I would expect a little less stupidity out of a forum of seasoned gamers.
First of all, you could take every single first-party title out of the SNES library, and it would still be one of the best systems ever released.
The Genesis also had a lot of awesome third-party titles, many times from lesser-known companies. Shooters like Steel Empire, Phelios, Insector X, the awesome Thunder Force series, Tengen games like Gauntlet IV, and Namco titles like Splatterhouse 2 and 3. And look at all of the great non-sports EA games like Starflight, Road Rash, Buck Rogers, etc. The Genesis also had a ton of cool games that were Sega-ported third-party arcade games like Ghouls N Ghosts, Forgotten Worlds, MERCS, Strider, etc.
Having a discussion about which of these systems is "better" is like trying to argue about pizza vs. fried chicken.
That's pretty much it. Just depends on the mood I am in. Both get the rotation pretty evenly.
Adult-Oriented to me at least, means that sega had more titles that were a little more controversial back in the day. For example, Mortal Kombat had blood. And games like Splatterhouse never would have made it to the SNES in the states. There were more games dad would play when the kids hit the sack. That was the main appeal of the genesis along with sports titles, which I must say blew the snes sports titles out of the water. NHL, PGA, and the Mutant League series were strong titles back then. Pat Riley Basketball was also good, and very popular.
But on another token, SNES had the baseball titles. Ken Griffey is still an amazing game. I don't even like sports games really, but in the 16-bit era, there were some good one.
The before mention Rocket Knight Adventures was indeed a genesis exclusive, and is easily one of my favorites on the console. The robot battles were epic. Yes, I think it's better than Super Mario World, but not Super Metroid.
It's easy for me to say that the Genesis is the better console, but after really thinking about it, I really do think they are pretty even, but for different reasons.
The reason I like stuff like Landstalker so much, is the same reason I like a lot of games a lot of people don't care much for. Because they they try something new and succeed. The Diamond Dimension System in Landstalker, which most people gripe about, is what made it so good. There is a learning curve, but once you learned the game it was amazing. The graphics were great, the puzzles were much better than the zelda "puch a block" puzzles. They were well though out. The game actually had some story, and humor, and it was done well. Plus the music is some of the best on the genesis. To those of you who are so quick to dismiss Landstalker as being inferior to ALTTP, I am curious if you actually beat the game, or just say Zelda is better because it's Zelda? It pretty much does everything Zelda does, and does it better. It's not leaps and bounds better than a link to the past, they are actually both really close to me, but I give the edge to landstalker.
This conversation is pointless though as Jibba stated. There's no point arguing about 2 great systems, in a retro gaming forum, especially when most people consist of nintendo fan boys who will defend nintendo to the grave. The same people who claim Nintendo is superior in every way, are the same gamer/collectors houses I visit who have a thousand+ game collection, only 20 of which are Sega games. If you actually sit down with the genesis, with a positive attitude, and not thinking Nintendo is superior in every way, you might realize that Sega has a very strong library.
I'm actually surprised most people are siding with the SNES instead of taking a neutral stance, considering a lot of people here seem to be arcade fans.
I was a SNES kid growing up too, and swore up and down that Sega wasn't as good, but I have grown to appreciate both libraries about equally.
