Top 10 Consoles According to GameFAQs

[BurningDoom]

Dreamcast was the FIRST console to bring amazing arcade perfect ports

Umm... the Neo Geo home console launched in 1990, almost a decade before the dreamcast, and has stronger arcade ports. I love the dreamcast but the AES/MVS beats it there hands down.

True. It could be said that Dreamcast was the first AFFORDABLE console with arcade perfect ports.

[Bradtemple87]

Dreamcast was the FIRST console to bring amazing arcade perfect ports

Umm... the Neo Geo home console launched in 1990, almost a decade before the dreamcast, and has stronger arcade ports. I love the dreamcast but the AES/MVS beats it there hands down.

True. It could be said that Dreamcast was the first AFFORDABLE console with arcade perfect ports.

Yes that was definitely the benefit of the little white magical box

[saturnfan]

As much as I love the Dreamcast, not sure if I could put it in the top 3. There is not enough balance to the system, particularly with RPGs, in which it lacks (although skies and grandia are excellent). I would place it maybe 5 or 6.

Not sure why the ps3 is so much higher up the list than the 360. I would have grouped them closer together since both systems bring a similar gaming experience. Perhaps 8-9 for them.

I also would have not included n64 and gamecube in favor of systems like turbo grafix and neo-geo.

[Razzmatazz]

Dreamcast HAS to be #1. It lasted two years, compare it to other consoles and what they put out in their first two years and it doesn't compare.

dreamcast (1999-2001)

It has both King Of Fighters AND Street Fighter series
Phantasy Star Online 1 & 2
Sonic Adventure 1 & 2
Power Stone 1 & 2
Crazy Taxi 1 & 2
Shenmue 1 & 2
MSR
Skies of Arcadia
*Grandia 2
Virtua Tennis 1 & 2
Jet Set Radio
Soul Calibur
*rez
and then your arcade titles like Daytona, Sega rally, HOTD2, F355

gamecube (2001-2003)

resident evil (a remake)
mario golf
super monkey ball 1 & 2
*beyond good and evil
pikmin
wave race
f zero gx
super mario sunshine
viewtiful joe
metroid prime
smash bros melee
eternal darkness
wind waker
*prince of persia

n64 (1996-1998)

mario kart
pilotwings
diddy kong racing
lylat wars
blast corps
banjo kazooie
wave race
goldeneye
super mario 64

ps2 (2000-2002)

dark cloud
*rez
timesplitters 1 & *2
onimusha
*silent hill 2
half life
virtua fighter 4
ico
jak and daxter
final fantasy 10
devil may cry
gta3 & vice city
gran turismo 3
mgs2


ps1 (1996-1998)

wipeout
soul blade
resident evil 1 & 2
tekken 1 & 2
castlevania symphony of the night
tomb raider 1 & 2
final fantasy 7

xbox (2001-2003)

hotd3
*silent hill 2
*hitman 2
pgr
jsr future
halo
*beyond good and evil
*timesplitters 2
panzer dragoon orta
*soul calibur 2
*rainbow six 3
elder scrolls 3
kotor
pgr2
splinter cell
*prince of persia

I can't be bothered to research the older consoles too for their first two years of games, but Dreamcast and then Gamecube demonstrate that when it comes to exclusives they were excellent. If Dreamcast lasted another two years and had support from EA and others, who knows how great it would have become.

NES and SNES were before my time (well I grew up with a Genesis/Mega Drive) so I didn't get to appreciate them. I need to rectify this asap.

[brunoafh]

Dreamcast HAS to be #1.

NES and SNES beat all. This is the first rule of gaming.

[D.D.D.]

Dreamcast HAS to be #1.

NES and SNES beat all. This is the first rule of gaming.

Y'know, that is a sound statement.

[Original_Name]

...y'know, I can go with the rankings the NES gets. Although I get bothered when I hear people say things like, "Super Mario Bros. was the first platforming adventure EVER!" *looks at Pitfall* and, "The Legend of Zelda was the first open-world adventure game EVER!" *looks at Elite*, you can't argue that the console is the most iconic, influential, and among the most original gaming machines of all time. The Super Nintendo, though... I mean, don't get me wrong, it's a fucking amazing console, but the console's library is nothing more than the logical extension of the NES in the majority of cases... you have some great original releases, but imagine the Super Nintendo without its sequels to NES series. If I were to summarize the Super Nintendo in a sentence, I'd say that it rode the coat-tails of its older brother without fucking things up.

I would say, #1: NES, #2 Sega Dreamcast (my favorite, but I'm trying to be objective), #3 Sony PlayStation (begrudgingly, since third-parties deserve ALL the credit there), and Super Nintendo as #4 with the Sega Mega Drive right behind it (unless you count the Sega CD attachment, in which case we'll be arguing for awhile ). I think that the Neo-Geo and PC-Engine definitely deserve their places on this list (and that the Sega Saturn deserves a higher place than the dumpy ol' '64, Ocarina or not), but they're definitely hardcore-chic, so I don't know that's a very good objective argument if you're trying to look at things from in a broader light.

Actually, going back... the PlayStation doesn't seem as great as people have convinced me it was... outside of Konami and Squaresoft's entries and a few great little quirky games out of left field (Parappa the Rapper, Intelligent Qube, Vib Ribbon), none of the exclusive games really blew me away.

[alienjesus]

Dreamcast HAS to be #1. It lasted two years, compare it to other consoles and what they put out in their first two years and it doesn't compare.

I thought that all of those consoles you listed had some pretty great games in the first two years. It didnt really prove your point I feel.

[lisalover1]

How many of you actually read the stats in the list? The list is based off the average of a system's aggregate review scores of all games. It is NOT based off the list composer's opinion.

[Pappas215]

Real talk!

How many of you actually read the stats in the list? The list is based off the average of a system's aggregate review scores of all games. It is NOT based off the list composer's opinion.