Your favourite ever console...

[ayingerbrau]

For me, probably the SNES.

Don't think I've got more enjoyment out of a single console like the SNES. All those Mario games when I was kid, Street Fighter, Killer Instinct and many others made this a simply awesome console. Still works beautifully today as well!

I enjoyed Sony PSX as I had the thing chipped and played cheap games.

Would be interested to hear yours.

[Tommy Lund]

Hmm, I loved the NES and SNES when they first came out, but the older console I find myself playing most these days is the N64, so I have to go with that. (I am a Nintendo fanboy so I need to pick one of theirs :p)

It did have a load of games that sucked, but also quite a lot of gems. The gems including games like my favorite FPS, Goldeneye.

[Vizier]

Probably the SNES. :thumbsup:

Golden Ages of gaming.

[DoktorSardonic]

I've got a soft spot for the Nintendo 64. Lots of fond memories of playing 007 Goldeneye late into the night as a kid, or playing Mario Smash Brothers with my sister. I think SNES was my first console, though, and I remember Mario Cart fondly.

But the best of all? Hate me if you like, but I'd say the PS2. Max Payne and Resident Evil 4 are at the top of my all-time-favourites list, so that's my vote. The controller had a lot going for it too, though I realise it evolved out of the SNES controller.

[The Green Arrow]

Super Nintendo!! I grew up with it. My favourite games were Extra Innings and Madden 92.:D

[Cegstar]

For me, it's a tie between SNES and N64.

SNES - Super Mario RPG, Mario Kart,
N64 - Goldeneye, Star Fox, Mario Kart

I could add to the list, but those are the ones that stick out right now.

[ayingerbrau]

Seems a lot like the N64, a few of my friends are avid fans of it. I stuck with my SNES until the PSX had been out a few years, then got that, so missed out on the N64.

They were really good consoles though.

[evil_monkey]

SNES is pretty amazing, but I'm gonna go with Dreamcast. =]

[Σnigma]

Easily the Playstation 2. I never had any technical issues with it, and the reign of the PS2 saw the rise of some of the best-ever games. MGS3, GTA: San Andreas, Kingdom Hearts, etc. Plus, I was always fond of the Playstation controller layout.

[ayingerbrau]

Easily the Playstation 2. I never had any technical issues with it, and the reign of the PS2 saw the rise of some of the best-ever games. MGS3, GTA: San Andreas, Kingdom Hearts, etc. Plus, I was always fond of the Playstation controller layout.
Superb console to be quite honest. I remember the first GTA game coming out on the PS2, it was GTA: 3, my friend had, it, I played it and went and bought a PS2 with GTA: 3 the very next day.

Still, the overall appeal of the SNES was fucking insane, at the time, very, very fond memories.

[33% God]

Sega Dreamcast

[Travis Bickle]

The first system I ever had the Sega fucking Genesis.

[Yggdrasil]

inb4psfanboys :facepalm:

The cosoles I used as a kid were the SNES, N64, and Gameboy Color. I use to love playing Killer Instinct with my sister as the dinosaur guy, or playing that ridiculously hard Jurassic Park game. Street fighter 2 is pretty cool and the only one of the series I've ever played (Dhalsim ftmfw!). My SNES broke last December, and I've yet to fix it/get a replacement.

[Schwexx]

I'm jumping on board the SNES train.
I didn't even need an N64, SNES kept my entertained until gamecube came out.
Come on, Super Mario World, Mortal Kombats, Mario Kart, Star Fox....

and fucking SUPER MARIO RPG. The graphics were so ahead of its time on that game its ridiculous

[PooPfish]

SNES

[Your Local Crack Dealer]

xbox 360:eek:

[Nostalgia]

Nintendo 64.

Followed by PS2. This generation just doesn't keep up.

[Mirana]

SNES

/thread

[Mantikore]

PC. lawls.

but really, the N64 has all my favorite games

[Rocko]

For sheer nostalgia factor, SNES. Gotta love Starfox, Urban Strike, and Super Mario World.

For gameplay hours, PS2. Metal Gear Solid series, GTA: Vice City, and many others.

For non-console gameplay hours, PC by far.

[jheit8]

Atari 2600 for the variety or NES/SNES for more modern games.

[Caramello Koala]

snes, n64, gamecube, ps2, pc, they're all good.

[Anima Mundi]

I didn't have a SNES when I was a young kid, I had a Sega Genesis. I realize SNES is better now, but I have to say I like Genesis more for the nostalgia it brings with it. Golden axe and streets of rage? Fuck yes.

[crimsonsmoke]

PSX, PS2.

[PieGirl]

PS2, sega megadrive, PS3

[Haiti's Space Agency]

Definitely the first Xbox.
Halo:Combat Evolved.
Halo 2.
/thread

[a giant pterodactyl]

For me, probably the SNES.

Don't think I've got more enjoyment out of a single console like the SNES. All those Mario games when I was kid, Street Fighter, Killer Instinct and many others made this a simply awesome console. Still works beautifully today as well!

I enjoyed Sony PSX as I had the thing chipped and played cheap games.

Would be interested to hear yours.

Commoder 128 BOOYAH, those mystery word games played in DOS , oh how i miss them.

*you turn to the left and notice a ruby stuck in the sand* *picked up one ruby* lol simple yet fulfilling in a 1986 kind of way.

[33% God]

Definitely the first Xbox.
Halo:Combat Evolved.
Halo 2.
/thread

You are my new favorite poster.

[min.elskede]

Almost 30 posts, and no one has mentioned FF7 and how it stole their life for several months. I'm ashamed on everyone's behalf.

[Infidel Castro]

Sega Genesis, N64, or PS2.

I still have all three hooked up, and I'm not gonna chose a favorite.

[Jamie "fuck constipation" Lee Curtis]

Probably the ps2, since there are so many fun games for it.

A game for every occasion.

[Haiti's Space Agency]

You are my new favorite poster.

Awesome.

[Σnigma]

This generation just doesn't keep up.

Yeah, its really just a generation following the train of thought that "WE CAN MAKE A SEQUEL OUT OF ANYTHING!"

[Dr Porsche]

N64. Zelda, Goldeneye, Donkey kong, etc. I loved that console. :(

[BlackopsNinja]

Come on dude, N64 hands down. I have never ever had as much video game fun as I did with my 64, I replayed so many of those games because they were fun and challenging. I doubt any platform will ever come close to that.

[Snoopy]

Definitely the first Xbox.
Halo:Combat Evolved.
Halo 2.
/thread

Superb!

[Maddo]

Definitely the first Xbox.
Halo:Combat Evolved.
Halo 2.
/thread

Somebody had to say it. :thumbsup:

[Drugie_Phish]

SNES. I mean Jurassic Park anyone?

[Blunderfail]

xbox 360. what the fuck, snes? n64??? the grahpics are fucking lame... ur all fuckin noobs hahaha

[Not That Guy]

Sega Megadrive: the game Landstalker for me still the greatsest game ever made.
Zelda Orcana of Time on Nintendo came a close second.
Sure ive played better quality games since but at the time they had the wow factor thats yet to be emulated.

[Snoopy]

How to do it right:

Definitely the first Xbox.
Halo:Combat Evolved.
Halo 2.
/thread

How to do it wrong:

xbox 360. what the fuck, snes? n64??? the grahpics are fucking lame... ur all fuckin noobs hahaha

[Blunderfail]

^ lol... trust me, I know what I'm doing.

You have to make your trolling obvious enough for the majority of people to detect. Then when one person facepalms at your troll post, the rest of the forum makes fun of them.

It's the perfect li'l scheme.

[Snoopy]

How not to react with your phail:

^ lol... trust me, I know what I'm doing.

You have to make your trolling obvious enough for the majority of people to detect. Then when one person facepalms at your troll post, the rest of the forum makes fun of them.

It's the perfect li'l scheme.

[Blunderfail]

How not to react with your phail:

Listen cocksmoker! I've TRIED smart trolling! Remember my "I'm leaving forever" threads?! A majority of people still to this day think those were real! And it pisses me off! I've had to resort to this shit, and you know it! :mad: Fuck!

[007GoldenShower]

N64 by a country mile.

Every other console is bullshit, slight exceptions might go to the NES (not SNES) and 360.

PC > consoles. Disagree? You're obviously a virgin.

[Snoopy]

Listen cocksmoker! I've TRIED smart trolling! Remember my "I'm leaving forever" threads?! A majority of people still to this day think those were real! And it pisses me off! I've had to resort to this shit, and you know it! :mad: Fuck!

I'm fairly sure you don't have to teach me anything on leaving threads. People are still getting trolled by my leaving thread from 2006.

[Mantikore]

Almost 30 posts, and no one has mentioned FF7 and how it stole their life for several months. I'm ashamed on everyone's behalf.

actually, i only played FF7 for about half an hour before i got bored of the combat system. a lot of my friends still beg me to play it so i might download it one day.

[Apodyopsis]

sega megadrive for me, all the long hours i spent on sonic as a kid... haha

[Yggdrasil]

SNES. I mean Jurassic Park anyone?

Aww man, fuck that. I'd spend hours (and still do occasionally) trying to beat that shit. Flipping impossible, I swear.

[Township Rebellion]

Sega Genesis, N64, or PS2.

I still have all three hooked up, and I'm not gonna chose a favorite.

I'm going to have to go with exactly this. I think the N64 just pips the Dreamcast for overall fun factor - there were lots of good DC games and I loved mine despite some of the faults and frustrations.. and me missing most of the best games, the N64 was always great even though I never had one.

At one point I borrowed an N64 for almost the entirety of a summer, though. Goldeneye, Zelda: OoT, Mario 64, Perfect Dark, Star Fox 64, Cruisn' World, god knows what I'm forgetting.

I had a Genesis over the SNES. Although I like the SNES and agree it's better if only out of design and library, the Genesis had alot of good things going for it combined with a fuckload of good games. Unfortunately many of them only were "good" as opposed to "great". But the quantity was big enough and there was enough quality within that vast sea that it was worth it. The Sonic games, Revenge of Shinobi/S3, Road Rash 3, Comix Zone, Golden Axe(s), Streets of Rage(s), Toe Jam & Earl (I had panic on funkotron, which to this day is one of the most memorable games for me. To this day I yearn for a jar of chocolate pickles), there's too many to list.

I think the PS2 takes it for me. MGS3, recently, has been getting lots of play because I finally got round to completing it without Alerts, so I got the stealth camo. That's all I need, really.

The PS2 gets it for me because it was the first system I had while I was also gainfully employed, so I was able to buy all the games I wanted for it. I have almost all the games I wanted for it, I'm missing maybe one or two. My PS2 has never broken in the 6 or 7 years I've had it, and still works to this day, only taking a little longer to boot up certain games. Today it's been on since I got out of bed and I've left it paused with the TV off whenever I left to go do something. And it will continue to do this.

It's like a Toyota MR2. It always works and it's always entertaining.

[Paragon]

SNES, followed closely by the N64.

[harry_hardcore_hoedown]

PS2 and SNES.

[Sark]

SNES. Basically, my entire youth rolled into one quality console. Be it owning my friends on MarioKart, finding extra levels on Mario World, Mini Tournaments on Fifa 96 and NHL 96...and of course, the jewel in the crown, Donkey Kong Country. Probably my favourite platformer ever.

[Kureishima]

Definitely the first Xbox.
Halo:Combat Evolved.
Halo 2.
/thread


lol? a joke approaches? Because you can't be serious.

[Maddo]

SNES. Basically, my entire youth rolled into one quality console. Be it owning my friends on MarioKart, finding extra levels on Mario World, Mini Tournaments on Fifa 96 and NHL 96...and of course, the jewel in the crown, Donkey Kong Country. Probably my favourite platformer ever.

DKC + Mario Bro's All Stars = Years of enjoyed time wasting.

[wmt9]

For me, it's a tie between SNES and N64.

SNES - Super Mario RPG, Mario Kart,
N64 - Goldeneye, Star Fox, Mario Kart, super smash bros, zelda ocarina of time, super mario 64

I could add to the list, but those are the ones that stick out right now.

fixed.

Favorite ever eh? hmm. I can't decide between game boy color or the ds lite. but nes n64 psx ps2 and windows 95 deserve honorable mentions too.

lol? a joke approaches? Because you can't be serious.

Hes serious but obviously like 12 years old.
My 12 year old sister would choose her game boy color over the xbox or ps2

[Deadlock]

SNES. I mean Jurassic Park anyone?

Man, I remember playing that for hours on end! The ending sucked though, some lame ass text that says "You've survived Jurassic Park!". :rolleyes:

Atari 2600 was my first console way back in the 80's, not my favorite though. Technically it's the PC (for the Fallout series), but that's not a console.

So toss-up between ...
1.) Neo-Geo = Metal Slug!
2.) N64 = Ocarnia of Time
OR
3.) PSX = Final Fantasy VIII & Tactics, Ore no Ryori (only reason I started learning Japanese)

[Shrike]

DC for me. With N64 a very close second.

[Kureishima]

For a favorite, I can't really pick one to be honest. I love the NES/Genesis quite a lot. Also enjoy the 64. SNES is good, and there are titles I love to death on it (TMNT IV/SF II/SMW/etc), but for some reason it's just not there in my head like NES/Genesis.

SNES is probably on par with 64, PSX comes after those. I still love my Saturn to death, but for other reasons.

[wmt9]

Man, I remember playing that for hours on end! The ending sucked though, some lame ass text that says "You've survived Jurassic Park!". :rolleyes:

Atari 2600 was my first console way back in the 80's, not my favorite though. Technically it's the PC (for the Fallout series), but that's not a console.

So toss-up between ...
1.) Neo-Geo = Metal Slug!
2.) N64 = Ocarnia of Time
OR
3.) PSX = Final Fantasy VIII & Tactics, Ore no Ryori (only reason I started learning Japanese)

The entire metal slug collection is available for pc now. So its your favorite.

[CrazyJoe]

Super Nintendo > N64 > NES

Link to the Past, Super Mario RPG, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger

Banjo Kazooie, Super Smash Bros, Ocarina of Time

Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt, Super Mario Bros 3

[33% God]

Yeah, its really just a generation following the train of thought that "WE CAN MAKE A SEQUEL OUT OF ANYTHING!"

I don't understand this. There's tons of new IPs and games out there this generation,but everyone just wants to take a shit on them. In this generation we have stuff like

Mirror's Edge
Dead Space
inFamous
Dead Rising
Resistance: Fall of Man
Viva Pinata
Lost Odyssey
Gears of War
Bioshock
LittleBigPlanet
The Darkness
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Then COUNTLESS new games on the Wii that i'm not even going to list for time constraints.

People will whine "It's just more FPS",but then you have something like LittleBigPlanet and Viva Pinata,and then they'll have something to complain about with that. There's no pleasing people.

Quality > nostalgia. As much as I loved my N64,i'm not going back to play Goldeneye over TF2.

[Kureishima]

But Golden Eye is great and a classic.

[Snoopy]

lol? a joke approaches? Because you can't be serious.

Every time someone posts a post like this, it adds an inch to alexander224's huge troll-boner.

[Haiti's Space Agency]

lol? a joke approaches? Because you can't be serious.

Is there a reason I shouldn't be serious?

[Snoopy]

Is there a reason I shouldn't be serious?

+1"

[33% God]

But Golden Eye is great and a classic.

Yeah,you're right,it is a classic. Another word for classic is old. I'm not going to go back and play a game that's outdated with terrible controls just because it's a "classic".

[Σnigma]

I don't understand this. There's tons of new IPs and games out there this generation,but everyone just wants to take a shit on them. In this generation we have stuff like

Mirror's Edge
Dead Space
inFamous
Dead Rising
Resistance: Fall of Man
Viva Pinata
Lost Odyssey
Gears of War
Bioshock
LittleBigPlanet
The Darkness
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Then COUNTLESS new games on the Wii that i'm not even going to list for time constraints.

People will whine "It's just more FPS",but then you have something like LittleBigPlanet and Viva Pinata,and then they'll have something to complain about with that. There's no pleasing people.

Quality > nostalgia. As much as I loved my N64,i'm not going back to play Goldeneye over TF2.

Well obviously not every game is a sequel, but for the most part, aren't they? I could spout a list of sequels myself.

FEAR 2.
Killzone 2.
GTA4.
Halo 3.
Resident Evil 5.
Final Fantasy fucking 18 or whatever.
C&C Red Alert 3.
The Godfather 2.
Ninja Gaiden 2.
Metal Gear Solid 4.
Devil May Cry 4.
Destroy All Human 2/3.
Condemned 2.
Guitar Hero in every way, shape, or form.

With plenty more where that comes from.

[Barney'sDealer]

I loved the SNES. Now a days every game that comes out is some video game about how your some hard core gangster and how you have to kill 80 people to get your weed, or it's in fuckin' iraq. SNES had classics like Battle Tank which was my favorite.

[Uncle Fester]

Nintendo 64,hands down had all the best games, 007, perfect dark, super mario, paper mario, Both Legend of Zelda's, Mario cart, and one of the best, Super Smash

[Cegstar]

fixed.

Favorite ever eh? hmm. I can't decide between game boy color or the ds lite. but nes n64 psx ps2 and windows 95 deserve honorable mentions too.



Hes serious but obviously like 12 years old.
My 12 year old sister would choose her game boy color over the xbox or ps2
I can't believe I forgot super smash brothers for n64.... spent so many hours on the game!

[zuperxtreme]

N64 and the PS2 are my favorite.

I've owned a SNES, N64, Gameboy color and PS2.

I have very fond memories of my friends and I playing the N64 outside until it was dark out. Super smash bros(making little minigames out of regular matches), Zelda, Goldeneye, Mario kart, Perfect dark, etc. It just brings back a ton of memories.

But then again, I've also had great experiences with the PS2. I had mine for 6-7 years. It's chipped, I used .elf programs to play AVI's and watch a ton of movies, countless hours playing Final Fantasy games, it's just a great console. The lens recently burned out, it was getting old and I had to periodically adjust it and it was obviously going to wither out sooner or later...

I'm still not decided on these new consoles... you hear too much problems with the 360, the PS3 lacks titles and the Wii, while "revolutionary", also lacks games and horsepower...

But yeah, N64 gets my vote. I'll probably buy it again. :)

[Township Rebellion]

Well obviously not every game is a sequel, but for the most part, aren't they? I could spout a list of sequels myself.

FEAR 2.
Killzone 2.
GTA4.
Halo 3.
Resident Evil 5.
Final Fantasy fucking 18 or whatever.
C&C Red Alert 3.
The Godfather 2.
Ninja Gaiden 2.
Metal Gear Solid 4.
Devil May Cry 4.
Destroy All Human 2/3.
Condemned 2.
Guitar Hero in every way, shape, or form.

With plenty more where that comes from.

Yeah, but there have been sequels on pretty much every console since the Atari days! Hell, the NES alone had 3 mario games plus a bunch of spin-off titles with mario in it! The genesis had 5 Sonic platformers that I can remember - counting 3D Blast, as well as a couple spin offs of its own. If you look deeply you'll find a rather long list of sequels for pretty much every console. During the last generation of systems, everyone was groaning about the rash of sequels showing up for all the consoles, but look at how many fresh titles came out? At least 7 of those games you mentioned all started out on the previous generation of systems. Just like many good games that came out last gen were sequels of good games that came out the generation previous.

Sure, there are lots of sequels out now, but so what? Many of them are at least decent anyway, and besides which some games deserve continuation. I'm all for new, fresh experiences, but we're getting those anyway! And we'll get alot more! And, the good ones will probably get sequels that may or may not be better! It's been like this for a looooong time.

[Kureishima]

Yeah,you're right,it is a classic. Another word for classic is old. I'm not going to go back and play a game that's outdated with terrible controls just because it's a "classic".

That's crazy to me. "Old" is not a synonym for "classic". Classic, to me, is still a very playable game and very capable.

I think Golden Eye is such. It's very fast, maybe no Yaxis look, but neither did Doom. .

[Township Rebellion]

That's crazy to me. "Old" is not a synonym for "classic". Classic, to me, is still a very playable game and very capable.

I think Golden Eye is such. It's very fast, maybe no Yaxis look, but neither did Doom. .

This. Just because a game got old doesn't make it unplayable. Goldeneye is quite dated by modern standards but it's still incredibly fun now. The controls are quite good once you get used to them, in fact the only limiting factor is physical wear on the control stick - which would degrade control significantly. But then that's the truth with any N64 game, which makes it a moot point.

I suppose most people that don't like Goldeneye these days are Halo fans.

[Kureishima]

This. Just because a game got old doesn't make it unplayable. Goldeneye is quite dated by modern standards but it's still incredibly fun now. The controls are quite good once you get used to them, in fact the only limiting factor is physical wear on the control stick - which would degrade control significantly. But then that's the truth with any N64 game, which makes it a moot point.

I suppose most people that don't like Goldeneye these days are Halo fans.

This is very true. Halo is what the word on the street is.

I'm always up for Golden Eye - it's so much faster than many other FPS. It's almost Timesplitters fast (but I don't really like Timesplitters).

[33% God]

Well obviously not every game is a sequel, but for the most part, aren't they? I could spout a list of sequels myself.

FEAR 2.
Killzone 2.
GTA4.
Halo 3.
Resident Evil 5.
Final Fantasy fucking 18 or whatever.
C&C Red Alert 3.
The Godfather 2.
Ninja Gaiden 2.
Metal Gear Solid 4.
Devil May Cry 4.
Destroy All Human 2/3.
Condemned 2.
Guitar Hero in every way, shape, or form.

With plenty more where that comes from.

Well yeah,i'm not saying there aren't sequels,but there are just as many good,original games coming out. You can't just over look them and then complain it's nothing but sequels. You have to actually take the time and play them.

This. Just because a game got old doesn't make it unplayable. Goldeneye is quite dated by modern standards but it's still incredibly fun now. The controls are quite good once you get used to them, in fact the only limiting factor is physical wear on the control stick - which would degrade control significantly. But then that's the truth with any N64 game, which makes it a moot point.

I suppose most people that don't like Goldeneye these days are Halo fans.

The reason I can't play Goldeneye is the aiming scheme. Don't you have to stand completely still and hold the R button to bring up the cross-hair if i'm not mistaken?

I bought Goldeneye when it first came out on the N64 and it blew me away,but i'm not going to take time from games i'm playing now to go back to it. It had it's time and place for me and i'm past it.

[Haiti's Space Agency]

Well yeah,i'm not saying there aren't sequels,but there are just as many good,original games coming out. You can't just over look them and then complain it's nothing but sequels. You have to actually take the time and play them.



The reason I can't play Goldeneye is the aiming scheme. Don't you have to stand completely still and hold the R button to bring up the cross-hair if i'm not mistaken?

I bought Goldeneye when it first came out on the N64 and it blew me away,but i'm not going to take time from games i'm playing now to go back to it. It had it's time and place for me and i'm past it.
I fully fucking agree.

[Goatse]

xbox360 cuz of halo nd CoD!!! im pwn at those games

[Township Rebellion]

Well yeah,i'm not saying there aren't sequels,but there are just as many good,original games coming out. You can't just over look them and then complain it's nothing but sequels. You have to actually take the time and play them.



The reason I can't play Goldeneye is the aiming scheme. Don't you have to stand completely still and hold the R button to bring up the cross-hair if i'm not mistaken?

Yes, to make an accurate shot, you had to hold down the R button and you'd be glued in place. However, for standard, speedy gunfighting this was unneccessary. The control stick moved and turned, the C buttons strafed and looked up and down. The aiming was automatic, if you were facing someone in their general direction the computer aimed your gun at whoever was there. But it was refined, it didn't jerk around on you and it worked 99% of the time. To make it 100%, experienced players used the C buttons in tandem with control stick movement to allow complete control and accurate, quick shooting, without having to negate agility. It worked brilliantly once you got used to it.

[16bit]

N64 or SNES. It's an extremely hard choice.

One has super metroid, the other has Ocarina of time and Majora's mask =/.

I think I'll have to go with N64. Why isn't this a poll?

[Jack]

I didn't have a SNES when I was a young kid, I had a Sega Genesis. I realize SNES is better now, but I have to say I like Genesis more for the nostalgia it brings with it. Golden axe and streets of rage? Fuck yes.

Fuck yeah, Sega 6-pak.


Why isn't this a poll?


Because it would go about like this:

"wtf why isn't the atari panther on there"

"lol panther furfag"

"wat"

"wtf is a sega genesis is that like the megadrive"

"lol britfag"

"wat"

"consoles are gay, real men are PC gamers"

"enjoy your non-dedicated resources and endless maintenance faggot"

"wat"

[White Jesus]

The genesis was pretty sweet
Shining force was the first game I ever played

[Kureishima]

Atari Panther.. lol...