These features make the game quite different when you decide to switch characters for a change of pace. As the Coyote, you're offered an assortment of Acme products. When you're the Road Runner, areas include loops and ramps to help speed you along. Although it takes you through the same sequences, the areas are changed around to compensate for which character you use. Once I realized that this game wasn't as much about catching the Road Runner (or avoiding the Coyote) and was more about actually finishing the game, I was hooked. Fortunately, that's the only low point of this game. I would catch the Road Runner.Īfter playing the game for about five minutes, I did just that. Forty years of waiting would finally come to an end. So when Desert Demolition offered me a chance to choose characters, I had no problem picking the Coyote. He always seemed to be able to catch up to him, but he just never had that extra "oomph" in him to finally make the grab. With seven distinct versions, it also has the largest number of licensed versions of any console.Never could understand why the Coyote couldn't catch the Road Runner. The Genesis also supported a number of add-on components (32X, CD, Power Base Converter), making it one of the most flexible systems ever developed. The Genesis could do things that the NES simply couldn't. Sega also focused attention on its better graphics, speed, and sound, especially after the release of Sonic.
Sega marketed the Genesis as hip, cool, and edgy. These efforts were often successful, Nintendo Exclusivity Clause not-withstanding. In addition to porting over popular coin-op games, Sega executives worked hard to lure developers away from Nintendo. The Genesis was developed with the American market and consumer in mind. They are even available for download on the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. Genesis games are re-released even today as part of collector's editions for the PS2, PSP, and other systems.
Games continued to be released internationally as recently as 2002. It was the first successful 16-bit system, with a 14-year lifespan second only to the Nintendo Game Boy. It also inaugurated the Console Wars of the 1990s. Released in 1989, the Sega Genesis heralded the coming of the 16-bit era.
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