Poll of the Day > Best Sega platform

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What's your favorite or what do you consider the best?

I often hear people say Sega and mean the Genesis, sometimes being as ignorant to think that was their only console.
Sometimes I meet people who have played the Dreamcast and all of them loved it. Its library is stellar, the visuals have held up mostly and is gaining some popularity online again.

I grew up enjoying the Genesis and I kind of remember the Dreamcast during its availability. The demo for Sonic Adventure is clear in my mind though; that whale chasing you was something else. The Saturn was obscure, if even heard of, probably even mocked.
Now a days, I love the Saturn! The fifth generation is great in the blending of arcade games to home console games.

Now my curiousity has taken me to wonder what you guys think of Sega and its splendor of hardware.
I know I left out some things. The hardest part was how to consider the Sega CD since you could play Genesis titles upon that. That can be up to the voter to decide. The Nomad is it portable, and maybe that blows your mind or something, so I figured it deserved its own category.

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Dreamcast.

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I think the Dreamcast is their best console, but because of the position SEGA had put themselves in by the time it came out it didn't do very well. The amount of people that actually got one is pretty small but its almost universally loved by the people that did own one. The innovations it had alone make it one of the best consoles ever created.

My personal favorite is the genesis because that is the one I grew up with and has the Sonic games I have played the most. Sonic 2 is my jam which hands down puts the genesis over any other SEGA console.

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I play my Saturn more than any other Sega system today.. however Genesis/Megadrive is overall the best imo.

To me Sega only has 3 good systems, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. I don't like the mastersystem, sega cd, 32x or Gamegear much at all.

Dreamcast

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Genesis had more games that I liked. DC is second, with only a few, like Silver and Omikron.

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Best - Dreamcast
Fav - Mega Drive

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Genesis >>>>> Dreamcast


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my favorite is the master system. it was more colorful than the NES, and had great games.

probably the best is the dreamcast but I've never played it.

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Genesis. Saturn is my least.

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You own a 32x and the Saturn is your least favorite? Care to elaborate?
The 32x has caotix, but almost everything else is improved with the Saturn.

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The first I ever really played was the Master system which was loads of fun. The games I remember playing the most were Choplifter, Blackbelt, and Teddy Boy. The thing is, those games were super hard for me at the time so I'd get pissed off all the time and it soured me on the entire system after awhile.

Genesis though- that's my jam. That port of Might & Magic 2 is one of my favorite RPGs still. And you had stuff like Warsong too. That's the best console SEGA ever put out IMO.

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best and fav are two diff things because of nostalgia.

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The dreamcast and genesis are leading. That was pretty much expected. The near even split is nice.
They both have some great and original games on them. The genesis has the much better controller, only to be superceded by the superior Saturn controller.
Who knows what dreamcast games would have looked like if the system lasted longer. Genesis games on the other hand came out for a long time and some of those later ones used the system quite well!
I think what-if for the Saturn as well cause the games that came out in 98 were looking real good!

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pedro45 posted...

The genesis has the much better controller

lol wut.

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Genesis, duh.

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Metalsonic66 posted...

lol wut.

This. Haha. Great system; shit controller.

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The 6 button genesis controller is great. Am I really in the minority?

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I liked the Genesis controller compared to the NES controller.

But the thing is too flat and I've been spoiled by ergonomics I guess. Dreamcast had an anchor for a controller but I always found the "grips" to be comfortable.

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The dreamcast is a nice controller for sure, but a step back from the Saturn's 3d controller with two less buttons.
The vmu was wonderful.

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Arcades because SEGA sucks at home consoles

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pedro45 posted...

The vmu was wonderful

I thought it was a really cool idea at the time but the battery life made it difficult to actually use it as anything more than a memory card. Using it as a screen on the controller would have been more interesting if more games actually displayed anything other than the game logo

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I grew up with Genesis, and I experienced more of its games than any other Sega platform, so Id choose it, but I also loved Saturn and Game Gear. The Sayyyy-Guhhh jingle never gets old even more than a quarter century later.