2017
14,950
716
Mega Drive and Genesis are equally cool names to me.

It's both. Just accept it.

I don't understand why anyone ever argues this. We all know what the other means when we see it, just call it what it is in your region, let others do the same and move on.

Can't you see? All this Sega infighting means the Nintendo bros have an advantage facing a splintered base in the REAL console war. Unite!
 
TheStebe

TheStebe

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
1,542
London
Yeah but Europe also got the SEQUEL to the best naming console of all time... The Mega Drive 2! Can't beat that!

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Clive

Clive

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,091
Mega Drive is the original name it launched with in Japan. The only argument for Genesis is "I'M AMERICAN".
 
LuigiV

LuigiV

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Oct 27, 2017
2,685
Perth, Australia
kadotsu said:
They are so good they named their second console Genesis and got to retire early.
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The Mega Drive was actually Sega's third console. Their first console, the SG-1000, launched the same month as the Famicom and flopped so hard they had to engineer the Mark III (Master System) as a direct counter to Nintendo (which also flopped, though not as hard).
 
Anoregon

Anoregon

Member
Oct 25, 2017
14,043
The best part of this whole Genesis/Mega drive situation is that the arguments would be just as persistent if the names were reversed. You'd have Europeans arguing that "Genesis" is a more original, interesting name and that "Mega Drive" is silly and simplistic to appeal to American audiences, while Americans would insist that Mega Drive is clearly the superior name.
 
Gradon

Gradon

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Oct 25, 2017
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no.

I accidentally said Sega Genesis to my friend the other day and felt dirty.
 
SirMossyBloke

SirMossyBloke

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Oct 26, 2017
5,855
Anoregon said:
The best part of this whole Genesis/Mega drive situation is that the arguments would be just as persistent if the names were reversed. You'd have Europeans arguing that "Genesis" is a more original, interesting name and that "Mega Drive" is silly and simplistic to appeal to American audiences, while Americans would insist that Mega Drive is clearly the superior name.
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This post didn't age well, lulz.

lunarworks said:
Mega Drive is the better name, and I say that from a North American perspective.
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inner-G

inner-G

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
14,473
PNW
LuigiV said:
"Super Ness" is the only acceptable answer.
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I've literally never heard anyone say anything remotely close to that in real life

I never heard anyone say 'Snes' or 'Snez' in real life, either. Just wasn't a thing where I was from in the US. It was either 'Super Nintendo' or just 'Nintendo'
 
Miamiwesker

Miamiwesker

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Oct 25, 2017
4,669
Miami
Genesis by far, it matches all their future console names as well. Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast; all one word entries. Mega Drive sounds like a generic console name, Genesis is interesting.
 
kittens

kittens

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Oct 27, 2017
4,237
I forgot these were the same thing lol

Genesis is far far better, it's right up with Saturn in best console names
 
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