Your Favorite Console...in Terms of Hardware Only

[Blu]

My vote might be the Nintendo Gamecube. The design was compact and did what it did. I liked the handle on the console too. Then, you had four ports for one of the most comfortable controllers ever. Two expansion bays, one for a modem/broadband adapter and the other for the Game Boy Player.

[Jrecee]

Master System. Design wise, I love the way the system looks. Except for that stupid piece of clear plastic over the red strip that bubbles up, I just pulled that off. . .

Tech-wise, it delivers games that have the 8 bit vibe of the NES, but with bolder more vivid colors that fit the cartoony look of most games of that era.

The on system pause button is a bummer though.

[indecks]

Well, my favorite is the NeoGeo because it was balls out... uh, balls out. It just didn't care about it's size, and it even used that as a selling point, and back in the 90s it was the ultimate dream gaming system. I never got to own one until probably 1999, I think. Used a tax return to buy a Neo with two NeoCD pads, World Heroes and King of the Monsters for $160 off of a guy on Zophar.net's forums. That's practically unheard of now.

Other than that, I guess the SNES was my favorite. I didn't mind the color scheme and at the time it was A. more affordable than the Neo, and B. A SUPER version of the Nintendo! I remember I rented a SNES with UN Squadron and Mario World. I had it for the whole weekend and probably didn't shut it off once other than to swap carts.

[Overload]

It's hard to choose between the Dreamcast and Gamecube. Both have a nice form factor, and both have very comfortable controllers. The Gamecube does have a handle though... so I guess I'd have to go with that.

[Damm64]

...and still someone manage to put the WHOLE data of resident evil 2 in one small gray cartrigde.]

Oh man, ever read this?
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3 ... udios_.php

An awesome article about the development of that port. Pretty great stuff if you're into reading about that sort of thing.

oh yeah i remember reading this some time ago. I'm gonna save this page for a re-reading some time soon.
I think the article kinda explains how porting a game can be a pain and is not so much lazyness how some people point.

[Dakinggamer87]

I'm thinking Gamecube or Dreamcast both have an amazing library of games and the hardware was built very well and had great controllers.

[ATARI800XLfan]

Atari 7800

Atari Jaguar

Sega Saturn

Sega Dreamcast

Neo Geo AES

[lisalover1]

Of course the Dreamcast and Gamecube take the top spots for me, and they need no explanation. So, I want to give a shout-out to the Master System. I just love the classy lines and sleek look the system had. If it had the same design, but with the length and width of the PC-Engine, it would probably be perfect.

[Menegrothx]

I want to give a shout-out to the Master System. I just love the classy lines and sleek look the system had. If it had the same design, but with the length and width of the PC-Engine, it would probably be perfect.

Are you talking of model 1 or 2? I think model 1 SMS would look incredibly stupid if it was the size of a PC Engine

I've mentioned this before but a model 1 SMS has been featured in the cartoon "Regular Show" quite many times, atleast during the first two seasons

[lisalover1]

I want to give a shout-out to the Master System. I just love the classy lines and sleek look the system had. If it had the same design, but with the length and width of the PC-Engine, it would probably be perfect.

Are you talking of model 1 or 2? I think model 1 SMS would look incredibly stupid if it was the size of a PC Engine

I've mentioned this before but a model 1 SMS has been featured in the cartoon "Regular Show" quite many times, atleast during the first two seasons

I mean the Model 1; the model 2 looks like a horrible tacky mess.