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General and Gaming => Modern Video Games => Topic started by: burningdoom on February 05, 2013, 07:11:59 pm
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What Was Your Favorite Console Each Generation You Were Gaming?
Mine:
-2nd Generation: Commodore 64 - I actually ended up playing this system well past it's prime. But for me, it was hands-down far beyond anything the Atari 2600 had to offer, in comparison. The only downside being the legendarily long load-times of the 1541 floppy drive. You could literally go make a sandwich and come back and it would still be loading the dang game. But it was worth it, because it had some of the most complex games of the era, rather than the simplistic arcade-style games of the Atari 2600. I especially loved the animated text-adventures like The Swiss Family Robinson. And I played a whole lot of Blue Max.
-3rd Generation: NES - The system I fell in love with gaming on. So many wasted hours in front of a T.V. screen playing Super Mario Bros. 1-3, Zelda 1 & 2, TMNT 1 & 2, Pin-Bot, Bionic Commando, Star Soldier, Contra, Castlevania II, and Mega Man 2 & 5. (And a lot more, but those were my early favorites.) I was addicted when I played this system. We had an Atari 2600 before it, but it would never hold my attention for long.
-4th Generation: SNES - This system took everything great about the NES, and made it all better: Better graphics, better sound, bigger games, better controller, and more reliable hardware (no more freaking screen-blinking and blowing into cartridges). Nintendo, Capcom, and Konami were at their creative peaks, IMO, at this time. And Squaresoft was really starting to hit their stride which would continue on the PS1.
-5th Generation: PS1 - Great era for gaming. So much was happening. So many new genres and experimenting going on with gaming, and the PS1 was at the center of it all. Plus it had great exclusives and RPGs. The King's Field games, Resident Evil games, and Castlevania SotN alone are worth owning the system, IMO.
-6th Generation: XBox (Original) - Had the best action-RPGs that generation, which is my favorite genre, plus it had the stellar Halo games and other great exclusives like MechAssault, Crimson Skies, and Panzer Dragoon: Orta. And it had Morrowind, which was the reason I bought mine.
-Currently: XBox 360 - It's the only modern system I had until a couple years ago when my wife got me a Wii for Christmas. So naturally, I lean towards it. I've never had a PS3, and the Wii does have some fantastic games, but not nearly the variety of the XBox 360. Plus the XBox Live Arcade is a wonderful thing. Great classics, and a lot of great new games as well.
-Handhelds - GBA-SP - The best handheld of all-time, as far as I'm concerned. Great design, beautiful backlit screen, and a fantastic library of games of both original games and re-releases of some of the best classics of all time. Plus it's backwards compatible with all original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games which is a huge plus in my book. Especially since the GBA-SP really makes the games look a whole lot better with the backlit screen. And I love the clamshell design that protects that beautiful screen. The only drawback, IMO, is the low-quality sound. I want it to be louder.
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2nd - Commodore 64 - This is the very first system we had.
3rd - NES - I grew up a Nintendo kid. I fondly remember staying up to beat games with my friends. I remember me and my friends obsession with castlevania. That was our favorite game by a long shot.
4th - Sega Genesis - I started off with a SNES. But trading games with friends like Comix Zone, X-Men 2, Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage, those hooked me forever. And honestly, seeing Sonic 2 was just a 'wow' moment for me.
5th - Sega Saturn - This is actually a tough one for me since I don't really like this generation. But the Saturn had such imagination. Burning Rangers, Panzer Dragoon, and the Capcom fighters are still favorites.
6th - Dreamcast - Seriously, not even a contest.
7th - Xbox 360 - The console that finally drug me back to gaming after being gone for about 10 years. This console is amazing. The amount of great games is crazy. I am at about 50 games (not huge, but a lot) and I have just started to scratch the surface of good material.
EDIT: I forgot the handheld - Game Boy - The original. I spent so much time with this thing. Absolutely amazing.
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Hrmm what would you consider first gen? Ill start where you guys did
2nd gen : Atari 2600. Was just simply cool to have 2-300 games as a kid even though they all really sucked.
3rd gen : SMS. Everyone had a Nintendo except me. I had the master system and because of that, I got to experience some games none of my other friends did. Phantasy Star, Golvellius, Miracle Warriors, Rocky, Ys, Basketball Nightmare, R-Type, etc.
4th gen : SNES. Not really any comparison. Genesis was cool but had no chance vs Chrono Trigger and FF III.
5th gen : PS1. Still the best system in my opinion. First real disk system (in my opinion) and such a massive library that there were dozens of games to fit any personality imaginable. Some of the most amazing games were on this system.
6th gen : PS2. Picked up right where the PS1 left off and continued to grow. Almost 2000 games on this system. Who couldnt love it?
7th gen : PS3. Sense a trend? Sony has owned the console market since the moment they entered it. This gen is no exception.
Handheld : DS. I have spent time on almost every handheld since the GameBoy (I actually participated in one of the local betas for it) and the DS is by far the most amazing. With the DS Lite, you also have the option of GBA games making it possibly the best available system period.
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Hrmm what would you consider first gen? Ill start where you guys did
First-gen is Magnovox Odyssey, Pong, all the Pong-clones out there, and other early one-game dedicated consoles.
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3rd Gen - NES: My parents bought it for me for Christmas that year, and I still remember literally screaming as I tore the wrapping paper off. I never owned a ton of games for it, probably only a couple - Dragon Warrior and Iron Sword - but rentals of Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, and a slew of others really ignited that initial spark of addiction for me.
4th Gen - SNES: A lot of people I knew had a Genesis, but for me, this was THE system, and I still think it's one of the best consoles ever produced. Great controller, better build quality than the NES, and an absolutely incredible library of games.
5th Gen - PlayStation: Up to this point, I was a die-hard Nintendo fan. Two consoles, a subscription to Nintendo Power since almost day one, hooked on all their main series, the works, and it all died the minute I saw the N64. Gone was the elegantly minimal look of the SNES, gone were the exotic, elaborate worlds I got to visit in games like Final Fantasy VI and Super Metroid, and in their place was a hideous, plasticky thing with an awkward controller, and childish games filled with primary colors. I hoped for a sign that things would get better, but as time wore on, I gave up on console games and Nintendo entirely.
A couple of years passed, and as far as I knew, things were more or less as I'd left them, until I went over to a friend's place one night before we went out to a club. I was playing with his cat for a little bit, and he mentioned that her name was Aeris, which seemed like kind of an odd name... then he tells me it's from Final Fantasy VI.
"There's a Final Fantasy 7?!" I ask.
Long story short, that moment signified my return to console games, and the start of a bit of an obsession with the PS1, which for me, was basically everything that the N64 should've been, and never came within miles of offering. It really was the true successor to the SNES, and overall, I think it's still a better system than anything Nintendo's ever produced.
6th Gen - PlayStation 2: Shocking, right? This was the first (and only) console I've stood in line for overnight on launch day to buy, and it's been a constant companion ever since. Absolutely my favorite system of all time, thanks in large part to a ridiculously large number of great JRPGs, SRPGS, 2D fighters, bullet hell shooters, and everything in-between.
7th Gen - PlayStation 3: Continues the lineage nicely, with better build quality than the PS2 (and obscenely higher quality than the pre-Slim 360's), more or less than same DualShock controller that I'd used for years and loved, free online, no ads plastered all over the screen, region-free imports, user swappable hard drive, no gigantic power brick, and tons of awesome exclusives. My only real complaint is that they removed backwards compatibility for PS2 games, but all things considered, I love the thing.
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3rd gen : SMS. Everyone had a Nintendo except me. I had the master system and because of that, I got to experience some games none of my other friends did. Phantasy Star, Golvellius, Miracle Warriors, Rocky, Ys, Basketball Nightmare, R-Type, etc.
I do have to say that Phantasy Star blew me away. I grew up on Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior for the NES. I played Phantasy Star years ago and it is AMAZING! It came out just 10 days after Final Fantasy and just seems to have SO much more.
Needless to say I am a huge fan... Odin is even my avatar pic!
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3rd Gen - NES - Christmas gift from my Grandparents when I was 4ish?
4th Gen - SNES - Bought this with "my own money" after a garage sale that was basically held for me so I could buy it :)
5th Gen - PS1 - First game I played was FF8...yes...I personally enjoy it more than 7. Also, Silent Hill!!! Was late to this one as I basically skipped a generation. BUT - I did have one before I got the PS2.
6th Gen - PS2 - Won my PS2 in a drawing and the rest was history. This is my second favorite system of all time.
7th Gen - 360 - A ton of my friends picked it up before I had made a console decision. I now own all 3 but I prefer the 360's controller over every other controller ever.
Handhelds:
Gameboy - Once again, a Christmas gift from my Grandparents. The GB and Mario Land were under the tree. I played the HELL out of Tetris and Mario Land that Christmas break. All of my friends got theirs at the same time so we would just hang out and play GB all day. My grade school was cool about bringing a GB to play with at recess so we all took them to school with us and played MK, MK2, etc together. It was awesome.
GBA - My favorite handheld system ever. Slightly better graphics than the SNES...but basically a Super Nintendo handheld :) I actually didn't own one until the Micro came out, but once again...Marry X-Mas to me :) got the Famicom LE from my Grandma (are you seeing a pattern here? It's become a tradition :) )
DS - Love the DS, but like the GBA games better.
PSP - loading times suck...but it has some great titles. I enjoy it from time to time. Also, the screen is AWESOME.
3DS - Meh. It's okay. My favorite games on the system are remakes of N64 games...
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3rd - NES - I got my NES as an Easter present one year w/ Super Mario Bros./ Duck Hunt, 1942 and Cobra Triangle. Played the crap out of those games and eventually talked my folks into getting some more. It was good times. Castlevania III got so much play time, it was constantly on loan from my cousin. I think he even forgot that he owned it at one point.
4th - SNES - Christmas Present. Got it with Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Aladdin and Congo's Caper. It cause me to neglect my NES in favor of the "cooler, better looking" SNES games. Eventually I'd get a Genesis, but the SNES was where it was at. Still have my original one. And I still load up Aladdin every so often and do a single sitting play through, love that game.
5th - Saturn > N64 > PS1 - Got a Saturn before any of the other ones and loved it. But eventually I realized that I had jumped on it late and no games were really available. Unfortunatly it was just around the time that I was able to start working. But, didn't have enough money either, so I couldn't hop on all the sweet closeout deals on games for it. eventually I bought N64 w/ my own money and played the crap out of that, and loved it. But the games were expensive so I didn't have a lot of them. Then I got the PS1 for Christmas and it turned me to Sony for the next generation thanks to games like FF7, 8, 9, Vandal Hearts 1 and 2, Resident Evil etc....
6th - PS2 - Bought it in 2001, near the end of Summer. Picked it up w/ Klonoa 2, The Bouncer, Tekken Tag and Dave Mirra's BMX 2. The PS2 was the 1st system I could afford to buy games for as I pleased and boy did I get some games. Loved everything about it. It all seemed super modern and awesome. The graphics were sweet (and a lot hold up well today) it had the PS1's controller still, but I HATED that I had to buy new controllers for Player 2. I ended up getting disc read errors on my original one and ended up replacing it. In the end I've bought 3 Fat PS2s after 2 failures. But still love the system. If it weren't for backward compatbility and upscaling on the PS3, I would still have the PS2 hooked up.
7th - Xbox 360 - I jumped ship on Gen 7, Sony had pissed me off w/ the need to replace my PS2 a 2nd time, or something. But also I had been playing online via my Xbox and Halo 2 a lot. When it came time to upgrade 2 factors caused me to got 360. 1) Online multiplayer w/ my friends (who all owned 360s) and Crackdown. I can honestly say that I bought my 360 because of that game, it was so fun. I didn't even care about a potential Halo release. Once I played Crackdown, I knew I needed a 360.
Handheld
I'll always be a Nintendo kid when it comes to portable games.
Game Boy - I'll always have a special place for the Game Boy. It helped me survive multiple road trips as a kid. Got mine along w/ my older brother for Christmas and we spent months playing Tetris against each other. I got a bunch of classics with it too. Metroid II, Super Mario Land, TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan and Alleyway. It was awesome. I still love the Game Boy, and though I rarely play the original one anymore. I do load up my Game Boy Light pretty regularly to get some games going. And w/ the Game Boy Light, I don't have to strain my eyes or have perfect lighting all the time (backlit ftw)
DS - I love the DS, I kinda missed the boat on the GBA. But I picked up a DS near launch and never looked back. The ability to play both DS and GBA games was great, but I remember being kinda sad that it wouldn't do GB games. Either way, my DS collection is always growing and I'm still finding games for it that I didn't know about. A lot of good stuff on this baby.
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2nd- Commodore Vic-20. More of a computer than a console, I know, but all I did was play games on it. Text adventures would always get me totally engrossed!
3rd - NES - My circle all had NES, I didn't even see an SMS until probably a year later. I always thought it was neat that it CAME with that snail/maze game thing even when there wasn't a cart in there. But yes, NES was amazing. I can still remember events like being kinda bummed that SMB3 was out and how cool it looked, and my mom was like, "welp, let's go get it." Best day evar.
4th - SNES - Probably my favorite of all time. I'll echo what some other folk were saying. It wasn't really about experimenting with new methods of gameplay, or new rendering engines, it was just like, here's what you've got, make a great game. And mode7.
5th - N64 - While I love many PS1 titles, it didn't get played as much or as long as the N64. Super Mario 64 was amazing, Goldeneye was my "countless hours spent on multiplayer" title, etc.
6th - DC - Since the title said favorite systems: Dreamcast. The library doesn't do much for me, but playing power stone, soul calibur, and crazy taxi just seemed unreal how great the graphics were and how fluid and fast everything was. The vmu was quirky, but charming, and wasn't really all that well implemented, but it was so cheap, it didn't really have to be.
7th - I'm really split here, but I think the edge has to go to ps3. I bought a 360 first because of a Fight Night 3 demo at best buy. Sold me instantly. I didn't even really want a PS3 that badly, but my wife wanted a blu-ray player. I'm annoyed with the small hard drive I got with my first 360, and how ridiculous the price of larger branded hard drives was. I still don't know why there isn't a single system that can make multiplayer/party/game joining work properly and easily. I'm impressed by the hardware capabilities of the PS3, and since I am buying a LOT more used games now, I'm very appreciative of the BD's resilience to scratches. So yeah, I'm leaning in the PS3 direction...
Handheld
I've owned a bunch of handhelds, but to be honest, I never find myself gaming on a handheld. I don't know why. I guess the edge would go to the GBA? Just because I liked it better than the original GB or GBC that I had, and the Game Gear, Lynx, and game.com I had don't really give it too much of a run for it's money.
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Hrmm what would you consider first gen? Ill start where you guys did
First-gen is Magnovox Odyssey, Pong, all the Pong-clones out there, and other early one-game dedicated consoles.
Ahhh figured that was it but wasnt sure. Those were all before my time anyhow.
Love most of the responses here. Insekt has almost exactly the same thoughts on every system I do. Im shocked,however, to see some systems not listed yet. Turbo Grafx/Duo I was certain at least one person may have picked. I havent seen a Gamecube or Wii either. I guess the top systems really have their spot. :)
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3rd gen : SMS. Everyone had a Nintendo except me. I had the master system and because of that, I got to experience some games none of my other friends did. Phantasy Star, Golvellius, Miracle Warriors, Rocky, Ys, Basketball Nightmare, R-Type, etc.
I do have to say that Phantasy Star blew me away. I grew up on Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior for the NES. I played Phantasy Star years ago and it is AMAZING! It came out just 10 days after Final Fantasy and just seems to have SO much more.
Needless to say I am a huge fan... Odin is even my avatar pic!
If Sega would have had a better following, I could have seen Phantasy Star being the main jrpg series instead of FF or DQ. The SMS and Genesis games were so good and so in depth compared to the NES/SNES games for the most part. Once PSO started ... ugh ... those arent even seriously playable. What the hell they did to the Phantasy star name makes me cringe.
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I wasn't around for all of them, but I will answer my favorites for each gen.
2nd: The Vectrex!
The thing is beautiful and it provides one of the most unique gaming experiences out there.
3rd. NES
I'm going with the NES here. Though I love the Master System, there are many more NES games a prefer for it.
4th. Sega Genesis
I love the genesis. There are so many great arcade games for it, its full of beat 'em ups, Shoot 'em ups, arcade games and unique platformers. It's an outstanding console.
5th.This may come as a surprise, but... The Sega Saturn.
This console gets a bad rap, but I think it's absolutely amazing. It has many great and unappreciated games and it''s a 2D powerhouse.
6th. The Nintendo Gamecube
This is another game console that isn't loved as much as others. I think it's great. It holds many amazing 1st party games as well as 3rd party.
7th. I haven't spent much time in this gen. so I will just say the Wii. I don't have any of the other consoles, so I don't know if I can judge that gen.
A reason for the Wii? It might be because it's just a GAME CONSOLE.
Ah, I forgot handhelds.
Game Boy Light.
I Always played GBC in the car at 6am and eventually I ran the car battery down because I used the lights in the car so much. So I searched online and found out there was a backlit GB instantly got one and I still use it to this day.
That's all for me.
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1st: Odyssey
While I didn't own one til much later in life as a collector, This system really shows how far gaming has come. It's still gets a good laugh having people try and play it today.
2nd: Atari 2600
It was my 1st gaming system bought by my grandfather when i was really young. While I love my Vectrex, Colecovision, Intellivision and others. I still have a lot of love for my Atari. oh and I still have it today and it works great.
3rd: NES
with so many great games how can this not be anyone's favorite system of the 3rd gen.
4th: SNES
While I started out a huge Genesis fan, Then I got a SNES and fell in love with it's great games. And it made me a huge RPG fan. I still say the SNES is one of the best systems even to this day.
5th: Playstation
After becoming an RPG fan how can I not love this system. Also loved the birth of the Survival Horrors with Resident Evil & Silent Hill
6th: Playstation 2
While I played a ton of Xbox and Dreamcast, I still found most of the games I played where on the PS2.
7th: Xbox 360
Now I own PS3 and a Wii, and I use all 3. But overall I use my 360 the most. Mainly because most of my friends are on 360. also I find many games on the PS3 have more glitches then the Xbox. Look at Skyrim (yes the xbox is glitchy too) but the game can't even have the DLC because of it's glitch issues. My only complaint on the 360 is I had to replace it 5 times lol. and yet my original atari 2600 still works.
8th: Only time will tell
With all the rumors saying the Xbox and PS4 will not play offline and won't play used games. My favorite might be back to Nintendo's Wii U. If this happens I will not be buying the new consoles til they change this or they drop in price and I will only buy the games I know i will play a lot of.
And not just for collecting.
and now for fun the WORST of each generation. (that i've played)
1st: Pong Clones
While I don't mind collecting the Atari, Magnavox, Coleco & Nintendo Pong consoles. Its the hundreds of off brand Pong clones and gets crazy. And most don't even work today. lol
2nd: RCA Studio II
While every other system of its time was in color, RCA stayed in Black & White. The controllers where built into the console and the games where outdated. On top of that its one of the ugliest consoles ever.
3rd: Action Max
Its a video game console you hook up to your VCR and play VHS tapes. the games where all light gun games that only kept score (and bad at that) when you aimed the gun at a light in the video you wached and pulled the trigger.
4th: Memorex VIS
Originally I listed the CDi but I remembered this stain of a system, the Memorex VIS. How can it be worse then the CDi? well the system looked like a crappy DVD player, the wireless controller used infrared and if you didn't keep it pointed straight at the system you would lose the connection. and it's best game was Sherlock Homes. At least you get a laugh at the bad zelda/mario games on CDi, this system is just garbage.
5th: Casio Loopy
While there was a lot of bad consoles in this generation (Virtual Boy, Pippin, Playdia & 3DO) the Casio Loopy gets my vote as the worst. It was a gaming system aimed at girls. All the games where crappy fashion and dating games. but hey you can make your own stickers on it. (I wanna see a new system do this. lol) This system isn't even fun for it's target audience.
6th: N-Gage
its a phone, it's a game system, its a taco!! yes the crappy N-Gage was ugly and just plain bad. It's small screen didn't help it ether.
7th: HyperScan
This has to be the worst console ever made. Its ugly, it feels cheep. and the games are unplayable. Most all the games you need a full set of cards to even try to play them. and the loading time are worse then the NeoGeo CD.
8th: Any system that puts the online only and no used game feature.
Expect a third video game crash if this happens.
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I wouldnt mind doing a worst of
2nd gen : Commodore 64. While it seemed cool, the games were very bland and generic and horribly done even for the time and age. A guy I used to hang out with had one and we couldnt ever spend more than 20 minutes at a time playing cause it was just blah.
3rd gen : I would have to say the Atari 7200. It simply had no real value compared to the NES and SMS.
4th gen : Turbo Grafx. While not a horrible system, it wasnt common and the games werent that great and there was not much variety.
5th gen : Neo-Geo. Simply put, this was just too expensive for its time. (I wanted to name the N64 but at least it was obtainable)
6th gen : Dreamcast. Yuck. The most awkward base controller for any system ever and just blah games. Im sure everyone is going to say something like "Crazy Taxi was neato but even a game like that has boring replay after a few minutes"
7th gen : Xbox 360. I know a ton of people like it but I just dont. Its all about the rpgs and options and Xbox has hardly any of either. It doesnt even play previous Xbox games without having to buy an optional hard drive. Its all about Microsoft getting every stupid dollar they think they need.
8th gen : ????? Right now the WiiU is looking like a possible pass-over system but Ill agree with theflea in that if Microsoft and Sony end up going with DL only games, Xbox will probably get my vote again.
Handheld : N-Gage. Calling it a gimmick means that it has some value and use. This doesnt even have that. Its just junk.
Other : Virtual Boy. Sure it sounded like the wave of the future. But it turned out to be a headache and just uncomfortable. Red lines for hours does not make me happy.
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My Favs:
1st Favorite = Years (mis?)spent in ARCADES, then
ATARI (No, not the 2600 -but- the one before it w/ the paddle that came w/ Super-Breakout,
followed by the ATARI 2600, then
the APPLE ][e, followed by
the NES, next up was
the PS1, after that came
(Hand down), the PS2, and now - for this gen,
the PS3.
I guess that (by default - since it plays the vast DS Library, as well as what seems to be a promising & nicely growing Library of its own); that I'd have to, ATM, give my vote to the 3-DS-XL for Handhelds.
Yeah - I wasn't a constant & consistent gamer when I was in my teens & 20's, so I *MISSED* a few consoles (and maybe, even a whole gen or 2:)
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i have some that other people dont have
-2nd Generation: Spectrum ZX+2. this was my first system. my mum worked for commodore but i wanted this instead and i loved it. the Atari 2600 was a close second thou.
-3rd Generation: Sega Master System 2. Alex the Kid was built into this. enough said!
-4th Generation: Sega Megadrive. i didnt own a NES or SNES until last year
-5th Generation: PS1, FFVII and Tekken 2. got this after playing tekken on the arcade, the game blew my mind.
-6th Generation: PS2, this could be my fav system of all time. the fact they only recently stopped producing games for this tells you this machine was amazing, wish it had a built in harddrive instead of the stupid memory cards
-Currently: XBox 360, even thou i got the ring of red on my first i love my elite. the controller is Perfect. only thing missing was bluray
-Next Gen: what ever lets you play second hand games. (so far it will be wii U)
-Handhelds - SEGA game gear, IT WAS IN COLOR! granted it ate batteries like kobayashi in a hotdog contest but sonic was amazing,
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My Favs:
1st Favorite = Years (mis?)spent in ARCADES, then
ATARI (No, not the 2600 -but- the one before it w/ the paddle that came w/ Super-Breakout,
I'm confused by this. Atari 2600 was Atari's first home console. They produced home versions of Pong, Stunt Cycle, and Video Pinball, before that. There may have been a couple more, I'm not sure. But those only played a single game, or different variations of that 1 game. Is that what it was? Some Pong or other single-game console?
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All this hate for the N-Gage?! It was a piece of crap for a phone, granted. But for a handheld game system, it was ahead of it's time. Fantastic looking graphics. And it has exclusive Elder Scrolls games! I want to get one just for that reason.
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I like this thread! I've been meaning to post, just haven't. So, here it goes.
1st gen, the OG game system - I wasn't born yet
2nd Gen - The good ole, wood grain 2600. My parents got one of these and I thought it was awesome. I played a ton of Pac-Man (I liked it), Stampede, Baseball, Football, Missle Command, amid Defender on this. I even had and played E.T.
3rd Gen - Say it with me: The Nintendo Entertainment System. This started my true love of video games. I had about 40 games over the course of my first run with the NES. I never stopped loving her. I still have all of those games (plus many, many more) and my original system.
4th Gen - The SNES. I was in 5th grade when this came out. I got one for my birthday that year. My first game besides Super Mario World, was Final Fight. I still love this system. It gave me the only RPGs that I like, and the beginning of my love for Mario Kart.
5th Gen - The N64. Do you see the patern here? I was a Nintendo fanboy. Hell, I still am. The N64 gave me some GREAT wrestling games that I was really into at the time. They're still fun. I played lots of wrestling and Smash Bros. Oh yeah, more Mario Kart.
6th Gen - I was in college and was too grown up for the GameCube, so I got an Xbox. I don't regret it. There were some really good times had with a few beers or a little whiskey and that Xbox. After I got a job and married, I bought a GameCube. So I did have one during that generation. Now days I do prefer the GameCube. The games are more of what I like. I'm just not a Halo fan.
7th Gen - While the Wii gave us some really good games and it may hold up better down the road. My favorite right now is the Xbox 360. There are a ton of great games. I love it. For new releases, it simply can't be beat. Red Ring or no it is a solid console. I wouldn't part with my Star Wars Xbox for anything. It makes R2D2 sounds!
8th gen. - the Wii U has me really excited about what is coming. I love it so far. It made me put Borderlands 2 down. That was an accomplishment. I'll have to wait on the Next-Box (see what I did there?) to see what it has to offer before I pass judgment.
Thank you for reading. If you disagree, you are wrong.
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I'm confused by this. Atari 2600 was Atari's first home console. They produced home versions of Pong, Stunt Cycle, and Video Pinball, before that. There may have been a couple more, I'm not sure. But those only played a single game, or different variations of that 1 game. Is that what it was? Some Pong or other single-game console?
Maybe he's confusing the VCS and the 2600 as two separate machines...?
As for my picks...
2nd gen: Colecovision -- It really shouldn't be a 2nd gen machine considering it's specs. Lots of great arcade conversions.
3rd gen: NES -- Is there really any competition in this generation? The Master System comes a distant second I guess.
4th gen: SNES -- This gen was a clash of 4 fantastic machines. The SNES had so many unbelievably good games, but the Neo Geo was also an absolutely amazing machine. Genesis and the TurboGrafx 16 were great as well. Video gaming's legendary generation.
5th gen: N64 -- PS1 had some great stuff, but a lot of it hasn't aged well. Same with N64. Super Mario 64 was it's first and greatest game.
6th gen: PS2 -- Some great games, but not an amazing generation overall.
7th gen: PS3 -- Valkyria Chonicles and Dark Souls define this gen for me.
8th gen: Wii U -- It's the only 8th gen system available right now, so it wins by default. :D
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My Favs:
1st Favorite = Years (mis?)spent in ARCADES, then
ATARI (No, not the 2600 -but- the one before it w/ the paddle that came w/ Super-Breakout,
I'm confused by this. Atari 2600 was Atari's first home console. They produced home versions of Pong, Stunt Cycle, and Video Pinball, before that. There may have been a couple more, I'm not sure. But those only played a single game, or different variations of that 1 game. Is that what it was? Some Pong or other single-game console?
This one (pretty sure it was before the 2600), but, it *was* a loooong time ago...
http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/videopinball.html
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Okay, yeah. That is a dedicated console, like Pong. It's made to play one game. Other than that one you pictured, and Pong, Atari also made a motorcycle one called Stunt Cycle. There were probably more, but those were the ones I've played.
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A lot of companies that had a "first" home console had a first-gen system of some kind. Coleco had the Telstar. Nintendo had the Color 6-in1 consoles.
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A lot of companies that had a "first" home console had a first-gen system of some kind. Coleco had the Telstar. Nintendo had the Color 6-in1 consoles.
There were 100s, but the vast majority of them were Pong-clones. I was just mentioning the Atari-made ones.
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2nd Generation - Atari 8-bit (especially XEGS):
I didn't grow up in this time period but got to experience it later. While my first pre-crash experience was an Atari 2600, I really preferred the smoother graphics of the Atari 5200 and Atari 8-bit computer line. The XEGS released 2 years after the NES, took that already existing computer line and simplified it to make it seem more like a regular console. The controller was a bit better than the 5200's and there were more games that were not available on the 5200, such as Donkey Kong. I tried many of the other branded consoles but I didn't like any of the others quite as much as the Atari systems.
3rd Generation - NES:
I still didn't have my own gaming system till 1993, so the NES was my great budget system while growing up. So many classics and I was introduced to so many styles of games with this thing. I was lucky I didn't have to expereince any of the bad games during my childhood. My grandma was smart about buying good games only. I didn't get a SMS till years later and have been enjoying some of its games, but NES just has so much more that I am familiar with.
4th Generation - SNES:
My first game console was a Sega Genesis, but all I was ever interested in on that back then were the Sonic games and games featuring cartoon characters. SNES had more of those longer platformer games where you could save your level completion progress to the cart battery and re-play levels you already cleared. RPGs and adventures usually had better graphics and sound than the Genesis offerings of the genre. During this generation I was a kid so I liked the colorful games rather than the mature type fighting games or shooting games. Because of getting NES games cheap, I also had some go-to series I could ask for just because I liked their NES counterparts. While I didn't get any RPGs for it as a kid, Zelda still allowed me to experience some sword-wielding adventuring on it. The RPGs I tried in later years were great though.
5th Generation - Playstation:
My first jump into this generation was the Nintendo 64. I was all excited about the 3D and the exploration involved in games like Super Mario 64 and Goldeneye. But when my stepdad introduced me to his Playstation I enjoyed the great variety and quality games it provided. If I wanted any kind of game 2D or 3D, the Playstation had it. I was a preteen at this point and started to like fighting games and finally understood RPGs well enough to fall in love with the genre. It was also the first system I experienced that had demo discs. Those alone made the system enjoyable as I could really look forward to new games coming out, hoping my stepdad would buy them. When he gave his spare system to me it ended up getting the most play time from then on. It is still probably the system I play the most. Saturn is fun, but I've barely had the time to get into it yet.
6th Generation - Playstation 2:
Take everything that the Playstation offers and boost its graphics. So many more games and many genres to choose from than the competition. Being a teenager this had my first DVD player as well. Playing PS1 games on it was convenient at the time, making my old PS1 system only needed for Gameshark and eventually imports. I had a Dreamcast before PS2, but only really wanted that for Sonic Adventure. Gamecube I was mainly excited about because of Sonic seemingly finding a new home on Nintendo consoles (until he went multiplatform with Sonic Heroes), and the usual Nintendo characters games. I only wanted an Xbox for Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, because one of my favorite Playstation series turned traitor and jumped ship. Playstation 2 ended up being the main system to get all the niche RPGs.
7th Generation - Playstation 3:
It took a while for this to catch up but with all the unplayed material from the previous generation, the backward compatibility of the first model came in handy for backing up my saves. No more worrying about corrupted memory cards! I actually originally bought the system for the convenience of infinite memory cards. Once the niche RPGs started to really favor the console as I had guessed they would due to the brand's previous consoles, I started buying more games for it than the other two. This was the generation that began when I had finished high school and started as an adult. With my disposable income I bought all three systems to try them out. Wii had its interesting Virtual Console to introduce me to TurboGrafx-16 and Neo Geo for the first time and its usual Nintendo characters+ exclusive Sonic games to get me to bite. I didn't really play it much until I modded it for roms. The Xbox 360 didn't really have anything that made me feel like I had to get it. It was more just a thing I purchased because I had the money to and have it just in case there's an exclusive I want. I do like Pac-Man Championship Edition from the Xbox Live compilation disc a lot though, and I scored an exclusive RPG Blue Dragon for $5. There's something to say about familiarity winning when it comes to consoles. The brand jump from SNES to Playstation isn't a big surprise when you compare the button layout of the game controllers.
2nd Generation of handhelds - Game Boy:
It may have been black and white but much like other Nintendo brand systems it had its established franchises to keep me playing it. The save battery useage was similar to that of the SNES games so when compared to Game Gear, the games just seemed longer and more enjoyable. My first Game Boy was the Game Boy pocket in 1997 while I didn't have a Game Gear till 2000. It took longer for me to get handhelds than consoles growing up for some reason.
3rd Generation of handhelds - Game Boy Color:
This one pretty much wins by default. Neo Geo Pocket Color was really good and had better fighting games than any other handheld before it, but there weren't as many games. Game Boy Color didn't even have very many exclusive Nintendo franchise games on it but the few it did have were great. Pokemon, Dragon Warrior and Zelda + a couple platformer remakes was all it needed. That and adding replay value to older games by adding color helped. I still liked my Super Game Boy better for those older games though.
4th Generation of handhelds - Game Boy Advance:
The stuff this thing was competing with really didn't have much recognition in the gaming community. In general, I would say this is the best Game Boy of the three generations of that line when it comes to the games themselves. It really was a leap forward from all handhelds that came before it.
5th Generation of handhelds - Nintendo DS:
I really like my PSP but I gave the Nintendo DS a slight edge for having such a huge library and a large supply of Nintendo franchises, exclusive Sonic games, and even RPGs like the Final Fantasy III, Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest V and Dragon Quest VI remakes. The PSP seems to have tons of the kinds of games I want though too, so I can see this opinion changing in the future. Closest thing I have to a draw in all of my list actually. The one thing DS has over PSP is longer battery life.
6th Generation of handhelds (so far) - 3DS:
For me right now, this is THE system to own this generation. Even if the consoles and PS Vita don't end up doing so well, this thing already has some really fun games on it.
So yeah pretty much my favorite 2 game companies over the years have been Nintendo and Sony. Sega came close at times, but that was a really long time ago.
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All this hate for the N-Gage?! It was a piece of crap for a phone, granted. But for a handheld game system, it was ahead of it's time. Fantastic looking graphics. And it has exclusive Elder Scrolls games! I want to get one just for that reason.
It really was - I owned one with Tomb Raider, and having the full game on a handheld at the time was amazing!
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2nd: Amiga - So many good memories with this thing. I wish I still had it today.
3rd: NES - An easy choice, who wan't introduced to one of these in the late 80s early 90s!?
4th: Genesis - My first system I paid for myself. All of my friends has bought SNESs, I thought I'd try something else and wasn't at all disappointed.
5th: PS1 - Painful 1st gen 3D (the whole gen suffered from it), but otherwise an amazing system and library
6th: PC
7th: PC
8th: PC
etc :P