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    From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to MRO on Thursday, January 08, 2026 08:56:00
    Re: game consoles
    By: MRO to Arelor on Tue Dec 30 2025 10:00 pm

    i think sega saturn was a bust in the usa or in my area because nintendo 64 was coming out in a year and saturn only came with one controller. i remember the one controller thing being a big deal with me as a kid.


    The N64 was great for multiplayer games, that I remember. The PSX fell short in that regard. There weren't many games that supported more than 2 players, and if you wanted to play 3 or 4 player games you needed a bunch of extra accessories which most people didn't bother with. Meanwhile the N64 had stuff like Perfect Dark.

    I think the reason why the Saturn flopped is because Sega had damaged their reputation too badly with an ininteligible line of products. Their prior consoles had so many addons and the naming was so confusing it was hard to tell what they were doing. If I had been on the market for a console just before the Saturn era I would have just dropped Sega from my list directly.


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Arelor on Thursday, January 08, 2026 08:44:41
    Re: game consoles
    By: Arelor to MRO on Thu Jan 08 2026 08:56 am

    The N64 was great for multiplayer games, that I remember. The PSX fell short in that regard. There weren't many games that supported more than 2 players, and if you wanted to play 3 or 4 player games you needed a bunch of extra accessories which most people didn't bother with. Meanwhile the N64 had stuff like Perfect Dark.

    I had a N64 but didn't play any of the multiplayer games.. I'd never even played Goldeneye 007, which I've heard was a very popular game for the N64. I think it's interesting that the N64 had 4 controller ports though; it was definitely designed for multiplayer games.

    In the 16-bit days, there was a console called the TurboGrafX-16 (or PC Engine in other markets), which I don't think was very popular overall, but it looks like it was very popular in Japan. I bought one, because a local store had some on sale with a massive discount. I actually thought it was a fun console. It had only one controller port (surprisingly), and there was an adapter that would give you 4 controller ports. I don't think there were many games for it that were multiplayer though, for the same reason (having to buy an accessory to get multiple controller ports).

    When I use emulators these days, there are still a couple games I like to play for the TurboGrafX-16: Air Zonk (which is one of the more well-known games for it) and the Bomberman games that were made for it.

    Nightfox

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Thursday, January 08, 2026 11:41:02
    Re: game consoles
    By: Nightfox to Arelor on Thu Jan 08 2026 08:44 am

    In the 16-bit days, there was a console called the TurboGrafX-16 (or PC

    That console was FREAKING AWESOME. Its catalogue was all about shumps, though.

    Devil's Crush for the TurboGrafx-16 was very good.


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Arelor on Thursday, January 08, 2026 16:36:39
    Hey Arelor!

    On Thu, Jan 08 2026 11:41:02 -0600, you wrote:

    Devil's Crush for the TurboGrafx-16 was very good.
    Bonk's Adventure (any) and Spatterhouse, too!

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Arelor on Thursday, January 08, 2026 19:59:13
    Re: game consoles
    By: Arelor to MRO on Thu Jan 08 2026 08:56 am


    The N64 was great for multiplayer games, that I remember. The PSX
    fell short in that regard. There weren't many games that supported
    more than 2 players, and if you wanted to play 3 or 4 player games

    supernes and n64 were good for multiplayer.
    they also implimented it well in the games.
    lots of fun games for friends to play.

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