Most Unreliable console from your experience ?

[Bradtemple87]

I gave it away years ago when I picked up a psone, but I wouldn't have thought of that.

It was a well known trick to turn the PS1 upside down. Something about the lens getting closer to the disc. Sometimes sideways, or even somewhere in between upside down and sideways did the trick. I remember some very unstable setups from my personal experience... lol

Sounds like the tricks of old

[KillerJuan77]

I gave it away years ago when I picked up a psone, but I wouldn't have thought of that.

It was a well known trick to turn the PS1 upside down. Something about the lens getting closer to the disc. Sometimes sideways, or even somewhere in between upside down and sideways did the trick. I remember some very unstable setups from my personal experience... lol

That works? I thought it was a myth .

[Opa Opa]

That works? I thought it was a myth .

It works but is only a temporary fix.

You'll eventually be left with a PlayStation that won't read discs no matter what position you place it in.

[elmagicochrisg]

I gave it away years ago when I picked up a psone, but I wouldn't have thought of that.

It was a well known trick to turn the PS1 upside down. Something about the lens getting closer to the disc. Sometimes sideways, or even somewhere in between upside down and sideways did the trick. I remember some very unstable setups from my personal experience... lol

Sounds like the tricks of old

Those were the days...

And yes Killer, sometimes it worked. It got worse over time though. At one point you could flip it any way you wanted, it didn't do shit anymore, but skip...

EDIT Seems like Opa beat me to it...

[Bradtemple87]

"Stick a pencil in the ps1 and you can swap the burned discs...WHAT "

[elmagicochrisg]

"Stick a pencil in the ps1 and you can swap the burned discs...WHAT "

1-speed... 2-speed... switch!... Watch logo... wait... switch!... Switch again almost instantly!... Play...

[AznKhmerBoi]

haha i use a wad of paper and the whole swapping thing is second nature to me

"Stick a pencil in the ps1 and you can swap the burned discs...WHAT "

[FiftyDollarCurse]

I have owned four or five Master Systems, none of which have worked. It is definitely the most poorly-made console I have ever owned, even more so than the 360.

Blasphemy. I have had the same Master System since 1988 and it still runs like a dream, and doesn't even need the "repeatedly insert cartridge and switch power until game starts" method that every other cartridge system I own requires.

Is there actually anything about it that makes it poorly made, or more poorly made than the NES for instance, or is this just anecdotal? Part of what makes Sega's early system more reliable than Nintendo's (in my experience) is because they don't have added moving parts. No goofy toaster springs or stiff eject buttons. Just shove the cart in and play.

The only console that I've been the original owner of that has broken was the phat PS2, which succumbed to disc read errors twice. Sony fixed it twice, for free, and my Dad still has it and I think it's still running.

As for the second hand market, I have come across far more original XBOXs that do not read discs than any other system. Working Atari 2600s have been difficult to come by as well, I generally don't even bother testing them out when I see them anymore because I've never found a working one in the wild.

[SuperAnthony64]

2. Dreamcast Keeps on resetting

Try this and see if it helps.
http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/sega/dc-reset.htm

Yea tried that. Might try taping down the little black arm that tells the console the lid is shut.

To the other poster who responded to me, Thanks. Ill switch out the drive and see if that works.

[elmagicochrisg]

2. Dreamcast Keeps on resetting

Try this and see if it helps.
http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/sega/dc-reset.htm

Yea tried that. Might try taping down the little black arm that tells the console the lid is shut.

To the other poster who responded to me, Thanks. Ill switch out the drive and see if that works.

You should try pot tweaking it before you actually put another lens in. Might give your Dreamcast a second life...