OUT Of CONTROL

hello rg, i find it disappointing that the make-believe squad that inhabit the world today still cling to this fabled story that the Snes is the best console of all time. Sure, it has great graphics and sound but that Snes control pad in my opinion is the kiss of death to gameplay.

When it comes to gameplay (which game-playing is all about after all), anyone who played a mega drive back in the day must acknowledge that Sega’s machine wins hands-down. With great graphics and sound that is just as good 95 per cent of the time and with a superior game-playing experience due in great part to the mega drive’s control pad, is lunacy that the Snes keeps topping every gaming chart/poll going. even darran named the mega drive his favourite console.

People might as well stop talking about this as the results never seem to change. robert mcmillan It’s clear that many readers think that they’re both great – the snes and mega Drive were so close in issue 177’s poll that they frequently swapped the top spot during voting, and the difference in final vote share was less than 0.5 per cent. more people voted for both machines than voted for either individually!

If the default controller is keeping you from enjoying the snes, we’d suggest you look at some alternatives. the Competition Pro super 16 has the snes button layout in a mega