XPost: rec.games.video.classic, rec.games.video.nintendo   
   From: parker.casey@pm.me   
      
   I'll bite.   
      
   The NES was built using cheap parts to great effect. It wasn't inferior   
   to the C64 or SMS, for a few reasons. The big one is hardware scrolling.   
      
   I'm not sure if you know at all what the environment was at the time. It   
   wasn't a technological arms race, it was a quest to create a fun and   
   affordable home videogame system.   
      
   So do the ultimate true comparison. Play the games. The NES resurrected   
   the market after the endless flood of shovelware on C64, Atari machines,   
   Coleco, etc. totally tanked it. The solution was good games.   
      
   The NES is why you have consoles in the US at all.   
      
   On 9/16/07 10:36 PM, Sonic the Hedgehog wrote:   
   > X-No-Archive:yes   
   >   
   > C'mon, the NES was technically inferior to a Commodore 64 !   
   >   
   > The Sega Master system was so much better. Even the ATARI   
   > 7800 was soooo much better than the NES.   
   >   
   > The NES' success can only be explained by Nintendo's ruthless   
   > policy, not by its quality.   
   >   
   > NES games suck. Crappy graphics, terrible sound.Remember   
   > the SID in the C64 which was even present in the old Commodore   
   > 6xx machines, long before the NES. Heck, even ATARI's ancient   
   > POKEY is much better than the NES' soundchip.   
   >   
   > And let's not talk about the flickering sprites.   
   >   
   > The NES was crap. Period.   
   >   
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