What do you think is the most overrated retro console?

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burningdoom:
Saturn. I had one for years, and it mostly collected dust. The arcade favorites like Virtua Cop, Marvel fighting games, and Daytona USA are fun, but can get old pretty quick. And apparently the RPGs are good, but then I wouldn't know since they usually go for like $100+. The shoot-em ups are admittedly pretty damn good, but it's not like I can't get just as good shoot-em ups on the PS1. Other than that, the library is kind of limited, and a lot of what's good is going for more than I like to pay for retro-games. My PS1 still gets a ton a playtime, though; because of it's large, varied, and affordable library. I feel Sega fell hard that generation. But a lot retro-gamers put the Saturn on a pedestal and I've never felt that kind of love for it.

soera:
Im not going to comment cause everyone knows my answer. :)

matimo:
The Dreamcast, it failed for many good reasons, yet people seem to love it now because it's collectible. >:(

segaomega21:
Probably I would have to say the Atari 2600, There are several games for this system, and given the option to play NES or Atari 2600 its obvious that most people would rather play something where they don't have to use their imagination to tell whats going on. I guess the 2600 probably isn't that overrated to begin with, but people who give it praise don't realize how boring the games got over time, and how poorly the good ones aged. I literally can't sit down and play any 2600 game for more than 10-15 minutes without a friend to poke fun at the quality, and goofy qualities of the "graphics". I have a lot of respect for the 2600 but there's just not that much replay-ability.

Cartagia:
I think I would have to go with NES, actually.

Seeing some of the other answers so far (Saturn, Atari), I wouldn't be able to call them overrated, because most of the people I talk to don't have high opinion (or any opinion at all really) on them. You'd have to look at thinks that generally have a positive reputation, which really only leaves you with the NES, Genesis, Dreamcast, N64 and SNES, and I think most people (and not everyone) think that Genesis was a good, but possibly not great console. I personally think the Dreamcast is a little underrated, which leaves me with NES, SNES, and N64.

I'd say the N64 is out right away. Its got some fantastic games, but a ton of unmitigated crap, and not nearly as strong a library as the other two.

They both had their share of bad games, but I think the SNES edges out a bit because it didn't really have as much hardware problems as the NES. At least for me.

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