Best Gaming System Of All Time...

[Lee]

What is your opinion? I am inclined to say the original Nintendo was the best, but I want to get your thoughts on this...:D

[FloorMatt]

HMmmmmm I'm just going to say Sega Genesis............maybe. I need time to think, though.

[mcurtiss1970]

Atari 2600

[Jordan]

I'm going to have to second the NES, I have an NES, Super NES, Sega Gen, PS1, PS2, XBOX, Gamecube, Dreamcast, N64, GB, GBA, DS, Gamegear, and all I end up playing is the NES with my old gun for the Super Mario/Duck Hunt combo game

[Joy]

What is your opinion? I am inclined to say the original Nintendo was the best, but I want to get your thoughts on this...:D

I enjoy Super Nintendo bcuz u dont need cheat codes...its fun to play...and i dont think I've ever been to all the levels

[bluecoyote]

Sega Dreamcast. Man, did I love it. For a portable system, the Nokia NGage.

[FloorMatt]

Super Mario 3......that's what I love on the NES, but I'm glad that they had the combo cart for the SNES.

Poor Dreamcast.......it could have had a nice life. But....I will tell you of something that flopped even more so....and I have one :hee:

Nintendo Virtual Boy.......it had to be red :(

[flipn0tic]

agh... can't pick one. NES, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast...

i was a major nerd. i'm surprised to see some love out there for the underdog DC. i owned 3 of em and had a bunch of burned games for it. too many memories staying up endless nights playing awesome DC exclusive games with my lil bro. :headbang2

[Jordan]

the DC is an amazing machine. Wanna revive it? dcemulation.com has emulators u can burn for it... It's great to carry one system on trips and have all your favorites!

[flipn0tic]

dude... got em already. got em all. :D

[tel0004]

NES is the best, but I would say that the N64 was the most revolutionary system for its time. Man I was amazed when I first saw mario 64. 4 controllers, joystick, rumble pack, memory card. Most things that we have today stared on the Ninteno 64.

[upp3r 3ch3lon]

man, sega was right on with this one yo. online play, 4 controllers ports, exclusive games like soul edge. that was great. the very first phantasy star online. why sega, why did you not encrypt your games!? Quake! that was such a good game! come back to me dream cast!

[flipn0tic]

^i think you mean Soul Calibur

still got one here :headbang2

i own 3 total between me and my bro, about 8 controllers, 8 memory cards, well over 50 games, not including burned imports, the SNES, NES, Genesis, and PSX emulators and roms, the DivX player, MP3 player, and VCD player. classic.

online play was the best, and when it first rolled out, it was completely free. anybody play Chu Chu Rocket online? i played that religiously :headbang2

[jmthomas]

Original NES! :headbang2 :headbang2

But I miss my Sega Saturn. I played the hell out of Daytona USA & Virtua Fighter.

[knelson]

Mattel Intelavision or my old Apple IIgs

[upp3r 3ch3lon]

^i think you mean Soul Calibur

still got one here :headbang2

i own 3 total between me and my bro, about 8 controllers, 8 memory cards, well over 50 games, not including burned imports, the SNES, NES, Genesis, and PSX emulators and roms, the DivX player, MP3 player, and VCD player. classic.

online play was the best, and when it first rolled out, it was completely free. anybody play Chu Chu Rocket online? i played that religiously :headbang2

no i meant soul edge bud. i had the japanese version of soul calibur, which was soul edge.

[flipn0tic]

soul edge was not for the DC and is not the japanese version of SC. it is the first of namco's "soul" series and released for the PSX, with the sequel, soul calibur, exclusively coming to the DC.

[bluecoyote]

Remember VMU's, Dreamcasters?

[mew2]

I would have to choose the N64. Perfect Dark, Pokemon Puzzle League and the Zelda's were excellent.

[upp3r 3ch3lon]

I would have to choose the N64. Perfect Dark, Pokemon Puzzle League and the Zelda's were excellent.

Ocarina of Time owned. Majora's Mask, sucked and swallowed. But lets not forget mario kart, mario tennis, and super smash bros (which i cant be beat in btw).

[FloorMatt]

Remember VMU's, Dreamcasters?

That's them little memory cards that can have little games of their own, right?

I would have to choose the N64. Perfect Dark, Pokemon Puzzle League and the Zelda's were excellent.

I was addicted to Pokemon Puzzle League! Played alot of 2 player......I love making the combos....I could make at around 20 or more in a row....

[flipn0tic]

Remember VMU's, Dreamcasters?
had at least 8 that i can remember. :headbang2

[bluecoyote]

VMU's had the be the damn coolest things EVER. I still have my ice blue one (well, I still have all of my Dreamcast shtuff.)

Damn... come to think of it.... what the hell were people thinking when they bought the PS2? I hate the PS2- not because it killed the DC, but because it really is a lousy console. Shoddy construction, weak graphics* , crap for controllers, and it's a Sony.


(Note: while the PS2 could process more polygons, it couldn't antialias them simultaneously.)

[Zeeshan]

Ok, all of you mentioned some interesting things....BUT i can incorporate all the games and systems you mentioned into one word....XBOX!!!!! Xbox is hands down THE BEST system ever made. And i can back that up 100%.

1)Games are Awesome (halo's).
2)construction of the system is solid
3)xbox live rocks

Those are the "normal" reasons its a good system...but not why its the best. Its best due to its modding capabilities!! Its not only my video game system, but my whole multimedia entertainment center. With my xbox modded with 250gb hard drive i know have all this...

1) MP3's
2) All downloaded video content (movies, etc)
3) NES, SNES, Gensis, Atari EMULATORS!!! I have every game ever made on emulator for nes, snes, gensis and atari, and most games for n64, and you can get dreamcast emulators too, but i dont have it.
4) rent and burn game capability, get the blockbuster game pass and get every game blockbuster has to offer in one month for $15.
5) download games for free and transfer them to the xbox (i just downloaded midnight club 3 :))

[e-dub]

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[Jordan]

Could someone pm me or email me where I can find such emulators for the xbox? Thanks a load.
J-Shep

[fever]

http://www.xbox-scene.com

That's my place. (I don't own it.)

I would have to say that the PS2 is only worthwhile for all of the games available. However, in a few years, all of those games will be available on PC. Which is why I'm nominating the PC, since it can play all of the games all the old systems played. I wouldn't count any actual PC games, since they usually suck and I don't play them.

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Yes, they suck.

The Xbox probably is the best console available, though I love my NES. You can play the games with one hand while doing homework! I have something like 5 NES console, 4 lightguns, and 11 controllers. I have at least three copies of SMB, and 4 copies of SMB/Duck Hunt. I only have one copy of Duck Hunt, and I have yet to attain an SMB/Duck Hunt/Track Meet of my own, and my brother wore his out.

[bluecoyote]

What's up with the XBox controllers? They're as bad as the PS2's ergonomic nightmare.

[Jordan]

thanks for the link, i didn't know so much things could be done with an xBOX! NES RULES!

[Zeeshan]

if you want a GOOD mod on your xbox, i can refer you to the guy that did mine. He's in like michigan, but he does modding on the side as a business, and hes GOOD. he's done like over 250 xbox's now. He can do all kinds of crap to the xbox. If you provide the hard drive, and ship him the xbox and $100, he'll provide the chip, install it, install a new larger fan to help dicipate the extra heat, put all the nes, snes, genesis, atari etc emulators on the xbox, and basically send it back to you awesome and ready to go. then you can start downloading games, or even just go to blockbuster, rent and burn. It's well worth the money..every penny.

This is what i spent total to mod the xbox. I bought a 250gb hard drive (maxtor) off some guy locally for $100 bucks. Plus i sent Terry (the modder guy) $100 money order for his services, and it cost about $20 to ship it to him. So about $220. You're $100 will include return shipping too, so thats cool. I spent the $220 and am extremely happy with the results, works flawlessly.

[Pg2k3]

In my opinion...

For the.......
8 Bit: Atari
16 Bit: Sega Nomad
32 Bit: Sony Playstation
128 Bit: Sony PS2

[justgot6700]

This may be an old thread but I was just searching for emulator stuff and this popped up and I still have my NOMAD yay and XBOX of course. :)

[Jake]

I would say the Dreamcast. ;)

[triggarhappy]

I would say the Dreamcast. ;)

dreamcast had so much potential but lacked in ads. They had some awesome games but you never saw them on a commercial.

[flipn0tic]

Dreamcast FTW.

[ALPHAMAN]

Wirelessly posted (Sanyo MM5600: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-5600/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

Ps2 Forever. Lol

[williec]

I would say the super nintendo, but in all honesty I'm gonna have to go with the original PS. It had so many great games imo. Games like Resident Evil were totaly new to me and actually made me jump a couple of times. Thats something a game never did before. Then there are games like Twisted Metal and Destruction Derby that I had fun with for hours. When Resident Evil 2 and Twisted Metal 2 came out I was happy for month's.

Now if the Dreamcast was around longer I probably would have picked it. It had so much potential. The visuals were wayyyyy up there for it's time. It could compete with xbox for sure. It had some cool games also. Games like Seaman were way different that other games. I personally like the spawn game.

[atmachine]

The Arcade Blastin Shooting One, Yeah Taht One For Thge Dreamcast Was Toit

[DaEvent]

The Nes and PS2 a close second.

[rquinn19]

Ok, all of you mentioned some interesting things....BUT i can incorporate all the games and systems you mentioned into one word....XBOX!!!!! Xbox is hands down THE BEST system ever made. And i can back that up 100%.

1)Games are Awesome (halo's).
2)construction of the system is solid
3)xbox live rocks

Those are the "normal" reasons its a good system...but not why its the best. Its best due to its modding capabilities!! Its not only my video game system, but my whole multimedia entertainment center. With my xbox modded with 250gb hard drive i know have all this...

1) MP3's
2) All downloaded video content (movies, etc)
3) NES, SNES, Gensis, Atari EMULATORS!!! I have every game ever made on emulator for nes, snes, gensis and atari, and most games for n64, and you can get dreamcast emulators too, but i dont have it.
4) rent and burn game capability, get the blockbuster game pass and get every game blockbuster has to offer in one month for $15.
5) download games for free and transfer them to the xbox (i just downloaded midnight club 3 :))

I also have a modded Xbox so I have to agree.

[williec]

I've had a couple modded xboxs, but I only used them to rent games and burn them onto the hard drive. I don't use it for anything else. Now if there is a way to burn ps2 games on the xbox i'll be really happy

[waruy0i976]

What started me into gaming... Ol' Commodore64 :headbang2

[Ovaltine224]

sega Genesis!

[Black Ice]

PS2 will always be the champ!

[upp3r 3ch3lon]

Dreamcast FTW.
Yer damn skippy man... The dreamcast, the first to offer online play. Oh yes. Where do u think microsoft got the idea for xbox live?

[EDGE23]

Wirelessly posted (Sanyo MM5600: Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone MM-5600/US/1.0) NetFront/3.1 MMP/2.0)

Ps2 Forever. Lol
i agree, till ps3 comes out. :D

[Ovaltine224]

which will end up being like $600

[atmachine]

i say 450 tops, granted blu-ray is expensive as all H3LL but sont would rather lose money , than make it at an unrealistic price point, but what about the next gen of systems they will prolly push the 600-700 price point

[Ovaltine224]

yea the thing about blu-ray is not just how much price it will add to the system, but also the games. the discs will definately be more than xbox360s. but then again, people would pay anything nowadays

[element4life3]

The PS3 will basically offer the same graphics and power of the 360, but with Bluray. I think the 360 is better for your money, plus it is coming out with a lot of sweet games in the next few months! :cool:

[timul]

How can you say which one is better for your money if the price has not yet been announced for the PS3?

[element4life3]

It will most likely be the same price as the 360 or more. I am just saying there is too much hype about the PS3, and I think people are thinking to great of it. I play games online a lot more than single player, and the xbox 360 will have the PS3 beat unless the PS3 comes out with an Xbox Live like service, not their Online crap they plan to use again. Just my opinion...

[triggarhappy]

It will most likely be the same price as the 360 or more. I am just saying there is too much hype about the PS3, and I think people are thinking to great of it. I play games online a lot more than single player, and the xbox 360 will have the PS3 beat unless the PS3 comes out with an Xbox Live like service, not their Online crap they plan to use again. Just my opinion...

Did you read this months issue of Playstation Magazine? PSM and game developers have stated that sony is releasing an online system that will match xbox live in every feature they offer and then some. They are saying Sony is taking this seriously and from what I read about what this thing will do, if done right they will have microsoft beat. Plus the best part about the PS3 is the fact that everything is already in it rather then xbox 360 you having to buy everything to add on to it. Like the HD DVD and the wireless wifi usb adaptor. All of this is standard in the PS3 and I have the 360 but I know when I get the PS3 I will be playing that like crazy. Just do not put down the PS3 just yet, gosh the thing has not even come out yet and people are already trying to compare them. Thats like me saying the 2008 ford explorer is better then the 2005.

[Xtremegene]

Back on original topic, I loved the Super NES, hands down. This is also most likely due to the fact I was in grade school at the time, so I had the most time to enjoy it :). I barely played the N64 compared to it and even compared to the Gamecube now being in college.

[mykie]

Nintendo-effin'-Revolution

[urge]

As a child of the 80s the NES was great, so was the SNES. Just dont forget Game Boy! I no longer have the original (kept the red and blue earphones) but every other incarnation. To this day I pull out my GB Pocket just for that retro feel and play Operation C, or Tetris/DX

[master shake11]

I have them all, and yeah they are all great, but i still power up the DC alot and that system still amazes me today. Gotta love DC. I picked up one of those wireless Joystick nostalgic games. I thought that would be cool, wrong. Unfortunately my memory of the games is better than actually playing the game. If they ever come out with one that has Tapper, i'll buy that one.

Oh yeah, about portable, I thought the Sega Game Gear System rocked, too.

[wBkM85]

NES, hands down

it's pretty much made all of what has happened...happen

[rasimo]

XBOX 360 No systems ever prolly going to be as tight as the 360

plus I play online alot on xbox and ps2 online service sux I heard

[Jordan]

XBOX 360 No systems ever prolly going to be as tight as the 360

plus I play online alot on xbox and ps2 online service sux I heard

PS2 online service is free :) I buy all my online games for ps2 rather than xbox so I don't have to pay for xbox live (I do have hal0 2 but i don't play that unless i get a free xbox live card in a game)

[Ovaltine224]

nintendos online systems gonna be the sickest. u can get games from any system made, not just nintendo

[Steffi]

I like Super Nintendo and PS2 the best. We have had just about every video game system of the 90's.