Weekend Hot Topic: Your favourite console war
Readers discuss their favourite video game rivalries, from the days of the SNES vs. Mega Drive right up to PlayStation vs. Xbox.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Cranston, who asked what’s the most invested you’ve ever been in a console war? Which generation did you get the most passionate about and which side were you on?
The 16-bit battle between Mega Drive and SNES will always be the definitive console war but plenty others have stuck in readers minds, from the 8-bit computer wars right up to the modern day.
A war amongst friends Growing up as a young boy in the early to mid-90s, I had two close friends. We shared many interests including football, WWF Wrestling as it was then known, eating Mars bars and every flavour of jawbeakers (although not at the same time!), having water-fights during the summer with our Super Soakers and, ultimately, playing video games.
The main two consoles in play during that era were the Super Nintendo (SNES) and the Sega Mega Drive. I owned the former, the same as one of my aforementioned pals and my other friend had a Mega Drive. Video games consoles were big business and were often at the forefront of our childhood discussions. I had a real passion for playing games, particularly soccer sims, that to some extent allowed me to replicate real-life scenarios that I experienced while having a kickabout up the park and also those that I viewed while carefully scrutinising the professional game either on television or live, in-person.
What I would learn later on in life was termed ‘banter’, we certainly had a lot of in our youth, when we were challenging each other over who owned the superior console. Obviously, the two SNES owners were at a bit of an advantage during
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