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What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« on: February 13, 2017, 12:03:05 am »
What is your favorite console from each generation, decade or era of gaming? :) 

Here are my faves :D

1975-1980 - Atari 2600
1980-1985 - Vectrex
1985-1990- NES
1990-1995- SNES
1995- 2000- N64
2000-2005- PS2
2005-2010- PS2
2010-2015- Xbox 360
Now- 3ds/Xbox One
2017-2021- Switch  ;D (I have faith)

Consoles that dominated specific years for me :D

Wii U  2015
Gamecube- 2002
Wii- 2007



burningdoom

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Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2017, 12:20:30 am »
2nd - Commodore 64
3rd - NES
4th - SNES
5th - PS1
6th - PS2
7th - XBox 360 (I've barely played PS3)
8th - XBox One (I have yet to play a PS4)

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2017, 02:05:23 am »
I'll break it down by generations:

3rd: NES
4th: Genesis
5th: N64
6th: Dreamcast
7th: PS3
8th: PS4

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2017, 07:06:44 am »
1st Gen : Don't really care about any but I'd say the first Magnavox Odyssey
2nd Gen : Atari 2600, even if I don't have any of the gen it's the one that interest me the most
3rd Gen : Same as 2nd don't have any of that gen but the Master System is the one i'd get first
4th Gen : Super Nintendo
5th Gen : PS1
6th Gen : PS2 even tho I absolutely ADORE the Dreamcast too!
7th Gen : PS3, I adore the Xbox 360 and Wii too but it has some of my favorite games on it
8th Gen : Xbox One

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2017, 08:24:30 am »
3rd: NES
4th: SNES
5th: PS1
6th: PS2
7th: PS3
8th: PS4

kashell

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2017, 08:28:40 am »
Third: NES and Game Boy
Fourth: SNES and Game Boy
Fifth: PlayStation, but the Saturn is closely behind. Game Boy Color for the portable.
Sixth: PlayStation 2 and Game Boy Advance
Seventh: PlayStation 3 and PSP
Eighth: PlayStation 4 and Vita

turf

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Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2017, 09:07:28 am »
2nd - Atari 2600
3rd - NES
4th - SNES
5th - N64
6th - At the time: Xbox     Now: GameCube
7th - XBox 360 (I've barely played PS3)
8th - WiiU


Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2017, 10:06:09 am »
1st Gen: I'd say Pong, just because it's the only one I've played from that generation.
2nd Gen: Atari 2600
3rd Gen: NES I suppose
4th Gen: SNES
5th Gen: N64
6th Gen: PS2
7th Gen: 360
8th Gen: *shrug* Wii U or X1?  All 3 systems piss me off for different reasons.


Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2017, 03:38:38 pm »
Vectrex
Vectrex
Vectrex
Vectrex
Vectrex

soera

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2017, 04:29:57 pm »
First gen - Too early for me
Second gen - Atari 2600
Third gen - Sega master
Fourth gen - SNES
Fifth gen - PS1
Sixth gen - PS2
Seventh gen - PS3
Eighth gen - PS4


For definition purposes (according to wiki anyhow) :
The first generation of video game consoles began with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey, the first commercial home video game console, was released in May 1972. This generation came to an end when Nintendo discontinued the Color TV-Game series in 1980.
The second generation of video game consoles began when the Fairchild Channel F was released in May 1976. This generation came to an end when Atari discontinued the Atari 2600 on January 1, 1992.
The third generation of video game consoles began with both Sega and Nintendo releasing SG-1000 and Nintendo Entertainment System (known in Japan as the Family Computer), respectively, on July 15, 1983 in Japan. This generation came to an end when Nintendo discontinued the Nintendo Entertainment System on September 25, 2003 in Japan.
The fourth generation of video game consoles began when the TurboGrafx-16 was released on October 30, 1987. This generation came to an end when SNK discontinued the Neo Geo in 2004.
The fifth generation of video game consoles began when Panasonic released the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer on October 4, 1993. This generation came to an end when Sony discontinued the PlayStation on March 31, 2005.
The sixth generation of video game consoles began when Sega released the Dreamcast on November 27, 1998 in Japan. This generation came to an end when Sony discontinued the PlayStation 2 on January 4, 2013.
The seventh generation of video game consoles began when Microsoft released the Xbox 360 on November 22, 2005. The seventh generation is still ongoing. The first console of this generation to be discontinued was the Xbox 360 on April 20, 2016 while the PlayStation 3 and Wii remain in production.
The eighth generation of video game consoles began when Nintendo released the Wii U on November 18, 2012. This is the current generation of video game consoles. The first console of this generation to be discontinued is the Wii U, on January 31, 2017; the other major consoles from Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony remain in production.

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2017, 04:51:43 pm »
3rd - NES
4th - SNES
5th - N64
6th - PS2
7th - 360
8th - Tough choice between Wii U and PS4 honestly.  Wii U failed, but had some solid games and I love the hardware.  PS4 has a growing selection of real good games with plenty more to come.  PS4 will probably win out in the long run just because it had more real good games.
9th - I guess the Switch is the start of 9th gen, so it wins be default? lol

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #11 on: February 14, 2017, 06:35:21 am »


1975-1980 - Atari 2600
1980-1985 - Tandy Color Computer
1985-1990- NES
1990-1995- SNES
1995- 2000- PC
2000-2005- PC
2005-2010- Atari 2600
2010-2015- Atari 2600
Now- Atari 2600
2017-2021- Atari 2600  ;D (I have faith)



ferraroso

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #12 on: February 22, 2017, 08:48:25 am »
1st - Philco Telejogo II (Pong clone released in Brazil)
2nd - Atari 2600 (in fact, the only one I've ever played from this generation)
3rd - Master System (my first console)
4th - Mega Drive + Mega CD (PC Engine is in a very close second)
5th - Playstation (though the Saturn is my favorite system to collect for)
6th - Dreamcast (that was the most difficult... I also love de PS2)
7th - Playstation 3 (love the 60GB backwards compatible model with the Sixaxis)
8th - Playstation 4 (I live in Japan, so I've never even touched an Xone...)

Warmsignal

Re: What is your favorite console from each gaming era?
« Reply #13 on: February 22, 2017, 11:46:43 am »
2600
NES
SNES
N64
Dreamcast
Wii
Wii U