I certainly don’t think so. Everybody knows that all the cool kids left Super NES in the dust, and transitioned from Classic NES directly to Genesis—the console that truly changed the game for my generation.

CNET blogger Don Reisinger seems to think otherwise. He recently rounded up his old gaming consoles (NES, Genesis, SNES, 3DO, 32X, Sega CD, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Playstation 1 and 2 and the Nintendo 64) and set them up for a head to head match up. In the end, the Super NES emerged victoriously. The reason:

Perhaps even more than the games or the hardware, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System did everything you would expect from a follow-up to a wildly popular video game console. In essence, the NES was the building block of American gaming in the ’80s and the SNES was first console to be drastically different (and better) than its predecessor.

Beyond that, the SNES was popular well into the 32-bit era of gaming and stood its ground against the Playstation even though the latter was released almost five years later. And although it didn’t quite sell nearly as many units as the NES, games like Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Street Fighter II, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and even Mortal Kombat made it a must-buy for gamers all over the world.

Peep the entire article, complete with NES, Genesis and Playstation match ups, here.

[Crave via The Digital Home]