Your Favorite Console Ever?

[Jamal]

Mine would have to be the Super Nintendo, some of the best platformers and other genre of games ever released, just to name a few:

Donkey Kong Country Series
Super Mario World
Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past
Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid
Killer Instinct

Id have to say maybe im a nostalgic gamer but i cant really say ive had more fun with another console, whatcha reckon guys? what do you guys rate as your favorite ever console and games?

[KitFisto]

XBox 360.

I love the games and the Live network. It's been the most fun I have ever had on a game system.

[Darthrazz]

Colecovision.


Donkey Kong
Zaxxon
Cosmic Avenger


first system I ever owned, lots of fun and memories as a kid.

[hairlesswookiee]

Sega Dreamcast!!! easily my favorite system to date. Sega just made the wrong decision to not include a dvd rom into it or else we'd have a dreamcast 2 today. (still have my dreamcast and play it regularly)
my favorite games are:
Soul Caliber
Power Stone
Crazy Taxi
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Sega Bass Fishing

[Jamal]

^^ agreed bro, i loved the Arcade love this machine got. All the Street Fighters and King Of Fighters games, awesome console for an Arcade fan

[bagelsncheesey]

1. Xbox 360
2. Sega Dreamcast
3. Nintendo Wii
4. PSP
5. PS3
6. Nintendo DS

Gone are the days of the classic stuff, so I won't list em.

[Kabukiman]

Dreamcast all the way.

Kabukiman = arcade fan 4 life

[MadCow]

Hmm, this is a tough call. I want to say NES or SNES because they are so classic but I probably logged more hours playing PS2. On the other hand, i've always loved the Gameboy (reg, advance, SP, DS) because the portability factor is genius and it actually has/had a ton of quality games... I'm going to have to think about it some more...

:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: :confused::confused:

[hairlesswookiee]

Dreamcast all the way.

Kabukiman = arcade fan 4 life

AMEN!!! the only games i really wish sega would've put on the dreamcast was the star wars trilogy arcade that was out back then. i loved playing that game...the bonus rounds were lightsaber duels!!! how did they not want to bring it out on the system???? my only hopes is that nintendo will eventually bring it out on the wii!!! how awesome would that be???

[galactiboy]

That is a tough question, as a kid I really loved the NES but as an adult the Wii has been the most fun. I guess I'm just a nintendo whore :rotfl

[tomandshell]

I am going to vote for the 360. I have gotten more use out of that than any other I've owned.

[Nolocke]

SNES hands down. Best games ever made. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 3, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Bros., F-Zero, Ghouls and Ghosts, EarthBound, the list just goes on.

[Darth Loki]

1. N64
2. XBOX 360
3. WII
4. GAMECUBE
5. XBOX

Never owned a SNES but it would've been up here if I had.

[Chimera 1]

1. SNES (Killer Instinct (Cinder Rulez))
2. PS1 (FFVII)
3. PS2 (Metal gear series)
4. Xbox (Halo and Thief)
5. Xbox 360 (every game I have and will get)
6. PS3 (when I get one) (All the games I want and can't get)

[mfoga]

For me its still the old atari. I loved that thing, I played it until it died. How can you go wrong with Pong, Pitfall, Kaboom, etc... I wish that thing still worked, I would still use it. The little controllers that plug into tv just aren't the same. After that is probably 360 I play that way more then I ever played my PS2 and PS combined.

[darthviper107]

PC




:chew:chew

[Cocoboloboy]

NES and Metroid. I spent many teenage hours playing Metroid with that big thick strategy book by my side.

[McHavyck]

5.Dreamcast - I remember early Saturday mornings with my girl :love and her kicking my hind end in baseball.
4.PS3 - So far. Just got it but Drake's ROCKS! :rock :rock
3.SNES - Little better then Super Metroid & SF2
2. PS2 - All those good games and a lot of early adopter's first DVD player
1. 360 -What I play and have the most fun with

[lerath666]

SNES
Chrono Trigger Was and is the greatest Game of it's day, and of all time :monkey2


Granted they ported it to the PSX, but still it originated on the SNES. It's the game that Made me realise What i wanted to be as an adult. A game designer.

[Jamal]

I should have added a poll :monkey1

[Jen]

Well, I'm a playstation girl all the way....no other console for me. so it's pretty easy

1. PS3 (I only have 3 games for it)
2. Intellivision....the console that originally got me into gaming
3. PS2 (Should probably be number one, since it is the console I have played the most on....but since my PS3 is backwards compatible it made the leap to number one after just a few weeks.)

[The Josh]

Original Nintendo. It was my first system.

[Darth Madden]

The Atar 2600... because it was the first one we got when I was 10 after droping my mom off at the airport so she could visit her sister in Hawaii, I think my dad just wanted to keep us quiet for a week. And I still have it.

[The Dwimmerlaik]

The Nintendo i think was the best i think that those cassettes were like eternal games that cant be finished easy as the new games that i finish in 2 days or in a good day less than 12 hours, thats sad :monkey2.

[rentu]

Gotta go with the dreamcast as well, but I am likeing my 360 more and more every month!

[BDboystoys]

Thats a hard question. Initially I would say the N64, but with all the new games and new consoles its hard to compare it to the newest generation of consoles. I mean the Xbox360 is ****ing insane. :rock But I still love the oldschool and still classic games from earlier consoles (Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mario Kart, Mario64, Goldeneye)
Still the Xbox has the OrangeBox, Bioshock, Gears of War, Halo's etc.
Plus I want a Wii. - Metroid, Mario Galaxy etc.
Damn consoles and their endless hours of fun.

[galactiboy]

It really is hard to choose a favorite, since they are all so different... especially across the last few decades. What is nice is that you can still get classic games on new systems... sure its not exactly the same, but still nice.

[Vince]

NES !!!

Mario 1,2,3
Megaman 1,2,3,4,5,6
Kickle Cubicle
Kirby

[Jamal]

Duck Hunt was AWESOME!

[Darth Caedus]

SNES hands down. Best games ever made. Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 3, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario Bros., F-Zero, Ghouls and Ghosts, EarthBound, the list just goes on.

Yep, loved Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, FF2 and FF3, Super Mario RPG, Super Mario World, Street Fighter II Turbo, Secret of Evermore, Donkey Kong Country...I love this console

[PosterBoyKelly]

WOW, This has got to be the best damn thread ever!

OK, It's a hard call and I reserve the right to change my mind :lol

1- NES (it changed EVERYTHING ok?)
2- Sega Genesis (it was the height of my "gaming" life)
3- Wii (it's just too damned FUN! I only have like 3 games, and still rock the hell out of them!|)

That said, there's tons to think about here. Dreamcast still rocks for bootleging purposes, PS2 will always be a classic to me. Than there's campier systems, Virtual Boy, Turbo Graffix shoot even Jaguar. I still get a kick out of them.

Nintendo will always rule the roost for me. Anything on PS3 I can get a similar/better version of for the PC (FPS games/ MMORPG's) I don't need anything it offers, same with the X-Box. Not saying "they suck" or anything, just nothing I CAN'T do on my computer. Nintendo always pushes it and in the end it's more about game play and fun, though Mario Galaxy sucked cause I beat it in like a week!

Awesome topic.

[Darth Caedus]

WOW, This has got to be the best damn thread ever!

OK, It's a hard call and I reserve the right to change my mind :lol

1- NES (it changed EVERYTHING ok?)
2- Sega Genesis (it was the height of my "gaming" life)
3- Wii (it's just too damned FUN! I only have like 3 games, and still rock the hell out of them!|)

That said, there's tons to think about here. Dreamcast still rocks for bootleging purposes, PS2 will always be a classic to me. Than there's campier systems, Virtual Boy, Turbo Graffix shoot even Jaguar. I still get a kick out of them.

Nintendo will always rule the roost for me. Anything on PS3 I can get a similar/better version of for the PC (FPS games/ MMORPG's) I don't need anything it offers, same with the X-Box. Not saying "they suck" or anything, just nothing I CAN'T do on my computer. Nintendo always pushes it and in the end it's more about game play and fun, though Mario Galaxy sucked cause I beat it in like a week!
Awesome topic.


That's hardcore. I played it for about an hour, had a seizure, got up, played a little more and then put it down. Hope to play it again soon though.

[Mudshark]

I first played the old Nintendo Famicon and liked some of the games for it, but the control pad just trashed my thumbs, I played it so much. I wanted a Saturn or Dreamcast, but never got around to buying one.

Gave up gaming until someone told me about Biohazard (Resident Evil) on the Sony Playstation, and I decided to go for it. I got addicted to those, and then when Metal Gear Solid was released I was hooked again for life.

I've always stuck with PS and PS2, mainly because of the huge range of games that were/are still available for it. Never got another console mainly because of the cost factor and because I already have enough games to keep me busy.

I've been dyin' to play online, but where I live it's too much hassle, and I don't have time anyway. Still waiting till some of my favorite game series come out on PS3 (MGS, GTA, SOCOM, etc, etc, etc.). When they do I'll buy myself one.

[PosterBoyKelly]

The best part of Mario Galaxy is I had motion sickness when done, the IDEA and PHYSICS kick butt. BUT IT NEVER GET'S HARDER! It's like meant for a 5 year old, kinda bugged me.

Oh well, Super Smash Bros. for the Wii soon SOOOOOON!!!!

[Darth Caedus]

The best part of Mario Galaxy is I had motion sickness when done, the IDEA and PHYSICS kick butt. BUT IT NEVER GET'S HARDER! It's like meant for a 5 year old, kinda bugged me.

Oh well, Super Smash Bros. for the Wii soon SOOOOOON!!!!


As stupid as this sounds, Super Mario Party 8 (pretty much a board game) is really addicting

[TOE]

Dreamcast.

My favorite game is Marvel vs. Capcom :cool:

[PosterBoyKelly]

As stupid as this sounds, Super Mario Party 8 (pretty much a board game) is really addicting



I love Mario Party, but have few friends :monkey2

I have to get the Wii one still, the older ones are all killer fun.

[Cocoboloboy]

NES !!!

Mario 1,2,3
Megaman 1,2,3,4,5,6
Kickle Cubicle
Kirby
Duck Hunt was AWESOME!

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/2236/contrafu7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Best two player game ever. You could kill your partner by leaving him behind.:lol

Remember UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A B A B A......

[Alice Adrenochrome]

That's a tough one... I guess I got the most fun out of the SNES, but I still think fondly of my ATARI 2600 days... I still have all my consoles, and I guess my high days as a console gamer ended with the PS2. Not going to invest is a Xbox or PS3. I don't play consoles anymore, but since my girlfriend rediscovered TETRIS, I play Yar's Revenge, Super Mario or Boulder Dash (loved it on C64) on the GameBoy color once in a while... :o

[DarkArtist81]

I will have to go with SNES. I started out with Atari, over at friends houses and eventually got the NES back in the day... But I was pretty young and gave up on games I could not beat. Really didn't get as into it until I got my hands on the SNES.

From that moment I just dove in and have been drowning in games since. Opening up that box, plugging it in and playing Mario... It just opened up a whole new world of gaming possibilities and got me interested enough to stay with a game long enough to beat it. And once Legend of Zelda came out, forget about it... I was glued to the screen.

Playstation would have to be a close second, just due to the amazing library of games. I was addicted to Tekken, Resident Evil, GTA, Gran Turismo, the list goes on and on. It was amazing and I enjoyed every minute of it.

The Xbox 360 is coming up there as well, really has been an enjoyable experience in the time since I finally scored one. The Freaks have a large hand in that as do the awesome games.

I was a Dreamcast owner, but really not a huge fan... It was a huge letdown for me. And made me a bit more choosy on my console buying.

[Jen]

Am I the only one who has any love for Intellivision....I spent countless hours playing Donkey Kong and Q*Bert....granted I'm a bit older than many of you....we got this console in 1980. :o
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u77/jlklord/230px-Intellivision_-_gi_1326971.jpg

[chavez553]

Am I the only one who has any love for Intellivision....I spent countless hours playing Donkey Kong and Q*Bert....granted I'm a bit older than many of you....we got this console in 1980. :o
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u77/jlklord/230px-Intellivision_-_gi_1326971.jpg

I know your not suppose to ask a girl how old she is,but I am curious.I was 4 when this came out.:lol

[Jen]

I know your not suppose to ask a girl how old she is,but I am curious.I was 4 when this came out.:lol

I'll be (and it literally blows my f'n mind when I think of this) 37 this year. :eek

[mfoga]

Am I the only one who has any love for Intellivision....I spent countless hours playing Donkey Kong and Q*Bert....granted I'm a bit older than many of you....we got this console in 1980. :o
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u77/jlklord/230px-Intellivision_-_gi_1326971.jpg

My friend had that i played it a lot too but I still liked my Atari better, probably because i played it more.

I'll be (and it literally blows my f'n mind when I think of this) 37 this year. :eek

Wow would have never guessed looking at your pics. I thought you were in your early 30s.

[chavez553]

I'll be (and it literally blows my f'n mind when I think of this) 37 this year. :eek

:rotfl


Yeah,I thought you were way younger than that.I'm getting up there as well.I'll be 32 in June.

[tomandshell]

33 next month and I had an Intellivision.

Useless Trivia: The Intellivision system was test marketed locally with four titles a year before the national release. (All good things come to Fresno.)

And do you remember the TV commercials?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0KTjpaG3cg

[chavez553]

33 next month and I had an Intellivision.

Useless Trivia: The Intellivision system was test marketed locally with four titles a year before the national release. (All good things come to Fresno.)

And do you remember the TV commercials?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0KTjpaG3cg

The only console I remember having as a kid was the Nintendo Entertainment System.

[Darth Madden]

I'll be (and it literally blows my f'n mind when I think of this) 37 this year. :eek

Even worse... I'll be 38 this year.... UGH.

I never had an intellvision.. I went right from the Atart 2600 to the Vic-20 to the C64... but my friend had Colecovision which was a cool system excpet the controllers were crap (probably just as bad as the Intellivision ones.)

[KitFisto]

Am I the only one who has any love for Intellivision....I spent countless hours playing Donkey Kong and Q*Bert....granted I'm a bit older than many of you....we got this console in 1980. :o
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u77/jlklord/230px-Intellivision_-_gi_1326971.jpg

Wow, I forgot all about that system. I never had it, but I had a friend that did. It was SO cool in it's day.

[Jen]

33 next month and I had an Intellivision.

Useless Trivia: The Intellivision system was test marketed locally with four titles a year before the national release. (All good things come to Fresno.)

And do you remember the TV commercials?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0KTjpaG3cg

How could I forget about baseball!! That game was a lot of fun. :lol :lol It's so funny looking at them now and how back in the day that game looked the most realistic.....boy have things changed. :lol

And thanks to everyone who says I look younger than I am....that makes me feel better. :o :) I'm one of those people who absolutely dreads my birthday every year....it just freaks me out...because I still feel like I'm in my 20's but then I realize I am not. :lol

Anyway, good to see some other freaks remember Intellevision. I think the controls were a little lame (it's been so long :lol) but for that time, it was a pretty kick ass console.

[Bannister]

I pretty much stopped playing games on a regular basis after my SNES, so that and the NES are my favorites. My brother's friend once brought the old Atari Pong over to our house. I don't know how old it was at the time, but it was still fun as hell to play.
http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/superpong.jpg

[Agent23]

Probably the original NES or Playstation. I spent ALOT of time with those 2 consoles....

HUNDREDS of hours....if not more. :)

[FelMarWETA]

either the original Nintendo or SNES

some favories from NES:
Zelda
Mega Man series
Bases Loaded
Wizards and Warriors
Kid Icarus
CONTRA
Super Mario Brothers series

some favorites from SNES:
Kirby's Avalanche
CONTRA
Mario Kart
Super Mario World

[Krayt Dragon]

NES





.:cool::cool:

[Alice Adrenochrome]

I'll be (and it literally blows my f'n mind when I think of this) 37 this year. :eek
Ha ha! I beat you there! But I sense you are pulling my leg dear. You look much younger!

I've never seen a intellivision in person, but my baby - the Atari 2600 - is from the same period. It came out a bit earlier actually: 1977, where as Matel's intelivison dates from 1980. The Colecovision dates from 1982.

[BadMoon]

I would have to say the original playstation. It set up 3D gaming. Resident Evil and Tomb Raider were just so fun to play. Not to mention all of the Final Fantasy goodness. Xenogears was one of the best RPG's of all time.

[Darth Loki]

I'll be (and it literally blows my f'n mind when I think of this) 37 this year. :eek


Damn girl, I knew you were older than me but I didn't think you were 10 years older (and I mean that in the nicest way possible).


I would like to add that if it weren't for all the damn issues, the 360 would probably end up #1 on my list. So many great games already and some of the best are yet to come (Fable 2, Force Unleashed, just to name a few)

[BadMoon]

Damn girl, I knew you were older than me but I didn't think you were 10 years older (and I mean that in the nicest way possible).


I would like to add that if it weren't for all the damn issues, the 360 would probably end up #1 on my list. So many great games already and some of the best are yet to come (Fable 2, Force Unleashed, just to name a few)

You want to see issues buy a PS3! :rotfl

[Fritz]

Damn this thread makes me feel old. I used all of those old game systems. :o

[Alice Adrenochrome]

Damn this thread makes me feel old. I used all of those old game systems. :o
Then you're in good company!

[nash]

PS3. sure it got off to a slow start, but i think 2008 is going to be a whole new story.

[abnpredator]

360. Thanks to Bungie!

[chavez553]

360. Thanks to Bungie!

Bungie.:rock

[Blackhole]

Nintendo Gamecube...

Not only was it my most robust console, I also had all the accessories and most Nintendo developed games...

Most of which were AWESOME...

Wind Waker FTW...:rock

[DarthSid]

XBox 360- Gears of War rules.

[Randy_S]

well then, it seems like i'm carrying the lone banner for my favorite console:

the sega master system

not only were the games a lot of fun, but sega roundly kicked the crap out of the nintendo in the graphics and story department, it even had a lot of games that were better looking than anything on the SNES
the systems might have been technically equals, but sega always put forth so much more effort, like how mac is light years above pc

some of my games:

phantasy star - no guides back then, so i had to memorize every dungeon
space harrier
alex kidd in miracle world
zillion



for modern gameplay though, i love my 360
there are just too many games for me now


special mention for the genesis, i spent mad hours on that one also

[darthviper107]

...it even had a lot of games that were better looking than anything on the SNES
the systems might have been technically equals, but sega always put forth so much more effort, like how mac is light years above pc

Except that PC actually has games you can play, Mac might have a solid operating system but it can't hardly play any games (and 3ds Max doesn't work on Mac, damn it)


PC FTW!!!!!




(BTW, a Mac is just as much a PC as a PC is, the only difference is operating system, so it would be correct to label them as Mac-Based PC and Windows-Based PC) ;)

[Randy_S]

oh yes, i totally agree with your points on the mac vs pc argument darthviper

even though i know mac has the better operating system, i own a pc laptop because it had more applications i use and i even did get a few games for it, something i could not have done on a macbook

that plus i don't think i could spend less than $10,000 as a starting point if i bought a mac, too many high-end audio programs to tempt me :horror:


my point was more to show that sega put forth so much more quality work than nintendo even though it didn't have the same sales