| TheShape31 said: Okay, let's start with the fact that the ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, Amiga, and Commodore 64 were all personal computers. None were a gaming console. Moot points. On top of that NES actually matched up identically to what Commodore 64 games looked like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY2gK1MPgh8
On to actual gaming consoles... Technically, Colecovision and NES were in the same generation, and look how much better Nintendo's console looked: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9uxfoVEbQ Now, when comparing the NES to PC-Engine (aka TurboGrafx-16), Nintendo's system did not look as good. Also take not that it didn't come out until '87 in Japan, '89 for North America, and '90 for Europe. For most of the world, it appeared at the tail end of the NES generation. So this is your only valid comparison for a console that looked better than the NES at the time. But remember that the NES launched in 1983 in Japan. TG-16 launched 4+ years after the NES in each region. Sega's console (which you didn't mention) didn't launch until 1988 in Japan. So of course both the TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis are going to look better when they launch 4 and 5 years after the NES. They were next-gen consoles. The SNES arrived in 1990, serving as direct competition to the other 2 systems. For its time (1983), the NES looked outstanding for a home gaming console. And for the others in the next generation (in 1987, 1988, and 1990, respectively), they all looked great for their time. |
PC, game console, I fail to see the distinction as it relates to the claim that the NES was a graphic powerhouse. I don't mean to be pedantic, but if a statement is only valid when you exclude other gaming systems...
I concede though that I was wrong on the NES' Japan release date. For whatever reason I had late '84 in my mind. I was off by about 15 months, a not-insignificant time period. Regarding Sega's console, I left out the Genesis because it's widely (and correctly) placed a full generation after the NES. The more concurrent Sega system was in '85. Its graphics exceeded the NES' as well. But again, I had late '84 in mind for the NES' release, so...
