Favorite Retro Console

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thecollector0o7:

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--- Quote from: soera on October 15, 2012, 09:32:34 am ---N64: Honestly, what can I say good about it other than it has a good Mario Kart game. The library is sad compared to most other systems and it offers nothing as far as RPGs go. The controller is ... omg, ridiculous. Who the hell has 3 hands to hold this thing? Nintendo made a bad choice in making this still a cartridge system trying to compete with Playstation and as such the crappy games it had were 2-3 times the price. They did try all sorts of gimmics to make the system sell (countless different colored systems, rumble support, etc) but it didnt do much in my opinion.

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i can answer a few questions for you

cartridge system: nintendo stared the development of the n64 in the early 1990s and cds were somewhat new so going with cds would of been a vary risky move

gimmics:nintendo has always done this to see what will sell and what will stay

controller:its just something that you have to get used to like i did

game:there are a lot of good games on it you just have to look for them

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I agree there are many amazing titles for the n64, yes there are quite a few terrible ones but I think the jewels out shine them. as for the controller, it is a weird model but if you think about it the d pad is on the (third handle) and that is not used very often. As was stated CD's were very new and after the mess up with sony and the flop of the zelda and mario games on the Phillips CDI, Nintendo went back to the way they knew which was carts.

scott:
My top retro consoles would have to be:

Saturn - So many good games and it's really an under appreciated console. Possibly the best console of the generation for arcade ports and there is a huge library of imports to play. I'm seriously tempted to pick up a second one to mod for region free play.

Game Boy - It's the system that helped me survive years of road trips. I can't even count the number of AA batteries I've gone through on that thing.

PlayStation 2 - It was the 2nd console I ever bought on my own. So many good games and memories. I traded some of my games off for it though and am in the process of re-buying them now.

disgaeniac:
PS3 (Launch "fattie" w/ PS1, 2, and 3 playability) > PS2 (playing PS1 & 2 games) > PS1...FTW!

jcalder8:
There are just too many games on each that I enjoy but if I had a gun to my head I would pick the NES. It's what I grew up with and I love the originality of the games.

tpugmire:
To play: SNES. So many great games and a good sized library.

To collect for: NES. A huge library, and the vast majority can be had quite cheaply nowadays.

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