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>you are still better off with the arcade game itself
That is IF you had it in an arcade nearby. Many people didn't. 5th gen consoles made them more accessible. Same with select PC hits like Warcraft 2, Diablo and Red Alert. Sure, the PC originals were much better but having a console version was a decent enough alternative for the 90% of gamers who didn't own a gaming PC. Red Alert even had mouse support and link up multiplayer. On 4th gen you only had Dune 2 for your RTS fix and that's it.
There are only few genres that were better on 4th gen - side scrolling platformers, their derivatives like run and guns, and some special cases like NHL94 on Genesis where people prefer it over early 3D NHL games.
Look at the lists of best selling SNES and Genesis games. Of those top games only side scrilling platformers weren't topped during 5th gen. All other genres were improved and represented much better on PS1, N64 and Saturn.

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