Cinema Sundays - Sonic the Hedgehog OVA (1996)
"Grandpa, tell me about the console wars." "Ah, yes sonny, that was many years ago, when ghosts were in hi-c and pepsi was clear..." "Tell me sonny...what year is it?" "2016." For those of us who grew up in the early 1990s, this was our war. Yes, we had the post-apocalyptic world of Crossfire to look forward to and our attention would later turn to digipets and arguing over which Pokemon version was best, Red, Blue, or Yellow. (Wait...are we sure it isn't the 1990s?) But, until those days arrived, we had the ultimate console war. Sega Genesis vs. Nintendo. You were in one camp or another. You discussed and debated the virtues of zelda, toejam and earl, vectorman, donkey kong, golden axe, and more as you used games, gameplay, graphics, sound, and speed to make your case. Of course, the Sega fans always had 'Blast Processing' as the ace up their sleeve to make the Nintenkids look foolish in the assertions. ...
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