I don't believe anyone didn't realize it already, but just in case: I was joking. I never owned a NES or SNES, but I did have a Genesis (and I loved it!). Heck, I'd like to play one again at some point, if only just to try to make it past the second damn level of The Lion King.

Haha, yeah I knew you were joking as well, it was more a "I loved my Genesis, I'm going to talk about it!" reason then to argue :)

If I had to choose one (and with space at a premium these days I might), I'd probably go with the NES mini. Quality over quantity, as it were.

Oh don't get me wrong, I agree completely. Sega and Nintendo in my opinion were actually pretty evenly matched in good titles to play at the time of SNES and Genesis, BUT that emulator-Genesis system doesn't cover even a fourth of them. I was more responding directly to the fact that cheapley was implying there weren't games on it people would want to play. I was not saying I would buy the Genesis one over the NES one (I'd just open my emulator and plug in my Genesis USB controller). I have considered getting the Genesis one mostly for the cartridge support, but haven't had any problems with the Genesis emulator (plus I play quite a few Master System games as well).

The difference is that the mini-NES has games people would actually like to play . . .

(:

Just because you didn't play them doesn't mean they're not worth playing ;)

Four Sonic games, original Ecco, Kid Chameleon, both Vectormans, and the real versions of the Mortal Kombat games (uncensored unlike the Nintendo versions). Not to mention one of the games I was addicted to for months as a kid: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.

All of those are great games, and not even the only ones on there that are good, just the ones I'm interested in. It's just sad that Phantasy Star 3 isn't on the list.

I don't know, I think I agree with cheapLEY on this one.

Ecco wasn't my cup of tea, and though the sonic games are great, I think they're balanced out by the NES' Mario games (which also includes the original arcade game MARIO BROS. *squee!*).

Other than that, Nintendo has got:
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
DOUBLE DRAGON II: THE REVENGE
Dr. Mario
Excitebike
FINAL FANTASY
Galaga
GHOSTS’N GOBLINS
GRADIUS
Mario Bros.
MEGA MAN 2
Metroid (!)
NINJA GAIDEN
PAC-MAN
SUPER C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
TECMO BOWL
The Legend of Zelda

All great games that I loved in my childhood. Sure there are games that it doesn't have, like Afterburner, 1942, Metal Gear and Snakes Revenge. But it possesses the majority of it's top-tier games.

The Mega Drive has:

Golden Axe
Golden Axe 2
Golden Axe 3
Motal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Mortal Kombat 3
Shinobi 3
Streets Of Rage 1
Streets Of Rage 2
Streets Of Rage 3

Good, event great titles to some people, but not nearly as many stellar entries as the NES. More importantly they DON'T have Earthworm Jim, Bubsy, Desert Strike, Granada, TOEJAM AND EARL (unforgivable), Strider, Another World, so many stellar titles that were left out.

Sure the extra controller is nice, but in this day and age of the (nearly) dead couch-coop it isn't the selling point it once was.

If I had to choose one (and with space at a premium these days I might), I'd probably go with the NES mini. Quality over quantity, as it were.

In conclusion, the tiny Nintendo looks neat! I don't know that I have any personal use for one, seeing as I already own most of those games in a variety of formats, but I feel strangely drawn to it in a way that will almost certainly translate into me owning one later this year. That's probably dumb of me, but I've come to accept it.

The bolded part rings true to me and a very real way. I guess I'm too impulsive, but dammit, this thing seems neat.

The difference is that the mini-NES has games people would actually like to play . . .

(:

Just because you didn't play them doesn't mean they're not worth playing ;)

Four Sonic games, original Ecco, Kid Chameleon, both Vectormans, and the real versions of the Mortal Kombat games (uncensored unlike the Nintendo versions). Not to mention one of the games I was addicted to for months as a kid: Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.

All of those are great games, and not even the only ones on there that are good, just the ones I'm interested in. It's just sad that Phantasy Star 3 isn't on the list.

(:

• 30 Games
  
• No Cartridge Compatibility
  
• One controller, $10 bucks each

After twenty-three years...still Nintendon't. >;)

• 80 Games
  
• LITERAL Backwards Cartridge Compatibility
  
• TWO (Six button O.G., for real) controllers included. WIRELESS.

Game over!

Still my moment of triumph was a no death Contra run. Yeah, that's right.