Shadow1980 said:
Only once that I can recall, and it was a rather mild one:
Y'know, I never saw any of that growing up. From when I was in 5th grade all the way through middle school, the 16-bit era was in full force, yet I never recall any big arguments between Nintendo and Sega fans. One of the good things about the pre-internet age, I guess. Of course, I had both systems and enjoyed both of them (though I did prefer the SNES), so even had I encountered any of the fanboy wars of the early 90s, I never would have understood why anyone would have preferred one brand and despite the other, kind of like how I don't understand how some Star Wars fans hate Star Trek and some Trekkies hate Star Wars. Why not enjoy both since they're both different things that have a lot of enjoyment to offer? |
I encountered some of it. Mostly the whole Nintendo is for nerds and little kids and Sega is for cool teenager stuff... which was straight up marketing-based manipulation. But like you, I had both so, I never really bought into it. I do remember thinking that Genesis was cooler, and looking back, maybe it really was. But as far as enjoyment, I enjoyed them equally.
