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nova1977:
I'm gonna be weird and say that the original Xbox manages to beat all else in my mind, even though I'm a huge Nintendo fan and have since shifted to the Playstation hemisphere after the 360 lost me. Maybe it's just because of KotOR 1+2, but even to this day it's a fun console to collect for considering its games are pretty cheap. Had the best graphics of the generation, too! It's funny that I was never really involved in the major selling points for the console though... never liked Halo much and didn't have a live subscription back then. Just a lot of good memories (should point out I didn't have a PS2 back then, and if I had chosen it instead it would certainly been in the running).

Runner up is either the 3DS or PS3, I got both systems around when I started to get some actual income and I started to try out series that I had never had the money or time to get into.

psydswipe:
The Sega Genesis is my favorite though I can't say that I've played it too much in the past 20 years. Back when I was a teenager I really got into sports video games and played a ton of EA's NHL and Madden games, as well as a fair amount of NBA Live and FIFA. I don't see too many fans of sports games on these forums, perhaps because they aren't very unique or interesting to collect. I don't play too many sports games anymore, but back then I was someone that wanted the new version each year. Aside from sports games, my favorites were Golden Axe, Phantasy Star II, and Warsong. I played so much Golden Axe that I had memorized where each enemy would appear. I'm looking at my manual right now as I used to write down all of my scores in it (Sega put in three pages labeled Scorebook) and while I can't really remember how the game was scored, it looks like my top score was 390.0 as Gilius Thunderhead. I've got Strength ratings written down here too and can't recall at all what that was. That particular score was 69.0 but I did have higher strength in other games with slightly lower overall scores. The game assigned grades too; I've received as high as A+++ which I'm guessing was the best 8) I know I played that game over and over trying to perfect my scores which is not something I do these days.

I'm not too sure I can name 20 Genesis exclusives and I don't really own that many non-sports games. Unfortunately I did trade a few in for credit to get Lunar: The Silver Star on Sega CD. It's the only time I've ever traded in games and still regret it a little even if not all of them were great. A few I traded it because I got them on the Sega CD Genesis classics compilation, though I still wish I had kept the cartridges, such as Streets of Rage. During the 16-bit era I also rented a lot of games from a local video store. I remember liking Flashback but not having enough time to finish it. I did finish Gunstar Heroes and Strider. Of course I've played some Sonic the Hedgehog games too, though I've never been a big fan of platform games. Ecco the Dolphin was a unique game but I don't think I played the original on Genesis. I did try it more recently on a Genesis compilation. Speedball 2 was a favorite even though I never owned it. I've got the first one on Commodore 64 and did later pick up Speedball 2 on XBLA. The old Shinobi games are fun too. Revenge of Shinobi's ending area had all of those damn doors and forced me to check a magazine's strategy guide :-[ Browsing the VGCollect listings quickly for some other exclusives: Moonwalker , ToeJam & Earl, and Herzog Zwei -- all games I did rent.

kamikazekeeg:
I would probably say the N64, even if it's not the best console, but it has some of my favorite games of all time on it and I love it's design (even if the controller isn't remotely comfortable lol). I'm certainly holding a bunch of nostalgia for it which might be way, but I just love it.

For exclusives, let me see...Not sure I can pull up twenty personal favorite exclusives, but I'll try.

1. Super Mario 64
2. Banjo-Kazooie
3. Banjo-Tooie
4. Donkey Kong 64
5. Diddy Kong Racing
6. Mario Kart 64
7. Goldeneye
8. Beetle Adventure Racing
9. Conker's Bad Fur Day
10. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
11. Perfect Dark
12. Pilotwings 64
13. Star Fox 64
14. Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire
15. Super Smash Bros

About all I could add. There are other good games, but I either don't have solid memories for them, or didn't play them enough to feel like I should add them. Like I never beat Majora's Mask and I don't want to add it there just because I'm a huge Zelda fan lol

If I had to pick another console with abit less nostalgia hanging over it, I'd probably say the Playstation 2. Tons of great games on it.

abe:
Definitely the SNES. It has so many awesome exclusive games and some of my favorite games of all time. Here's some of my favorites for the system (in no particular order):

-Earthbound
-Super Metroid
-Chrono Trigger
-Mega Man 7
-Mega Man X
-Mega Man X 2
-Mega Man X 3
-Donkey Kong Country
-Kirby Super Star
-Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
-Final Fantasy II
-Final Fantasy III
-Super Mario RPG
-Sim City
-Contra III
-Castlevania Dracula X

I could easily keep going, but I don't want to make my post too long.

krelyan:
Original Playstation was the big one. It was right around the sweet spot of me being 11-12 when I started playing it. The Gamecube is also pretty special as it was the first console I purchased myself when I was in college and it was nice to re-immerse myself with all the Nintendo franchises I hadn't seen since I was a child on the NES (never owned a SNES or 64).

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