Why do Genesis games sound so much better than SNES games?
>inb4 hordes of nintendo fanboys
that is completely subjective, there are some games that sound better on genesis and some on snes.
I love the digitalized sounds in Street of Rage
It sounds so crystal clear
I hear this frequently. I grew up in a Nintendo household and my the only times I played Genesis was at other people's houses, but any time there is a game OST thread, nobody posts Genesis games. What's the point of having a better chip if you don't have good OSTs?
The sound chip in Genesis is trying to emulate actual instruments and contains many wave samples that are straight up recordings of instruments.
The SNES is just your basic sine/triangle waves, it's a very primitive sound chip.
>Genesis games sound so much better than SNES games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2oyweqZ7WM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNbeJhr6VrU
>>333114734
but stuff like streets of rage, the adventures of batman and robin, and sonic get posted in those threads all the time
>>333114746
this has to be bait
>>333114746
>trying to emulate actual instruments
>many waves
MUH WAVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMZJ6oQayAU
YES SNES IS BETTER
SNES can't handle the bass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w54uNAuqE1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMZJ6oQayAU
Ken Stage - 2 minutes
distorted, dull and annoying
>>333114438
> Genesis sounds better than SNES
Just no. There are a handful of Genesis games that are able to work magic with the system's limitations, but the majority of Genesis games sound like ass.
>>333115312
Sounds like a lack of treble to me
>implying both didn't have their strengths and weaknesses
Genesis was better for funky bass and metalwhen done right.
SNES for ambience and orchestral musicall-around.
Favorite SNES song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkRvgb27xnU
Favorite Genesis song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC-B3Q0cRrY
games that were on the snes and Genesis literally always sounded better on snes
>>333115058
They both sound like shit, what's the point of posting this at all?
>>333115338
>I only played Western shovelware: the post
>>333115621
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFytce51ls
>>333115565
>Genesis was better for metal
Not in the hands of a genius, it wasn't:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh0LGMClffw
>>333115204
It's true man, dump the YM2612 rom yourself if you need to, or just run some SNES music through an SF2 converter.
Better yet, drag a MIDI into something like FMMidi (a slight variation of the chip but the same samples primarily)
>>333115250
>SNES can't handle the bass
https://youtu.be/1T1RZttyMwU
>>333116194
Weak
>>333116036
>>That mess of a rumble between 0:42 to 1:03
Yeah man, total "geniuses". Sure.
The rest of the track sacrifices fidelity just so that the lead instrument can leverage some accuracy. Overall it sounds like shit.
>>>/vr/ has had this discussion a thousand times, and it always ends the same: SNES has superior sound.
>>333116036
Like I said, when done right.
One that I really like is the intro screen from Decap Attack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5OplVydslA
>>333116194
>>comparing a weak kick drum and medium octave notes to literal synth bass and proper amplification through filters applying volume and low pass effects
thanks for the good laugh senpai, never stop what you're doing
>>333114746
Bait to the highest degree
>>333116835
you caught me. both the SNES and Genesis sound chips contain the two things I listed, and then some.
>start up sega genesis game
>BWWAANNNGGGGGGG
>>333116403
Only since the board got overrun by underage Youtube retro hipster kids
>>333114438
It's preference, though I will admit some games look and sound better on Genesis and vice versa
>>333117031
I didn't have much of a Genesis library, but what gaem
no one in this thread grew up playing either system.
if you did you will remember that snes always had better sound and nintendo knew this. that's why they had that stupid "play it loud" marketing campaign because everybody knew which had the better sound.
of course now we can pick the audio chips apart and see which had the better technical specifications and then cherry pick a few examples to support our claim. the truth is that snes, for whatever reason, did sound better than genesis. this wasn't a debate back then, and it isn't now.
Maybe if you liked the sound of rubber band tissue box guitars growing up.
>>333117196
https://youtu.be/TtHUxCExsRY
>>333117031
/thread
>>333117196
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEsKAKXTWE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFSZoe0N3zs
ayy
>>333114539
First reply is best reply.
>>333117196
Literally all of them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wqeUhpaMfE
>>333114438
Rocket Knight Adventures has such a great soundtrack for a Genesis game its insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhNi750t5KE
There's a thread up on /vr/ right now about this very subject.
Looks like SNES is the clear winner.
I'd link to the thread here, but you guys would just shit up that board like you do /v/
>>333117335
Play it loud was Gameboy you fucking underage retard
SNES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSW4M28XQg
Genesis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXFd6M_6Nto
I can't pick a winner.
>>333118529
I hope you realize /vr/ has had people from /v/ since day one. Not even 20 posts in and that thread already had people crying autism, accusations of fanboyism, and Donald Trump. A little later it even got fedora images and emoticons.
>>333114438
The genesis had a really cool sound to it. I heard someone describe it as "heavy synth" or something. Must have something do to with the sound hardware used.
>>333118847
Uh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stvktzVjZJw
>>333119554
god i watched that commercial and i could just hear my mom saying "and we buy you these games?! well we need to talk about that!"
>implying SNES can hold a candle to any of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C5QpKAIVus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDMQGQP8cEI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT_QlS9FvpA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQIiIKummw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SA7KR4brfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz_vHtPU_HA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1FZlv4wPAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyoMQg3d5cs
Why are there such hostile Genesis fans lately? 1994 was literally more than 20 years ago, it's time to let go.
The two chips were vastly different, the YM2612, which is a FM Synthesis chip (6 FM channels, 4 PSG), and the SPC7000 which is sample based (Changing pitch to create higher/lower notes based on a single instrument sample to save space). SNES could reproduce any sound it had a sample for, and often.. that sound was made on a FM keyboard with a YM2612 chip. The issue comes down to that American sound programmers were lazy fuckers and just used the simple GEMS sound driver which typically sounds like ass.
Non-GEMS Genesis samples:
Thunderforce IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQIiIKummw
Rocket Knight Adventures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSpt9gnz9p0
Ristar (somewhat cheating, Sonic Team game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTjh0mVzbRk
Alien Soldier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCvW2pulO6E
MegaMan X Flame Mammoth (This one is cheating, since it never appeared on the actual genesis, but is YM2612 accurate): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNr79y0s94
I like the display on this one, even though it's from a fan game the original style was done as a SNES.. and this is it as done on a YM2612: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNr79y0s94
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaRwxM_OiG8
One last thing: The Sega Genesis Model 1 also contained a feature complete Master System, including the sound chip (A Texas Instruments SN76489) for it, which was often leveraged for additional sound channels.
>>333118848
Using a Tim Follin genesis track is cheating to SPC7000 fans, like using something Sonic Team made.
>>333120997
>Sub-Terrania
MY FUCKING NIGGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKyYvkeUjNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3HUtSD4QRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd0Iy8Y_oI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYr7VP_owTM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjvocgDNV3A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWaFf7H8Jzk
I know you're excited about your first hot meme, /vr/, but this isn't the one to push.
>>333121182
Truth doesn't have an expiration date.
It really depends on what you're in the mood for, and what type of music you typically like to listen to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4XCk2HFdNc
>>333114438
Snes actually had reverb panning and all that shit but most of all sonys chip was a dac converter which was is the basis for digital recording. This is why star ocean and tales had live audio. There's no comparison the Genesis had shit sound. Sure the 6800 is great but fm synthesis can't compare to a dac chip
>>333114438
FM synthesis vs soundfont playback. It's better for the kinds of music you lile probably.
Thunder Force IV OST is godlike and would sound like dogshit on SNES.
>>333121182
As a SNES kid, it's the opposite.
Half the people who shitpost about Genesis music only played a couple of shitty shovelware titles at their friend's house 20 years ago, and Sonic. The anti-Genesis shitposting is continuously outrageous in an age where people can easily boot up emulators or consult youtube.
Most of these yokels probably never heard Alisia Dragoon, Gauntlet IV, Landstalker, or any other stellar Genesis soundtrack.
>>333122532
Technically if you expanded the snes chipset you could have 41k 16 bit recording
>>333122632
Any form of shitposting is outrageous. Why do it at all? People calling it "truth" are ridiculous retards.
>>333121190
>that flame mammoth
Holy shit
>>333115681
The SNES version sounds better than the DOS version kek
People forget that Gen 1 genesis sounds different than gen3 just like Famicoms sound different than nes/snes
>>333122414
>This whole post.
Holy shit. Are you retarded or something?
A DAC is a Digital-Analog Converter, every console has one.
The Genesis had a Motorola 680000 Central Processing Unit. The YM2612/SN76489 was the sound chip.
I mean, are you just parroting "Audiophile" buzzwords? Because that's what it sounds like, I don't want to believe you're that fucking retarded, but by God are you failing to convince me otherwise.inb4 "I was only pretending to be retarded.jpg"
In general, SNES sounds better. But when Genesis music gets it right, it gets it fucking right and has the best of the best
>>333122408
>1994 was 22 years ago.
>>333123246
Geckoyamori (Savaged Regime now?) did a Super Metroid genesis cover that is awesome. It's also accurate. Too bad it's not on youtube.
I forget, weren't both systems sound chips criminally underutilized because most game devs were lazy or just bad at making music with them?
>>333123421
Loved gen 3 SNES music, this is my shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5MdczFC9oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52f2DQl8eGE
>>333124017
Yes.
>>333123583
Very yes.
>>333122632
i had both in the 90's and i played all those games. snes was better in general, anon.
relax guys, it's just sound
>>333124042
>that second track
Is there a way to hear the Sonic intro "Seeeeggaaaa" sound on the SNES? I'm curious to hear a comparison.
Looks like all the SNES kids had their ears ruined long time ago. No point continuing this discussion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKayhY5ieBI
Why is this song so based?
>>333116761
>kick drum
Do you even know what a bass is? Are you literally retarded? Why would you even mention the drums?
always loved the music in Alisa Dragoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCWieBHDO4s
Devil Crash too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkMXOWFgB5M
>>333114734
It didn't, actually
the sound chip on the SNES was sony audio chip, way better than the one on the Genesis, it all came down on how to use each chip
The genesis sound chip was very good at doing that punk synth sound, so rock and metal plays VERY well on it, also dat TWAAAAAAAAANG base
It also means it sucked shit to do some classical pieces and less distorted instruments
meanwhile the SNES was the opposite, it could render very well clear sounds, but it lacked the punch to do the TWAAAAAAAANG the genesis could
This is what the Genesis was good at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VzLxWBho-8&list=PLF06712C4C1CF7557&index=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su_7WiBPyUI&list=PL14114D4A797CC06D&index=2
>>333114438
>was just listening to SNES remixes of Genesis Sonic music
>See this thread
Everyone shut up and post some sick Genesis beats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDvyVijohOM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1z8qFPHSY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0iIZf9B8nU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl36SRRZPtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk72RMv9d0s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSn1f-Xz8go
>>333126107
You got it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3fOf-8L-IQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcOuJKQvP_A
For people who think the Genesis can't do choirs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXw_txpn_aM
>>333118361
>Rocket Knight Adventure
Fucking this. Castlevania New Generation/Bloodlines, Dynamite Headdy and Ristar are also in my top.
>there are people who think Sega games sounded better than Snes
Lel no, there is no point in discussing this, we all know snes sounds much better, if you like a soundtrack that's different. I personally love Bloodline's soundtrack, more so than Castlevania IV.
>>333114438
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh2WTCQZkdg
>>333126107
VALKYRIE FORCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8ONhxEIx-M
Practically the same song but still hype.
>>333126107
>This whole thread and no Alisia Dragoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShmM6VKDR4M
baka kazoku
Although Sparkster was on Genesis(known as RKA2 on Genesis in the game's subtitle) but damn did the SNES version had epic music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZDJMG0Lmz8&list=PL51C0DCDF3A63A9B6&index=4
>>333130279
Three posts above, man.
>>333125582
>>333126107
The lack of Shinobi disgusts me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDY1XgcoFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts8dgSUMnME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYNlgglyu6Y
>>333128251
>lel my opinions are better than yours
>>333114438
Way different sound chip which favored electric, machine-like sounds rather than emulating real world instruments. Of course if we're talking about which one sounds better then that's a game-by-game basis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWNjrCrGSJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sX3fjpkFwk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-bgVdPj3og
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFYK8sL5BHI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q9eezKd-wY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aM4TB19tPw
>>333114438
Depends on the game.
>Sega Genesis sound thread
>people fucking posting Professor G shit
That stupid nigger has some horrible bass boost effect on all his videos that sounds like shit. They also sound like they were recorded in a certain emulator with inaccurate sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMtCyENNEgA
An example of a quality upload.
>>333131067
That's literally what this whole thread is about
>>333130772
Didn't wan't to take all of the good songs, friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHck98en8qA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGbRGw_iWkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu-DY6Phm_0
Genesis controller looked so cool compared to the snes one. Then again, both have a special place in my heart
I like this guy's Megaman X2 remixes of Sonic The Hedgehog themes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2vgv7q6w1I
genesis gives me a hard one
>>333131472
Both looked pretty cool in my opinion. As a person who couldn't afford both as a kid and played them at my cousins' houses, these controllers as well as their consoles were something I wanted so badly. I envied anyone who had them.
>>333114438
that's subjective dude, if anyone says one sounds better than the other, there is no doubt they're cherry-picking in some way, both of the sound chips have their own individual specialties
>>333114438
Didn't the Genesis basically have a stripped down DX7 in it alongside a second synth, while the SNES was still relying on chiptunes?
That's probably got something to do with it.
Genesis does what Nintend'allready did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm7sT87AXFA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qxlUuGheYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XydJ8sF4AJU
>>333131267
I know right.
That cancerous uploader has done more damage to the Yamaha YM2612's name than any 16-bit console war loyalties ever did.
That his uploads are always what comes up when searching for Mega Drive/Genesis music on youtube is a travesty.
>>333117670
>Muh Ear-rape Sauce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s9gFb03suo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzPOwwNSOQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_2JVjWh9k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_nkUTesS9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie1yVhXkpCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b3-nN9fNiE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvGv-hm45GU
And the MAGNUM OPUS of Genesis soundtracks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46-mGN1D9z8
>>333131841
Is it just me or does that X2 soundtrack not sound very good? I much prefer the original over it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ9FqD7wWEU
I mean I know this is all subjective and shit, but something seems off about the remix.
>>333121190
Also did this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzfPAlsNJeU
even better than Chiptune Raijin
>>333132293
Sorry, not soundtrack, remix.
>>333130279
woah that sounds really good
>>333131503
I've never heard those before, thank you for the share you glorious bastard.
>>333132708
Just found em tonight. They're better than most remixes I've heard.
>>333131267
You mean whenever I hear a Sonic 3 song on the internet I'm not hearing the real thing?
Fuck.
>>333114438
>Why do Genesis games sound so much better than SNES games?
Asked no rational person ever.
Yamaha Synthesizer
Current Favorite Mega Drive/Genesis soundtrack? (Or if you prefer, SNES)
Used to be The Hybrid Front for a long while:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrDkvhTmUvA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO7eA76FM-w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndj0ib_USVI
Think I've switched over to Master of Monsters for the time being.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxrllRDbrNc&feature=youtu.be&t=14m45s
>>333114438
Nice bait thread. If not bait please get your ears checked immediately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV7YxfwT4r0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ZP9ang6zU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7-pfppexsc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRUrEJQ98Fw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZpkZx-Qh4
>>333114438
You must like the sounds of farts.
>>333133124
Favorite Genesis soundtrack? That's a tough one, there are many good ones. I guess if I had to pick one off the top of my head, it would be Hydrocity act 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR3Eh_516JQ
As for SNES, it would probably be stickerbrush symphony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8zIaaU5i_Q
This board loves to compare Apples and Oranges doesn't it?
>>333133421
Well, they're both fruits.
>>333133421
>Being an Orange Fag
Just kill yourselves already
>>333132897
Check out DUSTINODELLOFFICIAL and
The 16-bit Audiophile Project for faithful recordings from real hardware.
https://youtu.be/sOBd6_RvR1M?list=PLEeAvoMXmmr9psbx6FISG8oXHktZUz2-u
I luv Sega Genocide
>>333114438
Not accounting for preference, but Genesis used actual FM Synthesis so it was replicating the same kind of sounds current day musicians were using, so a lot of the best stuff sounds more like music of the time (Streets of Rage, Comix Zone, Sonic). SNES sound capabilities were based pretty much entirely on samples (Genesis could also do samples), so it has a richer sound that imitates a larger range of instruments and you get songs that that sound more like non synth things like orchestras, woodwinds, etc.
Simply put, Genesis hardware is doing real synth oscillation to produce notes, where SNES wasn't, at least as far as I've understood it. I love the sound of both, and doubly so love that both had their own unique styles that really gave each an identity of it's own.
>>333133503
Is this the PAL version? It sounds slower.
>>333114438
They both sound good for different reasons. The SNES was good at one type of music, the Genesis was good at another. They were both good flavors.
The only problem was when they tried to badly port games to one or the other. The SNES always sounded better on ports, though.
Only Sega could make good music the west was the worst at it
>>333133624
>yfw we almost had a zone called Genocide City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED2yJ-ylTJ0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO-kAYwgJ5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjaW4ZYzVHI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moLG-fwph0o
>>333133909
That was just bad translation. If it got past the cutting room floor it would have a different namewood Hill zone
>people not posting the best Sonic track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QMgLFN4B4
>>333132295
There's a few tracks that are lost due to his old youtube account being wiped (not sure as to the reason for that..), but Geckoyamori is probably one of the best YM2612 wizards out there.
>>333133782
Hmm.. This might have been recorded with the PAL/EU Mega Drive they had. The .vgz from project 2612 seems a little faster.
Nigga who cares about anything worse than CD. Playstation sounded the best in the '90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FA7JFbKCIE
>>333133782
>>333135584 here.
http://16bap.theclassicgamer.net/upgrade/ Seems like that one was recorded on their PAL MD. The JPN MD sounds more like the NA Genesis (NTSC-J and NTSC both operate at 60Hz, while PAL operates at 50Hz, making the music slow down to match the game speed by about 166.66~7ms [10 frames at 60FPS/60Hz]).
>>333136679
I didn't know the music was slower in PAL region
>>333114438
SNES had shitty hardware but there were some programmers who figured out how to do pretty cool things with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_oc9Ypcb2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi7Z7D58gj8&list=PLECF4F436A5A30C98
fucking loved Vectorman's soundtrack
>>333136814
It was pretty good for its time familia. Only real downside was its CPU being slower than Genesis's.
Though the absolute best fucking hardware in the early to mid 90s was NeoGeo. That shit was amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jECJnsIPwmw
>>333114438
how can one faggot be so wrong? get your ears checked, mate
>>333137096
>That shit was amazing.
For sure. I didn't even know anybody who owned one they were so expensive.
you keep believing that, OP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbreFmRDN3E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ODKKILZiYY
>>333121182
because they lost pretty much every gen and need to feel good about something. dunno why OP picked the shit music though
>>333137367
Yeah same here. That shit was what.... 600 bucks or something?
>>333130279
good melody. instruments still sound like shit though
>nobody posted Dynamite Headdy
Ech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IuoQpiDu3I
>>333136741
Yeah, most folks don't realize how this made the audio sound different, region locks weren't meant to prevent you from getting a supposedly cheaper game from another region, but to prevent interoperability problems from arising due to competing broadcast standards (NTSC vs PAL vs that other one I can't remember the acronym for), though the former definitely became an issue later on. It's not going to make the music unrecognizable by any stretch, but it is definitely slower.
>>333121190
I'm not a huge fan of the genesis as I prefer the Saturn and the Dreamcast, but I absolutely love FM synths and have a soft spot for the YM2612 so I have to give props to games that make use of it.
This also applies to a lot of older IBM PC compatible games since the old AdLib soundcard (basically the progenitor of proper affordable audio in computer games) also used the ym2612.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vu4pitq9cE
This game has two modes Arcade and Special
Arcade is just the original arcade music, while Special has its own Soundtrack
Go to 7:43 for the Special OST
Compused by Yuzo Koshiro
>>333137863
I wish I had a Saturn, my SEGA collection is missing one (and a physical Master System, I want one to mod in the Mark III FM Module, which works with it but the cart sizes are different on the MS and the MkIII, but that's what flash carts are for), but I'd have to get a JPN one so I can actually play most of the games that are worth a damn on it.
I love both Genesis and SNES audio outputs, but I have a serious soft spot for good FM synths.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEf-jS4qwYM
https://clyp.it/yeaa1b1h
https://clyp.it/roko4l5f
https://clyp.it/2hle0y2f
>>333138649
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jECJnsIPwmw
I imported a JP Saturn and no regrets. There are more than a few really good JP exclusives (admittedly being able to read japanese makes the text heavy ones more workable, and since it's a saturn a lot of it is still 2D gaming.
I have a soft spot for the MKIII also, but that's purely on the aesthetics of the MKIII case, I don't even care about the games.
As for FM Synths, I got one as a kid thinking it was just a sample keyboard, but learned it was a full synth just this past month. Looking to get one that uses a ym2612 just for that nostalgic sound, but I've been looking for ways to do audio facsimiles using a modern waveshaping soft-synth.
>>333114734
The genesis didn't have a better sound chip by any metric you want to use. It was literally worse in every way, Segafriends were so used to the horrible clanking sound they started to dig it, like stockholm syndrome.
>>333114438
not fanboying
I preferred the SNES audio over the Genesis.Turbografx CD had better audioand better gamesthan Sega CD.
>>333115196
That's right, Susan!
>all these children that can't handle FM synth
>>333121190
What would you say Kid Chameleon was done on?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpI89Uh7vzE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYvuYL5zuao
>>333140342
FM synthesis was the method by which a lot of the music of the day was created and Yamaha's DX line of FM synths are still sought after and highly regarded and widely used.
The specific YM2612 chip was the basis of the AdLib sound card which basically defined computer audio reproduction as we know it and gave that distinctive FM synthesis sound to most contemporary PC games back in the day. It's not jsut the Genesis that used it and not only sega fans appreciate it.
