What would Sup Forums have been like if it had been around during the 4th generation console wars?

What would Sup Forums have been like if it had been around during the 4th generation console wars?

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Well for starters literally everyone would have been underaged compared to the maybe half nowadays since no respectable adult played video games back then

It would be white with blue links and a list of moderators off to the side. And "site runs better in Netscape" buttons on the bottom.

It would take a minute and a half for every image to load.

Shitty, just like now.

>SNES vs Genesis

>many great games are exclusive to one or the other
>each console had noticeable strengths and differences
>games that come out on both consoles have differences that are worth caring about

>PS3/4 vs 360/Xbone

>few exclusives, majority of games are multiplat
>consoles are increasing homogenized
>differences between games are only noticeable to autists

In short, the amount of console war shitposting would be massively increased.

>parents got me nes first
>skipped the SNES and went straight to n64

I literally had no idea of the snes's existence during that time.

We all agree that the snes won in the end right? Just think about how the average casual could probably name 5 games for the snes easily while being unable to name anything that isn't sonic on genesis. Definitive proof of nintendomination in that era

Google has archives of old videogame newsgroups from the late 80s through the late 90s. Screenshots of it always get posted in these types of threads.

I'd link it myself, but I can't remember the newsgroup name

You skipped the good one.

Does anyone have those images of an old gaming mag that had a user emails section and it was basically Sup Forums shitposting about the snes/genesis?

that kid stories would have massive shitposting potential, with the uncle who works for nintendo and has a magazine with info only he knows

I didn't know , I lived in vancouver canada at the time. Never saw any ads , just yogi bear reruns on teletoon.

I had dragon warrior . My fucking brain when trying figure shit out.

Ah, here we go, let's start with this: groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.video/SA3iMWy9bso

An actual thread from 1991, "SNES v.s. Genesis"

>Brian figured out the console war conspiracy back in 1991
Hot damn

i don't get why people bought the generic off brand consoles like sega, 3do, and sony
must have been weird to be poor

clearly you've never lived in europe

groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rec.games.video/0oTD4e-GU9k

Here, have some 90's shitposting.

is this some copypaste from an old dialup bbs?

Console wars would be a lot worse because companies didn't do as much anti consumer shit. Price would be a major topic of debate however.

Essentially, yes. Google archived a bunch of old newsgroups.

>You CAN play SNES games on the Intellivision II! You just need the Voice
Module.
Oh man this is quality shitposting

3DO was the 2nd or 3rd most expensive console by price point. Definitely not for poors. Even top console offerings today are $100 or so less than the 3DO's original price tag.

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No, just mark of the casual.

>imageboard
>in the 90s
Just downloading songs on napster/limewire took hours/days.

It amazes me to see so many people using their real names so casually while posting on the internet back then like this. I always thought most people tries to be anonymous until the likes of Myspace and Facebook came along