Which is more "90s"
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:35 pm
Just that, which console do you consider to be more "'90s" in its overall aesthetic and presentation? The 3DO, or the Jaguar?
Here's what I mean.
The Jaguar, in my opinion, has to have been the most "extreme" console out at the time in terms of aesthetics and presentation. It was matte black. It had cooling vents that looked like FINS. The start-up screen of some models had either a floating 3D cube with a jaguar on it, or a slowly rotating picture of its name that gets slashed with the sound of a jaguar roaring in the background. Its advertising alternated between sexual innuendo and screaming at consumers to "do the math".
I wouldn't say that all of the games really backed up that image, however. There were certainly some very "extreme" titles for it, there were plenty of fairly harmless and kiddie games to counterbalance that reserve of '90s awesome.
Then of course, you had the 3DO.
As dull as most of the 3DO consoles looked, and however confused and techie its advertisements were, there is no denying, it has the potential of having some of THE most '90s software EVER. You need look no further than Road Rash, which has a GRUNGE soundtrack, vintage MTV-style music videos, that weird distorted '90s pop-art style, motorcycle racing, and even limited vehicular combat! And of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Games like Quarantine, Crash 'N Burn, Street Fighter II Turbo, Corpse Killer, the list goes on. Not all of these games my have been very good, mind, but one cannot deny that they were so very much of their time it hurts.
Honestly, I think the Sega Genesis beats the pants off both these consoles in the '90s-ness department, but of course, this site isn't about the Sega Genesis.
So, in your own opinion, which of those two is the most '90s console, and why? Keep in mind, this is not to decide which console is BETTER, just which one you think was more "of its time".
Here's what I mean.
The Jaguar, in my opinion, has to have been the most "extreme" console out at the time in terms of aesthetics and presentation. It was matte black. It had cooling vents that looked like FINS. The start-up screen of some models had either a floating 3D cube with a jaguar on it, or a slowly rotating picture of its name that gets slashed with the sound of a jaguar roaring in the background. Its advertising alternated between sexual innuendo and screaming at consumers to "do the math".
I wouldn't say that all of the games really backed up that image, however. There were certainly some very "extreme" titles for it, there were plenty of fairly harmless and kiddie games to counterbalance that reserve of '90s awesome.
Then of course, you had the 3DO.
As dull as most of the 3DO consoles looked, and however confused and techie its advertisements were, there is no denying, it has the potential of having some of THE most '90s software EVER. You need look no further than Road Rash, which has a GRUNGE soundtrack, vintage MTV-style music videos, that weird distorted '90s pop-art style, motorcycle racing, and even limited vehicular combat! And of course, that's just the tip of the iceberg. Games like Quarantine, Crash 'N Burn, Street Fighter II Turbo, Corpse Killer, the list goes on. Not all of these games my have been very good, mind, but one cannot deny that they were so very much of their time it hurts.
Honestly, I think the Sega Genesis beats the pants off both these consoles in the '90s-ness department, but of course, this site isn't about the Sega Genesis.
So, in your own opinion, which of those two is the most '90s console, and why? Keep in mind, this is not to decide which console is BETTER, just which one you think was more "of its time".