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Mega Drive is a bad name
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Yeah Australian gamer here and I always much preferred Mega Drive.
Nah.
Mega Drive II was a dumb name for a revision though. Even before Sony swaggered in with their incremental numerals for new systems, it made it seem like a different console.
Mega Drive II was a dumb name for a revision though. Even before Sony swaggered in with their incremental numerals for new systems, it made it seem like a different console.
Same. A pity we didn't get the superior Japanese branding though.
Done some absolute bangers thats for sure.
I hear Genesis, I hear Phil Collins. I hear Mega Drive, I think cool.
GENESIS
MEGA DRIVE
No.
Genesis is Peter Gabriel.
It's still not a game console name.
Mega Drive is a far better name. It's literally Mega.
This is like the other case of seeing how capable someone is of breaking away from their childhood brainwashing.
People who grew up with NA SNES and don't think it looks abominable are not to be trusted.
People who grew up with Mega Drive and think it doesn't sound like the most generic sounding console name ever conceived are not to be trusted.
Mega Drive makes sense because of Master System
they should have stuck with Ultra Nintendo 64 for the next console
they should have stuck with Ultra Nintendo 64 for the next console
It was referred to almost exclusively as the 'The Nintendo'. They only had one machine, and their brand wasn't well known, so it was 'Nintendo's console' without thinking about there possibly being another one in the future.
The 'Entertainment System' part was necessary to make a break from the 'Video Games' label which were a market that had just collapsed in the US.
The Super Nintendo logo plays on this too, being clearly named Super Nintendo with ''Entertainment System' as a subtitle/description.
Sega did the same thing, it wasn't originally the 'Master System', it was just the 'Sega' (Interactive Video Entertainment System)
No reference to 'Master System' on games either until after the Mega Drive was out when it was finally officially branded as 'Master System.
Master System was originally more akin to the NES 'Action Set' (Sega also had the 'Power Base' instead of 'Control Deck').
We got a whole bunch of RPGs that Europe didn't that generation. We're fine.
Yeah, they were just "Nintendo" and "Sega" to almost everyone in the 8-bit era.It was referred to almost exclusively as the 'The Nintendo'. They only had one machine, and their brand wasn't well known, so it was 'Nintendo's console' without thinking about there possibly being another one in the future.
The 'Entertainment System' part was necessary to make a break from the 'Video Games' label which were a market that had just collapsed in the US.
The Super Nintendo logo plays on this too, being clearly named Super Nintendo with ''Entertainment System' as a subtitle/description.
Sega did the same thing, it wasn't originally the 'Master System', it was just the 'Sega' (Interactive Video Entertainment System)
No reference to 'Master System' on games either until after the Mega Drive was out when it was finally officially branded as 'Master System.
Master System was originally more akin to the NES 'Action Set' (Sega also had the 'Power Base' instead of 'Control Deck').
There were some instances prior to the 16-bit systems where their now common acronyms would come up like with the NES Max controller and Video Game & Computer Entertainment using the SMS acronym prior to the North American Genesis launch (they needed to distinguish the two even before SOA officially did).
It is kind of amazing how strong a later branding can stick. No one called the Atari 2600 that name until the 5200 came out. It didn't even have that name until five years after launch. And hardly anyone called it the VCS before that. It was just Atari.
Someone else sees it. I always thought it's a slightly weak name. It reminds me of when I'd have to wear cheap knock-off trainers as a kid, and they'd always be labelled like "Ultra-Sport Hype 2000!" or some nonsense.
Mega Drive sounds too technical and boring.
Genesis sounds cool and better than the competition at the time(Even though SNES was objectively better to me).
Genesis sounds cool and better than the competition at the time(Even though SNES was objectively better to me).
I mean, you just had to know you were inviting that by creating the thread.
I agree, but only because I grew up with Genesis. Pretty sure that's the determining factor for most people.
(laughs in Chrono Trigger)
At least we got games localized.
(laughs in Chrono Trigger)
sorry
Oh good lord…
The Mega Drive logos and word marks are better too, all three of them.
You're not wrong. 😕
The Mega Drive logos and word marks are better too, all three of them.
I said this in the other similar thread and I'll say again:
I'm brazilian and here the console is called Mega Drive, but I much prefer SEGA Genesis; I think comes from the NA marketing campaigns and the logo looking so much better. Without mention I have a little grudge with TecToy, honestly ~
I'm brazilian and here the console is called Mega Drive, but I much prefer SEGA Genesis; I think comes from the NA marketing campaigns and the logo looking so much better. Without mention I have a little grudge with TecToy, honestly ~
No, I think that Genesis is bad, because it reminds me of Phil Collins. I don't hate Phil, but he doesn't exactly bring hot video games to mind. Mega Drive is a wonderful name, proudly headlining my entire childhood. You want a truly bad console name? Nintendo Wii. That was never ever good in any way.
North Americans arent bitter. It's the largest console market and without the Genesis getting 50% share and SoAs amazing marketing of the "Genesis" in NA the 16bit Sega console would be another curiosity like the master system .
That said, back then there was envy in North America, but it was mostly with regards to the the Japanese games we weren't getting that EGM or GamePro would cover. No one was envious of the weird ass frame rates of PAL conversions.
In any case it's really stupid to have this argument as I've said upthread.
Nope, it sounds like trash :P
Also,
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Yup, I feel bad for them.
Mega Drive is an excellent name.
It was a console pitched primarily at kids, with a mascot called Sonic. Both of those are names you can utter with fevered excitement in the playground, in the same breath as stuff like Pogs and Boglins and Street Sharks. Genesis meant bible studies and Phil Collins; it was totally out of step with the way toys and games were marketed at that time.
"Duuude, have you seen that Sonic game on Brian's Mega Drive?! It's rad."
NB: I did actually have a friend called Brian who had a Mega Drive and later the Mega CD with that FMV driving game. Good times.
It was a console pitched primarily at kids, with a mascot called Sonic. Both of those are names you can utter with fevered excitement in the playground, in the same breath as stuff like Pogs and Boglins and Street Sharks. Genesis meant bible studies and Phil Collins; it was totally out of step with the way toys and games were marketed at that time.
"Duuude, have you seen that Sonic game on Brian's Mega Drive?! It's rad."
NB: I did actually have a friend called Brian who had a Mega Drive and later the Mega CD with that FMV driving game. Good times.
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