›

your PERSONAL best console

TheNNerdGamerTheNNerdGamer
edited November 2012 in General Chat
I don't want to start a console war on what console is better.
just tell your reasons why you like it and NOT start a "console war".
forgot Dreamcast and SNES, just pick other

Comments

  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2012
    PC.

    Because PC is best game machine.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2012
    PC. Because when I'm not playing games, I can use it for everything else.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited November 2012
    The NES. You never forget your first love. Haven't had a console since because the PC is just better in every way.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    The Nintendo SNES/64/Gamecube. They has the best games.
  • RetroVortexRetroVortex
    edited November 2012
    Dreamcast 2.
  • N7.N7.
    edited November 2012
    Just PC, because it's real, because it's good, because it's powerful
    Just Someone should telling this to RockStar, We want GTA_V on PC not old consoles
  • ZeruisZeruis
    edited November 2012
    My very first home console was a gamecube. It still holds the spot of my favorite gaming console today. Many great games were made for it, such as SSBM, Paper Mario 2, Zelda: TP, and Zelda WW.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited November 2012
    Another vote for PC. It just has so many games for it. Plus, mods. Oh, blessed mods. How I love thee.

    As for actual console, I'd probably go for the PS2. There's a reason it's the best-selling console ever.
  • SydSyd
    edited November 2012
    PC. Massive library of games (that gets even more massive if you factor in emulation), modding, the hardware can be upgraded to keep up with the latest technology, and those amazing Steam/GOG sales.

    Aside from PC, it's a close match between the SNES and PS2. I don't think I could pick a favorite out of those two.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    PC means personal computer. Computers aren't consoles. Neither are portables.

    DASHING
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2012
    If we can't count computers, I guess I'd say the NES because that's the only console that I ever played anything on. And all I played was Mario. And I only played Mario games that had Yoshi in them.

    And the console wasn't even mine.
  • WarpSpeedWarpSpeed
    edited November 2012
    I haven't seriously used what I would call a "console" since ColecoVision. PCs do everything I need, but I don't call them consoles.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited November 2012
    Like I said, PS2 if we're disqualifying PCs. I should probably explain why a little better this time.

    The sheer number of games for it is amazing - I'm still discovering ones I've never heard of before, and you can play PS1 games on it too, which is I believe the first major home console to have backwards compatibility. I love the controller and honestly think it's one of the best ever designed. The fact it could play DVDs was awesome at the time (though superseded by the PS3's ability to play Blu-Rays AND copied backed-up DVDs). And I loved the case.

    So there you go.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    Well, that kind of destroys the point of the topic doesn't it.
  • AlcoremortisAlcoremortis
    edited November 2012
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    PC means personal computer. Computers aren't consoles. Neither are portables.

    DASHING

    I'll have you know that his post wasn't there when I was writing mine. I demand equal culpability!
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited November 2012
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    PC means personal computer. Computers aren't consoles. Neither are portables.
    Video game consoles are computers. They're just computers that use a video output system that is primarily used to display on television sets as opposed to computer monitors.

    Today, with so many computers having DVI output and television sets even having VGA support built in, the terms a lot more blurred than they used to be. If you primarily use your television set to display output from your PC or Mac, then it technically would meet all the criteria to be categorized as a console.

    I'd have to say PC is my favorite too, although I really enjoy the Xbox 360 (and I still occasionally play the PlayStation 2, Wii, and Dreamcast).
  • DAISHIDAISHI
    edited November 2012
    SNES. The era of the greatest RPGs ever.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    Alcoremortis wrote: »
    I'll have you know that his post wasn't there when I was writing mine. I demand equal culpability!

    Nah, cuz I'm directly antagonizing him. YOU GET NOTHING.
    Jennifer wrote: »
    Video game consoles are computers. They're just computers that use a video output system that is primarily used to display on television sets as opposed to computer monitors.

    Today, with so many computers having DVI output and television sets even having VGA support built in, the terms a lot more blurred than they used to be. If you primarily use your television set to display output from your PC or Mac, then it would meet all the criteria to be categorized as a console.

    I'd have to say PC is my favorite too, although I really enjoy the Xbox 360 (and I still occasionally play the PlayStation 2, Wii, and Dreamcast).
    Oh...oh no....my Macbook is connected to my TV via HDMI right now.

    tumblr_m4cpf9vYSz1qf0zggo1_400.gif

    I lose.

    tumblr_m1ztnylte01qf0zggo4_250.gif
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2012
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    Nah, cuz I'm directly antagonizing him. YOU GET NOTHING.
    I feel SPECIAL! ^______^ ^o^ (｀・ω・´)” (◕‿◕✿ (●⌒∇⌒●) (∩▂∩) ヽ(;^o^ヽ) ✖‿✖ (✿◠‿◠)
  • ShauntronShauntron Telltale Alumni
    edited November 2012
    I had to go with PC, but N64 was close.

    It was my first game platform, it brought me adventure games, I had my first online multiplayer games on it, and Half-Life 1 mods sustained my interest in games when I was too poor to afford a new games or the computer to run them, or a new console.
  • RemolayRemolay
    edited November 2012
    Sega Genesis/Master System because
    der_ketzer wrote: »
    You never forget your first love..
  • KitzKitz
    edited November 2012
    The SNES because it has my favorite game.
  • BlankCanvasDJBlankCanvasDJ
    edited November 2012
    SNES, hands down. Close second is the N64. I loved my PS2 (and still love my PS3) and Xboxes but nothing beats the memories of the SNES.
  • ryannumber1gamerryannumber1gamer
    edited November 2012
    PS2 with PS3 coming in second. Just love the exclusives for them. Sly Cooper,Jak & Daxter,Ratchet & Clank,Parappa the rapper (even through i have only played the PSP version of Parappa 1),Uncharted,Infamous. I just like Playstation's exclusives better.
  • Hiroshi MishimaHiroshi Mishima
    edited November 2012
    I have no idea how you could forget SNES and Dreamcast, but whatever..

    I chose Other because I can't pick just one. Never been a fan of those kinds of decisions because it's pretty much impossible. SNES, PS1, GBA, PS2, NDS all had great titles on them. I own over a hundred PS2 games, and more than 50 PS1 titles. Mostly cause it was easy to find them used when I had actual money to spend.

    The PC is another a great choice because of the fact I can emulate a lot of the cartridge-based console games I loved, and it's got a great selection of games on its own between GOG, Steam, and everything released before those came around (or on their own like Telltale).

    However, I've enjoyed almost every console I've ever owned, even if I didn't own a lot of games - rentals were always an option. N64, Dreamcast and GameCube come to mind. I have gotten a surprising number of Xbox 360 games over the few years I've owned it, and my Wii has seen new life since I soft-modded it with Homebrew Channel. Allows me to do emulation on an actual TV! But it also lets me access codes on games I might've never touched on the Wii like House of the Dead or Trauma Center.

    *shrug*
  • dustpuffsdustpuffs
    edited November 2012
    I will always remember my precious Intellivision with love. I played so many fun games on it. Sure the quality is so much better now in gaming it's unbelievable, but those early consoles were terrific. Now I love my p.c., so I'd have to have a classic versus current choice.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited November 2012
    The best console is, I believe, the Nintendo Entertainment System. It's primarily responsible for bringing console gaming back to popularity after the console video game crash of 1983.

    The second best is the Playstation 2. Current consoles might be more powerful and look better, but the PS2's game library is massive, and there were games still being published for it after the PS3 was released.
  • MusicallyInspiredMusicallyInspired
    edited November 2012
    The PC. Because the PC can play any game you want it to (with a little work) and you can play it in any way you want to (keyboard, mouse, joystick, flightstick, Wii remote, gamepads of all kinds, etc).
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    So I'm just gonna list all of the good Gamecube titles, because there's a lot of them- why? Because it'll show why I like the console:

    Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
    Super Mario Sunshine
    Sonic Adventure 2 DX
    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
    The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
    Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
    Starfox Adventures
    Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg
    Sonic Heroes
    Chibi-Robo
    Baten Kaitos
    Baten Kaitos Origins
    Metroid Prime
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    Resident Evil: REmake
    Resident Evil 4
    Mario Kart: Double Dash
    Kirby Air Ride
    Luigi's Mansion
    Super Monkey Ball
    Super Smash Brothers: Melee
    Pokemon Colosseum
    Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness
    Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies
    Tales of Symphonia
    Soul Calibur 2
    Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour
    Pikmin
    Pikmin 2
    PK: Out of the Shadows
    Spider-Man 2
    Star Wars: Rogue Squadron: Rebel Strike
    Scooby Doo: Mystery Mayhem
    Megaman: Network Transmission
    PN: 03
    Geist
    Killer 7
    Viewtiful Joe
    Viewtiful Joe 2
    Tak and the Power of Juju
    Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
    Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
    Second Sight
    Looney Tunes: Back in Action (I think)
    Fairly Oddparents: Breakin' Da Rules
    Wario World
    Wario Ware: Nothing becaue there wasn't a GCN Warioware game
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited November 2012
    Sadly, I have to point out the following:

    Sonic Adventure 2 DX - Port.
    Sonic Heroes - Multi Platform.
    Soul Calibur 2 - Multi Platform (though the NGC version had Link, so...)
    Tak and the Power of Juju - Multi Platform.
    Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams - Multi Platform.
    Tak: The Great Juju Challenge - Multi Platform.
    Looney Tunes: Back in Action - Multi Platform.
    Spider-Man 2 - Multi Platform.
    Fairly Oddparents: Breakin' Da Rules - Multi Platform (I think).
    Resident Evil 4 - Superseded (superior ports on PS2 and Wii).
    Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies - Multi Platform (I think).


    Don't get me wrong - I love the GameCube too. But your list of Gamecube exclusives isn't quite as big as you say.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    The Gamecube has far better graphics than a PS2, so I wouldn't go to a PS2 first for a game that the Gamecube also has. The port on PS2 for RE4 is NOT superior. If anything it's downgraded and blurry.

    1ec80983baa260adb70ed3d558b7f483cd67b9d4.jpg
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited November 2012
    Didn't it have the Ada Wong missions?

    Also, the Wii version was the best one, wasn't it? (and didn't RE4 also get ported to the PS3? I could swear I remember seeing that in the store and passing it up since I've got the Wii version)

    And I thought the XBox had the best graphics of the lot? Or is that just a separate matter for debate?
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited November 2012
    Darth Marsden wrote: »
    Didn't it have the Ada Wong missions?

    Also, the Wii version was the best one, wasn't it? (and didn't RE4 also get ported to the PS3? I could swear I remember seeing that in the store and passing it up since I've got the Wii version)

    And I thought the XBox had the best graphics of the lot? Or is that just a separate matter for debate?

    I think so.

    Haven't played the Wii one, but probably.

    Yes to the PS3, I believe, but only on PSN. And yes. And yes.

    I'm mostly listing games the GCN had, though, and since it had the better graphics, I would choose its versions of games over the PS2. I own both consoles, though, so eh.
  • Jen KollicJen Kollic
    edited November 2012
    Well, since I don't class the PC (or Amiga, or Commodore 64) as a console, I'm gonna go with N64, since I adored my N64. And I got it for £20 in 2002 when it was being discontinued and all the games and peripherals were dirt cheap. And I was still a student so between minimum wage employment and not going to lectures I had loads of free time to waste trying to catch the Hylian Loach, or get the true ending on Starfox 64, or get a decent photo of Mew... god I loved that console. It's also the first true console I ever owned, since I don't think the Game Gear counts.

    And I still love the N64 controller and anyone who thinks it's a design abomination can go to hell. TRIDENT OF DOOM!
Sign in to comment in this discussion.