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Personally, the PS3 is my favourite. The OG backwards compatible one. And the emulation capabilities are still awesome to me.
The SNES will always be my favorite console. It's got some stinkers in the library, but the best games of the console still frequently rank among the best games ever made
16-bit pixel art is basically the standard that all modern “retro” games use and the SNES was one of the best for it. Neo geo also was amazing for that art style.
The Dreamcast and Wii are what comes to my mind.
The DC was ahead of its time and has a kick ass library. It also had a sweet gimmick with the VMUs. If SEGA had supported the fuckin' thing, it could have been even better. Perhaps even gotten further iterations. And if the VMUs came with it, they possibly could have figured out a console/handheld hybrid like the WiiU and Switch before Nintendo.
The Wii is really just for its gimmick and Miis and the music. The motion controls were super well done, especially after Wii Motion Plus. Even tho the only games these days I would go back and play are all the Wii Sports games and maybe uh... Forgot the name, but the samurai FPS game. Just the first one tho. The second one kinda sucked.
Gamecube probably holds the most special place in my heart. More for the games that released for it than for the console itself.
I love the design of the console. It’s fun, which was miles away from the testosterone teenage boy styling of the ps2 ( no shade still a good design)
But. The controllers weren’t the most comfortable.
Playstation 1
Over 4000 games, many of which are weirdly experimental because "how to make 3D games" wasn't codified yet, and CDs gave developers about 200 times more space than they had on the biggest cartridges from the previous gen - not to mention the lower cost of production.
Also, most of the soundtracks are absolute bangers.
Edit: another point - growing up poor, I still got to experience a lot of the PS1's library because of the abundance of demo discs.
PS1 was truly an amazing console
Playstation 2
PS2. Due to it's game library.
N64 for me partially nostalgia but I still love the cartridges even though i know they are sub optimal and the controller and the games in general are still top tier to me.
I have to give it to the Nintendo DS. Absolutely incredible library, much of it too unique to play anywhere else.
My first console was a sega mega drive. My favourite was the PlayStation 2
The OG Xbox was so good.
Modding it was surprisingly easy, all you needed was a memory card (or a DIY adapter for plugging in a USB drive into a controller port) and a copy of Splinter Cell.
Not only would this allow you to rip games and play them directly from your hard drive, but it also opened up the world of emulators and homebrew apps & games. Shoutout to the xbins IRC channel.
XBMC was amazing, it allowed me to watch all my legally obtained media without having to burn DVDs. Crazy to think that would eventually lead to Plex, which I still use to this day.
I also played around with Damn Small Linux on the Xbox, which is what got me interested in Linux in the first place.
Now that I think about it, tinkering around with that console ultimately led to my love of homelabbing and Linux - I now run 9 servers in my utility room, and only use Linux on all my machines.
Thanks Microslop!
Nintendo DS
That era was so good that Nintendo didn't even know what they had until they screwed it up and lost to modern smartphones.
PC
I haven't played many, more of PC gamer. But, of the Atari 2600, Radio Shack TV Scoreboard, Atari 5200, Sega Genesis, GameCube, and Wii, I'll pick the Sega Genesis. Yes, I was around for the launch of all of these, including the original Pong, which was the first video game I played. I'm fucking old.
Steam Deck?
Probably either the NES or the SNES. The NES felt the most "magical" at the time. Before the NES, consoles had games that were general clunky and not particularly fun and controllers that were all over the place. There was a good reason that the NES revived the console industry. The SNES just happens to be the home of many of my favorite games of all time. If we're going newer, then I suppose the PS1 or PS3 (before Sony ruined it) would be my choices.
Definitely a tie between xbox360 and PS2.
Definitly not biased because they're the 2 consoles I played the most growing up. No. There's a totally reasonable explanation. And would you look at the time! Gotta blast!
ps2.
I loved the ps3 don't take me wrong, but the ps2 just had that nostolgia and legacy aspects of it. The splash screen, the menu design, the simplicity. It was so nice.
For me it's the N64. I know it's a slightly dubious pick, but there's something alluring about those early 3D graphics. No one knew what they were doing yet and it produced some of the most lovable jank.
I wasted many hours on my PS2. So much ratchet and clank.
Poor N64 and its fucked up joystick get no love
Mari Kart 64 and 007 was my love.
The Steam Deck, if it counts. I can play most of the consoles pictured here on it.
If not, gotta go with SNES.
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The original Xbox was my absolute favorite. Still old enough to have the classic memory cards and weird console ports, but new enough that its all actually just reskinned pc hardware. The UI was simple but easy and had this fantastic early 2k style. I didn't even care that it was disgustingly green.
On top of all that, it was an era where basically everything could get greenlit. Shrek sequel game? Do it. Bounty hunter in a batshit crazy world using bigs as bullets? Knock yourself out. Love letter to golden eye, even if we can't get the rights? You bet! What if I wanna watch softcore porn with the bros but justify it by saying we're gaming? That's fucking weird, but have at it. Literally anything could get a game.
SNES or PS1
360 for me. All my friends had one and spent soooo much time playing halo 3 and GoW online. Good times
September 1997, my dad gets us a second hand Sega Megadrive from who knows where, with Sonic and a couple other games. My mind is blown. All these gorgeous, rapidly-moving images... some time later we get a stack of games at the flea market : Sonic 2, Coolspot, Rocket Knight Adventures (gorgeous platformers), Hellfire (a horizontal scrolling space shmup), D&D, an F1 game (maybe Senna?), Last Battle (impossible to beat), Streets of Rage 1&2, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat... I have most of these installed on my computer with Romstation today
I couldn’t possibly choose. To this day I still get a lot of mileage out of the SNES, Genesis, PS1, PS2, GBA, and Nintendo DS libraries.
3DS, no contest. Even factoring in PCs, Steam Deck is a bit behind.
I'm past the phase of daily playing it, but still don't usually leave home without it, and I feel I'm only halfway through games I might be interested in after almost a decade. I just found Professor Layton this year.
The Wii.
It is such an underpowered console, with only a handful of must have titles if that.
But man those titles hold up. Even my little gen alphers love it and get into it. Its mostly just a wii sports machine but its still going strong even in this era of mobile and AAA gaming.
I have a bunch of old consoles but the Wii is the only one that gets regular play without needing convincing.
SNES (Super Famicom?) is the one I think of when I think "console".
N64 gave me the best Xmas ever playing Goldeneye with my 2 brothers. 4 controller ports! No more fighting eachother with "winner stops on" rules.
Xbox 360 takes it overall i think. Shipped with a headset and Xbox Live started mass adoption with internet speeds actually making it playable and not a complete laggy mess. There was a sense of, not community, but shared wonder and optimism that I've not encountered since.
This is a surprisingly hard question.
I’d have to say either snes or n64.
I probably played n64 more. There were so many good games on it.
Mario 64 Banjo Kazoie Golden eye Perfect dark Shadows of the empire Ocarina of time Pod racing Star Fox Mario party Bondsman hero
I just wrote up, so I know I’m forgetting some stuff, help me out
I played the absolute crap out of my Genesis more than anything else, i was obsessed with SF:2 CE and the six button controller was a game changer. But for every other genre the SNES has more of my favorite games compared to any system I have. There’s just a charm and feeling of care put into some its games that is just leaps and bounds above everything. Hard to describe.
For pure slickness of the hardware and user experience—the Gamecube, NeoGeo Pocket Color and Dreamcast mesmerized me upon purchase from that alone. Of course they all have some bangers. Also the joystick on the NGPC is amazing.
PS2 or PS1. I played the PS2 more than the PS1 but the PS1 is more nostalgic for some reason. I don't think the games were better per say but I have fonder memories on SO2 than eg. Til the End of Time. Really wish they'd remake Tales of the Abyss tho
Honestly, taking off my nostalgia goggles here, I'm gonna say the Switch. Handheld and TV usage in one device was amazing. It's got its problems, yeah, and Nintendo is not really an admirable company, but it was nice.
With my nostalgia goggles on, PS2, no question. Because it was a PS2 AND a PS1. Never played PS3, barely played 360. By that time I was basically a full PC gamer. My original one broke (don't remember how), so I got the slim one. it's crazy durable, I think because it has a lot less moving parts. I tried to do some hot swap disk stuff with it, so I had to use clamps to hold it shut lol, but it still worked. Never could get the disk swap to work.
If we include handhelds, then I think it's the Gameboy Advance SP. Rechargeable and backlit was a crazy innovation. (Yes yes, I know in Japan there was a version of a Gameboy that was backlit.)
The OG Gameboy pocket I had was shit. It was my first gaming thing ever though. So hard to see. Gameboy color was fine. Just not really as amazing as Advance. GBA loses to SP though. As for DS, I don't know, I never had a beef with it, but I feel like the jump from color to advance wasn't quite as big to me as advance to DS. Plus, the DS was sort of the beginning of Nintendo's weird gimmick era. I'd call the Wii U the end. So many motion controls...
I had a PS4, but didn't play too much on it. Basically just Ratchet, God of War 2018 and Ragnarok, and Death Stranding. It didn't feel any better than a computer to me. At least the Switch is unique in that it can be portable.
Not a console but the psp, it was so hackable and customizable and one of the first handhelds that did 3d and emulation well.
As a console, probably the n64, mostly cause the game changing factor compared to its predecessors and sick ass titles. Nintendo sucks balls now and I dont buy any of their shit but it was cool back then.
PS3 was the last revolutionary console imo. It's my favorite as well. It was focused on gaming but I could watch porn on it too! Plus it had blue ray!
My PC.
But if it has to be a console console, N64. Easy.
Steam deck. Does it count? Plays everything you see here and more.
Consoles are kinda meh. Can't do much with them.
That said I think the ps2 with network and hardrive, then the ps3, then the wii. I like them all for what they could be made to do and have one of each.
But really: all superceded by the steam deck. (Ended up selling my PSP, no need for it anymore).
Probably GBA or PS2. I was a teenager and started working part time jobs, so I had money to buy the games I wanted. I was also getting a bit older, so my parents were relaxing my restrictions a bit. I couldn't play RPGs as a kid since apparently anything having to do with demons or magic would turn me into a cultist.
Special mention for the N64 as well. I have countless memories of playing 4-player games with friends, primarily Goldeneye (though Perfect Dark was better and I will die on that hill).
Mega Drive. Home of Sonic, Streets of Rage, Toe Jam & Earl and many other great games
I honestly don't know how I could pick one favourite. I have super fond memories of the Sega Genesis, SNES, N64, Gamecube, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, I really could not say which one is a favourite.