Biggest generational leap for Nintendo

[The_Yoda]

CladInShadows said:

As a 10 year old kid, the SNES simply blew me away compared to the NES. For people who didn't grow up with that era of gaming, the jump in color depth may not seem like much today, but it was massive at the time. Couple that with stuff like parallax scrolling, Mode 7, and much better audio, but also keeping the style of games I loved, it was perfect.

I know a lot are saying the jump to N64. Yes the bump in horsepower is massive, but even at the time, those graphics were pretty ugly, and time certainly hasn't been kind to it. I was a heavy PC user, so that style of graphics wasn't new to me. That coupled with a horrible lack of games meant I skipped that generation entirely.

... you missed out on multiplayer Bond and Perfect Dark and still call yourself a gamer ...? Just kidding, but that is too bad, that console was Fantastic.

Edit, I forgot to answer the question:

I will also say SNES to N64.  I haven't seen it mentioned but this also took you from 2 players to 4 players.  I started with the 2600 and have been gaming ever since.  Multiplayer was always big with my friends and I and this meant 4 people racing on Mario Kart instead of 2, or 4 people chasing around in a match of GoldenEye.  This was huge to us, with most games being a 3rd wheel no longer sucked, you had to have a 5th wheel before anyone was sidelined.

Last edited by The_Yoda - on 11 January 2023