Top 3 Favourite Consoles Ever !

[Palazzo]

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Yeah you are exactly right there Sly with the point about the PS2 hype effectively killing off Dreamcast. I never owned a Dreamcast but my mate did and he had some cracking games for it, infact I don't think he ever had one that was really that bad. Funnily enough I did and still do own a PS2 and I have to be honest, I don't rate the PS2 era highly at all. I think if I had to think about it I would come up with only around 4-5 PS2 games which I felt were truly great. The Dreamcast on the other hand, where do you begin, so many great games.

[Sly]

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The PS2 had a lot going for it. It never really won me over though. I own a PS3 and hardly play on it. I won't be getting a PS4, I'm going PC mainly next gen.

[the fox]

I loved my ps1 and ps2 equally. I never had the same feelings about the ps3. I enjoy a level or 2 of 'portal 2' now and then, and i use it for Blu ray, but most of the newer games just don't hold my interest for long. Maybe it's my age.

Not sure i will be bothering with the next gen, either. Will stick to retro gaming.

[darren]

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never had a megadrive but did have a dreamcast many many yrs ago back in the eighties.
it really did have some cracker games.

dreamcast only sega console i ever had.

never had a megadrive but im trying to put that right now.
as well as get some of those i never had.

ive a Japanese Snes which came with its original box near mint and the games for it are superb a lot of which never got a release over here.
fantastic artwork on them as my Jap Yoshi's Island an example.

Good choice Barry, I love my Megadrives (I have several) plus the Mega CD & 32X.
Masses of great games, and gorgeous artwork on the Japanese games. Although the UK & US covers were horrible.
It didn't make my top 3, but it's probably my most played console of all time.

[Moondog]

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I appreciate the input guys, but this particular thread is consoles only.
Make another selection, if you don't mind.
Cheers.

probably the SNES then, in place of C64

[DemonEyeX]

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probably the SNES then, in place of C64

Cheers Moondog,
The SNES is getting a lot of love here.
I can still remember the first time I saw one, I played Super Mario World & Super Tennis, it completely blew me away.
Within a week I had sold my Megadrive & all it's games to buy a SNES. (I did buy another Megadrive a year or so later).

However, I seem to be the only person here who has voted for the Vectrex & the PC Engine.
I know that in 2013 these consoles are fairly obscure, but they are truly amazing pieces of kit.
Surely one of you must have owned & loved these classic consoles.

[Sly]

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I've seen more Virtual Boys than I have PC Engines.

[Moondog]

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yeah PC Engine was rare in the UK, never seen one in my life, or a Vectrex lol

[Sly]

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Stuff like that should be museum pieces, from a cultural standpoint of someone who plays videogames some of these systems are stories of legend seeing as they're not readily available and are only going to get rarer.

[DemonEyeX]

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I've seen more Virtual Boys than I have PC Engines.

Although most people seemed to hate it, I really liked the Virtual Boy.
OK, the games were rather simple, and it could give you a bit of a headache, but it was a total one off.
Some Nintendo innovations work & some don't, but at least they have always been true originals.

[DemonEyeX]

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Also I should add, my choice of the PC Engine is with the CD rom drive.
Some absolutely incredible games were released on CD only,
Games like Akumajō Dracula X Chi no Rondo, Alzadick: Summer Carnival '92, Gain Ground SX, Gate of Thunder, Image Fight II, Popful Mail, R-Type Complete, Rayxanber II, Rayxanber IIl, Seirei Senshi Spriggan, Space Fantasy Zone, Spriggan Mark 2: Re Terraform Project, Star Parodia, Summer Carnival '93 - Nexzr Special, plus many other awesome games.

These can all be emulated on your PC with emulators such as Magic Engine or Ootake.
It's definitely worth spending the 5 minutes it takes to setup the emulators because some of these games are amazing.

[darren]

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none of these ive played or even heard of.

but ill agree some wonderful games have been released on CD mate.

Also I should add, my choice of the PC Engine is with the CD rom drive.
Some absolutely incredible games were released on CD only,
Games like Akumajō Dracula X Chi no Rondo, Alzadick: Summer Carnival '92, Gain Ground SX, Gate of Thunder, Image Fight II, Popful Mail, R-Type Complete, Rayxanber II, Rayxanber IIl, Seirei Senshi Spriggan, Space Fantasy Zone, Spriggan Mark 2: Re Terraform Project, Star Parodia, Summer Carnival '93 - Nexzr Special, plus many other awesome games.

These can all be emulated on your PC with emulators such as Magic Engine or Ootake.
It's definitely worth spending the 5 minutes it takes to setup the emulators because some of these games are amazing.

[DemonEyeX]

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none of these ive played or even heard of.

Seriously mate, you should try the emulators I linked to.
Or even better, buy yourself a console.
I guarantee that you won't be disapointed.

[xmark1234]

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spectrum 48k
mega drive
ps1

[DemonEyeX]

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spectrum 48k

Cool choices, but the Speccy can't go here, this is for consoles only, computers will go in another thread.
I love the Spectrum more than anybody, but it isn't a console.
Make another choice dude.