jawa asks... What do you call Nintendo's 16-bit console?

I can't even tell how people are pronouncing it when they say it should be snes over snez. Surely a single s ending is voiced the same way as a z? Are people trying to say it as Sness?

How do people pronounce PES? The same as Pez, surely?

Ironhide wrote:Supernintendo Chalmers

This should be in the poll. :shifty:

I'm sure I've referred to it as this in the past.

I am known to mix it up, but I tend to land on "Super Nintendo".

"Snez" is to Super Nintendo what "Cossie" is to Cosworth.

It cheapens something special.
but I still say it sometimes

Knoyleo wrote:I can't even tell how people are pronouncing it when they say it should be snes over snez. Surely a single s ending is voiced the same way as a z? Are people trying to say it as Sness?

How do people pronounce PES? The same as Pez, surely?

Yeah it's Snesss, like the Earthbound character. PES is pronounced Pez though, you're right , although I always said Pro Evo.

Knoyleo wrote:I can't even tell how people are pronouncing it when they say it should be snes over snez. Surely a single s ending is voiced the same way as a z? Are people trying to say it as Sness?

How do people pronounce PES? The same as Pez, surely?

It rhymes with one.

Pedz wrote:snez IS HOW i ALWAYS HEARD IT UNTIL ONLINE PEOPLE MUCH LATER.

Fair play, Peds!

Knoyleo wrote:...Are people trying to say it as Sness?

How do people pronounce PES? The same as Pez, surely?

For me, it's Sness and Pess!

Skarjo wrote:If I ever met someone who called it the N-E-S-2 I think I'd try and spill their drink.

. Thankfully, I've not actually heard that term but I was predicting what some folk may call it :lol:

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Victor Mildew wrote:It rhymes with one.

I specifically included the "Swun" option for you, Victor!

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I'm a SNEZ man myself.

Well not really, I was a Mega Drive boy back in the day, but for the sake of this discussion - SNEZ all the way!

That's how everyone I knew pronounced it back in the day. My understanding was that most US folks went for "Super enn eee ess", that seems to be what I hear online from most US people these days at least

Jenuall wrote:...I was a Mega Drive boy back in the day...

\o.

I was well into the M-D-16, too.

jawa_ wrote:
Jenuall wrote:...I was a Mega Drive boy back in the day...

\o.

I was well into the M-D-16, too.

I loved the add-on for it as well, the 32 Cross :datass:

The sega megadrive compact disc system :datass:

Don't get me started on people who call the first playstation "PSX"

SNEZ

Strictly speaking It wasn't really 16 bit. The Megadrive certainly was; just a straight M68000 CPU with a 16 bit data bus, but the SNES architecture was much more exotic.

That didn't save the Megadrive from being shite though. >_>

Victor Mildew wrote:...Don't get me started on people who call the first playstation "PSX"

Even some gaming mags referred to the PSX. I just looked and apparently the name was coined by Sony America:

The U.S. operation at the time, prior to my joining it, actually wanted to rename the product. They thought “PlayStation” was too kiddy, it didn’t fit the kind of marketing goals they wanted, and they wanted to call it the PSX.

- Andrew House, Game Informer, January 2020

America wanting everything to be rough n' tough... scowling Kirby and the like :lol:

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Octoroc wrote:...That didn't save the Megadrive from being shite though. >_>

I will shout at you in the playground break this morning, Octo

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jawa_ wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:...Don't get me started on people who call the first playstation "PSX"

Even some gaming mags referred to the PSX. I just looked and apparently the name was coined by Sony America:

The U.S. operation at the time, prior to my joining it, actually wanted to rename the product. They thought “PlayStation” was too kiddy, it didn’t fit the kind of marketing goals they wanted, and they wanted to call it the PSX.

- Andrew House, Game Informer, January 2020

America wanting everything to be rough n' tough... scowling Kirby and the like .

A lot of the hand written labels on my playstation games (which came from a local indie shop back in the day) have PSX written on them

jawa_ wrote:
Octoroc wrote:...That didn't save the Megadrive from being shite though. >_>

I will shout at you in the playground break this morning, Octo .

That's the spirit!

There's only one PSX and it's this monstrosity:

Jenuall wrote:There's only one PSX and it's this monstrosity:

Still looks better than the PS5.

Knoyleo wrote:Are people trying to say it as Sness?

Yes, this is how I and everyone I knew at the time referred to it. That or the Super Nintendo. Never Snezz.

How do people pronounce PES? The same as Pez, surely?

I don't play football games but I wouldn't use PES or PEZ. I'd go with Pro Evo assuming that someone was talking to me about the game since I'd never instigate a conversation about it.

I usually say SNEZ but occasionally I’ll say Super Nintendo.

Used to call it super Nintendo as you would legit get bullied at school if you called is a snez :fp:

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