What is your favorite console of ALL TIME?

[OC Noob]

Which one do you like best and why?

[Blackstar]

No question, the Magnavox Odyssey.

No scratched discs
No load times
No overheating
No cable confusion

AND....

Nobody did pong like the Odyssey... Nobody.

http://www.thegameconsole.com/magnavoxodyssey.jpg

Pure Heaven.

- Blackstar

[Saints 26]

PS3 just got mine today and I'm amazed.
Great graphics
Nice comfortable controllers
Great games coming out in the soon
Internet browsing
Dependable

[OC Noob]

No question, the Magnavox Odyssey.

No scratched discs
No load times
No overheating
No cable confusion

AND....

Nobody did pong like the Odyssey... Nobody.

http://www.thegameconsole.com/magnavoxodyssey.jpg

Pure Heaven.

- Blackstar

I am hopefully going to pick one of these up in a few days. Just got an Odyssey 4000 today.

[Burninate]

SNES FTW. Got one for my 8th birthday in 1991 and it's still going strong. I still have around 40 games for it and they all still work including the original controllers. And, as stated above, no load times, no scratched discs, and no worries of warranty repairs! Also, the best games ever. Street Fighter II, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario World and about 150 other of the best games ever.

[OkydOky]

NES
Runner up: Wii

[shard]

Dreamcast :D

[dicecca112]

NES
Runner up: Wii

Ditto

[blueswitch]

SNES...maybe xbox second but only because of it's media center and emulation capabilities.

[Oni]

SNES defined a generation. Hundreds of great games and almost limitless innovation.

Ahh, to be back in the day again.

[MEMex]

SNES for meh.

When Starfox first came out I scat bricks from pure happy of its gameplay. I had the rumble back pack hooked up. Basicly it is a subwoofer that you wore on your back. good times... good times

[SeasonalEclipse]

I loved Snes, I loved zelda on it.. I could just run around endlessly and do random stuff.. kinda like oblivion of that time.

[Thund3rball]

SNES

I played this Zelda style adventure/puzzle game, think it was called Brainstorm, great game. That and DK Country.

[SolidxSnake]

I'd say SNES probably.

The NES was good, but the SNES was definitely better. A Link to the Past, Super Metroid (SO DAMN HARD), SMW was alright, but SMB 3 was my favorite Mario game of all time (Luckily the SNES had it in Mario All-Stars). Star-Fox, F-Zero, Killer Instinct... Just a great great console overall.

[El-Scotto]

id have to say dreamcast as well

[NOThelagak]

sort of a tie between sega saturn, and dreamcast. both were amazing consoles in there own right, but got no 3rd party support. :-( also, i blame sega for crappy marketing. oh well,

[Springbok]

SNES gets my vote, and I LOL at the new PS3 owner who's had it for one day but comments on its dependability.

[ziggo0]

SNES hands down. I love Sega Saturn though...sad to see it go down due to being to far ahead of its time.

[rainless]

Dreamcast. I don't even need a SECOND to think about it.

No other console has EVER brought as much to the table as the Dreamcast. It would be three LOOOOOOONG years after the Dreamcast launch before Sony and MS were able to get their sh** together as far as online gaming goes. The DC had a modem built into it. You could use the DC to surf the internet (something you STILL can't do on the PS2 and Xbox) from day ONE. The game library consisted of some of the greatest hits of all time including (but not limited to) the birth of the 2k sports series.

2D Fighting games were the rule of the day. Crazy Taxi? Jet Set Radio? Almost every title released for the system was innovative in some way.

No... The Dreamcast's since of style has never been replicated or outmatched.

[mage_x]

Dreamcast. Rainless pretty much said everything I was going to say about online play, except for one thing. You could play online on dial-up with no lag! Craziness. Oh yeah, and Soul Calibur on console.

Runner up is Playstation.

[Scott9027]

Dreamcast. NFL2K and Virtua Tennis.

[asusradeon]

sega master

[Kil4Thril]

Man, I can't decide on just one. The only ones I can think of that I don't currently own (besides the Virtual Boy- it doesn't count) are the Vectrex and the N64. I killed my 64 and haven't replaced it.

[DavidJa]

N64 + 3 friends
goldeneye
perfect dark
mario kart
smash brothers
bomberman

[freakdiablo]

Umm, probably...umm...Why do you make me choose? Can I say three? SNES, PS1 and DC. I like the SNES, cause not only was it the first console I played but it had a couple of good games (friend had a snes, would always **** him off cause I was over at his house every day playing double dragons). Same for the PS1, first one I owned and some half decent games (big fan of the Army Men series for PCs, kinda carried over to the Playstation version). And Dreamcast, because like Rainless said, easy to set up for online play and I liked the VMUs (I always wondered why that isnt more popular. I liked being able to see what games were on what VMU without plugging all that I had into the system, about 3 or 4. But I guess with most of the new systems coming out with hdds the memory card is fading into the background.)

[XxNightfirexX]

I'ld have to say NES. I can't think of any system, including my pc that gave me that much gaming enjoyment. Maybe I'm just getting nostalgic in my middle age.

I will say though, there was nothing quite like hitting the bars for the night and then heading to a buddy's house with a group of friends and playing Goldeneye on the N64 while drinking til the sun came up. Ah, good times.:beer:

[NsOmNiA91130]

The SNES, hands down.

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/systems/snes.jpg

And that would be for one game, and one game only.


http://www.consoleclassix.com/info_img/Super_Metroid_SNES_ScreenShot1.jpg


As what one might call a "Metroid geek", this game is infallible. This game will, in my eyes, never be properly surpassed. It had just the right difficulty(Hard, but not too hard), graphics that suited, a story that was great, but never got in the way, and the "all alone" atmosphere of the game. I never, ever tire of this game. I'm not one of those that refuse to acknowledge Metroid Fusion and the Prime series. And if you haven't played Metroid II for the Game Boy, and you have a trip coming up, buy it, you will not be dissapointed.

Of course, one game definately doesn't cut it, so I'll name my other favorites:

StarFox!
Super Mario World 1 & 2
Chrono Trigger
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Donkey kong Country
Street Fighter 2
Super Mario Kart
Pilotwings
Final Fantasy III
F-ZeroSadly, I don't own many of these games (My parents sold most of their old consoles, including a Genesis and a Commodore 64! Damn them!) I managed to save the NES though. I recently purchased (few weeks ago) a used but clean SNES, and 2 original controllers.
I don't own the game though. Nobody does, apparently it's rare nowadays, Zelda, SFII and SMW2 included. I did get StarFox, SMW1, Pilotwings, and F-Zero, though...so I'm happy.

For now.

[OC Noob]

Umm, probably...umm...Why do you make me choose? Can I say three? SNES, PS1 and DC. I like the SNES, cause not only was it the first console I played but it had a couple of good games (friend had a snes, would always **** him off cause I was over at his house every day playing double dragons). Same for the PS1, first one I owned and some half decent games (big fan of the Army Men series for PCs, kinda carried over to the Playstation version). And Dreamcast, because like Rainless said, easy to set up for online play and I liked the VMUs (I always wondered why that isnt more popular. I liked being able to see what games were on what VMU without plugging all that I had into the system, about 3 or 4. But I guess with most of the new systems coming out with hdds the memory card is fading into the background.)

You can say 3 or 4 or 5, anything goes:D

[AngelfireUk83]

Dreamcast. I don't even need a SECOND to think about it.

No other console has EVER brought as much to the table as the Dreamcast. It would be three LOOOOOOONG years after the Dreamcast launch before Sony and MS were able to get their sh** together as far as online gaming goes. The DC had a modem built into it. You could use the DC to surf the internet (something you STILL can't do on the PS2 and Xbox) from day ONE. The game library consisted of some of the greatest hits of all time including (but not limited to) the birth of the 2k sports series.

2D Fighting games were the rule of the day. Crazy Taxi? Jet Set Radio? Almost every title released for the system was innovative in some way.

No... The Dreamcast's since of style has never been replicated or outmatched.

I would have to go with this statement the DC brought the ideas that are in todays next gen consoles. Online gaming (XBOX), internet (PS3 & Wii) but the DC's game catalog was great loads of choice and the graphics where superb shame about the support for it as it wasn't what it should of been.

My fav game on it was Marvel Vs. Capcom the BEST conversion from the arcade correction a perfect conversion with awsome graphics. Infact I was looking on Amazon.co.uk for 1 cause I dam well miss my DC.

[insanemonkey]

I have to go with either snes just because of how big of an impact it had on me as a gamer. Or DC because of all of the innovation that it brought and how far ahead it was compared to everything else.

[Dill_Pickle]

i like the ps2 because its got pretty good graphics ..and my parents could afford it.lol

[OCnewbee]

Know Your Roots!

N.E.S. For Life.:attn:

[FudgeNuggets]

Another vote for DreamCast here. ColecoVision is a close second though.

[Karnal]

SNES changed my life.
PS2 I still play this thing.

[jenko]

SNES and Amiga 500.

[kiltz]

SNES then ps1 a close 2nd. both of them had excellent RPGS FF2&3 snes, and FF7 for PS. i remember when i would rent the ps1 from blockbuster just to play ridge racer and SF:alpha. i have more memorable/favorite games on the SNES than on any platform, PC included.

[FudgeNuggets]

SNES and Amiga 500.


uuuuh, the 500 was a computer.

[thideras]

SNES, PS and the 64...need I say more :eh?:

[Thund3rball]

Another vote for DreamCast here. ColecoVision is a close second though.

Wow almost forgot about Coleco Vision. Best console :eh?:

My hand would get soooo cramped using those crappy controllers LOL. I never had a single game that used the number pad, what's up with that? Ah well, I was still the coolest kid on the block :clap:

[FudgeNuggets]

Wow almost forgot about Coleco Vision. Best console :eh?:

My hand would get soooo cramped using those crappy controllers LOL. I never had a single game that used the number pad, what's up with that? Ah well, I was still the coolest kid on the block :clap:


I'll bet most people here are too young to remember the ColecoVision. The huge black console (later grey was available) with the controller holders built into it, the 5lb power adapter. The expansion port for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision adapters not to mention the STEERING WHEEL AND PEDALS perfect for Turbo, Pole Position and Dukes of Hazzard, true arcade quality graphics. I had several games that used the number pad. Squish Em' Sam was one of the best because I think it was the FIRST home game that TALKED!!!

Damn, I dunno....I'm going to have to hook it up and play it again. Forget close second. I'm now saying tie between DreamCast and ColecoVision.

[radium]

N64 + 3 friends
goldeneye
perfect dark
mario kart
smash brothers
bomberman

YES! Some of my most memorable moments on consoles was playing perfect dark on temple with fly by wire slayers with 3 friends.

Smash brothers was amazing and revolutionized a genre of its own.

Mario Kart was so friggen fun too

[OC Noob]

I'll bet most people here are too young to remember the ColecoVision. The huge black console (later grey was available) with the controller holders built into it, the 5lb power adapter. The expansion port for the Atari 2600 and Intellivision adapters not to mention the STEERING WHEEL AND PEDALS perfect for Turbo, Pole Position and Dukes of Hazzard, true arcade quality graphics. I had several games that used the number pad. Squish Em' Sam was one of the best because I think it was the FIRST home game that TALKED!!!

Damn, I dunno....I'm going to have to hook it up and play it again. Forget close second. I'm now saying tie between DreamCast and ColecoVision.

Some of the old Odessey units had a voice thing for games. I don't know if it was an adapter or built into the unit though or how much it was used. I remeber making the voice boxes on old Apple computers say stuff at school. Those things sounded like a smoker using one of those things you hold to your neck to talk, lol.

[John G]

Wow almost forgot about Coleco Vision. Best console :eh?:

My hand would get soooo cramped using those crappy controllers LOL. I never had a single game that used the number pad, what's up with that? Ah well, I was still the coolest kid on the block :clap:

I assume you are talking about the (by todays standards) big controllers that you held in one hand vertically, had a colored trigger under each finger, a thumb roller on top along with a number pad and a joy stick for the other hand? :D I had those...my dad got them when I was little.

The mystery of the number pads... Depended on the game. Certain games had a "template" that snapped in over top the number pad buttons. They identified the functions. The best example was with the baseball and football games. (These games were unbelievable for their time...and I have yet to ever play a game that required as much complex hand-eye coordination as the football game.) In those games, the number pads would call out plays and such to tell your team what to do when they weren't being directly controlled.

Each colored trigger corresponded to a player on the field wearing the same color shirt...so, when triggers were depressed, then the joystick would control those players. A really good football player could run their receivers on all sorts of routes by alternating triggers and sending them different directions down the field...throw to a guy open deep, then it's a frantic thumb wheel spinning competition to see who can run faster. :D


Anyway...my vote is SNES and nothing else has yet to come close. So many great games... Earthbound, Secret of Mana, Inindo, Romance of the Three Kingdoms III, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy II and III, Techmo Super Bowl...and on and on.

[FudgeNuggets]

You're thinking of the Intellivision, John. They had similar controllers. The Coleco had no thumb wheel, just a round stubby joystick. They were sort of similar but the Intellivison had graphics more like the 2600 while the ColecoVision had graphics closer to the NES.

Intellivision:
http://www.1000bit.net/lista/dati/mattel/intellivision.jpg

ColecoVision:
http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/Colecovision_System.jpg

[FudgeNuggets]

Here is Donkey Kong on the Intellivision vs the ColecoVision: NO COMPARISON

Intellivision:
http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/intel/donkey_kong.png

ColecoVision:
http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/coleco/donkey_kong.gif

[benbaked]

Super NES, N64, and the Sega Saturn.

Super NES - SO many good games, excellent titles that I grew up with, a damn near perfect controller, and a solidly-built console that saw support for years. Also, had one of the greatest game libraries ever. There wasn't much wrong about the Super NES.

N64 - the N64 IMO had the best 3D of its generation, and I think the games as a whole were just more fun. PS1 never really appealed to me.

Sega Saturn - one of the first consoles (if not the first) to offer online play (limited) and web browsing, it had a terrific controller, and some of the best imported games to ever come out of Japan. The Saturn may very well be the best 2D console ever created. 3D was not so good, but the PS1's 3D sucked too, N64 was king in 3D during this time IMO. Some of the 3D titles on the Saturn are very memorable in spite of their crummy graphics, such as Sega Rally and VF:Kids. Nights into Dreams was a classic!

The Dreamcast had some excellent titles, but its controller was too big of a turn off for me. I liked how it followed the design of the Saturn 3D controller, but having the cord feed out of the bottom was a big no-no to me - completely incorrect spot for the cord.

For old consoles, the Atari 2600/7800 and the SMS were all I remember having in my younger youth. NES was better at the time so I didn't care about old and outdated-tech Atari, but I can't place NES as my favorite console because the early versions of the consoles were of a sh***y build quality.

[Falcon-K]

N64 - 4 player games were just so much fun, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, mario kart 64, star fox, WWF/WCW games plus single player gems like Zelda OoT.

[John G]

You're thinking of the Intellivision, John. They had similar controllers. The Coleco had no thumb wheel, just a round stubby joystick. They were sort of similar but the Intellivison had graphics more like the 2600 while the ColecoVision had graphics closer to the NES.



It was Coleco, but they were optional controllers that were extra money. I don't think we had any games that used those controllers except for football and baseball. The other games all used the round stubby joystick. :) The big controllers had the round stubby joystick, too, but all that other junk as well. Heh...we had that donkey kong game, too...sure does look familiar. Buck Rogers was another interesting one. We had a couple Smurfs games, too... :attn:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Coleco_Smurf_Rescue.png

[John G]

Ahah...here we go. "Super Action Controller" - came packaged with the baseball game.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Action-Controller-COLECOVISION-Coleco-Vision_W0QQitemZ130133636943QQcmdZViewItem

[FudgeNuggets]

Ahah...here we go. "Super Action Controller" - came packaged with the baseball game.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Action-Controller-COLECOVISION-Coleco-Vision_W0QQitemZ130133636943QQcmdZViewItem

I've never actually seen that one before. It reminds me of the Atari 5200/7800 controllers. Looks REALLY good for its' time!

Usually the ColecoVision came packed with one to three of these games: Carnival, Donkey Kong and Buck Rogers. Mine came with all 3.

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/coleco_sac_2_large.jpg

http://3mul.free.fr/v1/img_roms/Colecovision_Super_Action_Baseball.gif

[df0xyd]

Favorite game console of all time, that one is EASY! Sega Genesis for me. :D

I'm a die hard Sonic fan... well, Tails at least ;)

I'm working on collecting all the Sonic games, or at least emulating them on my pc.

[John G]

I've never actually seen that one before. It reminds me of the Atari 5200/7800 controllers. Looks REALLY good for its' time!

Usually the ColecoVision came packed with one to three of these games: Carnival, Donkey Kong and Buck Rogers. Mine came with all 3.

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/coleco_sac_2_large.jpg

http://3mul.free.fr/v1/img_roms/Colecovision_Super_Action_Baseball.gif

Yeah, the baseball game along with that controller was incredibly advanced for its time. The sports games were very pure and good replications of how the actual games work. Later games on NES and SNES and such had much simpler input (and generally easier to play) and often only began to replicate the same levels of fun by bringing in real teams and players or by having imaginary franchise building like Baseball All-Stars.

The input scheme and the controller what really made the game and made up for the primitive AI of the time. It made things that are generally pretty mundane now like base running into something really exciting thanks to the direct interactivity. Squeeze triggers to control different base runners, then spin the thumb wheel to make them run...faster spinning = faster running. You could initiate a hit and run by squeezing all triggers, spinning the wheel as the pitch was released, swing at the ball, then start spinning like crazy. :D Pickles were really fun because you'd spin the wheel opposite directions to change direction. The wheel also was used to pitch velocity....fast balls, change ups... It was really meant to be played against other humans and would get really competitive.

Baseball as a game was just simple enough to be fairly easy to play and do well after getting the hang of using the controller. Football has lots of freedom of movement with lots of players simultaneously...much, much harder to get good at. With poor players scores would generally be very low because they'd be too inept to execute plays on offense...but, with good players scores would likely get very high because it's tough to react to everything that can be done on offense. The best thing on defense was to predict the other players pet plays that they use over and over and try to disrupt them...hopefully come up with a couple stops and not be so predictable on offense yourself. :)

The worst thing about the games was that they were tough to learn compared to modern stuff... You could watch a couple good players go at it and it looked amazing. Then, try it yourself and have a hard time even doing the simplest things...like...finally manage to hit the ball in baseball, then your baserunner just stands there like a moron at home plate because you forgot to spin your wheel. :D

[Thund3rball]

ColecoVision:
http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/Colecovision_System.jpg

Ah Fudge, that brings back memories. I got a ColecoVision for Xmas one year. We always opened our gifts on Xmas eve so I spent ALL night playing ColecoVision till I fell asleep in front of the TV....anyways I digress.

The games I had did not utilize the number pad IIRC. I had DK, DK Jr, Lady Bug, and Space Fury (with that cheesy one eyed alien that talked in bleeps and bloops @ the beginning and end, he he). I am sure I had more games but just can't remember them. No sports games I know that much. Ah well, thanks for the memories.

SNES still my fave though ;)

[jenko]

uuuuh, the 500 was a computer.

So when i had mine when younger it was used purely used for games its what most people just used it for, at the time it was the best gaming platform well at least in my eyes.
Even though mine was a 500 it had the extra 512kb ram fitted.
In the UK everybody i knew had amiga`s or an Atari for games, console`s localy werent very popular at all.

[Twigglish]

Dreamcast. I don't even need a SECOND to think about it.

No other console has EVER brought as much to the table as the Dreamcast. It would be three LOOOOOOONG years after the Dreamcast launch before Sony and MS were able to get their sh** together as far as online gaming goes. The DC had a modem built into it. You could use the DC to surf the internet (something you STILL can't do on the PS2 and Xbox) from day ONE. The game library consisted of some of the greatest hits of all time including (but not limited to) the birth of the 2k sports series.

2D Fighting games were the rule of the day. Crazy Taxi? Jet Set Radio? Almost every title released for the system was innovative in some way.

No... The Dreamcast's since of style has never been replicated or outmatched.


QFT and definitely had a runner up of SNES.

[cornbread]

Snes, lots of great games. I remember the echo's in Mario World, it blew me away, Castlevania 4 was one of my all time favs.

N64, loved Mario and Zelda in 3D.

Dreamcast, great system, but Sega had already lost their fans due to earlier mishaps like Sega CD, etc.

Sega Genesis, fun games and Sega wasn't afraid to put animated blood in games, remember Mortal Kombat for the Snes?

PS2.

PS1.

[ancalime]

I would have to pick my PS3. I have never gotten that WOW factor from any previous console. Though I like the Dreamcast and PS2 very much as well.

[FudgeNuggets]

I would have to pick my PS3. I have never gotten that WOW factor from any previous console. Though I like the Dreamcast and PS2 very much as well.


I'm utterly dumbfounded by that statement. Why the PS3? I've got one and all I do is play Blu-Rays on it and watch downloaded stuff with VLC in Linux. There just aren't any good games out, except for Resistance and MotorStorm, neither of which I liked.

[Jawsome]

Dreamcast

[jstutman]

Dreamcast
Xbox (Emulation and XBMC)
SNES
NES
Wii

[Mpegger]

Dreamcast and Genesis

[ancalime]

I'm utterly dumbfounded by that statement. Why the PS3? I've got one and all I do is play Blu-Rays on it and watch downloaded stuff with VLC in Linux. There just aren't any good games out, except for Resistance and MotorStorm, neither of which I liked.
Just because you don't enjoy something does not mean others won't. Resistance online has provided me with tons of entertainment and Ninja Gaiden Sigma is one of the best games I have ever played.

[RedDragonXXX]

Dreamcast and Xbox.

[FudgeNuggets]

Just because you don't enjoy something does not mean others won't. Resistance online has provided me with tons of entertainment and Ninja Gaiden Sigma is one of the best games I have ever played.


Two games would make it your favourite console of all time? Whatever. If you say so.... :shrug:

[>HyperlogiK<]

SNES FTW!

Super Mario All Stars, Super Mario World and Super Metroid together do more for me than all of the titles avaliable for other console I have played on.

Like playing Doom or Halflife for the first time they just felt ... right!

[Janus67]

either SNES or N64.

I did like my Sega Channel though...

[xbiker321]

Dreamcast, everyone has mentioned pretty much all the reasons why Dreamcast was one of the best systems. I jumped on the Dreamcast bandwagon a lil late, bought it when it was $99 but I loved every minute of owning one. My friends loved it too they even went to the store and snagged their own system, for $99 that system was incredible!!! Not to mention it didnt need a modchip ;)

[benbaked]

N64 - 4 player games were just so much fun, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, mario kart 64, star fox, WWF/WCW games plus single player gems like Zelda OoT.

All excellent titles right there, even with the multiplayer sluggishness Perfect Dark still kicked butt. NBA Hang Time, WWF No Mercy, and Duke Nukem: Zero Hour were other awesome titles. I've kept my N64 all of these years just for those games alone.

[IR1]

Dreamcast FTW! I remember playing hours of Phantasy Star Online with my buddy in highschool. He got me into the Dreamcast, Crazy Taxi, RE:CV, Skies of Arcadia, Power Stone 2, Shenmue 1 and 2!! Man I went back a month ago and started playing my Dreamcast again, it was in my closet in a box for over a year after my move!

[12am]

Call me crazy but my favorite console was the origional sega 32 bit system, my friends all owned them and I had an snes and was so addicted to the Sonic the hedgehog series (sonic was way cooler then mario anyway lol). All I ever wanted was a genesis but I was denied.. maybe that's why I wanted it so bad back then lol.

[shirker]

to all who say SNES, :thup:

super mario world + teenage mutant ninja turtles IV: turtles in time = SNES glory

[12am]

ok yea.. turtles in time was an excellent game, I'm still kinda ticked Xbox live arcade didn't publish that game in place of the 89 arcade game.

[Zenpu]

SNES for sure
Pretty much the 1st system to be emulated on newer gen systems

[OC Noob]

SNES for sure
Pretty much the 1st system to be emulated on newer gen systems

What do you mean?

A don't quite understand what your saying.

[Mpegger]

Probably meant NES