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Likes Super Nintendo games. Likes Sega Genesis games.

11 Apr 2023 Acquired Nintendo: The Console Wars

“Even on the Switch and on the virtual consoles, I love going back and playing Super Nintendo games and Sega Genesis games, which you can do on the Virtual Console and the Switch, which is so fun.”

— David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal
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11 Apr 2023
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Acquired

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…It is interesting how much graphical capability mattered in those days. It still matters today, but it matters less. When you go from almost photorealistic to even more almost photorealistic, it makes them more impressive, and it makes it more interesting to look at on a 4K TV, but does it literally make it more fun than playing something on my Switch? Probably not, but back in those days, that's a huge leap forward. Totally. Even on the Switch and on the virtual consoles, I love going back and playing Super Nintendo games and Sega Genesis games, which you can do on the Virtual Console and the Switch, which is so fun. But going back to the NES era, I grew up with those games. I remember playing them and loving them. I can go back to 16-bit games, but 8-bit is pretty tough. I'll say, I still play my N64 Super Smash Brothers. That game is more fun than Super Smash on my Switch. You do hit some point, I think around 64-bit graphics, where more bits is no longer equals more fun.…

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